<p>An Indian myth says that when the river Ganges first descended from the heavens, the force of the cascade was so great that the earth would have been destroyed if it had not been for the god Shiva, who tamed the torrent by catching it in his dreadlocks. It is only when the Ganges approaches the Bay of Bengal that it frees itself and separates into thousands of wandering strands. The result is the Sundarbans, an immense stretch of mangrove forest, a half-drowned land where the waters of the Himalayas merge with the incoming tides of the sea.</p><p><br></p><p>It is this vast archipelago of islands that provides the setting for Amitav Ghosh’s new novel. In the Sundarbans the tides reach more than 100 miles inland and every day thousands of hectares of forest disappear only to re-emerge hours later. Dense as the mangrove forests are, from a human point of view it is only a little less barren than a desert. There is a terrible, vengeful beauty here, a place teeming with crocodiles, snakes, sharks and man-eating tigers. This is the only place on earth where man is more often prey than predator.</p><p><br></p><p>And it is into this terrain that an eccentric, wealthy Scotsman named Daniel Hamilton tried to create a utopian society, of all races and religions, and conquer the might of the Sundarbans. In January 2001, a small ship arrives to conduct an ecological survey of this vast but little-known environment, and the scientists on board begin to trace the journeys of the descendants of this society.</p>

<p>Hilarious, heartrending, and wise, Nishanth Injam’s stories made me want to cast all else aside and return home.” – Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning</p><p>A young man traveling on a bus to his hometown as his fellow passengers vanish into the restroom…</p><p>A woman returning to a small village in India to visit her grandfather who lives with the ghosts of his son and wife…</p><p>A man preparing for his Green Card interview with the American woman he has paid to marry him…</p><p>The stories in The Best Possible Experience bring us intimate, impeccably realized accounts of individuals haunted, in every sense of the word, by a loss of home. With rare empathy, Nishanth Injam delivers a universal inquiry into the idea of belonging, and shows, above all, that home is not a place so much as a people ready to accept you as you are.</p><p>Vivid, vibrant, and unwaveringly affecting, these short stories announce the arrival of an incredible new literary talent.</p>

<p>In the wilderness of humanity</p><p><br></p><p>In the forest of the mind</p><p><br></p><p>Who eats whom?</p><p><br></p><p>Who sees whom?</p><p><br></p><p>Aranyaka is about the great forests within us, and without. Braiding Vedic philosophy with the story of three spirited seekers, it explores the fears and hungers that underpin all human interactions.</p>

<p>My heart hummed a happy tune as I got into the car with Ankush and directed him towards Suchi’s home. Of course, I had no idea about the strange games that the gods were playing that day. Sometimes things happen for a reason, though they are not obvious at that moment, and there is nothing you can do to control them.</p><p>When Vipasha–Vee to friends–eighteen and single, makes the decision to have her baby, she does more than give up her promising modelling career. She ends up cutting ties with her family, and with Ankush, the man she thought she was in love with.</p><p>Fast-forward sixteen years and she now has two unusual careers: she runs a dog-boarding facility and is a gym instructor. Her son, Aryan, thinks she is the coolest mom in the world and hopes she will one day find her Prince Charming–exactly what her best friend Suchi has in mind for her. But Vee secretly has a thing for Saurabh, the quirky vet. Then, out of the blue, Ankush comes back into their lives.</p><p>But can a decision that was taken at eighteen–more in the throes of lust than love–be the basis of a life-long relationship? Is there a future for Ankush and Vee?</p><p>Vee, Aryan and Ankush are in for the ride of their lives. No seat belts, full speed and a very bumpy road ahead. It Happens for a Reason is an enthralling story-about love, strong friendships and unusual choices made along paths never travelled before.</p>

<p>Set largely in Delhi between 1980 and 2010, the nine interlinked stories in The House Next to the Factory follow Kavya and her post-Partition immigrant family, their servants, tutors, cousins and lovers, their loneliness, aspirations and small-scale ambitions.</p><p>Life in the house is humdrum and confining, but on a rare evening Kavya sets out in search of a nun; a beloved teacher is caught in the aftermath of the anti-Sikh riots; in England, an aunt reads William Trevor and pines for all that she has left behind; the family’s steel utensil business blossoms, and amid the clanging of metal and the churning of machines, the household transitions from bourgeois to elite. Yet at thirty, Kavya finds herself in Paris, hoping to get past the sorrows of her young life…</p><p>Delicate and finely textured, Sonal Kohli’s extraordinary debut lays bare the complexities of class and culture, even as it evokes the loves and triumphs, the pull of incongruous desires and the tragedies of everyday life.</p>

