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. I myself came from the us just a few months before i started writing this book. Amrita chowdhurys second book is a potboiler detailing cyber attacks. She holds engineering degrees from iit kanpur, uc berkeley, where she was a. She could be consulting somewhere in sydney or new york today. She has been called one of the greatest avantgarde women artists of the early 20th century and a pioneer in modern indian art.
Buy faking it book online at low prices in india faking. He has served in senior business and technology leadership roles in consulting companies across us, australia and india. Amrita chowdhurys debut novel is a rare art thriller. She holds engineering degrees from iit kanpur and uc berkely and an mba from carnegie mellon. This book also explores dark and deadly side of virtual existences and how over use virtual media can create problems in peoples life. This book is as autobiographical as any other book is.
As she herself says, she took the usual track of first going to iit kanpur, then to school in the us, where she earned her bachelors at the university of california, berkeley and ultimately her mba at carnegie mellon. After returning to india, worked for a publishing house, and while hopping jobs and professions wrote two books two. 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. Ceo of harlequin publishers in india, amrita chowdhury, commented on how my work can be used to understand and manage fraud in the art market. Drawn to painting at a young age, shergil started getting formal lessons in the art, at the age of eight. Apr 24, 2015 chowdhury an alumnus of iitkanpur whose website says she holds seven us patents for semiconductor fabrication is also the author of upcoming cybercrime novel breach, published by hachette. View the profiles of people named amrita chowdhury. The pulphappy writers of page three, of course, went on overdrive about roy, about his anglo links to india, the event from last night. She holds 7 us patents for semiconductor manufacturing and has done strategy consulting and board governance in us and australia. Check this page out to know her biographyage, husband, death, family, and more.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading breach. A cyber thriller kindle edition by chowdhury, amrita. Her parents first met in 1912, while marie antoinette was visiting lahore. Even the business times talked about rising art prices and the recent shergil discovery. Presented below is an excerpt from part 1, chapter 7 of faking it. Finance expert, tara malhotra, forced to quit her job and follow her husband on a job promotion and transfer back from the states and hating every minute of it decides to bring some excitement into her empty, highsociety mumbai life by indulging her taste for contemporary indian art. Her work is a key theme in the contemporary indian novel faking it by amrita chowdhury. He has also been a chief information officer in telecom and digital services companies. Amrita is also the author of faking it, which i have not yet read adds to reading bucketlist. Amrita chowdhury technology analyst infosys linkedin. My grounding in hr spans from multinational companies in the it sector, to the consulting role for private sectors, psus and government bodies on the areas inclusive of organization structuring, policy designing, manpower planning.
The engrossing crime tale is deceptively woven around a frantic chase for trophy art. Faking it by amrita chowdhury one world for the artist, another for the buyer this book is set in an extremely wellconstructed and authentic bombay. 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. A travelogue through mumbais innards where nris come back to live the emerging markets dream. The first sentence of any book, fiction or nonfiction, is prime real estate. Amrita shergil was born on 30 january 19 in budapest, hungary, to umrao singh shergil majithia, a sikh aristocrat and a scholar in sanskrit and persian, and marie antoniette gottesmann, a hungarianjewish opera singer who came from an affluent bourgeois family. Amrita chowdhury never planned to become an author. She started as an ngineer, worked for a bit in silicon valley, gathered a few patents for semi conductor manufacturing. 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.
Amrita rao is in the bollywood film industry for over a decade, yet the petite. Mar 25, 2020 view amrita chowdhury s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Faking it a book about art forgers was published in 2009. Sep 10, 2014 ceo of harlequin publishers in india, amrita chowdhury, commented on how my work can be used to understand and manage fraud in the art market. As for her first book, chowdhury s interest in art goes back a long way. Amrita chowdhury holds engineering degrees from iit kanpur and uc berkeley and an mba from carnegie mellon. Amrita is the author of faking it, an art crime thriller. Amrita shergil was an eminent hungarianindian painter who is considered one of the greatest avantgarde women of the 20th century and a pioneer in modern indian art. Personally tech with publisher and author amrita chowdhury. The book tells the tale of tara malhotra, a finance expert, loving wife and. Amrita chowdhury amrita in the news romances wow readers with desi twists, family drama and feisty relatable heroines happily ever after embedded image permalink novels polaroid film romance romance film romantic things romances romance novels. When her husband accepts a job promotion and transfer back to bombay from the u. 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. Interview with amrita chowdhury, author of breach the good.
The format and content of this book is very similar to the 1984 biography amrita shergil a biography. It is, however, a bombay where you travel not by local train but in a luxurious car driven by a liveried chauffeur. Amrita chowdhury is the author of faking it, an art crime thriller, and breach, a cyber thriller. Faiz has been found in 7 states including new york, washington, virginia, maryland, district of columbia, and 2 others. At one level, writing thrillers with a wide canvas allows me to not just. A new book by amrita chowdhury, country head of mills and boon subsidiary harlequin india, is a blend of cyber crime, medical ethics and ip laws. This book is based on interviews, documents, and photos provided by amritas friends and exhusband, victor egan. Unlike the 1984 biography, amrita shergil a biography, the author of this book never met amrita. Breach is a cyber thriller written by amrita chowdhury yes thats how the surname is spelt. 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. Amrita is a business strategist, engineer and innovator, and brings highenergy leadership to the businesses and people she interfaces with. View the profiles of professionals named amrita chowdhury on linkedin. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover amrita s connections and jobs at similar companies.
