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‘HOW DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT YOUR CASTE IS?’ AN EXCERPT FROM In your own town or village, everyone already knows your caste; there is no escaping it. But how do people know your caste when you go elsewhere, to a place where no one knows you? There they will ask you, “What caste are you?” You cannot avoid this question. And you cannot refuse to answer. By EXCERPT: A BRAND NEW TRANSLATION OF TAGORE’S NOUKADUBI None of the facilities that poetry prepares for lovers is available in Calcutta. Where is the row of flowering trees, where the bower of vines beneath the full moon, where the honey-throated cuckoo’s songs? But still the magic of love is not thwarted in this harsh and arid metropolis devoid of beauty. Hundreds of times ‘I WRITE BECAUSE I NEED TO. I DRAW AND PAINT AS A MEANS TO ‘I write because I need to. I draw and paint as a means to an end’: Amruta Patil. In 2008, Amruta Patil broke new ground in Indian English storytelling with her compelling graphic novel debut, Kari.Then in 2012, she uncovered Adi Parva: Churning of the Ocean, a most exquisite retelling of the first book of the Mahabharata.And it is not just a retelling, there are sly interjections by the AN INTRODUCTION TO ‘WILD WORDS: FOUR TAMIL POETS’ In 2003, at a time when politicians and other establishment figures of Tamil Nadu were caught up in a surge of Tamil chauvinism, a group of men and women, setting themselves up as guardians of Tamil culture, objected publicly to the language of a new generation of women poets, particularly in the work of Malathi Maithri, Salma, Kutti Revathi andSukirtharani.
THE GIRL WITH LONG HAIR: A STORY FROM ‘WRITTEN IN TEARS’ Mainao stands on her toes at the threshold of youth. She is a cheerful, attractive girl with small, twinkling eyes and rounded limbs taut with the touch of sun and rain. Her complexion is a sunburnt brown, with tints of copper. When she laughs, her small eyes crinkleand
SMART:THE DIGITAL CENTURY BY FREDERIC MARTEL AND HarperCollins India is delighted to announce the publication of Smart: The Digital Century by Frederic Martel and translated by Sindhuja Veeraragavan. The book covers the whole battle for the Internet and its future.New Delhi, 6 th July 2018: Smart: The Digital Century is a fascinating survey of the Internet and how it has evolved differently in different countries under different 5½ THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT RAJESH KHANNA 5½. Yash Chopra had a close relationship with Rajesh Khanna who acted in Chopra’s films Ittefaq and Daag.So much so that it is speculated that the ‘Yashraj’ of Yashraj Films (which debuted with Daag) is a combination of ‘Yash’ Chopra and ‘Raj’esh Khanna.In fact, Chopra’s Deewaar was supposed to star Rajesh Khanna, but the scriptwriters Salim-Javed fell out with the star and THE EXHUMATION: AN EXCERPT FROM ‘THE VIEW FROM KOLLAM’ The sun beat mercilessly down on the assembled crowd which had surrounded a house and its grounds. Over 300 people had thronged the site. To one side were parked two police jeeps and a van, with my car carefully parked in a shaded spot that diligent Sreedharan Pillai had found. Half a dozen policemen kept #SECTION377: HINDUISM SAYS HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOT A SIN In every body resides the divine who witnesses, guides, supports and enjoys all that the body experiences. — Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 13, Verse 22 Even the gods and goddesses in Hindu mythic stories exhibit gender fluidity and queer orientations. During this period, many stories emerged wherein gods transition into goddesses and vice versa.HARPERBROADCAST.COM
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‘HOW DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT YOUR CASTE IS?’ AN EXCERPT FROM In your own town or village, everyone already knows your caste; there is no escaping it. But how do people know your caste when you go elsewhere, to a place where no one knows you? There they will ask you, “What caste are you?” You cannot avoid this question. And you cannot refuse to answer. By EXCERPT: A BRAND NEW TRANSLATION OF TAGORE’S NOUKADUBI None of the facilities that poetry prepares for lovers is available in Calcutta. Where is the row of flowering trees, where the bower of vines beneath the full moon, where the honey-throated cuckoo’s songs? But still the magic of love is not thwarted in this harsh and arid metropolis devoid of beauty. Hundreds of times ‘I WRITE BECAUSE I NEED TO. I DRAW AND PAINT AS A MEANS TO ‘I write because I need to. I draw and paint as a means to an end’: Amruta Patil. In 2008, Amruta Patil broke new ground in Indian English storytelling with her compelling graphic novel debut, Kari.Then in 2012, she uncovered Adi Parva: Churning of the Ocean, a most exquisite retelling of the first book of the Mahabharata.And it is not just a retelling, there are sly interjections by the AN INTRODUCTION TO ‘WILD WORDS: FOUR TAMIL POETS’ In 2003, at a time when politicians and other establishment figures of Tamil Nadu were caught up in a surge of Tamil chauvinism, a group of men and women, setting themselves up as guardians of Tamil culture, objected publicly to the language of a new generation of women poets, particularly in the work of Malathi Maithri, Salma, Kutti Revathi andSukirtharani.
