Author Signing Events

Author signing of "The Upside-Down King" by Sudha Murty
Event Date: 5th October 2018

About the Author
Sudha Murthy is an Indian engineer, teacher, philanthropist and writer in Kannada and English. The tales in this collection, The Upside-Down King, surround the two most popular avatars of Lord Vishnu-Rama and Krishna-and their lineage. Countless stories about the two abound, yet most are simply disappearing from the hearts and minds of the present generation. Bestselling author Sudha Murty takes you on an arresting tour, all the while telling you of the days when demons and gods walked alongside humans, animals could talk and gods granted the most glorious boons to common people.

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Author signing of "Newsman: Tracking India in the Modi Era" by Rajdeep Sardesai
Event Date: 25th January 2019

About the Author

One of the most respected voices in Indian journalism, Rajdeep Sardesai is an award-winning journalist and consulting editor with India Today television. He is the author of the bestselling books, 2014: The Election that Changed India and Democracy's XI: The Great Indian Cricket Story.

The rise of Narendra Modi has heralded one of the most exciting and contentious periods in Indian politics. From the day he was sworn in as prime minister in May 2014, Mr Modi has dominated the news cycle, attracting admirers and critics in equal measure. Rahul Gandhi and the Opposition too have slowly begun to find their voice even as the country is conflicted between a billion aspirations and rising mutinies. Who will win the big battle for 2019 as the Indian Political League enters the final stretch? What defines the Modi persona? How will the deep divisions in society be bridged? What are the challenges ahead of a 'new' India? And what of the lingering credibility crisis confronting the Indian media? As one of the country's leading journalists with a ringside view to Indian politics, Rajdeep Sardesai's incisive analysis of contemporary events decodes the key questions of our times.

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Author signing of "Kaalkoot" by S.Vankatesh
Event Date: 22nd January 2019
About the Author

Venkatesh wears many hats. In his roles as private equity investor, executive coach, business leader, entrepreneur and Board member, he has helped businesses thrive and grow. He has spent a significant part of his professional life in the stock markets with Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan and continues to be an avid investor.

January 1944 Holed up in a Himalayan hideout, freedom fighter Manohar Rai has to take a chilling decision - one that could mean life or death for millions of people. His only hope is a mysterious young man, who goes into hiding hours before Manohar is shot dead in cold blood.

June 2018 A forgotten legend from the upper reaches of the Himalayas is rearing its ominous head. The world will be brought to its knees. KaalKoot will strike again. Only three people have a clue about the horrors that are about the unfold. The only hope for survival lies buried deep in the remotest corner of Himalayas. But a terrible fate awaits those who seek it. Is it already too late Is KaalKoot - the primordial plague - unstoppable.
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Author signing of "The Woman In The Window" by A.J. Finn
Event Date: 23rd January 2019


About the Author

A.J. Finn has written for numerous publications, including the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post and the Times Literary Supplement. Finn's debut novel, the Woman in the Window, has been sold in thirty-eight territories worldwide and is in development as a major motion picture from Fox.

It's been ten long months since Anna Fox last left her home. Ten months during which she has haunted the rooms of her old New York house like a ghost, lost in her memories, too terrified to step outside.Anna's lifeline to the real world is her window, where she sits day after day, watching her neighbours. When the Russells move in, Anna is instantly drawn to them. A picture-perfect family of three, they are an echo of the life that was once hers.

But one evening, a frenzied scream rips across the silence and Anna witnesses something no one was supposed to see. Now she must do everything she can to uncover the truth about what really happened. But even if she does, will anyone believe her? And can she even trust herself?

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Author signing of "281 and Beyond" by VVS Laxman
Event Date: 22nd November 2018
About the Author

A stylish batsman who could score against any kind of bowling, VVS Laxman played over a hundred Tests to aggregate more than 8,000 runs. Cricket fans still remember with awe his game-changing knock of 281 against Australia in 2001 at Eden Gardens. But playing for India was never easy. He was dropped as often as he was picked, and despite his vast experience and unimpeachable skill, he never made it to a World Cup team.

All through his playing years, Laxman was known to be a soft-spoken man who kept his distance from controversy. Which is what makes this autobiography truly special. It's candid and reflective, happy and sad by turns, and deeply insightful. He writes of dressing-room meltdowns and champagne evenings, the exhilaration of playing with and against the best in the world, the nuances of batting in different formats and on various pitches, the learnings with John Wright and the rocky times under Greg Chappell.

In 281 and Beyond, Laxman lays bare the ecstasy and the trauma of being one of the chosen XI in a country that is devoted to cricket.

VVS Laxman visited WHSmith's Hyderabad Airport store and signed few of the copies of his latest book. Visit our store and get the exclusive author signed copy of VVS Laxman 281 and Beyond.

