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Call Me Saaya (Book Excerpt) by Zoe M

by New Asian Writing • 24/07/2018 • 0 Comments

Zoe M lives and works in Mumbai. She fell in love with the written word at the age of sixteen. Her affair has only matured over the years as she read stories that captivated her. Now, she uses the magic…

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Shiv Khera, the bestselling author & international motivational speaker will be in Bengaluru to launch his new book YOU CAN ACHIEVE MORE on 24 July

by New Asian Writing • 23/07/2018 • 0 Comments

Shiv Khera, the bestselling author & international motivational speaker will be in Bengaluru to launch his new book YOU CAN ACHIEVE MORE on 24 July ‘If You Want To Stand Out, Then You Need To Do Something Outstanding’ One of…

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The Mulberry Courtesan (Book Excerpt) by Sikeena Karmali

by New Asian Writing • 19/07/2018 • 0 Comments

In 1857, the shadows are falling thick and fast on what is left of the Mughal empire. The last emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, is a broken, bitter man in his eighties who has retreated into religion and poetry. Zafar’s empire…

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Just Tigers (Book Excerpt) by Jim Corbett

by New Asian Writing • 19/07/2018 • 0 Comments

Just Tigers brings together all Jim Corbett’s stories about shooting tigers, many of whom were man-eaters. Taken from Man-eaters of Kumaon, The Temple Tiger and More Man-eaters of Kumaon and Jungle Lore, these fourteen stories are as fresh and thrilling as the day on which…

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Bloomsbury to Publish Into the Hands of the Soldiers Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East by David D. Kirkpatrick

by New Asian Writing • 17/07/2018 • 0 Comments

Bloomsbury to Publish Into the Hands of the Soldiers Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East by David D. Kirkpatrick A poignant, deeply human portrait of Egypt during the Arab Spring, told through the lives of individuals In…

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Bloomsbury to Publish Laxminama Monks, Merchants, Money and Mantra by Anshuman Tiwari & Anindya Sengupta

by New Asian Writing • 17/07/2018 • 0 Comments

Bloomsbury to Publish Laxminama Monks, Merchants, Money and Mantra by Anshuman Tiwari & Anindya Sengupta A first-in-its approach, Laxminama documents the interplay of business and religion in Indian history dating since 4,000 years, focusing on the role of religion beyond…

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Bloomsbury to Publish Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini and Illustrated by Dan Williams

by New Asian Writing • 17/07/2018 • 0 Comments

Bloomsbury to Publish Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini and Illustrated by Dan Williams A heart-wrenching story from the international bestselling author of The Kite Runner On a moonlit beach a father cradles his sleeping son as they wait for dawn to…

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The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje wins the Golden Man Booker Prize

by New Asian Writing • 10/07/2018 • 0 Comments

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (Bloomsbury) has been crowned the best work of fiction from the last five decades of the Man Booker Prize, it was announced today (Sunday 8 July).The Golden Man Booker winner was revealed at the closing…

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Book Review: Jugaad Yatra by Dean Nelson

by New Asian Writing • 08/07/2018 • 0 Comments

Book Name: Jugaad Yatra Author: Dean Nelson Publisher: Rupa Rating: 3.9/5 Book Blurb: India’s Mangalyaan mission to Mars and the Tata Nano, the world’s cheapest car, are two of the country’s most celebrated achievements in recent times. They have something in common…

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Book Review: Voice of the Rain Season by Subrata Dasgupta

by New Asian Writing • 08/07/2018 • 0 Comments

Book Name: Voice of the Rain Season Author: Subrata Dasgupta Publisher: Fingerprint Rating: 4.1/5 Book Blurb: On a September Saturday afternoon in 2011, Martin Shawncross and Joya Bose in perfect synchrony surrendered their respective virginities. That Martin, a twenty-one-year-old American, had…

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Rupa to Publish Hungry Gods by Richa Lakhera

by New Asian Writing • 30/06/2018 • 0 Comments

Rupa to Publish Hungry Gods by Richa Lakhera ABOUT THE BOOK: Beaten and brutally raped, her body is never found. However, the killers make one mistake. They leave a witness, a witness who has nothing to live for except revenge. And when he…

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