Writers Workshop, India, is pleased to announce the publication of the Jaiminya Ashvamedha Parva. Translated shloka by shloka by Shekhar Kumar Sen, this is Jaimini's version of The Asvamedhika Parva, in The Mahabharata. The book is nearly 500 pages long and has 5 colour miniatures from Emperor Akbar's commissioned translation of The Ashvamedha, a long detailed scholarly introduction and very useful glossaries of war weapons, trees and plants and other material in Jaimini's work. The price of the book is Rs 800 (excluding registered postage charges within India, if applicable). For customers living outside of India, the price is $50 (USD), which includes registered postage charges.

In February 2009 Writers Workshop, India, received an email from Kulpreet Yadav -- a senior officer with the Armed Forces, based in Ghaziabad. He wished to be involved with Writers Workshop. On learning more about the work we do, he expressed his desire to give Writers Workshop an annual donation. We are deeply touched by his generosity and kindness. This post is a small token of appreciation for his warm gesture.

Mr. Yadav has named his donation Spirit of Kosli. It is his belief that this will serve to motivate youngsters from villages to be a part of the literary world. Mr. Yadav hails from Kosli -- a village in Haryana.



The picture shows Mr. Yadav with his daughter at Kosli.

Professor Lal has been reading his translation of the Mahabharata on 3 television channels, 24 times every week since last year -- the Tara News Network, the Tara Muzik Network and TV South Asia. To mark the 50th anniversary of Writers Workshop, India, the network manager decided to bring out in DVD format this reading, along with the text (the final revision Professor Lal made for the TV reading of his transcreation). These 10 DVDs make up around 12 hours of reading of The Adi Parva. They are professionally produced with excellent audio-visual quality, and the accompanying Adi Parva text is also handsomely bound in sari-cloth and gold-embossed by hand. The DVDs and the book are made available in a beautifully designed gift-box by the same binder who does all the Writers Workshop productions. The price of the DVD set and book is Rs 2300 which includes the registered air mail delivery charges. For customers living abroad, the cost will come to $150 (USD).

Writers Workshop author, Inez Baranay's new novel, With The Tiger, has been published by HarperCollins, India. Ms. Baranay's Sun Square Moon was published by Writers Workshop last year. For more information on Ms. Baranay, you may browse through her website: http://inezbaranay.com/

To celebrate 50 years of Writers Workshop India, we have brought out a selection of the finest poetry published by Writers Workshop since its inception in 1958. The anthology has been edited by Bangladeshi researcher, Rubana Huq. Priced at Rs 400, this is a must buy for anyone interested in contemporary English poetry. While the poets featured are predominantly of Indian origin, the anthology also showcases the works of non-Indian poets.

Please email us if you would like to order this book. The cost for customers living outside of India will be $35 (USD), inclusive of packing and postage charges.