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'We alert people in India to be careful about such books'

A group of Indian-American businessmen initiated the action against Wendy Doniger's controversial book which Penguin India agreed to pulp recently. Rediff.com's Arthur J Pais finds out more. The......

Arundhati Roy to Penguin India: 'You owe us writers an explanation'

'The elections are still a few months away. The fascists are, thus far, only campaigning. Yes, it's looking bad, but they are not in power. Not yet. And you've already succumbed?' Booker Prize......

Penguin to destroy Doniger's controversial book on Hindus

Penguin Books India has decided to withdraw copies of United States Indologist Wendy Doniger's book "The Hindus: An Alternative History" following a court-backed settlement with a Delhi-based......

Had consensual ties with colleague: Davidar

Breaking his silence, India-born David Davidar, the former CEO of Penguin International, on Monday claimed that he had a "consensual, flirtatious relationship" with his ex-colleague Lisa Rundle,......

Sea of Poppies: History on sail

Author Amitav Ghosh launched his latest novel Sea of Poppies at a special event hosted by Penguin India and Oberoi Hotels at the Trident Hotel in Mumbai on Saturday.Buy Amitav Ghosh's books on......

Penguin India in digital mode

Penguin is getting ready to launch digital content business in India. With 500 digital titles and counting, John Makinson, CEO of Penguin, is convinced that the publishing house will have a good......

For Penguin it's a big shift!

Question: what's black and white, lives in an orange egg and has recently started talking in Hindi and other Indian languages, after years of being an English-speaking bird?Answer: Penguin.Okay,......

Davidar to be Penguin Canada's publisher

Penguin India took the publishing world by surprise with the announcement that CEO David Davidar would be leaving in January 2004 to take over as publisher of Penguin Canada.The reins at Penguin......

How Yash Birla won one of life's toughest battles

Twenty-two-year-old Yash Birla wakes up at the break of dawn to a phone call that changes his life -- a plane with his parents and sister has just crashed in Bengaluru (then Bangalore). Leaving......

Now, bring fiction to life on Twitter

Twitteraties now have a unique opportunity to showcase their storytelling skills. From March 12 a five-day virtual writing celebration called the Twitter Fiction Festival will be held entirely on......

Are you looking forward to Rajnikanth's biography?

This could be the mother of all biographies!Penguin Books India informs that the publishing house is preparing to release Tamil superstar Rajnikanth's first definitive biography this year.Written......

Rahman's biography out on June 10

Penguin India today said it will publish a biography on music composer AR Rahman titled A R Rahman: The Musical Storm on June 10. This is the first authorised biography of Rahman to have been......

'Hinduism is much bigger than a book'

Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting. Following a court-backed settlement with a Delhi-based Hindutva group, publisher Penguin Books India has withdrawn American author......

Could this be the next Bollywood blockbuster?

Filmmaker Neeraj Pandey, who has given us brilliant films like A Wednesday and Special 26, has now penned his first novel -- an underworld thriller called Ghalib Danger. The story revolves around a......

How Shivaji became Rajinikanth

This fascinating excerpt from Naman Ramachandran's new book, Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography, charts the rise of a bus conductor named Shivaji Gaekwad to the mega-phenomenon called......

Anand to bring out chess books

Penguin Books India will publish two books on chess, written by World Rapid Chess champion Vishwanathan Anand.The books, tentatively titled 'An Autobiography' and 'How to play Chess', are scheduled......

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Q. "The Hindus: An Alternative History "a book by Wendy Doniger created controversy and is withdrawn by its Publishes Penguin Books and agreed to shred the unsold copies in IndiaWhat is the controversy in it ! Any Idea ?
RANGBARSE: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/the-hindus-an-alternative-history-a-book-by-wendy-doniger-cr/27090622/answers/

Q. Is is possible to have enemies in a virtual world without any reason..?!
Valiente Nahu: A. alleging inaccuracies and bias in the book. The book has been widely criticized by Hindu community for several factual errors. As part of a...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/is-is-possible-to-have-enemies-in-a-virtual-world-without-an/27066429/answers/27090642

Q. Why eggs are always oval?
Banke Lal: A. They are called games online video games played via Internet. In them, a player with a video game or computer connected to the network can play...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/why-eggs-are-always-oval/21386188/answers/27066435

Q. I write a book on feelings of a human in poetry style..please tell me how i publish it , what can i do.m in delhi right now
Banke Lal: A. Hi Virender, You have to find a publisher based on the kind of manuscript you have written ,Pls understand that Getting your book published is a...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/i-write-a-book-on-feelings-of-a-human-in-poetry-style..pleas/21386188/answers/17579957

Q. WHY CENTRAL GOVT. HAS ISSUED A WARNING TO ALL STATES IN THE COUNTRY FEARING TERRORSTS ATTACK ON 6TH DEC?EVERY YEAR THIS DAY PASSES PEACEFULLY AFTER CELEBRATING PROTEST RALLIES BY BOTH SIDES AND THIS YEAR THE SAME WILL HAPPEN?WHY ALWAYS WE ARE FEARED WITH TERRORISTS?
Virender Singh: A. This could be a drill to see how the security apparatus responds to it. ALL GOVTS DO THIS pls don't harass India Govt in this. Boy oh boy, I never...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/why-central-govt.-has-issued-a-warning-to-all-states-in-the-/17579812/answers/16150660

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Bedtricks, suitable girls & cats whiskers

A suitable Pakistani girl? Vikram Seths A Suitable Boy the 1,349-pager on Mrs Rupa Mehras quest to find a suitable match for her youngest daughter... ...

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Conflicting ideals

Chitrita Banerji's 'Mirror City' is a tale of corrupt love in the time of political upheavals in Bangladesh. Prema Nandakumar reviews the book... ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/392211/conflicting-ideals.html

Totally Twitterrific literature

Who would have thought that combining literature and Twitter (Twitterature) would prove to be an interesting exercise for the creative mind.... ...

http://www.asianage.com/life-and-style/totally-twitterrific-literature-493

Like a Royal

Summary The 200-page book (Penguin, Rs 699) is full of anecdotes and photographs, and tips and suggestions that are fun and easy to follow.... ...

http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/like-a-royal/

Ashoka the Greek, and other Stories

A Strange Kind of Paradise: India Through Foreign Eyes Sam Miller Penguin 427 pages, Rs 599 There is not a text Sam Miller will not... ...