150 Handpicked Books by Indian Authors | All Genres

Indian writers are renowned everywhere in the world for their powerful and bold writings and have been awarded many times. They see the world differently and are always experimenting with writing techniques. Every genre has a wide range of titles. Here are some titles loved by many. All the genres spread across years of Indian Literature.

In a free state

At first, it’s just a car trip through Africa. Bobby, a civil servant with a guilty appetite for African boys, and Linda, a haughty compound wife, are driving back to their enclave after a visit to the capital. But in the middle is the landscape of an unnamed country, whose squalor and ethnic bloodletting are reminiscent of Idi Amin’s Uganda. And the deeper Naipaul’s protagonists go into it, the more they cross the line that separates privileged outsiders from horrified victims. This Conradian tour de force is accompanied by four incisive portraits of men seeking liberation far from home. In A Free State is Naipaul at his best, alternately funny and terrifying, sorrowful and unforgiving.

 

The White Tiger: Arvind Adiga’s

debut novel, which won the Man Booker Prize, was highly lauded for its fresh perspective on social class disparities and contradictions in contemporary India. The story is told in the first person from the perspective of Balram Halwai, a young man from a poor small village who moves to Delhi to work as a chauffeur for the elite. He is a complicated individual. Servant. Philosopher. Businessman. Murderer. Balram tells us the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life—having nothing but his own wits to help him along—over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier.

The great Indian Novel:

Tharoor has masterfully recast the 2,000-year-old epic, The Mahabharata, with fictional but highly recognisable events and characters from twentieth-century Indian politics in this award-winning, internationally acclaimed novel. Tharoor’s hilarious satire is directed as much at Indian foibles as it is at the bumbling of the British rulers as it is at the Indian struggle for freedom and independence from Great Britain.

 

En route Kasol:

‘En route Kasol’ is a story about three people who live in the small forest town of Kasol in northern India. The 106-acre single-tree forest, which the scientific community considers to be the oldest living thing on the planet, has remained a mystery for centuries. A mentalist, an activist, and a medical researcher join forces to solve this age-old mystery. In the midst of this thrilling adventure, they attempt to solve a major problem that has plagued humanity since the Industrial Revolution. A story that will push the boundaries of human imagination.

 

The Palace of Illusions:

The story follows the princess Panchaali from her birth in fire to her spirited balancing act as a woman with five husbands who have been cheated out of their father’s kingdom. Panchaali is drawn into their quest to reclaim their birthright, accompanying them through years of exile and a terrible civil war involving all of India’s important kings. Meanwhile, we’re never far from her strategic battles with her mother-in-law, her complicated friendship with the enigmatic Krishna, or her secret attraction to the mysterious man who is her husbands’ most dangerous enemy. Panchaali is a fiery female who reimagines a world of warriors, gods, and fate’s ever-changing hands. A retelling of the world-famous Indian epic Mahabharat from the perspective of an extraordinary woman.

 

The god of small things:

This is a wonderful, image-rich novel told through several generations of an Indian family. The central event is the death of a young girl, as well as how racism and petty, CYA politics result in the death of an innocent person for a crime that was never committed. The main character is a girl/woman who is a twin and has an almost surreal connection to her mother. Their family life is described. There is a lot here about Indian history, the caste system, and how it manifests in the modern world. It was nominated for the Booker Prize and is extremely satisfying. This book has a lot of statements that go straight to the heart.

The Satanic Verses:

This is not a book for the faint of heart. The plot, visuals, and large cast of characters are all daunting. It is, however, completely worthwhile, and it flows beautifully once you get into sync with the book. A hijacked jetliner explodes above the English Channel just before dawn one winter morning. Two figures, Gibreel Farishta, India’s biggest star, and Saladin Chamcha, an expatriate returning to Bombay for the first time in fifteen years, plummet from the sky, washing up on the snow-covered sands of an English beach, and go through a series of metamorphoses, dreams, and prophecies.

 

Midnight’s Children:

This fiction is an intriguing family saga as well as an absolutely staggering evocation of a vast land and its people—a brilliant manifestation of universal human comedy. Saleem Sinai was born at midnight on August 15, 1947, the day India gained independence. Saleem grows up to learn the ominous repercussions of this coincidence, as he is greeted by fireworks displays, cheering crowds, and Prime Minister Nehru himself. His every action is mirrored and magnified in events that shape the course of national affairs; his health and well-being are inextricably linked to those of his country; and his life is inextricably linked, at times indistinguishable, from his country’s history.

 

Clear Light of Day:

“Clear Light of Day,” set in the vividly depicted environs of Old Delhi, does what only the very best novels can do: it completely immerses us. The moving relationships between the Das family’s jilted members are at the heart of this “wonderful” novel (Washington Post Book World). Bimla is a discontented but ambitious women’s college teacher who lives in her childhood home with her mentally challenged brother, Baba. Tara is her younger, less aspirational sister, who is married and has her own children. Raja is their well-known, brilliant, and prosperous brother. When Tara returns to see Bimla and Baba, old memories and tensions resurface, blending into a domestic drama that leads to beautiful and profound moments of self-discovery.

 

The Shadow Lines:

The Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh is a book that has the feel of a family to which every middle-class person can relate. The plot is engrossing, satirical, and sarcastic. The pre-colonial period, as well as a significant portion of the pro-colonial period, has been covered. The author has developed the story briefly, with a bleak ending. The author was awarded the prestigious ‘Sahitya Akademi Award’ for her portrayal of the riots during the Indo-Pakistan war. It is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding postcolonial reality!

 

In Custody by Anita Desai:

In Custody is a touching and wonderfully funny story centered on the yearnings and misfortunes of a small town scholar in northern India. Deven, a poor college lecturer, sees an opportunity to escape the cruelty of his daily life when he is asked to interview India’s greatest Urdu poet, Nur – a project that can only end in disaster.

 

Floating Logs:

The floating logs move forward, arriving at their destination in singles or pairs, at their own pace, to their own destiny, in their own way.

He was Meher, beneficence to his kin, himself, and society as a whole, rising from his tiny idyllic world, designed by his fate.

And ringing in the hours, the sentinel of time, is the Clock Tower in Calcutta’s (now Kolkata’s) New Market. The twentieth century has passed. He has struck the twenty-first-century gong. In the folds of time, the present is irreversibly wrapped up as the past.

 

The Blue Umbrella:

The Blue Umbrella is a brief and amusing novella set in the Garhwal hills. It captures life in a village in simple yet witty language, where ordinary characters become heroic and others find opportunities to redeem themselves.

 

Roots and Shadows by Shashi Deshpande:

Nothing appears to have changed in Indu’s ancestral home, from which she had fled so many years ago. But everything is different. Akka, the wealthy family tyrant, has died, and the family is on the verge of major change. And Indu now holds the key to their future. This novel delves deeply into the joint family, revealing its strengths and weaknesses, props and parasites.

A Tiger for Malgudi:

A venerable tiger, now old and toothless, reflects on his life as a cub and his early days roaming free in the Indian jungle. Trapped in a miserable circus career as ‘Raja the Magnificent,’ he is then sold into films (co-starring with a beefy Tarzan in a leopard skin) until, finding the human world to be too brutish and perplexing, he makes a dramatic bid for freedom. The story of R.K. Narayan combines Hindu mysticism with ripe Malgudi comedy, viewing human absurdities through the eyes of a wild animal and revealing how, quite unexpectedly, Raja finds sweet companionship and peace. A must read one.

 

The Inscrutable Americans:

This quirky novel, a best-seller in India, follows an Indian student during his year abroad at an American university. This wonderfully true story is based on Gopal’s hilarious misadventures with the American language, his flamboyant landlady, the ubiquitous hamburger, and, most importantly, American women. When confronted with his fellow college students’ relentless sexuality, Gopal reacts with a mix of disbelief, sly amusement, and hormonal overload. Despite his battles with racism, his own insecurity, and his family’s warning that if he dabbles in America’s temptations, he maintains a dignity and surprising shrewdness, rejecting the worst of what America has to offer while recognising the best. Following reluctantly behind his American friend Randy’s outrageous leadership, the naive but observant Gopal reacts with a wit that far exceeds his linguistic limitations.

 

Speedpost by Shobhaa Dé:

Growing pains, adolescent problems in India, sex, love, religion, and culture are all discussed. A series of letters addressing a variety of issues. Compassionate, loving, witty, and provocative as always. Written by a best-selling author. Several of De’s novels are available at South Asia Books.

 

Cuckold by Kiran Nagarkar:

The year is the early sixteenth century. Mewar, the Rajput kingdom, is at the pinnacle of its power. It’s at odds with the Sultanates of Delhi, Gujarat, and Malwa. However, another deadly battle is raging within Mewar. Who will take the throne after the Maharana dies? The course of history, not just in Mewar, but throughout India, is about to be altered forever. The narrator, heir apparent of Mewar, is at the heart of Cuckold, challenging the codes, conventions, and underlying assumptions of the feudal world in which he lives, a world in which political and personal conduct are dictated by values of courage, valour, and courtesy, and death is preferable to dishonour. Cuckold, a quintessentially Indian story, has an immediacy and universal appeal.

 

The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh:

This masterful novel by Amitav Ghosh, set in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, recounts the life of Rajkumar, a poor boy lifted on the tides of political and social chaos who goes on to create an empire in the Burmese teak forest. When soldiers drive the royal family from the Glass Palace and into exile, Rajkumar befriends Dolly, a young woman in the Burmese Queen’s court whose love will influence his life. He can’t forget her, and years later, as a wealthy man, he goes looking for her. The struggles that shaped Burma, India, and Malaya into the countries they are today are illuminated in this wonderful novel by Chitra Divakaruni, whom she describes as a “master storyteller.”

