SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Fingerprint! Publishing
- By : Subrata Dasgupta
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2018
- Pages : 256 pages
- Weight : 180 g
- Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9789386538666
- ISBN-13 : 978-9386538666
DESCRIPTION:
On a September Saturday afternoon in 2011, Martin Shawncross and Joya Bose in perfect synchrony surrendered their respective virginities. That Martin, a twenty-one-year-old American, had waited so long for this momentous personal event would have scandalized his friends and family were they to know about it. That Joya, a twenty-five-year-old Bengali, did not wait longer for this same experience would no doubt have scandalized her family had they come to know of it.Thus begins this gossamer tale of love and discovery, reaching back to a past spanning four generations and two continents. Narrated through the seemingly banal story of a young couple falling in love in present-day America, Voice of the Rain Season explores by way of memory, history and old letters, the life of a family in a pre-Independence Bengal. It unearths through Joya’s discovery of the family’s long forgotten secret, notions of identity, homecoming, language and loss.The heart of Dasgupta’s novel, however, lies in the glory of Tagore’s Rabindra Sangeet and the beauty of classical music, as it surpasses geographical boundaries and seeps effortlessly into the hearts of a people far-removed from the Bengali landscape.
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- Publisher : Westland
- By : Ravi Shanker Etteth
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2018
- Pages : 265 pages
- Weight : 449 g
- Size : 12.9 x 1.63 x 19.81 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9386850710
- ISBN-13 : 978-9386850713
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It is a time of violence as well as calm. Men of peace are spreading the message of the Buddha even as monks are being tortured in the dungeons of Pataliputra. In Magadha, all talk is about the impending war against Kalinga. While King Ashoka plots the movements of his ships and cavalry, Queen Asandhimitra broods over the growing unrest in the kingdom. There is only one man they can both trust to take them through this period of uncertainty and looming danger: the enigmatically named Brahmin, skilful spymaster and custodian of Magadha’s best-kept secrets.Lush with historical detail and unforgettable characters, The Brahmin is an intricately plotted novel that seeks to recreate a near-mythical period in India’s past.
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- Publisher : Rupa Publications India
- By : Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2016
- Pages : 232 pages
- Weight : 120 g
- Size : 12.95 x 1.35 x 19.79 cm
- ISBN-10 : 8129142309
- ISBN-13 : 978-8129142306
DESCRIPTION:
Ravelling in the twenty-first century is not only about check-ins, posting selfies or writing status messages with hashtags. It is about the visiting places one may have only read about, seen in movies or heard about; it’s about standing on a landmark and feeling something; it’s about refreshing memories and making new memories.Every Mile a Memory is not only a travelogue about monuments and landscapes. It is not only about famous cities like London, Paris and Rome, but it is also about a solitary walk on a village road on English countryside, about quiet boat-ride on the Ganga and about long train journeys to nowhere. It is sipping a cup of coffee in a café in Barcelona and yet it is also about enjoying chai from a kulhad on some half-forgotten railway station in Indian hinterland.As Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma travels a round the globe and his own motherland, all the events, sights, thoughts, memories and feelings form a complex kaleidoscope, which eventually crystallizes into words to give a unique perspective on places – Britain, continental Europe, Turkey, Morocco and of course, India.
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- Publisher : Penguin
- By : Robert Macfarlane
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2020
- Pages : 496 pages
- Weight : 393 g
- Size : 12.9 x 3 x 19.8 cm
- ISBN-10 : 0141030577
- ISBN-13 : 978-0141030579
DESCRIPTION:
In Underland, Robert Macfarlane takes us on a journey into the worlds beneath our feet. From the ice-blue depths of Greenland's glaciers, to the underground networks by which trees communicate, from Bronze Age burial chambers to the rock art of remote Arctic sea-caves, this is a deep-time voyage into the planet's past and future. Global in its geography, gripping in its voice and haunting in its implications, Underland is a work of huge range and power, and a remarkable new chapter in Macfarlane's long-term exploration of landscape and the human heart.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : HarperCollins India
- By : Samrat Choudhary
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2021
- Pages : 424 pages
- Weight : 390 g
- Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
- ISBN-10 : 939032758X
- ISBN-13 : 978-9390327584
DESCRIPTION:
The Brahmaputra is by some margin the largest river in India. After its confluence with the Ganga in Bangladesh, it becomes the largest in Asia. In The Braided River, journalist Samrat Choudhury sets out to follow its braided course from the edge of Tibet where it enters India down to where it meets the Ganga at a spot marked by the biggest red light district in Bangladesh. Along the way, he meets suspicious Indian spies, gets packed off on the back of a cement truck by soldiers, visit a shelter home for baby rhino and elephant orphans in Kaziranga, and hops from river island to riverside town meeting the locals. The tales of these encounters spice up a story that weaves in the history of the emergence of the border between India and China in Arunachal Pradesh, the formation of the Assamese identity -- a matter of great contemporary relevance owing to the National Register of Citizens and the Citizenship (Amendment) Act -- and the ecological challenges posed by proposed dams.This is a genre-bending book that touches upon several hot-button issues -- environmental, military and political -- as it blends travel, memoir and history with the present.
