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book in this category highlights the main themes of Contemporary Society is that the transition from an industrial to a post-industrial order in the modern world is fraught with hardships, as was the transition from an agricultural to an industrial order in an earlier human era. This framework also illustrates the increasing fragmentation of the social order, which leads people away from the community and a common purpose to conflict and disunity.
God of Small Things

God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

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

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God of Small Things

God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

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

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Before We Visit the Goddess

Before We Visit the Goddess

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Sweeping across the twentieth century, from the countryside of Bengal, India, to the streets of Houston, Texas, Before We Visit the Goddess takes readers on an extraordinary journey through the lives of three unforgettable women: Sabitri, Bela, and T

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Before We Visit the Goddess

Before We Visit the Goddess

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Sweeping across the twentieth century, from the countryside of Bengal, India, to the streets of Houston, Texas, Before We Visit the Goddess takes readers on an extraordinary journey through the lives of three unforgettable women: Sabitri, Bela, and T

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Reef

Reef

Romesh Gunesekera

At the age of eleven, Triton goes to work as a houseboy to Mister Salgado, a marine biologist obsessed with the island’s disappearing reef. It was the biggest house he had ever seen. People from all over the world came here-to sell their wares, to ta

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Reef

Reef

Romesh Gunesekera

At the age of eleven, Triton goes to work as a houseboy to Mister Salgado, a marine biologist obsessed with the island’s disappearing reef. It was the biggest house he had ever seen. People from all over the world came here-to sell their wares, to ta

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The Roof Beneath Their Feet

The Roof Beneath Their Feet

Geetanjali Shree

Roofs are meant for wild things. They are meant for romance and play. A place to dry pickles and grains while exchanging gossip about quiet caresses.But above all, they are realms of freedom. This is the story of Chachcho and Lalna and their much- t

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The Roof Beneath Their Feet

The Roof Beneath Their Feet

Geetanjali Shree

Roofs are meant for wild things. They are meant for romance and play. A place to dry pickles and grains while exchanging gossip about quiet caresses.But above all, they are realms of freedom. This is the story of Chachcho and Lalna and their much- t

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Suncatcher

Suncatcher

Romesh Gunesekera

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 JHALAK PRIZE 1964. Ceylon is on the brink of change. But Kairo is at a loose end. School is closed, the government is in disarray, the press is under threat and the religious right are flexing their muscles. Kairo's hard-wor

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Suncatcher

Suncatcher

Romesh Gunesekera

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 JHALAK PRIZE 1964. Ceylon is on the brink of change. But Kairo is at a loose end. School is closed, the government is in disarray, the press is under threat and the religious right are flexing their muscles. Kairo's hard-wor

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All About Women

All About Women

Taslima Nasrin

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

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All About Women

All About Women

Taslima Nasrin

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

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Maps for Lost Lovers

Maps for Lost Lovers

Nadeem Aslam

In an unnamed English town, Jugnu and his lover Chanda have disappeared. Rumours abound in the close-knit Pakistani community and then, on a snow-covered January morning, Chanda’s brothers are arrested for murder. Telling the story of the next twelve

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Maps for Lost Lovers

Maps for Lost Lovers

Nadeem Aslam

In an unnamed English town, Jugnu and his lover Chanda have disappeared. Rumours abound in the close-knit Pakistani community and then, on a snow-covered January morning, Chanda’s brothers are arrested for murder. Telling the story of the next twelve

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The Prelude

The Prelude

William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth's verse was the embodiment of the Romantic age, with its evocation of a unifying spirit running through all things. This collection brings together a rich and diverse selection of his works, from the epic autobiographical masterpie

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The Prelude

The Prelude

William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth's verse was the embodiment of the Romantic age, with its evocation of a unifying spirit running through all things. This collection brings together a rich and diverse selection of his works, from the epic autobiographical masterpie

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Stories We Never Tell

Stories We Never Tell

Savi Sharma

The Stories We Never Tell is a contemporary story that not only revolves around mental health issues, but also the pressures that young people put on themselves. There are stories we never talk about. Stories we are afraid to share. Simply becaus

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Stories We Never Tell

Stories We Never Tell

Savi Sharma

The Stories We Never Tell is a contemporary story that not only revolves around mental health issues, but also the pressures that young people put on themselves. There are stories we never talk about. Stories we are afraid to share. Simply becaus

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Interpreter of Maladies

Interpreter of Maladies

Jhumpa Lahiri

Pulitzer-winning, scintillating studies in yearning and exile from a Bengali Bostonian woman of immense promise.A couple exchange unprecedented confessions during nightly blackouts in their Boston apartment as they struggle to cope with a heartbreaki

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Interpreter of Maladies

Interpreter of Maladies

Jhumpa Lahiri

Pulitzer-winning, scintillating studies in yearning and exile from a Bengali Bostonian woman of immense promise.A couple exchange unprecedented confessions during nightly blackouts in their Boston apartment as they struggle to cope with a heartbreaki

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Here, There and Everywhere - Best-Loved Stories of Sudha Murty

Here, There and Everywhere - Best-Loved Stories of Sudha Murty

Sudha Murty

Wearer of many hats-philanthropist, entrepreneur, computer scientist, engineer, teacher-Sudha Murty has above all always been a storyteller extraordinaire. Winner of the R.K. Narayan Award for Literature, the Padma Shri, the Attimabbe Award from the

