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Description

Once I saw her, leaning over the balcony railing. I stopped the taxi and waved to her. She waved back, smiling like the sun breaking through clouds.
Suffused with warmth and passion, the stories in Falling in Love Again showcase the myriad variations of romantic love—fleeting, intimate, joyous, heartbreaking. Featuring classic stories by Ruskin Bond, such as ‘The Eyes Have It’ and ‘The Girl from Copenhagen’, this stirring collection captures the range of feelings that are indubitably part of the infinite spectrum of love.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Ruskin Bond has been writing for over sixty years, and has now over 120 titles in print—novels, collections of stories, poetry, essays, anthologies and books for children. His first novel, The Room on the Roof, received the prestigious John Llewellyn Rhys award in 1957. He has also received the Padma Shri, and two awards from the Sahitya Akademi—one for his short stories and another for his writings for children. In 2012, the Delhi government gave him its Lifetime Achievement award.
Born in 1934, Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar, Shimla, New Delhi and Dehradun. Apart from three years in the UK, he has spent all his life in India, and now lives in Mussoorie with his adopted family.
A shy person, Ruskin says he likes being a writer because ‘When I’m writing there’s nobody watching me. Today, it’s hard to find a profession where you’re not being watched!’

Specification

• Product Code : BK8691
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : November 1, 2014
• Pages : 208
• Weight : 190 gm.
• Size : 5.1 x 0.5 x 7.8 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : Ruskin Bond
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8129120437
  ISBN-13: 978-8129120434

Description

The Exploring India series of books are delicious, bite-sized portions of history that will interest every reader who wants to know more about various facets of India.

The Unknown Indians is an unusual book in history as it places those unnamed Indians, who quietly changed the world around them, at the centre of Indian history. It takes the reader on a journey through the lives of minstrels and storytellers; weavers, potters, iron smiths and carvers; farmers and cooks; and poet rebels.

Find out how these men and women shaped Indian civilization and made it richer with their skills and their wondrous innovations. From the first storytellers who wove tales of great imagination and then passed them down generations, to skilled workers who discovered how to weave cotton or created marvelous works of art like the Chola bronzes; from the farmers
who fed everyone and even adopted new seeds and crops that have become staples now to poet rebels like Kabir and Guru Nanak who changed society with love and songs.

Concise yet filled with relevant details and accompanied by attractive colour illustrations, the Exploring India series will make history fascinating and unforgettable for every reader.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
SUBHADRA SEN GUPTA has written over thirty books for children including mysteries, adventures, ghost stories, comic books and books on history. To her surprise, the Sahitya Akademi thought she is doing a good job and gave her the Bal Sahitya Puraskar in 2014. Right now she is waiting for a time machine so that she can travel to the past and join Emperor Akbar
for lunch. She loves to travel, flirt with cats and chat with auto-rickshaw drivers. If you want to discuss anything under the sun with her, email her at subhadrasg@gmail.com.

About the Illustrator:

TAPAS GUHA has been working for more than twenty years as an illustrator. He has worked with many leading publishers, newspapers, advertising agencies and NGOs. He loves to draw comics and illustrate children’s books. He has partnered with Subhadra Sen Gupta on countless projects including a Feluda comics series. Ruskin Bond is one of his favourite authors and he loves to read Tintin comics.

Specification

• Product Code : BK8690
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : June 1, 2011
• Pages : 82
• Weight : 160 gm.
• Size : 5.5 x 0.2 x 8.5 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : Subhadra Sen Gupta, Tapas Guha
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8129137593
  ISBN-13: 978-8129137593

Description

English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World is an all-encompassing study of English literature from Anglo-Saxon 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 twentieth-century 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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• Product Code : BK8689
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : September 1, 2015
• Pages : 672
• Weight : 550 gm.
• Size : 5.5 x 8.5 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : William J. Long
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 817167772X
  ISBN-13: 978-8171677726

Description

E.M. Forster was a remarkable personality whose life and works helped bridge the gap between the cultures of the East and the West. This book was published in 1964, a year that marked both Foster’s 84th birthday as well as the 40th anniversary of the publication of A Passage to India.
This volume contains the essays of six prominent writers from the Indian sub-continent who came together to pay tribute to the magic evoked by Foster’s writing. It also includes Foster’s tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and selections from Abinger Harvest, The Hill of Devi, A Passage To India, and Two Cheers for Democracy.

