Akshay Shroff

The GAME CHANGER MONK - Monk or a Secret Service Agent?

Lakshya Gaitonde was born in Village Salshiram-be of Karad Taluka, Sangli District, Maharashtra in 1983. At the age of 5, he moved to Bombay with his parents since his father, Rajaram Gaitonde was transferred as Police Head Consta-ble. Lakshya had been a cricket enthusiast since childhood, idolised Sunil Gavaskar and dreamt of joining the national team on growing up.

However, in 1993, Police Sub Inspector Rajaram Gaitonde was martyred during the serial blasts in the city. Overnight, Lakshya decided to abandon his dreams and instead join the Police Force to follow in his father’s footsteps. After graduation, he joins the Mumbai Police as Assistant Commissioner in its Anti Terrorism Squad. In July 2006, he loses his mother and fiancée, Seema in similar bomb blasts in the Suburban trains…

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Ten-year old Lakshya Gaitonde dreams of following a career in cricket like his idol, Sunil Gavaskar. But destiny has other plans for him.

He loses his father, Police sub-inspector Rajaram Gaitonde in the Mumbai terror attack of March 1993. He decides to follow in his father’s footsteps and becomes a police officer.

In the July 2006 serial train blasts on the Mumbai suburban network, he loses his mother and fiancee.

In consultation with the Commissioner of Police, he devises a diabolical plan to crush the menace of terrorism at its roots.

Does he succeed? How does he manage to avenge the killing of his parents and his beloved? Why does he finally don saffron robes?
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The Author

Akshay Shroff has been a successful advertising sales consultant of domestic and international media, spanning over three decades, first in New Delhi followed by Mumbai.

He has been associated with voluntary organizations like the Lions and the Junior Chamber International in senior positions and also with trade bodies like the Delhi Advertising Club and the Press Club of India.

Married to Jayna since February 1981, he has been a responsible family man, a doting father of Rohan and a loving father-in-law of Stuti. Has a Bon Vivant nature, nurturing friendships since over five decades. Travel, trekking, reading and writing have been his passionate hobbies. Lover of animals and Nature, dogs have been his companions on and off. While THE MONK is his debut novel, writing will now be his full time engagement.

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