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BOOKS AND AUTHORS - August 2021

Aug 2021

Sep 29, 2022

English Translation of Award-winning 'Lata: Sur-Gatha' to Release in January 2023

The English translation of award-winning book "Lata: Sur-Gatha", on the life and times of iconic singer Lata Mangeshkar, will hit the stands early next year, announced Penguin Random House India (PRHI) on the eve of the 93rd birth anniversary of the late Bharat Ratna awardee.
"Lata: A Life in Music", originally written in Hindi by writer-poet Yatindra Mishra, is translated by noted writer and translator Ira Pande. The book won the 64th National Film Award and the MAMI Award for Best Writing on Cinema (2016–17).
Known as the Queen of melody, Mangeshkar started training in singing at the age of five. She began her career as a singer in 1942 and has been credited to have sung 25,000 songs in as many as 36 Indian languages including Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali and others over a period of seven decades.

Sep 26, 2022

Jagdeep Dhankhar Releases the Book Titled "Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay - Jeevan Darshan Aur Samsamy...

The vice president, Jagdeep Dhankhar released the book titled "Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay – Jeevan Darshan Aur Samsamyikta" (five volumes) in New Delhi and on this occasion he highlighted the importance of Pt Deendayal's thoughts in contemporary times. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, former Union Minister Murli Manohar Joshi and other dignitaries were among those attending the event.
Jagdeep Dhankhar appreciated the efforts of the Chief Editor of the book, Bajrang Lal Gupta and his team for coming out with these well-researched five volumes on one of the foremost leaders of modern India.

Sep 24, 2022

Ex-vice President Naidu to Release Book on PM Modi's Speeches

Former vice president M. Venkaiah Naidu released a collection of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's selected speeches.
The book titled 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas Sabka Vishwas – Prime Minister Narendra Modi Speaks (May 2019-May 2020)' was released in the presence of Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan at a function here organised by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
The book focuses on 86 speeches of the Prime Minister on various subjects.
The book portrays the Prime Minister's vision of a 'New India', which is self-reliant, resilient and capable of converting challenges into opportunities.

Sep 20, 2022

Manoj Bajpayee Publishes Book "Muskurate Chand Lamhe aur Kuchh Khamoshiyan"

At a ceremony in New Delhi, well-known actor Manoj Bajpayee published a book titled 'Muskurate Chand Lamhe aur Kuchh Khamoshiyan' in the presence of Apurva Chandra, the secretary of information and broadcasting. A variety of poetry is offered in the book. Jiwesh Nandan is the author of the book. Apurva Chandra expressed his opinions at the time and remarked that the book is focused on humour and philosophy.

Sep 19, 2022

Former President Ram Nath Kovind Launches book 'Ambedkar and Modi: Reformer's Ideas Performer's I...

Former President of India Ram Nath Kovind launched the book 'Ambedkar and Modi: Reformer's Ideas Performer's Implementation'.
The book was launched in the presence of Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur, former Chief Justice of India K. G. Balakrishnan, Union Minister of State of Information and Broadcasting L. Murugan and Director of Bluekraft Digital Foundation, Hitesh Jain.
The book has been carefully and expertly compiled by Bluekraft Digital Foundation, one of the leading organisations that harness Indian talent and empowers Indian society by creating awareness and implementing out-of-box ideas for social welfare. It features a foreword by Rajya Sabha MP Ilaiyaraaja (also an acclaimed music composer and lyricist) that offers a valuable insight into the vast expanse of wisdom that may be found in Dr Ambedkar's works while drawing a parallel with the policies and reforms unleashed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure India's progress is in line with Babasaheb Ambedkar's vision.

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