Nationality Indian Role Poet Name Ashok Sawhny | Spouse Uma Sawhny Genre Poetry Movies Listen... Amaya | |
Occupation President Monarch International Books Fruit Salad: Poems for Children, The Mango Grove at Kashipur, The Sands Of Time & Other Po, Chequerboard and Other Poems, To Have Loved | ||
Ashok Sawhny (born 1937) is bilingual Indian poet, film producer and businessman. He is founder and President of Monarch International (estb. 1978), an international trading company with offices in several countries.
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Early life
Sawhny was born in the year 1937 in Lahore, Pakistan. He attended Modern School, New Delhi followed by St. Stephen's College, Delhi
Career
Sawhny worked with Indian Industry till 1977, before starting with his own company, Monarch International in 1978,. trading internationally with offices in several countries. He has also critically acclaimed film, Listen Amaya (2013), starring Farooq Shaikh and Deepti Naval.
Ashok sawhney has penned 13 solo poetry books so far. He has been published in anthologies alongside A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Gulzar, Ruskin Bond, Deepti Naval, Shashi Tharoor, Irshad Kamil, and Kapil Sibal.