Take the first A out of Abraham and put it at the end. You get Brahama. There’s the ancient connection right there. Ashwin Sanghi Read Quote
Did God create man, or did man create God? Either way, the decision needs to be reviewed. Ashwin Sanghi Read Quote
My self-publishing adventure led to my work being picked up by a traditional publisher and eventually hitting the bestseller lists. That led to two more bestselling novels. Ashwin Sanghi Read Quote
My greatest qualification for writing fiction was my ability to lie with a straight face as a child. Ashwin Sanghi Read Quote
What I have found is that, in a family business structure, sometimes what is needed is a sense of discipline rather than creativity. You have to take everyone’s ideas and make it work. When you are dealing with money, there is a limitation on how creative you can be. Ashwin Sanghi Read Quote
In Kolkata is a temple where the deity worshipped is Amitabh Bachchan. The daily aarti is performed to the chanting of the Amitabh Chaleesa. And people still ask, ‘Could our mythological heroes be based on actual people who once lived?’ Ashwin Sanghi Read Quote
Rozabal’ was theological while ‘Chanakya’ is political. Unlike ‘Rozabal,’ which was about research, the aim of ‘Chanakya’ is plot, plot, plot, which carries the character. The common DNA, of course, is history. Ashwin Sanghi Read Quote
It may sound very strange, but I love the freedom that writing a novel gives me. It is an unhindered experience. If I come after a bad day, I can decide that my protagonist will die on page 100 of my novel in a 350-page story. Ashwin Sanghi Read Quote
That freedom of writing you don’t get in other formats, I’d rather leave it to someone else to deal with the headache of drafting my book into a screenplay. Ashwin Sanghi Read Quote
I’ve always been fascinated by books. When I was young, my grandfather used to hand out a book – which would be anything from a biography to a classic – to me every week and ask me to write a piece on what I thought about it. On the other hand, my mother used to love reading thrillers and bestsellers. Ashwin Sanghi Read Quote
