What is it in the DNA of bankers that makes them gravitate towards writing at some point of time in their lives? There appear to be no easy answers to this conundrum. Perhaps it’s the sheer herd mentality.
Bhaswar denies this generalization and calls himself an accidental writer.
With eleven contributions to various anthologies and his solo book of short stories “it happens-Stories of Human Relationships”, Bhaswar’s writing has been endorsed by the stellar stars of the literary firmament such as Amitav Ghosh, Ashwin Sanghi and by Vinita Dawra Nangia, Executive Editor, Author and Columnist with The Times of India. His short stories have been placed among the top ten by Amitav Ghosh, Ashwin Sanghi, Nayantara Sahgal, Tuhin Sinha, Upamanyu Chatterjee and Vivek Shanbhag for various prompts across the three seasons of the Write India Contest, India’s largest crowdsourced short story writing contest under the aegis of the Times of India. Bhaswar’s short stories have been picked up by Sudha Murty and Ravinder Singh for their curated anthologies as well. His contribution ‘Leap of Faith’ featured in ‘Crossed and Knotted’ (Readomania), India’s first composite novel, a Limca Book of Records entry.
A Mechanical Engineer and an MBA from IIM Bangalore, Bhaswar has had an extremely successful track record of over 17 years with multinational banks in India. He quit in 2005 to set up Bridgepoint Solutions, a Learning Solutions company in Chennai.
A member of the Rotary Club of Madras, Bhaswar is interested in vocational services and he is passionate about theatre, having acted and directed in many. He loves distance running too!
He lives with his wife in Chennai, India. Their only daughter works in the US.
Bhaswar strives to live by the maxim ‘Carpe Diem’ or ‘Seize the Day’
