Is it possible to change your fate?
Madhuri Iyer is doomed. Doomed for her upcoming senior year to be a total failure, according to her astrology-obsessed mother, and doomed to a happily-ever-after with her first boyfriend, according to her family curse. Determined to prove the existence of her free will, Madhuri devises an experimental relationship with the one boy she knows she'll never fall for.
Arjun Mehta is also at the mercy of the stars, but he isn't complaining. His astrological reading destines him for success, and he resolves to use his year of good luck to show Madhuri that they should be more than just childhood best friends. When Madhuri offers him the opportunity to be her relationship lab rat, it feels like the universe is finally on his side, so Arjun puts his heart on the line.But as their opposing prophecies slowly become true and real feelings begin to cloud their experiment, Madhuri will have to decide if charting her own destiny is worth breaking Arjun's heart -- and her own.
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.
The Amar Chitra Katha Festival Collection brings together five of the most celebrated titles in the Amar Chitra Katha chapter book catalogue. This collection includes Funny Folktales, Tales of Wit and Wisdom, Amazing Folktales from South Asia, Jataka Tales and Fabulous Fables from India.
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.
The Grand Amar Chitra Katha Collection brings together all twelve titles published in the much-loved Amar Chitra Katha chapter book series. This collection includes Buddhist Stories, Tales of Wit and Wisdom, Funny Folktales, Amazing Folktales from South Asia, Fascinating Stories from India, Unusual Fables from India, Jataka Tales, Fabulous Fables from India, Witty Minister Stories, Stories from the Panchatantra, Royal Fantasy Stories and Favourite Indian Folktales.
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"The Immortal King Rao explores the limits of our own species. Somewhere between the communal experience of Dalits in rural India and the insidious rise of MNCs and AI, lies our own fate. Vara leaves you with questions and insights-and with the feeling of being trapped, along with her characters, in a world oblivious of its own mortality." - Shubhangi Swarup, author of Latitudes of Longing
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NAVIN CHAWLA has had a ringside view of Indian elections. As chief election commissioner, he supervised the landmark 2009 general election and several key state elections as well. Drawing on his wide-ranging experience, this book presents a riveting account of how the daunting task of conducting the largest electoral exercise in the world is undertaken. He also sheds light on the other issues India faces in conducting polls due to its size, population, geographical diversity and the challenges posed by the people in power.
With
the 2024 elections just round the corner, Every Vote Counts is a book that
every concerned and interested Indian must read.
From the bestselling author of Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish and Follow Every Rainbow, comes a set of sparkling stories that explores the full gamut of human emotions, vulnerabilities and truths, and captures the distinct spirit of our times.
Deceptively simple in their telling, and occasionally laced with dark humour, the short glimpses of life in Rashmi Bansal’s first foray into fiction will take readers by surprise, and by turns inspire, move and entertain them.
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Myung and Laleh are keepers of the whale of babel. They roam within its cosmic chambers, speak folktales of themselves, and pray to an enigmatic figure they know only as ‘Great Wisa’. To Laleh, this is everything. For Myung, it is not enough.
When Myung flees the whale, she stumbles into a new universe where shapeshifting islands and ancient maps hold sway. There, she sets off on an adventure that is both tragic and transformative, for her and Laleh. For at the heart of her quest lies a mystery that has confounded scholars for generations: the truth about the mad sisters of Esi.
Fables, dreams and myths come together in this masterful work of fantasy by acclaimed author Tashan Mehta, sweeping across three landscapes, and featuring a museum of collective memory and a festival of madness. At its core, it asks: In the devastating chaos of this world, where all is in flux and the truth ever-changing, what will you choose to hold on to?
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In a world defined by estrangement, where is communion to be found? The characters in This Is Salvaged search fervently for meaning through one another:
A young girl reads the encyclopedia to her elderly neighbor who is descending into dementia…
A pair of teenagers seek intimacy as phone-sex operators…
One sister consumes the ashes of another…
And, in the title story, an experimental artist takes on his most ambitious project: constructing a life-size ark according to the Bible’s specifications…
In stories that are wise and funny, beautiful and strange, Vauhini Vara-author of the award-winning The Immortal King Rao, and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize-writes with compassion, but without sentimentality, about loss and longing and attempting to find hope in the midst of grief.
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Hari Krishna Kaul, one of the very best modern Kashmiri writers, published most of his work between 1972 and 2000. His short stories, shaped by the social crisis and political instability in Kashmir, explore – with an impressive eye for detail, biting wit, and deep empathy – themes of isolation, individual and collective alienation, corruption, and the social mores of a community that experienced a loss of homeland, culture, and language.
In these pages, we will find: friends stuck forever in the same class at school while the world changes around them; travelers forced to seek shelter in a battered, windy hostel after a landslide; parents struggling to deal with displacement as they move away from Kashmir with their children, or loneliness as their children leave in search of better prospects; the cabin fever of living through a curfew…
Brilliantly translated in a unique collaborative project, For Now, It Is Night brings a comprehensive selection of Kaul’s stories to English readers for the very first time.
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Sara and Crystal are ordinary teenagers. Or so they think – until the day they learn that they are princesses of the magical land of Catriona and their world turns upside down. Their mothers, the rightful rulers of Catriona, are being held prisonerby Merissa, the wicked queen. Sara and Crystalmusthelp rescue their mothers, and to do this, they have to journeyto a land that does not appearon any known map.
Thrown headlonginto a world of vengeful, manipulative gods and deadly sorcerers, the two girls learn the art of magical warfare. But will that be nough to counter the evil unleashed by Merissa and her protector, Loki?
Filled with fantastic action, adventure and intrigue, Heirs of Catriona, the first book in the Catriona series, casts a spell on the reader from the very first page.
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