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Author signing of "You Can Achieve More" by Shiv Khera
Event Date: 25th August 2018
About the Author
Shiv Khera is an Indian author of self-help books and an activist. In 1998, Khera published his first book You Can Win (Jeet Aapki in Hindi), which focused on achieving success through personal growth and a positive attitude. Subsequent books that Khera authored include: Living With Honor, about living honorably and respectably in a fractured world; Freedom Is Not Free, about the need for action to reform Indian society; and You can Sell (2010). His book 'You Can Achieve more' is a road map for a life journey in achieving more. It offers direction and can help you make positive decisions in a noisy and cluttered environment. Success is neither a miracle nor a mystery. It is the natural outcome of consistently applying certain principles on an ongoing basis. Success does not depend upon special skills, formal education or superior intelligence. Success is a matter of understanding and acting upon principles that have been in existence for centuries. These principles may be simple in themselves but none of them will work unless they are put into firm and decisive action.
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Author signing of "When Coal Turned Gold" by Partha Sarathi Bhattacharyya
Event Date: 5th September 2018

About the Author
It was great having Partha Sarathi Bhattacharyya at our IGI Airport store for the launch of his new book- When Coal Turned Gold. This book is a brilliant narration of how he dealt with the Dhanbad coal mafia, how he changed the way the industry was perceived, how he dealt with the trade unions and the government and, most importantly, how he was able to script one of the greatest success stories the country had ever seen.
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Author signing of "The Dairy of a Domestic Diva" by Shilpa Shetty Kundra
Event Date: 27th April 2018



About the Author
Shilpa Shetty Kundra is a renowned film and TV actor, businesswoman, author of The Great Indian Diet, entrepreneur and health enthusiast. She has always been a trendsetter, whether it be fashion or ideas, even designing her own line of sarees under the 'SSK' brand. Shilpa is also chairman of Best Deal TV, India's first celebrity home shopping channel, and IOSIS spa and salons that have seventeen centers across India. In this book, the actor and entrepreneur brings you fifty of her most special recipes-some of which feature in her popular Sunday Binge videos on Instagram. These favourites of the Shetty-Kundra household have been created to give you variety, taste and the occasional food coma. Welcome to the world of the Domestic Diva!
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Author signing of "I do what I do" by Dr. Raghuram G. Rajan
Event Date: 8th September 2017                                                                                              



About the Author
When Raghuram G. Rajan took charge as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in September 2013, the rupee was in free fall, inflation was high, India had a large current account deficit and India's exchange reserves were falling. As measure after measure failed to stabilize markets, speculators sensed a full-blown crisis and labelled India one of the Fragile Five economies. I Do What I Do offers a front-row view into the thinking of one of the world's most respected economists, one whose commitment to India's progress shines through in the essays and speeches here. It also brings home what every RBI Governor discovers for himself when he sits down at his desk on the 18th floor: the rupee stops here. Right here!
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Author signing of "Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles" by Ruchir Sharma.
Event Date: 29th Aug 2017


About the Author

Shaped by his 25 years travelling the world and enlivened by his encounters with presidents, tycoons and villagers from Rio to Beijing, Ruchir Sharma's new book rethinks the dismal science of economics as a practical art, based not just on crunching numbers but on live observation. He shows us how to read the political headlines, the world billionaire rankings, the price of onions and popular news magazine covers as signs of coming booms, busts and protests. Parsing the complicated flood of data on debt, trade and capital flows, Sharma explains exactly which numbers are most telling for a nation's fortunes and when they signal a turn for the better or worse.

In our post-crisis age that has turned the world on its head and ended a decade of supercharged growth, replacing political calm with revolt and hype for globalization with fear of deglobalization, Sharma's pioneering book serves as a highly readable field guide to understanding change not only in this new era, but in any era. It is written for any practical person - newspaper reader, business executive, politician or investor - interested in a new economics focused on what is coming next, not on the past. There is a saying that to know the road ahead, ask those coming back. On this road, Sharma is the one who has been there ahead of us.
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Author signing of "The Nation as Mother and Other Visions of Nationhood" by Sugata Bose.
Event: 25th August 2017