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- Publisher : HarperCollins India
- By : Vikrant Pande & Neelesh Kulkarni
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2021
- Pages : 272 pages
- Weight : 370 g
- Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9354226388
- ISBN-13 : 978-9354226380
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Vikrant Pande and Neelesh Kulkarni's quest to retrace the trail of Rama's fabled travels during his years in exile began with their trying to locate Chitrakoot on the map and realizing that they had little idea where it might be. Curious about the places mentioned in the Ramayana, they set off on a journey of their own, following Rama's route from Ayodhya to the Dandakaranya forest and Panchavati (near Nashik) and on to Kishkindhya (close to Hampi), Rameshwaram and Sri Lanka.Along the way they would discover how closely the narrative of the Ramayana is linked to local folklore, and how the stories of the Ramayana and the moral framework that binds them together still speaks to the people who live in the land across which Rama, Sita and Lakshman made their journey.For the armchair traveller as well as the enthusiast for epic tales, this is a wonderful book with which to revisit the world of the Ramayana.
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- Publisher : Niyogi Books
- By : Rabindranath Tagore
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2017
- Pages : 260 pages
- Weight : 449 g
- Size : 24 x 18 x 1 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9386906104
- ISBN-13 : 978-9386906106
DESCRIPTION:
It is not possible to surmise when exactly Tagore started writing Jibonsmriti(My Reminiscences). It is generally believed that after the publication of the play Raja (King, 1910), he was going through the first draft of Jibonsmriti.Jibonsmriti, was translated into English by Tagore’s nephew, Surendranath Tagore, though retouched and slightly changed by Rabindranath himself. It was serialised in RamanandaChattopadhyay’s The Modern Review under the title My Reminiscences from January to December, 1916. To thwart the attempt by any foreign publisher to publish it, all the issues of The Modern Review carried the declaration, ‘All Rights Reserved. Copyrighted in the United States of America’. Interestingly, Rabindranath himself advised Ramananda Chattopadhyay to mail one copy each of the issues of The Modern Review carrying My Reminiscences to W. B. Yeats and Ernest Rhys. In April, 1917, it was published as a book by MacMillan, New York, with a colour portrait by Sasi Kumar Hesh as the frontispiece, apart from 12 paintings by GagnendranathTagore.This book Rabindranath has etched in words many of his primary experiences about his future poetry, plays and novels. A surging passion for being one with Nature, a sense of imagination-filled solitariness even in the midst of a crowd, a consciousness of the concrete and yet non-recognition of its weight—all these aspects of the book inform his later creations. In that sense, My Reminiscences can be called an introduction to the entire Tagorean canon.
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- Publisher : Bloomsbury
- By : William Dalrymple
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2017
- Pages : 404 pages
- Weight : 500 g
- Size : 20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9385936549
- ISBN-13 : 978-9385936548
DESCRIPTION:
The result of a decade of travels through the Indian subcontinent, the Age of Kali is a collection of essays ranging in scope from the widows of Vrindavan to rap stars in Bombay, the temples as old as the Parthenon in Madurai, the socialite author Shobhaa De, the remnants of the kingdom of Avadh, and meetings with then Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and Imran Khan. Stylish, witty and bristling with insight, these jewel-like essays string together to create a captivating and enduringly relevant portrait of the subcontinent.