 

The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai:

 When his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep in a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, he wants nothing more than to retire in peace. The judge’s cook keeps a distracted eye on her because his mind is often on his son, Biju, who is hopping from one gritty New York restaurant to another. Kiran Desai’s brilliant novel, which has received widespread acclaim, is a tale of joy and despair. Her characters face a slew of decisions that magnificently illuminate the ramifications of colonialism as it collides with the modern world.

 

Small Remedies:

Shashi Deshpande’s latest novel follows the lives of two women, one obsessed with music and the other a devout communist, who leave their families to pursue their dreams in public. Born into an orthodox Hindu family, Savitribai Indorekar elopes with her Muslim lover and accompanist, Ghulaam Saab, to pursue a musical career. Leela, on the other hand, devotes her life to the Party and to working with the factory workers of Bombay. 50 years after all those events take place, Madhu, Leela’s niece, travels to Bhavanipur, Savitribai’s final home, to write a biography of Bai. Apprehended in her own grief after the death of her only son, Aditya, Madhu attempts to make sense of the lives of Bai and those around her, hoping to find a way out of her own grief.

 

Pages stained with blood by Indira Goswami and Mamani Rayachama Goswami:

It’s just diary pages. Simple, abrupt, and forgettable? No. They tell a story of human frailties and mindless violence. This book is a narrative of the mass protest, ferocious days following Indira Gandhi’s assassination. It is a personalised history of the 1984 riots in Delhi and the events preceding them.

 

Black Friday: The True Story Of The Bombay Bomb Blasts:

An account of the worst terrorist attack on a city in India. The author takes us into the heart of the conspiracy and the subsequent investigation in this book. The book delves into the criminal mind through Zaidi’s interviews with some of India’s most notorious figures, including Dawood Ibrahim and Tiger Memon.

 

The Namesake:

Lahiri expands on the themes that made her collection an international bestseller, including the immigrant experience, cultural clashes, assimilation conflicts, and, most poignantly, the tangled ties between generations. Lahiri’s deft touch for the perfect detail — the fleeting moment, the turn of phrase — opens up whole worlds of emotion is on display once more.

 

Five Point Someone:

 Five Point Someone is a tale about three IIT friends who are struggling to cope. “This is not a book to teach you how to get into IIT or even how to live in college,” the book begins. In fact, it describes how messed up things can become if you don’t think clearly.” Three hostelmates, Alok, Hari, and Ryan, have a bad start in IIT when they fail the first class quiz. And as they try to make amends, things worsen. It takes them a while to realise that if you mess with the IIT system, it will double screw you. They’ll be at the bottom of IIT society before they know it. They have a five-point GPA out of ten and are near the bottom of their class. This GPA will stick with them and get in the way of everything else that matters – their friendship, their future, and their love life. While the rest of the world expects IITians to rule the world, these guys are barely scraping by.

 

I too had a love story:

Can modern-day gadgets such as mobile phones and the ‘http://www’ era internet bring you true love? You haven’t met her before, but you’ve decided to marry her. Will you still refer to this as a love marriage? And what if, on the day of your engagement, as you grab the ring from your pocket, you realise that everything you intended was a pipe dream that will never come true…? How would you react if a beautiful person enters your life, becomes your most prized possession, and then leaves you…forever? Not all love stories are meant to end happily ever after. Some remain unfinished. They are, however, beautiful in their own right. Ravin’s love story is one such innocent and lovely tale.

 

Wise and otherwise:

A man abandons his elderly father in an old-age home after declaring him a homeless stranger, a tribal chief in the Sahyadri hills teaches the author that there is humility in receiving as well, and a sick woman remembers to thank her benefactor even as she dies. These are just a few of Sudha Murty’s poignant and eye-opening stories about people from all over the country in this book. She records everything with wry sense of humor and a directness that touches the heart, from incredible acts of generosity to the meanest acts one can expect from men and women.

 

The Incredible Banker:

 Until one day, when Ronald McCain, CEO of GB2, was yanked from his morning team meeting and summoned by the RBI Governor. What followed was something Ronald was not expecting. How could something so disastrous happen in an organisation regarded as the Mecca of banking? The Incredible Banker, a story of corporate politics, deception, relationships, frauds, and money laundering that was released in August 2011, raises some intriguing and troubling aspects of living life the way of a foreign bank. The reader will have to navigate his way through this 300-page blockbuster to find out what the encapsulated red in The Incredible Banker represents.

 

A town called Malgudi:

 This collection brings together some of R.K Narayan’s most memorable fiction between two covers. It contains The Man-eater of Malgudi, arguably Narayan’s greatest novel, which tells the story of Nataraj, the owner of a small printing press, and his house guest Vasu, a taxidermist who moves into Nataraj’s attic with a menagerie of dead animals. There’s also Talkative Man, a novella that begins with a stranger in a blue suit arriving on a Delhi train and taking up residence in the station waiting room, refusing to leave. This is a fitting tribute in English, encapsulating the best of R.K Narayan’s remarkable output.

 

Excess Baggage by Richa S. Mukherjee:

Excess baggage is full of entertainment, drama, and emotions. The book’s plot revolves around our protagonist, Anviksha Punjabi, a 30-year-old anthropologist. Except for her marriage, everything was going swimmingly in her life. She was divorced twice. She was attempting to balance her life, but her mother, Smita Punjabi, kept reminding her of the past.

 

She is looking for a change in her life. As a result, she decided to take a vacation in London. Her mother insisted on accompanying her. In forty-four chapters, the story is completely covered.

 

Club you to death:

 On the eve of the club elections, a hunky personal trainer is found asphyxiated to death under an overloaded barbell at the posh Delhi Turf Club. It is initially thought to be a freak accident. However, it soon becomes clear that one of the DTC members – all pickled-in-privilege Dilliwallahs – is a cold-blooded killer.

As speculation and conspiracy theories abound in the capital, Crime Branch veteran ACP Bhavani Singh is assigned to investigate the case. Together with his capable deputies – ex-lovers Akash ‘Kashi’ Dogra, a hottie crusader for human rights, and Bambi Todi, a wealthy girl-about-town – ACP Bhavani sets out to solve a crime that appears simple on the surface, but has roots as deep and extending as those of New Delhi’s renowned Neem trees…

 

Anuja Chauhan makes her comeback with a bloody good romance set in the pulsating heart of Lutyen’s Delhi.

 

The Hungary Tide:

The Sundarbans are an enormous labyrinth of tiny islands off the easternmost tip of India, in the Bay of Bengal, where settlers live in fear of drowning tides and man-eating tigers. Piya Roy, a young Indian-American marine biologist, arrives in this lush, treacherous landscape in search of a rare species of river dolphin and enlists the assistance of a local fisherman and a translator. They launch into the intricate backwaters together, drawn unawares into the powerful political undercurrents of this isolated corner of the world, which exact a personal toll as fierce as the tides.

 

Madras on Rainy days:

 Layla is torn between competing identities: the dutiful Muslim daughter raised by her immigrant parents, the Indian she fantasises about becoming, and the free, independent woman America has awakened in her. Layla is nineteen years old when her parents inform her that a marriage has been arranged for her. Her wedding will take place in India, where she will marry Sameer, a handsome, ambitious Indian engineer who knows nothing about Layla’s American identity and who has some powerful secrets of his own. Layla, stunned, begrudgingly submits, but not before committing a dangerous final act of defiance. As her wedding approaches, her behaviour becomes more erratic in the heat and noise of Hyderabad. MADRAS ON RAINY DAYS, set against the ancient walled city of Hyderabad and rising Hindu-Muslim tensions, lyrically evokes the complexities of life behind the chador. It’s a stunning novel written by a fresh new voice in international fiction.

 

The Simoqin Prophecies:

The Simoqin Prophecies heralds the arrival of a confident new voice. It is classic SFF and subtle spoof, with scantily clad centauresses, flying carpets, pink trolls, belly dancers, and homicidal rabbits, written with consummate ease and brimming with wit and allusion. In this novel, Monty Python meets the Ramayana, Alice in Wonderland meets The Lord of the Rings, and Robin Hood meets The Arabian Nights—a breathtaking ride through a world populated by mythological and historical races and cultures.

 

Q & A by Vikas Swarup:

Vikas Swarup’s breathtaking debut novel begins in a jail cell in Mumbai, India, where Ram Mohammad Thomas is being held after accurately answering all twelve questions on Who Will Win a Billion, India’s most popular quiz show. It’s difficult to imagine that a poor orphan who has never looked at a newspaper or attended school can win such a competition. But, through a series of thrilling stories, Ram explains to his lawyer how events in his life provided him with the answers to each question. Q & A by Vikas Swarup is a captivating blend of high comedy, drama, and romance that reveals how we know what we know – not just about trivia, but about life itself.

 

The Home and the World by Rabindra Nath Tagore:

This is a love story and a novel of political awakening set on a Bengali noble’s estate in 1908. Bimala, the central character, is torn between her obligations to her husband, Nikhil, and the demands of the revolutionary leader, Sandip. Her attempts to reconcile the intractable increasing pressure of home and world reflect the conflict in India, and the tragic outcome foreshadows the unrest that accompanied Partition in 1947. Anita Desai has written an introduction for this edition.

