Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ashok Kumar Banker (born 7 February 1964 in Mumbai, India) is a novelist and short story writer living in Mumbai, India. He has written professionally since his early teens, and has worked as a door-to-door surveyor for market research firms, a print journalist, columnist, scriptwriter for television series and documentaries, and in advertising.