About the Author
History matters in contemporary debates on nationalism,' Sugata Bose contends in The Nation as Mother. In this interconnected set of deeply researched and powerfully argued essays and speeches Bose explores the relationship between nation, reason and religion in Indian political thought and practice. Offering a subtle interpretation of the ways of imagining the nation as mother, the book illuminates different visions of India as a free and flexible federal union that have acquired renewed salience today. Breaking out of the false dichotomy between secular nationalism and religious communalism, the author provides incisive analyses of the political legacies of Tagore and Gandhi, Nehru and Bose, Aurobindo and Jinnah, and a range of other thinkers and leaders of the anti-colonial movement. The essays question assumptions about any necessary contradiction between cosmopolitanism and patriotism and the tendency among religious majoritarians and secularists alike to confuse uniformity with unity. The speeches in Parliament draw on a rich historical repertoire to offer valuable lessons in political ethics. In arguing against the dangers of an intolerant religious majoritarianism, this book makes a case for concepts of layered and shared sovereignty that might enable an overarching sense of Indian nationhood to coexist with multiple identities of the country's diverse populace. The Nation as Mother delves into history on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of freedom to evoke an alternative future of a new India based on cultural intimacy among its different communities.
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Author signing of "Hanuman Chalisa" by Devdutt Pattanaik
Event Date: 4th Aug 2017



About the Author
Devdutt Pattanaik is an Indian physician turned leadership consultant, mythologist, author and communicator whose works focus largely on the areas of myth, religion, mythology and also management. He has written over 600 articles and 30 books on the relevance of sacred stories, symbols and rituals in modern times, including Myth = Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology, Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata, Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana, Business Sutra: An Indian Approach to Management, Shikhandi: And Other Tales they Don't Tell You.
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Author signing of "Domia" by L.S. Hilton
Event Date: 14th June 2017



About the Author
Living in luxury amidst the splendours of Venice, she's finally enjoying the life she killed for. But someone knows what Judith's done. Judith can only save herself by finding a priceless painting - unfortunately, one that she's convinced doesn't even exist. And she's not the only one seeking it.This time, Judith isn't in control. Outflanked and out-thought, outrun and outgunned, she faces an enemy more ruthless and more powerful than she ever imagined. And if she doesn't win, she dies.
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Author signing of "Sita: Warrior of Mithila" by Amish Tripathi
Event Date: 3rd June 2017



About the Author
Immerse yourself in book 2 of the Ram Chandra series, based on the Ramayana, the story of Lady Sita, written by the multi-million bestselling Indian Author Amish; the author who has transformed Indian Fiction with his unique combination of mystery, mythology, religious symbolism and philosophy. In this book, you will follow Lady Sita's journey from an Adopted Child to the Prime Minister to finding her true calling. You will find all the familiar characters you have heard of, like Lord Ram and Lord Lakshman and see more of Lord Hanuman and many others from Mithila. You will also start discovering the true purpose of the Vayuputras and Malayaputras and their conflicting idealogies that leads to plot twists, politics and intrigue as they try to influence outcomes from behind the scenes. She is the warrior we need. The Goddess we await. She will defend Dharma. She will protect us.

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Author signing of "An Unsuitable Boy" by Karan Johar
Event Date: 20th April 2017
About the Author
Karan Johar is synonymous with success, panache, quick wit, and outspokenness, which inadvertently creates controversy and makes headlines. Honest, heart-warming and insightful, his much talked about biography, 'An Unsuitable Boy' is both the story of the life of an exceptional film-maker and of an equally extraordinary human being who shows you how to survive and succeed in life.
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Author Signing by "Divya Dutta" for the book of "Me & Ma"
Event Date : 22 March 2017



About the Author
Capturing the beauty of a mother-daughter relationship, Divya Dutta in this memoir celebrates her mother's struggles to turn her into the woman she is today. Divya walks us through the most intimate memories of her life, those that strengthened her relationship with her mother. The incredible bond she forged with her mother helped her through tragedies and difficulties, discouragements and failures and led her to become an award-winning actor of stature, both in the Hindi as well as the Punjabi film industry. Me and Ma is a celebration of Divya's exemplary achievements. It is also an honest, intimate and heartfelt tribute to the force behind her success-her mother.
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Author signing by "Prachi Garg" for the book of "Super Couples"
Event Date : 8th March 2017


About the Author
Prachi Garg is a new age writer, who is an entrepreneur herself. She co-founded Ghoomophiro.com and Anmoluphar.com. An alumna of Great Lakes Institute of Management, she is passionate about writing and travelling.
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Author signing by "Devdutt Patnaik" for the book of " Business Sutra: An Indian Approach to Management "
Event Date: 18th December, 2015
About the Author
Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik is an Indian physician turned leadership consultant, mythologist and author whose works focus largely on the areas of myth, mythology, and also management. He has written over 600 articles and 30 books on the relevance of sacred stories, symbols and rituals in modern times, including Myth = Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology,Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata, Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana, Business Sutra: An Indian Approach to Management, Shikhandi: And Other Tales they Don't Tell You. He is the former chief belief officer of Future Group, one of India's largest retailers, He writes a column for the newspaper MiD DAY.
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Book signing session by author Anuja Chauhan
Event Date: 2nd June, 2015

