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Blue Blood- My first publication

My Photograph published as cover photograph by penguin publishers for their book "blue blood " by Uttara chauhan .This is the best new year gift that i have ever got , special thanks to Mugdha sadhwani (cover designer for penguin publishers ).

justpeanutbutter.blogspot.com/ .

Uttara chauhan currently works as a policy analyst for government of canada . Her first novel , a model house was published in 2003 . she lives in Ottawa

Uttara’s education and research interests have been inter-disciplinary. Initially trained in architecture, she studied urban planning and then social planning and public policy and completed two Master’s degrees, including one from the University of Toronto. Her professional and personal experience is transnational and rich, traversing two countries – Canada and India. She was part of a small team that implemented a slum improvement project cited by the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements in its Global Best Practices List. She has worked as a consultant to UNICEF in the field of international development and communications. She has also worked as a journalist and columnist, discussing topics ranging from architecture to leadership. Uttara loves languages and has facility in five.

 

 

 

Penguin Books India is the largest English language trade publisher in the subcontinent. Headquartered in New Delhi, the company’s commercial activity includes the publishing of its own books in the English language as well as in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Malayalam and the distribution of books of publishers including the Penguin Group, A&C Black, Atlantic Books, Bloomsbury, Faber & Faber, Granta, Hay House, Icon, Kyle Cathie, Marshall Cavendish, Mira, Quercus, Sterling Publishing and Zubaan.

 

Founded in 1985, Penguin began publishing in October 1987 with seven titles. Today, the company publishes more than 200 new titles every year and has an active backlist of over 2000 titles.

 

Known for its strong fiction and narrative non-fiction list, Penguin India has published across virtually every segment including self-help, cookery, reference and quizzing, biography, travel, picture books, business, politics, history, health and fitness, religion and philosophy as well as sports and leisure. Penguin also has the widest distribution network amongst publishers in the region.

 

Penguin’s biggest authors have won virtually every major literary prize, including the Nobel Prize, the Magsaysay Award, the Jnanpith Award, the Man Booker Prize, the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize; several of Penguin’s authors are also recipients of the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, India’s highest civilian honours.

 

 

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here is the link for the original

www.flickr.com/photos/45116804@N07/4393743731/

 

 

wishing my all flickr friends a very happy new year 2011!

 

 

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