THE GIRL WITH LONG HAIR: A STORY FROM ‘WRITTEN IN TEARS’ Mainao stands on her toes at the threshold of youth. She is a cheerful, attractive girl with small, twinkling eyes and rounded limbs taut with the touch of sun and rain. Her complexion is a sunburnt brown, with tints of copper. When she laughs, her small eyes crinkleand
SMART:THE DIGITAL CENTURY BY FREDERIC MARTEL AND HarperCollins India is delighted to announce the publication of Smart: The Digital Century by Frederic Martel and translated by Sindhuja Veeraragavan. The book covers the whole battle for the Internet and its future.New Delhi, 6 th July 2018: Smart: The Digital Century is a fascinating survey of the Internet and how it has evolved differently in different countries under different 5½ THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT RAJESH KHANNA 5½. Yash Chopra had a close relationship with Rajesh Khanna who acted in Chopra’s films Ittefaq and Daag.So much so that it is speculated that the ‘Yashraj’ of Yashraj Films (which debuted with Daag) is a combination of ‘Yash’ Chopra and ‘Raj’esh Khanna.In fact, Chopra’s Deewaar was supposed to star Rajesh Khanna, but the scriptwriters Salim-Javed fell out with the star and THE EXHUMATION: AN EXCERPT FROM ‘THE VIEW FROM KOLLAM’ The sun beat mercilessly down on the assembled crowd which had surrounded a house and its grounds. Over 300 people had thronged the site. To one side were parked two police jeeps and a van, with my car carefully parked in a shaded spot that diligent Sreedharan Pillai had found. Half a dozen policemen kept #SECTION377: HINDUISM SAYS HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOT A SIN In every body resides the divine who witnesses, guides, supports and enjoys all that the body experiences. — Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 13, Verse 22 Even the gods and goddesses in Hindu mythic stories exhibit gender fluidity and queer orientations. During this period, many stories emerged wherein gods transition into goddesses and vice versa.ALL ABOUT BOOKS
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TYRES: THE UNUSUAL WEAPON USED DURING THE 1984 RIOTS Tyres? As a murder weapon? Let’s talk tyres. This method of killing was gut-wrenchingly unusual. Everywhere, large numbers of Sikhs were ringed with burning tyres. In years of reporting crime I had never seen such a method of killing in Delhi, never before, never since. Over those three days, this became the chosen way to kill all over the MARTYRS’ DAY: READ THE LAST LETTER WRITTEN BY BHAGAT SINGH The last letter Bhagat Singh wrote was to his comrades on 22 March 1931, a day before his execution. Some of Bhagat Singh’s comrades thought that he could still be saved from the gallows by helping him escape from the jail. While appreciating his comrades’ concern, Bhagat Singh underlines the significance of his own execution IT’S HERE: THE BOOK ON ZAKIR HUSSAIN WE’VE ALL BEEN As a musician, Zakir Hussain was considered a child prodigy; today he is considered a genius. Despite the international reputation and huge following that he now has, he wears his fame lightly. He remains a man of tehzeeb and humility. A TOUCHING STORY OF COMPASSION FROM THE BENGAL FAMINE A friend of the world One of my greatest regrets while reporting in the war years was the studied indifference of our entire journalistic community to the famine in Bengal. Between 1942 and 1943, over three million people died of starvation in Bengal with hardly any mention in the media. Battles, skirmishes, the give and HOW TO CONDUCT A SAME-SEX WEDDING BASED ON INDIAN RITUALS A wedding (vivah) in Hinduism is a rite of passage (samskara) that transforms a single entity into one half of a conjugal pair (dampatya). Being single, however, does not mean being incomplete. The idea of ‘wholeness’ in Hinduism is not necessarily a matter of the union of two bodies in marriage or even two souls THE EXHUMATION: AN EXCERPT FROM ‘THE VIEW FROM KOLLAM’ The sun beat mercilessly down on the assembled crowd which had surrounded a house and its grounds. Over 300 people had thronged the site. To one side were parked two police jeeps and a van, with my car carefully parked in a shaded spot that diligent Sreedharan Pillai had found. Half a dozen policemen kept HARPERCOLLINS INDIA TO EXCLUSIVELY DISTRIBUTE THE TITLES New Delhi, July 1, 2019: HarperCollins India is delighted to announce that it shall exclusively distribute the titles of Navayana in the Indian Subcontinent. This is an important tie-up for both HarperCollins India and Navayana—over 15 years Navayana’s sharp and focused list has set a high bar for editorial content and this distribution partnership with HCI will HOW LATA MANGESHKAR BECAME THE QUEEN OF INDIAN CONCERTS … One day some concert organizers came to my father and asked if they could hold a jalsa where my father Deenanath Mangeshkar, a celebrated classical singer, would perform. I was standing nearby and overheard the conversation. I said, ‘Baba, I want to sing too.’ ‘What will you sing?’ he asked. ‘You taught me Raga Khambavati, REHAM KHAN’S MEMOIR HarperCollins India is proud to announce the forthcoming publication of the memoir everyone is talking about: REHAM KHAN Releasing in August 2018. Reham Khan’s eventful life took her from Gaddafi's Libya to Zia’s Pakistan and thence to England as a teenage bride, before she returned to Pakistan in her forties. Hers has beenHARPERBROADCAST.COM
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‘HOW DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT YOUR CASTE IS?’ AN EXCERPT FROM It would reveal your caste. Because your life is your caste, your caste is your life. Whether they know the truth or not, your untouchable life is never something you can talk about. It was like this for me in Punjab, in Delhi, in Bombay, in Bangalore, in Madras, in Warangal, in Kanpur, in Calcutta. At twenty-six, I came to America,where
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EXCERPT: A BRAND NEW TRANSLATION OF TAGORE’S NOUKADUBI Excerpt: A brand new translation of Tagore’s Noukadubi (The Boat-wreck) None of the facilities that poetry prepares for lovers is available in Calcutta. Where is the row of flowering trees, where the bower of vines beneath the full moon, where the honey-throatedcuckoo’s songs?
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‘HOW DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT YOUR CASTE IS?’ AN EXCERPT FROM It would reveal your caste. Because your life is your caste, your caste is your life. Whether they know the truth or not, your untouchable life is never something you can talk about. It was like this for me in Punjab, in Delhi, in Bombay, in Bangalore, in Madras, in Warangal, in Kanpur, in Calcutta. At twenty-six, I came to America,where
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LANDOUR DAYS: AT HOME WITH RUSKIN BOND A day—truly a long, still, wonderous moment—we would savour and carry back with us, like a balm for the harsh heat of Delhi. The end of a long walk, to and from Char Dukan, found the six of us, the designated Harper team, walking over to the quaint house sitting next to the vibrant Doma’s Inn – to meet Mr Ruskin Bond, at his home,Ivy
EXCERPT: A BRAND NEW TRANSLATION OF TAGORE’S NOUKADUBI Excerpt: A brand new translation of Tagore’s Noukadubi (The Boat-wreck) None of the facilities that poetry prepares for lovers is available in Calcutta. Where is the row of flowering trees, where the bower of vines beneath the full moon, where the honey-throatedcuckoo’s songs?
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‘HOW DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT YOUR CASTE IS?’ AN EXCERPT FROM It would reveal your caste. Because your life is your caste, your caste is your life. Whether they know the truth or not, your untouchable life is never something you can talk about. It was like this for me in Punjab, in Delhi, in Bombay, in Bangalore, in Madras, in Warangal, in Kanpur, in Calcutta. At twenty-six, I came to America,where
‘I WRITE BECAUSE I NEED TO. I DRAW AND PAINT AS A MEANS TO ‘I write because I need to. I draw and paint as a means to an end’: Amruta Patil. In 2008, Amruta Patil broke new ground in Indian English storytelling with her compelling graphic novel debut, Kari.Then in 2012, she uncovered Adi Parva: Churning of the Ocean, a most exquisite retelling of the first book of the Mahabharata.And it is not just a retelling, there are sly interjections by the EXCERPT: A BRAND NEW TRANSLATION OF TAGORE’S NOUKADUBI Excerpt: A brand new translation of Tagore’s Noukadubi (The Boat-wreck) None of the facilities that poetry prepares for lovers is available in Calcutta. Where is the row of flowering trees, where the bower of vines beneath the full moon, where the honey-throatedcuckoo’s songs?
