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Production Process for “Eye Spy: Indian Art” by Ritu Khoda and Vanita Pai

While researching for an article on Eye Spy Ritu Khoda and Vanita Pai shared a detailed note on the production process for the exquisitely produced book. Since
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Deepalaya Community Library Project

06 02 , 2017 No Comments

The Deepalaya Community Library Project which is managed by Mridula Koshy and Michael Creighton has been doing some phenomenally good work at promoting reading in
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Brahmaputra Literary Festival, Guwahati, Assam ( 28-30 Jan 2017)

06 02 , 2017 2 Comments

In late January the National Book Trust of India, Government of India and the government of Assam decided to jointly organise the Brahmaputra Literary Festival
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World Book Fair, Delhi, Jan 2017

02 02 , 2017 1 Comment

( The world book fair was held in Delhi between 7-15 January 2017. It was another magnificent show put together by National Book Trust. I wrote
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An Interview with Publisher Michael Bhaskar on the Power of Curation

25 01 , 2017 No Comments

( My interview with Michael Bhaskar, co-founder, Canelo was published in literary website Bookwitty on 24 January 2017. I am c&p the text below. ) Michael
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Guest Post: “David and Goliath” by Naveen Kishore

12 01 , 2017 No Comments

( The following post is by Naveen Kishore, Founder-publisher, Seagull Books) David and Goliath. A vertical confrontation. Visually that is. One small. Even tiny in
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Guest post: Jacks Thomas, Director, London Book Fair

12 01 , 2017 2 Comments

( At the London Book Fair/British Council/Publishers Association reception held at the British Council, New Delhi held on 11 January 2017, Jacks Thomas announced the LBF
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Guest post: Salil Tripathi on “Illuminating evening with Prabodh Parikh at Farbas Gujarati Sabha”

12 01 , 2017 1 Comment

( I read the following post on noted journalist Salil Tripathi’s Facebook wall. I am posting the text and pictures with his permission. He is working
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Jaya’s newsletter 6 ( 7 Jan 2017)

07 01 , 2017 No Comments

Happy New Year! January is an extremely busy month in terms of literary events. There are back-to-back literary festivals, book fairs, book launches and more.
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