WRITING
From reader to author
Published two books on BriBooks, turning ideas, questions and imagination into stories for other readers.
A young mind with a global point of view
Ideas.Stories.Impact.
At 13, I have published two books, stepped onto speaking platforms, earned recognition in Model United Nations, and been selected for an international creative-writing scholars programme. I’m Marm Trivedi — a young author and delegate learning to turn curiosity into contribution.
01 — A WORK IN PROGRESS, BY DESIGN
Surat, India · Learning in public
Curiosity is a starting point.Diplomacy is a practice.Writing is a way of seeing.
Writing the next chapterListening across bordersBuilding room for young voices
A little about me
“The world changes when someone is willing to ask a better question.”
My interests live at the intersection of literature, public speaking and global affairs. Books taught me to look closer. Speaking taught me to be heard. Model United Nations taught me that understanding a different point of view can be just as important as defending my own.
I’m still learning — through writing, competitions, conversations and the people I meet along the way. This website is a record of that journey, and a place to share what I’m building next.
2Books published at 13
4×English Olympiad gold medals
8Selected worldwide for scholars programme
The journey so far
Not a finished story.
A growing one.
Every milestone is a new classroom — a book, a stage, a committee room, or a conversation that changes the way I think.
02 / MILESTONES
INTERNATIONAL WRITING
Selected for Harrow
Chosen among just eight students worldwide for the Creative Writing Scholars programme, with a 40% scholarship and school support.
DIPLOMACY
Recognition in the room
Earned Best Delegate at IIMUN and High Commendation at GEN.UN × LPSA MUN; represented Albania in Harvard MUN Online’s DISEC committee.
WHAT’S NEXT
Building WIN MUN
Developing a student-led Model United Nations initiative, with plans to begin organising events by January 2027.
SUMMER 2026Harrow School · England
An international writing milestone
Oxford Creative Writing Scholars Programme
At 12, selected.
At Harrow, immersed in words.
Among eight students selected worldwide, Marm earned a place in the Creative Writing Scholars programme and travelled to Harrow School in England for an intensive week dedicated to the craft of writing.
The opportunity was supported by a 40% scholarship and ₹1 lakh in school sponsorship — recognition not just of a young writer’s ambition, but of the work already behind it. From shaping stories to studying how writers build character, setting and meaning, the experience marked an important step in a journey that began with a love of books.
This was not a claim to have arrived as a writer. It was an invitation to learn at a higher level — and a reason to keep writing.
8Students selected worldwide
40%Scholarship awarded
£ / ₹International opportunity backed by school support
Creative Writing Scholars · 26 July – 1 August 2026
Books & writing
Stories that begin
where curiosity leads.
From noticing the lessons hidden in everyday objects to discovering new questions in the books he reads, Marm’s writing begins with curiosity.
Book one · Everyday observations
Little Book of Big Motivation
Marm’s first book grew from small, everyday experiences. A broken pencil, a pencil box or a water bottle could become the starting point for a reflection about life and what it can teach us.
The young observer
Book two · Stories inspired by reading
After the Last Page
Ten Books. Ten Thoughts. Ten Stories. After reading each of ten books, Marm reflects on what stayed with him—and turns his response into an original story featuring characters inspired by his real friends.
Explore the book ↗Inside book two
What remains
after the ending?
Each story in After the Last Page is accompanied by a paragraph bearing the same name. Marm identifies the book and author, shares what he felt after reading it, and explains why it inspired him to write that particular story.
The result is a creative bridge between reading and storytelling: not a replacement for the original book, but a young reader’s personal response to the ideas it left behind.
The books behind the stories
Ten reading experiences that became ten creative responses. Titles and authors are listed as presented in Marm’s book.
01
The Rule That Nobody Made
Inspired by 1984 — George Orwell
02
Everyone Was Equal
Inspired by Animal Farm — George Orwell
03
The Happiest Class
Inspired by Brave New World — Aldous Huxley
04
The Seat Beside Her
Inspired by To Kill a Mockingbird — Harper Lee
05
The Answer Nobody Saw
Inspired by Crime and Punishment — Fyodor Dostoevsky
06
The Day Everyone Waited
Inspired by Bhagavad Gita
07
The Empty Chair
Inspired by Chanakya Neeti
08
A Country in a Classroom
Inspired by Why Bharat Matters — S. Jaishankar
09
The Ink
Inspired by Autocracy, Inc. — Anne Applebaum
10
The Platform Beyond Ordinary
Inspired by Harry Potter — J. K. Rowling
A glimpse into a young author’s mindThese pairings invite readers to discover the books that sparked Marm’s imagination—and the original stories he created in response.
