| 'A
Life Apart' by Neel Mukherjee, Out 28 January 2010 |
'A
Life Apart' tells two stories. The first is of Ritwik's; a story of
a young man's escape from a blighted childhood of squalor and abuse
in Calcutta to the edge of what he considers to be a new world, full
of possibilities, in England, where he has a chance to rebuild his
life and start all over again. But his past, especially the scarred,
all-consuming relationship with his recently-dead mother, is a minefield.
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| 'India
Inc' Book Launch, 21 January 2010 |
The
launch party for Vikas Pota's book 'India Inc - How India's Top Ten
Entrepreneurs are Winning Globally' was held at the Crowne Plaza
hotel in Central London on 21st January 2010. Pota, who runs government
and public relations agency Saffron Chase, was able to draw a wide
range of British politicians, Indian businessmen and women and celebrities
as guests for one of the most crowded book launches in recent months.
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| India
Inc: How India's Top Ten Entrepreneurs are Winning Globally, Out 7
Jan 2010 |
In
India Inc, Vikas Pota highlights 10 Indian achievers who cover every
aspect of India's growing economic prowess. A fascinating insight
into the minds of movers and shakers behind the success of huge corporations,
including Narayana Murthy, Chairman of Infosys, K V Kamath, Chairman
of ICICI Bank and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairwoman of Biocon India,
Asia's largest biotechnology company.
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| 'I
Will Teach You to be Rich: No Guilt, No Excuses...'by Ramit Sethi,
Out 7 Jan 2010 |
'
I Will Teach You To Be Rich' is a practical approach based on the
four pillars of personal finance banking, saving, budgeting
and investing and the wealth-building ideas of personal entrepreneurship.
Witty, entertaining, wise and practical, Ramit Sethi explains how
to automate your money flow - i.e. earn while sleeping, why your new
best friend should be the taxman and how to beat banks and credit
cards at the fee game.
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| Lords
of Finance: Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed, Out 7 Jan
2010 |
The current financial crisis has only one parallel: the Wall Street
Crash of 1929 and subsequent Great Depression of the 1930s, which
crippled an entire generation and set the stage for the horrors of
the Second World War. Yet the economic meltdown could have been avoided,
had it not been for the decisions taken by a small number of central
bankers. Their names were lost to history, their lives and actions
forgotten, until now.
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| Child's
Play by Kia Abdullah, published 4 December 2009 |
From
young Muslim author, Kia Abdullah, comes a sharp and edgy thriller
of daring provocativeness. Her protagonist 25-year-old Allegra Ashe,
after a chance encounter with an alluring stranger, is recruited into
'Vokoban', a covert government unit that uses a mysterious new law
to chase and convict paedophiles. Allegra becomes deeply involved
with the unit and so begins her descent into the darkness and depravity
of the human mind.
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| Web
Analytics 2.0:...by Avinash Kaushik, Out 27 Oct 2009 |
Web
Analytics 2.0 presents a new framework that will permanently change
how you think about analytics. It provides specific recommendations
for creating an actionable strategy, solving challenges such as measuring
social media and multichannel campaigns and employing tactics for
truly listening to your customers.
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| 'The
Economical Environmentalist.....' by Prashant Vaze, Out 23 Oct 2009 |
The
economy is imploding: jobs are vanishing faster than high street banks
and the price of home heating and organic muesli has shot up. But
saving the planet doesn't have to cost the world and nor do tough
economic times need to relegate concerns for the planet to the back
burner. In this book, Prashant Vaze, an environmental economist, distils
and builds on his experience of trying to live a low carbon life in
London.
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| 'Burnt
Shadows' by Kamila Shamsie, Out 5 Oct 2009 |
In
a prison cell in the US, a man stands trembling, naked, fearfully
waiting to be shipped to Guantanamo Bay. How did it come to this?
he wonders. August 9th, 1945, Nagasaki. Hiroko Tanaka steps out onto
her veranda, taking in the view of the terraced slopes leading up
to the sky. She is twenty-one, in love with the man she is to marry,
Konrad Weiss. In a split second, the world turns white.
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| EDITOR'S
HOT PICKS: BOOKS THAT WOULD MAKE GREAT FILMS |
I
was recently asked to list books, by South Asian Authors, which I
thought would make great films. In typical fashion, this request has
now become the subject of the latest article on 'Editor's Hot Picks'.
I present you this list of 'Books that would make Great Films' as
my personal favourites only. I have not chosen every great book that
I have enjoyed, merely the ones that I believe can translate in cinematic
success.
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| BOLLYWOOD
CRAFTS FOR CHILDREN, OUT NOW |
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The
glitzy, vibrant and alluring style of Bollywood is captured here
with 20 eye-catching, easy-to-make projects inspired by 10 classic
Bollywood films from the 1961 'Mughal E Azam' to 2003 film 'Koi
Mil Gaya'. Simple
step-by-step instructions and photographs show how to create fabulous
accessories and lavish home furnishings, painted candles and trinket
boxes.
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| REDHOTCURRY.COM
GUIDE TO THE BEST JEWELLERY BOOKS |
Overview
of the some of the hottest books on diamonds, gems, precious stones
and the jewellery of Asia including 'Jewelry of South East Asia' by
Ann Richter, 'Treasury of the World: Jewelled Arts of India in the
Age of the Mughals' by Manuel Keene, 'Christie's Guide to Jewellery'
by Sarah Hue Williams and 'Great Diamonds of India' by Monisha Bhardwaj.
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| REDHOTCURRY.COM
GUIDE TO THE BEST MEHNDI BOOKS |
A
comprehensive review of some of the most useful and practical Mehndi
books available, ideal for novices and advanced artists alike. This
review features: 'The Art of Mehndi' by Sumita Batra, 'Mehndi - The
Timeless Art of Henna Painting' by Loretta Roome, 'Mehndi - Body Painting
Kit' by Zaynab Mira, 'Henna Body Art' by Mark Smith, 'Mehndi' by Carine
Fabius and 'Henna Body Painting' Sabine Kuhne.
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BOLLYWOOD
BOOKS
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Read
our overview of some of the hottest Bollywood Books, ranging from
the Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema by Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Bollyood
- The Indian Cinema Story by Nasreen Munni Kabir, Bollywood Cinema
by Vijay Mishra, Bollywood Pocket Essentials by Ashok Banker to Bollywood
Boy by Justine Hardy and Balham to Bollywood by Chris England.
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| More
Book News |
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'India
Inc' Book Launch, 21 January 2010
Kia
Abdullah: Muslim Writer releases ultra-violent, sexual psychological
crime thriller
Daljit
Nagra opens The National Poetry Competition 2009
Hanif's
'A Case of Exploding Mangoes' wins Commonwealth Best First Book
Prize
Jhumpa
Lahiri wins Commonwealth Writer's Prize 2009 (Europe & South
Asia)
'The
White Tiger' by Aravind Adiga wins the 2008 Man Booker Prize for
Fiction
Rushdie's
'Midnight's Children is voted 'Best of the Bookers'
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