ABOUT THE BOOK The essays in Because India Comes First discuss a range of issues that are at the heart of contemporary debates in India: democracy as the responsibility of the head of state, rule of law, peace and public order, Mahatma…
ABOUT THE BOOK Walk—to explore; walk—to discover; walk, and you shall arrive. At fifty-three, Gita Balakrishnan—an architect by profession—set out to discover India on foot. Her main aim for going on this journey was to explore design sensibilities intrinsic to…
ABOUT THE BOOK This collection of 20 stories brings you the account of the resilience and brilliance of iconic Indian women, who rose to be trailblazers and trendsetters against all odds. Even in this day and age, when conversations about…
ABOUT THE BOOK Women tend to work much harder, yet they are held to higher standards and face greater obstacles when it comes to receiving their deserved recognition. She Storms the Norms is a powerful sequel to the bestselling book Storm the Norm,…
BOOK DESCRIPTION (INR-799, PP-344) The Greatest Punjabi Stories Ever Told features some of the best short fiction to emerge from Punjab over the last century. Covering four generations of Punjabi writers, the anthology includes celebrated storytellers such as Gurbaksh Singh, Balwant…
BOOK DESCRIPTION (INR-799, PP-296) ‘India lives in its villages’. This statement popularized by Mahatma Gandhi is often referred to in discussions about the country, its past, and its possible future. But what exactly is the Indian village? In the most…
BOOK DESCRIPTION (INR-499, PP-200) The aphorism is one of the oldest forms of literary expression and has been around for thousands of years. It is a concise statement or observation that expresses a general truth, principle, or nugget of wisdom,…
This book is a collection of essays on various themes that have engaged Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien in his political career and in his attempts to contribute to the shaping of public debate and policy making. Derek tells readers…
ABOUT THE BOOK Legendary writer Nirupama Devi’s Didi is the story of a diligent, assertive and capable woman who, according to her own admission, loves to be in charge of things. Surama can take responsibilities and deliver on them as…
ABOUT THE BOOK In seventeenth-century India, the Marathas were rooted in the vocation of cultivation, working as tillers, peasants and landowners. They were also active in the field of politics and administration, and the rulers of the Maratha clan were…
ABOUT THE BOOK Ram Chandra Kak, the Kashmiri Pandit prime minister of Jammu and Kashmir, was ousted by Maharaja Hari Singh, and put behind bars on the eve of India and Pakistan’s independence. Over the decades, the blame for Maharaja…
ABOUT THE BOOK Starting from the early days of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) under the guidance of Dr Vikram Sarabhai and Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam to leading the organization himself, G. Madhavan Nair has had an eventful tenure…