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R.K. Narayan · 1958
His first novel was going nowhere in London until a friend at Oxford put it in front of Graham Greene — who found him a publisher and told him to shorten his name.
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Last week, Penguin India pulled out of publishing the Congress leader’s memoir after the two sides could not resolve a “particular issue”
The Hindu · 12 days ago
HarperCollins India announced that the “surprising, richly told memoir seamlessly weaves the personal with the political to tell a riveting story”
The Hindu · 12 days ago
The publisher didn't disclose the contentious issue, citing "agreement and author confidentiality"
The Hindu · 16 days ago
Sonia Gandhi’s memoir Belonging has been dropped by Penguin India just two months before its scheduled release. While the publisher says it remained willing to publish the book, Congress has alleged that it caved to pressure from the BJP over sections on Narendra Modi, the RSS and India-China relations.
The Hindu · 18 days ago
Indian publisher says it was its responsibility to ‘fact-check’; sources say Penguin’s legal team required changes that Ms. Gandhi refused to make; it is learnt that the international edition will include the contested sections
The Hindu · 19 days ago
‘It was heartbreak and loss that threw me into the public world of politics. Up till then I had guarded my privacy fiercely,’ Sonia Gandhi said in her statement
The Hindu · 29 days ago