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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
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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
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- 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
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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.
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- 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
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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
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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
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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.
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- Publisher : Bloomsbury India
- By : William Dalrymple
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2017
- Pages : 360 pages
- Weight : 259 g
- Size : 20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9385936557
- ISBN-13 : 978-9385936555
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Delhi is a city like no other, one which, in spite of being as old as time, is culturally dominated by relatively new dwellers. Interspersed with accounts of meeting assorted Delhiwallahs including Sufis, eunuchs, Persian scholars and an Englishwoman who stays behind after the Raj's hasty exit, City of Djinns seeks out the essence of this ancient town in a travelogue like no other. Moving, profoundly insightful and compulsively readable, City of Djinns is a loving exploration by one of the great historians of our time of the city he choses to call home.
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- 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
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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
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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.
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- 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.
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- Publisher : The Orient Blackswan
- By : Ashok Sengupta & Krishna Sen
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2017
- Pages : 424 pages
- Weight : 600 g
- Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9386392720
- ISBN-13 : 978-9386392725
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A Short History of American Literature is a succinct survey of over five hundred years of American literature. It conveys the uniqueness of American literature by focusing on the sociopolitical contexts that shaped America’s literary productions. It highlights the cultural myths and values and the specific historical processes that differentiate American literature from the literatures of England and Europe. The book adopts the current trend in the writing of American literary history by foregrounding the early colonial and nationalist writings and the major multicultural literatures, while also presenting the traditional Anglocentric trajectory from the American Renaissance to postmodernism. Its canvas is further extended by a separate chapter on American literature and popular culture, and a comparative timeline juxtaposing American and British literary histories. The Short History is contemporary in its approach and aims to foster an informed and critical appreciation of American literature.
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- Publisher : One Point Six Technologie
- By : Biren Banerjee
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2019
- Pages : 239 pages
- Weight : 358 g
- Size : 15.24 x 1.52 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9354582079
- ISBN-13 : 978-9354582073
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This is a story about India and its history, cultures and rituals. More than that, it's also a story of family, and the individual lives lived in this rich and fascinating context. A Sense of Gratitude is a compelling tale of love and loyalty, devotion and dedication, sadness and survival, happiness and joy.
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- Publisher : HarperCollins
- By : Robert Ivermee
- Cover : Hardcover
- Language : English
- Edition : 2017
- Pages : 272 pages
- Weight : 500 g
- Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9354223141
- ISBN-13 : 978-9354223143
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The Hooghly, a distributary of the Ganges flowing south to the Bay of Bengal, is now little-known outside of India. Yet for centuries it was a river of truly global significance, attracting merchants, missionaries, mercenaries, statesmen, labourers and others from Europe, Asia and beyond. Hooghly seeks to restore the waterway to the heart of global history. Focusing in turn on the role of and competition between those who struggled to control the river - the Portuguese, the Mughals, the Dutch, the French and finally the British, who built their imperial capital, Calcutta, on its banks - the author considers how the Hooghly was integrated into global networks of encounter and exchange, and the dramatic consequences that ensued.Travelling up and down the river, Robert Ivermee explores themes of enduring concern, among them the dynamics of modern capitalism and the power of large corporations; migration and human trafficking; the role of new technologies in revolutionizing social relations; and the human impact on the natural world. The Hooghly's global history, he concludes, may offer lessons for India as it emerges as a world superpower
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- Publisher : HarperCollins India
- By : Jaideep Hardikar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2017
- Pages : 272 pages
- Weight : 500 g
- Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
- ISBN-10 : 935422301X
- ISBN-13 : 978-9354223013
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One morning in 2014, Ramrao Panchleniwar, an ordinary cotton grower in Maharashtra's infamous Vidarbha region, consumed two bottles of pesticide in a bid to commit suicide. But he miraculously survived.In Ramrao, rural journalist Jaideep Hardikar attempts to put a face to India's unending farm crisis with his story. He takes the reader on a journey of the everyday life of an Indian farmer, his daily struggles, his desperation to come out of his situation, his inability and many failings, the quagmire of issues he faces, and how he comes to a pass where he chooses to put an end to it all.The result of years of committed reportage, this is an evocative read that rescues an ordinary life from obscurity and turns it into an essential biography for our times.
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- Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass
- By : R.C. Majumdar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2017
- Pages : 573 pages
- Weight : 500 g
- Size : 13.97 x 3.25 x 21.59 cm
- ISBN-10 : 8120804368
- ISBN-13 : 978-8120804364
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This is a comprehensive, intelligible and interesting portrait of Ancient Indian History and Civilization from a national historical point of view. The work is divided into three broad divisions of the natural course of cultural development in Ancient India: (1) From the prehistoric age to 600 B.C., (2) From 600 B.C. to 300 A.D., (3) From 300 A.D. to 1200 A.D.The work describes the political, economic, religious and cultural conditions of the country, the expansionist activities, the colonisation schemes of her rulers in the Far East. Political theories and administrative organizations are also discussed but more stress has been laid on the religious, literary and cultural aspects of Ancient India.Among the more important additions may be mentioned the chapters on the prehistoric age, including the Indus Valley Civilization, more detailed account of the ancient republican clans and the various medieval local dynasties, specially those of the south and the development of art and colonisation. Important changes, though much less extensive, have been made in chapters dealing with political theory and administrative system, as well as social and economic condition and an entirely new section on coins has been added. Considerable other modifications and rearrangements, involving re-grouping of chapters, have been made and more copious footnotes and fuller bibliography have been added for the guidance of advanced students.The book is of a more advanced type. It would meet the needs not only of general readers but also of earnest students who require a thorough grasp of the essential facts and features before taking up specialized study in any branch of the subject. It would also fulfil requirements of the candidates for competitive examinations in which Ancient Indian History and culture is a prescribed subject.
