‘Days of Gold & Sepia’
Crossword – India’s leading lifestyle bookstore, hosted the launch of Yasmeen Premjee’s book ‘Days of Gold & Sepia’ today. Formerly functioning as an assistant editor for leading interior magazines, this is Yasmeen Premji’s first book. Present with the author at Crossword’s Kemps Corner outlet, was noted actress and social activist Shabana Azmi.
Published by HarperCollins India, the fiction book, ‘Days of Gold & Sepia’ is a story of Lalljee Lakha, a penniless orphan raised in Kutch and his journey to becoming Bombay’s ‘Cotton King’. The book paints the portrait of a man of courage and character, the discovery of life, the pain of a passionate and doomed love and family feuds, of great personal integrity and human frailty. Set against the eventful period between India’s War for Independence in 1857 and the fledgling freedom struggle of the early twentieth century, this sweeping tale is peopled by a vibrant array of characters – merchant princes and maharajas, courtesans and soothsayers, pirates, freedom fighters and soldiers of the British Raj.
Mr. Kinjal Shah, COO, Crossword Bookstores said, “The book characterizes some critical times in India’s independence period and underlines the struggles of its indigenous people with great expression and narration. I am pleased to launch Yasmeen Premji’s first novel on the Crossword platform and look forward to many more releases. We wish her all the best.”
‘Days of Gold & Sepia’ is available at all Crossword outlets.
About the Author:
Born and raised in erstwhile Bombay, Yasmeen Premji graduated from St. Xaviers College before completing her masters degree from Smith College, USA. She worked as assistant editor for the Indian design magazine, Inside Outside, for many years before moving with her husband Azim to Bangalore, Indias IT capital, which she now calls home.
About Crossword:
Crossword is India’s leading bookstore chain, which has pioneered the lifestyle bookstore concept in India. It was ranked the 6th most admired retailer in India by Business World for the year 2006 and was the only book retailer in the top 10.Crossword won the Reid & Taylor Award for Best Retailer of the year – Leisure & Specialty at the India Retail Summit 2005, 2007 & 2009. It won the Retailer of the Year Award – Leisure (Books, Music and Gifts Category) at the Images Retail Awards 2005 & 2007.Crossword received the Federation of Indian Publishers Award for excellence in Publishing for the year 2004 on 18th June 2005 at the hands of Shri Arjun Singh, Minister of Human Resource Development.
