Krishna Naidu

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An engaging account of Thomas Paine's life by William Griffith

Paine, one of the greatest advocates of freedom in history. This docu-drama demonstrates how Paine's work was the cornerstone of the first democratic republic: USA plus the French Revolution

https://t.co/rbLuZxePzz

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August issue goes to press

80 pages of PrintWeek
48 pages of WhatPackaging?

Profile of digital print firms in Chennai + Andheri

Plus a peek into packaging factories like Pacmor, Jupiter, Bharat Containers, PR Packagings, Uflex

If you love stories, you will love all 128 pages

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Roald Dahl's The Great Automatic Grammatizator (1954)

A young inventor (Knipe) invents an AI machine which churns out novels

Real writers get paid for adding their names to novels as long as they no longer write their own work

One writer struggles to make a living by writing

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Page #2 of The House of Paper

Penned by the relatively unknown Argentine Carlos Maria Dominiquez, who lives in Montevideo in Uruguay

103 pages of geniuspoohness

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The digital dadas of Andheri

How digital print firms make it their business to understand the market. Plus their ability to charm or play the game with Mumbaikars who are moving faster and faster

Sai Deepthi Pavani and Prabhat Prakash spotlight this in PrintWeek's August issue

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Hallelujah

The House of Paper by Carlos Maria Dominiquez was unavailable (and then available for astronomical sums) is finally here

Trivia: Abhishek Dhangar has translated this novella into Marathi

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She deserves a Book Ratna award

Video Courtesy: Big Saar

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Chess zindabad

Divya Deshmukh's win in the final of the FIDE Women's World Cup. In the final she played veteran compatriot Koneru Humpy in Batumi, Georgia

Great time to read Stefan Zweig's masterpiece Chess

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Dha Dhin Dhin Dha
July issue is here, da

Contact Ganesh Jadhav on 09867218396

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Picked this up yesterday. And read it yesterday (in one sitting). Judi Dench's love affair with Shakespeare through all the Shakespearean parts in her seven-decade theatre career

Absolutely yum yum: full of insights, revelations + hilarious anecdotes

Salaam to Willie the Shakes

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4 July

A day to remember Thomas Paine who had a hand in two revolutions, French and American

Lincoln was a close reader of Paine's work and deployed The Age of Reason in disputes with religious sectarians

The agitation for women's suffrage saw Paine being revised + quoted

✊🏿

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Book print revolution (A THREAD: 8* posts)

At @printweekindia, we collate data about books

Print + binding firms across India are enhancing production capabilities + operational efficiency. This adoption is enabling them to meet demand, expand service offerings, timely delivery

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Remembrance of Things Past

A special issue of PT Notes - June 2003

Edited the Prithvi Theatre newsletter for a decade along with co-conspirator Karishma aka Tuttapy

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Red River does it again. Three delightful reads (including two books of poems)

The Grammar of Greed by Aseem Shrivastava is fab. With illustrations by Sachin Vyam, the 246-pages are wonderfully whimsical + wise

Hope it doesn't get lost in all the mediocrity that reigns

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Aimless meanderings through a heap of newspaper cuttings

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Cotton 56 Polyester 84

Just been leafing through an old theatre file, pages at random, and found this. At least twenty years ago

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The 25th National Reading Day is celebrated on 19 June every year in India as a tribute to PN Panicker, the founding father of the literacy movement and libraries in Kerala

Happy reading...

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It is said Eugene O' Neill conjured the best play titles of them all

Vote for your fav-most Eugene O' Neill play title

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We go to press ...

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Fulham zindabad (a season where we maxed with 54 points)

Now all eyes on Friday 15 August 2025

COYW!