NatureQuest forum launched in city, The Hindu 12Nov06

The forum which was conceptualised in Chennai three years ago as a collaborative effort between the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Trust for Environmental Education and Orient Longman had conducted 32 programmes there, so far. Offering a common platform for those interested in environment, it would be organising another programme at Vidyaranya High School, Saifabad on November 25. >>>

East India Company can't be wished away India eNews 5Nov06

India's triple anniversaries next year - 250 years of the battle of Plassey, 150 years of the 1857 revolt and 60 years of independence - will be a perfect time to reflect on the legacy of the East India Company that became a forerunner of the modern multinational, says author Nick Robins.

'It's not about finger-pointing. It's about how we recognise shared history. The East India Company is a huge part of modern history,' said Robins, the author of 'The Corporation That Changed the World'. >>>

Nick Robins brings to life the East India Company, Delhi Newsline, 27-Oct-06

Call it a fresh take on history, an effort to draw lessons from the not so glorious past, but the colonial hangover just refuses to fade away. This season, it seems to have resurfaced in literary circles. After William Dalrymple’s The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857, it’s Nick Robins’ The Corporation that Changed the World: How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational (Orient Longman, Rs 295). >>>

A Life of Our Times, Frontline Oct 21 - Nov 03, 2006

"Came January 30, 1948 when the Mahatma, that supreme apostle of peace, fell to a bullet fired by an RSS fanatic. The whole tragic episode left me sick at heart" (A Life of Our Times by Rajeshwar Dayal; Orient Longman; pages 93-94). It was this very G.B. Pant who deftly avoided removal of idols from the Babri Masjid in December 1949 flouting Nehru's wishes. >>>

Orient Longman's got a gift: a series on the Mahatma

Coinciding with Mahtama Gandhi’s birthday, publisher Orient Longman has announced plans to release a series on Gandhi. Orient Longman, which is yet to reveal details on the pricing, plans to bring out two titles an year. The series is expected to run for a few years.

The first book to be launched under the series is ‘Harilal Gandhi — A Life,’ a biography of Mahatma Gandhi’s eldest son. The original biography was written by Chanduhai Bhagubhai Dalal, and it was translated into English by Tridip Suhrud. The second book in the series, also to be launched in October, is ‘In the tracks of the Mahatma.’ >>>

I feel enriched, says translator of Gandhi's biography, Newsline 1-Sep-06

My Life is My Message, an English translation of Narayan Desai’s famous biography on Gandhi, Maaru Jeevan Ej Maari Vaani, is one such attempt in that direction. Desai’s voluminous and complete biography of Gandhi is being translated and edited by Dr. Tridip Suhrud, a teacher of Gandhian Studies at Ahmedabad’s DA-IICT. The four volumes of the biography will be published by Orient Longman and is expected to hit bookstores in two years, by October 2, 2008. >>>

English for Engineers & Technologists, The Hindu, 14-Aug-06

The vice-chancellor of Anna University, D. Viswanathan, released a textbook of English for engineers and technologists here on Friday evening. The textbook was first published as part of a project conceived around 20 years ago by the department of humanities and social sciences at Anna University.

The two-part book for first year engineering students has been published as a single book for the new edition and is part of the prescribed syllabus for students at the University and affiliated colleges.

Speakers said that the book represented Anna University's early concern for improving the communication skills of its students. "The book recognises students as having views and opinions of their own and not as locked into a system with no choices," said Usha Aroor, director, Orient Longman, "It provides a student-centred skill based approach to learning language." >>>