About the Author: K. Natwar Singh

K. Natwar Singh was a member of the Rajya Sabha and a member of the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations. Contributors include Narayana Menon, author and former secretary of the Indian National Academy of Music; and the well-known writers, Raja Rao, Santha Ram Rau, Mulk Raj Anand and Ahmed Ali.

Specification

• Product Code : BK8688
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : January 1, 2002
• Pages : 169
• Weight : 190 gm.
• Size : 5.1 x 0.5 x 7.8 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : K NATWAR SINGH
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 817167772X
  ISBN-13: 978-8171677726

Description

Blood and fire have often blighted Afghanistan, the three Anglo-Afghan wars being among the bloodiest and the cruelest in its history. But Britain’s partitioning of Afghanistan will rank as the greatest crime of the nineteenth century. That arbitrary line which Mortimer Durand drew in 1893 on a small piece of paper continues to bleed Afghanistan and hound the world. Alas, this story remained untold until now.

Written in an inimitable style, Durand’s Curse is the result of deep research. Fascinating details from long-buried archives of history reveal for the first time a tale of intrigue and deceit against Afghanistan. First the British and then Pakistan had taken away territory that originally belonged to Afghanistan. But the divided Pathan families refuse to accept this division even now and for the last century and over, there has been a struggle to rub out the cursed line drawn across the sand.

Rajiv Dogra brings alive the wars, the tragedies and the Afghan anger against injustice in this heart-wrenching account of Afghanistan’s misfortunes. This is an absolutely riveting story of the Indian sub-continent’s history told by an important writer of our generation.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Rajiv Dogra is a writer, television commentator and artist. A career foreign service officer of the 1974 batch, he was India’s Ambassador to Italy and Romania, the Permanent Representative to the United Nations Agencies in Rome and the last Consul General in Karachi.

An active public speaker, Dogra is one of India’s foremost commentators on foreign policy and strategic affairs and is noted for his considered and assertive views. He is the bestselling author of Where Borders Bleed, regarded as one of the most authoritative books on India–Pakistan relations.

Specification

• Product Code : BK8687
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : August 21, 2017
• Pages : 264
• Weight : 380 gm.
• Size : 5.9 x 0.9 x 8.3 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : Rajiv Dogra
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8129148641
  ISBN-13: 978-8129148643

Description

'Although the India of Kim is no more, and the Grand Trunk Road is now a procession of trucks instead of a slow-moving caravan of horses and camels, India is still a country in which people are easily lost and quickly forgotten.

Did you know that Delhi was half its present size in the 1940s and 50s? Can you imagine a Dehradun with lush greenery, with hardly any commercial places? Do you remember steam engines or have you ever sat in a train pulled by one?

This book takes you back in time as Ruskin Bond relives his memories in timeless classics like 'Summertime in Old Delhi, 'Bhabijis House, My Fathers Trees in Dehra, creating as only he can, vignettes imbued with nostalgia. Add to these the punch of stories like 'A Station for Scandal, the thrill of 'Picnic at Fox-Burn and the surprise twist of 'The Eyes have It—and you have a story for every mood!

This collection of seventeen stories showcases Bond at his story-telling best.

About the Author: Ruskin Bond

Ruskin Bond has been writing for over sixty years, and now has over 120 titles in print—novels, collections of short stories, poetry, essays, anthologies and books for children. His first novel, The Room on the Roof, received the prestigious John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1957. He has also received the Padma Shri (1999), the Padma Bhushan (2014) and two awards from Sahitya Akademi—one for his short stories and another for his writings for children. In 2012, the Delhi government gave him its Lifetime Achievement Award. Born in 1934, Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar, Shimla, New Delhi and Dehradun. Apart from three years in the UK, he has spent all his life in India, and now lives in Mussoorie with his adopted family.

