

Nandan Jha, Senior Vice President, Penguin Random House India says, ‘It is important to continue strengthening Hindi literature by bringing quality books and novels. His work has brought the spotlight over Hindi literature and I am proud to take his writing ahead to a larger audience’. Vaishali Mathur, Editor-in-Chief of Hind Pocket Books, commented, ‘This is a great opportunity for us to work with a creative genuis such as Shri Narendra Kohli. It has given me wings to further my scope and it seems that my humble journey will now soar higher,’ said Shri Narendra Kohli. ‘The prospect to work with Penguin has given my work a new dimension, as if new rainbows have emerged over the blue sky of my literary art. He is also best known for his version of India’s greatest epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, which he started writing in 1975.

Crediting his immense contribution to Hindi Literature, the era of contemporary modern Hindi literature is often referred to as the ‘Kohli Era’. Most revered for his reinvention of the ancient form of epic writing in modern prose, Shri Narendra Kohli has over 100 books to his name. New Delhi, 22 November 2018 Hind Pocket Books, a Penguin Random House company, announces the acquisition of two books by one of the most respected and known literary fiction writers Padmashri Narendra Kohli for publication in January 2019.
