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A Taste For Trouble Memories From Another Time
ANIRUDDHA BAHAL has spelt trouble for the Establishment for as long as he can even remember. As a boy of barely fifteen, he ran away from home, all the way from Allahabad to Bombay—returning a week later, chastened and penniless, but with valuable lessons learnt. As a journalist, he transformed the definition and boundaries of reporting with the risks he took and the stories he chased down. And he paid the price for it. As a writer, his first novel won him international recognition— as well as the Bad Sex in Fiction Award, handed to him by no less a personage than Sting. As an entrepreneur, he went against the grain in setting up an investigative news portal at a time when speaking truth to power was no longer on the agenda of media houses. Over the years, this restless, mischievous boy from a village in Uttar Pradesh has come to epitomise the rough and tumble of political journalism in New Delhi. What does such a man see and remember when he looks back? Of people, incidents, turning points, the disappointments and the triumphs, both personal and professional? Some memories, Bahal says, are better left buried, but A Taste For Trouble brings together those that continue to keep him anchored in the present and hopeful about the future.
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Bunker 13
Our hero, known as MM, is a pleasure-seeking journalist working for an upstart Indian newsweekly. He is also an ex?army cadet with political connections, able to secure exclusive and dangerous assignments in the armed forces with the promise that he?ll write about his experiences. But MM has ulterior motives. Over a period of years he has been clandestinely investigating a source of corruption in the guerrilla war on India?s frontier: in the midst of skirmishes with the ?Mossies? in Kashmir, the sale of arms and drugs?often back to the insurgents they have been seized from?is an ever-renewable source of profit. MM hits the jackpot when a brutal border-patrol raid on which he is tagging along uncovers an emormous cache of both arms and high-grade heroin; but the goods in hand also provide him with a tempting brokerage opportunity. Knowing, cynical, highly capable, and deeply motivated, MM is an intriguing new postmodern hero. His action-packed narration of his daredevil, drug- and sex-drenched dangerous life is world-class suspense of an entirely new kind.
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The Adventures Of Rhea-The Cobrapost Affair
Working at the cobrapost is not an easy job. The intrepid Rhea, a journalist, an explorer and an all-round adventurer, is the sort of person who can sniff a good story a mile away. So when she stumbles upon a mysterious lead that embroils her in a web of deceit and international intrigue, Rhea is more than up for the challenge. With some new friends and some old enemies, Rhea must rescue her father from captivity, get rid of some bad guys and solve a global crisis. Of course, its all in a days work for our Rhea! in this brilliant comic book, Aniruddha Bahals delightful young heroine traverses the world of twenty-first-century politics with nothing more than an instinct for trouble and a thirst for adventure. About the Author Aniruddha Bahal is a journalist and author. He is the founder and editor in-chief of the online investigative magazine, cobrapost. Born in Allahabad, Bahal worked as a journalist and editor for India today and outlook. In 1999, he along with Tarun Tejpal co-founded tehelka. As a journalist, Bahal has reported on a wide range of subjects, from environment to defence and is best known for his investigations into match fixing in cricket. Rhea is based on his daughter and her adventures are based on his own journalistic experiences.