Musings: On the Westland and Amazon partnership in India ( 25 Feb 2016)

25 02 , 2016 No Comments
On 11 February 2016 it was announced that Amazon had bought a 26% stake in Westland Publishers for $1.9 m or Rs9.5 crores. ( http://rtn.asia/t-t/17345/amazon-acquires-stake-in-tatas-publishing-unit-westland and Hindu Businessline http://m.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/amazon-picks-up-26-stake-in-tata-publishing-arm-westland-for-rs-95-cr/article8224355.ece ). Under the definitive
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Anne-Marie Slaughter “Unfinished Business”

24 02 , 2016 No Comments
Sheryl Sandberg and I agree on many things. We both encourage women to speak up and take their place at the table; we both want
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Arefa Tehsin, “Wild in the Backyard”

24 02 , 2016 No Comments
I have a six-year-old daughter, Sarah, who has taken to borrowing a series of non-fiction picture books from her school library. In the past few
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Harry Potter Colouring Books

20 02 , 2016 No Comments
No more a child’s play! Colouring books have achieved phenomenal success in a very short time which clearly indicates that the child within us refuses
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Penguin Random House signs a co-publishing deal with Manjul Publishing House

20 02 , 2016 No Comments
Penguin Random House reinforces commitment to India’s regional languages New co-publishing deal with Manjul Publishing Vaishali Mathur appointed to Head of Language Publishing and Rights
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Pocket Penguins

20 02 , 2016 No Comments
  POCKET PENGUINS Introducing 20 Pocket Penguins THE   FUTURE   OF   PENGUIN   CLASSICS 26 May 2016 A-format paperbacks   Pocket Penguins are the bold next step
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Salil Tripathi, “Detours: Songs of the Open Road”

16 02 , 2016 No Comments
( Noted London-based Indian journalist Salil Tripathi’s third book, Detours, is a collection of his column/essays on travel writing. This book is meant to be savoured.
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Alex Gino, “George”

16 02 , 2016 No Comments
“Are you nervous about the audition? Kelly asked. “Don’t be. My dad says that men performing in non-traditional gender roles is good for feminism. He
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On BBC Radio commenting on Coldplay’s new video, “Hymn for the Weekend” ( 15 Feb 2016)

15 02 , 2016 No Comments
The Cultural Frontline On Coldplay Over to You Listen in pop-out player Last Saturday, The Cultural Frontline featured a report about the controversy around Coldplay’s
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Press Release: HACHETTE INDIA TO RELEASE HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD PARTS I & II SCRIPT BOOK

10 02 , 2016 No Comments
HACHETTE INDIA TO RELEASE HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD PARTS I & II SCRIPT BOOK   Little, Brown Book Group announces today that they
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