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Festival of Asian Literature: 5th - 27th May 2010
Asia House announced today that the 2010 Festival of Asian Literature will take place from 5-27 May at Asia House in Central London. The only Festival in Britain dedicated to writing about Asia, the 2010 Festival presents an exciting range of more than 40 authors writing about 15 countries across Asia, as well as British Asian and Pan-Asian themes – breaking into new areas, both topical and controversial. read more

In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddinn, Out 5 Apr 2010
The linked stories in 'In Other Rooms, Other Wonders' by Daniyal Mueenuddinn illuminate a place and a people as they describe the overlapping worlds of an extended Pakistani landowning family: the servants and dependents in Mr. K.K. Harouni's overflowing Lahore household, the peasants on his estates who rely on his favor, and the parallel world of his industrialist brother, who has distanced himself from the past. read more

Chef by Jaspreet Singh, Out 15 March 2010
Kirpal Singh is travelling on the slow train to Kashmir. As India passes by the window in a stream of tiny lights, glistening fields and huddled, noisy towns, he reflects on his destination, which is also his past: a military camp to which he has not returned for fourteen years. Kirpal, Kip to his friends, is timorous and barely twenty when he arrives for the first time at General Kumar's camp, nestled in the shadow of the mighty Siachen Glacier that claimed his father's life. read more

India takes the 'Global Reads' Poll by Storm
A host of Indian inspired books and writers are in the running to become the UK’s favourite Global Read. 'Swami and Friends' and 'Malgudi Days' by R.K Narayan, 'The God of Small Things' by Arundhati Roy, 'The White Tiger' by Aravind Adiga, 'Eat, Pray, Love' by Elizabeth Gilbert and 'A Passage to India' by E.M Forster are currently riding high in the top 30, in an initiative set up to raise money for charity. read more

The Art of Bollywood by Rajesh Devraj & Edo Bouman, Out 15 March 2010
'The Art of Bollywood by Edo Bouman and Rajesh Devraj features some of the best examples of hand-painted Bollywood movie posters. Since its inception in the the 20th century, the Bombay-based Indian film industry has developed a unique visual language, articulated by the vivid hand-painted movie posters that have since become highly-desirable collectors' items. read more

Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence by Jaswant Singh, Out 4 Mar 2010
The partition of India, 1947, some call it vivisection as Gandhi had, has without doubt been the most wounding trauma of the twentieth century. It has seared the psyche of four plus generations of this subcontinent. Why did this partition take place at all? Who was/is responsible - Jinnah? The Congress party? Or the British? Jaswant Singh, one of the most respected names in India's public life, attempts to find an answer. read more

Victoria and Abdul: The True Story of the Queens' Closest Confidant
The tall, handsome Abdul Karim was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables during Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. An assistant clerk at Agra Central Jail, he suddenly found himself a personal attendant to the Empress of India herself. Within a year, he was established as a powerful figure at court, becoming the queen's teacher, or Munshi, and instructing her in Urdu and Indian affairs. read more

Bollywood Weddings By Kavita Ramdya, USA Release 1 Feb 2010
Kavita Ramdya’s debut book, 'Bollywood Weddings: Dating, Engagement and Marriage in Hindu America' is an anthropological study of Indian-American Hindus in the tri-state New York area. It attempts to answer the age-old question “Why do we marry the people we choose to marry?” Ramdya attempts to answer the question and what our choice means in terms of expressing our national identity. read more

'A Life Apart' by Neel Mukherjee, Out 28 January 2010
'A Life Apart' tells two stories. The first is of Ritwik's; a story of a young man's escape from a blighted childhood of squalor and abuse in Calcutta to the edge of what he considers to be a new world, full of possibilities, in England, where he has a chance to rebuild his life and start all over again. But his past, especially the scarred, all-consuming relationship with his recently-dead mother, is a minefield. read more

'India Inc' Book Launch, 21 January 2010
The launch party for Vikas Pota's book 'India Inc - How India's Top Ten Entrepreneurs are Winning Globally' was held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Central London on 21st January 2010. Pota, who runs government and public relations agency Saffron Chase, was able to draw a wide range of British politicians, Indian businessmen and women and celebrities as guests for one of the most crowded book launches in recent months. read more

