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LUCKNOW: Special invitees to the Investors' Summit will be gifted a 'Speaking Gita' by industrial development minister Satish Mahana The Bhagavad Gita, published by a Bhopal-based publishing house, comes accompanied with a special pen, which when pointed at any shloka, reads it out in Sanskrit and then its translation in Hindi. The 'Speaking Gita' is sold in 32 countries," he said.The company, which also prints textbooks that the UP government and other governments distribute free among schoolchildren, said that other speaking books it has produced are meant for children or are training books for teachers. "I will give these to about 100 of our special guests at the summit. "It is an expensive product with an MRP of Rs 6,500, so we largely cater to markets abroad or to high-end consumers. It is a unique book as I have never seen one that can speak," Mahana said.Rajeev Sehgal, the regional manager for the company, said they had been producing the 'speaking' for seven years..