THE GIRL WITH LONG HAIR: A STORY FROM ‘WRITTEN IN TEARS’ The Girl with Long Hair: A Story from ‘Written in Tears’. Mainao stands on her toes at the threshold of youth. She is a cheerful, attractive girl with small, twinkling eyes and rounded limbs taut with the touch of sun and rain. Her complexion is a sunburnt brown, with tints of copper. When she laughs, her small eyes crinkle and look even LANDOUR DAYS: AT HOME WITH RUSKIN BOND A day—truly a long, still, wonderous moment—we would savour and carry back with us, like a balm for the harsh heat of Delhi. The end of a long walk, to and from Char Dukan, found the six of us, the designated Harper team, walking over to the quaint house sitting next to the vibrant Doma’s Inn – to meet Mr Ruskin Bond, at his home,Ivy
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‘HOW DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT YOUR CASTE IS?’ AN EXCERPT FROM It would reveal your caste. Because your life is your caste, your caste is your life. Whether they know the truth or not, your untouchable life is never something you can talk about. It was like this for me in Punjab, in Delhi, in Bombay, in Bangalore, in Madras, in Warangal, in Kanpur, in Calcutta. At twenty-six, I came to America,where
‘I WRITE BECAUSE I NEED TO. I DRAW AND PAINT AS A MEANS TO ‘I write because I need to. I draw and paint as a means to an end’: Amruta Patil. In 2008, Amruta Patil broke new ground in Indian English storytelling with her compelling graphic novel debut, Kari.Then in 2012, she uncovered Adi Parva: Churning of the Ocean, a most exquisite retelling of the first book of the Mahabharata.And it is not just a retelling, there are sly interjections by the EXCERPT: A BRAND NEW TRANSLATION OF TAGORE’S NOUKADUBI Excerpt: A brand new translation of Tagore’s Noukadubi (The Boat-wreck) None of the facilities that poetry prepares for lovers is available in Calcutta. Where is the row of flowering trees, where the bower of vines beneath the full moon, where the honey-throatedcuckoo’s songs?
THE GIRL WITH LONG HAIR: A STORY FROM ‘WRITTEN IN TEARS’ The Girl with Long Hair: A Story from ‘Written in Tears’. Mainao stands on her toes at the threshold of youth. She is a cheerful, attractive girl with small, twinkling eyes and rounded limbs taut with the touch of sun and rain. Her complexion is a sunburnt brown, with tints of copper. When she laughs, her small eyes crinkle and look even LANDOUR DAYS: AT HOME WITH RUSKIN BOND A day—truly a long, still, wonderous moment—we would savour and carry back with us, like a balm for the harsh heat of Delhi. The end of a long walk, to and from Char Dukan, found the six of us, the designated Harper team, walking over to the quaint house sitting next to the vibrant Doma’s Inn – to meet Mr Ruskin Bond, at his home,Ivy
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SMART:THE DIGITAL CENTURY BY FREDERIC MARTEL AND HarperCollins India is delighted to announce the publication of Smart: The Digital Century by Frederic Martel and translated by Sindhuja Veeraragavan. The book covers the whole battle for the Internet and its future.New Delhi, 6 th July 2018: Smart: The Digital Century is a fascinating survey of the Internet and how it has evolved differently in different countries under different #SECTION377: HINDUISM SAYS HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOT A SIN In every body resides the divine who witnesses, guides, supports and enjoys all that the body experiences. — Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 13, Verse 22 Even the gods and goddesses in Hindu mythic stories exhibit gender fluidity and queer orientations. During this period, many stories emerged wherein gods transition into goddesses and vice versa.HARPERBROADCAST.COM
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AN INTRODUCTION TO ‘WILD WORDS: FOUR TAMIL POETS’ The editor of a well-known literary journal observed to me that for these past years, Tamil women poets have been categorized into ‘bad girls’ who write ‘body poetry’ and ‘good girls’ who refrain from doing so. Wild Words celebrates four women poets, Malathi Maithri, Salma, Kutti Revathi, and Sukirtharani, and showcases,through
TYRES: THE UNUSUAL WEAPON USED DURING THE 1984 RIOTS Tyres? As a murder weapon? Let’s talk tyres. This method of killing was gut-wrenchingly unusual. Everywhere, large numbers of Sikhs were ringed with burning tyres. In years of reporting crime I had never seen such a method of killing in Delhi, never before, never since. Over those three days, this became the chosen way to kill all over the IT’S HERE: THE BOOK ON ZAKIR HUSSAIN WE’VE ALL BEEN Getting to know Zakir Hussain through the process of writing this book and to learn about music from a musician so gifted and yet who still has a sense of openness to take that leap of faith has been an immense privilege. Excerpted from the introduction to Zakir Hussain: A Life in Music by Nasreen Munni Kabir, published by HarperCollins India. HARPERCOLLINS INDIA BRINGS YOU A LIFE-AFFIRMING, WITTY HarperCollins India brings you a powerful, emotionally evocative and wonderfully atmospheric story The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal author of the internationally acclaimed Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows Paperback | pp 320 | INR 399 About the book The Shergill sisters—Rajni, Jezmeen, and Shirina—werenever close and
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AN INTRODUCTION TO ‘WILD WORDS: FOUR TAMIL POETS’ The editor of a well-known literary journal observed to me that for these past years, Tamil women poets have been categorized into ‘bad girls’ who write ‘body poetry’ and ‘good girls’ who refrain from doing so. Wild Words celebrates four women poets, Malathi Maithri, Salma, Kutti Revathi, and Sukirtharani, and showcases,through
‘HOW DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT YOUR CASTE IS?’ AN EXCERPT FROM It would reveal your caste. Because your life is your caste, your caste is your life. Whether they know the truth or not, your untouchable life is never something you can talk about. It was like this for me in Punjab, in Delhi, in Bombay, in Bangalore, in Madras, in Warangal, in Kanpur, in Calcutta. At twenty-six, I came to America,where
2019: HOW MODI WON INDIA BY RAJDEEP SARDESAI HarperCollins India is proud to announce the publication of 2019: How Modi Won India by Rajdeep Sardesai A fascinating look at the key personalities, strategies and turning points in what was a historic election victory. Releasing on 25th November 2019 PREORDER NOW bit.ly/HowModiWon On 23 May 2019, when the results of the generalelections
