Ashoka And The Nine Unknown (Book Excerpt) by Anshul Dupare You know what, the best revenge will be watching you failing to achieve your dreams. Do what you can, Ashok. The game has just begun! Ashok wandered amidst the corpses,…
Westland to Publish CLASSICAL MUSIC OF INDIA by L. Subramaniam and Viji Subramaniam Classical Music of India is an accessible introduction to Indian classical music that is also a scholarly appraisal of the forms and their place in global systems of…
Charles Sobhraj: Inside the Heart of the Bikini Killer provides glimpses of Charles Sobhraj—the notorious serial killer—without the glitz and trappings lent to his image by media reports. It is not the cold, calculated ‘Bikini Killer’ we find here, but…
This book covers all major aspects of the military history of India, including the organizational and operational dimensions. Beginning with ad 1600, it examines the role of the military from ancient times to the present day. The book also catalogues…
The Best of Tall Tales is a collection of stories curated from the lives of real people. The storytellers in this collection bare their soul, share their inner-most desires, fears, hopes, and inadequacies. Yes, it’s a one of its kind collection…
Bloomsbury to Publish The Great Indian Railways by Arup K Chatterjee ‘In this fascinating cultural history, Arup K Chatterjee charts the extraordinary journey of the Indian Railways, from the laying of the very first sleeper to the first post-Independence…
Chitrangada Mukherjee was born and raised in the scenic north-eastern state of Tripura. She post graduated in History from the Presidency College in Kolkata, a city which made her a thinker. A love affair resulting in marriage brought her to…
Book Name: RIGHT FROM THE START Authors: Prachi Gupta | Sanchit Garg Publisher: Fingerprint Genre: Fiction Rating: 3/5 Book Blurb: Who says best friends can’t be cruel, they are angels with horns. Radhika Gupta has always lived a peaceful life. Until she enters…
Book Name: And The Roses Bled Author: Mehak Daleh Publisher: Fingerprint Genre: Fiction Rating: 4.8/5 Book Blurb: What happens when the dead come back and can’t let go? A catastrophe occurs in what was meant to be a fun-filled day for…
Book Name: Being Reshma Authors: Reshma Qureshi with Tania Singh Publisher: Pan Macmillan Genre: Non-fiction Rating: 4.7/5 Book Blurb: On 19 May 2014, as seventeen-year-old Reshma Qureshi left home for the examination centre, everything happened in a flash. The men rushed towards…
Book Name: Paradise at War: A Political History of Kashmir Author: Dr. Radha Kumar Publisher: Aleph Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: ‘A political scientist on Kashmir once said to me: “You cannot discuss Kashmir, or the Kashmir conflict, without starting with history.”’ In this…
This brief story follows an aging businessman named Kimoto during his would-be triumphant return to Tokyo. Unfortunately, his business meeting does not go according to plan and the man is confronted not only with his fragile self and long-harboured fears…