Specification

• Product Code : BK8686
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : October 20, 2017
• Pages : 126
• Weight : 100 gm.
• Size : 5.9 x 0.9 x 8.3 inches
• Binding : October 20, 2017
• Author : Ruskin Bond
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8129149184
  ISBN-13: 978-8129149183

SPECIFICATION:

• Publisher : Rupa Publications
• By : Shiv Shakti Nath Bakshi
• Cover : Paperback
• Language : English
• Edition : 2018
• Pages : 180
• Weight : 198 gm
• Size : 5.5 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches
• ISBN-10 : 8129150484
• ISBN-13 : 978-8129150486

DESCRIPTION:

The ideals and values that Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya propagated and practised, which led to the growth of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, and later to the birth of the BJP, have been well-laid out in this book. Being thoroughly in sync with the ways of the RSS, he dedicated his life to serve the nation through the Sangh. This book not only traces his journey as one of the primary leaders who instilled the sense of nationality in the country, but also as one who condemned exploitation by the State. While much has been discussed and written on Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, it is not easily accessible to all. This book is an attempt to make his contributions accessible to the general readers for their understanding of his personality and principles.

Description

When the animals of the 'The Great Indian Circus found their lives all topsy-turvy, they realized that turning the world around takes a lot more than just circus acts.Chunky the Funky monkey and Bhole Ram the Brave are among the performing animals of The Great Indian Circus. While Chunky spends most of his time playing pranks on others, Bhole Ram is a shy and gentle elephant who ends up bearing the brunt of Chunkys mischief. Things take a turn when their bodies get switched in a freak accident and they are forced to live each others lives. A cosmic cross connection that leads to complete confusion all around! Trapped in each others bodies, Bhole Ram and Chunky learn to put aside their differences in order to make things smooth in the Circus again—both for themselves and for everyone else—learning some important lessons in life along the way. A delightful read that will leave you smiling long after the last page has been turned...

About the Author: Jugal Hansraj
Jugal Hansraj is a feature film actor, writer and a National Award-winning film director based in Mumbai. He began working in films first as a child actor—Masoom (1983)—and went on to become a lead actor in films like Papa Kahte Hai (1996) and Mohabbatein (2000).In 2006, he turned writer director and made the animated film Roadside Romeo and in 2010 he directed the feature film Pyaar Impossible! He is currently the Head of Creative Development for new projects at Dharma Productions. Cross Connection is his first book. He based in Mumbai, India. Shrirang Sathaye has been an animation lover, designer and director for thirty years. He currently works as an animation consultant. His other interests include political/satirical cartoons and illustrations.

Specification

• Product Code : BK8683
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : 20 December 2017
• Pages : 163
• Weight : 240 gm.
• Size : 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : Jugal Hansraj
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8129149583
  ISBN-13: 978-8129149589

Description

'They pass me everyday, on their way to school—boys and girls from the surrounding villages and the outskirts of the hill station. For many of them, it’s a very long walk to school.’

Adventurous children, mischievous children, responsible children—there are children of every kind in this collection of stories about the children of India. Ruskin Bond, one of India’s favourite children’s writers, has created memorable child protagonists in his short stories, novellas and novels. From Bina and Rusty to the Four Feathers, these characters have delighted readers for years.

In this collection, Ruskin Bond brings together some of these unforgettable children and brings alive, once more, the happiness, wonder, heartache and freedom of childhood.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Ruskin Bond has been writing for over sixty years, and now has over 120 titles in print—novels, collections of short stories, poetry, essays, anthologies and books for children. His first novel, The Room on the Roof, received the prestigious John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1957. He has also received the Padma Shri (1999), the Padma Bhushan (2014) and two awards from Sahitya Akademi—one for his short stories and another for his writings for children. In 2012, the Delhi government gave him its Lifetime Achievement Award.

