We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Alice Munro, a Booker Prize shortlistee and International Booker winner in 2009.

Her work highlighted the beauty in the everyday, and she leaves behind an extraordinary legacy. We extend our condolences to her family.

Meet and Greet Lenaa Kumar, author of The Autobiography of God- tomorrow on 12th, May Sunday- 5.30 pm at Crossword Lulu Mall...Kochi.

Tune into this podcast where I talk about:

- the denigration of historians

- Lala Lajpat Rai & his engagement with Syed Ahmed Khan

- his ideas about Brahmins & Indian history

- his early ideas of nationhood

- LLR’s nationalism vs Savarkar’s (1)

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A real honour to have presented copies of my books #IndiasMostFearless 2 & 3 to the brilliant Adm Nirmal Verma, a former Navy Chief & India's High Commissioner to Canada. Currently, he's flying the Indian flag with distinction at the US Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

Shortlisted for this year's Women's Prize, #EnterGhost by Isabella Hammad is a sublimely written story of love, hope and the relationship between art and politics.⁠

You can read all about it here: bit.ly/3JJVG4d

Delighted to receive a copy of the global #ecopoetry anthology Greening the Earth from Milee Ashwarya, the publisher of Penguin Random House India. The anthology edited by K. Satchidanandan and NISHI CHAWLA and published by Penguin India begins with my poem ’ #Atacama ’.

Pre-Order link is up: please book your copy of my first historical novel~
A Firestorm in Paradise: A novel on the 1857 Uprising
Penguin India A Suitable Agency

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His surgeons thought it was too late to save him. But Salman Rushdie survived. In a fascinating conversation he shares how love, sheer hard work and something perhaps more magical came to his aid when he most needed it. Watch the full conversation: bit.ly/3WfkoB5

To celebrate #TerryPratchettDay , we're revisiting this touching piece from the archives where authors, editors, and fans told us about the enduring impact of his work and how it touched their lives ✨👇 bit.ly/3UtOPSz

'Two Maharajas behind Ambedkar’s rise. One led him to Columbia, another to LSE'

This excerpt from Anurag Bhaskar Anurag Bhaskar's 'The Foresighted Ambedkar', a Penguin India publication, in ThePrint #PageTurner

#DalitHistoryMonth

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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…

#Knife is a writer’s reclamation, assertion and rejoinder, writes S. Prasannarajan; Salman Rushdie Random House Group t.ly/1iXUc

Next three days with Knife, deeply moving reminder of literature's capacity to make sense of the unthinkable...

“Love is a force – and when it’s unleashed, it can actually have a powerful effect in the real world.”

After surviving a horrific assassination attempt, Salman Rushdie writes not just about death, but about life and love in his new memoir Knife. I spoke with him about it.

We are pleased to announce that 'Shadows at Noon', written by Joya Chatterji, has been awarded the esteemed Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the history category!

Penguin Random House India partners with The Ashoka Centre of Translation to unveil Chronicles - Penguin Random House India ⁦Arunava Sinha⁩ ⁦Penguin India⁩ ⁦Ashoka University⁩ penguin.co.in/newsroom/pengu…

A new colourway for ZADIE SMITH in paperback 🌞

Look forward to reading KNIFE. My copy just arrived. ⁦Milee Ashwarya⁩ ⁦Salman Rushdie⁩

#WorldBookDay2024 with the insightful Buddha series author Geetanjali Pandit and Penguin India publisher Milee Ashwarya.

Today is the birthday (and death day) of William Shakespeare. This short thread serves as a reflection on the passage of time, love, beauty, mortality and the meaning of life 🧵

1. Dame Judi Dench, Sonnet 29