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A Monster Meeting Another Monster | Read an Excerpt from “Almond”A Monster Meeting Another Monster | Read an Excerpt from “Almond”
A Monster Meeting Another Monster | Read an Excerpt from “Almond”

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The Emissary meets The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime in this poignant and triumphant story about how love, friendship, and persistence can change a life forever. Almond is the story of Yunjae, who is born with a brain condition called Alexithymia that makes it hard for him to feel emotions

Witness an Ode to Poetry and Art in Namrita Bachchan’s “A Full Circle”Witness an Ode to Poetry and Art in Namrita Bachchan’s “A Full Circle”
Witness an Ode to Poetry and Art in Namrita Bachchan’s “A Full Circle”

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  A Full Circle is an evocative ode to the power of poetry, in which art and verse bring each other alive. In this poem, author and artist Namrita Bachchan describes the magic of childhood and what the world looks like through the eyes of her curious, free-spirited five-year-old daughter, as

Trace the Economic History of India, Read an Excerpt from “The Struggle And The Promise”Trace the Economic History of India, Read an Excerpt from “The Struggle And The Promise”
Trace the Economic History of India, Read an Excerpt from “The Struggle And The Promise”

  India has the potential to lead the world thanks to what it has now – a diverse culture with something for everyone, a young population thirsty for education and achievement, and a strong and diverse private sector. Much must change to achieve India’s potential – targeting rapid economic growth

Liberty After Freedom: The Controversial History of Due Process in IndiaLiberty After Freedom: The Controversial History of Due Process in India
Liberty After Freedom: The Controversial History of Due Process in India

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Liberty After Freedom explores the origins of what is today considered the most important fundamental right in the Indian Constitution – the right to life and personal liberty guaranteed by Article 21. Written in lucid prose and drawing extensively on the Constituent Assembly debates as well as a wide array

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    Mumbai is the City of (Not) Motion in Jugal Mody’s “Turds of Gold”Mumbai is the City of (Not) Motion in Jugal Mody’s “Turds of Gold”
    Mumbai is the City of (Not) Motion in Jugal Mody’s “Turds of Gold”

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    Bombay is suffering from a severe gastric epidemic of inexplicable origins. A young freelance caregiver, Nikunj, discovers that he has the superpower to make anyone poop, and with that poop, cure the person of any stomach ailments. As Nikunj begins to help people, and make money using his superpower, things

    Harley Rustad’s Tale of an American Bagpacker Lost in the Valley of DeathHarley Rustad’s Tale of an American Bagpacker Lost in the Valley of Death
    Harley Rustad’s Tale of an American Bagpacker Lost in the Valley of Death

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    In the vein of Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild, a riveting work of narrative nonfiction centering on the unsolved disappearance of an American backpacker in India—one of at least two dozen tourists who have met a similar fate in the remote and storied Parvati Valley. For centuries, India has enthralled