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HarperCollins India announces the publication of ‘FEARLESS – A Memoir’ by Mohinder Amarnath with Rajender Amarnath

Published by Harper Sport

Hardback | Non-fiction | Memoir | 472 pp + 32-page inserts | INR 799

Available wherever books are sold | Releasing on 28 November 2024

NEW DELHI, Nov. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — HarperCollins India is delighted to announce the upcoming publication of ‘FEARLESS A Memoir’ by Mohinder Amarnath with Rajender Amarnath.

ABOUT THE BOOK

‘The story of my cricketing life flows like a Hitchcock thriller: a little twist here, another there…’

An iconic figure in the world of cricket in the 1970s and 1980s, Mohinder Amarnath started his career as a batsman who was found suspect against short-pitched fast bowling and finished it as one of the finest and bravest players of pace. He is still remembered with awe for hooking fearsome pace attacks on bouncy Caribbean and Australian tracks—without wearing a helmet.

Grit, guts and gumption defined Amarnath’s rollercoaster career. According to both Sunil Gavaskar and Imran Khan, Amarnath was the best batsman of their era. But strangely, he kept getting dropped from the Indian team, and subsequently became famous for his comebacks, earning him the moniker ‘the comeback king’. He was a player who didn’t flinch in the face of fire: a fearless cricketer and a man who just wouldn’t be defeated or denied. 

His frank, forthright and anecdotal memoir, written with his brother Rajender Amarnath, gives readers a keen insight into his personality and a glimpse into a bygone, glorious era of cricket. For any lover of the game, Fearless is a must-read.

Mohinder Amarnath says, “When unexpected things happen in life, one tends to cherish and enjoy them more. My cricketing career had many twists and turns that are difficult to explain but which made me wiser and stronger. I learned to handle pressure better in difficult situations, against all odds. Cricket has been very kind to me, fulfilling my dreams. The cricket-lovers of India had a lot of faith in me and this kept me going, fighting every dire situation with dignity and pride. This book is a tribute to my legendary father and loving mother, who guided me in the right direction to achieve my goals. I have always lived for today. I believe in consistently doing the job professionally, not looking for excuses for failure, and learning from mistakes. Also, being graceful in defeat. You can fulfil your dreams if you work towards them. Nothing is impossible if you have faith, will and the determination to perform.”

Rajender Amarnath says, “When I wrote my father Lala Amarnath’s biography, The Making of a Legend, I thought I had done my duty as a son. Little did I realize that another commitment lay waiting for me, this time as a brother. I have an unshakable bond with Jimmy and know him intimately. However, when I started writing, l realized how little I actually knew. His remarkable cricketing career was marked by numerous comebacks – like a phoenix rising from the ashes – and the media correctly termed him ‘the comeback king’. His respect for his parents and his patriotism on the cricket field are lessons future generation can imbibe to achieve success in life.”

Udayan Mitra, Executive Publisher, HarperCollins, says, “One of my fondest cricketing memories is from India’s 1976 tour of the Caribbean, where India scored a record-breaking 400+ in the fourth innings at Port of Spain to beat the fearsome West Indies at home; Mohinder Amarnath anchored that innings. The West Indies came back hard in the final Test at Jamaica, bowling fast and fierce, and the Indian batting folded (five batsmen retired hurt): but Amarnath stood tall, hooking the pacers repeatedly on his way to a 60 out of a team total of 97 (he played without a helmet in those days – so he was in fact risking his life). Like many cricket lovers, I became a fan of Jimmy Amarnath that day. Five decades later, it is an absolute privilege to publish Mohinder Amarnath’s autobiography Fearless, co-written with his brother Rajender Amarnath. Resilience, bravery, a never-say-die attitude — these are things that come to mind at once when one thinks of the career of Mohinder Amarnath, one of the finest and most accomplished cricketers to have played for India. His story, as told in Fearless, is a delight to read and I’m sure will be an inspiration to many. We at HarperCollins are proud to be able to bring this marvellous book to readers.

PRAISE FOR FEARLESS

“One of India’s and most admired cricketers… He gave his country all he had, every time he went out on the field.”

Sunil Gavaskar

Jimmy (Amarnath) has the mildest manner but had nerves of steel. He always performed when the team needed him to.”

– Kapil Dev

“What separated Jimmy from the others was his great ability to withstand pain… A fast bowler knows when a batsman is in pain. But Jimmy would stand up and continue.”

Michael Holding

“If I am asked to name one Indian cricketer whom I admired the most during my playing days, it would have to be Mohinder Amarnath.”

