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Book Review: Ghosts of the Silent Hills

by New Asian Writing • 10/06/2020 • 1 Comment
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Book Name: Ghosts of the Silent Hills Author: Anita Krishan Publisher: Fingerprint Genre: Fiction Rating: 3.8/5 Book Blurb: The dead do not rest till they get what they want. You have arrived in the hills. In here, you are surrounded…

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Book Review: Cliffhangers by Sabin Iqbal

by New Asian Writing • 26/05/2020 • 0 Comments
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Book Name: Cliffhangers Author: Sabin Iqbal Publisher: Aleph Book Company Genre: Fiction Rating: 4.9/5 Book Blurb: On New Year’s Eve, a tourist is raped in Kadaloor, a tranquil fishing village on the southern coast of the country. The chief suspects…

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‘Hope’ by Abhinita Mohanty

by New Asian Writing • 04/05/2020 • 1 Comment

Desperateness does not always stink, in the worthy life, it lingers, hangs, shies, or slightly fades, but it does stay, like breathe itself. But today she  shall sing, glories of the fading sun ‘cause when darkness, wraps the earth, stars…

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Rupa to publish IN THE LAND OF THE LOVERS A Punjab Qissa by Sakoon Singh

by New Asian Writing • 30/04/2020 • 0 Comments
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A masterfully woven fable that explores struggle, loss, longing and love with brilliant insight and luminous prose. ABOUT THE BOOK It evoked a feeling in her—of silence and freedom, of riding a bicycle on a dirt track cutting through fields.…

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Rupa to publish MY SELFIE WITH INTEGRITY AND THE GUJARAT NRE STORY by Arun Kumar Jagatramka

by New Asian Writing • 30/04/2020 • 0 Comments
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ABOUT THE BOOK (INR 295, 240 PP) My Selfie with Integrity chronicles the life of a middle-class Calcutta boy, who suddenly finds himself at the helm of a public listed company by a twist in the tale. When predictably he is…

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Rupa to publish INDIA’S WORLD : How prime ministers shaped foreign policy by Rajiv Dogra

by New Asian Writing • 30/04/2020 • 0 Comments
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ABOUT THE BOOK (INR 595, 248PP) When Narasimha Rao became the prime minister in 1991, just a billion dollars separated India from bankruptcy. He was told by Finance Minister Manmohan Singh, that petrol pumps would run dry after two weeks.…

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Rupa to publish FIX IT WITH FOOD : Superfoods to Become Super Healthy by Kavita Devgan

by New Asian Writing • 30/04/2020 • 0 Comments
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A groundbreaking book that introduces you to simple, wholesome, everyday foods. ABOUT THE BOOK (INR 295, 256PP) What if you could simply eat your way to a longer, healthier life? What if there was a prescription that could help you…

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Rupa to publish INDIA THEN AND NOW: An Insider’s Account by Bimal Jalan

by New Asian Writing • 30/04/2020 • 0 Comments
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ABOUT THE BOOK ( INR495, 232PP) An inward-looking economy with a State-dominated development programme to a liberalized economy operating in a globalized world—India has indeed come a long way since Independence. In this volume, Bimal Jalan—long-standing witness to India’s trajectory…

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Book Review: Delhi: A History by Manisha Choudhary

by New Asian Writing • 17/04/2020 • 1 Comment
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Book Name: Delhi: A History Author: Manisha Choudhary Publisher: Rupa Genre: Non-fiction/history Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Delhi: A History is a historical portrait of a city whose past has reference in mythology and whose present is rooted in modernity. A…

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‘We are one’ by Rachana Patni

by New Asian Writing • 17/04/2020 • 2 Comments

We had managed to cheat it Through affluence and development Through barricades and gates And it has evolved,  mutated, we say, To show us where We were stuck Where we suck. Death is a great equalizer. We are only well,…

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Aleph to publish Miracle at Happy Bazaar by Ruskin Bond

by New Asian Writing • 16/04/2020 • 0 Comments
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Miracle at Happy Bazaar is the biggest and best book of children’s tales by Ruskin Bond yet published. Personally selected by the author, these fifty stories are the finest of the several hundred tales spun by India’s favourite children’s author in…

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