 

In an Antique Land by Amitav Ghosh:

Once upon a time, an Indian writer named Amitav Ghosh set out to find an unknown Indian slave who had travelled to the Middle East seven hundred years before. The journey brought him to a small village in Egypt, where mediaeval customs coexisted with twentieth-century desires and dissatisfactions. Even as Ghosh attempted to recreate his Indian forefather’s life, he found himself immersed in the lives of his modern Egyptian neighbours. Ghosh serves up sceptics and holy men, merchants and sorcerers, by combining insightful comments with long and arduous historical research. In an Antique Land is a brilliant work that deftly crosses genres and eras, weaving an entrancing and intoxicating spell.

 

Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra:

Vikram Chandra’s novel immerses the reader in the life of Inspector Sartaj Singh—as well as the criminal underworld of Ganesh Gaitonde, India’s most wanted gangster. It’s a story about friendship and betrayal, terrible violence, and an amazing modern city with an evil side.

Sacred Games is a seven-year-long epic of exceptional richness and power. Vikram Chandra’s novel immerses the reader in the life of Inspector Sartaj Singh—as well as the criminal underworld of Ganesh Gaitonde, India’s most wanted gangster.

 

Calling Sehmat:

Calling Sehmat is a thrilling story about a spy who sacrificed herself and her family in the service of our country so that we could live in peace. It is the story of a Kashmiri woman who married a Pakistani Army officer in order to provide invaluable information to Indian intelligence during the 1971 Indo-Pak war. Sehmat devised novel methods to gain access to Pakistan’s top brass. Through indefinable courage, wit, and determination, she almost single-handedly torpedoed Pakistan’s war plans, saving the lives of scores of Indian soldiers. The story provides a rare glimpse into the humble yet brave people of Kashmir, who not only swear by India but are willing to sacrifice their very lives for the sake of our country.

 

 

The Zoya Factor by Anuja Chauhan:

When the younger members of India’s cricket team learn that advertising executive Zoya Singh Solanki was born on the day India won the World Cup in 1983, they are fascinated. They are impressed when breakfast with her is followed by victories on the field. When they realise that not eating with her results in defeat, they decide she’s a lucky charm. The country goes one step further. It declares her a Goddess, astounded by the ragtag team’s sudden burst of victories. So she has no choice but to agree when the eccentric IBCC president and his mesmeric, always-exquisitely-dressed Swamiji invite Zoya to accompany the team to the tenth ICC World Cup.

 

The Pregnant King by Devdutt Pattanaik:

Among the many characters who populate the Mahabharata, the world’s greatest and oldest epic, other stories emerge from time to time, such as Shilavati, who cannot be king because she is a woman. Reviewers have a mix feeling for the same yet it is definitely a one time read.

 

The Immortals of Meluha:

1900 BC. In what modern Indians incorrectly refer to as the Indus Valley Civilisation. The inhabitants of the time referred to it as the land of Meluha, a near-perfect empire established many centuries before by Lord Ram, one of the greatest monarchs who ever lived. This once-proud empire and its Suryavanshi rulers face grave dangers as its main river, the revered Saraswati, dries up and dies. They also face devastating terrorist attacks from the east, the Chandravanshi homeland. To make matters worse, the Chandravanshis appear to have formed an alliance with the Nagas, an outcast and sinister race of deformed humans with incredible martial abilities! The story of a hero who will emerge as the Suryavanshis’ only hope is an ancient legend: When darkness achieves epic proportions, when all seems lost, when your enemies appear to have won the battle. It a a complete fiction cleverly linked with Hindu Gods and is a must read.

 

Riddle of the seventh stone:

It’s not easy being a kid: there’s school and homework, clothes to wear and — yuck! — soap to use… Worse, their home and the entire state are under potential danger from the Shark, an evil moneylender and property dealer.

Can Rishabh decipher the cryptic clues leading to King Kempe Gowda’s fabulous treasure before the Shark does? Will the vermin be able to withstand Ajji’s herbal pesticide attack? Will Shashee be able to unravel this tangled web of intrigue?

They set out to prove that no problem is too big for even the smallest of creatures, with the help of other children, friendly cockroaches, cheeky mosquitoes, a very Big Bandicoot, and a platoon of plucky rodents.

 

The secret wish list:

Is true love real, or is it just a bit cheesy? Can a single kiss truly transform your life?

Diksha, like any other sixteen-year-old girl, finds her life revolves around school, boys, and endless hours of fun with her best friend. But everything changes one day. What begins as a harmless crush quickly escalates into something far beyond her control. She is at a crossroads in her life eighteen years later. A wish list is born as a result of an unexpected turn of events. But can a wish list help her put her life back together? Will she give in to the tangled web of an extramarital affair? Preeti Shenoy delivers another extraordinary story that tugs at the heartstrings, this time with insight and wisdom as she uncovers the tender affairs of the heart.

 

Mafia queens of Mumbai:

For many decades, Mumbai has lived in the darkness of the Underworld, with smuggling, gun-running, drugs, and terrorism. Any Indian would recognise the names Dawood Ibrahim, Karim Lala, and Varadarajan Mudaliar. Their lives, gangs, and ‘businesses’ have been written about and filmed, and the information about their lives, gangs, and ‘businesses’ is available to anyone who wants it. But there have also been women who have been a part of the city’s murky side, walking alongside, sometimes leading and manipulating men in the Underworld to run their own illegal businesses. For the first time, crime writers S. Hussain Zaidi and Jane Borges delve into the lives of some of these women, and how, in cold blood, they were able to rise in what was clearly a man’s world.

 

 Revolution 2020:

Once upon a time, in a small town in India, there lived two bright young men. One desired to profit from his intelligence. One wished to use his intellect to spark a revolution. The issue was that they both had feelings for the same girl. Welcome to the 2020 Revolution. A story about childhood friends Gopal, Raghav, and Aarti who struggle in Varanasi to find success and love. However, in an unjust society that rewards the corrupt, this is not easy to achieve. Who will win as Gopal submits to the system and Raghav fights it?

 

The Radiance of a thousand suns:

Niki’s determination to finish her late father’s unfinished book, his life’s work, leads her from India to New York City, where her pursuit of a mysterious immigrant woman becomes an obsession that threatens her daughter, marriage, and, eventually, Niki herself. When a blizzard blankets New York City, Niki finds herself on a path where the present and past brutally collide. This elegant literary thriller combines the fervour of Punjab with the frenzy of New York. The novel explores the impossible choices women are forced to make in the face of violence, the ties that connect them across generations, and the secrets they keep. It spans the cataclysms of Partition and 9/11, as well as the brutality of Emergency and the pogrom of 1984.

 

River of smoke:

A storm blows up in the Indian Ocean in September 1838, and the Ibis, a ship carrying convicts and indentured labourers from Calcutta to Mauritius, is caught in the whirlwind. River of Smoke transports its storm-tossed characters to China’s crowded harbours. Despite the emperor’s efforts to stop them, ships from Europe and India exchange their opium cargoes for boxes of tea, silk, porcelain, and silver. Among them are Bahram Modi, a wealthy Parsi opium merchant from Bombay, his estranged half-Chinese son Ah Fatt, the orphaned Paulette, and a motley crew of others drawn together by the pursuit of romance, riches, and a legendary rare flower. In the alleys and crowded waterways of 19th-century Canton, everyone is struggling to cope with their losses—and for some, unimaginable freedoms.

 

The purple line by Priyamavada:

The year is 1982, and the location is Madras. Mrinalini is sixteen years old and swinging moons around the school lab, studying poetry rather than chemistry. She decides to become a gynaecologist after cutting open her first frog in zoology class and seeing the ovaries floating in the water like wings.

She unearths the stories of six unlikely women whose lives are intertwined without their knowing it two decades later, within the intimate world of her consultation room. the burqa-clad Zubeida, who seeks refuge in front of the neighbor’s television, and the sari-clad Megha, who will not rest until she has a boy; Tulsi, the aspiring artist who stands upside down after sex, and Angelina Jolie, the fading artist whose radiance lingers wherever she goes; Pooja, the sixteen-year-old who fell in love and got into trouble, and Leela, the twenty-one-year-old who has never fallen because falling would require you to run with all your heart. Mrinalini’s life takes on greater significance as they toil and love, captivate and collide.

 

The Purple Line is a sensual, heartbreaking, and hilarious exploration of womanhood.

 

The Illicit happiness of other people:

Ousep Chacko, a failed novelist and journalist, considers himself to be “the last of the real men.” This includes waking neighbours after a late night at the pub. His wife, Mariamma, manages their finances, raises their two sons, and, in her spare time, fantasises about Ousep dying. Unni, their seemingly happy seventeen-year-old son and a comic-book artist, falls from the balcony one day, leaving them to wonder if it was an accident. Three years later, Ousep receives a package that sends him on a quest to find the answer, hounding his son’s former friends, attending a cartoonists’ meeting, and even confronting a famous neurosurgeon. Meanwhile, missing his brother, younger son Thoma falls head over heels for the much older girl who befriended them both. She is haughty and beautiful, with her own secrets.

 

Narcopolis:

Narcopolis is a rich, chaotic, hallucinatory dream of a novel that captures Bombay in all its compelling squalor in the 1970s. It is a journey into a sprawling underworld written in electric and utterly original prose, with a cast of pimps, pushers, poets, gangsters, and eunuchs.

 

The walls of Delhi by Uday Prakash:

Three stinging and comic tales of living and surviving in today’s urban, globalised India from one of India’s most original and audacious writers, Uday Prakash. In ‘The Walls of Delhi,’ a sweeper discovers a stash of black money and flees to see the Taj Mahal with his underage mistress; in ‘Mohandas,’ a dalit races to reclaim his life stolen by an upper-caste identity thief; and finally, in ‘Mangosil,’ a slum baby’s head grows larger and larger as he grows smarter, while his family searches for a cure.