Ravi Shastri

“One of the nicest men to have ever played the game.”

Vivian Richards

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Mohinder (Jimmy) Amarnath (b.1950) is the son of the legendary cricketer Lala Amarnath. He played for the Indian national team from 1969 to 1989, scoring 4378 Test runs. Nine of his eleven Test centuries were scored overseas. He was Man of the Match in the semi-final and the final when India won the World Cup in 1983. He was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1984 and also received the Arjuna Award the same year.

Rajender Amarnath is the youngest son of Lala Amarnath. A graduate from St. Stephen’s College, he played first-class cricket in India and professional cricket in England. Later, he was a selector and coach for the Haryana state team. He is an author, commentator and cricket analyst.

BOOK LAUNCH

The launch of Fearless will take place in Delhi on 28 November 2024 at the India International Centre, Seminar Halls 1, 2, and 3, starting at 5:30 PM. The event will feature the distinguished presence of Honourable Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of India, and the authors Mohinder Amarnath and Rajender Amarnath.

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ABOUT HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS INDIA

HarperCollins is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, having begun publishing in India in 1992. HarperCollins India publishes some of the finest writers from the Indian Subcontinent and around the world, publishing approximately 200 new books every year, with a print and digital catalogue of more than 2,000 titles across 10 imprints. Its authors have won almost every major literary award including the Man Booker Prize, JCB Prize, DSC Prize, New India Foundation Award, Atta Galatta Prize, Shakti Bhatt Prize, Gourmand Cookbook Award, Publishing Next Award, Tata Literature Live! Award, Gaja Capital Business Book Prize, BICW Award, Sushila Devi Award, Sahitya Akademi Award and Crossword Book Award. HarperCollins India also represents some of the finest publishers in the world including Harvard University Press, Gallup Press, Oneworld, Bonnier Zaffre, Usborne, Dover and Lonely Planet. HarperCollins India has won the Publisher of the Year Award four times at Tata Literature Live! in 2022, 2021, 2018 and 2016, and at Publishing Next in 2021 & 2015. HarperCollins India is a subsidiary of HarperCollins Publishers.

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11 SPJIMR faculty featured in Ivey Publishing’s 2026 global Bestsellers and Classics cases’ lists

SPJIMR cases ranked among the most widely used teaching materials worldwide, reinforcing the institute’s growing influence in case-based management education

MUMBAI, India, June 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Eleven (11) faculty members from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) are featured in Ivey Publishing’s Bestsellers 2025–2026 list and Ivey Classics 2016–2026 list, which recognise the most widely used teaching cases globally across disciplines.

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These cases earned their place in classrooms because they provoke questions. The ones that endure are those that capture real dilemmas, invite multiple perspectives, and encourage learners to wrestle with uncertainty. This recognition of SPJIMR’s 11 faculty members reflect the value of creating learning experiences that challenge assumptions, spark debate, and help students think more deeply about complex managerial decisions.

Ivey Publishing, the case-publishing arm of Ivey Business School at Western University, Canada, compiles its annual Bestsellers and Classics lists based on classroom adoption data drawn from business schools globally. Cases are ranked by frequency of use within each discipline, making the lists a direct measure of pedagogical impact and educator trust.

With eight ranked positions across six disciplines in the Bestsellers list—Communications, Economics & Public Policy, Entrepreneurship, Management Science, Marketing, and Strategy—the recognition reflects SPJIMR’s sustained contribution to case-based management education in classrooms around the world and the growing relevance of India-rooted business insights.

SPJIMR cases in the Bestsellers 2025–2026 list

Discipline

Case title

SPJIMR faculty

Communications (#1)            

Is That an Order?

Prof. Vineeta Dwivedi and Prof. Tulsi Jayakumar

Economics & Public Policy (#2)

Inflationary Targeting in India: Replace, Rejig, or Reaffirm Targeting?      

Prof. Tulsi Jayakumar

Economics & Public Policy (#3)

Is Japan’s Monetary Policy a Rational Expectations Saga?