Born in 1934, Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar, Shimla, New Delhi and Dehradun. Apart from three years in the UK, he has spent all his life in India, and now lives in Mussoorie with his adopted family.

Specification

• Product Code : BK8682
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : July 31, 2017
• Pages : 126
• Weight : 110 gm.
• Size : 5.1 x 0.3 x 7.7 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : Ruskin Bond
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8129147963
  ISBN-13: 978-8129147967

Description

Life is unpredictable and full of challenges. One wrong step and everything can come crashing down. In such a scenario, one often wishes for a roadmap of life, but how is that possible?

Bestselling author Radhakrishnan Pillai’s much-anticipated book, Chanakya in Daily Life, will help you navigate the rough seas of life and stay on course. Covering all aspects of life from the personal to the professional, it will tell you everything from how to begin your day to how to end it, how to choose the right job, stay financially secure, have a happy married life, raise your children the right way, achieve the perfect work-life balance and much more. Like always, Pillai decodes and simplifies the visionary king-maker Chanakya’s teachings from the Arthashastra and Chanakya Niti to provide solutions for any problem that might crop up in any aspect of your life.

Thus, Chanakya in Daily Life is the perfect guru who expects only one thing from the shishya—a willingness to learn.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Radhakrishnan Pillai is the bestselling author of Corporate Chanakya, among many other widely read books. In this book, Chanakya in Daily Life, Pillai simplifies the teachings of Chanakya and shows us how we can use them in daily life in an easy-to-follow manner.

Pillai is revered across the country not only as an author but also as a motivational speaker. This book is highly anticipated by all his followers as it is the first one that covers topics outside of one’s professional life and has a holistic approach towards helping the reader tackle problems that they face on every front.

Specification

• Product Code : BK8681
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : December 1, 2016
• Pages : 285
• Weight : 230 gm.
• Size : 5.1 x 0.7 x 7.8 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : Radhakrishnan Pillai
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8129144441
  ISBN-13: 978-8129144447

Description

Derek O’Brien has been synonymous with quizzing for three decades now. Starting as a quiz master who worked on weekends conducting quizzes, he went from strength to strength and started his own quiz and knowledge company—Derek O’Brien & Associates. Over the years, Derek and his colleagues have conducted tens of thousands of quiz shows.

In this book, he has chosen some of the best, most challenging and most informative questions that were asked in his path-breaking and entertaining Bournvita Quiz Contest series, as well as other quizzes conducted in schools. With this book, get ready to learn interesting facts across a range of subjects and to challenge your mind with the incomparable Derek O’Brien.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Derek O’Brien was born in Kolkata. He began his career as a journalist for Sportsworld magazine but soon shifted to advertising. After working for a number of very successful years as Creative Head of Ogilvy, Derek decided to focus all his energy and talent in his passion—quizzing.

Today, Derek is Asia’s best-known quiz master and the CEO of Derek O’Brien & Associates. He has been the host of the longest-running game show on Indian television, the Cadbury Bournvita Quiz Contest, for which he was voted the Best Anchor of a Game Show at the Indian Television Academy Awards for three years in a row. Always innovating, Derek is also credited with having conducted the first quiz on Twitter in 2010.

Derek has written over fifty bestselling reference, quiz and textbooks. In 2011, he was voted to the Rajya Sabha as a Member of Parliament (MP) and is the Leader of the All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party in the Rajya Sabha and the chief national spokesperson.

Keep in touch with Derek on Twitter, where his handle is @quizderek, and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MPDerekOBrien/

Specification

• Product Code : BK8680
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : June 1, 2017
• Pages : 184
• Weight : 150 gm.
• Size : 5.1 x 0.4 x 7.8 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : Derek O’Brien
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8129147572
  ISBN-13: 978-8129147578
  

Description

Buddha s Orphans is a novel permeated with the sense of how we are irreparably connected to the mothers who birthed us and of the way events of the past, even those we are ignorant of, inevitably haunt the present. But most of all it is an engrossing, unconventional love story and a seductive, transporting read.