TYRES: THE UNUSUAL WEAPON USED DURING THE 1984 RIOTS Tyres? As a murder weapon? Let’s talk tyres. This method of killing was gut-wrenchingly unusual. Everywhere, large numbers of Sikhs were ringed with burning tyres. In years of reporting crime I had never seen such a method of killing in Delhi, never before, never since. Over those three days, this became the chosen way to kill all over the ‘I WRITE BECAUSE I NEED TO. I DRAW AND PAINT AS A MEANS TO ‘I write because I need to. I draw and paint as a means to an end’: Amruta Patil. In 2008, Amruta Patil broke new ground in Indian English storytelling with her compelling graphic novel debut, Kari.Then in 2012, she uncovered Adi Parva: Churning of the Ocean, a most exquisite retelling of the first book of the Mahabharata.And it is not just a retelling, there are sly interjections by the HOW TO CONDUCT A SAME-SEX WEDDING BASED ON INDIAN RITUALS A wedding (vivah) in Hinduism is a rite of passage (samskara) that transforms a single entity into one half of a conjugal pair (dampatya). Being single, however, does not mean being incomplete. The idea of ‘wholeness’ in Hinduism is not necessarily a matter of the union of two bodies in marriage or even two souls MARTYRS’ DAY: READ THE LAST LETTER WRITTEN BY BHAGAT SINGH The last letter Bhagat Singh wrote was to his comrades on 22 March 1931, a day before his execution. Some of Bhagat Singh’s comrades thought that he could still be saved from the gallows by helping him escape from the jail. While appreciating his comrades’ concern, Bhagat Singh underlines the significance of his own execution REHAM KHAN’S MEMOIR Reham Khan was married to the celebrity cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan for a year in 2015. She self-published her memoir in the summer of 2018, revealing facets of her relationship with Imran Khan and the murky world of Pakistan politics to which she has had a ringside view, taking the world by storm. This edition of hermuch-discussed
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AN INTRODUCTION TO ‘WILD WORDS: FOUR TAMIL POETS’ The editor of a well-known literary journal observed to me that for these past years, Tamil women poets have been categorized into ‘bad girls’ who write ‘body poetry’ and ‘good girls’ who refrain from doing so. Wild Words celebrates four women poets, Malathi Maithri, Salma, Kutti Revathi, and Sukirtharani, and showcases,through
‘HOW DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT YOUR CASTE IS?’ AN EXCERPT FROM It would reveal your caste. Because your life is your caste, your caste is your life. Whether they know the truth or not, your untouchable life is never something you can talk about. It was like this for me in Punjab, in Delhi, in Bombay, in Bangalore, in Madras, in Warangal, in Kanpur, in Calcutta. At twenty-six, I came to America,where
2019: HOW MODI WON INDIA BY RAJDEEP SARDESAI HarperCollins India is proud to announce the publication of 2019: How Modi Won India by Rajdeep Sardesai A fascinating look at the key personalities, strategies and turning points in what was a historic election victory. Releasing on 25th November 2019 PREORDER NOW bit.ly/HowModiWon On 23 May 2019, when the results of the generalelections
TYRES: THE UNUSUAL WEAPON USED DURING THE 1984 RIOTS Tyres? As a murder weapon? Let’s talk tyres. This method of killing was gut-wrenchingly unusual. Everywhere, large numbers of Sikhs were ringed with burning tyres. In years of reporting crime I had never seen such a method of killing in Delhi, never before, never since. Over those three days, this became the chosen way to kill all over the ‘I WRITE BECAUSE I NEED TO. I DRAW AND PAINT AS A MEANS TO ‘I write because I need to. I draw and paint as a means to an end’: Amruta Patil. In 2008, Amruta Patil broke new ground in Indian English storytelling with her compelling graphic novel debut, Kari.Then in 2012, she uncovered Adi Parva: Churning of the Ocean, a most exquisite retelling of the first book of the Mahabharata.And it is not just a retelling, there are sly interjections by the HOW TO CONDUCT A SAME-SEX WEDDING BASED ON INDIAN RITUALS A wedding (vivah) in Hinduism is a rite of passage (samskara) that transforms a single entity into one half of a conjugal pair (dampatya). Being single, however, does not mean being incomplete. The idea of ‘wholeness’ in Hinduism is not necessarily a matter of the union of two bodies in marriage or even two souls MARTYRS’ DAY: READ THE LAST LETTER WRITTEN BY BHAGAT SINGH The last letter Bhagat Singh wrote was to his comrades on 22 March 1931, a day before his execution. Some of Bhagat Singh’s comrades thought that he could still be saved from the gallows by helping him escape from the jail. While appreciating his comrades’ concern, Bhagat Singh underlines the significance of his own execution REHAM KHAN’S MEMOIR Reham Khan was married to the celebrity cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan for a year in 2015. She self-published her memoir in the summer of 2018, revealing facets of her relationship with Imran Khan and the murky world of Pakistan politics to which she has had a ringside view, taking the world by storm. This edition of hermuch-discussed
5½ THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT RAJESH KHANNA 5½ Things You Didn’t Know about Rajesh Khanna. He was the man for whom the word ‘superstar’ was coined and reams upon reams have been written about him. But we bet you didn’t know these 5½ things about Rajesh Khanna. 1. It is comm on knowledge that Rajesh Khanna was born Jatin Khanna, but not as well known that he was adopted by hisCATEGORY: PREVIEW
HarperCollins India is proud to announce the publication of The Brand Custodian: My Years with the Tatas by Mukund Rajan Release date: 18th February 2019 In a little over a decade, the Tata group’s turnover increased from $10 billion to over $100 billion during Ratan Tata’schairmanship.
HOW TO CONDUCT A SAME-SEX WEDDING BASED ON INDIAN RITUALS A wedding (vivah) in Hinduism is a rite of passage (samskara) that transforms a single entity into one half of a conjugal pair (dampatya). Being single, however, does not mean being incomplete. The idea of ‘wholeness’ in Hinduism is not necessarily a matter of the union of two bodies in marriage or even two souls TAG: HOW TO WIN AN ELECTION HarperCollins India is proud to announce the publication of 2019: How Modi Won India by Rajdeep Sardesai A fascinating look at the key personalities, strategies and turning points in what was a historicelection victory.
