On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Indias independence, Ebury Publishing and Vintage, a division of Penguin Random House India, on Thursday launch a new imprint, Penguin Veer, dedicated to centering stories from Indias long-established .
The upcoming book published by Penguin Random House, titled
Operation Khukri: The True Story Behind the Indian Army’s Most Successful Mission as Part of the United Nations, narrates the first-hand account of the historical event which took place on July 13-16, 2000.
Maj. Gen. Rajpal Punia who led the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, West Africa, from the front, cowrote it with his daughter Damini. Punia, Chief of Staff HQ Delhi, was then the CO of the 58th Gorkha Rifles, sent to Sierra Leone to help the local government disarm the notorious rebels who had captured 223 UN peacekeepers. The book brings to fore the historical rescue operation.
Chronicling with humour the courage of women willing to challenge society
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New Delhi, Feb 8 : Award-winning author and journalist Meghna Pant says she can feel the pain of women who are single or childless as they approach midlife and feel the need to tell the stories of how they are coping with this reality. I ve seen the pressure young women face by family, friends and acquaintances to have children early. I know the hell I went through on my 35th birthday as I was childless and unmarried. That s why I wrote about the panic Ladoo (the protagonist) felt when a gynaecologist told her that her eggs were drying up , and doing artificial insemination immediately was her last chance of having a baby, Pant says of her new book, The Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Good News that is to be published by Pengu