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BOOKS AND AUTHORS - July 2019

Jul 2019

Apr 05, 2021

A book 'Manohar Parrikar: Brilliant Mind, Simple Life' by Nitin Gokhale

A new book titled 'Manohar Parrikar: Brilliant Mind, Simple Life' authored by Nitin Gokhale was released. The book is published by Bloomsbury. It is an attempt to capture Parrikar's persona — the man, the politician and the patriot. Gokhale is a renowned author, media trainer and founder of a specialised defence related websites BharatShakti.in. and StratNewsGlobal.com.
Through this book, the author presents the journey of the contribution of Parrikar to nation-building and his service to the Goan society, from being an IIT student to a social worker and to India's defence minister. The book is a tribute to Parrikar, India's former Defence Minister and four-time chief minister of Goa, the first IIT-ian to become a Chief Minister.

Vice President Releases Book 'Suparipalana' by Dr. Shailendra Joshi

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu released a book 'Suparipalana' by retired civil servant Dr. Shailendra Joshi. The book 'Suparipalana' is the Telugu translation of "Echo T Calling: Towards People-Centric Governance", written by former Telangana Chief Secretary, S. K. Joshi. The translator of the book is Annavarapu Brahmaiah and the publisher is Shri Maruthi.

Apr 01, 2021

A Book Titled "Names of the Women" by Jeet Thayil

A book titled "Names of the Women" authored by Jeet Thayil was released. The book talks about the women whose roles were suppressed, reduced, or erased in the Gospels. Jeet Thayil is a renowned author, best known for his book 'Narcopolis' which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012 and won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. His most recent book 'Low' was released in 2020.

Mar 30, 2021

PM Modi Unveils New Version of 'Exam Warriors'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the release of updated edition of Exam Warriors, saying that the fresh edition is enriched with valuable inputs from students, parents and teachers.
He said that substantive new parts have been added in the new edition of Exam Warriors that would especially interest the parents and teachers.

Kate Launches Book of Portraits to Remember Pandemic

Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, launched a book of photographic portraits taken during Britain's COVID-19 lockdowns that she said would provide a lasting record of the pandemic.
Kate, who is married to Prince William, the Queen's grandson and second in line to the throne, began the project with the National Portrait Gallery last year, inviting people to submit photos taken during Britain's first coronavirus lockdown.
A panel of judges including Kate chose 100 portraits from over 31,000 entries, which were shown in digital and community exhibitions before the book was announced.
Through 'Hold Still', I wanted to use the power of photography to create a lasting record of what we were all experiencing – to capture individuals' stories and document significant moments for families and communities as we lived through the pandemic," Kate wrote in the introduction to the book.
The book, called "Hold Still: A Portrait of Our Nation in 2020", will be available from May 7, exactly a year after the project began. Net proceeds will be split between the National Portrait Gallery and the British mental health charity Mind.

Mar 28, 2021

A Book Titled 'My Experiments with Silence' by Samir Soni

The book "My Experiments with Silence" is authored by Samir Soni on anxiety and self -discovery. Soni's book aims to be a personal account of his dialogues with himself during his growing-up years in Delhi, his stint at Wall Street and his time in Bollywood. The book will be published by OM Books International. Soni said that his book will be an "ode to anyone who has fought or is fighting their inner demons".

Mar 27, 2021

Maggie O'Farrell's 'Hamnet' Bags Critics Award for Fiction

Maggie O'Farrell's "Hamnet," an imagined take on the death of Shakespeare's son from the bubonic plague, has won the National Book Critics Circle prize for fiction.
"Hamnet," an unfortunately well timed story for the current pandemic, explores the impact of the boy's illness and death on his family. He was Shakespeare's only son, and scholars have long speculated about his influence — if any — on "Hamlet," which Shakespeare worked on in the years following Hamnet's death.
Tom Zoellner's "Island on Fire: The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire" won for nonfiction, and Amy Stanley's "Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World" was the winner in biography.
The autobiography award went to Cathy Park Hong for "Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning."

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