About the Author

Samrat Upadhyay was born and raised in Kathmandu, moving to the United States of America at the age of twenty-one. His work has appeared in The Best American Short Stories and The Best of the Fiction Workshops. He is also the author of Arresting God in Kathmandu, a Whiting Award winner, The Royal Ghosts and The Guru of Love. The first Nepalese writer writing in English to be published in the west, he currently lives in Cleveland with his wife and daughter and is a professor at Baldwin-Wallace College.

Specification

• Product Code : BK8679
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : May 1, 2010
• Pages : 460
• Weight : 450 gm.
• Size : 5.5 x 8.5 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : Samrat Upadhyay
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8129116170
  ISBN-13: 978-8129116178

 

Description

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto held the reins of the country from 1971 to 1977. He was overthrown in 1977 by his Chief of Army Staff, General Zia-ul-Haq, and executed in 1979. Zia-ul-Haq ruled over Pakistan for eleven years with an iron fist, curbing all dissent until he got blown up in an air crash in 1988. In almost three decades since, Pakistan’s leadership has changed hands fifteen times. An extremely controversial and confrontational politics is associated with the era of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. It is therefore not surprising that, considering his towering stature, not enough has been researched and written about the tumultuous years of his accession to power culminating in what today is best described as regicide. Syeda Hameed delves deep into the politics of Pakistan, meeting Bhutto’s contemporaries, mining information from archives and letters to bring to the fore a rich yet disturbing life and times of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Syeda Saiyidain Hameed is an Indian social and women’s rights activist, educationist, writer and a former member of the Planning Commission of India. She was awarded the fourth highest civilian honour—the Padma Shri—in 2007, for her contributions to the Indian society.She lives in New Delhi.

Specification

• Product Code : BK8678
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : November 15, 2017
• Pages : 270
• Weight : 440 gm.
• Size : 9.1 x 6 x 1.3 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : Syeda Hameed
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8129149672
  ISBN-13: 978-8129149671

Description

On first reading, this is the story of how Bharatavarsha came into being. But more than that it is the story of Bharata—in the configuration of the continents, the world’s peoples and their location in the brahmanda. It is thus a fascinating account of how a vast geographical expanse is integrated by cosmic awareness. Rivers and mountains crisscross the landscape of this dramatic story, livened up by great colourful races and individuals.

Equally challenging is the underlying search for answers to ancient, profound questions. Which of the known Bharatas is the Bharata in Bharatavarsha? How far did this Bharatavarsha extend? What was the Suryasadan or solar observatory? How many siddhis and vidyas were there to be learned, which we seem to have lost now?
What are the cosmic entities? How many worlds are there? What are the key forces of nature? How do these forces exist externally as well as within living beings? What is jnana? What is vijnana? What is the connotation and denotation of the word ‘veda’?

Throughout the book run such investigations of profound questions and the answers are sought in ancient texts—the search illuminated along the way by sparks of surprising insights.

Specification

• Product Code : BK8677
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : 20 October 2017
• Pages : 650
• Weight : 910 gm.
• Size : 9.4 x 6.4 x 2.2 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : Pandit Madhusudan Ojha
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8129149133
  ISBN-13: 978-8129149138

 

Description

Even after he has composed the awesome Mahabharata, the Maharishi Vyasa finds no peace. Narada Muni says to him, Ordinary men will be delighted by your work, but what about the Sages of heaven and earth? You have described the human life, its strife and its ends, but you have not yet described the Lord himself. You must turn your great gift to that task; only then will you find peace. Veda Vyasa composes the Bhagavata Purana, in eighteen thousand slokas and twelve kandas. He teaches it to his illumined son Suka, who narrates the Secret Purana to Yudhishtira s heir, King Parikshit, on the banks of the Ganga. The Bhagavata Purana is a living embodiment of the Lord Narayana and claims to bestow moksha merely by being heard. Just before Krishna, the Avatara, leaves the world, Uddhava says to him, leave us a tangible form, Lord, in which we can find you, touch you, and be near you. Krishna enters the Bhagavata Purana with all of his being. This book is a full literary rendering of the Bhagavata Purana, bringing all the wonder, wisdom and grace of the Book of God to the modern reader.