 

Cut like wound:

 It’s Ramadan’s first night. A young male prostitute is murdered and burned alive in Bangalore’s Shivaji Nagar neighbourhood. It would have remained an unsolved murder if it hadn’t been for Inspector Borei Gowda, the investigating officer. As bodies pile up one after the other, indicating that a serial killer is on the loose, Gowda notices a pattern in the killings that no one else does. Even as he struggles with serious mid-life blues, issues with his wife and son, an affair with an ex-girlfriend, and official apathy and ridicule, the killer is on the hunt for the next victim…

Cut Like Wound, set in the lanes and atmosphere of Bangalore, introduces the reader to a cast of unforgettable characters and is a brutal psychological thriller unlike any other in Indian fiction.

 

The Accidental Apprentice:

 Sapna Sinha works in a downtown Delhi electronics store. She despises her job, but she is ambitious and determined to succeed because she knows her family cannot survive without the money she brings in. She has no idea, but her life is about to change forever.

On her lunch break, she is approached by a man who claims to be the CEO of one of India’s largest corporations. He informs her that he is looking for an heir to his business empire. And that he has determined that it should be her.

 

She only has seven tests to pass. The biggest lottery ticket in history will then be hers.

 

Land where I flee:

Chitralekha Nepauney’s grandchildren are travelling to Gangtok to pay their respects on the occasion of her Chaurasi, or 84th birthday.

Agastaya has arrived from New York. Despite being a successful oncologist at the age of thirty-three, he is terrified of his family’s investigation into why he is not married, and fears that the reason for his bachelordom will be revealed.

Manasa and Bhagwati have joined him from London and Colorado, respectively. One is an Oxford-educated achiever, while the other is a disgraced eloper – one is wealthy but unhappy, while the other is shunned but optimistic. All three have the same dual goal: to leave the celebrations with their grandmother’s blessing and their nerves intact: a goal that will become increasingly difficult due to a mischievous maid and an uninvited fourth guest.

 

Dancing by Demons by Nidhie Sharma:

 Karan Pratap Singh is on the verge of winning the Amateur Boxing Championship when he loses it all in an instant. His fall from grace appears to have been fueled by ruthless arrogance and an out-of-control anger management issue. That, however, is only a symptom of a larger problem. A childhood secret buried beneath layers of his fractured subconscious remains unresolved.

Sonia Kapoor is a beautiful, volatile young woman who has a secret that haunts her at night but for which she bears no guilt.

When Karan and Sonia are thrown together in Mumbai by fate, their personal demons and pasts collide, causing trouble in their fragile and uncertain present. But is redemption possible in the absence of forgiveness?

 

His Runaway Royal Bride:

When Maharaj Vidyamann Veer Singh of Samogpur’s lovely young wife went missing three years ago, everyone assumed she was dead. Veer is determined to bring her back home to do her duty when he discovers she is alive and well…

Meethi adored Veer but felt constrained in his role as his wife. Will they be able to overcome the obstacles in order to find happiness in marriage?

 

Paint my love:

Initially published as “A perfect mismatch” by Leena Verghese work is a fabulous one. Knowing each other since childhood and being aware of their flaws, Zara and Armaan agree to a short-term arranged marriage under pressure from Armaan’s mother. Soon, the simmering tension and intense attraction explodes into a full-fledged battle on their honeymoon. When they are thrown together in an unexpected situation, they are forced to change their preconceived notions about each other as their marriage begins to take on a different hue than what they had hoped for.

 

Could the true colours of love transform their animosity into a deep and abiding faith?

 

Ajaya- Rise of Kali:

 “THE MAHABHARATA LIVES ON AS INDIA’S GREAT EPIC.” While Jaya tells the story of the Pandavas from the perspective of the Kurukshetra victors, Ajaya tells the story of the Kauravas, who were annihilated to the last man. The spellbinding narrative that compels us to question the fact behind the Mahabharata comes from the pen of the author who gave voice to Ravana in the national bestseller, ASURA. KALI’S DARK AGE IS RISING, and every man and woman must choose between duty and conscience, honour and shame, life and death…

 

The Bard of Blood:

 In Mumbai, literature professor Kabir Anand is settling into his new life when he receives a call from the PMO, which throws him back into the world he is attempting to forget. Kabir, a brilliant agent who worked under Sadiq Sheikh, was forced to leave RAW after a disastrous mission in Balochistan in 2006 as part of the Indian secret service’s covert support for Balochi rebels against the Pakistan government. Kabir must now confront those ghosts, avenge his mentor, and face his most dangerous adversaries—Mullah Omar and the ISI—while racing against the clock to save his country.

 

 The Devourers by Indra Das:

On a cool evening in Kolkata, India, beneath a full moon, with the whirling rhythms of travelling musicians filling the air, college professor Alok meets a mysterious stranger with a strange confession and an extraordinary story. Alok is captivated by the man’s unfinished story and will go to any length to hear it finished. So Alok agrees to transcribe a collection of battered notebooks, weathered parchments, and once-living skins at the stranger’s request.

The chronicle of a race of people more than human yet kin to beasts, ruled by instincts and desires blood-deep and ages-old, spills from these documents. The story follows a rough wanderer in seventeenth-century Mughal India who is irrevocably drawn to a defiant woman—and is doomed to be torn apart by two opposing worlds.

 

Things to leave behind:

 Things to Leave Behind resurrects the romance of the British-Indian past. Here is a fascinating historical epic and Namita Gokhale’s most ambitious novel yet, full of the fascinating backstory of Naineetal and its unwilling entry into Indian history, shining a shining light on the elemental confusion of caste, creed, and culture, illuminated with painstaking detail.

A rich, panoramic historical novel that depicts Kumaon and the Raj as you’ve never seen them before.

 

The mistress of Spices:

Tilo, a young woman born in another time and place, is trained in the ancient art of spices and ordained as a mistress endowed with special powers in The Mistress of Spices. Tilo, now immortal, travels through time in the gnarled and arthritic body of an old woman to Oakland, California, where she opens a shop from which she administers spices as curatives to her customers. An unexpected romance with a handsome stranger eventually forces her to choose between an immortal’s supernatural life and the vagaries of modern life. The Mistress of Spices is a spellbinding and hypnotic tale of joy and sorrow, as well as one special woman’s magical powers.

 

Sita’s sister:

Urmila, Sita’s sister and Lakshman’s neglected wife, is one of the Ramayana’s most underappreciated characters.

As Sita prepares to leave for exile, her younger sisters remain at Ayodhya’s doomed palace, their smiles, hope, and joy wiped away in a single stroke. And, amidst the tears and tragedy, one woman stands out: Urmila, whose husband, Lakshman, has chosen to accompany his brother Ram to the forest rather than stay with his bride. She could have insisted on accompanying Lakshman, just as Sita did with Ram. She, however, did not. Why did she agree to be abandoned in the palace for fourteen agonising years while waiting for her husband?

Karna’s wife: The Outcast’s queen:

 Karna’s Wife: The Outcast’s Queen tells the extraordinary story of Karna, the Mahabharata’s unsung hero, through the eyes of his wife Uruvi, giving the reader a unique perspective on his life.

Uruvi and Karna’s story unfolds against the backdrop of the conflict between the Pandavas and the Kauravas. As the events of the Mahabharata unfold, Uruvi witnesses the twists and turns of Karna’s fate, and how it is inextricably linked to divine design.

 

The ministry of utmost happiness:

 

 The Ministry of Utmost Happiness takes us on a multi-year journey, from the cramped neighbourhoods of Old Delhi to the burgeoning new metropolis and beyond, to the Valley of Kashmir and the forests of Central India, where war is peace and peace is war, and where ‘normalcy’ is declared on occasion.

 

Anjum, formerly Aftab, unrolls a threadbare carpet in a city graveyard where she lives. A baby in a litter crib appears unexpectedly on a pavement shortly after midnight. In the lives of the three men who love her, the enigmatic S. Tilottama is both a presence and an absence.

Those pricy thakur girls:

Justice Laxmi Narayan Thakur and his wife Mamta spend their days in a sprawling bungalow on New Delhi’s posh Hailey Road, frantically watching over their five beautiful (yet problematic) alphabetically named daughters. Anjini, who is married but an incorrigible flirt; Binodini, who is very concerned about her children’s hissa in the family property; Chandrakanta, who eloped with a foreigner on the eve of her wedding; Eshwari, who is just a little too popular at Modern School, Barakhamba Road; and the Judge’s favourite (though fathers shouldn’t have favourites): the quietly fiery Debjani, champion of all “Those Pricey Thakur Girls” is rom-com specialist Anuja Chauhan writing at her sparkling best.

 

The wedding photographer:

A chance upgrade to business class on a seventeen-hour flight places journalist Risha Kohli next to handsome real estate hotshot Arjun Khanna. What else? Risha has been working as a freelance photographer, and her next assignment is Arjun’s sister’s wedding: the year’s most anticipated social event!

Arjun, on the other hand, does not trust journalists and suspects that this smart, sexy, and incredibly spunky girl is using their mutual attraction as a ploy to intrude on his privacy in exchange for a newspaper scoop. And Risha, who is unaware of Arjun’s personal demons, is concerned that this dishonest tycoon’s unsettling behaviour will jeopardise her most important photography gig to date.

What follows is a rollercoaster ride of snarky quips, sizzling chemistry, and simmering drama set against the backdrop of a Big Fat Indian Wedding.

