The people behind
LumiChats.
A published novelist, a behavioral psychologist by curiosity, a sci-fi author, and the engineers who built everything you see. Two people. One platform. A lot of written words.
Aditya Kumar Jha grew up between the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Chennai — two places as different as a paranormal beach legend and a bustling tech city, both of which ended up in his books. He started writing fiction at 19 and published his debut novel Second Chances at 21 — the same year he published Civic Sense, a non-fiction investigation into why Indians behave the way they do in public spaces, drawing on behavioral psychology, moral philosophy, and the author's own documented failures in public. The range is not accidental: he is equally interested in human emotion and human systems.
By training he is an engineer. In practice he is a relentless hackathon participant who has built and shipped across multiple competitions — which is how LumiChats started. He was juggling two AI subscriptions he used for 10 days each month, the math was obviously broken, and he built the fix himself. He writes about AI, technology, and the industry as a part-time practice — most of the LumiChats blog is his work.
He has now published six books across fiction, science fiction, horror, and non-fiction. All are available on Kindle. Three are enrolled in Kindle Unlimited. All of them are written exactly the way he thinks — thoroughly, with a point, and with specific real-world details.
Published works
Second Chances
Two former lovers forced to confront unresolved feelings and the choices that shaped their destinies. A heartwarming story about love, regret, and starting over.
Civic Sense
An investigation into the psychology of public behavior in India — why we litter, queue-jump, and turn aggressive behind the wheel, and whether any of it can change.
Simulated Outbreak
A deadly virus, a collapsing civilization, and a shocking truth: the entire apocalypse was a simulation. Zombies, AI, and simulation theory collide.
Memory Mirage
In a world where memories can be stolen and manipulated, memory thief Kara Monroe uncovers a conspiracy that reaches the highest echelons of power.
The Cursed Swing of Mayabunder
Inspired by real Andaman locations and local legends — a paranormal thriller set on Mayabunder Beach where an ominous swing becomes the centre of terrifying activity.
Magadh Mithila: The Legacy of Bihar and Jharkhand
An immersive journey through centuries of political power, spiritual enlightenment, and cultural evolution across two of India's most historically significant regions.
Shikhar Burman is the Co-Founder and CTO of LumiChats — the engineer who shapes the platform's architecture and keeps it standing. He is responsible for the core infrastructure that routes 40+ AI models, manages the Study Mode pipeline, and holds up the platform through bot attacks and traffic spikes.
Beyond systems work, Shikhar writes as a technical writer — contributing precise, engineering-grounded explanations of how AI systems work under the hood. When a LumiChats article explains context windows, token math, or model architecture in a way that actually makes sense, that clarity usually traces back to him.
Built by people who write.
The blog, the glossary, the books — everything on this platform is written by people who take writing seriously. The AI is a tool. The thinking is ours.