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Aleph to publish RESTLESS AS MERCURY: My Life As a Young Man Edited by Gopalkrishna Gandhi

by New Asian Writing • 18/01/2021 • 0 Comments
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The extraordinary story of the householder and lawyer who would become the Mahatma—told in his own words. This book complements the famous autobiography, The Story of My Experiments with Truth. BOOK DESCRIPTION (INR 999, 400PP) M. K. Gandhi’s autobiography, The Story of My Experiments with…

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Aleph to publish ON CITIZENSHIP by Romila Thapar, N. Ram, Gautam Bhatia, and Gautam Patel

by New Asian Writing • 18/01/2021 • 0 Comments
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Four of India’s finest public intellectuals go deep into key aspects of what constitutes citizenship in India BOOK DESCRIPTION (INR 499, 172PP) The essays in this volume give the reader a proper understanding of what Indian citizenship means, the threats to it,…

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Aleph to publish MURDER AT THE MUSHAIRA: A Novel by Raza Mir

by New Asian Writing • 18/01/2021 • 0 Comments
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Reminiscent of The Name of the Rose, this is a cracking murder mystery, literary novel, and perhaps the finest work of historical fiction in twenty-first-century Indian literature. BOOK DESCRIPTION (INR 799, 360PP) 3 May 1857. India stands on the brink of war. Everywhere…

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Hawakal Publishers to publish The Kolkata Cadence

by New Asian Writing • 18/01/2021 • 2 Comments
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This 15 January, Hawakal Publishers releases an anthology of 25 contemporary Kolkata poets, titled The Kolkata Cadence. The volume, graced by a substantial foreword by Sanjeev Sethi, is a glorious celebration of the city’s vibrant literary culture. The editors—Jagari Mukherjee, Inam…

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New Asian Writing Short Story Competition 2020 Results

by New Asian Writing • 10/01/2021 • 0 Comments

The editors would like to thank all who participated. The prize winning entries for NAW Short Story Competition 2020 are: Siddhartha Gigoo for his short story Elephant’s Tusk. A retired mountaineer’s decision to sponsor a partially blind girl’s trip to the…

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Book Review: A New Journey by Samantha Kannan

by New Asian Writing • 03/01/2021 • 0 Comments

Book Name: A New Journey Author: Samantha Kannan Genre: Fiction Rating: 3.7/5 Book Blurb: Jurnee is a recent college graduate struggling desperately to find a job as a teacher. Discouraged, she happens upon a chance opportunity to teach in a…

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Rupa to publish The Presidential Years by Pranab Mukherjee in January 2021

by New Asian Writing • 16/12/2020 • 0 Comments
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In the summer of 2012, when Pranab Mukherjee became the 13th President of India after having spent several decades in politics, there was great speculation about how he would approach his new, bipartisan role after having been associated with a…

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Rupa to publish WRITTEN ON THE WIND by Anuradha Kumar-Jain

by New Asian Writing • 14/12/2020 • 0 Comments
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ABOUT THE BOOK ( INR295, 256PP) Set in pre-Partition Lahore, from the turn of the century to the time of Independence, this is the story of two women, both strong and willing to challenge the limits of the acceptable, but in…

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Rupa to publish THE NIGHT OF FEAR by Abha Sharma

by New Asian Writing • 14/12/2020 • 0 Comments
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ABOUT THE BOOK ( INR495, 248PP) We are not always what we think we are, but we can become what we choose to become. The Mahaguru proclaimed that the temple was a rare pure spot on earth and a ‘divine’ blessing…

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Rupa to publish BUDDHA IN GANDHARA by Sunita Dwivedi

by New Asian Writing • 14/12/2020 • 0 Comments
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ABOUT THE BOOK ( INR795, 328PP) Buddha in Gandhara is the saga of ancient Buddhist cities of Gandhara—a region that extended from north-western Pakistan to eastern and north-eastern Afghanistan. It tells stories of cities that once dotted the highroad connecting India…

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Rupa to publish MATINEE MEN: A Journey through Bollywood by Roshmila Bhattacharya

by New Asian Writing • 14/12/2020 • 0 Comments
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ABOUT THE BOOK ( INR495, 248PP) Do you know that the horror movie Mahal (1949) grew out of an eerie experience actor Ashok Kumar had during an overnight stay at a resort? That a nervous Yusuf Khan learnt of his…

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