Prof. Preeta George and

Prof. Monika Gupta

Entrepreneurship (#6)

Savemom: The Smart Wearable Solution for Maternal Health Care

Prof. Renuka Kamath (with co-author Shrinath V.; PGDM 2007 alum)

Management Science (#3)

Jay Bharat Spices Pvt. Ltd.: A Spicy Quandary          

Prof. Amol S. Dhaigude (with co-authors Shravan M. Parsam and Sidhartha Padhi)

Management Science (#8)    

JSW Steel Ltd.: A Logistics Dilemma        

Prof. Amol S. Dhaigude and Prof. Debmallya Chatterjee

Marketing (#1)           

Snaqary Snacks: Building a Start-Up Brand

Prof. Ashita Aggarwal (with co-author Suraj Commuri)

Strategy (#5)  

Parag Milk Foods: Driving Growth through Brand-Building in India’s Dairy Industry          

Prof. Ashita Aggarwal and Prof. Rajiv Agarwal

The Classics 2016–2026 list recognises the 25 most-used cases of the past decade across a wide range of disciplines and topics, from general management, strategy and leadership to marketing and finance. It includes five SPJIMR faculty members

SPJIMR cases in the Classics 2016–2026 list

Discipline

Case title

SPJIMR faculty

General Management, International Business (#7)

Building a Backdoor to the iPhone: An Ethical Dilemma

Prof. Tulsi Jayakumar and Prof. Surya Tahora

Accounting, Entrepreneurship, International Business (#15)

Anandam Manufacturing Company: Analysis of Financial Statements

Prof. Vinay Goyal (with co-author S.K. Mitra)

Entrepreneurship, International Business, Marketing (#22)

Evoe Spring Spa: A Positioning Dilemma

 

Prof. Ashita Aggarwal and Prof. Renuka Kamath (with co-author Sunil Rao)

This year, Prof. Aggarwal and Prof. Kamath’s case on Evoe Spring Spa is among the four cases that have joined the Ivey Classics list for the first time.

Commenting on the recognition, Prof. Varun Nagaraj, Dean, SPJIMR, said, “Great teaching cases immerse learners in the complexity of decision-making. The global adoption of our cases reflects SPJIMR’s commitment to creating scholarship that is rigorous, relevant, and rooted in real-world challenges. We are particularly proud that many of these cases emerge from Indian contexts yet resonate with educators and students globally. This recognition reinforces our belief that management education is most powerful when it equips learners to navigate ambiguity with judgement, purpose, and responsibility.”

The 2026 recognition is the latest in an unbroken run of Ivey distinctions for SPJIMR faculty. It reflects a commitment to developing cases that are grounded in real business contexts and structured to generate insight that transfers across markets and industries. SPJIMR cases have covered topics as varied as macroeconomic policy, supply chain logistics, brand strategy, and maternal health technology, reflecting the breadth of the faculty’s research interests and their conviction that the classroom is itself a site of serious intellectual inquiry.

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About SPJIMR

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) is one of India’s leading postgraduate management institutes. It is recognised in the Financial Times MiM rankings as the #35 business school globally and among the Top 3 in India, ranked by Business Today as one of the country’s top five business schools, and rated by the Positive Impact Rating as one of the top five schools worldwide for societal impact. Known for its innovative and socially-conscious approach to management education, research, and community engagement, SPJIMR aims to influence managerial practice and promote the value-based growth of its students, alumni, organisations and its leaders, and society. SPJIMR holds the international ‘Triple Crown’ of accreditations from EQUIS, AACSB, and AMBA.

Visit SPJIMR.org for more information.

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Reliance Digital Launches ‘Baaptaa’, a Father’s Day Campaign Celebrating the Many Expressions of Fatherhood

MUMBAI, India, June 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Reliance Digital has launched ‘Baaptaa’, a Father’s Day campaign to celebrate the many expressions of fatherhood. Built around a simple cultural observation, while “Maa ki Mamta” has long been a part of India’s collective vocabulary, there has never been a word that captures the distinct ways fathers express love, the campaign introduces ‘Baaptaa’ as a tribute to the many shades of fatherhood.

Conceptualised as an original music-led campaign, Baaptaa celebrates fathers not as idealised figures, but as they are experienced in everyday life, protective, dependable, emotional, quirky, practical, occasionally embarrassing, and always present. Through a relatable narrative, the campaign acknowledges the countless ways fathers care for their families, often through actions rather than words.

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At the heart of the campaign is an original music video told from a father’s perspective, capturing the different roles he plays across life’s moments and milestones. The film brings to life the humour, warmth and unspoken affection that characterise father-child relationships, while giving a name to a form of love that many recognise but few have articulated.

The campaign stems from a simple insight: while motherhood has often found expression through familiar phrases and popular references, the unique language of fatherhood has remained largely undefined. Baaptaa seeks to fill that gap by creating a term that reflects the everyday gestures, practical wisdom and quiet sacrifices that fathers make.