 

Mrs Funnybones:

 

Mrs Funnybones, full of wit and delicious observations, captures the life of the modern Indian woman—a woman who organises dinner every evening while working all day, who runs her own life but has to listen to her Mummyji, who is concerned about her weight and the state of the country. Mrs Funnybones, based on Twinkle Khanna’s super-hit column, marks the debut of one of our funniest and most original voices.

 

An unsuitable boy:

Karan Johar is synonymous with victory, aplomb, keen intellect, and outspokenness, which occasionally creates controversy and makes headlines inadvertently. KJo, as he is affectionately known, is a well-known Bollywood film director, producer, actor, and discoverer of new talent. He has consistently challenged norms, written and rewritten rules, and set trends through his flagship Dharma Productions. But who is the man behind the well-known icon?

This book tells the story of an exceptional filmmaker at the pinnacle of his abilities, as well as an equally extraordinary human being who shows you how to survive and succeed in life.

 

Sach Kahun toh- An autobiography:

 Actress Neena Gupta chronicles her extraordinary personal and professional journey in Sach Kahun Toh, from her childhood days in Delhi’s Karol Bagh, to her time at the National School of Drama, to moving to Bombay in the 1980s and dealing with the struggles to find work. It chronicles her life’s major events, including her unconventional pregnancy and single parenthood, as well as her prolific second stint in Bollywood. A candid, self-deprecating portrait of the person behind the persona, it discusses her life’s many life decisions, fighting stereotypical views both then and now, and how she may not be as experimental as people believe.

 

My life in full by indra Nooyi: I

ndra Nooyi redefined what it means to be an exceptional leader for a dozen years as one of the world’s most admired CEOs. She transformed PepsiCo with a unique vision, a vigorous pursuit of excellence, and a deep sense of purpose, becoming the first woman of colour and immigrant to lead a Fortune 50 company and one of the foremost strategic thinkers of our time. My Life in Full, a rich memoir brimming with grace, grit, and good humour, now provides a firsthand account of Nooyi’s legendary career and the sacrifices it frequently demanded.

 

The Aryabhatta Clan:

The Islamic State has spread its tentacles in India, infiltrating academia, the media, and politics. Shamsur Ali, a physicist from Bangladesh, is the mastermind. To destabilise India, he intends to create a sort of apocalypse, which the 21-year-old Kubha must avoid at all costs.

 

It is a fantastic work of fiction that you should add to your reading list.

 

All the lives we never lived:

A different kind of freedom is in the air across India. The struggle against British rule has reached a tipping point. In Germany, the Nazis have taken power. At this critical juncture, two strangers arrive in Gayatri’s town, allowing her to see other possible lives.

What drove Myshkin’s mother from India to Dutch-controlled Bali in the 1930s, slicing through his comfortingly familiar world? Myshkin discovers the links between his anguish at home and a war-torn universe overrun by patriotism by excavating the roots of the world in which he was abandoned.

This gripping novel tells the tragic story of men and women caught in a perilous era that is uncannily similar to the present.

 

Tomb of Sand:

After her husband’s death, an eighty-year-old woman falls into a deep depression, only to emerge with a new lease on life. Her determination to defy convention, including friendship with a hijra (trans) woman, perplexes her bohemian daughter, who considers herself to be the more’modern’ of the two.

They return to Pakistan at the older woman’s request, confronting the unresolved trauma of her teenage Partition experiences while re-evaluating what it means to be a mother, a daughter, a woman, a feminist. Geetanjali Shree’s playful tone and exuberant wordplay, rather than responding to tragedy with seriousness.

 

Small acts of Freedom:

 Gurmehar Kaur, a 19-year-old student, joined a peaceful campaign in February 2017 following violent clashes at a Delhi University college. Kaur’s post became the target of an onslaught of social media vitriol as part of the campaign. Kaur, the daughter of a Kargil martyr, found herself at the centre of a nationalist debate. Faced with a social media test, Kaur almost retreated into herself. But she was never raised to be silenced. ‘My father was killed by real bullets. ‘Your hate bullets are strengthening my resolve,’ she wrote at the time. Kaur is now doubly determined not to remain silent. Her story is told in Small Acts of Freedom.

 

Girl in white cotton:

Tara was a wild child in her youth. She left her loveless marriage to join an ashram, endured a brief stint as a beggar, and spent years pursuing a dishevelled, homeless ‘artist’ – all while carrying her young child. Now she’s forgetting things, mixing up her maid’s wages, and leaving the gas on all night, and her adult daughter is left to care for a woman who never cared for her.

 

This is a love story as well as a betrayal story. But not between lovers; rather, between a mother and her daughter. Burnt Sugar, as sharp as a blade and laced with caustic wit, unpicks the tangled, choking cord of memory and myth that binds two women together, making and unmaking them indefinitely.

 

The Kitty party murder:

The book is full of wit and humour. It’s a fascinating murder mystery. The author has a distinct writing style.

The book contains a large number of characters.  The first is Kanan Mehra, also known as Kay. She is the mother of a six-year-old son. Runa comes next. She is a detective who was looking into a suicide case. Kay is asked for assistance. Kay infiltrated a ladies kitty party group in order to discover their darkest secrets.

They were working hard to discover the truth about the suicide. A mysterious death shook Kay’s apartment building. The answers they were seeking were hidden behind fancy meals, designer gowns, and serious blinds.

Will Kay risk everything in order to reach them?

 

The private life of an Indian Prince:

This book is regarded as one of Anand’s most impressive and significant works. In keeping with his other writings on social and political reform, it deals with the abolition of India’s princely states system. While not an autobiography, the novel, like many of his earlier works, has an autobiographical tone.

 

Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh:

It is a place, Khushwant Singh continues at the start of this classic novel, where Sikhs and Muslims have coexisted peacefully for hundreds of years. Then, at the end of the summer, the “ghost train” turns up, a motionless, incredible funeral train loaded with the carcasses of thousands of refugees, providing the village with its first taste of the horrors of the civil war. Train to Pakistan is the story of this isolated village that is plunged into the abyss of religious hate. It’s also the story of a Sikh boy and a Muslim girl whose love has survived and transcended the horrors of war.

 

 

The Complete Adventures of Feluda:

Satyajit Ray wrote 35 Feluda stories between 1965 and 1992, featuring the master sleuth Pradosh C. Mitter, AKA Feluda. The plots involve murder, mystery and adventure, most of the times in exotic locations, narrated in a racy, humorous style by the detective’s cousin-cum-assistant Topeshranjan Mitter AKA Topshe, and in most cases, accompanied by the funny Lalmohan Ganguly AKA Jatayu, who himself was a famous crime writer. All of this makes for enormously entertaining fare – and it is no wonder that each Feluda book has been a best-seller. All the stories are now available together in this two volume omnibus.

 

Fasting, feasting by Anita Desai:

A wonderful novel in two parts that moves from the heart of a close-knit Indian household, with its restrictions and prejudices, noisy warmth, and sensual appreciation of food, to the cool heart of an American family, with its freedom and strangely self-denying attitudes toward eating. In both cases, it is ultimately the women who suffer, whether from an excess of feasting and family life in India, or from self-denial and starvation in the United States, or both. Uma, the plain older daughter, is still at home, frustrated in her attempts to flee and make a better life for herself. Her Indian family is difficult, demanding, but mostly loving. Despite her disappointments, Uma emerges as the survivor, avoiding an unfulfilling marriage, such as her sister’s, or a suicidal one, such as the one organised for her beautiful cousin. And in America, where Arun is a student, men in the suburbs char hunks of bleeding meat while women don’t appear to cook or eat at all, which is perplexing and terriing to the young Indian adolescent far from home.

 

The House of Blue Mangoes:

The House of Blue Mangoes is a riveting family saga that follows three generations of the Dorai family as they struggle to find their place in a rapidly changing society. The novel vividly depicts a small corner of India while offering a harsh indictment of colonialism and reflecting with great poignancy on the subcontinent’s inexorable social transformations.

 

Vanity Bagh:

Imran, one of the main suspects in the 11/11 serial blasts, is sentenced to fourteen years in prison. He passes the time by plotting jailbreaks until he is assigned to the prison’s bookmaking section. The new job gives him a new ability: whenever he opens a book and stares at its blank pages, he sees them scribbled with Vanity Bagh stories. Thus, Imran traces the history of hostility between Vanity Bagh, also known as Little Pakistan, and Mehendi, a Hindu neighbourhood. The solitude and reflection that define Imran’s story are undermined by communal tension and simmering violence. Vanity Bagh is a darkly comic tale with a wistful small-town feel in the midst of a bustling city.

 

What happened to Netaji by Anuj Dhar:

Anuj Dhar’s writings on the controversy surrounding Subhas Chandra Bose’s fate were described as “genuine and based on relevant material” by the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court in 2013. So, what happened to Netaji in reality? What is the true story behind the 1945 air crash that allegedly killed him? Is there any truth to Subramaniun Swamy’s claim that Netaji was assassinated in Soviet Russia at the request of Jawaharlal Nehru? How do India’s greatest leaders, from Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel to President Pranab Mukherjee and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, fare in the country’s longest-running controversy? The responses would lead you to believe that reality is stranger than fiction.

 

The one you cannot have:

How long does it take for a broken heart to heal? Can you ever forget your one perfect relationship? Shruti and Aman were once best friends. Their love was one that would last forever and ever. Then, unexpectedly, Shruti left Aman. A devastated Aman fled to Europe in the hopes of forgetting Shruti and healing. Shruti got married to Rishabh. Aman has returned to India in search of a new beginning. He is, however, haunted by memories of his love. A heartfelt modern-day romance about unrequited love, complicated relationships, and moving on.

