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by Sanjay Singh
In the 1990s, when Abdul Kareem Telgi spent more than eighty lakh rupees on a dancer in a dance bar one evening, he came under the target of the police, politicians and the underworld. Sanjay Singh, then a reporter at…
₹ 299.0000
by Amish Tripathi
LANKA WILL BURN. DARKNESS WILL PERISH.BUT CAN LIGHT ENDURE?INDIA, 3400 BCE.Greed. Rage. Grief. Love. Smouldering tinder, waiting to trigger a war.But this war is different. This one is for Dharma. This war is for the greatest Goddess of them all.Sita…
₹ 399.0000
by Meena Nayyar | Himmat Singh Shekhawat | Shuchita Mital
In May 1999, the Kargil insurgency was still being viewed as a routine affair. No one quite understood the magnitude of the situation. However, it soon emerged that infiltrators had captured high-altitude posts vacated by Indian soldiers during the winter…
₹ 399.0000
by Sonu Bhasin | Dheeraj Kumar Agarwal
The year was 1932, and a young man had just been banished from the state of Patiala. His crime? He had refused a glass of wine in the celebratory party at the Patiala Palace. It had not mattered to the…
₹ 399.0000
by Shrayana Bhattacharya
In this pathbreaking work, Shrayana Bhattacharya maps the economic and personal trajectories--the jobs, desires, prayers, love affairs and rivalries--of a diverse group of women. Divided by class but united in fandom, they remain steadfast in their search for intimacy, independence…
₹ 499.0000
by Devdutt Pattanaik | Mihir Saswadkar
Artha-shastra is about generating food, i.e. wealth, by creating goods and services; Kama-shastra is about indulging our hungers with this food. Dharma-shastra insists we consider the hunger of others, while Moksha-shastra is about outgrowing our hungers, in order to be…
₹ 350.0000
by Perumal Murugan | Mohan Varma
Written at a time of personal conflict and anguish, the verses in Ek Kapurush ke Geet by Perumal Murugan, sensitively and beautifully translated into Hindi by Mohan Varma, portray the poet's inner turbulence. In times of despair, the only refuge…
₹ 399.0000
by Sanjeev Sanyal
The history of India's struggle for freedom is usually told from the perspective of the non-violent movement. Yet, the story of armed resistance to colonial occupation is just as important. Names such as Vinayak Savarkar, Aurobindo Ghosh, Rashbehari Bose, Bagha…
₹ 399.0000
by Ashwin Sanghi | Naved Akbar
YATHA AHU VAIRYO ATHA RATUSH ASHAT CHIT HACHA VANGHEUSH...AS THE MASTER, SO IS THE JUDGE TO BE CHOSEN IN ACCORD WITH TRUTH.A fleet of boats dock at the port of Sanjan in Gujarat in 720 CE. They carry eighteen thousand…
₹ 450.0000
by Ruskin Bond | D.K. Gupta
It's a letter with advice ... it's Ruskin Bond's definition of Life!Be whatever you want to be...Give it your heart and soul, and you will have made something of your life, my friend. You are all my sons and daughters…
₹ 399.0000
by Prem Rawat
The cacophony of modern life can be deafening, leaving us feeling frazzled and uneasy. In this warm, wise book, Prem Rawat teaches us how to turn down the noise to hear ourselves". Once we learn to truly "hear ourselves" and…
₹ 299.0000
by Sathya Saran
Meet Ritu Nanda. As Raj Kapoor's daughter, she was part of the first family of Bollywood. Her marriage to Rajan Nanda of the Escorts Group led to her joining another illustrious family. Yet, she went on to carve her own…
₹ 299.0000
by Devdutt Pattanaik
Why are Hindus so ritualistic? Why do they worship idols? Are Hindus supposed to be vegetarian? Why is a Hindu prayer different from a Muslim or Christian prayer? Did the arrival of Muslim invaders a thousand years ago destroy Hindu…
₹ 299.0000
by Devdutt Pattanaik | Matthew Rulli | Mihir Saswadkar
The popular names of many yogic asanas -- from Virbhadra-asana and Hanuman-asana to Matsyendra-asana, Kurma-asana and Ananta-asana -- are based on characters and personages from Indian mythology. Who were these mythological characters, what were their stories, and how are they…
₹ 350.0000
by Avni Doshi
