105 books
Even the most artistic of imaginings can sometimes seem callow inthe face of truth. That which appears may not be and that which lieshidden might just be the stark, naked face of reality. Where the Rainbow Ends is a racy page-turner that promises totake you on a tempestuous and soul-stirring journey which shallremain with you long after you have put the book down. Rahul had everything going his way-a soaring career, a happy family and all else a man his age could ...
In the middle of the catastrophic 2008 recession, Aditya, a jobless, penniless man meets an attractive stranger in a bar. Little does he know that his life will change forever.
When Radhika, a young, rich widow, marries off her stepdaughter, little does she know that the freedom she has yearned for is not exactly how she had envisioned it.
They say homing pigeons always come back to their mate, no matter where you leave them on the face of this earth. The Homing ...
Have you ever heard of any NRI who: Hasnt washed dishes and vacuumed carpets Hasnt missed any of his friends/ family members wedding in India Doesnt watch Indian movies, no matter how long he has been outside India Hasnt been to a striptease Doesnt indulge in Indian food whenever he visits India on a vacation Do you know any Indian who: Hasnt thought of moving out of India for a better, safer life Isnt fed up of the scams, traffic jams, filth, noise, crowd and ...
What would you do if destiny twisted the road you took? What if it threw you to a place you did not want to go? Would you fight, would you run or would you accept? Set across two cities in India in the early eighties, 'Life is what you make it' is a gripping account of a few significant years of Ankita's life.Ankita Sharma has the world at her feet. She is young, good-looking, smart and has tonnes of friends and boys swooning over her. College life is ...
The book is a journey through the age of confusion and exploration – the late teens, a path through growing up adventures and trysts that must be secret, even in the relative permissiveness of post Gen-Y India. It is a battle on many fronts and the one that cannot be lost is the battle with a debilitating nerve condition – a battle aided by medicine, doctors and good wishes; and yet has to be fought all alone. When the mists clear there is Rupali, the ...
I'm not Twenty Four...I've Been Nineteen for five years..." is story of Saumya whose name is so confusing that people think that she is a boy. After completing his MBA from MDI when she joins The Lala Steel, she never thought that her life will be going to change so drastically. How A Delhite girl survived in small town of karnatka? How She meet an Indian Hippie, Subhro and fall in love with him? How she reacted when she canme to know that ...
Short, sharp and sassy, this collection of satirical sketches snaps a metaphorical finger in front of our eyes. It tells us to wake up and look around before it is too late and and it does so with no great vim and vigour. The hallmark of Asghar Wajahat's writing is its steadfast refusal to strike any loud notes. Each of these ten-part series carries a tiny picture of our everyday life, a cameo of our very "Indianness" and an unabashed look at the life ...
The Man-Eating Wolves of Ashta, is the true story of a pack of man eating wolves that appeared suddenly in the Sehore district of the state of Madhya Pradesh, in central India. These wolves accounted for the deaths of 17 children within the span of less than three months and struck terror in an area roughly the size of state of Delhi. Operating in rugged, hilly terrain, the wolves killed only during the hours of daylight, and after securing their victims, ...
This is Anuradha's first collection of short stories, show-casing her senstivity and talent as a writer. The Coconut-Cutter, a symbolic story, where a married woman falls in love and her emotions and decisions are symbolically linked to the Coconut tree in her yard. It is truly thought-provoking. Ananda's Dream is a love story, different in its tackling of a tried and tested theme. It is the story's essential difference that makes Ananda's Dream stand out as an ...
Every writer tries to bring his or her own philosophy of life and convictions into his/her creation" said Ashapurna Devi. Noi-Chhoi occupies a very significant place in her writings because it narrates the typical happenings of the middle-class Bengali families but is special so far as its technique is concerned. She focuses her attention on the six girls and their families. Being educated and conscious, they are modern and open in their outlook. That is why ...
Jibanananda Das (1899-1954) was perhaps the most important Bengali poet after Tagore. However, the discovery of his unpublished manuscripts and their posthumous publication from the 1980s has gradually introduced a corpus of some eighty short stories and five novels that far exceeds in volume the original poetic canon, and has opened a new window on the literary career of Jibanananda. This volume offers the first ever translation of Jibanananda's early short ...