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by Devdutt Pattanaik
Many historians believe that Jainism and other hermit schools were simply a reaction to Vedic ritualism. But for most Jains, their religion has no origin: it has always been around. Jainism was rediscovered by Rishabh-dev, the first Tirthankar of this…
₹ 499.0000
by Patrick Olivelle
This is the first book in the Indian Lives series, edited and curated by Ramachandra Guha.Ashoka, the last great Mauryan emperor, is one of the most iconic figures in Indian history. Under his rule (268-232 BCE) the Mauryan empire extended…
₹ 799.0000
by Chitralekha Zutshi
This is the second book in the Indian Lives series, edited and curated by Ramachandra Guha.The Kashmiri leader Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah (1905-82) is one of the best-known and most controversial political figures of twentieth-century South Asia. A fierce Kashmiri nationalist,…
₹ 799.0000
by Nico Slate
In 1947, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay made an unexpected visit to a gloomy government building in New Delhi to confront one of the gravest crises facing the newly independent nation-the fate of the millions of refugees pouring across the borders with Pakistan.…
₹ 799.0000
by Monika Halan
We work hard to earn our money. But regardless of how much we earn, the money worry never goes away. Bills, rent, EMIs, medical costs, vacations, kids' education and, somewhere at the back of the head, the niggling fear of…
₹ 399.0000
by Monika Halan
In the past two decades, mutual funds have emerged as the preferred investment option for Indians. They offer liquidity, and ease of entry and exit, along with potentially higher returns. This, in turn, makes mutual funds a natural choice over…
₹ 399.0000
by Kunal Purohit
Can a song trigger a murder?Can a poem spark a riot?Can a book divide a people?Away from the gaze of mainstream urban media, across India's dusty, sleepy towns, a brand of popular culture is quietly seizing the imagination of millions,…
₹ 499.0000
by Zeyad Masroor Khan
Zeyad Masroor Khan was four years old when he realized that an innocent act of clicking a switch near a window overlooking the street could trigger a riot. As the distant thud of a crowd grew closer and calls for…
₹ 599.0000
by Radhika Iyengar
In the land of the dead, there is life all around.Banaras, Uttar Pradesh. A place where life and death co-exist in the most unimaginable way.The Doms are a Dalit sub-caste in Banaras designated by tradition to perform the Hindu rite…
₹ 599.0000
by Sohini Chattopadhyay
The Day I Became a Runner starts from a striking premise-that, since running is a solitary activity conducted in the public sphere, women who take up this sport pose a more direct challenge to patriarchy than those who play sports…
₹ 599.0000
by Priyesh Khanna | Alasdair Ross
Why are some people successful in their careers while others falter? What persuades managers to promote some and not others to responsibility, opportunity and prosperity? Is it all down to natural gifts, or are there techniques that any person can…
₹ 599.0000
by Sreedhar Bevara
'How many were killed in the attack today?' asked Fursa, the senior sheep. He was surveying the bloodstained East African grassland where the lions had gone on a rampage, now scattered with the shattered bones of his friends and families.…
₹ 299.0000
by Joy Bhattacharjya | Abhishek Mukherjee
Did you know that ... Chandu Sarwate, Indian Test cricketer, was also a fingerprint expert?Sania Mirza is related to four Test captains, two of them Indian.In addition to roads and neighbourhoods, Sachin Tendulkar also has a racehorse, a variety of…
₹ 599.0000
by Romulus Whitaker | Janaki Lenin
A legend in the arena of wildlife conservation and affectionately hailed as the 'Snakeman of India', Romulus Whitaker has had a lifelong love affair with the 'fierce creatures' that share our planet. This first volume of his fascinating memoir brings…
₹ 699.0000
by Satyarth Nayak
Do you know the story where Brahma and Vishnu race against each other or where Shiva battles Krishna? Do you know about Maya Sita or Narada's monkey face? Or why Surya falls from the sky or why Chandra commits adultery?The…
