Filling the Blanks with History and Mystery!

Ashwin Sanghi is the bestselling author of ‘The Rozabal Line’ and ‘Chanakya’s Chant’. He writes extensively on history, religion and politics. ‘The Rozabal Line’, his first novel, was completed in 2007. The book was self-published in the U.S. in 2007 under his pen name, “Shawn Haigins”. “Shawn Haigins” is a pseudonym and in fact, is an anagram of the author’s real name. A revised edition of this book was later published by Tata-Westland Ltd. & Tranquebar Press in 2008. Ashwin’s second novel, “Chanakya’s Chant”, a historical political thriller was released by Westland in January 2011. Ashwin Sanghi talks about his journey as a writer, his books and his views on writing.

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Telling Ravana’s Story

Vijayendra Mohanty is an Indian comic book writer. He has written stories and scripts for publications such as Comic JUMP and COMIX.INDIA. He is the writer and co-creator of Ravanayan, a 10-issue comic book series based on the story of king Ravana of Lanka. He talks about Ravanayan and the experience of writing a comic series, including feedback and challenges.

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Horn OK Please!

Kartik Iyengar, author of ‘Horn OK Please’ – HOPping to Conclusions’, in addition to being a successful corporate professional, dabbles in a multitude of areas. He is an avid blogger, a self-proclaimed moron, an unlucky Las Vegas loser, a compulsive road-hog, a Red Bull addict and an adrenaline junkie who has tried everything from scuba diving to bungee jumping. A cockroach-loving heavy metal maniac, Kartik has thousands of hyper-active fans on his Facebook fan page, who live his journeys vicariously with him. His fans call themselves HOPpers. In fact, many of them have actually changed their middle name to include “Hopper” as a mark of belonging to this social-media cult. Want to have a good laugh and giggle a bit? Then all you got to do is to read this interview! And when you are done, you will realize that there’s a smile or a grin on your face! There’s lot of humour, a little bit of thought and tons of attitude waiting for you out there!

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