One To One Glimpses Of Indian Publishing Industry

Are you interested in knowing the intricacies involved in publishing a book? Would you like to explore the diverse mind of a publishing professional working on a best-seller? Does the sight of a best-seller raise your curiosity levels as to how an idea into a book? If yes, then this is the book for you. It provides an insight into the inspiring and active working lives of 14 leading Indian publishing professionals, publishers, editors, booksellers, literary agents...

"Are you interested in knowing the intricacies involved in publishing a book? Would you like to explore the diverse mind of a publishing professional working on a best-seller? Does the sight of a best-seller raise your curiosity levels as to how an idea into a book? If yes, then this is the book for you. It provides an insight into the inspiring and active working lives of 14 leading Indian publishing professionals, publishers, editors, booksellers, literary agents. We hope this book will be helpful in encouraging new entrants in the world of publishing and will be a guide to budding industry professionals. From Foreword : I am sure this book will inspire many publishers and others also to take lessons from the careers of these adventurous publishers and do still better in their own fields. Dina Nath Malhotr These are not reminiscences of the good old times but a dynamic collection of dialogues that reflect the unique character of fourteen individuals that have made and continue to make a positive change in the publishing and bookselling industry and in the culture of India. Robert E. Baensch These pieces would repay study by any world publisher. For in them there is much wisdom, a wealth of experience, and a sense of many battles fought and won. Richard Balkwill "

This collection offers an essential, structured survey of contemporary fictions of South Asia in English, and includes specially commissioned chapters on each of the national traditions of the region. It covers less well known writings from Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as well as the more firmly established canon of contemporary Indian literature, and features chapters on important new and emergent forms such as the graphic novel, genre fiction and the short story. It also contextualizes some key ‘transformative’ aspects of recent fiction such as border and diaspora identities; new middle-class narratives and popular genres; and literary response to terror and conflict. Edited and designed with researchers and students in mind, the book updates existing criticism and represents a readable guide to a dynamic, rapidly changing area of global literature.

Shivya Nath quit her corporate job at age twenty-three to travel the world. She gave up her home and the need for a permanent address, sold most of her possessions and embarked on a nomadic journey that has taken her everywhere from remote Himalayan villages to the Amazon rainforests of Ecuador. Along the way, she lived with an indigenous Mayan community in Guatemala, hiked alone in the Ecuadorian Andes, got mugged in Costa Rica, swam across the border from Costa Rica to Panama, slept under a meteor shower in the cracked salt desert of Gujarat and learnt to conquer her deepest fears. With its vivid descriptions, cinematic landscapes, moving encounters and uplifting adventures, The Shooting Star is a travel memoir that maps not just the world but the human spirit.

The History of the Book in South Asia covers not only the various modern states that make up South Asia today but also a multitude of languages and scripts. For centuries it was manuscripts that dominated book production and circulation, and printing technology only began to make an impact in the late eighteenth century. Print flourished in the colonial period and in particular lithographic printing proved particularly popular in South Asia both because it was economical and because it enabled multi-script printing. There are now vibrant publishing cultures in the nation states of South Asia, and the essays in this volume cover the whole range from palm-leaf manuscripts to contemporary print culture.

"Akashvani" (English) is a programme journal of ALL INDIA RADIO, it was formerly known as The Indian Listener. It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes, who writes them, take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists. It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation. The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service, Bombay, started on 22 December, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in English, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927. From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it used to published by All India Radio, New Delhi. From 1950,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later, The Indian listener became "Akashvani" (English ) w.e.f. January 5, 1958. It was made fortnightly journal again w.e.f July 1,1983. NAME OF THE JOURNAL: AKASHVANI LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English DATE, MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 28 JANUARY, 1973 PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Weekly NUMBER OF PAGES: 60 VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. XXXVIII, No. 5 BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED (PAGE NOS): 25-58 ARTICLE: 1.The Pleasures of Reading 2. Talking About Books 3. Tagore's Gora--A Critical Appreciation 4.Processing of Books In Libraries 5. Building Up the Library Collections 6.The New Role of Libraries 7. The Newspaper and Public Opinion Moulding 8. Survey of German Indology 9. Distributing Paperbacks in India AUTHOR: 1. R. Kuppu Rao 2. B. R.Nanda 3. K. R.Vasudevan 4. K. A. Isaac 5. P. Ramanujan Nair 6. K. C. John 7. Somdeb Das Gupta 8. Dr. Herbert Herring 9. G. L. Mirchandani KEYWORDS : 1.Reading Makes Happy,Types of Book, Keeping Company with Great Minds Books our Sincere Friends 2.The Liberals-All Leaders no Followers,An Outstanding Liberal,Man OF Cosmopolitan Outlook 4.Classification,Schemes of Classification, Catalogue 5. Books Selection 6. Referring Service, Documentation Service. Prasar Bharati Archives has the copyright in all matters published in this “AKASHVANI” and other AIR journals. For reproduction previous permission is essential.