Roli Books is an Indian

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that produces books pertaining to Indian heritage. It was founded in 1978 by

Pramod Kapoor Pramod Kapoor (born 1953) is an Indian writer and publisher, who in 1978 founded Roli Books, a publishing company that prints books pertaining to Indian heritage. In 2016, for his contributions to publishing, he was awarded the Chevalier de la ...

and is jointly run along with his family. Its imprints include Lustre Press for illustrated books, India Ink for fiction, and the Lotus Collection for biographies, non-illustrated non-fiction books.

Origin

Roli Books was founded in 1978 by

, initially with an illustrated book on Rajasthan, first printed in Singapore. The company developed relations with publishing houses in France following Kapoor trip to Paris in 1981, when he bought 3,000 copies of ''The Last Maharaja'' and sold the whole lot in India. Subsequently, they published books and sold them in France. By its 25th anniversary, it was also publishing fiction.

Imprints

Its imprints include Lustre Press for illustrated books, India Ink for fiction, and the Lotus Collection for biographies, non-illustrated non-fiction books.

Products

The company publishes

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s and

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. Its publications include ''Calcutta Then, Kolkata Now'' (2019), and ''The Emperor's Table: The Art of Mughal Cuisine''.

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External links

Official website
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