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Lessons in Forgetting by Anita Nair

A new novel from Anita Nair
to be published in January 2010
by Harper Collins

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Montblanc honors Anita Nair

A special edition of the iconic writing instrument, Montblanc Meisterstück a unique writing instrument with a garland of corn on the cap including a sapphire linking it to the hallmark of UNICEF was launched in June 2009 worldwide.

In view of the above, as a propagator of art & culture and as a mark of respect to the culture of writing, Montblanc honored – Anita Nair – with the launch of the Special Edition writing instrument in India; for her novel contribution to literature, enforcing cross cultural endeavors and enlightening experiences that have transcended an inexhaustible diversity of forms - barriers of language, cultures and identities.

KAHANI WORLD & ANITA NAIR TO PRODUCE
“MAGICAL INDIAN MYTHS”

Kahani World, Inc. an independent animation producer in Canada has teamed up with internationally renowned Indian writer Anita Nair to co produce an animation series of Anita Nair’s Puffin Book of `Magical Indian Myths’. The TV series and accompanying products will be a contemporary telling of mythical stories for a global audience.

Kahani World believes that even timeless stories need to have a modern telling in today’s language and symbols. Animation provides the universality and timelessness in perpetuating these tales. Kahani World is already a slate of animated motion pictures including another contemporary epic with Virgin Comics called “Secrets of the Seven Sounds”, which is a Deepak Chopra and Shekar Kapur production..

Magical Indian Myths will initially be produced as a multiple episodes for broadcast derived from the 50 stories in Anita’s book. Animation will be able to capture and enhance all of the ‘larger than life’ elements taking the storytelling to a level not yet seen in the country till date. Kahani’s animation development savvy seeks to push the boundaries beyond conventional film making to present gods, goddesses, demons and other celestial beings that comprise the cast of characters and another feature will be the dramatic landscapes envisaged to present the scale of this production.

Announcing the publication of a new book from Anita Nair

A sparkling collection of literary essays, each one a bedtime rumination, Goodnight and God Bless is about books, writers, book events, mice, mothers, airport hotels, the wind and other such unexpectedly thought-provoking subjects, snugly interwoven with a warmly personal and anecdotal history of the author and her assorted family members.

Spanning a literary career of a decade, this wise and witty book offers an ironic take on nearly everything, drawing from the experiences of the author as a woman, mother, daughter, wife and writer. Peppered with deliciously amusing quotes, footnotes and other erudite diversions, mostly unnecessary and unabashedly trivia, this is the perfect book to keep by your bedside, to dip and delve into anytime.

Price: Rs.399
Publisher: Penguin Viking

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