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Rupa to publish VAHANA: Gods and Their Favourite Animals by Devdutt Pattanaik

by New Asian Writing • 17/09/2020 • 0 Comments
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A read-and-colour children’s book, which talks about the favourite animal companions of various gods and how these companions became their vahanas.   ABOUT THE BOOK ( INR 295,96PP) The gods needed animals to travel around the world and the animals needed…

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Rupa to publish THE MOST NOTORIOUS JAILBREAKERS: Untold Stories of Escaped Convicts by Abeer Kapoor

by New Asian Writing • 17/09/2020 • 0 Comments

Behind Every Successful Prison Escape Is a Mole in the System ABOUT THE BOOK (INR195, 184PP) Did you know Sher Singh Rana, Bandit Queen Phoolan Devi’s killer, walked out of prison with his friends dressed up like the police officers…

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Rupa to publish CAPITAL CONTEST : How AAP and Kejriwal Won Delhi by Deepak Bajpai and Sidharth Pandey

by New Asian Writing • 17/09/2020 • 0 Comments
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ABOUT THE BOOK (INR 195, 164PP) The battle for India’s capital, and how the political disruptor emerged victorious—once again. It was a bitterly fought battle—the battle for the Delhi state assembly in 2020. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Arvind…

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Rupa to publish BATLA HOUSE : An Encounter That Shook the Nation by Karnal Singh

by New Asian Writing • 17/09/2020 • 0 Comments
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A trailblazing account from the officer who spearheaded the operation in Batla House. ABOUT THE BOOK ( INR 295, 220PP) September 2008: A series of ghastly bomb blasts shakes Delhi. Following investigations, a special cell of Delhi Police raids Flat…

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Rupa to publish THE MAKING OF AADHAAR: World’s Largest Identity Platform by Ram Sevak Sharma

by New Asian Writing • 17/09/2020 • 0 Comments
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“An authentic, gripping and meticulous account of how Aadhaar came to be.”—Pranab Mukherjee, Former President of India ABOUT THE BOOK (INR 595, 240PP) Aadhaar is the world’s largest identity project that enrolled a billion residents. The Making of Aadhaar offers insights into…

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Fingerprint to publish Just Missed by Himanshu Bhatia

by New Asian Writing • 17/09/2020 • 0 Comments
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Siddharth aka Mr. Perfectionist is married to his job. Relentlessly toiling for the promotion he wants, he doesn’t have time for anything, even a girlfriend. Naturally, marriage is the last thing on his mind . . . but not for…

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Fingerprint to publish Ten Things Your Skinny Friends Don’t Tell You by Keerthi Yella

by New Asian Writing • 17/09/2020 • 0 Comments
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Ever felt jealous of your skinny friends? Ever wondered how they maintain their enviable figures? Ever gotten to hear responses like ‘Oh! I’ve got good genes’ or ‘I am blessed with a great metabolism’ when you asked these skinny friends…

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Fingerprint to publish Murder Milestone by Salil Desai

by New Asian Writing • 17/09/2020 • 0 Comments
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“Happy hanging!” Saralkar growled with all the spite in his system and stormed out of the cell. Weeks before serial killer dharmesh Solanki is to be executed, he wickedly burdens senior Inspector Saralkar with a macabre secret Saralkar would’ve been…

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Book Review: The Shooting Star by Shivya Nath

by New Asian Writing • 13/09/2020 • 0 Comments
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Book Name: The Shooting Star: A Girl, Her Backpack and the World Paperback Author: Shivya Nath Genre: Non-fiction Publisher: Penguin Rating: 4.5/5 Book Blurb: Shivya Nath quit her corporate job at age twenty-three to travel the world. She gave up her…

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New Book Launch: In Absurdia by Glenn Whalan

by New Asian Writing • 13/09/2020 • 0 Comments
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“Reality is a story we tell ourselves. Change the story and you change reality.” Middle-aged Funboy is God. Claimed by many, he suffers an identity disorder and self-medicates with spirits, pills and cheeseburgers. Alone in a cheap room he reflects…

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Aleph to publish The Silence of the Hyena: Stories & A Novella by Syed Muhammad Ashra; translated by M. Asaduddin and Musharraf Ali Farooqi

by New Asian Writing • 25/08/2020 • 0 Comments

INR 599, 224 pp, Fiction Electrifying animal stories by one of the country’s most formidable contemporary writers. Award-winning writer Syed Muhammad Ashraf is one of the most important contemporary practitioners of the Urdu short story. Often set in rural India,…

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