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From Spanish Flu to COVID-19: New book chronicles history of pandemics

10:26 pm July 21, 2020

New Delhi: Tracing the journey of pandemics, a new book sheds light on 10 outbreaks in the last 100 years, including COVID-19, publishers Penguin announced on Tuesday. Titled “The Pandemic Century”, the book by British medical historian Mark Honigsbaum combines science history, medical sociology and front-line reportage to tell the history of global contagion dating from the Spanish Flu […]

Bibek Debroy pens translations of two Hindu mythological texts

7:56 pm October 23, 2019

New Delhi: Economist and author Bibek Debroy has come out with English translations of two Hindu mythological texts — “Markendya Purana” and “The Bhagavad Gita”, publishers Penguin announced. Both the books, translated from Sanskrit, draw out the subtleties of the ancient texts and enable a new generation of readers to savour its timeless riches, they […]

Star sons like me are spoilt brats: Parikshit Sahni

When Balraj Sahni told son to spit on his face

7:36 pm August 31, 2019

New Delhi: “You have to spit on my face! Otherwise we will keep retaking the shot,” said veteran actor Balraj Sahni to his visibly frustrated and angry son Parikshit. The father-son duo were shooting for film “Udham Singh” where Parikshit was supposed to spit on his father’s face for a scene. Of course, the son […]

Book to expose subculture of scams in India

Penguin joins hands with Wattpad on content, promotions

6:25 pm July 9, 2019

New Delhi: Penguin Random House India has joined hands with social storytelling platform Wattpad which will enable its authors to interact with a global community of an estimated 70 million readers and writers, the publishing house announced Tuesday. Wattpad’s community of story-lovers will now be able to preview exclusive content from Penguin authors about their […]