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Coming Events Oct Nov 15

Barcelona International Book Fair 2015 October 07-09, 2015 Barcelona, Spain www.ifema.es Seoul International Book Fair 2015 October 07-10, 2015 Seoul, South Korea http://sibf.or.kr/ Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 October 14-18, 2015 Frankfurt,…

The Courtesans of Karim Street

Author: Debotri Dhar Publisher: Niyogi Books, New Delhi (Pp 218, ISBN 978-93-83098-99-6, Rs 295)The impressive monochrome cover, with just the hint of green – green eyes and lettering in green – makes one pick up the book instantly. And…

Audience get storyfied at Jumpstart

JUMPSTART 2015 was successfully held on August 18 at IIC Delhi and from August 21- 22 at Goethe-Institut in Bengaluru. Writers, illustrators, storytellers and scriptwriters weaved together amazing stories and illustrations, making it a…

Discover new beginnings at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2015!

All roads are leading to the 67th Frankfurt Book Fair, which is scheduled to be held from October 14-18, 2015. Discover what will change, what others have planned, and what you can do for your all-round success, for this mecca of publishing…

“Publishing remains a sacred business”

–opines Baldeo Bhai Sharma, chairman, National Book Trust, India, in conversation with ABP editors SK Khurana and Varsha Verma. Baldeo Bhai Sharma, chairman, National Book Trust (NBT), India feels that NBT, India has a very wide mandate of…

“The next 10 years will be driven by content”

shares Kapish Mehra, MD, Rupa Publications, in conversation with Smita Dwivedi. Rupa Publications, one of the premier publishing houses of India, recently completed its 80 years of being in good books of bibliophile. The journey began…

Book Vision

History of Indological Studies Edited By: Klaus Karttunen Publisher: MLBD, New Delhi (Pp 264, ISBN 97881 2083 9946, Rs 1,000) The present volume contains a general introduction to the history of South Asian studies, a bibliography and six…

Rambles in Vedanta

Author: B R Rajam Iyer Publisher: Motilal Banarsidas, Delhi (Pp 864, ISBN 978-81-208-0913-0, Rs 595) This book deals with the ideals and elements of Vedanta and the exposition of Vedanta symbology by taking recourse to the stories and…