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Set in the once-fabled land of Kashmir, Behold, I Shine moves beyond male voices and focuses, instead, on what the struggle means for the Valley’s women and children—those whose husbands remain untraceable; whose mothers are half-widows; those who have confronted the wrath of ‘Ikhwanis’, or the scrutiny of men in uniform, and what it means to stand up to it all.

This book also brings to focus the resilience of the Valley’s women and children—of activists like Parveena Ahangar and Anjum Zamrud Habib, who, after debilitating losses, start human rights organizations; of ordinary homemakers like Munawara who have taken on the judiciary; and of a young generation of thinkers like Uzma Falak and Essar Batool who foreground the interaction of gender, politics and religion, and won’t let Kashmir forget.

Stitching together their narratives, Behold, I Shine not only memorializes women’s voices—thus far forgotten, unwritten, suppressed or sidelined—but also celebrates the mighty spirit of the Valley.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Freny Manecksha is an independent journalist, published in Himal Southasian and The Times of India: Crest Edition, among other publications, who has reported extensively from Kashmir, covering human rights and development issues. She has also worked with The Times of India and The Indian Express. Freny lives in Mumbai.

Specification

• Product Code : BK8675
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : May 1, 2017
• Pages : 182
• Weight : 150 gm.
• Size : 5.1 x 0.4 x 7.8 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : Freny Manecksha
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8129145715
  ISBN-13: 978-8129145710

 

Description 

Lucknow, the cultural capital of erstwhile Awadh region, has charmed generations into writing about the city. But there is no book that captures all the aspects of Awadhi culture, history and traditions of the region.

Awadh Symphony: Notes on a Cultural Interlude is an extensively detailed volume which takes you on a journey to a bygone era and gives a glimpse of everyday life in this North Indian kingdom. Revisiting Awadh, it offers almost all aspects of human activity—from culture, cuisine, craft and religious ritual to games, fairs and bazaars; from life of ordinary Muslim women to courtesans, who were a part of the famous Sham-i-Awadh; from the tradition of dastangoi to the recitation of marsiya; and much more.

A staunch bibliophile and an ardent admirer of Lucknow, author Aslam Mahmud had collected every possible book on Awadh throughout his life, consulting each of these to pen the work of a lifetime—a compendium on Lucknow with rare information and an exceptional guide to the life and times of Awadh.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Aslam Mahmud (1940–2016) was a well-known literary figure of Lucknow and a staunch bibliophile. During his lifetime, Mahmud had built a collection of more than 15,000 books in his personal library in Lucknow. The major part of his collection comprised English, Urdu and Persian literature, Islamic calligraphy and books on Awadh. He also had an extensive stock of old postal stamps; picture postcards; and rare photos, books and movie posters. A number of celebrated scholars of India and Pakistan used to visit his library to benefit from his collection.

Mahmud did his schooling from St Francis College and La Martinière College, Lucknow. Later, he graduated in science and law from the University of Lucknow. Aslam Mahmud joined the Indian Railway Traffic Service and held various important positions all over India, including Lucknow and Delhi. He retired as Additional Member, Railway Board, in 2000.