Discover the book ↗Read a sample · After the Last Page
A country in
a classroom.
Chapter 8 offers a glimpse into Marm’s creative process: a book sparks a question, the question becomes a story, and the story leads back to the world around us.
A Country in a Classroom
The class was given a simple question for their next project:
Why does Bharat matter?
Marm watched as everyone began searching for answers online.
Within an hour, the classroom was filled with facts. Ancient civilisation. Space missions. Different languages. Famous monuments. Economic growth. Festivals. Historical leaders.
The presentation was beginning to look impressive.
But Marm felt that something was missing.
Everything they had collected was true. Yet none of it really answered the question.
That evening, on his way home, Marm began noticing things he normally passed without thinking about.
A man repairing bicycles outside a small shop. A woman arranging vegetables before the market became crowded. A security guard greeting children as they returned from school. A shopkeeper switching between languages depending on who walked through the door.
None of them were going to appear in the presentation.
The next day, Marm suggested that the group stop collecting facts and start collecting stories.
They began asking people around them what Bharat meant to them.
The answers were nothing alike.
For one person, it was the language spoken at home. For another, it was being able to celebrate a festival differently from a neighbour. Someone spoke about moving from another state and building a new life in a different city. Another person spoke about leaving a village, finding work elsewhere and sending money home every month.
The more stories they collected, the harder it became to describe Bharat with a single sentence.
That was what interested Marm.
The country they were trying to explain was not one story.
It was millions of stories happening at the same time.
On presentation day, their slides looked different from the others. There were fewer photographs of monuments and fewer statistics. Instead, they showed ordinary people, small moments and short observations collected during the week.
Their final slide contained no famous quote.
It showed a simple collage of the people they had spoken to.
A country is not only the story it tells about itself. It is also the stories its people are living every day.
For a few seconds after the presentation ended, the classroom was completely quiet.
Marm looked at the collage again.
He realised that perhaps they had been asking the wrong question from the beginning.
They had been trying to discover why Bharat mattered.
Maybe they first needed to understand what Bharat actually was.
After I Closed the Book
What stayed with Marm
The book that left this thought behind for me was Why Bharat Matters by S. Jaishankar.
What stayed with me was the idea of looking at Bharat not simply as a place on a map, but as a country shaped by its history, diversity, people and changing place in the world.
I did not want to turn that thought into a list of facts.
Instead, I wondered what might happen if students tried to understand their country by looking at the people around them.
That became this story.
Maybe the most interesting thing about a country is that there is never only one story about it.
Beyond the author's desk
The reading room.
A mind in motion.
Before stories become his own, they begin as questions in someone else’s book. Marm’s collection ranges across classic fiction, political thought, philosophy, spirituality, psychology, money, leadership and public speaking.
That range matters not because a shelf proves what someone knows, but because it shows the different subjects he is choosing to explore at this stage of his life.
Fiction & societyOrwell, Huxley, Harper Lee, Dostoevsky and more
Power & public lifeGeopolitics, governance and Indian thought
Mind & habitsPsychology, money, leadership and routines
Philosophy & meaningThe Gita, Buddhist thought and reflection
The books shown are from Marm’s actual collection. The photograph reflects books he owns; it does not imply that every title has been read. His ten source books for After the Last Page are featured separately above.
A young delegate. A widening world.
From Harrow to Harvard.
And onward.
At 13, Marm’s learning journey is reaching beyond the classroom — through a selective creative-writing programme, international Model United Nations experiences, and the ambition to keep stepping into rooms where ideas and global perspectives meet.
01 / WRITING
Harrow School · England
Oxford Creative Writing Scholars Programme
Selected among eight students worldwide for the Creative Writing Scholars programme held at Harrow School, with a 40% scholarship and ₹1 lakh in school sponsorship.
