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100			_a Mehta, Vinod _915983
245			_aLucknow boy : _ba memoir / _cby Vinod Mehta
260			_aIndia : _bPenguin Books India, _c©2011.
300			_axvi, 325 p. _c19 c.m
520			_aMehta grew up as an insouciant army brat from a Punjabi refugee family, in the syncretic culture of Lucknow of the 1950s an experience that turned him into an unflagging pseudo secularist . Leaving home with a BA third class degree, he experimented with a string of jobs, including that of a factory hand in suburban Britain, before accepting an offer to edit Debonair, a journal best known for featuring naked women. With the eclecticism and flair that were to become his hallmark, he turned it into an intelligent, lively magazine, while managing to keep fans of its centrespreads happy. The next three decades saw Vinod Mehta becoming one of India's most widely-read and influential editors, as he launched a number of successful new publications, from the now legendary Sunday Observer to the weekly newsmagazine, Outlook..."--Publisher's description.
650			_aMehta, Vinod -- Biography. _95393
650			_aJournalists -- India -- Biography. _95394
650			_aJournalism -- India. _95395
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