What happens when you’re born in a land deeply entrenched in superstitions? And, what if, you’re born “ugly” and your own mother thinks that the “ugliness” is a sign that the demons have possessed your soul?
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Get your deep slumber back with ‘The Sleep Solution’
We all have, at some point in our lives, experienced some issue related to sleep. Whether we suffer from chronic insomnia or simply feel less energetic than we would like to during the day, sleep problems deeply influence our lives. They manifest themselves as difficulty in falling asleep, the desire to sleep during the day, […]
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5 Famous Authors Complete No-Shave November!
Being totally Booked In Queues these days, the sight of folks flaunting beards of various shapes and sizes is a common one. And guess what, some of the most iconic folks from the Lit-verse took to No-Shave November too! As No-Shave November ends, we take a candid look at the effort that these famous authors put […]
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PENGUIN INDIA ANNOUNCES THE ACQUISITION OF SUNITA NARAIN’S BOOK ON HER BATTLES FOR INDIA’S GREEN MOVEMENT
Penguin India today announced that it has acquired Sunita Narain’s Conflicts of Interest: My Journey through India’s Green Movement. The book is a personal account of India’s foremost environmentalist’s battles as part of the country’s Green Movement. While outlining the enormous environmental challenges that India faces today, Dr. Sunita Narain will talk about how corporate lobbies and […]
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‘She Walks, She Leads’ – An Excerpt
Mrs. Murty is many things… She is a great seeker, incurable dreamer, tireless doer, passionate teacher, eternal student, storyteller, story lover, selfless giver, childlike life enthusiast, engineer, homemaker… and so very human. But above all, she is an inventor… a leader… because she is inventing the future of those at the fringes of survival in […]
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Growing Out Of The Cocoon
Greetings. I’d never have imagined that my book—and especially one written in my mother tongue—would be launched in the capital city of India. I have mixed feelings on this occasion. I cannot but be unhappy about the circumstances that occasioned this. However, I cannot turn my back in sadness. During the nightmarish time when my […]
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Penguin On Wheels
Tah dah! Your favorite book bird is coming to town Penguin Books India & Walking BookFairs bring to your doorstep Penguin on Wheels Penguin Books India, in association with Walking BookFairs, presents Penguin on Wheels—a jaw-dropping, gorgeous mobile bookstore that will be doing rounds across the country to promote reading and make great writing more accessible. […]
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Desh Gaurav Sekhri on Delhi Daredevils
In what has been the most unlikely turnaround this season, the Delhi Daredevils (“DD”) have gone from perennial underachievers to quietly confident front-runners. Starting the season in expected fashion with a trouncing at the hands of the Kolkata Knight Riders, DD have since turned it around, and how. Since their opener, the DD have lost […]
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Desh Gaurav Sekhri On: Kings XI Punjab
At just over the mid-way point of IPL 9, three teams are languishing at the bottom of the table- the Rising Pune Supergiants, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and the Kings XI Punjab (“KXIP”). Expectations wise, the least surprising of the three to be at the bottom are the KXIP. Entering the season with relatively low […]
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Desh Gaurav Sekhri On: Mumbai Indians
The Mumbai Indians (“MI”), last year’s Indian Premier League (“IPL”) champions, kick things off in the IPL’s ninth season on April 9th, on home turf at the Wankhede stadium. Facing the debutant Rising Pune Supergiants, one of the two interim franchises to replace the Chennai Super Kings (“CSK”) and the Rajasthan Royals, the MI enter […]
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