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Book Review: The Magic of Friendships by Shubha Vilas

by New Asian Writing • 04/11/2020 • 1 Comment
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Book Name: The Magic of Friendships Author: Shubha Vilas Publisher: Penguin Genre: Self-help Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Do you have numerous friends on social media, but hardly any in real life?Do you find that your relationships don’t last?These and similar…

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Seventh Street Books to publish KILLER COIN by Elka Ray

by New Asian Writing • 02/11/2020 • 0 Comments
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A Toby Wong Novel Part cozy mystery and part family drama, the second novel in Elka Ray’s Vancouver Island mystery series will keep you up late with a twisty tale of love, money, and murder. While divorce lawyer Toby Wong…

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Book Review: The Most Notorious Jailbreakers

by New Asian Writing • 02/11/2020 • 0 Comments

Book Name: The Most Notorious Jailbreakers Author: Abeer Kapoor Publisher: Rupa Genre: Non-fiction Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Did you know Sher Singh Rana, Bandit Queen Phoolan Devi’s killer, walked out of prison with his friends dressed up like the police…

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Inkshares puts experience before genre, launches its first-ever all-genre contest

by New Asian Writing • 02/11/2020 • 0 Comments

Inkshares is pleased to announce its first-ever all-genre contest which launches November 7th, 2020. The purpose of the contest is to discover debut storytellers with incredible stories. The contest will run the gamut of story-type regardless of length, fact, or…

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Aleph to publish The Battle of Belonging by Shashi Tharoor

by New Asian Writing • 01/11/2020 • 0 Comments
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‘The Battle of Belonging is the most important book written by an active politician on lndianess, and the political, religious, and cultural forces and ideas that have shaped it, since Jawaharlal Nehru’s The Discovery of India.’ -David Davidar. Publisher, Aleph…

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Stephen Alter has won the prestigious Mountain Environment and Natural History Award at the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2020 for his book Wild Himalaya

by New Asian Writing • 01/11/2020 • 0 Comments

PRAISE FOR THE BOOK ‘Stephen Alter makes a persuasive case for conserving the wild of the Himalayas, questioning laws framed with no regard for ecology.’- The Hindu ‘Alter’s book, Wild Himalaya, is less personal: The Himalaya are front and centre.’-…

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Book Review: Myths of Old by Krishnarjun Bhattacharya

by New Asian Writing • 25/10/2020 • 0 Comments
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Book Name: Myths of Old Author: Krishnarjun Bhattacharya Publisher: Fingerprint Genre: Fiction Rating: 4.9/5 Book Blurb: ‘Where is Adri?’‘Hiding, somewhere in the darkness.’‘I am Darkness!’ Come forth, come hither. It is finally time.Fairy tales, and spit and blood and bone…

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Rupa to publish Myths and Legends from Around the World by Sowmya Rajendran

by New Asian Writing • 14/10/2020 • 0 Comments
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A vivid retelling of some of the most well-loved stories of the world. ABOUT THE BOOK (INR195, 152PP) Do you know how Renuka, the warrior goddess, fought rakshasas? Or how Nu Wa held the broken sky together? Or how Rome…

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Rupa to publish TALES FROM THE HIMALAYAS by Priyanka Pradhan

by New Asian Writing • 14/10/2020 • 0 Comments
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ABOUT THE BOOK (INR295, 168 PP) Award-winning writer Priyanka Pradhan takes you on a journey into the Himalayas through its stories. You’ll find tales of snow leopards and mountain ghouls, bagpiping girls and itchy herbs, and stories even as old as…

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Rupa to publish THE FIXER by Suman Dubey

by New Asian Writing • 14/10/2020 • 0 Comments
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ABOUT THE BOOK  (INR 295, 304PP) Neil Upadhyay could never imagine getting involved in match-fixing. Not after a twenty-year career in Indian cricket. Not after he had sacrificed everything for Cricket—his stake in a large family business, the affection of…

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Rupa to publish VĀSTU: Breathing Life into Space by Robert E. Svoboda

by New Asian Writing • 14/10/2020 • 0 Comments
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ABOUT THE BOOK (INR295, 296PP) Robert E. Svoboda’s Vāstu: Breathing Life into Space addresses the classical Indian art (or science) of architectural form, Vāstu, in a wholly unique way. Instead of presenting lists of rules and architectural principles to which builders and…

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