 

How I quit Google to sell samosas:

 Munaf Kapadia’s How I Quit Google to Sell Samosas is an intriguing and motivating story about a man who left behind a secure future to venture into an uncertain land. What began as a squabble between a mother and her son over a television remote evolved into a full-fledged business opportunity. Munaf sells the idea of letting go of inhibitions, taking risks, and going after what one’s heart desires through this book.

 

Hotel adventures with stars by Aruna Dhir:

HOTEL ADVENTURES WITH THE STARS is a truly unique autobiography that chronicles several of Aruna’s fascinating true encounters with celebrities such as Hrithik Roshan, Kapil Dev, Jackie Shroff, Dimple Kapadia, Ruskin Bond, Maneka Gandhi, Kiran Bedi, Khushwant Singh, and others. Hotel Adventures with the Stars is a Memoir that is both funny and thrilling, as well as heartwarming.

 

Jashn- an awakening:

“Jashn: Awakening” is a collection of short stories. Each story addresses stereotypes in our societies. The patriarchy and gender inequality are also highlighted in the stories. The author attempts to highlight the dual aspect of our society’s thinking.

The book is an emotional rollercoaster. Each story will elicit a different emotional response from you. The author depicts atrocities in society beautifully and maintains a strong influential view on patriarchy, which unfortunately still exists in our society.

 

Crochet: The Gordian World of Tahir Khan:

Tahir lives in a refugee colony with Maa and Abba. A childhood misfortune sends him down an age-old chasm, surrounded by ominous shadows and illusory objects. Tahir discovers a dark past hidden in long-forgotten jars as Alex untangles his knotted mind.

Crochet is a story filled with greys, fractions, halves, twins, dinky dots, concentric circles, daisies in gardens, and irises in eyes.

 

The girl of my dreams

: Daman awakens from a long coma to discover that he was in a massive car accident with a girl who vanished shortly after the accident, leaving him for dead.

When he is offered a lucrative publishing deal to turn his blog posts into a novel, he jumps at the chance. However, he caves in to editorial pressure and agrees to corrupt Shreyasi’s original edgy character. Daman is then stalked and threatened by a terrifying beauty who claims to be Shreyasi and will go to any length to punish him for being a sell-out.

Before Daman fights back, he must first determine whether she is who she claims to be. What does she now expect from him?

 

Just married, please excuse:

 

 A new and honest look at marriage and parenthood, as well as the chaos that entails. This is a self-discovery story that will have you laughing and sympathising with its quirky and likeable cast of characters.

 

Byomkesh Bakshi series:

Byomkesh Bakshi, a detective, made his debut in the world of Bengali fiction in the early 1930s. This book contains seven of his most entertaining adventures, all of which have been expertly translated. One can only marvel at the writer’s genius with each reading.

If God was a Banker:

The plot of If God Was A Banker revolves around two management graduates in the rat race for success. Sundeep is ambitious and self-centered, which drives him to achieve his goals through unethical means. Swami is the polar opposite, adhering to his morals and ethics in order to achieve success in his career. Swami’s ideals and ethics keep him trailing Sundeep in performance at the New York International Bank, where they both work. Sundeep’s rapid rise up the corporate ladder, as well as his popularity among colleagues, conceal his true motives and cunning mind.

 

Murder in a minute:

With pressures erecting and speculations looming, love will give way to ambition, greed will take precedence over responsibility, and deception will be common. Will the duo (two main characters) be able to navigate the tangled clues in time, or will their first wrong step be their last?

Find out in the thrilling suspense thriller…

 

Cult of Chaos:

 

In fact, hell and chaos are exactly where the world is heading. Little girls are being sacrificed in Delhi as part of a tantrik ritual. Anantya is being blackmailed by a desperate daeva. Someone is attempting to summon the God of Chaos. In old Delhi, a three-headed giant cobra appears. The White and Red tantriks are fighting, and one or more Black tantriks are brewing some dangerous shakti. As Anantya tries to put a stop to the madness, the supernatural underworld, populated by humanoid, barely human, and inhuman creatures, comes to life in all its bloody, gory glory.

 

Alice in deadland:

Civilization as we know it came to an end more than fifteen years ago, leaving behind barren wastelands known as the Deadland and a new terror for those who survived: hordes of undead Biters.

 

Alice in Deadland tells the story of Alice, a fifteen-year-old girl who has spent her entire life in the Deadland learning how to use guns and knives in the ongoing battle for survival against the Biters.

 

Serious men by Manu Joseph:

A moving, bitingly funny Indian satire and love story set in a scientific institute and the humid dwellings of Mumbai.

Manu Joseph deftly dissects the dynamics of this complex world, offering amusing takes on proselytising nuns and chronicling the defeated director serving as guru to his former colleagues. This is a moving portrait of love and its strange workings, as well as a hilarious depiction of men’s inflated egos and ambitions.

 

Dork: The Incredible adventures of Robin ‘Einstein’ Varghese

: The Incredible Adventures of Robin ‘Einstein’ Dork Varghese is for anyone who has ever sat depressed in a cubicle… and wanted to commit suicide with office supplies Especially the letter opener.

In this first volume of the Dork trilogy, join Robin as he navigates his first insane year at Dufresne Partners.

 

Gone with the Vindaloo:

 Kalaam, a kathua, by caste a yarn spinner, discovers by delicious accident that he has a god-given flair for concocting the most delectable recipes – a gift that he passes on to his grandson Pakwaan, the true inheritor of his passion and talent, through his son Param. Pakwaan’s exceptional rendition of the Vindaloo, honed to mouth-watering perfection, captures the attention of everyone who tastes it, including Svetlana, a nirvana-seeking Russo-American who believes that this dish (and its very exotic creator) is the answer to the Western world’s craving for all things exotic. But what adventures await the wide-eyed Pakwaan in the promised land of possibilities, the United States of America?

 

Trust me by Rajashree:

Trust Me is a lighthearted story about love, heartbreak, and friendship. It has been written with dramatic twists and turns and emotional upheavals reminiscent of people’s experiences in the Bollywood film industry.

 

Almost Single by Advaita Kala

: This heartfelt and wickedly funny cross-cultural debut novel introduces a smart, irreverent young woman searching for independence and matrimony in a culture bound by tradition in a city where old meets new, daughters surprise mothers, and love breaks all the rules. Almost Single tackles the loving, exasperating tug of war between mothers and daughters, traditional customs and contemporary romance—and what happens when a modern Indian woman gets caught in the middle.

 

Playing it my way by Sachin Tendulkar

: I knew that agreeing to write my story would require me to be completely honest, because that’s how I’d always played the game. It would necessitate discussing a number of topics I have not previously discussed in public.

At the end of his final innings, having walked back to the pavilion, ready to recount as many incidents as he can remember since first picking up a cricket bat as a child in Mumbai thirty-five years ago.

 

Lone Fox Dancing by Ruskin bond:

 Lone Fox Dancing, one of India’s greatest writers, shows us the origins of everything he has written in this brilliantly readable autobiography.

He starts with a dream and a gentle haunting before transporting us to an idyllic childhood in Jamnagar by the Arabian Sea, where he wrote his first poem, and New Delhi in the early 1940s, where he found inspiration for his first short story.

 

Wings of Fire : An autobiography:

 Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, the son of a poor boat owner in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, had an unrivalled career as a defence scientist, culminating in India’s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna. As the head of the country’s defence R&D programme, Kalam demonstrated the tremendous potential for dynamism and innovation that existed in seemingly dormant research institutions. This is the story of Kalam’s rise from obscurity and his personal and professional struggles, as well as the Agni, Prithvi, Akash, Trishul, and Nag missiles, which have become household names in India and have elevated the country to the status of a missile power of international repute. This is also the story of independent India’s struggle for technological self-sufficiency and defensive autonomy—a story about domestic and international politics as much as it is about science.

 

The Accidental Prime Minister:

Sanjaya Baru left a successful career as the Financial Express’s chief editor in 2004 to become Manmohan Singh’s media adviser. Singh and Baru had a close relationship, and Baru, a great admirer of the technocrat who had ushered in the 1991 reforms, saw this as an opportunity to assist a man he admired in leading India down a new path. As Singh’s ‘eyes and ears’ and self-appointed ‘conscience-keeper,’ Baru witnessed Manmohan Singh’s transition from technocrat to politician. In his account, he describes what it was like to’manage’ public opinion for Singh and how their relationship unravelled, while also providing a riveting behind-the-scenes look at Indian politics.

 

Our moon has blood clots: The Exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits:

 

 Rahul Pandita was fourteen years old when he was forced to flee his home in Srinagar with his family, who were Kashmiri Pandits: the Hindu minority within a Muslim majority Kashmir that was becoming increasingly agitated by India’s cries of “Azadi.” So far, the heartbreaking story of Kashmir has been told through the lens of the Indian state’s brutality and separatists’ pro-independence demands. But there is another side of the story that has gone untold and buried. Our Moon Has Blood Clots is the unspoken chapter in Kashmir’s history, in which the Kashmiri Pandit community was purged in a violent ethnic cleansing backed by Islamist militants.

 

Chanakya’s 7 secrets of Leadership:

 

Anyone can use the seven leadership secrets to effectively run their ‘kingdom.’ Leadership concepts meet application in Chanakya’s 7 Secrets of Leadership, and an age-old formula is revealed in modern-day success stories.

13 steps to Bloody Luck:

Bestselling author Ashwin Sanghi delves into the elusive element of luck in his first nonfiction book. Anecdotes that are both entertaining and informative

Ashwin’s narrations of personal experiences and vignettes of homegrown wisdom provide us with a whole new perspective on how people can work towards being lucky.

