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It’s India time, folks
Word power Penguin India Head Nick Bryan
When I came to India in September, the immigration official while checking my passport asked me which book I am carrying in my hand. And then went on to ask if it is any good. I have travelled around the world but have never come across such literature conscious official at the airport.” Well, the book in question is Mohsin Hamid’s “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” and the avid reader is of course Nick Bryan who has recently taken over as the CEO of Penguin Group in India. The moral of the story, says Bryan, attests the literary tradition of the country and the reason behind India becoming the cynosure of publishers the world over.Penguin is celebrating its 20th anniversary in Indiathis year. On the occasion, the publishing house is starting Penguin India Annual Lecture, the first of which will be delivered by three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas L. Friedman on October 30.
ANUJ KUMAR
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