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To the everlasting power of love . . . When Deb, an author and publisher, survives the bomb blasts at Chandni Chowk, he knows his life is nothing short of a miracle. And though he escapes with minor injuries, he is haunted by the images and voices

Five Point Someone is a story about three friends in IIT who are unable to cope. The book starts with a disclaimer, “This is not a book to teach you how to get into IIT or even how to live in college. In fact, it describes how screwed up things ca

Can you find yourself after you have lost that special someone? A disillusioned and heartbroken Anusha finds herself in the small world of WeDonate.com. Struggling to cope with her feelings and the job of raising money for charity, she reluctantly s

The book is a complete package defining love, friendship, betrayal and hatred that exists between the main characters of the story, Dhurv and Aranya. The story revolves around them. Both hate each other and could cross any limit to hurt each other, b

Exuberance and dread, attachment and estrangement: in this novel, Jhumpa Lahiri stretches her themes to the limit. The woman at the center wavers between stasis and movement, between the need to belong and the refusal to form lasting ties. The city s

Entering the real world 'You Were My Crush Till You Said You Love Me!' is yet another classic read by Durjoy Dutta, which talks about the protagonist Benoy and his tribulations in the real world. The book will provoke you to think about your relation

The only thing you cannot plan in life is when and who to fall in love with . . . Raghu likes to show that there is nothing remarkable about his life-loving, middle-class parents, an elder brother he looks up to, and plans to study in an IIT. And th

Collection of poetry on women, dowry, rape,social problems, family. Beautiful and sensitive, yet so provocative that this work along with her other writings have generated a call in Bangladesh for her execution for blasphemy. A leader in feminist act

‘You’re asking me to hold your hand. And now you’re turning away from me. You are saying something but I can’t hear you. It’s too windy. You’re crying now. Now you’re smiling. I’m done. I love you . . .’ It’s been two years since Raghu left his fi

How do we judge a book cover? Are book covers like the clothing that we choose to wear? What do they say about us? And what is it like to have your clothing selected for you? These are the questions at the heart of this thoughtful meditation on th

Uttal Hawa , 'Wild Wind' in translation, is the second volume of Taslima Nasreen's autobiography. It depicts Taslima's tumultuous youth, between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four, a period during which she not only pursues a long and strenuous MBBS

'Of course I love you till I find someone better’ is a youth centric novel written By Durjoy Dutta and Maanvi Ahuja. The dilemma of choosing someone over the other, the internal turmoil that the heart goes through in its quest for love is a constant

The Great Indian Novel is a satirical novel by Shashi Tharoor. It is a fictional work that takes the story of the Mahabharata, the epic of Hindu mythology, and recasts and resets it in the context of the Indian Independence Movement and the first thr

It is a contemporary novel that revolves around the lives of five people who are looking for the right path in their lives. The book begins with the story of a girl named Niharika Singh, who considered herself to be ugly until her sister Simran gives

The book, 'Hold My Hand’ is a contemporary Indian fiction novel that reflects the true aspects of love. Revolving around the relationship of two youngsters, Deep and Ahana, the story reveals the true power of love and the sacrifices one has to endure

We are in the car. She’s looking at me. I can see the love in her eyes for me. Then a huge crash. She’s flung out of the window. I’m thrown out too. A pool of blood. Her eyes are still on me... but now it’s a death stare. I am Daman and I wake up to

On a post-college visit to Florence, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri fell in love with the Italian language. Twenty years later, seeking total immersion, she and her family relocated to Rome, where she began to read and write solely in he

Born on the same day and at the same time, Druvan and Anvesha know they are soulmates in every sense of the word. Their parents, however, refuse to accept their ‘togetherness’ at first and try to tear them apart. Druvan and Anvesha hold on to each ot

The story revolves around two patients who meet in hospital room 509. They are living with different outlooks and vastly diverse life circumstances. One is a 19-year old medical student with an untreatable fatal disease. As she races towards her end,

Love is not having to hold back . . . but will she ever truly let him in? Avantika is an investment banker, an ambitious go-getter and the exact opposite of Deb-a corporate professional turned failed writer, turned scripter of saas-bahu serials. Th