Completed · Summer 2026
02 / GLOBAL AFFAIRS
Harvard Model United Nations Online
Representing Albania
Participated in the DISEC committee, researching international security and practising the discipline of representing a country’s position in debate.
Participated · October 2026
03 / NEXT CONFERENCE
SSUNS · McGill University, Montréal
Preparing for another global room
Selected/invited to participate in SSUNS 2026 in Montréal — a planned next step in his Model United Nations journey.
Upcoming · November 2026
04 / THE NEXT AMBITION
Yale Model United Nations
Looking toward Yale
The next ambition is to pursue opportunities such as Yale MUN — continuing to learn from new delegates, complex global questions and rigorous debate.
Aspiration · Not yet confirmed
The story behind the namesThese are distinct experiences and ambitions, not a claim that Marm is enrolled at these universities. The Harrow experience was the Oxford Creative Writing Scholars programme held at Harrow School; Harvard was an online MUN conference; SSUNS at McGill is planned participation; Yale is a future goal, not a confirmed selection.
On the mic
Thinking out loud.
Learning together.
Speaking gives an idea a room to travel through — and a chance to meet someone else’s perspective.
03 / SPEAKING
Skill Sunday Talks
Young voice, real conversation.
Featured as a speaker in Skill Sunday Talks, sharing space with people bringing ideas and skills to the community.
TEDxSurat Open Mic
One idea can open a door.
Taking part in the TEDxSurat Open Mic experience — an opportunity to practise sharing ideas with clarity and confidence.
Model United Nations
Different countries.
Shared questions.
MUN gives me a way to study global issues, represent a position, listen to opposing views and work towards negotiated solutions.
01 / DEBATE
Research before rhetoric.
Understand the agenda, the country’s position and the evidence before stepping into the room.
02 / DIPLOMACY
Listen to negotiate.
Build alliances, test ideas and learn how respectful disagreement can move a discussion forward.
03 / RESOLUTION
From debate to action.
Turn a room full of perspectives into a proposal that people can work on together.
Selected milestonesIIMUN · Best DelegateGEN.UN × LPSA MUN · High CommendationHarvard MUN Online · DISEC / AlbaniaSSUNS · McGill University, Montréal · plannedYale MUN · next ambition
The moments behind the milestones
A journey, in frames.
Snapshots from conferences, speaking opportunities, writing milestones and the people and places that keep me curious.
A note of encouragement
Words from Chetan Bhagat
Marm received an appreciation letter from author Chetan Bhagat celebrating his first-book achievement through the National Young Authors’ Fair.
A new initiative · Created by Marm
Introducing WIN MUN.
Not just another conference — a platform in development to help students practise the skills that make dialogue possible.
WIN
World in Negotiation
A student-led Model United Nations initiative designed by Marm Trivedi. Built around global awareness, informed debate, negotiation and the confidence to contribute.
In development · Targeting January 2027
What is WIN MUN?
WIN MUN (World in Negotiation) is a developing Model United Nations initiative where students can step into the roles of diplomats, research international issues, represent country positions and work collaboratively on proposed solutions.
The initiative is currently being developed, with plans to begin organising events by January 2027. Conference dates, registration, committees and agendas will be announced when confirmed.
What delegates can expect
01
Research & country representationExplore a country’s interests, policy positions and international context.
02
Formal debate & moderated caucusPractise structured speaking, rebuttal, listening and respectful disagreement.
03
Unmoderated caucus & negotiationCollaborate with other delegates, build consensus and develop shared proposals.
04
Draft resolutions & solutionsTurn research and discussion into actionable recommendations.
For studentsDevelop confidence, research and public speaking.
For schoolsExplore future participation and school partnerships.
For educatorsSupport a thoughtful, student-centred diplomacy experience.
The next conversation
Good ideas grow
when they’re shared.
For school opportunities, speaking invitations, writing conversations or future WIN MUN collaborations, please connect through the public profile. WIN MUN event details will be shared once confirmed.
Connect with Marm
Let’s keep the conversation going.
For professional enquiries and collaboration requests, please reach out through Marm’s public profile. Private parent/guardian contact details are intentionally not displayed here.
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