Weekly Recap: What we Learned Together

Key takeaways

Hope you had a rejuvenating weekend. We spent ours swimming, reading, and setting goals for the next three months.

• Don’t forget to check out our latest podcast episode with Noel, the founder of Subtle Curry Traits, one of the world’s largest South Asian communities that scaled to more than a million users through kindness and humor.

• Learn more about our partnership with The World Bank.

• Join us for the lecture and tipples in London on April 23

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Here is what we learned together last week:

How to get your book published | Chiki Sarkar, Founder: Juggernaut Books

1. Self-Identification as a Publisher: Chiki Sarkar describes herself simply, "It's very simple I call myself a publisher."

2. Early Career Insights: "I was always very good at the humanities... so I always knew I was going to be around the world of words and stories in some form."

3. Founding Juggernaut: On starting Juggernaut, Sarkar mentions the drive for a new approach in publishing, "the problem statement was one of scale and also experimenting with formats."

4. Taking bets: Sarkar explains her philosophy towards publishing, highlighting the acceptance of risk and the unpredictable nature of book success, "we make bets every single day and most of them fail."

5. Content: "Indians want to read about India."

6. Simplicity in Writing Resonates: On what works in Indian publishing, "the books that work best in India are often simply written."

7. Saying no: The importance of detailed feedback in publishing, "if someone has said no to you no matter what excuses they're saying it means somewhere they didn't like it."

8. Future plans: Discussing the future of Juggernaut, she states, "I I have to grow far more in India before I even think of the world."

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