Author at Work!
Hi there.
I’m currently embarking on another long writing schedule. This one may last weeks, or months, or several months, can’t really say for sure right now. I’ve already shut down my social networking completely as of today and will only check the Readerswrite Page on this blog very occasionally. So please don’t feel upset if I don’t reply as promptly as I used to, or don’t reply at all.
My advice would be for you to leave your comments without expecting a response – if you do get a response, consider it a bonus!
As you know, I’ve been interacting nonstop with readers for the past several years, and as the counter on the Readerswrite Page attests, I’ve personally been contacted by and replied to well over 20,000 readers to date! I think you’ll agree that I’m entitled to some ‘time off’.
Meanwhile, my books will continue to speak for themselves.
Penguin India, August 2009You’ll find up-to-date information about new publications here on this blog, as well as on my official website which is undergoing a major redesign – Epic India should be up and running by late July or early August, and it will feature lots of new material, info about my books, other projects, and in time, insights into my writing process, research, and various matters related to Indian culture, myth, and itihasa.
So even if it seems like I’ve gone underground for a while, and become even more low-profile than usual (no-profile is probably a better way to phrase it), don’t worry. The work will still keep coming out, and it will speak for itself.
In fact, it’s because I want to focus more on the work that I’m reducing my online time and interactivity. So in the end, you stand to benefit the most.
As always, thank you for your continued support of me and my work. You make it possible for me to write and publish books that I truly believe in and feel passionately about, and I always appreciate that fact.
Be well. Love all. Find Peace. And Read some good books…not just mine! 
Ashok K. Banker
Andheri (W)
Mumbai, India
A very limited number of copies of the AKB Books edition will be available again soon - and the Penguin mass market edition will be out in a few months! 
The long-awaited final volume in the Ramayana Series will be issued in a very Limited Edition by AKB Books, while the mass market paperback will be published early next year by Penguin Books! 