Amrita shergil artist biography, paintings, artworks. Amrita chowdhury director gaia smart cities linkedin. Author amrita chowdhury has written breach, a cyber crime thriller, and faking it, an art crime thriller. About the author 2012 amrita chowdhury holds engineering degrees from iit kanpur and uc berkeley and an mba from carnegie mellon. 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. As a writer we perceive things, which we then translate into writing. Very, very intrigued i was, so i got it off amazon and setto on a cold, winter evening. Interview with amrita chowdhury, author of breach the. Buy faking it book online at best prices in india on. Jun 30, 2009 meet amrita chowdhury, a freshly minted novelist who perfectly fits this criteria of newly returned indian.
Dec 09, 2014 breach by amrita chowdhury is a clever book that takes the internet, the security or lack of it of the servers over the this has been a recurrent theme in books, and the plot is usually woven with the assistance a piece of technology from that particular era. She holds engineering degrees from iit kanpur, uc berkeley and an mba from carnegie mellon university. Her first novel, faking it, is a thriller based on the world of art forgery. This site is an online resource for amrita shergils biography, artwork, paintings, articles, awards, videos and books. 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. Jun 26, 2009 presented below is an excerpt from part 1, chapter 7 of faking it.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Her first book faking it laid down details of how the art market. Where you eat not vadapau stuffed with green chillies and dry spicy. Amrita shergil wiki, age, death, husband, family, biography. Get ahead presents an excerpt from engineerturnedauthor amrita chowdhury s debut novel, faking it. Amrita rao is the classiest fashionista of bollywood. Amrita chowdhury is a gynaecologist in ruby hospital kolkata. Best sellers mobiles amazon pay pantry new releases computers customer service books gift ideas sell baby amazonbasics. Meet amrita chowdhury, a freshly minted novelist who perfectly fits this criteria of newly returned indian. I did a course in art history at iit, and later on, started collecting art myself. I asked amrita what she personally has in common with tara and she said, tara is as autobiographical or not as most book protagonists are.
Set in mumbai, washington and guangzhou against the race to patent a new cancer drug, breach is about ambition and revenge, hacking and ethics, youth and crime, love and heartbreak. Architect, artist and writer at author of lets sell your first book at. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover amritas connections and jobs at similar companies. Amrita shergil is indias most distinguished and admired artist. View amrita chowdhurys profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. A cyber thriller book online at best prices in india on. A writers views also filter through the characters int. Amrita chowdhury is the author of recently released breach, a cyber thriller, and faking it, an art crime thriller. Determined to set up an art gallery of her own she sets about acquiring the perfect. Tracing a passage back to india the new indian express.
Buy faking it book online at low prices in india faking it. I am amrita chowdhury, hailing from kolkata, honors graduate in economics from calcutta university, pursuing pgchrm with xlri. Kindle ereaders free kindle reading apps kindle ebooks kindle unlimited prime reading deals on kindle ebooks best sellers. Aug 07, 2012 amrita chowdhury holds engineering degrees from iit kanpur and uc berkeley and an mba from carnegie mellon. Asocialite thriller with diamonddripping and birkinbearing ladies of leisure whose job description it is to exercise. Amrita chowdhury of harlequin enterprises is the author of two thrillers, faking it and breach. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Faking it book by amrita chouwdhury best price in india. The next morning roy was all over the morning papers. Amrita chowdhurys art thriller amrita chowdhurys debut novel is a rare art thriller. An avid art enthusiast and collector herself, her faking it is strategically set amidst the fondness and frenzy for art. Tara malhotra, the heroine of faking it, is a finance professional.
This february we held our second scarsdale salon and were delighted by the big turnout that thursday evening. The multitalented amrita chowdhury is currently the head of harlequin books in india. Join facebook to connect with amrita chowdhury and others you may know. Breach is a superb book written by a very talented author amrita chowdhury. Faking it by amrita chowdhury hachette india price. Her next crime thriller is called breach releasing in december 2014. Books ordered after 7 pm will be delivered a day after. Amrita verma chowdhury is the author of faking it, an art crime thriller about fake modern and contemporary indian art. Ive recently graduated with a masters degree in architecture with a merit score and a seriously big chip on my shoulder. Besides remaining an inspiration to many contemporary indian artists, she became an inspiration for many literary works, including urdu play tumhari amrita, indian novel faking it by amrita chowdhury, aurora zogoiby, a character in salman rushdies 1995 novel the moors last sigh, was inspired by shergil.
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