Indian fiction

One kingdom. Two brothers. A single throne. Princes Rama and Chandra are the sons of Emperor Samudragupta. Often called the Napolean of India, Samudragupta was both an invincible warrior and a faultless ruler – chivalrous, disciplined and moralistic. While Prince Chandra is the ideal prince, hardworking and able, Prince Rama is the

An idyllic village on the banks of the Soan near Rawalpindi, surrounded by stalks of golden wheat and festive songs. Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs eagerly await the end of winter and get together to prepare for Lohri. Amidst this joyous bustle, life comes to a halt when news of a

The Kathasaritsagara – the ocean of stories – is among the world’s great story collections, truly an ocean that carries the reader on its gentle swell to shores far and near, to places known and imagined, to people familiar and strange. Read an excerpt from the book, masterfully translated by Arshia Sattar,

From the ancient ruins of Persepolis to the Taliban camps of Afghanistan, from the womb of an Udvada fire temple to the icy mountains of Kashmir, from the dreadful coffin cells of Tehran to the deathly calm of Diu’s Tower of Silence, Jim and his historian wife, Linda, are sucked

Years after she is found, Shanaya embarks on a dangerous path of discovery to unearth deadly secrets from her past About the Book In a small nondescript hamlet at the foothills of Himachal, Vanessa, an ex-cop and her husband Aiden are coasting blissfully through their post-retirement life.  One day, on