I did a course in art history at iit, and later on, started collecting art myself. Using this backdrop, author amrita chowdhury has come up with her new book breach. Amrita chowdhury is the author of recently released breach, a cyber thriller, and faking it, an art crime thriller. It blends the unique premise of cyber crime, cancer research, medical ethics and ip. Who were your favourite authors and what were your favourite books. This site is an online resource for amrita shergils biography, artwork, paintings, articles, awards, videos and books. When she was a young girl, she used to get her servants model for her, so that she could paint. Amrita shergil artist biography, paintings, artworks. The engrossing crime tale is deceptively woven around a frantic chase for trophy art. The format and content of this book is very similar to the 1984 biography amrita shergil. Amrita chowdhury director gaia smart cities linkedin.
Amrita chowdhury is director of gaia smart cities, an urban technology firm providing wide area internet of things iot and data automation solutions for enterprises and cities. Verve interacts with her just before she launches her second novel, breach. The multitalented amrita chowdhury is currently the head of harlequin books in india. Amrita chowdhury holds engineering degrees from iit kanpur and uc berkeley and an mba from carnegie mellon. She was an engineer in silicon valley has done strategy consulting and board effectiveness work in the us and australia and is currently associate director of. Weve all heard of mat honan, the wired reporter who had his digital life destroyed by hackers last year. Author amrita chowdhury has written breach, a cyber crime thriller, and faking it, an art crime thriller. She holds engineering degrees from iit kanpur and uc berkeley, where she was a jane lewis fellow, and an mba from carnegie mellontepper business school. The book is a collection of stories, recipes and handillustrations by adults and children around the world friends, relatives, strangers et al. Her previous book, faking it, was set in the world of contemporary art.
Amrita shergil was born on thursday, 30 january 19 aged 28 years. Relishing some artistic food at varq, author amrita chowdhury talks. Fsecure, a finnish security company, created an infographic about his experience and provide tips on how to avoid making the same mistakes he did. Amrita chowdhury at the mumbai launch of faking it. Interview with amrita chowdhury, author of breach the. Architect, artist and writer at author of lets sell your first book at. Join facebook to connect with amrita chowdhury and others you may know. Interview with amrita chowdhury, author of breach the good book. Amrita verma chowdhury is the author of faking it, an art crime thriller about fake modern and. She was an engineer in silicon valley, has done strategy consulting and board effectiveness work in the us and australia and is currently associate director of the india research centre division of harvard business school. Amrita shergil is indias most distinguished and admired artist. She doesnt think twice before making a lifealtering career move.
Follow me on my art journey, where i cover art fairs, art dos and donts, timelapse videos of my work and days in the life of an artist. An avid art enthusiast and collector herself, her faking it is strategically set amidst the fondness and frenzy for art. I was dying to read this book, faking it, for one reason only, and that because it has been written by my supereditor and harlequin india country head before she became any of the preceding. Amrita chowdhury s debut novel is a rare art thriller. Personally tech with publisher and author amrita chowdhury.
Amrita verma chowdhury is the author of faking it, an art crime thriller about fake modern and contemporary indian art. Having written two thrillers, and seen many romance novels as a publisher, the thought that invariably comes to me is whether i can write a romance. Presented below is an excerpt from part 1, chapter 7 of faking it. Its a food book for those who love to eat and love to cook and feed others, and more for that homesick desi cook who is constantly looking to add a touch of home to every global dish they make, wherever they go. As for her first book, chowdhury s interest in art goes back a long way. Very, very intrigued i was, so i got it off amazon and setto on a cold, winter evening.
It is, so far, a work in progress and will be available for preorder soon. Even the business times talked about rising art prices and the recent shergil discovery. Amrita is a business strategist, engineer and innovator, and brings highenergy leadership to the. She holds engineering degrees from iit kanpur, uc berkeley and an mba from carnegie mellon university. Her next crime thriller is called breach releasing in december 2014. War criminal executioner tracked down to north london. Next in line a food and travel memoir of a displaced bengali cook who started off in the kitchen by burning water. Her mother came to india as a companion of princess.
The pulphappy writers of page three, of course, went on overdrive about roy, about his anglo links to india, the event from last night. Amrita shergil was born on 30 january 19 in budapest, hungary, to umrao singh shergil majithia, a jat sikh aristocrat and a scholar in sanskrit and persian, and marie antoniette gottesmann, a hungarianjewish opera singer who came from an affluent bourgeois family. Finance expert, tara malhotra, forced to quit her job and follow her husb. The first hindustan times crime writers festival that concluded in delhi on january 18, 2015 saw a spectrum of writers discussed the various facets of said genre, stating from cyber crime to.
Rahul gandhis chats with raghuram rajan and abhijit banerjee, along with zoom press conferences clearly indicate that the congress leader is in a comeback mode. Amrita chowdhury of harlequin enterprises is the author of two thrillers, faking it and breach. About the author 2012 amrita chowdhury holds engineering degrees from iit kanpur and uc berkeley and an mba from carnegie mellon. Amrita chowdhury is known for her work on the lost idea 2018, hoyto kobitar jonyo 2015 and capital i 2015. Amrita chowdhury is a mother, an author, the head of a publishing house and much more. View the profiles of people named amrita chowdhury.
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