About Ashok
Ashok Kumar Banker comes from a family of Anglo-Indians, a tiny minority community of British colonials intermarried with Indian citizens. His British grandmother’s family settled in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The family name was Smith, which was of Dutch-British extraction and they were intermarried with Kelly, of Scots-Irish extraction. They spoke English and Tamizh (Tamil) and were raised in the Anglo-Sri Lankan culture.
PoA Graphic Novel
Lush colour adaptation of the Ramayana Series. Preview 10 sample pages here. Ebook edition coming out soon!
The Valmiki Syndrome
In his first major work of non-fiction, Ashok Banker uses the Puranic tale of Sage Valmiki to illuminate the present day problem of the work-life balance.
Mahabharata updates
AKB eBOOKS edition coming soon! UPDATE 6 APRIL 2011: The AKB eBOOKS editions will be issued only in ebook format. There will be no limited print edition issued. The Penguin India mass market edition will be released in bookstores sometime in early 2012. UPDATE 27 NOVEMBER: The final publication draft of THE MAHABHARATA: VOLUME ONE [...]
Sons of Sita
Sons of Sita is on track for publication – it will be released soon after Vengeance of Ravana. The AKB BOOKS edition which was indefinitely delayed (pictured here) will be issued soon. More details and update soon.
Slayer of Kamsa: Book 1 of The Krishna Coriolis
Here’s the final front cover of the mass market paperback edition of SLAYER OF KAMSA: Book 1 of The Krishna Coriolis, published in September by HarperCollins India under their Harper imprint. I really love what designer-illustrator Pinaki De has done with the colours and texturing and graphics. Initially, I was concerned that there were too [...]
Vengeance of Ravana: Book 7 of The Ramayana Series – on the path to publication
This is the almost final cover design for the Penguin India edition of VENGEANCE OF RAVANA: Book 7 of The Ramayana. I’m posting it here along with some good news. The first is that I have finally resolved the textual issues I had with the manuscripts of VoR and SoS and as a result I’ve [...]
