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'''Ashwin Sanghi''' (born 25 January 1969) is an Indian writer in the [[fiction]]-[[thriller (genre)|Thriller]] genre. He is the author of three [[bestseller|best-selling novels]]: ''[[The Rozabal Line]]'', ''[[Chanakya's Chant]]'' and ''[[The Krishna Key]]''.<ref>{{cite news | title=Revisiting history|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article2448334.ece|first=Sohini|last=Chakravorty | date=13 September 2011 | accessdate=22 June 2012 | work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=The retell market | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-25/special-report/30556605_1_westland-indian-publisher-meluha| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219123325/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-25/special-report/30556605_1_westland-indian-publisher-meluha| url-status=dead| archive-date=19 December 2013| first=Archana | last= Khare Ghose| date=25 December 2011| accessdate= 22 June 2012| work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> [[Forbes]] India has included him in ''its Celebrity 100'' list.<ref>{{cite web|title=Forbes India Celebrity 100 |url=http://forbesindia.com/lists/2012-celebrity-100/1395/1 |first=Ashish |last=Mishra |date=8 February 2013 |accessdate=8 July 2013 |work=[[Forbes]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711071335/http://forbesindia.com/lists/2012-celebrity-100/1395/1 |archivedate=11 July 2015 }}</ref>{{dubious|date=February 2022}}{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} His latest novel, ''Magicians of Mazda'', was released on 21 May 2022.
'''Ashwin Sanghi''' (born 25 January 1969) is an Indian writer and author of three [[bestseller|novels]]: ''[[The Rozabal Line]]'', ''[[Chanakya's Chant]]'' and ''[[The Krishna Key]]''.<ref>{{cite news | title=Revisiting history|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article2448334.ece|first=Sohini|last=Chakravorty | date=13 September 2011 | accessdate=22 June 2012 | work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=The retell market | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-25/special-report/30556605_1_westland-indian-publisher-meluha| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219123325/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-25/special-report/30556605_1_westland-indian-publisher-meluha| url-status=dead| archive-date=19 December 2013| first=Archana | last= Khare Ghose| date=25 December 2011| accessdate= 22 June 2012| work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Sanghi completed his schooling from the [[Cathedral & John Connon School]] and graduated with a BA (Economics) from [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|St. Xavier's College]] and earned an MBA from the [[Yale School of Management]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Filling the Blanks with History and Mystery!|url=http://www.sparkthemagazine.com/?p=2825|accessdate=22 June 2012}}</ref> He joined his family's business in 1993.<ref>http://www.mksanghi.com/directors.htm</ref> He wrote his first novel in 2006 and continued to pursue dual careers, as a businessman and writer. He is considered as a Good Writer.<ref>{{cite news| title=Playing by the Book: Corporates/Writers| url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/people-places/playing-by-the-book-corporates/writers/articleshow/6801181.cms|first=PANKAJ |last=MOLEKHI|date=24 October 2010|work=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Corporate honchos are also writing popular fiction| url=http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/corporate-executives-writers/1/19238.html|first=Anusha |last=Subramanian|date=11 October 2011|work=[[Business Today (business magazine)|Business Today]]}}</ref> In 2013, Sanghi and [[James Patterson]] announced that they would be co-writing an India-based thriller called Private India within Patterson's Private series.<ref>{{cite web| title=I write to enlighten and entertain: Ashwin Sanghi| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-11/books/38877950_1_james-patterson-thriller-books| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130710024119/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-11/books/38877950_1_james-patterson-thriller-books| url-status=dead| archive-date=10 July 2013|first=Suanayana |last=Suresh| work=[[The Times of India]]|date=11 May 2013}}</ref> The book was released in July 2014.<ref>Menon, Vidya (22 July 2014) [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/mumbai/Prasoon-Joshi-launches-James-Patterson-and-Ashwin-Sanghis-book-Private-India-in-Mumbai/articleshow/38797538.cms Prasoon Joshi launches James Patterson and Ashwin Sanghi's book 'Private India' in Mumbai]. ''[[The Times of India]]''.</ref>
Sanghi completed his schooling from the [[Cathedral & John Connon School]], graduated with a BA (Economics) from [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|St. Xavier's College]] and earned an MBA from the [[Yale School of Management]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Filling the Blanks with History and Mystery!|url=http://www.sparkthemagazine.com/?p=2825|accessdate=22 June 2012}}</ref> He joined his family's business in 1993.<ref>http://www.mksanghi.com/directors.htm</ref> He wrote his first novel in 2006.<ref>{{cite news| title=Playing by the Book: Corporates/Writers| url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/people-places/playing-by-the-book-corporates/writers/articleshow/6801181.cms|first=PANKAJ |last=MOLEKHI|date=24 October 2010|work=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Corporate honchos are also writing popular fiction| url=http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/corporate-executives-writers/1/19238.html|first=Anusha |last=Subramanian|date=11 October 2011|work=[[Business Today (business magazine)|Business Today]]}}</ref> In 2014, Sanghi and [[James Patterson]] co-wrote a thriller titled Private India for Patterson's Private series.<ref>{{cite web| title=I write to enlighten and entertain: Ashwin Sanghi| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-11/books/38877950_1_james-patterson-thriller-books| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130710024119/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-11/books/38877950_1_james-patterson-thriller-books| url-status=dead| archive-date=10 July 2013|first=Suanayana |last=Suresh| work=[[The Times of India]]|date=11 May 2013}}</ref><ref>Menon, Vidya (22 July 2014) [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/mumbai/Prasoon-Joshi-launches-James-Patterson-and-Ashwin-Sanghis-book-Private-India-in-Mumbai/articleshow/38797538.cms Prasoon Joshi launches James Patterson and Ashwin Sanghi's book 'Private India' in Mumbai]. ''[[The Times of India]]''.</ref>


