Someday, Sometime

About the Book

While growing up in a working-class immigrant family, Sayli Talpade learns early that stability matters more than dreams. When her brother’s life trajectory changes after a devastating accident, Sayli steps in without hesitation, choosing responsibility over desire and certainty over passion, all while telling herself that love can wait. Her crush, Vikram, has spent his life running in the opposite direction. Raised in privilege yet starved of emotional connection, he knows that staying means facing things he isn’t ready to confront. After moving to New York, Vikram builds a life defined by movement and reinvention. But beneath it all is a guilt he cannot escape—a single night that altered more than one life, including Sayli’s. When their paths cross again years later, neither of them is who they once were. What begins as familiarity slowly deepens into something harder to ignore. As they travel through India together, the past they’ve both tried to outrun begins to catch up. But love comes with risk. Sayli must decide if she can finally choose herself—and Vikram must determine whether he deserves a second chance at all. Someday, Sometime is a deeply emotional story about love, guilt, and the courage it takes to choose yourself after years of putting everyone else first.

About the Author

Sandhya Iyer is a writer and storyteller whose work explores memory, identity, and the quiet choices that shape a life. With a background in communications, film, and marketing, she brings a multidisciplinary perspective to the stories she tells—blending narrative craft with an understanding of human connection, place, and experience. She holds a degree in communication and studied screenplay structure, storytelling, and narrative development at the New York Film Academy. Her training in film and narrative storytelling influences her writing style, which often draws on cinematic pacing and layered emotional arcs. Born in New Delhi and raised in Ahmedabad, Sandhya spent much of her life in western India before moving to the United States. The cultural intersections between India and America deeply inform her storytelling, particularly in the way her characters navigate belonging, ambition, family, and personal transformation. Professionally, Sandhya works in economic development and communications. As the Economic Development Director for a town in Massachusetts, she leads initiatives in marketing, tourism, and strategic storytelling that highlight the history, culture, and economic vitality of a place. Her work often involves crafting narratives that connect communities, businesses, and visitors through shared experiences. This intersection of storytelling, history, and lived experience shapes her fiction, where personal journeys often unfold against broader cultural and social landscapes. Sandhya now lives in the suburbs of Boston with her husband and two children, where she continues to write stories that explore resilience, longing, and the courage it takes to imagine a different life.