When I started out I had nebulous ideas about immortality, gender dynamics and the potential of technology to transform our existence. We are moving towards a huge change in human life – I don’t have doubts about it anymore.
Meeting His Holiness the Dalai Lama
He straddles centuries in his persona, and engages in contemporary and current issues with ease. It was a privilege to be in his presence.
An enjoyable review…
It is not easy to create a new world and terminology. One require to imagine the things and then wave it with possibilities and probabilities. The author did it quite well. The book remains true to its genre.
Interview
My target reader is 18 and up to infinity.
An interview about Ascendance
There is nothing ‘not normal’ about a sci-fi novel. It is a story set in a different setting that is all. The ingredients are all the same – characters, plot, conflict, resolution and climax. Writing a novel is an enjoyable and immersive experience, whatever be the genre.
Glimpses from launch of Ascendance
What a fantastic book launch! Congratulations Sadhna Shanker. Terrific speech by the dynamic, articulate Kiren Rijuju. Future Prime Minister for sure! pic.twitter.com/bFkZLFo0oO — Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) May 19, 2018
Ascendance book launch
Excited about the launch…
Ascendance 2.0
In fact, we lived with them on Earth, and we came to Elone together. There must have been something that tied us together. I think that is also lost to us now; lost to both of us. We have never stopped to look for that bond, never questioned the roots of the animosity that plagues us today. But the knowledge that we shared an intertwined existence is still with us.
Ascendance 1.0
Imagine a world where men and women live as antagonistic species. How would they react when they learn about their shared past….
Happy birthday kiddo!
We think that we look after and nurture our children, often overlooking how in their own way they do the same. They help us grow and expand in ways we never would, but for them.
themindprism - sadhna shanker 