==Critical acclaim==
==Critical acclaim==
Sanghi has received positive feedback by writers and the media.<ref>{{cite web|title=Master takes|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main50.asp?filename=hub170911mastertakes.asp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203155131/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main50.asp?filename=hub170911mastertakes.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2013|date=17 September 2011|accessdate=24 June 2012|work=[[Tehelka]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Above High Command |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/booksreviews/Above-High-Command/Article1-655844.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109215058/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/booksreviews/Above-High-Command/Article1-655844.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 November 2011|date=28 January 2011|first=Mondy|last=Thapar|work=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Article|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/lifestyle/books/tryst-past-686|date=3 April 2011|first=Vardhini|last=N.C.|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|access-date=25 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201194806/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/lifestyle/books/tryst-past-686|archive-date=1 February 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He has been called the Indian [[Dan Brown]] for ''The Rozabal Line'' and ''The Krishna Key'', both acclaimed as Indian versions of the best-selling ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'' and ''[[The Lost Symbol]]''.<ref name="Rediff.com, Ashwin Sanghi:The birth of India's Dan Brown">{{cite web | url=http://m.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-specials-interview-with-ashwin-sanghi/20121204.htm | title=Rediff.com, Ashwin Sanghi:The birth of India's Dan Brown | accessdate=20 March 2013}}</ref>
Sanghi has received positive feedback by writers and the media.<ref>{{cite web|title=Master takes|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main50.asp?filename=hub170911mastertakes.asp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203155131/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main50.asp?filename=hub170911mastertakes.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2013|date=17 September 2011|accessdate=24 June 2012|work=[[Tehelka]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Above High Command |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/booksreviews/Above-High-Command/Article1-655844.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109215058/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/booksreviews/Above-High-Command/Article1-655844.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 November 2011|date=28 January 2011|first=Mondy|last=Thapar|work=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Article|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/lifestyle/books/tryst-past-686|date=3 April 2011|first=Vardhini|last=N.C.|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|access-date=25 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201194806/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/lifestyle/books/tryst-past-686|archive-date=1 February 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Rediff.com, Ashwin Sanghi:The birth of India's Dan Brown">{{cite web | url=http://m.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-specials-interview-with-ashwin-sanghi/20121204.htm | title=Rediff.com, Ashwin Sanghi:The birth of India's Dan Brown | accessdate=20 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Did Jesus die on the cross or came to India?|url=http://organiser.org/archives/historic/dynamic/modulesaeb1.html?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=278&page=24|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415160415/http://organiser.org/archives/historic/dynamic/modulesaeb1.html?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=278&page=24|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 April 2013|date=22 February 2009|first=MV|last=Kamath|work=Organiser}}</ref>

[[M. V. Kamath]] says, "One must remember that this is a work of fiction. Provocative, but commanding attention. What is truth? Jesting [[Pilate]] is quoted as having asked Jesus. One might as well ask the same question of the author, in jest or in all seriousness. From what he has written it is clear that he will not pause for an answer."<ref>{{cite news|title=Did Jesus die on the cross or came to India?|url=http://organiser.org/archives/historic/dynamic/modulesaeb1.html?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=278&page=24|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415160415/http://organiser.org/archives/historic/dynamic/modulesaeb1.html?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=278&page=24|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 April 2013|date=22 February 2009|first=MV|last=Kamath|work=Organiser}}</ref>