Father’s Day communication often leans into familiar emotional territory, but Reliance Digital’s campaign celebrates fathers in a way that feels more culturally authentic and relatable. The idea for ‘Baaptaa’ came from a simple observation — mother’s love has been immortalised in a number of heartfelt, emotional songs, there needed to be an anthem dedicated to dad’s love. And thus was born Baaptaa – a love language that is often awkward, practical, protective, humorous and deeply felt, even if rarely verbalised. It’s a celebration of fatherhood in all its wonderfully imperfect forms immortalized by a song that you won’t be able to stop humming.

Shop for the widest range of electronics at Reliance Digital and thank your father for his Baaptaa.

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Harper Collins Publishers India is Delighted to Announce the Recent Publication of ‘People We Love’ by Preeti Shenoy

NEW DELHI, June 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — HarperCollins Publishers India is delighted to share the recent publication of People We Love by bestselling author Preeti Shenoy. At once tender and sharp, this collection of stories offers intimate, truthful and relatable portraits of the people we cherish, the ones we lose, and the people we become.

ABOUT THE BOOK

The people we love never truly leave our story…

In these tender yet piercing stories, Preeti Shenoy returns to some of her most beloved characters to reveal who they were before they appeared in her bestselling novels It’s All in the Planets and The One You Cannot Have.

Aniket, a coder, carries the weight of a longing for Trisha that he cannot bring himself to act on. Nidhi abandons her corporate life to teach pottery, only to discover that clay is far more forgiving than the people she loves. A quiz competition sparks an unlikely romance between Aman and Shruti, one that must withstand parental disapproval and class divides. And Anjali, a journalist, is so busy chasing stories that she almost misses the one unfolding in her own life.

Set against the pulse of contemporary India, People We Love explores the tug-of-war between duty and desire, family and freedom, who we are and who we dare to be. Intimate and deeply felt, these are stories about love that stays, leaves and almost slips away … love that quietly and irrevocably shapes the people we become.

Preeti Shenoy, author, says, “People We Love is a collection of three long stories, prequels to my bestsellers It’s All in the Planets and The One You Cannot Have. If you have read those books, you already know how these characters’ stories unfold. But what you don’t know yet is where it all began, the loves they carried, the choices they made, and the people they were before life shaped them into who you met on those pages. Writing these prequels felt like returning to a home I hadn’t realised I missed, and discovering rooms I had never been in before.”

Rashmi Menon, Associate Publisher – HarperCollins India, adds, “Preeti Shenoy has an extraordinary gift for finding the heartbeat of ordinary lives. People We Love is a warm, wise and deeply humane collection of short stories that reunites readers with favourite characters from her bestselling novels It’s All in the Planets and The One You Cannot Have, weaving them into fresh, deeply satisfying narratives. These characters feel like people you know, and their journeys will move, comfort and surprise you. This uplifting, thought–provoking collection reminds us why we turn to stories in the first place. We couldn’t be more excited to share it with our readers.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Preeti Shenoy is among the highest-selling authors in India. She was featured on the Forbes longlist of the most influential celebrities in India. Her books include When Love Came Calling, Wake Up Life, Is Calling, Life Is What You Make It, The Rule Breakers, A Hundred Little Flames, It’s All in the Planets, Why We Love the Way We Do, The Secret Wish List, The One You Cannot Have and many others. Her work has been translated into many Indian languages. Preeti is also a motivational speaker, an avid fitness enthusiast, and an artist specializing in portraiture and illustrated journalling. Preeti lives in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

ABOUT HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS INDIA

At HarperCollins Publishers India, we believe in telling the best stories and ensuring they reach the widest readership. We publish around 250 new books every year across 10 imprints, adding to a diverse catalogue of more than 3,000 titles in print and digital formats, with an array of genres and voices that ensure there is a book for every reader. Our authors have won some of the most prestigious literary awards, and we are proud to publish many acclaimed writers, alongside new and emerging voices shaping contemporary literature. We are also the publishers of The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, winner of the Booker Prize 2008, and Girl in White Cotton by Avni Doshi, shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2020, and HarperCollins India itself has been awarded “Publisher of the Year” several times. In addition, we represent some of the finest global publishers such as Harvard University Press, Lonely Planet, Oneworld, Nosy Crow, Usborne, and National Geographic Children, bringing Indian readers access to world-class books and ideas. We are also proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work for two consecutive years, a recognition of our culture, people, and values that make HarperCollins India a truly inspiring workplace. 

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