Who is Ashok Banker?
Nov 30th, 2007 by Ashok
My favourite answer to that question is: “Ashok Kumar Banker is a fictional construct invented by you. You claim he is the author of the internationally acclaimed, bestselling Ramayana series, and several other books, stories, poetry, articles, scripts, and graphic novels. You allege also that he is 44 years old, married with two teenage children, and lives in Mumbai, India. To date, no factual evidence has been found to support your wild allegations regarding this fictional character. He is a figment of your imagination and an indication that you need to seek professional help. Ashok wishes you a speedy recovery.”
At last count, that one resulted in no less than 17 admissions to psychiatric wards, with several dozen more seeking psycho-therapy, and an unknown number of people running screaming through bookstores, yelling, ‘He exists, he exists!”
But in the interests of maintaining the mental health of my readers, I offer two slightly saner answers to the question.
For a fairly typical c.v., check out my recently revised and updated Bio.
A must-read: My views on publicity, PR, promotion, media and non-aggressive communication.
If you want to get really personal then take a look at this rambling, incomplete but heartfelt attempt at a mini-autobiography.
Click here to read My Lifetime Writing Plan.
Check out my Bibliography.
Read ‘Retelling the Ramayana’.
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