Tina's mouth, filmmaker Keshni Kashyap's new book,

Keshni Kashyap's "Tina's Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary" Tina's Mouth – $20.00 per book About the Author Raised in Los Angeles, Keshni Kashyap studied literature at Berkeley and film at UCLA. Her films have been screened in more than forty festivals around the world including a short film at the IAAC Film Festival (now NYIFF). Tina's Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) is her first book and a collaboration with Los Angeles-based Japanese painter Mari Araki. Kashyap lives in New York and is at work on two new projects. She is also an occasional contributor to the Daily Beast. Contact: Summer Smith Publicity Manager summer.smith@hmhpub.com From filmmaker Keshni Kashyap comes the story of a high school heroine—funny, wise, and reminiscent of Persepolis's Marjane Satrapi—negotiating an existentially trying spring semester at her Southern California prep school. Sophomore Tina Malhotra is a wry and endearing observer of the cliques and mores of Yarborough Academy and the foibles of her Southern California intellectual Indian family. After an English honors class assignment to keep an existential diary, she's on a first-name basis with Jean-Paul Sartre. She looks to the great philosopher for help when Alex, her best friend and longtime smart-girl ally, dumps her for a new group—with whom, per Tina, "Alex could discuss slutty clothes and cheesey poetry." Weekdays eating lunch alone on her Bench of Existential Solitude and a little nudge from her hippie teacher drive her to make decisions that will change the course of her semester—and lead her to her first “technical” and real kisses. Kashyap's smart and funny graphic novel illustrates the tricky world of high school while wrestling with those bigger questions. In TINA’S MOUTH, our heroine contemplates her place in the world, what a heavenly and mysterious expanse might be, and what it all means on her path to enlightenment—all before the spring formal. Keshni Kashyap is a filmmaker whose five short films have been screened in more than forty festivals around the world. She contributes to the Daily Beast. She lives in New York City. Illustrator Mari Araki, an artist and storyteller, lives in Los Angeles. TINA’S MOUTH by Keshni Kashyap Illustrated by Mari Araki Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publication date: January 3, 2012 ISBN: 978-0-618-94519-1 · $18.95 hardcover · E-Book ISBN: 978-0-547-60786-3

Scammed :Confessions of a confused Accountant,Ahmed Fiayaz

aunch of Ahmed Fiayaz’s book SCAMMED - Confessions of a Confused Accountant.

*** About Scammed: Life is miserable for Hitesh Shah, despite his coveted job in a top accounting firm. Labeled a nerd by colleagues, ignored by women and rebuked by parents, Hitesh cannot resist when offered a lucrative job as the CEO of an off shoot of the failing automobile company, Supreme Motors. So what if the owner Venugopal Reddy, a sleazy businessman with political connections, actually wants Hitesh to fix the company to save his skin? Hitesh’s drive and quest for success helps turn the Company’s fortunes around; he is seen a rising corporate star, he begins dating a model and is pampered by parents. Championed as the poster boy of emerging India, Hitesh’s fairy tale ends quickly. As his cursed luck would have it, he is soon on the run from the law – allegedly as the perpetrator of a financial scam and accused of defrauding thousands of investors! With his back against the wall, and growing public and media opinion against him, will Hitesh come out of the mess he finds himself in? About the Author: Ahmed Faiyaz grew up in Bangalore and now lives in Dubai. He's a strategist by profession, with a number of years in management consulting behind him. He’s a book and film addict, and a passionate writer. His first book, Love, Life & All That Jazz…, published in April 2010, remains a popular bestseller across major cities. Grey Oak has recently released Another Chance, his second full-length novel, and is slated to release Strangers, his anthology of 21 short stories, in February 2011. He is a founding member of Grey Oak Publishers and Grey Oak Foundation.

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The Newsroom mafia by Oswald Perriera-Just Launched

When Supercop, Donald Fernandez declares an all-out war against the invincible Don, Narayan Swamy, he fights back with a formidable Mafia — a private army of armed thugs and a motley gang of corrupt police officers, backed by powerful politicians. What follows is a battle of raw power, sleaze, wits and dirty tactics by both the law breakers and the law enforcers blurring boundaries between good and evil. To save his skin, the Don fires his most lethal weapon, The Newsroom Mafia. In this novel, veteran-journalist-turned-novelist, Oswald Pereira provides an insider's view of the growing culture of planted news and reveals the fine line between fact and fiction in the newsroom. A racy, compelling crime thriller, The Newsroom Mafia captures the unholy alliance between the fourth estate, the underworld and the government. About the author: Oswald Pereira has over 30 years of experience as a journalist. Oswald teaches journalism to post-graduate students and has taught at the Times of India-owned Times School of Journalism. He is also an English language trainer for corporates. The Newsroom Mafia is Oswald’s debut novel. He lives with his wife and son in Noida. We look forward to seeing you at the store.