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- 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
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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 : Palaka Prakashan
- By : Nadeem Hasnain
- Cover : Hardcover
- Language : English
- Edition : 2021
- Pages : 646 pages
- Weight : 621 g
- Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
- ISBN-10 : 818579961X
- ISBN-13 : 978-8185799612
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- Publisher : Westland
- By : Purushottam Agrawal
- Cover : Hardcover
- Language : English
- Edition : 2021
- Pages : 284 pages
- Weight : 400 g
- Size : 14 x 14 x 21.6 cm
- ISBN-10 : 939067915X
- ISBN-13 : 978-9390679157
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As the right wing tries to claim Kabir for itself, while other conservatives disown him and yet others portray him as a secular idol beyond religion, the poet has never been so misunderstood. Coming from the Nirgun bhakti tradition, the words of this fifteenth-century poet have the power to reach beyond time and speak to us today. Was he a Hindu or Muslim or was he beyond religion? Did he try to cultivate a new faith or did he eschew organised religion altogether? Was his modernity an exception or a reflection of the times he lived in? What does Kabir’s life and poetry tell us about this nation’s past and present? In this rare appraisal of Kabir’s writings and his life, Purushottam Agarwal approaches this timeless poet-revolutionary with little preconceptions, presenting him the way the poet wanted to be seen, rather than what his followers and fans want to see in him.
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- Publisher : Rupa Publications
- By : Annette Susannah Beveridge
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2017
- Pages : 700 pages
- Weight : 233 g
- Size : 12.95 x 2.92 x 19.79 cm
- ISBN-10 : 8129141752
- ISBN-13 : 978-8129141750
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A translation of Babur’s personal memoir written in Turki, Baburnama remains true to the original, portraying the extraordinary life of the founder of the Mughal Empire in India. Often quoted by historians and academicians alike, this book possesses the rare distinction of being relevant across centuries. Baburnama is the complete record of Babur’s life from the time he ascended the throne at the young age of eleven to when he finally established himself as a monarch (1493 to 1529).What fascinates readers even today is Babur’s intimate and detailed account of the world around him and what is truly astonishing is that there is no historical precedent for his narrative, making it the first real autobiography in Islamic literature. Annette Susannah Beveridge’s nuanced translation offers us a unique insight into this remarkable period in history.
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- Publisher : Rupa Publications
- By : William J. Long
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2015
- Pages : 672 pages
- Weight : 540 g
- Size : 14 x 3.67 x 21.6 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9788129135407
- ISBN-13 : 978-8129135407
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English literature: its history and its significance for the life of the englishspeaking world is an allencompassing study of english literature from anglosaxon times to the twentieth century. it interprets literature both biographically and historically by showing how each work reflects not just the writer’s life and thoughts but also the spirit of the age and the nation’s history. it also shows the development of the english literary canon in terms of complexity, from the earlier simple moral allegories to the complex issues addressed in twentiethcentury writings. along with works of literature, this book also analyses important events and social conditions in each period, the lives of important authors, as well as literary epochs.with helpful summaries, bibliographies and tables of chronological events, this book is the best possible guide for students to understand the vast pantheon of english literature.
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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 : Pigeon Books
- By : Swami Vivekananda
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2015
- Pages : 164 pages
- Weight : 208 g
- Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9384401102
- ISBN-13 : 978-9384401108
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Swami Vivekananda, was an Indian Hindu monk and chief disciple of the 19th-century saint Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of the indian philosophies of vedanta and Yoga to the Western world and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major force in the revival of hinduism in India, and contributed to the concept of nationalism in colonial India.
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- Publisher : Orient BlackSwan
- By : Satish Chandra
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2020
- Pages : 432 pages
- Weight : 610 g
- Size : 14 x 1.8 x 21.6 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9390122546
- ISBN-13 : 978-9390122547
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Satish Chandra’s History of Medieval India is a comprehensive overview of the history of the Indian subcontinent during the thousand-year period between the eighth and the eighteenth century. History of Medieval India studies this interesting period in Indian history when the land underwent drastic changes, deeply influenced by the invading armies, religious movements and the vicissitudes of the changing political, economic and cultural scene. To tell the history of a land spanning the geographical dimensions and the political divisions of the Indian subcontinent is in itself a formidable task. Satish Chandra executes this difficult mission with the eye of an enquirer and the pen of a scholar. Both students and interested readers are sure to find this volume, dealing with the histories of the Cholas, Rajputs, the invading Turks, Vijayanagara kings, Bahmanids, Mughals, Marathas and others, an essential reader for understanding the history of medieval India.