"R&AW Material"

Fiction is sometimes a great truth wrapped in a beautiful lie, that you unwrap slowly...

["R&AW Material" @R_AW_Material]

R&AW Material is the first book in the world to explore, in a fictional narrative space, the lab leak theory and its potential geopolitical consequences through the lens of espionage, power, and global intrigue. Grab your copy from Amazon.

[India Global Forum @IGFupdates]

What if the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence?
What if the story you're too afraid to write is exactly the one the world needs to read?

Two longlisted authors walked into this conversation carrying 17 years of publishing and one debut novel between them and somehow, both felt like impostors.

@ashwinsanghi (The Ayodhya Alliance) and @arpitagarwal1 (Raw Material) write in completely different worlds, one weaving ancient civilisational mystery into a present-day thriller, the other reversing the Western spy genre lens to put India at the centre.
But they arrive at the same place: Indian storytelling has always had the content. What it needs now is the franchise.

From the discipline of writing around a career, to the confidence of an unapologetically Indian voice, to a civilisational archive that was shaping global narratives 2,000 years ago, this conversation covers a lot of ground.

This conversation comes as a part of the IGF Archer Amish Award for Storytellers (Second Edition), a $25,000 literary prize judged by celebrated authors Jeffrey Archer (@Jeffrey_Archer) and Amish Tripathi (@authoramish), to celebrate talent and the evolution of modern Indian voices.

More conversations with the longlisted authors coming soon.

#IGFArcherAmishAward #IndianFiction #IndianAuthors #TheIndiaStory #ModernIndianVoices #AshwinSanghi #ArpitAgarwal

["R&AW Material" @R_AW_Material]

this is refrenced in "RAW Material" 🙏🏽

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

CIA scientists concluded that COVID came from a lab leak. Then someone scribbled out their conclusion at 2 am and changed the report.

Tomorrow, a whistleblower testifies before my committee. The COVID cover-up is unraveling.

[Arpit Agarwal @arpitagarwal1]

Thank you 🙏🏽 @indiaglobalforum @ashwinsanghi
#RAWMAterial #Espionage #SpyThriller #CovidOrigins @R_AW_Material

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@R_H_Ebright @Ayjchan @sigridbratlie @angie_rasmussen @JamieMetzl @mattwridley https://t.co/5Rf6QIF7jl

["R&AW Material" @R_AW_Material]

A heart-pounding tale of revenge and espionage, where a spy chief places his half-brother and head of a rival spy agency in a grip of blackmail to surrender proof of his complicity in a bio-weapons project, set amidst the backdrop of Tibet, China, and India.

["R&AW Material" @R_AW_Material]

@Ayjchan @sigridbratlie @angie_rasmussen @R_H_Ebright @JamieMetzl @mattwridley https://t.co/5Rf6QIF7jl

["R&AW Material" @R_AW_Material]

A heart-pounding tale of revenge and espionage, where a spy chief places his half-brother and head of a rival spy agency in a grip of blackmail to surrender proof of his complicity in a bio-weapons project, set amidst the backdrop of Tibet, China, and India.

["R&AW Material" @R_AW_Material]

@sigridbratlie @angie_rasmussen @R_H_Ebright @JamieMetzl @Ayjchan @mattwridley https://t.co/5Rf6QIF7jl

["R&AW Material" @R_AW_Material]

A heart-pounding tale of revenge and espionage, where a spy chief places his half-brother and head of a rival spy agency in a grip of blackmail to surrender proof of his complicity in a bio-weapons project, set amidst the backdrop of Tibet, China, and India.

["R&AW Material" @R_AW_Material]

@sigridbratlie @R_H_Ebright @JamieMetzl @Ayjchan @mattwridley https://t.co/5Rf6QIF7jl

["R&AW Material" @R_AW_Material]

A heart-pounding tale of revenge and espionage, where a spy chief places his half-brother and head of a rival spy agency in a grip of blackmail to surrender proof of his complicity in a bio-weapons project, set amidst the backdrop of Tibet, China, and India.

["R&AW Material" @R_AW_Material]

@shane_barker @arpitagarwal1 https://t.co/5Rf6QIF7jl

["R&AW Material" @R_AW_Material]

A heart-pounding tale of revenge and espionage, where a spy chief places his half-brother and head of a rival spy agency in a grip of blackmail to surrender proof of his complicity in a bio-weapons project, set amidst the backdrop of Tibet, China, and India.

["R&AW Material" @R_AW_Material]

A heart-pounding tale of revenge and espionage, where a spy chief places his half-brother and head of a rival spy agency in a grip of blackmail to surrender proof of his complicity in a bio-weapons project, set amidst the backdrop of Tibet, China, and India.

[Arpit Agarwal @arpitagarwal1]

Head over to @kunzum guys for your signed copy of #RAWMaterial 🙏🏽
(and no, it's not banned in China as some are saying)

https://t.co/KjKPq4KXgl

[Arpit Agarwal @arpitagarwal1]

The Chinese leadership’s rare visit to #Tibet on Aug 20 2025, is being seen as a gesture of openness by some. Yet we must also remember His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s forced exile to India, a moment I reference in #RawMaterial. See you Saturday if you are in the NCR.

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[Arpit Agarwal @arpitagarwal1]

Hunter Hunted. Familiar

[Arpit Agarwal @arpitagarwal1]

🚨 The world’s waking up to cover-ups, but what if the truth was buried even deeper?
My novel 'RAW Material' dives into a ‘what-if’ that feels way too real.
Spy games. Lab leaks. A race for the truth.
📘 Read it before the news catches up.

https://t.co/hr9BcZulS5
#SpyThriller #RAWmaterial #LabLeak #Geopolitics

[Shane Barker @shane_barker]

@arpitagarwal1 Love to see it @arpitagarwal1 🙌

[Arpit Agarwal @arpitagarwal1]

Thank you Aliya for the amazing review! So thrilled you enjoyed the dual timeline, Pema's story, and the espionage twists. Your kind words mean a lot. Grateful for readers like you! 📖📷<✨Thank you

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[Arpit Agarwal @arpitagarwal1]

I'm truly touched and grateful for this review. Not just because it's positive, but because the reader has clearly immersed himself in the book. He's picked up on the parts I loved the most and the ones I found hardest to write :)

https://t.co/DwQDBF2evf

[Arpit Agarwal @arpitagarwal1]

I was recently interviewed by @NaghmaPK for RAW Material. An excerpt

The book is available in Kindle and paperback format all around the world.

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[Arpit Agarwal @arpitagarwal1]

❤️🙏🏽

["R&AW Material" @R_AW_Material]

Honoured by this review of RAW Material. Thank you for reading the book the way it was meant to be read; with heart, depth and curiosity. A review like this makes all the effort worth it. Thank you, Rimi for seeing the layers.🙏

#SPYxFamily #spy #spyvsspy #spythriller #spynovel

["R&AW Material" @R_AW_Material]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[Arpit Agarwal @arpitagarwal1]

“This book exceeded all my expectations!”
Thank you @_the_lost_bookmark for this ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review of R&AW Material. Vijay’s story seems to be finding its readers. 🙏

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