Search Results for: 2008

Winding Ways

Author: Tapati Baruah Kashyap Pages: 72 Year of Publication: 2013 Price: Rs 150 ISBN: 978-93-5045-047-5 (9789350450475) About the Author Born in 1967, Dr. Kashyap lives in Guwahati where she teaches English at Beltola Junior College. She was the recipient of a two-year fellowship awarded by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, between 2008 and 2010 through which she undertook a study on women in Assamese poetry. Additionally, she was awarded The Assam Tribune group’s Kunjabala Devi Memorial Award in […]

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Kadivalam

Description: Author: K. S. Gowri Ammal (Translated by K. S. Muthukrishnan) Pages: 231 Price: HB Rs 300, FB Rs 200 Year of Publication: 2008 ISBN: HB 978-81-8157-656-9 (9788181576569) FB 978-81-8157-657-6 (9788181576576) About the Author: Gowri Ammal (1909-1987) was born in Bangalore and was the sixth child in a family of ten children. Hailing from the Tamil Iyer lineage, her father, Professor Sambasiva Iyer, was a state geologist of Mysore and a professor of geology. She was married to K Sankaranarayana […]

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Saints and Poets: Kannada Poetry

Description: Author: G. S. Amur (translator) Pages: 151 Price: HB Rs 250, FB Rs 150 Year of Publication: 2008 ISBN: HB 978-81-8157-784-9 (9788181577849) FB 978-81-8157-785-6 (9788181577856) About the Author: Dr. G. S. Amur was Professor of English in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University at Aurangabad and, after his retirement in 1985, has lived in Dharwad, his hometown. He is a distinguished critic in Kannada as well as in English and has won many awards. Teaser: Allamaprabhu 1. Shall I speak […]

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The White Lotus

Author: Jaya Varma Pages: 416 Year of Publication: 2011 Price: HB Rs 500, FB Rs 400 ISBN: HB 978-93-5045-000-0 (9789350450000) FB 978-81-5045-001-7 (9788150450017) About the Author Jaya Varma (nee Bhattacharyya) was born in 1945 in Calcutta. She completed her graduation in Philosophy (Honours) from Calcutta University in 1965. She moved to Chandigarh in 1966 and lived there for the rest of her life except between 1987 and 1992, when she lived in Pune. She was trained in Rabindrasangeet and classical […]

The Contribution of Writers Workshop

Ananda Lal and Rubana Huq In 1987, the Institute of Book Publishing in New Delhi established the Indian Publishing Hall of Fame, “to acknowledge, acclaim and honour those who have made outstanding contributions to the promotion of publishing and the cause of book culture in India.”[i] The inaugural list of inductees comprised, posthumously, Jawaharlal Nehru, K. M. Munshi (founder of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan), D. R. Mankekar (who authored many books of political journalism), and M. N. Rao (promoter of […]

About Writers Workshop

Glory be to Mahakala. It is now 2010. I am four score and two. Time for some home truths. Because writers workshop has close to 3500 separate titles in its checklist (published over 50 years 1958-2008), there is a misconception that it is an Indian publishing leviathan. (No other publisher in India has that many titles on its list.) The truth is much less awesome. writers workshop has no office; it operates from my residence, from the living-room and a […]

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La Corazzata Potemkin (Italian)

Author: Corrado Sciarrini Pages: 38 Price: HB Rs 150, FB Rs 100 Year of Publication: 2008 ISBN: HB 978-81-8157-799-3 (9788181577993) FB 978-81-8157-800-6 (9788181578006) About the Author Corrado Sciarrini was born in Rome. He is by profession an architect and professor of urban architecture. He has travelled extensively in connection with his work with the United Nations Organization. He has published many articles on urban development. He is also a keen student of Egyptology and Russian History. Contents La Corazzata Potemkin […]

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