Education
University of Westminster. San José State University.
University of Westminster. San José State University.
He lives in Bombay and is a contributor to Time and other publications. He pursued his Master of Arts in International Journalism at the University of Westminster, London, where he specialised in Photography in 1999. His second masters, in mass communications, was from San Jose State University (Mississippi, Distinction).
He graduated in 2002 and the book was finally published in 2004.
Shanghvi has been compared to Salman Rushdie and Vikram Seth in his writing styles, especially for using settings of magical realism, and themes such as karma, love and sexuality extensively in The His essay, Hello, Darling, appeared in 2008 anthology, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Sutra: Untold Stories From India. His second book, The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay (2009) which had events taken from the Jessica Lall murder case, received mixed reviews, and later he announced it to be his last.
After his father was diagnosed with cancer in 2007, Shanghvi turned to photography. His photography series The House Next Door, opened at Galleri Kontrast in Stockholm in 2010.
In early 2011 it was shown at the Matthieu Foss Gallery, Bombay and later at Delhi"s eponymous Vadehra Art Gallery.
Referring to this body of work Salman Rushdie (author of Midnight"s Children) said, "These pictures touched me deeply. They are at once intimate and clear-sightedly objective, precise and affectionate. He divides time between Albany, California and Mumbai.
The Last Song of Dusk (2005), made it to Manitoba Asian Prize: 2009 Shortlist, won the 2004 Betty Trask Award, one of United Kingdom"s most prestigious prizes for debut novels, and Premio Grinzane Cavour 2005 (Italy) for the Best Debut novel. This book was also theSan Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2004, a 2006 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Finalist and a San Francisco Chronicle best-seller., and translated into 10 languages.
