India’s Best-selling Author Ashwin Sanghi will discuss his New Novel “The Sialkot Saga” on July 29, 2016 at Starmark Store Express Avenue Mall

Events in Chennai - India’s Best-selling Author Ashwin Sanghi will discuss his New Novel “The Sialkot Saga” on July 29, 2016 at Starmark Store Express Avenue Mall, 6:30.pm

Ashwin Sanghi, India's best-selling conspiracy fiction writer will discuss his New Novel “The Sialkot Saga”, in presence of the prominent Tamil film producer Ramkumar Ganesan, followed by a Q&A session on Friday, 29th July 2016 at 6:30 PM in Starmark Store Express Avenue Mall.

About the Author

Ashwin Sanghi—entrepreneur by day, novelist by night—has all the usual qualifications of an Indian businessman. Schooling at the Cathedral & John Connon School, a B.A. (Economics) from St. Xavier’s College, and an M.B.A. (Finance) from the Yale School of Management. Besides being a businessman, Ashwin manages a parallel career as writer of fiction. Ashwin’s first novel, ‘The Rozabal Line’ was originally self-published in 2007 under his anagram-pseudonym—Shawn Haigins. The book was subsequently published by Westland in 2008 and 2010 in India under his own name and went on to become a national bestseller. ‘Chanakya’s Chant’ is his second novel in the historical-fiction genre. The book has remained on AC Nielsen’s India Bookscan Top-10 for all of 2011. It won the ‘2010 Crossword-Vodafone Popular Choice Award’ in September 2011. UTV has purchased the movie rights to the book and a film based upon the story is expected soon. Dr. Shashi Tharoor released the novel in Mumbai calling it an “enthralling, delightfully-interesting and gripping read with historical research that is impressive.” The Hindustan Times has called it “a cracker of a page-turner.” Ashwin is currently working on his third novel, as yet untitled, that explores business strategies in ancient India. Ashwin is also working towards a Ph.D. in Creative Writing from Bangor University in Wales. Ashwin lives in Mumbai with his wife, Anushika, and his eight-year old son, Raghuvir.

About the Book

‘When it’s a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.’

The trajectories of Arvind and Arbaaz, both ‘businessmen’ of a kind whose lives are unwillingly intertwined, ricochet off one another while they play out their sinister and murderous plots of personal and professional one-upmanship, all the while breaking every rule in the book.

Both are unaware that what they seek and fight over is the very obstacle in realising an ancient secret that dates back to a time long forgotten.

And yet, at the heart of it all, there lies tenderness... and pathos... and blood... and rare moments of an almost exalted happiness. So, can it be that a man is both sinner and saint, victor and victim, black and white?
Ashwin Sanghi, master storyteller and spinner of yarns, weaves together once more threads of the past and present, fact and fiction, history and mythology, business and politics, love and hatred while dangling you ceaselessly over the cliff with this chilling multi-layered narrative, keeping you guessing till the totally unguessable end.
And you’re left wondering whether it’s a matter of faith...or fate?

Date: 29th July, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM
Venue: Starmark Stores, Shop No. 248, 2nd Floor, Express Avenue Mall, 49 & 50 L Whites Road, Royapettah, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600014