THE PUFFIN BOOK OF 100 EXTRAORDINARY INDIANS

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  • Pub: January 2022
  • Author : Venkatesh Vedam
  • Publisher : Penguin Random House
  • ISBN: 9780143453147
  • Price: Rs. 299/-
  • Category: Non-fiction
  • Language : English
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Extent: 352Pages 
  • Age: 10+ years

ABOUT THE BOOK

The Puffin Book of 100 Extraordinary Indians is a celebration of
achievements and personal stories of those who forged new paths for
themselves and others in a way that it continues to affect modern
lives.

Written as short anecdotal biographical sketches, the book presents lives of
scientists, doctors, activists, painters, sportspeople, dancers, political leaders
and many more from different walks of life. Among 100 extraordinary
Indians are names like Irom Sharmila, Dutee Chand, Bhagat Singh, Gauri
Sawant, Virat Kohli, Satya Nadella, Chatrapati Shivaji. Whether they climbed
the heights, swam the depths, mastered science or track and field, picked
the baton of education or activism-each of their stories is replete with big
and small victories that continue to inspire.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Venkatesh Vedam hails from Agra, the city of the Taj Mahal, and cherishes
fond memories of often jogging to the Taj on summer mornings. He was a
normal kid till the age of five, when, during a train journey, a loose shutter
banged on his head while he was enjoying the scenery glued to the window
bars. He holds the incident responsible for the imbalance between his left
and right brain, which eventually turned him into a writer. However, it was
two decades after the big bang that he first wrote a story. In the interim,
post his schooling, he graduated in chemical engineering from NITW,
worked in a petrochemical company and jumped on to the software
bandwagon by joining an Indian IT giant, where he continues till the present
day. Venkatesh has authored a fantasy thriller for preteens, A Leap in a Blue
Moon, which has been well received by readers of all age groups. His short
stories have appeared in print as well as online platforms, including
Juggernaut. Venkatesh resides in the silicon-garden city of Bengaluru with
his wife and daughter. He loves curling up with a good book or watching
television programmes on astronomy and wildlife when not writing or
daydreaming. He also likes peering at the heavens through his 90 mm
refractor telescope on cloudless and moonless nights.

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