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- Publisher : Rajkamal Prakashan
- By : Ali Sardar Zafari
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : Hindi
- Edition : 2018
- Pages : 434 pages
- Weight : 440 g
- Size : 21.5 x 14 x 3 cm
- ISBN-10 : 8126705272
- ISBN-13 : 978-8126705276
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Juggernaut
- By : Twinkle Khanna
- Cover : Hardcover
- Language : English
- Edition : 2016
- Pages : 256 pages
- Weight : 299 g
- Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9789386228055
- ISBN-13 : 978-9386228055
DESCRIPTION:
A collection of utterly magical stories that will leave you crying, laughing and wholly enchanted.A gangly young girl transforms her village with a revolutionary idea. Sixty-eight-year-old Noni Appa finds herself drawn to a married man - 'Why do people have to define relationships, underline each word till the paper gives way beneath,' she wonders. Bablu Tripathi becomes obsessed with sanitary napkins much to his family's horror, and a young woman keeps checking the weather forecast as she meticulously plans each of her five weddings. Funny, observant and wise, this is storytelling at its most irresistible.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : HarperCollins
- By : Tina M Wykes
- Cover : Hardcover
- Language : English
- Edition : 2020
- Pages : 260 pages
- Weight : 295 g
- Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9353573580
- ISBN-13 : 978-9353573584
DESCRIPTION:
Anyone who's tried Theobroma brownies knows that they are literally food for the gods. What most people don't know is that the recipe was born in a small Colaba kitchen, on a neighbour's request.Baking a Dream: The Theobroma Story is the story of a 'food-obsessed' family that made their culinary dreams come true. Theobroma founders Kainaz and Tina Messman tell the story of how their ambitious and slightly eccentric Parsi family grew a home catering business into a multi-million business venture. From a single cafe with just four tables, Theobroma has today grown into a chain of 50 outlets across the country. The Messman sisters offer a no-holds-barred look at the challenges of working with family and offer tips on how to turn a passion for baking into a profitable career.Sharing their stumbles and successes, the book also serves as a guide to other entrepreneurs looking to scale their ventures.
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- Publisher : Rupa Publications
- By : Devdutt Patnayak
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : Hindi
- Edition : 2017
- Pages : 280 pages
- Weight : 180 g
- Size : 12.7 x 1.6 x 20.32 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9788129144836
- ISBN-13 : 978-8129144836
DESCRIPTION:
In Meri Gita , acclaimed mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik demystifies The Bhagavad Gita for the contemporary reader. His unique approach—thematic rather than verse-by-verse—makes the ancient treatise eminently accessible, combined as it is with his trademark illustrations and simple diagrams.In a world that seems spellbound by argument over dialogue, vi-vaad over sam-vaad, Devdutt highlights how Krishna nudges Arjuna to understand rather than judge his relationships. This becomes relevant today when we are increasingly indulging and isolating the self (self-improvement, self-actualization, self-realization—even selfies!).We forget that we live in an ecosystem of others, where we can nourish each other with food, love and meaning, even when we fight.
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- Publisher : Westland
- By : Sri M.
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2018
- Pages : 232 pages
- Weight : 180 g
- Size : 14 x 1.47 x 21.59 cm
- ISBN-10 : 8193655605
- ISBN-13 : 978-8193655603
DESCRIPTION:
Saami—as they call him—settles into a small cottage in the backyard of the local toddy shop. Here he spins parables, blesses, curses, drinks endless glasses of black tea and lives in total freedom. On rare occasions, he plays soul-stirring melodies on his old, bamboo-reed flute.Then, just as mysteriously as he arrived, Shunya vanishes, setting the path for a new avadhuta, a new era.This first novel by Sri M is a meditation on the void which collapses the wall between reality and make-believe, the limited and the infinite. With its spare storytelling and profound wisdom, it leads us into the realm of ‘shunya’, the nothingness of profound and lasting peace, the beginning and end of all things.