==Bibliography and adaptations==
==Bibliography and adaptations==

Revision as of 00:57, 4 September 2022

Ashwin Sanghi
Born (1969-01-25) 25 January 1969 (age 55)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
OccupationAuthor, entrepreneur
NationalityIndian
Alma materThe Cathedral & John Connon School, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, Yale University
GenreThriller, mystery fiction, conspiracy fiction
Notable worksThe Rozabal Line
Chanakya's Chant
The Krishna Key
SpouseAnushika Sanghi
Website
www.ashwinsanghi.com

Ashwin Sanghi (born 25 January 1969) is an Indian writer and author of three novels: The Rozabal Line, Chanakya's Chant and The Krishna Key.[1][2]

Biography

Sanghi completed his schooling from the Cathedral & John Connon School, graduated with a BA (Economics) from St. Xavier's College and earned an MBA from the Yale School of Management.[3] He joined his family's business in 1993.[4] He wrote his first novel in 2006.[5][6] In 2014, Sanghi and James Patterson co-wrote a thriller titled Private India for Patterson's Private series.[7][8]

Critical acclaim

Sanghi has received positive feedback by writers and the media.[9][10][11][12][13]

Bibliography and adaptations

  • The Rozabal Line:[14][15] First published under the anagram Shawn Haigins.[16]
  • Chanakya's Chant:[17] Available in 4 languages - English, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil.
  • The Krishna Key:[18][19] also available in English, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil.
  • Private India:[20] co-written with James Patterson, within the latter's "Private" series.
  • 13 Steps To Bloody Good Luck.[21]
  • Sialkot Saga.[22][23]
  • 13 Steps To Bloody Good Wealth
  • 13 Steps To Bloody Good Marks
  • "Private Delhi" co-written with James Patterson
  • Keepers Of The Kalachakra[24]
  • 13 Steps to bloody Good Health
  • 13 Steps to bloody Good Parenting
  • The Vault of Vishnu
  • The Magicians of Mazda

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ Chakravorty, Sohini (13 September 2011). "Revisiting history". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  2. ^ Khare Ghose, Archana (25 December 2011). "The retell market". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Filling the Blanks with History and Mystery!". Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  4. ^ http://www.mksanghi.com/directors.htm
  5. ^ MOLEKHI, PANKAJ (24 October 2010). "Playing by the Book: Corporates/Writers". The Economic Times.
  6. ^ Subramanian, Anusha (11 October 2011). "Corporate honchos are also writing popular fiction". Business Today.
  7. ^ Suresh, Suanayana (11 May 2013). "I write to enlighten and entertain: Ashwin Sanghi". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 July 2013.
  8. ^ Menon, Vidya (22 July 2014) Prasoon Joshi launches James Patterson and Ashwin Sanghi's book 'Private India' in Mumbai. The Times of India.
  9. ^ "Master takes". Tehelka. 17 September 2011. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  10. ^ Thapar, Mondy (28 January 2011). "Above High Command". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 9 November 2011.
  11. ^ N.C., Vardhini (3 April 2011). "Article". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  12. ^ "Rediff.com, Ashwin Sanghi:The birth of India's Dan Brown". Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  13. ^ Kamath, MV (22 February 2009). "Did Jesus die on the cross or came to India?". Organiser. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013.
  14. ^ Atray Banan, Aastha (7 March 2009). "Did Jesus spend his final days in Kashmir?". Mid-Day.
  15. ^ "My wife told me to quit moping". The Pioneer. 1 September 2011.
  16. ^ India, p. 289, Sarina Singh – 2009: "Rozabal The small, green Rozabal Shrine (Ziyarat Hazrati Youza Asouph) is a minute's stroll northwest from Pir Dastgir Sahib facing the ... This claim is at the core of Shawn Haigns' 2007 The Da Vinci Code–style thriller The Rozabal Line."
  17. ^ CHHIBBER, MINI ANTHIKAD (7 June 2011). "Facts of fiction". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013.
  18. ^ Panikker, Rohit (15 September 2011). "A fresh new narrative". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013.
  19. ^ Anupam, Suprita (13 May 2013). "Book Review: The Krishna Key". Anupamtimes.
  20. ^ "Private India (Private, #8)".
  21. ^ "Ashwin Sanghi's tales that thrill". hindustantimes.com/. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  22. ^ "People need to have a spine, like books: Ashwin Sanghi". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  23. ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (25 July 2016). "Ashwin Sanghi: I had a rollicking time writing this book". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  24. ^ "Keeper of religious conscience". deccanchronicle.com/. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  25. ^ Anjum, Nawaid (28 September 2011). "In the limelight: The award goes to..." Asian Age. Archived from the original on 31 December 2011.
  26. ^ "Vodafone book awards for Sanghi, Joseph". Asian Age. 5 September 2011.[permanent dead link]

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