Some places shape you. Some stay with you forever. Jamshedpur did both.

STEEL & SOUL is a heartfelt memoir of growing up in Jamshedpur - a city of steel, company colonies, dusty cricket grounds, cycle rides, festivals, food, friendships and the countless small moments that quietly become the foundation of who we are.

Through the eyes of a boy called Santu, this memoir journeys through the lanes and memories of Old Baridih, where childhood meant cricket matches on stone-filled grounds, friendships that needed no explanation, family gatherings, first love, neighbourhood characters, school days, local food and a community that felt like one extended family.

But STEEL & SOUL is more than a story about one city.

It is about belonging.

It is about the people who shape us before we even realise they are doing so. It is about the places we leave but never truly leave behind. And it is about discovering, years later, that home is not simply a place on a map - it is a collection of voices, smells, friendships, rituals and memories that travel with us.

From the aroma of Dalda Lane and the city's legendary food to the sound of the factory siren, from childhood cricket and cycle rides to family traditions and the people who made those years special, Anand Singh brings together the memories of a childhood that was uniquely Jamshedpur - yet deeply universal.

Warm, nostalgic and deeply personal, STEEL & SOUL is a tribute to family, friendship, first love and a city that lives within you forever.

Because sometimes, you don't outgrow your hometown.

You simply carry it with you.