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Rupa to Publish 51 Accidental Inventions that Changed the World by Kimte Guite

by New Asian Writing • 04/10/2019 • 0 Comments
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ABOUT THE BOOK ( INR 295, 224PP) 51 fascinating stories of inventions in a book blending adorable, simple illustrations with lively text bursting with facts! Did you know? • Ice-lollies were invented when a little boy left a glass of…

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Rupa to Publish The Networked Public by Amber Sinha

by New Asian Writing • 04/10/2019 • 0 Comments
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Democracies can be nurtured only if the public is seen as complex, not naïve. ABOUT THE BOOK (INR 295, 232PP) Networks, whether in the form of Facebook and Twitter or WhatsApp groups, are exerting immense, unchecked power in subverting political…

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Rupa to Publish CHAOS: In Romance, Sexuality and Fidelity by Raksha Bharadia

by New Asian Writing • 04/10/2019 • 0 Comments
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A close look at love, marriage, sex, individuality and infidelity. ABOUT THE BOOK (INR 295, 232PP) Most urban couples today experience some amount of chaos in their interpersonal relationships—whether it be in the struggle to keep the erotic spark alive,…

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Rupa to Publish Resilience: The Hawking Way by Virender Kapoor

by New Asian Writing • 03/10/2019 • 0 Comments
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A must-read for anyone who feels his goals are threatened by tremendous difficulties. ABOUT THE BOOK (INR 195, 112PP) ‘I hope to inspire people around the world to look up at the stars and not down at their feet.’ Stephen…

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Rupa to publish How to Become Rich:12 Lessons I Learnt from Vedic and Puranic Stories by Devdutt Pattanaik

by New Asian Writing • 03/10/2019 • 0 Comments

‘Lakshmi is considered a restless goddess (chanchal), which means wealth brings value only when it is circulated, not locked up. Those who grab and lock her up, get profit (labh) without happiness, not prosperity with happiness (shubh-labh).’ ABOUT THE BOOK…

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Aleph to Publish Not Just Another Story : A Novel by Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey

by New Asian Writing • 03/10/2019 • 0 Comments
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ABOUT THE BOOK (INR 399, 208PP) When the rags-to-riches hit movie Slumdog Millionaire swept the Oscars in 2009, a Kolkata journalist was tasked with tracking down Lakshmi, a young girl from Sonagachi who had been part of an award-winning documentary about sex workers…

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Aleph to Publish Gunboat Jack: A Novel by Timeri N. Murari

by New Asian Writing • 03/10/2019 • 0 Comments
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ABOUT THE BOOK (INR 499, 328PP) Based on a real-life character, a legendary American boxer who lived in Bangalore in the 1960s and the 1970s, Timeri N. Murari’s novel tells us the thrilling story of a competition between two opponents, one…

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Aleph to Publish The Merman and the Book of Power:A Qissa by Musharraf Ali Farooqi

by New Asian Writing • 03/10/2019 • 0 Comments
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ABOUT THE BOOK (INR 499, 208PP) The Merman and the Book of Power brings into the English the classical qissa genre, a fabulist storytelling form common to the oral and written literatures of Urdu, Persian, and Arabic. The book begins with the…

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Aleph to Publish NEW KINGS OF THE WORLD: The Rise and Rise of Eastern Pop Culture by Fatima Bhutto

by New Asian Writing • 03/10/2019 • 0 Comments
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ABOUT THE BOOK (INR 499, 192PP) There is a vast cultural movement emerging from the Global South and sweeping all before it. India’s Shah Rukh Khan, after all, is the most popular actor in the world. Bollywood, Turkish soap operas called…

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Rupa Publications to Publish Lal Bahadur Shastri: Politics and Beyond by Dr Sandeep Shastri

by New Asian Writing • 02/10/2019 • 0 Comments
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Rupa Publications India will publish Lal Bahadur Shastri: Politics and Beyond by Dr Sandeep Shastri, commemorating the 113th birth anniversary of lndia’s second prime minister. This book is a nuanced view of the early influences, political associations and defining historical…

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Book Review: The Monsters Still Lurk by Aruna Nambiar

by New Asian Writing • 27/09/2019 • 0 Comments
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Book Name: The Monsters Still Lurk Author: Aruna Nambiar Publisher: Rupa Genre: Fiction Rating: 4.8/5 Book Blurb: It is 1991. As Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated and a new government comes to power, setting in motion a process of economic reforms…

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