Ashwin Sanghi is an Indian writer in the fiction-Thriller genre. He is the author of three best-selling novels: The Rozabal Line, Chanakya's Chant and The Krishna Key. Forbes India has included him in its Celebrity 100 list. His latest novel, The Vault of Vishnu, was released on 27 January 2020.



  • “Worry is like a rocking chair; it keeps you in motion but gets you nowhere”
  • “O Rakshas, everything is always all right in the end. If it isn't all right, then it isn't the end”
  • “Vish, the creator; and Shiv, the destroyer, are simply two faces of the very same coin.”
  • “Battles are won and lost before they are fought.”
  • “To remain standing one often has to fall.”
  • “Take the first A out of Abraham and put it at the end. You get Brahama. There’s the ancient connection right there.”
  • “In order to become the master, a ruler must profess to be a servant of the people.”
  • “The Divine is simply that which science has not yet explained. In effect, God = Infinity - Human Knowledge.”
  • “Omniscient, omnipotent, omnivorous and omnipresent all begin with Om.”
  • “Journey IS the destination.”
  • “If a man tells a woman she is beautiful, she will overlook most of his OTHER lies.”
  • “The early bird catches the worm but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese.”
  • “The lesson for today, dear Rakshas , is between two evils you should pick the one that you haven't yet tried.”
  • “when a man steals your wife, there's no better revenge than to let him keep her.”
  • “It is impossible to know when a fish swimming in water drinks some of it. Thus it's quite impossible to find out when government servants in charge of undertakings misappropriate money.”
  • “When lions fight over a goat, it's usually the hyena that gets away with the prize.”
  • “I love fiction that sound like fact… and fact that sounds like fiction.”
  • “Everything is going to be right at the end. If it's not right, then it is not the end.”
  • “Strength does not come from physical capacity, it comes from indomitable will.”
  • “In life 99% is about good luck. The remaining 1% is about bloody good luck.”
  • “Never judge a book by its cover; a movie by its book; or a video game by its movie.”
  • “Character is what you are. Reputation is what people think you are.”
  • “Remember that it’s often easier to get forgiveness rather than permission!”
  • “Wise men think all they say, fools say all they think.”
  • “A free society is one where it’s safe to be unpopular, but then, freedom of speech also carries with it the freedom not to listen!”
  • “sometimes a majority only means that all the fools are on the same side.”
  • “Little Red Riding Hood was stalked; Cinderella was abused; the Beauty had to live with a hideous Beast; Snow White was poisoned; Hansel and Gretel were meat for a cannibal… and then we wonder why our kids grow up with problems.”
  • “Never interrupt the enemy while he's in the process of making mistake”
  • “Write when drunk. Edit when sober. Market it with the persistence of a drug peddler.”