Rumour Books India (RBI) is one of India’s youngest and leading publishing house, and is the only publisher from North India to have a national presence. We’re the official publisher of the Prime Minister of India’s—Narendra Modi—Mann Ki Baat, a monthly radio show. Founded in 2013, RBI has, in the brief period since its inception, already scaled the bestsellers’ lists on Amazon and Flipkart. In th
e summer of 2014, RBI published an anthology of short fiction, edited by the bestselling author Harsh Snehanshu, titled Mango Chutney, which gave a platform to unpublished writers to get published. Anees Salim, the winner of the Hindu Literary Prize 2013 praised the anthology, stating that it, “deserves a loud cheer.”, while former Miss India, Gul Panag, was all praises too. RBI is devoted to publishing quality fiction and non-fiction which has the potential to provoke and influence at the same time. All of RBI’s titles are headliners in their respective categories, such as Matabele Dawn by Saad Bin Jung, an epic novel proving to be a crucial unifying link between Africa and India, which the CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, described as “a pure delight!”. Apart from publishing, RBI has taken the onus of promoting the literary habit in the region through its initiatives. Being the official organisers of the Panchkula Art and Literary Festival (PALF), where budding as well as well-known literary personalities are given a common platform to interact with audiences in the North, RBI prides itself in being hailed by the media as a “publishing house that does more than its bit for society”. PALF has been touted as “the biggest literature festival in North India beyond Delhi”. Over a 150 authors have participated till date. In September 2014, RBI proudly announced its partnership with the prestigious Indian School of Business (ISB), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Young Indians (Yi) for Cadence- ThinkBig, an initiative where school students from the Northern Region were given the opportunity to get published in an anthology. Hundreds of students participated, making Cadence- ThinkBig one of the most successful social initiatives in Northern India where the aim is to promote the twin habits of reading and writing.
