Popular Prakashan

Popular Prakashan
Founded	1924
Founder	Ganesh R. Bhatkal
Successor	Ramdas Bhatkal, Harsha Bhatkal
Headquarters location	Mumbai
Publication types	Books, magazines
Official website	www.popularprakashan.com

Popular Prakashan is an Indian independent publisher and bookseller founded in Bombay in 1924.

History

In 1924, founder Ganesh R. Bhatkal, a former employee of Oxford University Press India, established the Popular Book Depot as an independent bookseller. In 1962, his successors Sadanand and Ramdas G. Bhatkal created Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd. as a publishing company.^[1]

Publications

Cookery

Popular Prakashan specialises in cookery titles. Sanjeev Kapoor of Khana Khazana is Popular's best-selling author and Popular has published more than 85 books by him. These are also available in Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati. Rasachandrika: Saraswat Cookery Book is a great compilation of delectable recipes from Maharashtrian and Konkani cuisine.^[2] Asha Khatau and Jeroo Mehta have also been published through Popular.

Arts, culture and women's studies

In 1990, Popular Prakashan set up a Kolkata-based associate firm, Bhatkal and Sen, for specialized publishing in the fields of culture and women's studies. These books focus primarily on contemporary debates, grassroots movements, politics and culture as viewed from a critical and progressive standpoint. Popular Prakashan's subsidiary, Foundation B&G, also publishes books on the arts.^[3]

Books in Marathi

Popular Prakashan has published titles in

G.A. Kulkarni, Nirmala Deshpande and Kamal Desai

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Children's books

Popular have published a series of storybooks in association with Chandamama, the oldest children's magazine in India.^{[citation needed]} They have also published the Brainworks series of books in association with Leopard Learning Systems, USA, as well as other early learning titles.^[4] Shobhaa De's book for teenagers, S's Secret, was released by Popular Prakashan in December 2009. It has been translated into Hindi and Marathi.