<p>YATHA AHU VAIRYO ATHA RATUSH ASHAT CHIT HACHA VANGHEUSH…</p><p>AS THE MASTER, SO IS THE JUDGE TO BE CHOSEN IN ACCORD WITH TRUTH.</p><p>A fleet of boats dock at the port of Sanjan in Gujarat in 720 CE. They carry eighteen thousand frightened souls fleeing the cruelty of Iran’s Umayyad Caliphate. Chanting Sanskrit-like prayers, the high priest consecrates a sacred fire to thank their god, Ahura Mazda, leading them to a new home and hope. He uses a mysterious substance to spark the flame, but few know of its miraculous properties or provenance.</p><p>Centuries later, Parsi scientist Jim Dastoor is abducted from his Seattle laboratory and whisked away to Tehran. The Ayatollah believes Jim is the key to uncovering the ancient relic known as the Athravan Star and his men will do anything to possess it, even murder.</p><p>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 into a terrifying chase across vividly changing landscapes.</p><p>Deftly navigating between time and geography, Mazda ke Jadugar, the Hindi translation of the bestselling The Magicians of Mazda, travels backwards, through the epochs of Islamic jihad, Macedonian revenge, Achaemenid glory, messianic birth, Aryan schism-to the Vedic fount from where it began.</p><p>This is Ashwin Sanghi’s most gripping and provocative novel yet.</p>

<p>India’s rich tapestry is woven together by her stories. These tales can be from the great epics and mythology, or from the ancient history of this rich land. But sometimes the stories of the people, passed down from generation to generation – told at bedtimes and celebrations, in schools and homes – are the most astounding. These stories are part of the great collective inheritance from our past generations.</p><p>Unforgettable Amar Chitra Katha Stories brings together some of the most entertaining yet instructive stories in the Amar Chitra Katha catalogue. This collection includes Stories from the Panchatantra, Royal Fantasy Stories and Favourite Indian Folktales.</p>

<p style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 24px;"><font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px;">The foolish frog king, whose blind love for his son led to the demise of his entire kingdom…</span></font></p><p style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 24px;"><font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></p><p style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 24px;"><font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Selfish Papabuddhi, who lost his reputation and a loyal friend over his greed for easy money…</span></font></p><p style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 24px;"><font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></p><p style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 24px;"><font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Dantila, who was taught a lesson in equality by a clever sweeper called Goramba…</span></font></p><p style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 24px;"><font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></p><p style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 24px;"><font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Immerse yourself in these and many more amusing yet instructive stories from the beloved Panchatantra collection.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 24px;"><font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></p><p style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 24px;"><font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Adapted from the original AMAR CHITRA KATHA comics!</span></font></p>

<p>The evil magician, Adhikara, who was outwitted by a twelve-year-old child…</p><p><br></p><p>Kind Nilanjana, whose good, selfless heart earned her the love of a sensible prince…</p><p><br></p><p>Clever Chandralalat, whose quick thinking saved his life and reunited an estranged family…</p><p><br></p><p>Fulfil your fascination for stories of princes and princesses through this rich selection that combines royalty with fantasy.</p><p><br></p><p>Adapted from the original AMAR CHITRA KATHA comics!</p>

<p>The inspiration for A Haunting in Venice – now a major motion picture.</p><p>When a Hallowe’en party turns deadly, it falls to Hercule Poirot to unmask a murderer…</p><p>During a night of party games, Joyce Reynolds boasts that she once witnessed a murder. No one believes her, but then she is found drowned, face down in an apple-bobbing tub.</p><p>Set against a night of trickery and the occult, Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver must race to uncover the real evil responsible for this ghastly murder.</p><p>Hallowe’en Party is the sensational Agatha Christie novel that inspired the brand new feature film directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh. This special edition is introduced by its screenwriter, Michael Green.</p>