Arundhati Roy visited the Penguin office in Gurugram every day for a week, signing every pre-ordered copy. The idea was to encourage readers to buy from bookstores instead of Amazon.
Penguin India's Nehru Library announcement follows the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund's plans for an audio-visual archive, which will compile material by and about Nehru under one digital platform.
Published by Penguin, ‘Hindu Nationalism in the Indian Diaspora: Transnational Identities and the Politics of Multiculturalism' will be released on 17 September on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online venue to launch non-fiction books.
The graduation is meant to bolster the legacy and legitimacy of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, even as the real-world preparedness lagged behind the glossy narrative.
Indonesia delegation led by Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin visited BrahMos facility & met with top officials & undertook a detailed briefing on the missile system.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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