 

109: Around India in 80 Trains:

 Indian Railways had many stories to tell as one of the world’s largest civilian employers, with luxury trains, toy trains, Mumbai’s infamous commuter trains, and even a hospital on wheels. Monisha met a colourful cast of characters along the way, each with their own epic story. But with a self-proclaimed militant atheist as her photographer, Monisha’s personal journey around a religiously based country was not quite what she had hoped for…

 

Around India in 80 Trains is an adventure and drama filled with wit and humour.

 

110. Spy in Amber:

A riveting drama is unfolding in the eerie silence of the Ragyabas monastery, nestled in the icy splendour of the Himalayas. Fearing Chinese infiltration, the monastery’s Head Lama directs the transfer of the Panchen Lama’s priceless jewels to the Indian government for safekeeping. When the Chinese learn of the plan, they dispatch two of their most ruthless spies to New Delhi: the lethal Chomo Jung and the beautiful Pempem Kachin, who is well versed in the art of using her beauty to achieve her goals. The seamiest sides of human nature are revealed as the adventure unfolds in the vast emptiness of the Himalayas and the murky corridors of Lutyens’ Delhi.

 

111. The Continent of circe:

 

Nirad C Chaudhari, who spent the majority of his later life in Britain and died there a few years ago at the age of 97, has presented his deep knowledge of Indian culture and Hinduism in this book.

 

He repeatedly claims that he is a Shudra, the lowest caste of Hindus who are not touched by Brahmans. His criticism of India’s independence heroes and writer Rabindra Nath Tagore is plausible, if a little intemperate, in the current context, when most of the people he criticised have been deified to the point where they are deemed beyond scrutiny.

 

112. Listening to Grasshoppers:

In language of terrible beauty, she takes India’s everyday tragedies and reminds us to be outraged all over again.” written in response to new developments in India that have seen the government launch a full scale war, “Operation Green Hunt,” against the tribal community of Naxals defending their land in central India), and a previously unpublished essay also dealing with the government’s response to the tribals’ demand for justice. Arundhati Roy’s writings on the Naxals, as well as her public support for their cause, prompted a government investigation and threats of imprisonment, sparking worldwide petitions and outrage in her defence.

 

113. Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard:

Sampath climbs into a guava tree and unintentionally becomes famous as a holy man, igniting a chain of events that spirals out of control. Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is a delightfully sweet comic novel that ends with a raucous bang. It is as surprising and entertaining as it is beautifully wrought.

 

114. Yakshini by Neil D’Silva:

Yakshini by Neil D’Silva is a spine-tingling tale in which mythology comes deliciously alive. The book emphasises the struggle with its fantastic creatures and unforgettable characters. Between the supernatural and the human, certain to captivate all readers.

 

115. The Twentieth Wife:

One of India’s most legendary and contentious empresses, whose brilliance and determination overcame countless obstacles, and whose love shaped the course of the Mughal empire.

The Twentieth Wife is a fascinating portrait of one woman’s convention-defying life behind the veil as well as a transporting saga of the astonishing potency of love.

 

116. The Henna Artist:

The Henna Artist, a vivid and compelling portrait of one woman’s struggle for fulfillment in a society torn between the traditional and the modern, opens a door into a world that is dreamy and captivating, dramatic and violent.

 

Lakshmi, a seventeen-year-old girl fleeing an abusive marriage, travels alone to the vibrant 1950s pink city of Jaipur. There, she becomes the most sought-after henna artist—and confidante—of the upper-class women. But she can never reveal her own secrets if she is trusted with the secrets of the wealthy.

 

117. Kurukshetra by Krishna Udayasankar:

 

The realm is at war, but is Aryavarta prepared for what comes next? As a bitter struggle for control of the divided empire that was once Aryavarta begins, Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa of the Firstborn and the Secret Keeper of the Firewrights can only watch as their own blood, their kin, savage and kill on Kurukshetra’s battlefields. The rulers who once protected the land have abandoned restraint and reason, and they manipulate, scheme, and kill with abandon – victory is all that matters. Govinda Shauri stands at the epicentre of the storm, driven to the brink of insanity by treacherous allies and failed kings. He is willing to make the ultimate sacrifice of them all to reforge the forsaken realm in the fires of his apocalyptic wrath for the sake of one last hope: that humanity will rise, that there will be revolution. The final episode of The Aryavarta Chronicles is a spectacular, entrancing recreation of the Mahabharata’s world, with formidable power and imagination.

118. Saraswati’s Intelligence:

‘The Kishkindha Chronicles’ reinterprets India’s ancient prehistory from a startlingly new perspective, forcing us to reconsider what it means to be human and animal. The first book in the trilogy is Saraswati’s Intelligence.

 

119. Your dreams are mine now:

She is a small-town girl who attends Delhi University (DU). Her studies are her top priority as an idealist. He’s a Delhi native who is heavily involved in DU youth politics. He struggles to make his way. His top priority is student union elections.

But then again, opposites attract! A campus scandal brings them together, and they begin to walk the same path, eventually falling in love. . . However, their fight against evil comes at a high cost, and it becomes the ultimate test of their lives. Your Dreams Are Mine Now is an innocent love story set against the backdrop of dominant campus politics that is sure to elicit intense feelings in your heart.

 

120. Penumbra by Bhaskar Chattopadhyay:

In the midst of one of the city’s worst storms, Prakash Ray, an unlucky journalist, receives a mysterious letter inviting him to a quaint, suburban bungalow to celebrate the 60th birthday of an uncle he has never met. . . As Prakash arrives at the venue, he is introduced to a motley crew of people assembled for the old man’s big day: his son, his reticent brother, a dignified middle-aged lady who once owned the bungalow, a listless lawyer who manages his legal affairs, a mild-mannered young man who works as his secretary, his beautiful, young biographer, and his mysterious friend, who has never lost a game of chess to him. One of the people in the bungalow is murdered as the storm rages on through the night! What happens next is to be revealed and it’s a page turner..

 

121. Murder on a side street:

Murder on a Side Street has all the elements of a good whodunit: a tight plot, racy story-telling, tricky red herrings, interesting twists, and intriguing characters. Salil Desai, the author, has topped it off with dollop after dollop of youthful humour and an atmosphere of excitement and adventure that keeps the reader hooked. Desai has also been able to bring to life the characters of the group of young college friends who investigate the crime. Their individuality, sincerity, courage, and rapport distinguish them from the caricatures and stereotypes of young people that can be found in most books these days.

 

122. Goa undercover:

One person’s beach paradise may be another person’s worst nightmare. When the country’s top security agency, Titanium, is secretly defamed and key contracts are cancelled, all roads lead to Goa. Private investigator Reema Ray offers to investigate as founder Shayak Gupta scrambles to save his life’s work. She goes undercover with her old collaborator Terrence to the ashram of the shady guru George Santos, despite Shayak’s reservations about sending her in.

But it’s far worse than anyone could have predicted. Reema uncovers a plot involving a government conspiracy, a mysterious dead man, and a lethal desire to keep everything hidden.

 

123. The Last Queen

: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s novel brings to life one of the nineteenth century’s most fearless women, whose story begs to be told. It is an exquisite love story of a king and a commoner, a cautionary tale about loyalty and betrayal, a powerful parable of the indestructible bond between mother and child, and an inspiration for our times.

 

124. Savage Blue by Vikram Balagopal:

Akila Raina, the principal’s precocious daughter, was only ten years old when she went missing. Shyam, who was with her that fateful night, is haunted by a nightmare about it – a nightmare more gruesome than reality could possibly be. Until Akila reappears, grown-up and stunning, twenty years later.

 

She tells him about surreal worlds, her travels between them, strange creatures she meets, their own connection across the realms, and the malevolent power at the heart of it all. And then she reveals…

 

Savage Blue is a daring and passionate journey into unknown worlds.

 

125. Nine: Curse of Kalingan:

For thousands of years, the NINE’s wisdom has kept humanity from destroying itself. However, a vengeful ancient spirit has returned to disturb the peace. He has possessed a young man and mobilised black yogis to destroy the NINE using magical powers. Tara, Akash, and Zubin are plucked from their ordinary lives and given special abilities before being swept into an occult world of kala yogis and siddhis to fight an ancient warrior spirit…NINE will take you on a riveting journey from Europe to India to America, culminating in a deadly climax in Cambodia.

 

126. Tea for Two and a Piece of Cake:

Tea for Two and a Piece of Cake is an unusual, heartwarming, and gripping love story about two people who have so much to lose and so much to gain by getting into a relationship with each other.

 

127. Piece of Cake by Swati Kaushal:

MBA Minal Sharma 5’10, 29-year-old with an overactive conscience and a lot of attitude. Minal desires it all: a successful career at International Foods, a luxurious lifestyle, and a ‘totally cool’ guy who will buy her diamonds, bring her flowers, and laugh at her jokes. But, given her never-ending list of humiliations, it’s not going to be that easy. Especially now that her mother has decided to take over the matrimonial scene and Minal must choose between a wild and sexy radio jockey and a brilliant but boring oncologist. And it doesn’t help that her new colleague on a life-or-death ‘Cakes’ assignment is a nasty, grudge-bearing kid from her childhood who may be plotting to ruin her career.

 

128. Inner Engineering: A Yogi’s guide to Joy by Sadhguru:

It is a NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER written by Sadhguru, a thought leader, visionary, philanthropist, mystic, and yogi, offers Western readers a time-tested path to achieving absolute well-being: the classical science of yoga.