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020, AND PUBLISHED IN THE UK AS BURNT SUGARUtterly compelling, complex, unflinching realism - sometimes emotionally wrenching but also cathartic, written with poignancy and memorability. - The Booker Prize Judges 2020Avni Doshi is a writer…
₹ 399.0000
by Ramachandra Guha | Ketan Mishra
When Ramachandra Guha began following the game in the early 1960s, India was utterly marginal to the world of cricket: the country still hadn't won a Test match overseas; by the time he joined the Board of Control for Cricket…
₹ 499.0000
by Amitav Ghosh
A new story from internationally renowned author Amitav Ghosh, Mahaparbat is a cautionary tale of how we have systematically exploited nature, leading to an environmental collapse.Recounted as a dream, this is a fable about Mahaparbat, the Living Mountain; the indigenous…
₹ 399.0000
by Capt. G R Gopinath
This is the journey of a boy born in a remote village, who went from riding a bullock cart to owning an airline, a journey of an entrepreneur who built India's first and largest low-cost airline Filled with rich anecdotes…
₹ 499.0000
by Pankaj Kapur
Amma Bi is an elderly widow who lives alone in her deserted Lucknow haveli. Every afternoon, at precisely 3 o'clock, she hears the sound of unknown footsteps. Every afternoon, she peeks out ... but no one is there. In a…
₹ 299.0000
by Girish Karnad | Srinath Perur | Girish Karnad | Madhu Joshi
Girish Karnad was one of modern India's greatest cultural figures: an accomplished actor, a path-breaking director, an innovative administrator, a clear-headed and erudite thinker, a public intellectual with an unwavering moral compass, and above all, the most extraordinarily gifted playwright…
₹ 399.0000
by Aanchal Malhotra | Brig. Kamal Nayan Pandit
'Every thoughtful person, concerned for the future of this country, needs to read this book.' - Prof. Irfan HabibYaadon ke Bikhre Moti, the Hindi translation of the bestselling Remnants of a Separation, is a unique attempt to revisit the Partition…
₹ 499.0000
by Isha Foundation
In the Yogic tradition, food is alive with a prana of its own. The quality of the food you eat influences the qualities of your body and mind. In Sukh Aur Sehat Ka Swaad, you will find a wealth of…
₹ 299.0000
by Monika Halan | Mridula Halan
We work hard to earn our money. But regardless of how much we earn, the money worry never goes away. Wouldn't it be wonderful if our money worked for us just as we work hard for it? What if we…
₹ 250.0000
by Perumal Murugan
All of Kali and Ponna's efforts to conceive a child have been in vain, subjecting them to taunts and insinuations by others in their community. Their only hope lies in the one night during the chariot festival in the temple…
₹ 299.0000
by Gulzar
It's the winter of 1946. A truck leaves the village of Campbellpur after news of the impending Partition pours in. It is carrying people who don't know where they will go. They have just heard words like 'border' and 'refugee',…
₹ 599.0000
by Vijai Trivedi
There is rarely a moment in history where all political parties give their consent to something without any debate or controversy. There is often some amount of unspoken opposition even in unanimity. But when the ruling NDA government decided to…
₹ 750.0000
by Rishi Kapoor | Meena Iyer
Few actors in Hindi cinema have had the sort of career arc: from the gawky adolescent pining for his schoolteacher (Mera Naam Joker, 1970) to the naughty ninety-year-old (Kapoor & Sons, 2016), Rishi Kapoor has regaled audiences for close to…
₹ 350.0000
by Adeel Hussain | Tripurdaman Singh | Ketan Mishra
From being elected as Congress president in 1929 till his death in 1964, Jawaharlal Nehru remained a towering figure in Indian politics, a man who left an indelible stamp on the history of South Asia. As a leading light of…
₹ 299.0000
by Shital Kakkar Mehra | Dheeraj Kumar Agarwal
The first interview. Handling a difficult boss. The power of words. Networking. Small talk. Dressing for a cocktail dinner. Holding chopsticks. Drinking wine. Twitter etiquette. Sexual harassment in office. Remembering names. Receiving compliments. Women travelling alone. Thank you notes. The…
₹ 299.0000
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