Bengaluru,Reliance TimeOut, the books, music, stationery, toys and gifts store of Reliance Retail in association with Hatchette India organized an exclusive book launch of Of Love and Politics by author Tuhin A Sinha at Reliance TimeOut store today. The book launch was followed by an exclusive discussion and book reading featuring the author in conversation with author and columnist Ms. Shiney Antony and Mr. Abhijit Bhaduri, Chief Learning Officer, Wipro.
The topic of the book being an interesting aspect unfolding various sides of love and political drama, was successfully unveiled amidst a huge enthusiastic crowd of book lovers. The excerpt readings from the book and the discussion on the topic of Of Love and Politics revolved around the conflicting ideologies and passions that comes to a head with the Mumbai attacks in 2008; forcing his young protagonists to confront that dark space between party loyalty and personal beliefs.
Speaking at the launch Mr. Deepinder Kapany, Head, Reliance TimeOut, said, We have always been very active in providing the most exciting and engaging book reading experiences to our readers. Today, the launch of Of Love and Politics by Tuhin A Sinha gives us another opportunity to present a great piece of work. We are sure that the book will be a great success.
About the book
What happens when the political drama that unfolds in the countrys corridors of power, spills over into the complicated personal bond that three young Indian politicians, from three different political parties,share?
Aditya Samar Singh, like the Congress party he belongs to, tends to be aristocratic even as he roots for inclusiveness; Brajesh Ranjan, like his party the BJP, projects an overtly nationalist agenda, and Chaitali Sen, like the CPI(M) she represents, swears by the underpowered
In this page-turning book, set against the backdrop of Indias nuclear deal, amidst increasingly frequent and ever-more vicious terror strikes, Tuhin A. Sinha writes a compelling story about conflicting ideologies and passions that comes to a head
with the Mumbai attacks in 2008; forcing his young protagonists to confront that dark space between party loyalty and personal beliefs.
About the Author
Tuhin A. Sinha is an author, scriptwriter and columnist based in Mumbai. He studied at the Loyola School in Jamshedpur and Hindu College, New Delhi, before joining the National Institute of Advertising. Tuhin is best known for his bestselling novels, That Thing Called Love and 22 Yards, a book about cricket.
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About Reliance TimeOut
Reliance TimeOut, the books, music, stationery, toys and gifts store of Reliance Retail is the one stop destination of books, music and stationery enthusiasts. Reliance TimeOut offers a huge range of choice to customers across cities with 1,35,000 Books of every genre including Indian Languages and Academic books, over 65,000 movie and music titles, 21,000 Stationery Items, 8,000 Toys, 19,000 Gifts articles including Fragrances, Watches and Fashion Jewellery. Shoppers can choose from a variety of gifts for as low as Rs. 49/- or more to meet their tastes and requirements. Reliance TimeOut also periodically offers book enthusiasts with the option of interacting with their favourite authors through book reading sessions designed specially for them. These products combined together with services such as the Cafe, Kids Play Area, Sound Domes, Reading Bar offered in a truly world class environment and with friendly, knowledgeable and energetic staff - has helped the store win the hearts of over 1 million customers.
Reliance TimeOut has been extremely active in providing the most exciting and engaging book launch and other events throughout the year. Numerous interactive events with well known Indian and International authors, musicians, dramatists and other celebrities are organized at this one stop destination for books and music lovers. Some of the renowned names who have been associated with Reliance TimeOut are Akshay Kumar, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Rahul Bose, Michael Learns to Rock (MLTR), Biddu, Nandan Nilekani, Sudha Murthy, Fatima Bhutto amongst many others.
About Reliance Retail Limited :
Reliance Retail Limited (RRL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited opened its first retail store in November 2006 and today operates more than 1,000 stores in over 86 cities, spanning 14 states and serving over 2.5 million customers every week. RRL is a multi-format retailer that operates
- Reliance Fresh - a neighborhood store concept
- Reliance Super- a super mart concept
- Reliance Mart - a hyper market concept
- Ranger Farms - Wholesale (cash & carry) store
- Delight - a non vegetarian offering
- Reliance Digital - a consumer durables and information technology concept
- Reliance Trends - an apparel specialty concept
- Reliance Wellness - a health, wellness & beauty concept
- iStore by Reliance Digital- an Apple specialty store concept
- Reliance Footprint -a footwear concept
- Reliance Jewels - a jewellery concept
- Reliance Time-Out- a books, music & entertainment concept
- Reliance Living - a Furniture, Furnishing, Homeware and Home kitchen concept
- Reliance AutoZone - an automotive specialty concept
About Reliance Industries Limited
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is Indias largest private sector company on all major financial parameters with a turnover of Rs. 2,00,400 crore (US$ 44.6 billion), cash profit of Rs. 27,933 crore (US$ 6.2 billion), net profit of Rs. 16,236 crore (US$ 3.6 billion) and net worth of Rs. 1,37,171 crore (US$ 30.6 billion) as of March 31, 2010.
RIL is the first private sector company from India to feature in the Fortune Global 500 list of Worlds Largest Corporations and ranks 117th amongst the worlds Top 200 companies in terms of profits. RIL ranks 75th in the Financial Times FT Global 500 list of the worlds largest companies. RIL is rated as the 15th Most Innovative Company in the World in a survey conducted by the US financial publication-Business Week in collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group.
