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'''Ashok Chopra''' (born 26 February 1949) is a publisher, author, editor, and literary columnist .<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/ashok-chopras-a-scrapbook-of-memories/article6882844.ece|title=Journey with the written word|last=Salam|first=Ziya Us|date=2015-02-11|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-12-07|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Author of ''A Scrapbook of Memories: My Life with the Rich, the Famous and the Scandalous''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://harpercollins.co.in/book/a-scrapbook-of-memories-2/|title=HarperCollinsPublishers India {{!}} A Scrapbook of Memories|website=harpercollins.co.in|access-date=2017-12-07}}</ref> and ''Of Love and Other Sorrows'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://penguin.co.in/book/non-fiction/love-sorrows-ten-modernists/|title=Of Love and Other Sorrows - Penguin India|work=Penguin India|access-date=2017-12-07|language=en-US}}</ref> he has co-authored ''Agnostic Khushwant: There Is No God''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hayhouse.co.in/books/agnostic-khushwant/|title=Agnostic Khushwant: There is No God! : Hay House Publishers India|website=www.hayhouse.co.in|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-07}}</ref> with the Indian author-columnist [[Khushwant Singh]] and ''A Grain of Sand in the Hourglass of Time''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hayhouse.co.in/books/a-grain-of-sand-in-the-hourglass-of-time/|title=A GRAIN OF SAND IN THE HOURGLASS OF TIME : Hay House Publishers India|website=www.hayhouse.co.in|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-07}}</ref>'' ''with [[Arjun Singh]]. Presently, he is the chief executive of Hay House Publishers in India.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/indians-would-rather-spend-on-shoes-not-books-publisher-ashok-chopra-ians-interview-115032200087_1.html|title=Indians would rather spend on shoes, not books: Publisher Ashok Chopra (IANS Interview)|last=IANS|date=2015-03-22|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2017-12-07}}</ref>
'''Ashok Chopra''' (born 26 February 1949) is a publisher, author, editor, and literary columnist.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/ashok-chopras-a-scrapbook-of-memories/article6882844.ece|title=Journey with the written word|last=Salam|first=Ziya Us|date=2015-02-11|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-12-07|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Author of ''A Scrapbook of Memories: My Life with the Rich, the Famous and the Scandalous''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://harpercollins.co.in/book/a-scrapbook-of-memories-2/|title=HarperCollinsPublishers India {{!}} A Scrapbook of Memories|website=harpercollins.co.in|access-date=2017-12-07}}</ref> and ''Of Love and Other Sorrows'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://penguin.co.in/book/non-fiction/love-sorrows-ten-modernists/|title=Of Love and Other Sorrows - Penguin India|work=Penguin India|access-date=2017-12-07|language=en-US}}</ref> he has co-authored ''Agnostic Khushwant: There Is No God''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hayhouse.co.in/books/agnostic-khushwant/|title=Agnostic Khushwant: There is No God! : Hay House Publishers India|website=www.hayhouse.co.in|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-07}}</ref> with the Indian author-columnist [[Khushwant Singh]] and ''A Grain of Sand in the Hourglass of Time''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hayhouse.co.in/books/a-grain-of-sand-in-the-hourglass-of-time/|title=A GRAIN OF SAND IN THE HOURGLASS OF TIME : Hay House Publishers India|website=www.hayhouse.co.in|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-07}}</ref>'' ''with [[Arjun Singh]]. Presently, he is the chief executive of Hay House Publishers in India.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/indians-would-rather-spend-on-shoes-not-books-publisher-ashok-chopra-ians-interview-115032200087_1.html|title=Indians would rather spend on shoes, not books: Publisher Ashok Chopra (IANS Interview)|last=IANS|date=2015-03-22|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2017-12-07}}</ref>

== Journalistic Career ==
Ashok Chopra began his journalistic career in 1973 as a sub-editor with [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune Chandigarh]]. Besides contributing articles and features regularly he also acted as the paper’s film and theatre critic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98sep20/sunday/modern.htm|title=Tribuneindia... Modern Classics|website=www.tribuneindia.com|access-date=2017-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98jul19/sunday/modern.htm|title=The Tribune... Modern Classics|website=www.tribuneindia.com|access-date=2017-12-11}}</ref> In June 1975, he joined [[The Indian Express]] group as its [[Himachal Pradesh]] correspondent based in [[Shimla]]. He left journalism for book publishing in April 1978.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.instituteofbookpublishing.com/p/Publishing-Today-Jan-2008|title=Publishing Today Jan 2008 - Institute of Book Publishing|website=www.instituteofbookpublishing.com|access-date=2017-12-11}}</ref> Chopra also wrote book reviews, features and opinion pieces regularly for [[India Today|India Today.]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.india-today.com/itoday/19990920/books.html|title=Books: Midnight and She|website=www.india-today.com|access-date=2017-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/book-review-of-kamila-shamsie-salt-and-saffron/1/246106.html|title=Book review: Kamila Shamsies Salt and Saffron|access-date=2017-12-11}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 08:37, 11 December 2017

Ashok Chopra Publisher
Ashok Chopra

Ashok Chopra (born 26 February 1949) is a publisher, author, editor, and literary columnist.[1] Author of A Scrapbook of Memories: My Life with the Rich, the Famous and the Scandalous[2] and Of Love and Other Sorrows,[3] he has co-authored Agnostic Khushwant: There Is No God[4] with the Indian author-columnist Khushwant Singh and A Grain of Sand in the Hourglass of Time[5] with Arjun Singh. Presently, he is the chief executive of Hay House Publishers in India.[6]

Journalistic Career

Ashok Chopra began his journalistic career in 1973 as a sub-editor with The Tribune Chandigarh. Besides contributing articles and features regularly he also acted as the paper’s film and theatre critic.[7][8] In June 1975, he joined The Indian Express group as its Himachal Pradesh correspondent based in Shimla. He left journalism for book publishing in April 1978.[9] Chopra also wrote book reviews, features and opinion pieces regularly for India Today.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ Salam, Ziya Us (2015-02-11). "Journey with the written word". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  2. ^ "HarperCollinsPublishers India | A Scrapbook of Memories". harpercollins.co.in. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  3. ^ "Of Love and Other Sorrows - Penguin India". Penguin India. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  4. ^ "Agnostic Khushwant: There is No God! : Hay House Publishers India". www.hayhouse.co.in. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  5. ^ "A GRAIN OF SAND IN THE HOURGLASS OF TIME : Hay House Publishers India". www.hayhouse.co.in. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  6. ^ IANS (2015-03-22). "Indians would rather spend on shoes, not books: Publisher Ashok Chopra (IANS Interview)". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  7. ^ "Tribuneindia... Modern Classics". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  8. ^ "The Tribune... Modern Classics". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  9. ^ "Publishing Today Jan 2008 - Institute of Book Publishing". www.instituteofbookpublishing.com. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  10. ^ "Books: Midnight and She". www.india-today.com. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  11. ^ "Book review: Kamila Shamsies Salt and Saffron". Retrieved 2017-12-11.
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