I don’t want to be remembered as a writer. I would rather be remembered as a storyteller. Ashwin Sanghi Read Quote
In India, we never distinguished between history and myth. Our Puranas as well as Itihasas contain fantastical tales. They are lies that convey deeper truths. Ashwin Sanghi Read Quote
It’s foolish to call Chanakya an Indian Machiavelli. Rather, Machiavelli was possibly an Italian Chanakya. Ashwin Sanghi Read Quote
I believe that every writer evolves with every successive novel. I view myself as work-in-progress. Ashwin Sanghi Read Quote
It is no secret that I have read ‘The Da Vinci Code’ several times. I genuinely believe that ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and ‘Angels And Demons’ are, by far, Brown’s best works. Ashwin Sanghi Read Quote
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. Ashwin Sanghi Read Quote
If I use the word ‘khichdi’ in my novel, I don’t have to get into the trouble of explaining that it is a dish of rice and lentils. My Indian readers know it. Ashwin Sanghi Read Quote
Mythopoeia has taken off in the Indian diaspora because there has been a change in readership from a mature audience to a younger one. This lot has a desperate yearning to reconnect. They want to consume mythology but in a well-packaged and easily digestible way. Ashwin Sanghi Read Quote