India Inc: How India's Top Ten Entrepreneurs are Winning Globally, Out 7 Jan 2010
In India Inc, Vikas Pota highlights 10 Indian achievers who cover every aspect of India's growing economic prowess. A fascinating insight into the minds of movers and shakers behind the success of huge corporations, including Narayana Murthy, Chairman of Infosys, K V Kamath, Chairman of ICICI Bank and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairwoman of Biocon India, Asia's largest biotechnology company. read more

'I Will Teach You to be Rich: No Guilt, No Excuses...'by Ramit Sethi, Out 7 Jan 2010
' I Will Teach You To Be Rich' is a practical approach based on the four pillars of personal finance – banking, saving, budgeting and investing – and the wealth-building ideas of personal entrepreneurship. Witty, entertaining, wise and practical, Ramit Sethi explains how to automate your money flow - i.e. earn while sleeping, why your new best friend should be the taxman and how to beat banks and credit cards at the fee game. read more

Lords of Finance: Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed, Out 7 Jan 2010
The current financial crisis has only one parallel: the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and subsequent Great Depression of the 1930s, which crippled an entire generation and set the stage for the horrors of the Second World War. Yet the economic meltdown could have been avoided, had it not been for the decisions taken by a small number of central bankers. Their names were lost to history, their lives and actions forgotten, until now. read more

EDITOR'S HOT PICKS: BOOKS THAT WOULD MAKE GREAT FILMS
I was recently asked to list books, by South Asian Authors, which I thought would make great films. In typical fashion, this request has now become the subject of the latest article on 'Editor's Hot Picks'. I present you this list of 'Books that would make Great Films' as my personal favourites only. I have not chosen every great book that I have enjoyed, merely the ones that I believe can translate in cinematic success. read more

BOLLYWOOD CRAFTS FOR CHILDREN, OUT NOW
The glitzy, vibrant and alluring style of Bollywood is captured here with 20 eye-catching, easy-to-make projects inspired by 10 classic Bollywood films from the 1961 'Mughal E Azam' to 2003 film 'Koi Mil Gaya'. Simple step-by-step instructions and photographs show how to create fabulous accessories and lavish home furnishings, painted candles and trinket boxes. read more

REDHOTCURRY.COM GUIDE TO THE BEST JEWELLERY BOOKS
Overview of the some of the hottest books on diamonds, gems, precious stones and the jewellery of Asia including 'Jewelry of South East Asia' by Ann Richter, 'Treasury of the World: Jewelled Arts of India in the Age of the Mughals' by Manuel Keene, 'Christie's Guide to Jewellery' by Sarah Hue Williams and 'Great Diamonds of India' by Monisha Bhardwaj. read more

REDHOTCURRY.COM GUIDE TO THE BEST MEHNDI BOOKS
A comprehensive review of some of the most useful and practical Mehndi books available, ideal for novices and advanced artists alike. This review features: 'The Art of Mehndi' by Sumita Batra, 'Mehndi - The Timeless Art of Henna Painting' by Loretta Roome, 'Mehndi - Body Painting Kit' by Zaynab Mira, 'Henna Body Art' by Mark Smith, 'Mehndi' by Carine Fabius and 'Henna Body Painting' Sabine Kuhne. read more

BOLLYWOOD BOOKS
Read our overview of some of the hottest Bollywood Books, ranging from the Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema by Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Bollyood - The Indian Cinema Story by Nasreen Munni Kabir, Bollywood Cinema by Vijay Mishra, Bollywood Pocket Essentials by Ashok Banker to Bollywood Boy by Justine Hardy and Balham to Bollywood by Chris England. read more

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Festival of Asian Literature: 5th - 27th May 2010 'India Inc' Book Launch, 21 January 2010 Kia Abdullah: Muslim Writer releases ultra-violent, sexual psychological crime thriller Daljit Nagra opens The National Poetry Competition 2009 Hanif's 'A Case of Exploding Mangoes' wins Commonwealth Best First Book Prize Jhumpa Lahiri wins Commonwealth Writer's Prize 2009 (Europe & South Asia) 'The White Tiger' by Aravind Adiga wins the 2008 Man Booker Prize for Fiction Rushdie's 'Midnight's Children is voted 'Best of the Bookers'