| Ritu
Sethi launches 'A Woman's Guide to Having
it All Now!" |
 Solicitor
Ritu Sethi launched her new book 'A Woman's
Guide to Having it All Now!" on Wednesday
6th March 2013 to the Women Empowered network
in London. The book aims to promote a positive
change, covering relationships, finances,
health, spirituality, self-development, and
creative expression, by drawing on the experiences
of this married mother of two. 
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| The
Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies gets its first
Writer-in-Residence |
 Young
author, Prajwal Parajuly, has been selected
as the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies (OCHS)
first Writer-in-Residence. While at the OCHS
he will be completing work on his first novel,
Land Where I Flee, due for publication this
year. Prajwal will also be blogging on life
at the OCHS. At 28, Prajwal’s first book
'The Gurkha’s Daughter', was a collection
of short stories set in Nepal.
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| The
Blind Man's Garden by Nadeem Aslam. Out 7th
February 2013 |
 From
the author of Maps for Lost Lovers comes a
searing, exquisitely written novel set in
Pakistan and Afghanistan in the months following
9/11 - a story of war, of one family's losses,
and of the simplest, most enduring human impulses.
Jeo and Mikal, foster-brothers from a small
Pakistani city, secretly enter Afghanistan:
not to fight with the Taliban, but to help
and care for wounded civilians. But it soon
becomes apparent that good intentions can't
keep them out of harm's way...
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| Accidental
Apprentice by Vikas Swarup. Out 31st January
2013 |
 Life
pivots on a few key moments. This is one of
them. Sapna Sinha works in an electronics
store in downtown Delhi. She hates her job,
but she is ambitious and determined to succeed,
and she knows without the money she brings
in, her family won't be able to survive. Little
does she know it but her life is about to
change forever. As she leaves the shop on
her lunchbreak one day, she is approached
by a man who claims to be CEO of one of India's
biggest companies.
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| Jeet
Thayil's 'Narcopolis' wins the DSC Prize for
South Asian Literature 2013 |
Jeet Thayil became the first Indian author
to win the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature
2013 on 25th January 2013. The US $50,000
DSC Prize along with a trophy was given away
by celebrated actor Sharmila Tagore at a ceremony
held during the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival.
Jeet Thayil won this prestigious prize for
his debut novel 'Narcopolis', a prime example
of the fresh voices that the region is beginning
to inspire.
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| Conscious
Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of
Business, Out 15th Jan 2013 |
 In
this book, Whole Foods Market cofounder John
Mackey and professor and Conscious Capitalism,
Inc. cofounder Raj Sisodia argue for the inherent
good of both business and capitalism.Featuring
some of today's best-known companies, they
illustrate how these two forces can - and
do - work most powerfully to create value
for all stakeholders.
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| Rajinikanth:
The Definite Biography, Kindle ed. released
12th Dec 2012 |
 Rajinikanth
is the biggest superstar cinema-crazy India
has ever seen. His stylized dialogues and
screen mannerisms are legion, and his guy-next-door-cum-superhero
image has found a hysterically appreciative
following among millions of moviegoers. Naman
Ramachandran's marvellous biography recounts
Rajini's career in meticulous detail, tracing
his incredible cinematic journey from his
very first film, Apoorva Raagangal, in 1975.
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| Indianomix:
Making Sense of Modern India by Vivek Dehejia
& Rupa Subramanya |
 Why
does the stock exchange dip during a lunar
eclipse? And why is India's Independence Day
not, in fact, on the day on which its celebrated?
In pithy, sparkling, bite-sized chapters,
economists Vivek Dehejia and Rupa Subramanya
tackle these seeming mysteries and unearth
the real reasons why we are like this only.
The answers are entertaining and surprising
at every turn, and reveal a picture of modern
India as never seen before.
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| Five
Degrees: The Asian Writer Short Story Prize
2012 Anthology |
The 'Five Degrees' anthology presents fourteen
short stories short-listed in this year's
The Asian Writer Short Story Prize competition.
The stories reflect not only the depth and
quality of writing being produced by new and
emerging voices in Britain today but also
go some way to challenge the perpetuated myth
that Asian writers only produce a certain
kind of fiction.
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| Joseph
Anton by Salman Rushdie, Out 18th September
2012 |
 On
14 February 1989, Valentine's Day, Salman
Rushdie was telephoned by a BBC journalist
and told that he had been 'sentenced to death'
by the Ayatollah Khomeini. For the first time
he heard the word fatwa. His crime? To have
written a novel called The Satanic Verses,
which was accused of being 'against Islam,
the Prophet and the Quran'. So begins the
extraordinary story of how a writer was forced
underground.