₹ 599.0000
by Paro Anand
How many times are kids supposed to study Gandhi? Come September and out comes the bald head wig, round glasses, white dhoti, tall stick ... that's about the extent of how today's kids engage with the Mahatma. Chandrashekhar is one…
₹ 250.0000
by Shabnam Minwalla
'Akaash, where are you?'Saira is thrilled about getting her own phone. What she's not so thrilled about is that most of the messages that arrive on it are for somebody called Akaash. As the messages get stranger, Saira's irritation gives…
₹ 299.0000
by Mrinal Pande | Trans. Priyanka Sarkar
When Vidya, a music scholar, sets out to write a book on the history of Hindustani classical music, she uncovers the remnants of a time and a tradition fast receding: when singers embodied the ragas in their purest forms; when…
₹ 499.0000
by Manish Gaekwad
The 1993 Bow Bazaar bomb blast in Calcutta brought an end to the kothas in the busy commercial district. Over the next few years, as dance bars and disco music replaced the old-world charm of mujras, kathak and thumri, the…
₹ 599.0000
by Janice Pariat
Winner of the 2023 AutHer Award for Fiction & Longlisted for the 2023 JCB PrizeIn Everything the Light Touches we meet many travellers: Shai, a young Indian woman who journeys to India's northeast and rediscovers, through her encounters with indigenous…
₹ 599.0000
by Amitava Kumar
One day passes. Then another. A whole succession of days turning into months and years. How to mark our separate days? The places we have been. Our individual passions, our pain. Against the blurring of years, the clarity of a…
₹ 699.0000
by Manreet Sodhi Someshwar
Backed by astute research, The Partition Trilogy captures the frenzy of Indian independence, the Partition and the accession of the states, and takes readers back to a time of great upheaval and churn.
₹ 1450.0000
by Alpa Shah
The Incarcerations pulls back the curtain on Indian democracy to tell the remarkable and chilling story of the Bhima Koregaon case, in which sixteen human rights defenders-professors, lawyers, journalists, poets-have been imprisoned, without credible evidence and without trial, as Maoist…
₹ 799.0000
by Jugal Hansraj | Ruchi Shah
When a stranger tells Kadis to retrieve the Jewel of Nisawa, little does the young prince know that his life is about to change. On the brink of eighteen, Kadis seems to have everything: the love and support of his…
₹ 499.0000
by Ashiish V. Patil | Nikita M. Biswas
Once upon a time, there was a teen,Goldiboy was his name, a total rockstar for the win!So, while he also loved a lot of the same things that other kids do ...He was still a little different from most children…
₹ 599.0000
by Shane Watson
What Separates Winners From Everyone Else?In September 2015, Shane Watson, one of cricket's greatest allrounders, was contemplating retirement. At 34, he was still in great physical shape, but his form had deteriorated following a tragedy the year before. Mentally, he…
₹ 499.0000
by Amish Tripathi | Bhavna Roy
Why do people worship idols?Why does idol worship stubbornly persist despite many centuries of prejudice, bigotry and violence against it?Can such worship help us find our true purpose in life and ultimately attain peace and prosperity?In Idols, a companion volume…
₹ 399.0000
by Gulzar | Rakhshanda Jalil
One of India's greatest and most beloved poets, Gulzar has mesmerized and enchanted generations of readers with his inimitable lyrical expression, visual imagery and poetic thought. There are few Indians who aren't familiar with a verse or two of Gulzar's;…
₹ 4499.0000
by Prahlad Kakar | Rupangi Sharma
In 1971, clutching a princely sum of three hundred rupees in his pocket, Prahlad Kakar arrived in Bombay Central station. During his early days of dire struggle, he slept on benches in train stations and on the sofas of reluctant…
₹ 799.0000
by Kanan Gill
LOG - B:Vacuous detective P. Manjunath and his assistant, Heng, wrestle with an inscrutable mystery pickling their world, but their witless endeavours are pitted against the smartest person in the world--self-disgraced scientist Dr Krishna, who creates and destroys the universes…
₹ 399.0000
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