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Dec Jan 21

Irrfan Khan: The Man, The Dreamer, The Star

Author: Aseem Chhabra Publisher: Rupa (INR 500, 224PP) Irrfan Khan is an intimate and meticulously researched account of this refreshingly unique and unconventional Indian icon. Drawn from personal interviews and told through many voices,…

Online selling: a boon for higher academic books

Northern Book Centre, publishers of scholarly reference books and Paragon Books, its sister concern for distribution, have been making their mark for last two decades. Here’s more on this publisher.

The Meltdown: India Inc’s Biggest Implosions

Authors: Dev Chatterjee and Sudha Pai Chatterjee Publisher: Rupa (INR 495) This is a behind-the-scenes look at the spectacular collapse of some of the biggest names in India Inc. The book reveals the real reasons behind the non-payment of…

The new face of entertainment:

At Wattpad, there has been a massive influx in authors moving their work online since the start of the pandemic. From January through April, the number of new stories written on the platform grew by 151 percent. April also saw a 50 per cent…

Akbar: The Great Mughal

Author: Ira Mukhoty Publisher: Aleph (INR 799, 616 PP) In this book, acclaimed writer Ira Mukhoty covers Akbar’s life and times in lavish, illuminating detail. The product of years of reading, research, and study, the biography looks in…

“E-commerce has become mainstream while selling books”

E-commerce has changed the way we shop, even for books. Here, Shubham Jain shares the journey of Bookswagon.com, which was founded in October 2013 and has come a long way since then. Genre of books “We offer huge collection of books in…

Bookstore: a hub for intellectuals and professionals

As the name suggests, Kitab Khana is a melting pot of books of various genres, languages, authors and book lovers in Mumbai. Even in the age of online sales, the bookshop has carved a niche for itself. Here’s more on this bookstore.