OCT
16
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Patriotic Fervour at Vitasta!

Towards the end of August, when the air was still rife with patriotic fervour, the editorial team at Vitasta began work on a series of books coincidentally all written by retired defence personnel — and so we had a pleasant month dealing with some absolute gentlemen authors on books that highlighted the importance of our three esteemed services, th...
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AUG
20
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Finding Strength Through Books

Last month, our Publishing Director, Renu Kaul Verma , who set up Vitasta exactly 20 years ago and who never misses coming to office, unexpectedly lost her young son, 18-year-old Advaitha in a heart-numbing tragedy. At the prayer meeting held in young Advaitha's memory, it became apparent to the packed auditorium at the India International Centre t...
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JUL
05
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The Art of Copy Editing

A WhatsApp message arrived from an author earlier this week. Like an overexcited schoolgirl, I hit the forward button immediately, sending it to Renu Kaul Verma, Vitasta's director (no harm in the editorial team at Vitasta scoring brownie points, with Renu, I thought to myself). Here's what the author had sent in her whatsapp message: "After seeing...
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MAY
24
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My Foray from Newspapers to Book Publishing

In late March 2024, virtually out of the blue, Renu Kaul Verma, the feisty lady who set up Vitasta Publishing offered me a job as executive editor. I had spent a lifetime in The Times of India, retiring as a deputy editor with The Speaking Tree, their spiritual newspaper. Then, for a while, I had edited spiritual books for Bloomsbury and Westland, ...
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