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Scholastic India presents LEGO (R) books!

From 30 May 2016, Scholastic India will be selling LEGO (R) books in India. Some of the highlights include — LEGO (R) City,
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Ashwin Sanghi’s fascinating story from self-publishing to traditional publishing

11 05 , 2016 No Comments

Earlier in 2016, Amazon bought a significant minority stake in Westland. ( Ashwin Sanghi and I were discussing publishing, his pseudonymn “Shawn Higins” and
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Chitra Bannerjee Divakurni “Before We Visit the Goddess”

08 05 , 2016 No Comments

One day, in the kitchen at the back of the store, I held in my hand a new recipe I had perfected, the sweet I
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Kannada, Konkani, English: Memories, Texts and Distances

06 05 , 2016 No Comments

On 23 April 2016 Vivek Shanbhag and I were invited by Namita Gokhale, co-director, Jaipur Literature Festival to be in conversation at the Apeejay Languages
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Dalit Literature in English

04 05 , 2016 1 Comment

On 29 April 2016, Jisha, a dalit student of Government Law College, Ernakulam, Kerala, was raped and murdered. Jisha was found at her home which stands on Purambokku
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Noelle Stevenson, “Nimona”

18 04 , 2016 No Comments

Noelle Stevenson’s debut graphic novel Nimona is about a young shape shifter who is a badass sidekick to super villain, Lord Blackheart. It is utterly delightful for its
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Meg Rosoff, “Jonathan Unleashed”

18 04 , 2016 No Comments

Award-winning young adult writer Meg Rosoff is a brilliant writer. No wonder she has been awarded the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award ( ALMA) this year
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Pam Munzo Ryan “Echo: A Novel”

16 04 , 2016 No Comments

Your fate is not yet sealed, Even in the darkest night, a star will shine, A bell will chime, a path will be revealed. Award-winning
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Zainab Sulaiman, “Simply Nanju”

07 04 , 2016 No Comments

Zainab Sulaiman’s book Simply Nanju is about a young differently-abled boy and his classmates. All of them have a bunch of challenges but have caring teachers and
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Mary Beard, “SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome”

05 04 , 2016 1 Comment

I have spent a good deal of the past fifty years of my life with these ‘first millennium Romans’. I have learnt their languages as
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