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| Katherine
Boo's slum tale is long-listed for The Guardian
First Book Award |
 Katherine
Boo's 'Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life,
Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum', is one of
11 titles on the Guardian First Book Award
2012 longlist (31st August 2012). The award
is unique amongst book prizes for being judged
by both a panel of writers and readers from
Waterstones book groups. Last year's winner
of the £10,000 Guardian First Book Award
was Siddhartha Mukherjee for his book, The
Emperor of All Maladies.
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| What
Young India Wants by Chetan Bhagat, out 11th
August 2012 |
 In
this, Chetan Bhagat's first book of non-fiction,
he asks hard questions, and presents solutions
for a better, more prosperous India. Why do
students regularly commit suicide? Why is
there so much corruption in India? Can't our
political parties ever work together? Does
our vote make any difference at all? We love
our India, but shouldn't many things be different?
All of us have asked these questions at some
time or the other.
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| General
J J Singh's Autobiography Launched, 25th June
2012 |
 The
Shaheed Nanak Singh Foundation and Mr Paul
Uppal MP helped H.E. General J J Singh, Governor
of Arunachal Pradesh and Former Chief of the
Indian Army, launch his autobiography 'A Soldier's
General' at a special book launch event held
at the The Waldorf Hilton in London on Monday
25th June 2012. Among those paying tribute
was the High Commissioner of India.
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| The
Online Trading Cookbook by Alpesh Patel &
Paresh Kiri, Out 1st June 2012 |
 I
feel a fraud reviewing 'The Online Trading
Cookbook' by Alpesh Patel and Paresh Kiri
- rather like a couch potato reviewing the
latest fitness guide or a back-seat cook reading
the latest glossy cookery tome. Unlike a cookbook
though, Alpesh and Paresh's book is a step-by-step
guide to successfully trading stocks and shares
online and I feel
the author's in-depth study and knowledge
of online trading will make this the most
valuable cookbook you'll ever buy!
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| New
Literary Prize for Black & Asian Women |
 SI
Leeds Literary Prize is a new prize for unpublished
fiction by Black and Asian women resident
in the UK aged 18 years and over, supported
by patrons including author Bidisha and journalist
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown. The prize has been created
and is being run by Soroptimist International
of Leeds, in partnership with two highly regarded
literary organisations, the Ilkley Literature
Festival and independent publishers Peepal
Tree Press.
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| Asian
writers recognised in University of Leicester
online gallery |
 The
newly-launched Grassroutes Writers' Gallery,
edited by the School of English at the University
of Leicester, features 50 novelists, poets
and playwrights based in Leicestershire in
order to bring the region's best transcultural
writing to public attention. Featured writers
include Bali Rai (pictured left), a
Leicester-based author of cutting-edge teen
fiction.
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| An
Indian Portia: Selected Writings of Cornelia
Sorabji (1866 - 1954) |
 Cornelia
Sorabji was a social reformer, an author and
the first woman to practise law in India and
Britain. By the time poor sight ended her
work in India she had helped many hundreds
of wives, widows and orphans. Her writings
provide a priceless and fascinating documentation
of one of India's most outstanding women in
the nineteenth and twentieth century India
and Britain.
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| Asian
journalist launches 'Geek Nation', an insight
into Indian Science |
Asian science journalist Angela Saini today
launched her book 'Geek Nation', a unique
insight into Indian Science. Fittingly, the
launch was held at the Royal Academy of Engineering
in London. Saini, explained how she first
got the idea for the book, "My dad worked
as a chemical engineer in India in the 1960s,
just before India launched its first satellite
and just after Nehru had created his new universities.
My dad is a geek. I am a geek."
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| **
FROM THE ARCHIVES ** |
| 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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| 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
|
 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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Asia
House Festival of Asian Literature: 7th
- 22nd May 2013
Ritu
Sethi launches 'A Woman's Guide to Having
it All Now!"
The
Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies gets it's
first Writer-in-Residence
Jeet
Thayil's 'Narcopolis' wins the DSC Prize
for South Asian Literature 2013
General
J J Singh's Autobiography Launched, 25th
June 2012
New
Literary Prize for Black & Asian Women
Asian
writers recognised in University of Leicester
online gallery
Asian
journalist launches 'Geek Nation', an insight
into Indian Science
Vatayan
Poetry Award 2011 to Javed Akhtar &
Prasoon Joshi
Faiz
Ahmed Faiz Centenary Celebrations, 12th
- 18th June 2011
India's
first female barrister Cornelia Sorabji
celebrated, 1st June 2011
Sita
Brahmachari Scoops Waterstone's Children's
Book Prize 2011
'Woman:
Acceptable Exploitation for Profit' by Shreela
Flather
India
Calling by Anand Giridharadass, Out 4 February
2011
University
of Leicester uncovering local literary talent
'India:
A Portrait' by Patrick French, UK Release
27 January 2011
H.M
Naqvi wins the $50,000 DSC South Asian Literature
Prize
Hanif
Kureishi wins the PEN Pinter Prize 2010
India
takes the 'Global Reads' Poll by Storm
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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