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Backpacking through the country, young chef Saransh Goila sets off on a culinary trail through India, wherein he discovers the various nuances of local cuisine. From rural villages to barren deserts to freezing mountains, he unfolds the flavour of hi

Travel far and wide with an Indian sailor and his endless love for the sea! Imagine an infinite blue ocean and somewhere in the middle of it, tossed by wind and wave-a single boat. In it a solitary sailor. This is the gritty, glorious and true advent

Birsa Munda was born on 18 July 1872 at Bamba village in Ranchi district of Jharkhand. He led an armed struggle against the British to establish Munda Raj. Besides, he launched a spirited campaign against priesthood, alcoholism and belief in spirits

Salman Rushdie is celebrated as a storyteller of the highest order, illuminating truths about our society and culture through his gorgeous, often searing prose. Now, in his latest collection of nonfiction, he brings together insightful and inspiring

Saleem Sinai is born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the very moment of India’s independence. Greeted by fireworks displays, cheering crowds, and Prime Minister Nehru himself, Saleem grows up to learn the ominous consequences of this co

Beautifully illustrated, the book narrates in a comprehensive style the story of Indian Painting through the ages, enumerating the salient features of the various schools.

A comprehensive introduction to the life line of the country--the rivers, explaining their cultural, social, economic, commercial significance. Translation from Hindi has been done by Sandeep Sinha. ज़्यादा पढ़ें

One of the earliest and finest piece of original writings in Bangla, Madhu Sadhukhan is a novella that has all the characteristics of the fictional mode of typical of its author. The narrative has the meandering movement of a boat journey crossing se

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was one of the foremost leaders of the Indian freedom movement. Unlike other popular leaders of the movement, he dreamt of freedom of the country by waging a war against the British and thus formed the Indian National Army.

Booker Prize winner ?God of Small Things? is a story about two children, Esthappen and Rahel. This was Arundhati Roy's debut novel, in which she throws light on certain facets of life in Kerala, highlighting issues of caste system, Keralite Syrian Ch

This English translation of the original Hindi classic novel titled ‘Saundaryopasak’ shows us the rather rare genre of personal novels exploring the ideas of love and beauty. It appeals more to the contemporary readers.

In American Book Award winner Chitra Divakaruni’s new novel, Oleander Girl (Simon and Schuster), a young woman from a distinguished and orthodox Bengali heritage falls in love with a man from a nouveau-riche business family in Kolkata, a city buffete

A Primer on Yoga: Theory and Practice is exactly what the title implies. It clarifies what yoga is, explains the distinguishing features of different schools of yoga, and gives a complete guidance on the physical practices of yoga as is possible thro

In a tour-de-force that is both an homage to an immortal work of literature and a modern masterpiece about the quest for love and family, Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie has created a dazzling Don Quixote for t

Sociability is not a word easily associated with plants. However, these first citizens of Earth are amazing life forms with powers to surprise us if only we care enough to shed our prejudices. Plants form alliances, maybe even friendships, with other

Every sunset is also a sunrise. The book you hold in your hand ensures that you are awake when the sun rises and the sun sets. For, it is only when we are awake that we begin to live! The Glass is Half Full is an attempt to search for that ever evasi

Kartar Singh Sarabha was only nineteen and a half years old when he was hanged to death on 16 November 1915. The martyr Sarabha and his comrades worked to unite the Indians living in America and Canada in order to uproot the British Raj that had ensl

Life is a bit like bubblegum and candies. Sometimes you have to keep on chewing so that you extract whatever you can out of it. At times, the bubble you blow bursts unexpectedly and you are left with a sticky mess. Sometimes you lick it slowly and

The Sun is a life-giver, forever shining and giving out light and heat. It sustains the life and activity on Earth. The fiery mass is also the driving force behind weather patterns, creating rainbows and rain, providing solar energy and life threaten