 

129. Remnants of a Separation:

Remnants of a Separation is a one-of-a-kind attempt to revisit the Partition through objects brought across the border by refugees. These possessions absorbed the memory of a time and place, remaining dormant and unbroken for generations. They now speak of their owners’ pasts, emerging as testaments to struggle, sacrifice, pain, and belonging at an unprecedented juncture in history. A string of pearls given by a maharaja and carried from Dalhousie to Lahore reveals the splendour of a former life. A notebook of poems brought from Lahore to Kalyan demonstrates one woman’s determination to pursue the written word in the face of adversity.

 

130. You Beneath your skin:

 

A crime wave is sweeping the city, with slum women discovered stuffed in trash bags and their faces and bodies disfigured by acid. And as events spiral out of control, Anjali finds herself in the middle of it all…

 

Jatin must make difficult decisions in a world of poverty, misogyny, and political corruption. But what he discovers is just the tip of the iceberg. He must confront old wounds and uncover long-held secrets with Anjali before it is too late.

 

131. Mottled Dawn by Manto:

This is a collection of Saadat Hasan Manto’s most powerful writings on the subcontinent’s partition into India and Pakistan in 1947. The book contains unforgettable stories such as “Toba Tek Singh,” “The Return,” “The Assignment,” “Colder Than Ice,” and many more, bringing to life the most tragic event in Indian subcontinent history.

 

132. Tamas by Bhisham Sahni:

The events described in Tamas are based on true accounts of the 1947 riots in Rawalpindi that Sahni witnessed, and this new and sensitive translation by the author himself resurrects chilling memories of the consequences of communalism that are still very relevant today.

 

133. The other side of silence:

Subhadra Butalia and his mother’s family were divided during partition. His brother Rana Lahore stayed and converted to Islam. Subhadraji stated that Rana should also visit India. But he didn’t listen and took the mother for himself. As a result, there was a schism between him and the rest of the family; however, when Urvashi went to Lahore in search of Mum.

 

134. Train to India: Stories of another bengal:

The untold vivid depiction of human tragedy on Bengal’s eastern flank before, during, and after partition. East Bengal received the same amount of blood as Punjab in 1947. The memoir tells the story of the rapid deterioration of age-old bonds between Bengalis, Hindus, and Muslims, as seen through the eyes of Maloy Krishna Dhar as a young boy making the perilous journey to India—escaping to a ‘new’ India from a ‘old’ India that had become East Pakistan.

 

135. Radha & Jai’s Recipe for Romance:

Radha is on the verge of becoming one of the world’s greatest Kathak dancers, until a family betrayal costs her the most important competition of her life. She has now left her Chicago home to follow her stage mother to New Jersey. Radha is determined to leave performing in the past and reinvent herself at the Princeton Academy of the Arts.

Jai is the captain of the Bollywood Beats dance team, the top student in his class, and an overachiever with no plans for college. Due to limited family resources, medical school is a pipe dream for him, so he intends to make the most of his time in high school. When Radha enters his life, he realises she’s the perfect ingredient for a show-stopping performance.

 

136. Mr. & Mrs. Jinnah`:

 

Sheela Reddy, a well-known journalist and former books editor of Outlook magazine, portrays this marriage that convulsed Indian society with a sympathetic, discerning eye, using never-before-seen personal letters of Ruttie and her close friends as well as accounts left by contemporaries and friends. Reddy brings to life the solitary, misunderstood Jinnah and the lonely, wistful Ruttie through intensive and meticulous research in Delhi, Bombay, and Karachi, as well as first-person accounts and sources. A must-read for anyone interested in politics, history, or the power of a captivating love story.

 

137. Looking through Glass:

The hero of this story is a young photographer who has a mysterious accident while testing out his new telescopic lens during the turmoil of Indian partition and independence. He is transported back to 1942, where he begins his own comic odyssey through the crumbling Raj.

 

138. Interpreter of Maladies:

The characters in Jhumpa Lahiri’s elegant, touching stories seek love beyond the barriers of culture and generations, navigating between the Indian traditions they’ve inherited and the perplexing new world. A young Indian-American couple faces the heartbreak of a stillborn birth in “A Temporary Matter,” published in The New Yorker, while their Boston neighbourhood suffers from a nightly blackout. In the title story, an interpreter leads an American family through their ancestors’ India, where they hear an astonishing confession. Lahiri writes with the deft cultural insight of Anita Desai and the nuanced depth of Mavis Gallant.

 

139. Gitanjali:

 

 Rabindranath Tagore, a Nobel laureate, was one of the most influential writers in twentieth-century Indian literature. Among his vast and impressive body of work, Gitanjali is regarded as one of his crowning achievements, and has been a perennial best-seller since its initial publication in 1910.

 

140. The Collector’s wife:

This is the story of Rukmini, an English literature professor who is married to the District Collector of a small town in Assam. On the surface, her life appears to be settled and secure in the large, beautiful bungalow on the hill above the cremation ground, seemingly unaffected by the toil and sufferings of the common folk who live ‘below.’ Nonetheless, whenever there is an ‘incident’ in the district, the fear and uncertainty that grips the town finds a reflection in her own life. Assam is gripped by insurgency, and this thread runs like a dark river through the novel and serves as its backdrop.

 

141. Rich like us:

‘Rich Like Us’ follows the strangely parallel life paths of two very different women. The political Emergency of 1975 changed the lives of both women forever, promising wealth for the corrupt but terrifying the poor with sterilisation and jail for the critical..

 

143. The men who killed Gandhi by Manohar Malgaonkar:

Manohar Malgaonkar’s The Men Who Killed Gandhi transports readers to the pages of Indian history during the Partition, focusing on the murder plot and assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. The men who killed Gandhi is a riveting nonfiction recreation of the events that led to India’s partition, Gandhi’s eventual assassination, and the prosecution of those involved in Gandhi’s murder. This historical recreation takes place against the turbulent backdrop of the British Raj. Malgonkar’s book is the result of extensive research as well as privileged access to numerous important documents and photographs related to the assassination.

 

144. Kargil: Untold stories from the war:

 

Kargil takes you into the treacherous mountains where some of the bloodiest battles of the Indian Army were fought. Rachna Bisht Rawat interviews war survivors and martyrs’ families to tell stories of extraordinary human courage, not just of men in uniform but also of those who loved them the most. Kargil is a tribute to the 527 young braves who gave up their lives for us—and the many who were ready to do the same—with its gritty stories of incomparable bravery.

 

145. An educated woman in prostitution:

Manada grows up and settles into a life of prostitution, entertaining barristers, doctors, and other high-society men. She describes her colourful life with relish, but she is often introspective as she situates her own position as a sex worker in the context of the times, singling out young sanctimonious patriotic men who maintain a high social standing while secretly admiring prostitutes. To avoid scandals and protect the double lives of men who are well-known in Calcutta in the 1920s, she takes no names and only occasionally hints at their identities.

 

146. The sickle by Anita Agnihotri:

 

Agnihotri illuminates a series of intersecting and overlapping crises in the lives of farmers, migrant labourers, and activists in Marathwada and western Maharashtra: female foeticide, sexual assault, caste violence, feudal labour relations, farmer suicides, and climate change in all its manifestations.

 

Agnihotri’s indictment of Indian society is grounded in individual lives, from Vaishali, who is trying to rebuild her life after her husband’s suicide, to Yashwant, a dhaba owner driven to activism by his mother’s murder.

 

147. Dead men tell tales:

A memoir of a Police surgeon: Can the deceased tell their tales? They certainly can be in the hands of a skilled forensic surgeon.

This best-selling memoir by Kerala’s most famous forensic surgeon, Dr. B. Umadathan, was first published in Malayalam in 2010 as Oru Police Surgeonte Ormakkurippukal.

Dr. Umadathan, popularly known as the “Sherlock Holmes of Kerala,” revisits some of his strangest and most intriguing cases, including Sukumara Kurup’s Chacko murder, the sensational Polakkulam case, and the perplexing Panoor Soman case.

Dead Men Tell Tales is unputdownable, terrifying, disturbing, and at times bizarre.

 

148. 1232 Km: The Long Journey Home:

The 2020 nationwide lockdown to combat the spread of Covid-19 left millions of migrant workers without jobs, food, or shelter. Most, desperate and helpless, took to the road, beginning the long, often fatal, journey home.

 

Ritesh, Ashish, Ram Babu, Sonu, Krishna, Sandeep, and Mukesh, all Bihar migrants, completed a similar seven-day, seven-night bicycle journey. Vinod Kapri, a National Award-winning filmmaker, documented their harrowing journey from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, to their hometown of Saharsa, during which they faced police lathis and insults, as well as hunger, exhaustion, and fear.

 

1232 km is the story of seven men’s extraordinary bravery in the face of overwhelming odds.

 

149. In the Language of Remembering:

As the subcontinent commemorates the 75th anniversary of Partition, In the Language of Remembering will serve as a reminder of the price this land once paid for failing to guard against communal strife – and what could happen again if we choose division over inclusion.

 

As a natural progression, In the Language of Remembering investigates that very notion, revealing how Partition is not yet a thing of the past and its legacy is woven into the daily lives of subsequent generations.

 

150. How to be a writer:

 Writing is the simplest and greatest pleasure in the world for me.

 

How to Be a Writer is filled with practical advice for anyone who wants to write and be published, all told in Ruskin Bond’s trademark understated, tongue-in-cheek, humorous style.

 

So, what is the most important requirement for becoming a writer? A passion for books, language, and life, as well as an observant eye and a good memory, as well as enthusiasm, optimism, and perseverance.

 

This book provides an exclusive look at Ruskin Bond’s writing credentials as an author who has had a wildly successful writing career spanning over seventy years.

 

Choose yours now for the weekend ahead. Happy reading!!!