A No-Nonsense Roadmap to Becoming a Restaurateur in India – An Excerpt from Beyond the Menu

As American celebrity chef and author Anthony Bourdainonce famously said, “If anything is good for pounding humility into you permanently, it’s the restaurant business.” This book—based on decades of experience in the hospitality industry, studying both the successes and failures—is intended to serve as your roadmap for the restaurant business to assuage the financial and… Continue reading A No-Nonsense Roadmap to Becoming a Restaurateur in India – An Excerpt from Beyond the Menu

Navigating the Complexities of Inter-religious Dynamics in Romance – An Excerpt from Summer of Then

Spring 2010, Calcutta I first met Zap at the steps of his childhood home breathing the cleanest air of the decade. After months of polluted air clogging our breath, the stars were visible and the sky resembled the ceiling of a planetarium I had visited one summer when I was ten. The guide at the… Continue reading Navigating the Complexities of Inter-religious Dynamics in Romance – An Excerpt from Summer of Then

Feminist Publishing in India: Insights with Urvashi Butalia from Zubaan Books

Urvashi Butalia is the Director, Founder, and CEO of Zubaan books, she is also the co-founder of Kali for Women.

Exclusive Insights: Rahul Soni on Editing, Literary Lists, and the Publishing World

Rahul Soni is the Associate Publisher at HarperCollins, India. He has spotted and honed some of India’s finest literary talent.

CEO Anantha Padmanabhan Shares how HarperCollins Creates it’s Yearly Catalogue

Anantha Padmanabhan is the Chief Executive Officer of HarperCollins India, the most awarded publisher in the country.

How to Publish Your First Collection of Poems: Useful Tips from Hemant Divate, Dibyajyoti Sarma, and Shloka Shankar

It is often falsely assumed that poetry is underappreciated in India, but the strong presence of these poetry presses

How to Create Books for Children: Advice and Insights with Sohini Mitra, Shobha Vishwanath, and Radhika Menon

Most of us got into reading as children, and what we read helped shape our worldview and influenced what we read as adults.

Discovering The Female Gaze

Often in her works, the famous author Gayatri Spivak emphasizes the importance of understanding the gendered nature of language, particularly in the translation of literary works featuring female protagonists within postcolonial contexts. When translating the term Bhartiya nari (which is often defined by patriarchal standards of femininity) into a feminist perception, the translator must navigate… Continue reading Discovering The Female Gaze