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BOOKS AND AUTHORS - July 2019

Jul 2019

Sep 28, 2020

Memoir of India's First Woman Radio Newsreader

The life and times of India's first woman radio newsreader Saeeda Bano will unravel in a new book, originally written as a memoir in Urdu.
The book, "Off the Beaten Track", has been translated into English by Bano's granddaughter Shahana Raza from her 1994 memoir "Dagar Se Hat Kar".
The memoir takes the reader through events of great personal impact in her life such as walking out of a suffocating marriage, witnessing the violence of the Partition, moving to Delhi from Lucknow as a single mother, eating toast with prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, and falling in love with a married man -- Nuruddin Ahmed, who would, in the course of their twenty-five-year relationship, become the Mayor of Delhi.
Unflinching and riveting, 'Off the Beaten Track' offers a personal account of the Partition and the burgeoning capital city of a newly-independent India.
The book, co-published by Zubaan Publishers, will hit the stands on October 12.

Sep 20, 2020

Barack Obama's Memoir 'A Promised Land' Coming Out in November

Former U.S. President Barack Obama announced the publication in November of the first half of his memoirs, A Promised Land — two weeks after the election pitting Donald Trump against Joe Biden.
Publisher Penguin Random House said the book will be released in 25 languages on November 17, 2020.

Comic Book on Kamala Harris to be Released

A day after her birthday, Kamala Harris is getting her own comic book, chronicling her path from childhood to her historic nomination as US vice president.
"Female Force: Kamala Harris," part of Tidalwave Productions' Political Power series, is set for release on Oct. 21, a day after she turns 56. That is less than two weeks before the Nov. 3 US election.
The publisher on its website describes Harris as "full of grit and determination," and says that her "no-nonsense approach and bi-racial heritage have made her a popular member of the Democratic party."

Sep 18, 2020

New book 'Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction.' Released

In a video interview with Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico Nick Etze, Roy was asked if she found a parallel between India's caste system and the racial hierarchy in the United States.
Arundhati Roy's Azadi is a collection of essays and speeches describing India's recent descent into totalitarianism that speaks to the heart and the mind.
In the wake of the release of her new book 'Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction.', Booker Prize-winning author and activist has been facing flak from anti-caste scholars after she made a remark on Brahminism and her own Brahmin heritage.

Sep 15, 2020

Book 'End of an Era, India Exits Tibet' to be Released

Claude Arpi has written the book named 'End of an Era, India Exits Tibet', which will soon be released. The book highlights India Tibet relation between 1947 and 1962. it also focuses on India losing all its influence in Tibet. It shows Nehru Memorial Library papers, de-classified Indian and Chinese documents and personal interviews.
The book aims to explain India's presence in Tibet in the last years.
It explains how reports by India's own agencies point to threaten consolidation of China's occupation of Tibet. China has constructed a road in territory-Tibet. but, India could not take any actions against road construction.

Sep 09, 2020

Radha Nair's New Book 'Breaking The Cocoon @ 40'

Radha Nair's new book 'Breaking The Cocoon @ 40' is a delightful collection of select events from her life, in the advertising world of Mumbai where she statrted her carrer as a copywriter.
The book hlds the experiences of Radha as a dream merchant in advertisement agency and with a few of her life events like modelling for AIDS awaarness campaign, death of her husband and the fun experiencesin her life.
The book has 31 chapters.

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