Aswath Venkataraman is the popular and creative author of the book, I Have Read That Somewhere.

He is also an alumnus of IIM Bangalore and RVCE. He is also a self confessed "cheap guy" who prefers to ditch his friends for 'spunky' girls. Ultimately though, he is in turn ditched by the girls and he has nowhere to go.

He is currently posted in some small village in the neighbourhood of Nagpur seling soaps and detergents to the local womenfolk.

Early Life

Venkataraman was born in an obscure village in Tamil Nadu. The god fearing population of the village regarded this as an evil omen and banished his family to darkest Bihar. Venkataraman grew up in Ranchi, now in Jharkhand.

Venkataraman excelled in both academics and sports, but the brutally competitive atmosphere of Delhi Public School, where he was enrolled ensured that this was not acknowledged. He lost his place in the cricket team to Tuhin Garg, and remained unable to beat Ravi Karthik academically. Ravi Karthik was to be his bete noire later on in his life as well, though in matters quite non-academic.

Venkataraman's achievements did not extend to representing the school until he was thirteen, and participated in the Bournvita Quiz Contest.