Five Years Online For The First Asian E-novel.
Saadhu.com was launched in October 1998, as home of the ‘the saadhu testament’, a novel written by the Sri Lankan author daya dissanayake. After it’s publication it was found to be the First Electronic Novel from the whole of Asia, and has been listed as such on many of the leading Search Engines.
To mark the event the author contacted Rad Inks (Pvt) ltd. to create an online store for some of his other works. The saadhu.com website it self was created five years ago by a member of the current Rad Inks team.’The saadhu testament’ tells the story of a Saadhu with a worldwide following. People from all walks of life, including a doctor from Malaysia, a Minister from Australia, a Trade Union Leader from UK, seek the help of the Saadhu. And the Saadhu never fails.
The story tries to show that the Saadhu is also performing an invaluable service to humankind, and if anyone attempts to build it up to a major business, it can be as respectable and ethical as any other healing system.
The Saadhu Testament in it’s entirety is available for reading on it’s website at http://www.saadhu.com/pr/ The online store is for the sale of Daya Dissanayake’s other books including The novel that won the State Literary price for English literature in 1998 - The Kat Bitha - A Historical Novel.
Daya Dissanayake is the Cheif Executive Officer of a Pharmecueticals company. This lead to his writing the ‘Healer and the drug pusher’ a book that looks critically at industry. Rad Inks is an innovative technology company that specializes in building custom websites.

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