Ashwin Sanghi
Ashwin Sanghi
Ashwin Sanghiis an Indian writer in the fiction-Thriller genre. He is the author of three best-selling novels: The Rozabal Line, Chanakya's Chant and The Krishna Key. All his books have been based on historical, theological and mythological themes. He is one of India's best-selling conspiracy fiction writers and is an author of the new era of retelling Indian history or mythology in a contemporary context. Forbes India has included him in their Celebrity 100 list. His upcoming novel, The Sialkot...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth25 January 1969
CountryIndia
Writing helps me create a different world that I can escape to.
When working on a period, it is the finer details that evoke imagery that helps in cinematic adaptations.
What is divine? It is simply that which man has not been able to understand. Once you do, it loses its divinity.
What I would not like is to be ignored. I write from the heart. I don't write for me. I write for my readers.
We don't need to dumb down our stuff. And it's important to know how far we can push readers.
Though it is very easy to do valuations, eyeballs and brand prominence surveys, you should never allow any of them to influence the balance sheet.
There has to be a protagonist who has to overcome challenges, and there will be a race to finish.
Our country has the oldest tradition of storytelling, and this was much before writing stories even became a norm.
A book and a movie are different animals. You need a cinematic perspective to be involved in the motion pictures. And this is something I lack.
I don't care if my books don't sell abroad; we have a large enough market in our country. I write for Indian readers.
I believe that every writer evolves with every successive novel. I view myself as work-in-progress.
After writing each novel, I would spend days poring over suggestions from my editor.
Admiration from my readers inspire me, and the only 'formula' I believe in towards making a good writer is: 'to thine own self be true!'
I work in a business environment forty hours a week, and writing is what I do to unwind. It allows me to transport myself to a happy place where I can indulge my hopes, beliefs, aspirations and fantasies. It also allows me to live and breathe a topic for eighteen months while I'm researching and writing.