Face to face India :Conversations with Karan Thapar (Record no. 61232)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780143033448
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Classification number 920.054
Item number KAR/F
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Karan Thapar
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Face to face India :Conversations with Karan Thapar
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Place of publication New Delhi
Name of publisher Penguin Books and BBC Worldwide
Year of publication 2006
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages 298 p. ;
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note "Based on the BBC World television programme."
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc For Several Seasons, Bbc S Groundbreaking Television Interview Programme Face To Face India Kept Viewers Glued To Their Screens. As The Anchor Of The Popular Programme, Karan Thapar Set New Standards In Television Journalism. Many Of His Guests Were Reticent, Reclusive People Who Were Making A Rare Television Appearance. But They Felt So Much At Ease In The Course Of Their Conversations With Karan Thapar That They Revealed Intimate Details About Themselves That They Had Never Before Made Public.<br/><br/>This Book Is A Collection Of Some Of The Most Memorable Moments From The Television Programme: Sitar Maestro Ravi Shankar Recounts How Nehru Fell Asleep At One Of His Recitals And How The Audience Did Not Clap At The End Since They Did Not Want To Disturb The Prime Minister; Amitav Ghosh Recalls Sitting In A Defence Colony Barsaati At The Height Of Summer, A Lungi Wrapped Around Him, Furiously Typing Out His First Novel; Sachin Tendulkar Talks About How He Idolized John Mcenroe And Copied Him, Right Down To The Headband; Raghu Rai Remembers Chasing A Baby Donkey Halfway Across The Village To Take A Photograph That Would Go On To Appear In The London Times; And Shah Rukh Khan Regales Us With The Pranks He Played At School With A Group Of Friends Called The C Gang.<br/><br/>Also Included Are Landmark Interviews With A.R. Rahman, Aishwarya Rai, Amartya Sen, Arundhati Roy, Dev Anand, Maharani Gayatri Devi, Kapil Dev, Karan Johar, Kumarmangalam Birla, R.K. Laxman, Ratan Tata, Sam Maneckshaw, Sonal Mansingh, Vishwanathan Anand And Ustad Zakir Hussain.<br/><br/>Intimate, Candid And Introspective, These Interviews Provide Fascinating Insights Into The Lives And Minds Of Some Of The Most Defining Figures Of Contemporary India.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Celebrities-biography
-- TV interview
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Koha item type BK
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control field 14497245
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LC control number 2006413655
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Home library Shelving location Date acquired Cost, normal purchase price Full call number Accession Number Koha item type
Kannur University Central Library Malayalam 29/06/2021 295.00 920.054 KAR/F 52645 BK

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