The Politics of Climate Change Praful Bidwai

*The Politics of Climate Change and the Global Crisis*: *Mortgaging Our Future*, has just been published by Orient BlackSwan. I would like to invite you to the launch function in Bangalore with a panel discussion, at The Crossword Bookstore, Residency Road, at 6 pm on Wednesday, Nov 30. An invitation card from the publisher is attached. I look forward to seeing you. Best regards, Praful Bidwai

The convert: A tale of exile and extremism, Deborah Baker

The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism A Biography by Deborah Baker Join Deborah Baker in conversation with renowned historian, Shahid Amin deb.JPGSaturday, 26 November 2011, 6:30 pm, Registration begins at 6:00 pm Project 88, BMP Building, Ground Floor. N.A. Sawant Marg (Near Colaba Fire Station) Colaba, Mumbai RSVP REQUIRED- asiasociety@asiasociety.org.in TICKET PRICE- Asia Society members- FREE, all others- Rs. 200. Entry for press with a valid ID is free In Partnership with cid:cid:1588473639@01CCA487.B66EB2B0 The Asia in Writing series aims to bring together the freshest perspectives from writers across Asia as they engage in dialogue about their recent publications and the art of writing. About the Book- What drives a young woman raised in a postwar New York City suburb to convert to Islam, abandon her country and Jewish faith, and embrace a life of exile in Pakistan? The Convert tells the story of how Margaret Marcus of Larchmont became Maryam Jameelah of Lahore, one of the most trenchant and celebrated voices of Islam's argument with the West. A cache of Maryam's letters to her parents in the archives of The New York Public Library sends acclaimed biographer Deborah Baker on her own odyssey into the labyrinthine heart of 20th century Islam. Casting a shadow over these letters is the enigmatic figure of Mawlana Abul Ala Mawdudi, both Maryam's adoptive father and mentor, and the man who laid the intellectual foundations for militant political Islam. Some of the questions Deborah raises as she attempts to understand Maryam’s journey are how, did the cold war devolve into the war on terror? Is the argument between Islam and the West a metaphysical one or a historical one? Is Maryam's story just another bleak chapter in the so-called clash of civilizations? Or does it signify something else entirely? And then there's this: is the life depicted in Maryam's letters home and in her books an honest reflection of the one she lived? Deborah Baker has written three books prior to The Convert- Making a Farm: The Life of Robert Bly, In Extremis: The Life of Laura Riding- which was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography in 1994, and A Blue Hand: The Beats in India. In 2008-2009, she was a Fellow at the Dorothy and Lewis C. Cullman Center for Writers and Scholars at The New York Public Library. There she researched and wrote The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism, a narrative account of the life of an American convert to Islam, drawing on letters on deposit in the library’s manuscript division Shahid Amin is Professor of History at the University of Delhi. A founding member of the Subaltern Studies Collective, he has been a Junior Research Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, Fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center, Shelby Cullom Davis Center, Princeton University and Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago and Columbia University. Among his publications are Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992 winner of the 2007 Anand Coomarswamy Prize. To learn more about upcoming programmes, please visit www.asiasociety.org/centers/india -- If you do not want to receive any newsletters, this link

Transforming Capitalism:Improving the world for everyone-Arun Maira

Transforming Capitalism: Improving the World for Everyone is a radical argument for changing the role of business corporations in society. Arun Maira’s insightful essays and well-written case studies present a well-constructed argument for reevaluating the purpose of business. His unique perspective is invaluable as capitalism and its impact on human development is being questioned across the world. It is a book relevant not only to leaders, managers, and students but to everyone concerned with the need for transforming dominant paradigms of reckless capitalism to make growth more inclusive. The insights Arun Maira presents in his book come from fifty years of extensive engagement with business practices and government policy, in a time of rapid evolution about the ideas of capitalism and business responsibility. He has written extensively on these topics in numerous business journals and books About The Author: ARUN MAIRA is currently a Member of the Planning Commission, Government of India. For 25 years he had hands-on leadership experience with the Tata Administrative Service and was on the Board of Tata Motors, a business group well known for its orientation towards responsible business. This was followed by twenty years as an advisor and consultant to global business associations in industries ranging from automobiles, steel, and oil, to pharmaceuticals, and financial services. He has also advised Governments and international agencies on leadership processes to accelerate development. On his return to India he spent eight years as the Chairman of the Boston Consulting Group and served on the boards of several Indian and international business and educational institutions. He has been an advocate of the responsibility of business managers extending beyond that owed to shareholders long before the recent surge of interest in this idea, arising from his unusual combination of experiences.