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f A new book titled 'Manohar Parrikar: Brilliant Mind, Simple Life' authored by Nitin Gokhale was released.
The book is published by Bloomsbury. It is an attempt to capture Parrikar's persona — the man, the
politician and the patriot.
f Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the Hindi translation of the book 'Odisha Itihaas', written by
Utkal Keshari Harekrushna Mahtab, on 9th April at the Ambedkar International Center. The event marking
the release of the Hindi version has been organised by the Harekrushna Mahtab Foundation.

f The updated version of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's book named 'Exam Warriors' was launched. The
book gives out various suggestions to both students and parents to deal with the examination pressure
and stress.

f PM Narendra Modi has paid tribute to India's first law minister and the architect of the Indian Constitution
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar on his birth anniversary and released four books based on his life. The four
books to be released by the prime minister are Dr Ambedkar Jivan Darshan, Dr Ambedkar Vyakti Darshan,
Dr Ambedkar Rashtra Darshan, and Dr Ambedkar Aayam Darshan.
f A book titled 'Believe - What Life and Cricket Taught Me', the much-awaited Suresh Raina autobiography is
set to hit the bookstands in May 2021. The book is Co-authored by Raina and sports author Bharat
Sundaresan, the biography will be published by the prestigious publishing house, Penguin India.
f JK Rowling has a new book coming this autumn, a festive children's story with all new characters. The
story is about a boy named Jack and his toy Dur Pig, who goes missing on Christmas Eve. The book is set
to be released worldwide on Oct. 12. “The Christmas Pig” is Rowling's first children's novel since Harry
Potter.
f The climate activist-author, Aakash Ranison has come out with a new e-book titled “Climate Change
Explained – for one and all”, on the occasion of Earth Day. Through the e-book, the author explains the
impact of climate change and aims to motivate readers to reduce its outcome with the help of simple
sustainable solutions.
f "The Living Mountain" is a new story by Jnanpith winner and internationally renowned author Amitav
Ghosh, written during the course of the pandemic. It is a fable for the current times: a cautionary tale of
how humans have systematically exploited nature, leading to an environmental collapse.
f Renowned American author Jhumpa Lahiri has launched her new novel titled “Whereabouts”. The book is
an English translation of the Italian novel 'Ias Dove Mi Trovo' which was written by the author Jhumpa
Lahiri itself and published in 2018.

f Meghan Markle will be releasing her new book, titled The Bench, on June 8, which was inspired by a poem
she wrote to her husband, Prince Harry, on his first Father's Day as a dad to son Archie. The book, with
watercolour illustrations by Christian Robinson, began as a poem that Markle says she wrote for Harry on
the first Father's Day after Archie was born. Bollywood actress Kalki Koechlin is making her debut as an
author, with her first book titled “Elephant In The Womb”. The book, which is yet to be released, is an
illustrated nonfiction book on motherhood. It is illustrated by Valeriya Polyanychko and published by
Penguin Random House India (PRHI).

f “Life in the Clock Tower Valley” is the debut book of Press Trust of India (PTI) journalist Shakoor Rather.
The book is published by Speaking Tiger, it talks about Kashmir's pristine past, its grievous present and
always-uncertain future. It also includes historical and political information about Kashmir as well as
environmental issues that are seldom talked about.

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