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Bond on India's first literary agency. Western UP provides literary inspiration. And Landmark launches their own imprint, headed by Nilanjana Roy.

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Once Upon A Tuli
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Times of India
Panther's Moon
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Sweet Nothing

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Western UP seems to be the hottest new source of literary inspiration. Close on the heels of Fantasies of a Bollywood Love Thief, StephenAlter's book on the making of the film Omkara, comes The Sugar Baron's Daughter, set in westernUP's sugarcane country. This book, by IAS officer Loveleen Kacker, a joint secretary in the ministry of Woman and Child Development, has a daring image of a nude couple entwined on the cover.Don't get your hopes up, though, it's far less steamy between the covers.

In Da House
The newest entrant into the world of Indian publishing is Landmark, the famous chain of bookshops with branches in Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Lucknow and Bhopal. Nowthey're launching their own imprint, headed by literary critic Nilanjana Roy. TheirUSP will be books on food and travel, both a passion now for middle-class Indians with disposable incomes.

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