Bloomsbury to Publish The Occasional Virgin by Hanan al-Shaykh Challenging stereotypes of Arab women, The Occasional Virgin features two vividly realised, feisty female characters and fearlessly addresses questions of sexuality, Islam and identity – from the hijab to marriage and…
Bloomsbury to Publish Smart Cities Unbundled by Sameer Sharma Smart Cities Unbundled: Ideas and Practice of Smart Cities in India by Dr. Sameer Sharma, describes the foundational ideas and approaches that have shaped an innovative nationwide Smart City program that…
Bloomsbury to Publish RSS 360 Demystifying Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh by Ratan Sharda RSS 360 shares details about RSS as an organization and how is it completely different from what people think about it. It also elaborates ideology that the organisation follows,…
Bloomsbury to Publish Love and Marriage in Mumbai by Elizabeth Flock A moving and powerful portrait of three marriages in present day Mumbai, often revealed in their most private and intimate details. It is through this level of detail that…
Ruskin Bond’s new book Stumbling Through Life. Releasing in May, his birthday month; is a collection (including his unpublished writings) which gives the readers an insight into Bond’s remarkable journey as a writer. If you’ve read ‘Scenes from a Writer’s Life’, you…
SANAM MAHER is a journalist based in Karachi. Her work has appeared in Al Jazeera, BuzzFeed, The Caravan, the British Film Institute’s Sight and Sound,Roads & Kingdoms and the New York Times’ Women in the World. Below you can read an excerpt from “The Sensational Life And…
Nadya is an author, a psychotherapist and a motivational speaker. Her latest novel, Invisible Ties, has been published by Rupa Publications in August 2017. Nadya has written articles and submitted papers on different psychological constructs and topics in International conferences…
Aleph to Publish Jugaad Yatra by Dean Nelson India’s Mangalyaan mission to Mars and the Tata Nano, the world’s cheapest car, are two of the country’s most celebrated achievements in recent times. They have something in common with the inverter which keeps the lights on…
Arguably K.M. Munshi’s best known work of passion, intrigue and adventure… THE LORD AND MASTER OF GUJARAT translated by Rita Kothari and Abhijit Kothari The kingdom of Patan is under attack from the army of Avanti. People have fled their…
CYBER SEXY rethinking pornography ‘Precise and unflinching’ Alana Massey, author, All the Lives I Want ‘Cyber Sexy is highly intelligent and a great read’ Karuna Nundy, advocate, Supreme Court of India ‘I hope every woman in India reads this book’ Rega Jha, editor-in-chief, BuzzFeed India…
Pub date: 4 June | Imprint: Tranquebar | Price: INR 799 | Non-fiction SD, or Sachin Dev Burman, the man who gave Hindi film music its grammar is perhaps the most enigmatic figure in Indian cine history. As the young…
Pub date: 19 June | Imprint: Tranquebar| Price: INR 599 | Non-fiction The BJP enjoys the predominant position in Indian politics today. In its journey from coalition politics to single-party hegemony, it has emerged as a very different entity from…