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The Strand is a daily 18 minute programme highlighting the best of what's going in the arts. Wide-ranging and with eclectic interests, The Strand reflects the artistic response to the BBC's news agenda. Presented by Harriett Gilbert and friends, it features discussions, reviews, big-name interviews and location reports as well as live studio performances and Hollywood, Bollywood gossip.

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The Strand Archive: Amish Tripathi

Amish Tripathi

07/03/2013

BBC World Service - The Strand Archive, Amish Tripathi

How Amish Tripathi's trilogy about Lord Shiva led to the largest book advance in India.

How Amish Tripathi's trilogy about Lord Shiva led to the largest advance ever paid by an Indian publisher.

Amish Tripathi, India's newest publishing phenomenon, tells us about how his just completed trilogy about Lord Shiva led to the largest book advance ever paid by an Indian publisher. 

A new Hollywood war film out this week starring Tommy Lee Jones as General Douglas MacArthur is no macho tale of allied heroics but a thoughtful look at the days after Japan's surrender at the end of World War II.

As Ghana celebrates its inaugural Music Week event, the BBC's Samuel Darko tells us more about what the festival hopes to achieve.

(Image: Amish Tripathi)

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