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Posts about Ruchir Sharma written by Harper Broadcast. HarperCollins India is proud to announce the publication of 2019: How Modi Won India by Rajdeep Sardesai A fascinating look at the key personalities, strategies and turning points in what was a historic election victory. HARPERCOLLINS INDIA BRINGS YOU THE UNTOLD STORY OF OPERATION X About the Authors. Captain MNR Samant (1930-2019) was a recipient of India’s second-highest gallantry award, the Maha Vir Chakra, for conspicuous gallantry in the face of enemy fire during the 1971 India-Pakistan War. He was Staff Officer, G1 (Nav Ops X) of this covert naval warfare unit. He passed away on 20 March 2019. COVER STORY: HERE’S THE DESIGN THINKING THAT WENT INTO Cover story: Here’s the design thinking that went into Harper Perennial’s ten special editions. This year, HarperCollins India is celebrating ten years of Perennial, its dedicated imprint devoted to translations from Indian languages into English. Fans and bibliophiles can look forward to owning a brand new range of ten of the most iconic HARPERCOLLINS INDIA TO EXCLUSIVELY DISTRIBUTE THE TITLES New Delhi, July 1, 2019: HarperCollins India is delighted to announce that it shall exclusively distribute the titles of Navayana in the Indian Subcontinent. This is an important tie-up for both HarperCollins India and Navayana—over 15 years Navayana’s sharp and focused list has set a high bar for editorial content and this distribution partnership with HCI will 5½ THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT RAJESH KHANNA 5½ Things You Didn’t Know about Rajesh Khanna. He was the man for whom the word ‘superstar’ was coined and reams upon reams have been written about him. But we bet you didn’t know these 5½ things about Rajesh Khanna. 1. It is comm on knowledge that Rajesh Khanna was born Jatin Khanna, but not as well known that he was adopted by his IT’S HERE: THE BOOK ON ZAKIR HUSSAIN WE’VE ALL BEEN Getting to know Zakir Hussain through the process of writing this book and to learn about music from a musician so gifted and yet who still has a sense of openness to take that leap of faith has been an immense privilege. Excerpted from the introduction to Zakir Hussain: A Life in Music by Nasreen Munni Kabir, published by HarperCollins India. INDIAN PREVIEW: OUR TOP NEW RELEASES FROM JANUARY 2018 is here, and so are our bumper line-up of wonderful books! There’s a book for every kind of reader on this list. Happy reading,folks.
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AN INTRODUCTION TO ‘WILD WORDS: FOUR TAMIL POETS’ The editor of a well-known literary journal observed to me that for these past years, Tamil women poets have been categorized into ‘bad girls’ who write ‘body poetry’ and ‘good girls’ who refrain from doing so. Wild Words celebrates four women poets, Malathi Maithri, Salma, Kutti Revathi, and Sukirtharani, and showcases,through
‘HOW DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT YOUR CASTE IS?’ AN EXCERPT FROM It would reveal your caste. Because your life is your caste, your caste is your life. Whether they know the truth or not, your untouchable life is never something you can talk about. It was like this for me in Punjab, in Delhi, in Bombay, in Bangalore, in Madras, in Warangal, in Kanpur, in Calcutta. At twenty-six, I came to America,where
2019: HOW MODI WON INDIA BY RAJDEEP SARDESAI HarperCollins India is proud to announce the publication of 2019: How Modi Won India by Rajdeep Sardesai A fascinating look at the key personalities, strategies and turning points in what was a historic election victory. Releasing on 25th November 2019 PREORDER NOW bit.ly/HowModiWon On 23 May 2019, when the results of the generalelections
TYRES: THE UNUSUAL WEAPON USED DURING THE 1984 RIOTS Tyres? As a murder weapon? Let’s talk tyres. This method of killing was gut-wrenchingly unusual. Everywhere, large numbers of Sikhs were ringed with burning tyres. In years of reporting crime I had never seen such a method of killing in Delhi, never before, never since. Over those three days, this became the chosen way to kill all over the ‘I WRITE BECAUSE I NEED TO. I DRAW AND PAINT AS A MEANS TO ‘I write because I need to. I draw and paint as a means to an end’: Amruta Patil. In 2008, Amruta Patil broke new ground in Indian English storytelling with her compelling graphic novel debut, Kari.Then in 2012, she uncovered Adi Parva: Churning of the Ocean, a most exquisite retelling of the first book of the Mahabharata.And it is not just a retelling, there are sly interjections by the HOW TO CONDUCT A SAME-SEX WEDDING BASED ON INDIAN RITUALS A wedding (vivah) in Hinduism is a rite of passage (samskara) that transforms a single entity into one half of a conjugal pair (dampatya). Being single, however, does not mean being incomplete. The idea of ‘wholeness’ in Hinduism is not necessarily a matter of the union of two bodies in marriage or even two souls MARTYRS’ DAY: READ THE LAST LETTER WRITTEN BY BHAGAT SINGH The last letter Bhagat Singh wrote was to his comrades on 22 March 1931, a day before his execution. Some of Bhagat Singh’s comrades thought that he could still be saved from the gallows by helping him escape from the jail. While appreciating his comrades’ concern, Bhagat Singh underlines the significance of his own execution REHAM KHAN’S MEMOIR Reham Khan was married to the celebrity cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan for a year in 2015. She self-published her memoir in the summer of 2018, revealing facets of her relationship with Imran Khan and the murky world of Pakistan politics to which she has had a ringside view, taking the world by storm. This edition of hermuch-discussed
5½ THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT RAJESH KHANNADR RAJESH KHANNARAJESH KHANNA DEATHRAJESH KHANNA SONGSRAJESH KHANNA WIFE 5½ Things You Didn’t Know about Rajesh Khanna. He was the man for whom the word ‘superstar’ was coined and reams upon reams have been written about him. But we bet you didn’t know these 5½ things about Rajesh Khanna. 1. It is comm on knowledge that Rajesh Khanna was born Jatin Khanna, but not as well known that he was adopted by hisHARPERBROADCAST.COM
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AN INTRODUCTION TO ‘WILD WORDS: FOUR TAMIL POETS’ The editor of a well-known literary journal observed to me that for these past years, Tamil women poets have been categorized into ‘bad girls’ who write ‘body poetry’ and ‘good girls’ who refrain from doing so. Wild Words celebrates four women poets, Malathi Maithri, Salma, Kutti Revathi, and Sukirtharani, and showcases,through