About the Author

Anuja Chauhan is an Indian author and advertiser, often described as 'the best writer of the Indian commercial fiction genre. She worked in the advertising agency, JWT India, for over 17 years, eventually becoming vice-president and executive creative director, before resigning in 2010 to pursue a full-time literary career.
As a writer, she is best known for her best-selling, contemporary rom-com novels, The Zoya Factor (2008),[2] Battle For Bittora (October 2010) and "Those Pricey Thakur Girls" (January 2013). All three books are romances, the first set in the glamorous, high pressure world of Indian cricket, the second in the heat and dust of a Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) election.[4][5] and the third in pre-liberalization New Delhi, plagued by a state-censored media.

Her new novel, a jump sequel to "Those Pricey Thakur Girls", released in May 2015.Titled "The House That BJ Built", it is a romance set against the backdrop of a family property dispute involving BJ's 200-crore house on New Delhi's posh Hailey Road.
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Lord Jeffrey Archer Signing Session at Delhi International Airport Departure Bookshop
Event Date: 8th May, 2015
About the Author
It has often been said that Jeffrey Archer's own story would make an international bestseller. He was born in London, brought up in Somerset, the son of a printer, and educated at Wellington School, and Brasenose College, Oxford. After leaving Oxford he was elected to the Greater London Council, and three years later at the age of 29, he became Member of Parliament for Louth. After five years in the Commons and a promising political career ahead of him, he invested heavily in a Canadian company called Aquablast, on the advice of the Bank of Boston. The company went into liquidation, and three directors were later sent to jail for fraud. Left on the brink of bankruptcy, he resigned from the House of Commons. Aged 34, determined to repay his creditors in full, he sat down to write his first novel Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less. Written at the home of his former Oxford Principal, it was taken up by the Literary Agent, Debbie Owen, and sold to 17 countries within a year. It was also made into a successful serial for BBC Radio 4, and was later televised in 1990 by the BBC.

Since then, Jeffrey Archer has produced over 25 published titles and sold over 270 million copies around the world, in 97 countries and more than 37 languages. He is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in fiction (eighteen times), short stories (four times) and non-fiction (The Prison Diaries).
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Sponsor of IPL Team "Sunrisers Hyderabad" and Meet & Greet Event
Event Date: 17th May, 2014


About the Author
With great pride we announce the association of WHSmith with IPL "Sunrisers Hyderabad" team as their Principal Sponsor for the season 2014.

We Successfully organized "Meet & Greet" Session with the Sunrisers Hyderabad Team exclusively for Media to Interact and Given opportunity to our winners of Facebook Contest for the Signing session and Photo shoot with team on 17th May 2014 at ITC Kakatiya, Hyderabad

Further, To celebrate our association with one of IPL's outstanding team – Sunrisers Hyderabad, the WHSmith outlets at Airports offered to shoppers, the opportunity to win exclusive Sunrisers Hyderabad Match tickets & Merchandise through "Scratch & Win" contest which was held in the months of April & June.
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Author signing by Ravinder Singh for the book of like it happened yesterday.
Event Date : 26 June 2013
About the Author
Ravinder Singh is the bestselling author of I Too Had a Love Story and I Too Had a Love Story Can Love Happen Twice?. Like It Happened Yesterday is his third book. Like It Happened Yesterday After having spent most of his life in Burla, a very small town in western Orissa, Ravinder is currently based in New Delhi. He is an MBA from the renowned Indian School of Business. After working with a few Indian and multinational IT companies for more than eight years, Ravindar has finally taken up writing full-time. He loves playing snooker in his free time. He is also crazy about Punjabi music and loves dancing to its beat.
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Author signing by "Amish Tripathi", author of bestselling titles Immortals of Meluha , Secret of the Nagas and Oath of the Vayuputra.
Event Date : 26 June 2013
About the Author

Amish Tripathi is bestselling Indian author. Amish is a 1974-born, IIM (Kolkata)-educated boring banker turned happy author.
He is known for his novels The Immortals of Meluha,The Secret of the Nagas and The Oath of the Vayuputras. The three books collectively comprise the Shiva Trilogy , which has sold 2 million copies in the Indian subcontinent since 2010. He is passionate about history, mythology and philosophy, finding beauty and meaning in all world religions. The books that he plans to write in the future are also in the areas of mythology & history.

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Author signing by Kota Neelima for the book of Shoes of the dead.
Event Date : 26 June 2013

About the Author
Kota Neelima is a political editor with The Sunday Guardian and a Research Fellow for South Asia Studies at The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC. Her previously published work includes the novels Riverstones and Death of a Moneylender.