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- Publisher : Westland
- By : Ashwin Sanghi
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2012
- Pages : 489 pages
- Weight : 260 g
- Size : 12.9 x 3 x 19.81 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9381626812
- ISBN-13 : 978-9381626818
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Based on the principles and story of the legendry Chanakya, the book, 'Chanakya's Chant’ presents a gripping tale of wisdom, wit and mind boggling political strategies. The novel has two parts. In the first part, it takes readers to ancient India where a simple but extraordinarily smart Brahmin helps an Indian ruler to combat 'Alexander, the great'; while the second half is set in contemporary India. This book is written by famous historical fiction author Ashwin Sanghi who is known for his minute detailing and charming story telling style. It is published by Westland publication and within two months, it became an Indian national bestseller. This book received the 2010 Vodafone-Crossword Popular Choice Award.India during 340 BC was a land divided between numerous regional rulers who had limited power and were no match for their foreign counterparts. Alexander the great, in his quest of conquering the world, reaches the Indian frontier and the Indian rulers are set to bend their knees in front of this great ruler. However, one ruler, Chandragupta Maurya provides resistance and is successful in stopping Alexander’s invasion and establishes the mighty Mauryan Dynasty.It is the brain of Chankaya, the smart political strategist which helps Chandragupta in his conquest. Chankaya with his shrewd tactics and unbelievable brilliance becomes the most powerful political strategist the land had ever seen. They say that history repeats itself and now, Chankaya is born again, two and a half millennia later in modern India as Gangasagar Mishra. Being a Brahmin teacher, he has the same dream to become the most powerful person of this country. However, this time his challenges are bigger than before.India has adopted a democratic system but Gangasagar Mishra is optimistic of conning the system through greed, corruption, venality and sexual deviance. On his side is an ambitious, beautiful and a powerful slum child.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Harper Collins
- By : Amitav Ghosh
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2016
- Pages : 400 pages
- Weight : 476 g
- Size : 13.5 x 1.5 x 21.6 cm
- ISBN-10 : 8172236131
- ISBN-13 : 978-8172236137
DESCRIPTION:
From the author of the Glass Palace, the widely-acclaimed bestseller. The Hungry Tide is a rich, exotic saga set in Calcutta and in the vast archipelago of islands in the Bay of Bengal.An Indian myth says that when the river Ganges first descended from the heavens, the force of the cascade was so great that the earth would have been destroyed if it had not been for the god Shiva, who tamed the torrent by catching it in his dreadlocks. It is only when the Ganges approaches the Bay of Bengal that it frees itself and separates into thousands of wandering strands. The result is the Sundarbans, an immense stretch of mangrove forest, a half-drowned land where the waters of the Himalayas merge with the incoming tides of the sea.It is this vast archipelago of islands that provides the setting for Amitav Ghosh’s new novel. In the Sundarbans the tides reach more than 100 miles inland and every day thousands of hectares of forest disappear only to re-emerge hours later. Dense as the mangrove forests are, from a human point of view it is only a little less barren than a desert. There is a terrible, vengeful beauty here, a place teeming with crocodiles, snakes, sharks and man-eating tigers. This is the only place on earth where man is more often prey than predator.And it is into this terrain that an eccentric, wealthy Scotsman named Daniel Hamilton tried to create a utopian society, of all races and religions and conquer the might of the Sundarbans. In January 2001, a small ship arrives to conduct an ecological survey of this vast but little-known environment and the scientists on board begin to trace the journeys of the descendants of this society.
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- Publisher : Atlantic Publishers and Distributors
- By : P.V. Laxmiprasad
- Cover : Hardcover
- Language : English
- Edition : 2019
- Pages : 260 pages
- Weight : 430 g
- ISBN-10 : 812692943X
- ISBN-13 : 978-8126929436
DESCRIPTION:
The Writings of Amitav Ghosh: Exploration of Multiple Worlds deals with the critical perspectives of Ghosh's oeuvre of fictional and non-fictional works. A meticulously researched volume, it focuses on the important dimensions of Ghosh's writing from Travel and Diaspora, History and Political Struggles, Identity Crisis and South East Asian Population, Autobiographical Elements and finally Post-colonial and Post-modern Existence beyond the countries, continents and oceans. These are the themes on which the book moves around with first-hand research by eminent scholars and critics.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Westland
- By : Savi Sharma
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2020
- Pages : 224 pages
- Weight : 170 g
- Size : 12.9 x 1.42 x 19.8 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9389152046
- ISBN-13 : 978-9389152043
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There are stories we never talk about. Stories we are afraid to share. Simply because they hurt too much or no one wants to listen to them.Such was the story of Jhanvi, who is a budding social media influencer. She appears to have it all together, living her ideal life, but something is missing: Jhanvi has this impossible need that drives her to be more perfect than any person could possibly be.And the story of Ashray, who had a rocky start in life. With hard work and determination, he translates his dreams into reality, but his deep-seated insecurities come to the fore when life throws him a curveball.As their stories intersect, their lives change in ways they never expected.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : HarperCollins
- By : Ravi Shastri
- Cover : Hardcover
- Language : English
- Edition : 2021
- Pages : 336 pages
- Weight : 500 g
- Size : 15.88 x 3.18 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9354227236
- ISBN-13 : 978-9354227233
DESCRIPTION:
From being Champion of Champions to one of the world's top cricket commentators to Team India's head coach, Ravi Shastri has an incomparable perspective when it comes to the game of cricket. In Stargazing: The Players in My Life, the legendary all-rounder looks back at the extraordinary talent he has encountered over the years.Full of never-before-revealed anecdotes, Stargazing, co-written with Ayaz Memon and featuring illustrations by Shiva Rao, offers a glimpse into how champions from across the globe have inspired one of the world's greatest ODI players and Team India's most successful Test cricket coach.