‘HOW DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT YOUR CASTE IS?’ AN EXCERPT FROM It would reveal your caste. Because your life is your caste, your caste is your life. Whether they know the truth or not, your untouchable life is never something you can talk about. It was like this for me in Punjab, in Delhi, in Bombay, in Bangalore, in Madras, in Warangal, in Kanpur, in Calcutta. At twenty-six, I came to America,where
2019: HOW MODI WON INDIA BY RAJDEEP SARDESAI HarperCollins India is proud to announce the publication of 2019: How Modi Won India by Rajdeep Sardesai A fascinating look at the key personalities, strategies and turning points in what was a historic election victory. Releasing on 25th November 2019 PREORDER NOW bit.ly/HowModiWon On 23 May 2019, when the results of the generalelections
TYRES: THE UNUSUAL WEAPON USED DURING THE 1984 RIOTS Tyres? As a murder weapon? Let’s talk tyres. This method of killing was gut-wrenchingly unusual. Everywhere, large numbers of Sikhs were ringed with burning tyres. In years of reporting crime I had never seen such a method of killing in Delhi, never before, never since. Over those three days, this became the chosen way to kill all over the ‘I WRITE BECAUSE I NEED TO. I DRAW AND PAINT AS A MEANS TO ‘I write because I need to. I draw and paint as a means to an end’: Amruta Patil. In 2008, Amruta Patil broke new ground in Indian English storytelling with her compelling graphic novel debut, Kari.Then in 2012, she uncovered Adi Parva: Churning of the Ocean, a most exquisite retelling of the first book of the Mahabharata.And it is not just a retelling, there are sly interjections by the HOW TO CONDUCT A SAME-SEX WEDDING BASED ON INDIAN RITUALS A wedding (vivah) in Hinduism is a rite of passage (samskara) that transforms a single entity into one half of a conjugal pair (dampatya). Being single, however, does not mean being incomplete. The idea of ‘wholeness’ in Hinduism is not necessarily a matter of the union of two bodies in marriage or even two souls MARTYRS’ DAY: READ THE LAST LETTER WRITTEN BY BHAGAT SINGH The last letter Bhagat Singh wrote was to his comrades on 22 March 1931, a day before his execution. Some of Bhagat Singh’s comrades thought that he could still be saved from the gallows by helping him escape from the jail. While appreciating his comrades’ concern, Bhagat Singh underlines the significance of his own execution REHAM KHAN’S MEMOIR Reham Khan was married to the celebrity cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan for a year in 2015. She self-published her memoir in the summer of 2018, revealing facets of her relationship with Imran Khan and the murky world of Pakistan politics to which she has had a ringside view, taking the world by storm. This edition of hermuch-discussed
5½ THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT RAJESH KHANNADR RAJESH KHANNARAJESH KHANNA DEATHRAJESH KHANNA SONGSRAJESH KHANNA WIFE 5½ Things You Didn’t Know about Rajesh Khanna. He was the man for whom the word ‘superstar’ was coined and reams upon reams have been written about him. But we bet you didn’t know these 5½ things about Rajesh Khanna. 1. It is comm on knowledge that Rajesh Khanna was born Jatin Khanna, but not as well known that he was adopted by hisCATEGORY: PREVIEW
HarperCollins India is proud to announce the publication of The Brand Custodian: My Years with the Tatas by Mukund Rajan Release date: 18th February 2019 In a little over a decade, the Tata group’s turnover increased from $10 billion to over $100 billion during Ratan Tata’schairmanship.
HOW TO CONDUCT A SAME-SEX WEDDING BASED ON INDIAN RITUALS A wedding (vivah) in Hinduism is a rite of passage (samskara) that transforms a single entity into one half of a conjugal pair (dampatya). Being single, however, does not mean being incomplete. The idea of ‘wholeness’ in Hinduism is not necessarily a matter of the union of two bodies in marriage or even two souls TAG: HOW TO WIN AN ELECTION HarperCollins India is proud to announce the publication of 2019: How Modi Won India by Rajdeep Sardesai A fascinating look at the key personalities, strategies and turning points in what was a historicelection victory.
RUCHIR SHARMA
Posts about Ruchir Sharma written by Harper Broadcast. HarperCollins India is proud to announce the publication of 2019: How Modi Won India by Rajdeep Sardesai A fascinating look at the key personalities, strategies and turning points in what was a historic election victory. HARPERCOLLINS INDIA BRINGS YOU THE UNTOLD STORY OF OPERATION X About the Authors. Captain MNR Samant (1930-2019) was a recipient of India’s second-highest gallantry award, the Maha Vir Chakra, for conspicuous gallantry in the face of enemy fire during the 1971 India-Pakistan War. He was Staff Officer, G1 (Nav Ops X) of this covert naval warfare unit. He passed away on 20 March 2019. COVER STORY: HERE’S THE DESIGN THINKING THAT WENT INTO Cover story: Here’s the design thinking that went into Harper Perennial’s ten special editions. This year, HarperCollins India is celebrating ten years of Perennial, its dedicated imprint devoted to translations from Indian languages into English. Fans and bibliophiles can look forward to owning a brand new range of ten of the most iconic HARPERCOLLINS INDIA TO EXCLUSIVELY DISTRIBUTE THE TITLES New Delhi, July 1, 2019: HarperCollins India is delighted to announce that it shall exclusively distribute the titles of Navayana in the Indian Subcontinent. This is an important tie-up for both HarperCollins India and Navayana—over 15 years Navayana’s sharp and focused list has set a high bar for editorial content and this distribution partnership with HCI will 5½ THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT RAJESH KHANNA 5½ Things You Didn’t Know about Rajesh Khanna. He was the man for whom the word ‘superstar’ was coined and reams upon reams have been written about him. But we bet you didn’t know these 5½ things about Rajesh Khanna. 1. It is comm on knowledge that Rajesh Khanna was born Jatin Khanna, but not as well known that he was adopted by his IT’S HERE: THE BOOK ON ZAKIR HUSSAIN WE’VE ALL BEEN Getting to know Zakir Hussain through the process of writing this book and to learn about music from a musician so gifted and yet who still has a sense of openness to take that leap of faith has been an immense privilege. Excerpted from the introduction to Zakir Hussain: A Life in Music by Nasreen Munni Kabir, published by HarperCollins India. INDIAN PREVIEW: OUR TOP NEW RELEASES FROM JANUARY 2018 is here, and so are our bumper line-up of wonderful books! There’s a book for every kind of reader on this list. Happy reading,folks.
