Ashok Banker
Ashok Kumar Banker[1][2] (born 7 February 1964 in Mumbai, India) is an author and screenwriter. His writing spans crime thrillers, essays, literary criticism, fiction and mythological retellings.[3] The author of several well-received novels including a trilogy billed as "India's first crime novels in English",[4] he became widely known for his retellings of Indian mythological epics, starting with the internationally acclaimed and best-selling eight-volume Ramayana Series.[5]
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Banker (far right) at a panel discussion in November 2012
References
- ↑ The Forest of Stories The Telegraph, 15 March 2012
- ↑ "An epic undertaking" (in en-IN). The Hindu. 2012-03-21. . https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/an-epic-undertaking/article3024600.ece. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
- ↑ Ashok Banker on real art, honest emotions Times of India, 6 April 2012
- ↑ Mystery of the missing jasoos Times of India 16 May 2010
- ↑ Why Does Indian Mythology Dominate Contemporary Fiction in India?