This weekend on the podcast: In April '42, at least 500K people fled Madras (Chennai). The reason? Hear Mukund Padmanabhan, author of “The Great Flap of 1942: How the Raj Panicked over a Japanese Non-invasion” asianreviewofbooks.com/content/podcas…

The Ashoka Centre for Translation, in collaboration with Penguin Random House India (Penguin India), announces the launch of 'Chronicles,' a groundbreaking non-fiction translation series.

Read more about the series and the inaugural lineup here: ashoka.edu.in/the-ashoka-cen…

Looking forward to Raghnak: The Saga of Mahar Landlordism by Shekhar Govindrao Korde, translated by Prashant Ingole, unveils the extraordinary life of Raghunath Mahar, an illiterate member of the ‘untouchable’ caste who rose to prominence as the ‘Kuber of Vidarbha’.
Prashant Ingole, PhD || پرشانت انگولے

Penguin announces non-fiction translation series with Ashoka Centre for Translation - I am translating 'Ninaivu
Alaigal' (Waves of Memory) by Dr. TSS Rajan as a part of this wonderful project Arunava Sinha newsdrum.in/national/pengu…

Penguin Random House, in partnership with the Ashoka Centre for Translation, introduces Chronicles – an innovative non-fiction translation series.

Arunava Sinha Jayasree Kalathil Awadhesh Tripathi Prashant Ingole, PhD || پرشانت انگولے Kalyan Raman کلیان راماں Rita Kothari Ashoka Centre for Translation

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Just the most brilliant, sensitive, unputdownable book I’ve read in a long time. Had me in its thrall an entire week.

Happy to announce the acceptance of This Place of Mud and Bone, my translation of Sanjay Bista’s stunningly original novel, माटाको घर, by Penguin India.
Published in Nepali by Sangri~La Books, and shortlisted for the Madan Puraskar in 2023, this novel traces (1/3)

Congratulations Vijay Gokhale on receiving the Ramnath Goenka award for the book #TheLongGame Penguin India

The Indian government has issued executive orders requiring X to act on specific accounts and posts, subject to potential penalties including significant fines and imprisonment. 

In compliance with the orders, we will withhold these accounts and posts in India alone; however,

Came home to a book I've been waiting to get my hands on.

Thank you so much for sending this Elizabeth Kuruvilla !

Congratulations, Mukund Padmanabhan -- so looking forward to reading this!

Had an interesting session today at The White Owl Lit Fest at Dimapur with co panelists Joy, Megha, Swargajyoti, and Rohan on the topic 'Ripple effect :how environmental changes resonate on literature and life.' My humble tribute to Guru Kavalam.

Noted filmmaker #ShyamBenegal sir discusses The Great Indian Manthan (ed by Pushparaj Deshpande | पुष्पराज देशपांडे | પુષ્પરાજ & Gurdeep Singh Sappal) and how progressives can action its key ideas.

Thank you Raajaysh Chetwal ji for discussing the book with him 🙏🏻.

Just received this lovely collection of poetry from Sri Lanka Penguin India Shash Trevett Elizabeth Kuruvilla

'Gandhi appeared to believe Japan and the Axis powers might win the war. I suggest that it is worth asking if such a belief had a bearing on the rejection of the Cripps offer' Mukund Padmanabhan speaking to Manu S Pillai about his book #TheGreatFlapof1942 Penguin India
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happy to announce am working on graphic novel ‘discovery of new india’ with PenPencilDraw
out next year

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Floods in Chennai showed once again how destruction of green zones and wetlands can aggravate natural calamities. Deeply honoured that superstar Amitabh Bachchan spoke about my book 'Flood and Fury' in KBC.
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Just finished the proof of a superbly well researched, tightly constructed and beautifully written exploration of an almost forgotten chapter in the history of the Second World War. The Great Flap of 1942: How the Raj panicked over a Japanese non-invasion, is a brilliant

Fine, I'll take the bait. ANIMAL is one of the ugliest Hindi films ever. Review:
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