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AN INTRODUCTION TO ‘WILD WORDS: FOUR TAMIL POETS’ The editor of a well-known literary journal observed to me that for these past years, Tamil women poets have been categorized into ‘bad girls’ who write ‘body poetry’ and ‘good girls’ who refrain from doing so. Wild Words celebrates four women poets, Malathi Maithri, Salma, Kutti Revathi, and Sukirtharani, and showcases,through
‘HOW DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT YOUR CASTE IS?’ AN EXCERPT FROM It would reveal your caste. Because your life is your caste, your caste is your life. Whether they know the truth or not, your untouchable life is never something you can talk about. It was like this for me in Punjab, in Delhi, in Bombay, in Bangalore, in Madras, in Warangal, in Kanpur, in Calcutta. At twenty-six, I came to America,where
2019: HOW MODI WON INDIA BY RAJDEEP SARDESAI HarperCollins India is proud to announce the publication of 2019: How Modi Won India by Rajdeep Sardesai A fascinating look at the key personalities, strategies and turning points in what was a historic election victory. Releasing on 25th November 2019 PREORDER NOW bit.ly/HowModiWon On 23 May 2019, when the results of the generalelections
TYRES: THE UNUSUAL WEAPON USED DURING THE 1984 RIOTS Tyres? As a murder weapon? Let’s talk tyres. This method of killing was gut-wrenchingly unusual. Everywhere, large numbers of Sikhs were ringed with burning tyres. In years of reporting crime I had never seen such a method of killing in Delhi, never before, never since. Over those three days, this became the chosen way to kill all over the ‘I WRITE BECAUSE I NEED TO. I DRAW AND PAINT AS A MEANS TO ‘I write because I need to. I draw and paint as a means to an end’: Amruta Patil. In 2008, Amruta Patil broke new ground in Indian English storytelling with her compelling graphic novel debut, Kari.Then in 2012, she uncovered Adi Parva: Churning of the Ocean, a most exquisite retelling of the first book of the Mahabharata.And it is not just a retelling, there are sly interjections by the HOW TO CONDUCT A SAME-SEX WEDDING BASED ON INDIAN RITUALS A wedding (vivah) in Hinduism is a rite of passage (samskara) that transforms a single entity into one half of a conjugal pair (dampatya). Being single, however, does not mean being incomplete. The idea of ‘wholeness’ in Hinduism is not necessarily a matter of the union of two bodies in marriage or even two souls MARTYRS’ DAY: READ THE LAST LETTER WRITTEN BY BHAGAT SINGH The last letter Bhagat Singh wrote was to his comrades on 22 March 1931, a day before his execution. Some of Bhagat Singh’s comrades thought that he could still be saved from the gallows by helping him escape from the jail. While appreciating his comrades’ concern, Bhagat Singh underlines the significance of his own execution REHAM KHAN’S MEMOIR Reham Khan was married to the celebrity cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan for a year in 2015. She self-published her memoir in the summer of 2018, revealing facets of her relationship with Imran Khan and the murky world of Pakistan politics to which she has had a ringside view, taking the world by storm. This edition of hermuch-discussed
5½ THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT RAJESH KHANNADR RAJESH KHANNARAJESH KHANNA DEATHRAJESH KHANNA SONGSRAJESH KHANNA WIFE 5½ Things You Didn’t Know about Rajesh Khanna. He was the man for whom the word ‘superstar’ was coined and reams upon reams have been written about him. But we bet you didn’t know these 5½ things about Rajesh Khanna. 1. It is comm on knowledge that Rajesh Khanna was born Jatin Khanna, but not as well known that he was adopted by hisHARPERBROADCAST.COM
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AN INTRODUCTION TO ‘WILD WORDS: FOUR TAMIL POETS’ The editor of a well-known literary journal observed to me that for these past years, Tamil women poets have been categorized into ‘bad girls’ who write ‘body poetry’ and ‘good girls’ who refrain from doing so. Wild Words celebrates four women poets, Malathi Maithri, Salma, Kutti Revathi, and Sukirtharani, and showcases,through
‘HOW DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT YOUR CASTE IS?’ AN EXCERPT FROM It would reveal your caste. Because your life is your caste, your caste is your life. Whether they know the truth or not, your untouchable life is never something you can talk about. It was like this for me in Punjab, in Delhi, in Bombay, in Bangalore, in Madras, in Warangal, in Kanpur, in Calcutta. At twenty-six, I came to America,where
2019: HOW MODI WON INDIA BY RAJDEEP SARDESAI HarperCollins India is proud to announce the publication of 2019: How Modi Won India by Rajdeep Sardesai A fascinating look at the key personalities, strategies and turning points in what was a historic election victory. Releasing on 25th November 2019 PREORDER NOW bit.ly/HowModiWon On 23 May 2019, when the results of the generalelections
TYRES: THE UNUSUAL WEAPON USED DURING THE 1984 RIOTS Tyres? As a murder weapon? Let’s talk tyres. This method of killing was gut-wrenchingly unusual. Everywhere, large numbers of Sikhs were ringed with burning tyres. In years of reporting crime I had never seen such a method of killing in Delhi, never before, never since. Over those three days, this became the chosen way to kill all over the ‘I WRITE BECAUSE I NEED TO. I DRAW AND PAINT AS A MEANS TO ‘I write because I need to. I draw and paint as a means to an end’: Amruta Patil. In 2008, Amruta Patil broke new ground in Indian English storytelling with her compelling graphic novel debut, Kari.Then in 2012, she uncovered Adi Parva: Churning of the Ocean, a most exquisite retelling of the first book of the Mahabharata.And it is not just a retelling, there are sly interjections by the HOW TO CONDUCT A SAME-SEX WEDDING BASED ON INDIAN RITUALS A wedding (vivah) in Hinduism is a rite of passage (samskara) that transforms a single entity into one half of a conjugal pair (dampatya). Being single, however, does not mean being incomplete. The idea of ‘wholeness’ in Hinduism is not necessarily a matter of the union of two bodies in marriage or even two souls MARTYRS’ DAY: READ THE LAST LETTER WRITTEN BY BHAGAT SINGH The last letter Bhagat Singh wrote was to his comrades on 22 March 1931, a day before his execution. Some of Bhagat Singh’s comrades thought that he could still be saved from the gallows by helping him escape from the jail. While appreciating his comrades’ concern, Bhagat Singh underlines the significance of his own execution REHAM KHAN’S MEMOIR Reham Khan was married to the celebrity cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan for a year in 2015. She self-published her memoir in the summer of 2018, revealing facets of her relationship with Imran Khan and the murky world of Pakistan politics to which she has had a ringside view, taking the world by storm. This edition of hermuch-discussed
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Posts about Ruchir Sharma written by Harper Broadcast. HarperCollins India is proud to announce the publication of 2019: How Modi Won India by Rajdeep Sardesai A fascinating look at the key personalities, strategies and turning points in what was a historic election victory. HARPERCOLLINS INDIA BRINGS YOU THE UNTOLD STORY OF OPERATION X About the Authors. Captain MNR Samant (1930-2019) was a recipient of India’s second-highest gallantry award, the Maha Vir Chakra, for conspicuous gallantry in the face of enemy fire during the 1971 India-Pakistan War. He was Staff Officer, G1 (Nav Ops X) of this covert naval warfare unit. He passed away on 20 March 2019. COVER STORY: HERE’S THE DESIGN THINKING THAT WENT INTO Cover story: Here’s the design thinking that went into Harper Perennial’s ten special editions. This year, HarperCollins India is celebrating ten years of Perennial, its dedicated imprint devoted to translations from Indian languages into English. Fans and bibliophiles can look forward to owning a brand new range of ten of the most iconic HARPERCOLLINS INDIA TO EXCLUSIVELY DISTRIBUTE THE TITLES New Delhi, July 1, 2019: HarperCollins India is delighted to announce that it shall exclusively distribute the titles of Navayana in the Indian Subcontinent. This is an important tie-up for both HarperCollins India and Navayana—over 15 years Navayana’s sharp and focused list has set a high bar for editorial content and this distribution partnership with HCI will 5½ THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT RAJESH KHANNA 5½ Things You Didn’t Know about Rajesh Khanna. He was the man for whom the word ‘superstar’ was coined and reams upon reams have been written about him. But we bet you didn’t know these 5½ things about Rajesh Khanna. 1. It is comm on knowledge that Rajesh Khanna was born Jatin Khanna, but not as well known that he was adopted by his IT’S HERE: THE BOOK ON ZAKIR HUSSAIN WE’VE ALL BEEN Getting to know Zakir Hussain through the process of writing this book and to learn about music from a musician so gifted and yet who still has a sense of openness to take that leap of faith has been an immense privilege. Excerpted from the introduction to Zakir Hussain: A Life in Music by Nasreen Munni Kabir, published by HarperCollins India. INDIAN PREVIEW: OUR TOP NEW RELEASES FROM JANUARY 2018 is here, and so are our bumper line-up of wonderful books! There’s a book for every kind of reader on this list. Happy reading,folks.