Specification 

• Product Code : BK8674
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : May 1, 2017
• Pages : 368
• Weight : 440 gm.
• Size : 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : Aslam Mahmud
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8129146509
  ISBN-13: 978-8129146502

Description :

George Orwell (1903-1950) was the pen name of Eric Blair. He was born to Richard Walmesley Blair and Ida Mabel Limonzin as their second child in Motihari, Bengal (India) in 1903 where his father worked as a civil servant

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

George Orwell (1903-1950) was the pen name of Eric Blair. He was born to Richard Walmesley Blair and Ida Mabel Limonzin as their second child in Motihari, Bengal (India) in 1903 where his father worked as a civil servant. He was taken to England at the age of one along with his mother and sister. After finishing his studies at Eton he joined The Indian Imperial Police at Burma (now Myanmer) as an assistant superintendent. Eventually his mounting dislike of imperial rule led him to resign from the post in 1928 and return to England. He was a confirmed anti-imperialist.

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• Product Code : BK8673
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : August 31, 2013
• Pages : 124
• Weight : 120 gm.
• Size : 7 x 4.6 x 0.3 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : George Orwell
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 812911612X
  ISBN-13: 978-8129116123
  

Description:

Weaving together the narratives of non-conformist women from real life with those imagined, An Unsuitable Woman introduces you to the everyday heroines in the Indian society confronting patriarchy. This book includes seventeen inspirational and touching contributions in the form of prose and poetry, from writers like Anand Neelakantan, Madhavi Mahadevan, Sukla Singha, Humra Quraishi and Mitra Phukan, among others. It offers fascinating glimpses of everyday rebellion against patriarchy by a handful of women-from Amrita Sher-Gil, the rebel artist to Leila Seth, the first female chief justice of a state High Court, and to Social Activist Chandraprabha's unassailable belief in her reforms; the legendary Nangeli who severed her breasts to assert her dissent against an unjust social order to Jahnavi Barua's nameless protagonist who renders all social stigmas. Plunge into the world of these 'unsuitable' women and partake of their undaunted spirit.

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• Product Code : BK8672
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : January 11, 2017
• Pages : 168
• Weight : 130 gm.
• Size : 5.1 x 0.4 x 7.8 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : Shinie Antony
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8129149206
  ISBN-13: 978-8129149206

Description:

How can two people survive in a marriage when one of them sees it as an impediment to personal growth?

Well, you keep trying and eventually figure ways of making it work. An Unlikely Chemistry is the story of a couple—a scientist and a filmmaker—who battle personal issues and external challenges, and go on to build a life on their own terms.

The scientist, Mohana, stands up to a crippled system, determined to discover an Ayurvedic drug for cancer. On the threshold of global recognition, she is compelled to abandon her research due to the biases of a system plagued by caste-based reservations.

The filmmaker, Krishnaswamy, provoked by a distorted American documentary on India, vows to make an authentic film on Indian history, heritage and culture. A vow he fulfils with the release of his four-hour film, Indus Valley to Indira Gandhi, distributed by Warner Bros.
Krishnaswamy and Mohana then join hands to weave an illustrious tapestry of over two hundred non-fiction films and a dozen television serials. However, their path is littered with politics, controversies, legal battles and societal prejudices, but their belief in righteousness and spirituality helps them overcome these hurdles.

An Unlikely Chemistry is the remarkable autobiography of a couple—their love and their journey of nearly five decades. Within these pages, there’s also the veritable magic and nostalgia of a bygone era.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Dr S. Krishnaswamy is a well-known documentary and television filmmaker. He is a recipient of many coveted awards, including the Padma Shri by the Government of India; Life Time Achievement Award from the US International Film & Video Festival, Los Angeles; Honor Summus Award from the Watumull Foundation, Hawaii, among many other awards. He co-authored the book Indian Film with Erik Barnouw.

