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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]]. He was executive editor with Vikas Publishing House, vice-president [[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] India, publishing director [[UBS Publishers]], executive director and publisher of the [[India Today|India Today Book Club]] and Books Today, as well as chief executive and publisher of [[HarperCollins]] Publishers India.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://penguin.co.in/author/ashok-chopra/|title=Ashok Chopra - Penguin India|work=Penguin India|access-date=2017-12-14|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pilf.in/ashok.html|title=PILF :: Speakers|website=pilf.in|language=en|access-date=2017-12-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=SNseAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT18&lpg=PT18&dq=ashok+chopra+vikas+publishing+house&source=bl&ots=aOMGUCKYfX&sig=6LIRuTrQAwTo8yzguR6jITkebck&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8h5ue8ojYAhVIvI8KHSmZDgYQ6AEIfTAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=One to One: Glimpses of Indian Publishing Industry|last=Ghai|first=S. K.|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd|isbn=9788120791985|language=en}}</ref> 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 ''Memories of Fire: A Novel,''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://penguin.co.in/book/uncategorized/memories-of-fire/|title=Memories Of Fire - Penguin India|work=Penguin India|access-date=2018-04-05|language=en-US}}</ref> ''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]]. He was executive editor with Vikas Publishing House, vice-president [[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] India, publishing director [[UBS Publishers]], executive director and publisher of the [[India Today|India Today Book Club]] and Books Today, as well as chief executive and publisher of [[HarperCollins]] Publishers India.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://penguin.co.in/author/ashok-chopra/|title=Ashok Chopra - Penguin India|work=Penguin India|access-date=2017-12-14|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pilf.in/ashok.html|title=PILF :: Speakers|website=pilf.in|language=en|access-date=2017-12-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=SNseAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT18&lpg=PT18&dq=ashok+chopra+vikas+publishing+house&source=bl&ots=aOMGUCKYfX&sig=6LIRuTrQAwTo8yzguR6jITkebck&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8h5ue8ojYAhVIvI8KHSmZDgYQ6AEIfTAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=One to One: Glimpses of Indian Publishing Industry|last=Ghai|first=S. K.|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd|isbn=9788120791985|language=en}}</ref> 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 ==
== Journalistic career ==

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Ashok Chopra Publisher
Ashok Chopra

Ashok Chopra (born 26 February 1949) is a publisher, author, editor, and literary columnist.[1] Author of Memories of Fire: A Novel,[2] A Scrapbook of Memories: My Life with the Rich, the Famous and the Scandalous[3] and Of Love and Other Sorrows,[4] he has co-authored Agnostic Khushwant: There Is No God[5] with the Indian author-columnist Khushwant Singh and A Grain of Sand in the Hourglass of Time[6] with Arjun Singh. He was executive editor with Vikas Publishing House, vice-president Macmillan India, publishing director UBS Publishers, executive director and publisher of the India Today Book Club and Books Today, as well as chief executive and publisher of HarperCollins Publishers India.[7][8][9] Presently, he is the chief executive of Hay House Publishers in India.[10]

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.[11][12] 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.[13] Chopra also wrote book reviews, features and opinion pieces regularly for India Today.[14][15]

References

  1. ^ Salam, Ziya Us (2015-02-11). "Journey with the written word". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  2. ^ "Memories Of Fire - Penguin India". Penguin India. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  3. ^ "HarperCollinsPublishers India | A Scrapbook of Memories". harpercollins.co.in. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  4. ^ "Of Love and Other Sorrows - Penguin India". Penguin India. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  5. ^ "Agnostic Khushwant: There is No God! : Hay House Publishers India". www.hayhouse.co.in. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  6. ^ "A GRAIN OF SAND IN THE HOURGLASS OF TIME : Hay House Publishers India". www.hayhouse.co.in. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  7. ^ "Ashok Chopra - Penguin India". Penguin India. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  8. ^ "PILF :: Speakers". pilf.in. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  9. ^ Ghai, S. K. One to One: Glimpses of Indian Publishing Industry. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 9788120791985.
  10. ^ IANS (2015-03-22). "Indians would rather spend on shoes, not books: Publisher Ashok Chopra (IANS Interview)". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  11. ^ "Tribuneindia... Modern Classics". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  12. ^ "The Tribune... Modern Classics". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  13. ^ "Publishing Today Jan 2008 - Institute of Book Publishing". www.instituteofbookpublishing.com. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  14. ^ "Books: Midnight and She". www.india-today.com. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  15. ^ "Book review: Kamila Shamsies Salt and Saffron". Retrieved 2017-12-11.
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