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ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT: SHUTTLING TO THE TOP: THE STORY OF P.V. SINDHU, WRITTEN BY V. KRISHNASWAMY July 5, 2019July 5, 2019Harper Broadcast
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HarperCollins India is proud to announce that it will publish Shuttling to the Top: The Story of P.V. Sindhu, written by V. Krishnaswamy, that narrates the journey of India’s first and only woman silver medal-winning athlete at the Olympic Games ‘I hope my friends and fans, who have always been loyal and loving to me,… Continue reading Acquisition announcement: Shuttling to the Top: The Story of P.V. Sindhu, written by V. Krishnaswamy → Posted in Announcements, biography
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HARPERCOLLINS INDIA TO EXCLUSIVELY DISTRIBUTE THE TITLES OF NAVAYANA PUBLISHERS IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT July 1, 2019July 1, 2019Harper Broadcast
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New Delhi, July 1, 2019: HarperCollins India is delighted to announce that it shall exclusively distribute the titles of Navayana in the Indian Subcontinent. This is an important tie-up for both HarperCollins India and Navayana—over 15 years Navayana’s sharp and focused list has set a high bar for editorial content and this distribution partnership with HCI will… Continue reading HarperCollins India to exclusively distribute the titles of Navayana Publishers in the Indian Subcontinent → Posted in Uncategorized NIGHTMARCH: A JOURNEY INTO INDIA’S NAXAL HEARTLANDS BY ALPA SHAH HAS BEEN SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICALWRITING 2019
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In 2010, a Naxal platoon set out on a seven-night march across 250 kilometres through Bihar and Jharkhand. Among them was Shah – the only woman, the only unarmed person, dressed as a man in an olive-green guerrilla uniform. This is the story of her gritty and revelatory journey. The Orwell Prize is considered… Continue reading NIGHTMARCH: A JOURNEY INTO INDIA’S NAXAL HEARTLANDS BY ALPA SHAH has been shortlisted for the prestigious Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2019 → Posted in Announcements, Press Release
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HARPERCOLLINS INDIA IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE BIOGRAPHY OF GRAMMY-NOMINATED HINDUSTANI CLASSICAL VOCALIST LAKSHMI SHANKAR June 12, 2019June 12, 2019Harper Broadcast
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HarperCollins India is proud to present the biography of Grammy-nominated Hindustani classical vocalist Lakshmi Shankar POIGNANT SONG The Life and Music of Lakshmi Shankar by Kavita Das Lakshmi Aunty's music was so unique… She endeared herself to people all around the world with her beautiful renditons. … Continue reading HarperCollins India is proud to present the biography of Grammy-nominated Hindustani classical vocalist Lakshmi Shankar → Posted in Uncategorized THIS WORLD YOGA DAY, HARPERCOLLINS INDIA IS DELIGHTED TO PUBLISH…June 7, 2019
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This World Yoga Day, HarperCollins India is delighted to publish YOGA MYTHOLOGY 64 ASANAS AND THEIR STORIES by Devdutt Pattanaik With Matthew Rulli About the book The popular names of many yogic asanas - from Virbhadra-asana and Hanuman-asana to Matsyendra-asana, Kurma-asana and Ananta-asana - are based on characters and personages from Indian mythology.… Continue reading This World Yoga Day, HarperCollins India is delighted to publish… → Posted in Announcements, Authors
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HARPERCOLLINS INDIA BRINGS YOU A LIFE-AFFIRMING, WITTY FAMILY DRAMA BYBALLI KAUR JASWAL
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HarperCollins India brings you a powerful, emotionally evocative and wonderfully atmospheric story The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal author of the internationally acclaimed Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows Paperback | pp 320 | INR 399 About the book The Shergill sisters—Rajni, Jezmeen, and Shirina—were never close and… Continue reading HarperCollins India brings you a life-affirming, witty family drama by Balli Kaur Jaswal→
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HARPERCOLLINS INDIA IS THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE MADHURI VIJAY’S ACCLAIMED DEBUT NOVEL June 3, 2019June 3, 2019Harper Broadcast
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HarperCollins India is thrilled to announce Madhuri Vijay's acclaimed debut novel Hardback | pp 444 | INR 599 The Far Field July 2019 An elegant, epic debut from a tremendous new talent, Madhuri Vijay’s The Far Field follows one young woman's search for a lost figure from her childhood, a journey that… Continue reading HarperCollins India is thrilled to announce Madhuri Vijay’s acclaimed debut novel → Posted in Announcements, Authors
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THE BEST FOREIGN FICTION & NON-FICTION WE PUBLISHED IN MAY May 30, 2019May 31, 2019Harper Broadcast
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EVERYTHING IS FUCKED: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson A blockbuster follow-up to one of the most successful books in recent years—in signature Manson style, an anti-self help guide to finding hope in a world that’s falling apart. In THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A FUCK, Mark Manson introduced millions of readers to… Continue reading The Best Foreign Fiction & Non-fiction We Published in May →Posted in Authors ,
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AN EXAMINED LIFE: Reflections on the Personal and the Political by Karan Singh An Examined Life is a collection of writings from politician and scholar Karan Singh. There are momentous events here drawn from Jammu and Kashmir’s history, as well as essays and letters on subjects ranging from politics to political science, metaphysics and spirituality to Hinduism… Continue reading Preview: Our Top New Releases from May →Posted in Authors ,
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PRAHLAD Death was all around him. He was in his battle fort, watching his men, thousands of them, dying at the hands of the Tribals – Vanars, Yakshas and Nagas. Blood was spilled, heads were severed and limbs were torn off. Prahlad knew that, at fifteen, he was too young for this. He cursed under… Continue reading #FirstLook | Narasimha: The Mahaavatar Trilogy Book 1 → Posted in Book Excerpts, First Look
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