Specification:

• Product Code : BK8671
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : February 28, 2018
• Pages : 368
• Weight : 260 gm.
• Size : 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.5 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : Dr S. Krishnaswamy
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 812914915X
  ISBN-13: 978-8129149152

 

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On 5th June 1984, the Indian army began its attack on the complex at Amritsar which houses the two most sacred shrines Generals who had pledge to minimum force, and on no account to violate the shrines, were not prepared for the fierce and adept resistance they encountered. Having suffered severe casualties, the infantry were driven back and as last resorts with approval from Delhi tanks were ordered in. The Akal Takht was virtually reduced to rubble. It is doubtful if Mrs. Gandhi would have initiated Operation Blue Star had she known how bloody and devastating would be the consequences of that 24 hour conflict.

Specification

• Product Code : BK8670
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : December 31, 2006
• Pages : 261
• Weight : 240 gm.
• Size : 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.5 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : Mark Tully
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8129109174
  ISBN-13: 978-8129109170

 

 

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‘Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man’s life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.’—B.R. Ambedkar

Born in 1891 into an Untouchable family, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar is the man behind the Indian Constitution and the champion of the Dalit cause. Much ahead of his times, he raised pertinent issues pertaining to the broader cause of nation-building process for India. This is a collection of extracts from some of his finest works that capture him as a modernist thinker with an outstanding intellectual sweep over the major aspects of a then newly independent nation. These writings cover a wide range of issues such as the caste system, Untouchability, Hinduism, status of women, the multiple religions in India, creation of Pakistan, the constitution, and much more.

Ambedkar: An Overview is both a handy reference guide and a preamble for those who wish to familiarize themselves with the pioneering works of Babasaheb.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

Dr B.R. Ambedkar (1891–1956) was an Indian jurist, social reformer, politician, economist and writer. He was the champion of the Dalit cause and fought against the discrimination against the Untouchables. He was one of the founders of the Indian Constitution and the first Law Minister of independent India. His best known works include The Annihilation of Caste, The Buddha and His Dhamma, Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development, Pakistan or the Partition of India, and many others.

Specification

• Product Code : BK8669
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : January 1, 2018
• Pages : 440
• Weight : 300 gm.
• Size : 5.1 x 1 x 7.8 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : B. R. Ambedkar
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8129149931
  ISBN-13: 978-8129149930

Description

India is the most amazing country in the world. It is indeed ‘incredible India’ even with all its oddities. Discover amazing facts about our country in this book such as:

• The Tirupati Balaji temple and the Kashi Vishwanath temple both received more visitors than the Vatican City and Mecca combined.
• Varanasi is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world today.
• India has more mosques (300,000) than any other nation in the world.
• India is the largest English-speaking nation in the world.

Besides these, there are many more amazing facts of India that will make you hold your breath! Grab this book today!

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Terry O’Brien is an esteemed academician and an ardent quiz aficionado. He is keenly interested in kindling the quizzing instinct in people and an aptitude to develop the 3 Rs of learning: Read, Record, and Recall. He is a trainers’ instructor and a motivational speaker. He has penned a number of books. He is very well known for his flair for speaking and his articulating abilities in writing.

Specification

• Product Code : BK8668
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : August 20, 2016
• Pages : 116
• Weight : 160 gm.
• Size : 5.5 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : Terry O’Brien
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8129139898
  ISBN-13: 978-8129139894

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"Raghu is lying in bed, bored and longing for adventure, when his wish suddenly comes true. Hanuman, till now only a friendly face on a poster, appears by his bed. He invites Raghu to join him as he sets off to help Rama rescue Sita from Lanka. Soon, Raghu finds himself flying, seated on Hanuman s shoulder and, along with his new friend, he leaps across the sea, reaches Lanka and finds Sita. Battling rakshasas and demons, changing size and finding his way through the maze that is Ravana s palace, Raghu has the best adventure of his life with the cheerful and brave monkey god!

Funny and endearing, Hanuman comes to life like never before in this zany retelling of his adventures, all accompanied by exciting and lively illustrations."

Specification

• Product code : BK8666
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : February 28, 2018
• Pages : 270
• Weight : 290 gm.
• Size : 5.1 x 0.5 x 7.8 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : Murray Eldridge
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8129129345
  ISBN-13: 978-8129129345