| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| '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.
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| '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.
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| 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.
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| '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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| More
Book News |
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' |