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Here, There and Everywhere - Best-Loved Stories of Sudha Murty

Here, There and Everywhere - Best-Loved Stories of Sudha Murty

Sudha Murty

Wearer of many hats-philanthropist, entrepreneur, computer scientist, engineer, teacher-Sudha Murty has above all always been a storyteller extraordinaire. Winner of the R.K. Narayan Award for Literature, the Padma Shri, the Attimabbe Award from the

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the sun and her flowers

the sun and her flowers

Rupi Kaur

Rupi’s long-awaited second collection of poetry, the sun and her flowers, is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming. It is a celebration of love in all its forms. this is the recipe of life said my mother as she held me in her a

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the sun and her flowers

the sun and her flowers

Rupi Kaur

Rupi’s long-awaited second collection of poetry, the sun and her flowers, is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming. It is a celebration of love in all its forms. this is the recipe of life said my mother as she held me in her a

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Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes

Arundhuti Palui

We see our favorite actors on screen. And on live visits. Or Instagram or YouTube lives. Smiley faced for us. Doing their best to make us happy. But few ever think of how much the fans end up pressuring them about leading their own lives. The si

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Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes

Arundhuti Palui

We see our favorite actors on screen. And on live visits. Or Instagram or YouTube lives. Smiley faced for us. Doing their best to make us happy. But few ever think of how much the fans end up pressuring them about leading their own lives. The si

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Funny Boy

Funny Boy

Shyam Selvadurai

Set in the mannered, lush world of upper middle class Tamils in Sri Lanka, this deeply moving first novel, though not autobiographical, draws on Selvadurai’s experience of being gay in Sri Lanka and growing up during the escalating violence between t

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Funny Boy

Funny Boy

Shyam Selvadurai

Set in the mannered, lush world of upper middle class Tamils in Sri Lanka, this deeply moving first novel, though not autobiographical, draws on Selvadurai’s experience of being gay in Sri Lanka and growing up during the escalating violence between t

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The Mistress Of Spices

The Mistress Of Spices

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'A dazzling tale... woven with poetry and storyteller magic.' AMY TAN an immigrant from India, runs a spice shop in Oakland, California. While she supplies the ingredients for curries and kormas, sh

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The Mistress Of Spices

The Mistress Of Spices

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'A dazzling tale... woven with poetry and storyteller magic.' AMY TAN an immigrant from India, runs a spice shop in Oakland, California. While she supplies the ingredients for curries and kormas, sh

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The Hungry Ghosts

The Hungry Ghosts

Shyam Selvadurai

In Buddhist myth, the dead may be reborn as “hungry ghosts”- spirits with stomach so large they can never be full - if they have desired too much during their lives. It is the duty of the living relatives to free those doomed to this fate by doing ki

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The Hungry Ghosts

The Hungry Ghosts

Shyam Selvadurai

In Buddhist myth, the dead may be reborn as “hungry ghosts”- spirits with stomach so large they can never be full - if they have desired too much during their lives. It is the duty of the living relatives to free those doomed to this fate by doing ki

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One Night @ The Call Centre

One Night @ The Call Centre

Chetan Bhagat

In winter 2004, a writer met a young girl on a night train journey. To pass the time, she offered to tell a story. However, she had a condition: that he make it into his second book. He hesitated, but asked what the story was about. The girl said

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One Night @ The Call Centre

One Night @ The Call Centre

Chetan Bhagat

In winter 2004, a writer met a young girl on a night train journey. To pass the time, she offered to tell a story. However, she had a condition: that he make it into his second book. He hesitated, but asked what the story was about. The girl said

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Wise and Otherwise - A salute to Life

Wise and Otherwise - A salute to Life

Sudha Murty

Fifty vignettes showcase the myriad shades of human nature A man dumps his aged father in an old-age home after declaring him to be a homeless stranger, a tribal chief in the Sahyadri hills teaches the author that there is humility in receiving too,

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Wise and Otherwise - A salute to Life

Wise and Otherwise - A salute to Life

Sudha Murty

Fifty vignettes showcase the myriad shades of human nature A man dumps his aged father in an old-age home after declaring him to be a homeless stranger, a tribal chief in the Sahyadri hills teaches the author that there is humility in receiving too,

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Unaccustomed Earth

Unaccustomed Earth

Jhumpa Lahiri

The book, ‘Unaccustomed Earth’ is a collection of short stories which reveal the patterns and layers of human emotions and the complicated links of relationships. The stories in this book focus on the lives and issues of the Indian American community

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Unaccustomed Earth

Unaccustomed Earth

Jhumpa Lahiri

The book, ‘Unaccustomed Earth’ is a collection of short stories which reveal the patterns and layers of human emotions and the complicated links of relationships. The stories in this book focus on the lives and issues of the Indian American community

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Lost Libido And Other Gulp Fiction

Lost Libido And Other Gulp Fiction

Salil Desai

An incredible collection of stories about people caught in the chaotic, cultural flux of urban India and their reactions to the problems, temptations and tricky choices that life throws at them.

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Lost Libido And Other Gulp Fiction

Lost Libido And Other Gulp Fiction

Salil Desai

An incredible collection of stories about people caught in the chaotic, cultural flux of urban India and their reactions to the problems, temptations and tricky choices that life throws at them.

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