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Penguin India Issues Statement on Stalled Sonia Gandhi Memoir

Penguin India asserts editorial responsibility amid political row over Sonia Gandhi's memoir.

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Penguin India issued a fresh statement regarding the stalled publication of Sonia Gandhi's memoir. [1] Penguin India stated that publishers have a responsibility and duty to critically examine a manuscript, raise questions, make recommendations, and exercise independent editorial judgement. [2] Alka Jena, Deputy Director of the Planning & Convergence Department in the Government of Odisha, co-authored the book 'The Orissan' with the father-daughter duo Sandip and Pallavi Das. [3] The situation regarding the memoir is described as a political row. [4] The stalled publication of the memoir is linked to an impasse over a 'particular issue'. [5] Alka Jena stated that the book aims to preserve recipes and techniques that are often carried only through memory and risk disappearing when a generation passes. [6] Pallavi Das, based in New York, pitched the book idea to her father Sandip in the summer of 2023, aiming to create a meaningful coffee-table book rather than a conventional cookbook. [7] The book 'The Orissan' was published by Penguin Random House India and is priced at ₹5,999. [8]
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  1. Penguin India issued a fresh statement regarding the stalled publication of Sonia Gandhi's memoir. · Deccan Herald
  2. Penguin India stated that publishers have a responsibility and duty to critically examine a manuscript, raise questions, make recommendations, and exercise independent editorial judgement. · Deccan Herald
  3. Alka Jena, Deputy Director of the Planning & Convergence Department in the Government of Odisha, co-authored the book 'The Orissan' with the father-daughter duo Sandip and Pallavi Das. · The HinduIndia
  4. The situation regarding the memoir is described as a political row. · Deccan Herald
  5. The stalled publication of the memoir is linked to an impasse over a 'particular issue'. · Deccan Herald
  6. Alka Jena stated that the book aims to preserve recipes and techniques that are often carried only through memory and risk disappearing when a generation passes. · The HinduIndia
  7. Pallavi Das, based in New York, pitched the book idea to her father Sandip in the summer of 2023, aiming to create a meaningful coffee-table book rather than a conventional cookbook. · The HinduIndia
  8. The book 'The Orissan' was published by Penguin Random House India and is priced at ₹5,999. · The HinduIndia
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