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My Own Trumpet, My Own Drum - Lt Col Ambat Madhav Menon

‘My Own Trumpet, My Own Drum’ by Lt Col Ambat Madhav Menon portrays the varied experiences of a soldier, who started his career as 2nd lieutenant and rose on to become Lt Colonel after several years of dedicated service to the motherland with sheer determination, discipline, hard work, patience and consistency towards the soldier's duty against hardship and adversity.
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R D Burmania: Chaitanya Padukone

Almost two decades before Bollywood megastar Deepika Padukone made her dramatic Bollywood acting debut, there was already another Padukone, distinguished senior film journalist and columnist Chaitanya Padukone.
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Everything You Need to Know About Radio Jockeying’ - Noel Keymer

Noel Keymer is a man for all seasons and multi talented. He is a businessman, copywriter, artist, cartoonist, journalist, lecturer, soft skill trainer, ad man, comic collector (he has more than 1500 DC / Marvel comics) and last but not least an ex Radio Jockey of AIR 107.1FM and 93.5 Red FM. Keymer started doing Radio Shows on All India Radio way back in the late 70’s while in college.
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India Psychedelic: The Story of a Rocking Generation: Sidharth Bhatia

Reading ‘India Psychedelic: The Story of a Rocking Generation’ by Sidharth Bhatia, is sure to get your heart to beat with the rhythm of this book. There is something about this book that touches you. You can tell by the way Bhatia wrote the book, that he actually cared about those people (read artists), their music and the struggle. The book guides you through a whole pack of bands and styles with rare images - black and white and color photos, band posters, LP records and LP record sleeves, all that were part of the 60s and 70s.
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A Sculptor of Talent Vijay Kichlu: An Authorized Biography: Vol. 1

Musicologist, Music Critic, Author, Meena Banerjee, a disciple of Pandit Amarnath (Kirana Indore Gharana), post graduate in Sanskrit, Sangeet Prabhakar in classical vocal and tabla, trained in thumri-ghazal, Rabindrasangeet and a dedicated student of musicology, Banerjee initially emerged as a vocalist and has performed extensively in India and abroad.
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Across The Universe: Ajoy Bose

This constant trickle of books on the Beatles can overwhelm even steadfast Beatlemaniacs, but the enormity of the music has also drawn out curiosity among authors. The best books about the Beatles are found all over the world, they dwell from appreciation to criticism, the group’s rise and fall, and many an author has tried to narrate the story of the Fab Four.
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Close Your Umbrellas - V. S. Arunachalam

‘Close Your Umbrellas' is a compilation of poems, prose and short stories and various works by V.S Arunachalam which transports the reader to an era gone by. Every piece is an interpretation of a philosophically analytical mind, inspiring, educational and thought provoking.
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‘The Guitar Journal Volume One’ – Sidharth Kadadi

Mumbai’s founding member of Zygnema and lead guitarist Sidharth Kadadi is on a high. Besides heading one of the top hard core heavy /thrash/ power metal bands, Kadadi is now author of a guitar book that wannabe guitarists would swear by.
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REMO - The Autobiography of Remo Fernandes

Remo fell in love with the sound of the flute from hearing LP records by Traffic, Blood Sweat Tears, and of Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull. It is no surprise then that Ian Anderson has showered praise to the Goan superstar on the cover of his book when he summarizes the book by saying “A story of brave dreams sand musical passions”
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Khumaar – Bipin R Pandit

Bipin Pandit, the COO of The Advertising Club, launched his coffee table book about music titled Khumaar sometime back. The book was launched on the same day as his show Khumaar on 19th April 2013 at Savarkar Hall, Shivaji Park, Mumbai. Music maestro Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma of famous music duo, Laxmikant-Pyarelal launched Bipin Pandit’s book Khumaar. The coffee table book has 30 articles contributed by stalwarts from the Advertising, Marketing and Media fraternities.
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