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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......

I have always been a bit of a lecher: Khushwant

At 98, Khushwant Singh counts himself lucky that he still enjoys his evening drink and relishes tasty food, but feels sad that he has always been a bit of a lecher and looked at women as objects of......

Rather difficult time be a woman in India: Shobhaa De

The society's attitude towards women has visibly changed with time and now is not a very pleasant time to be a woman in India, says author Shobhaa De. "From the time I was a middle-class daughter......

8 characteristics a leader must have: Dr Kalam

As prices rise all around us (just yesterday, the rail fares went up and there has been a proposed hike in the price of diesel as well as the LPG gas cylinder), we thought it would be a good time......

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......

Help yourself to get filthy rich

With the cunning of a master thief, author Mohsin Hamid has stolen the form of a self-improvement guide with chapter heads that alternate between the mundane and the cynical One of the most......

Don't read but listen to these books

Book lovers can now think of doing away with flipping pages as popular titles will be available in the digital audio format.Imagine hearing to bestsellers like Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, The......

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......

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......

Kareena: I had a huge crush on Akshaye Khanna

The gorgeous Kareena Kapoor did not always have her famous curves. There was a time she was a chubby teenager, and called herself a 'tomboy'. After she joined the movies, Kareena groomed......

What Satyajit Ray gifted Sharmila for her wedding

Quite a few guests must have wondered what to gift Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan at their wedding. After all, what does one gift someone who seems to have it all?The great Satyajit Ray was in a......

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. Why eggs are always oval?
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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

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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

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Q. Dr Abdul kalam is author of
Ramesh Agarwal: A. Wings of Fire: An Autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam by A.P.J Abdul Kalam, Arun Tiwari; by K. Bhushan, G. Katyal; A.P.H. Pub. Corp, 2002. Scientist...... more

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Q. what hazards does one encounter sans an adventerous streak,while travelling on a difficult/rough terrain? How much of an adventure-seeker are you?
Shivanand: A. Shintz, how lovely to read a question of this quality from you because I do remember ours discussing (somewhere in March/April 2009) at length the...... more

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Penguin Books India 'Inks' Young Adults in India

Penguin Books India recently launched its new imprint INKED for Young Adults. Complementing the books under the imprint, the publisher also... ...

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Tourism doesn't need a 30+, it already has 70+

NEW DELHI: Seventy-year-old UK Mishra couldn't hide his glee when he got off the flight to Paris last December for a two-week-long European... ...

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/services/travel/voyaging-seniors-keep-cash-registers-ringing-as-they-fly-in-groups-to-exotic-destinations/articleshow/20142806.cms

Living out of a suitcase

Forty five countries since 1997! Peter and Carole Cox love to travel. So do many of us. But then they have been travelling, with just short breaks,... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/travel/living-out-of-a-suitcase/article4727664.ece

From Manmohan-vintage rouble scam to Narendrabhai's ethical incapacities

Reminiscences by civil servants are often marred by the I factor. The eagerness to justify their mistakes usually detracts from the credit side.... ...

http://newindianexpress.com/opinion/pointofview/From-Manmohan-vintage-rouble-scam-to-Narendrabhai’s-‘ethical-incapacities’/2013/05/19/article1595927.ece

Fall of the minimum city

Calcutta has been Amit Chaudhuri’s abiding preoccupation, going by the number of books he has written on the subject. I was very keen to... ...

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