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- Publisher : Fourth Estate India
- By : Farah Bashir
- Cover : Hardcover
- Language : English
- Edition : 2021
- Pages : 240 pages
- Weight : 350 g
- Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9354224210
- ISBN-13 : 978-9354224218
DESCRIPTION:
A terrifying yet tender account of a girlhood spent under near-constant siege.' Madhuri Vijay, author of The Far Field.Extraordinary - this memoir of growing up in Kashmir in the 1990s is illuminating, heartbreaking, and beautifully told.' Kamila Shamsie, author of Home Fire.This is an unforgettable work that refuses silence. It is an urgent, brave call for justice.' Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King.'Page after page, Farah Bashir juxtaposes moments of heart-stopping terror and beauty in a stunning memoir of life and love under a bloody military occupation.' Mirza Waheed, author of Tell Her Everything.I couldn't put it down, and even after it had ended, the people and their stories - wonderful, horrific, familiar and unfathomable - stayed textured and formidable in my mind.' Jennifer Croft, author of Homesick.'A beautifully tender and often heart-stopping memoir of growing up in a world that is spinning out of control.' Mahesh Rao, author of Polite Society.Rumours of Spring is the unforgettable account of Farah Bashir's adolescence spent in Srinagar in the 1990s. As Indian troops and militants battle across the cityscape and violence becomes the new normal, a young schoolgirl finds that ordinary tasks - studying for exams, walking to the bus stop, combing her hair, falling asleep - are riddled with anxiety and fear. With haunting simplicity, Farah Bashir captures moments of vitality and resilience from her girlhood amidst the increasing trauma and turmoil of passing years - secretly dancing to pop songs on banned radio stations; writing her first love letter; going to the cinema for the first time - with haunting simplicity. This deeply affecting coming-of-age memoir portrays how territorial conflict surreptitiously affects everyday lives in Kashmir.
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- Publisher :CHAUKHAMBA SURBHARATI PRAKASHAN
- By : Dr. Mahendra Pandya
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation
- Edition : 2013
- Pages : 472
- Weight : 475 gm.
- Size : 8.0 X 5.5 INCH
- ISBN-10 : 9382443878
- ISBN-13 : 9789382443872
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SPECIFICATION
- Publisher : R. R. Sheth & Co. Pvt. Ltd
- By : Sudha Murty
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : Gujarati
- Edition : 2018
- Pages : 152
- Weight : 150 gm.
- Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9351227790
- ISBN-13 : 978-9351227793
SPECIFICATION
- Publisher : Gurjar Sahitya Prakashan
- By : Pannalal Patel
- Cover : Hardcover
- Language : Gujarati
- Edition : 2000
- Pages : 382
- Weight : 560 gm.
- ISBN-10 : 8192734706
- ISBN-13 : 978-8192734705
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- Publisher : Goorjar Sahitya
- By : Dhruv Bhatt
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : Gujarati
- Edition : 2015
- Weight : 280 gm
- ISBN-10 : 9351622231
- ISBN-13 : 978-9351622239
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Buzzingstock Publishing House
- By : Ankit Gala (Author), Khushboo Gala (Author)
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : Gujarati
- Edition : 2020
- Pages : 240
- Weight : 510 gm
- Size : 21.8 x 14 x 1.4 cm
- ISBN-10 : 8193784561
- ISBN-13 : 978-8193784563