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Gurgaon Diaries
Modern-day Gurgaon was Guru Dronacharya's village, a gift from the Pandavas and Kauravas for training them in military arts. While the legends of the mythical village are woven around the warrior mystic, the Millennium City, as it stands today, owes its rapid growth to globalization, outsourcing and the BPO boom. From swanky malls and skyscrapers to pot-hole-ridden roads where gleaming Mercs vie for space with rickety rickshaws; from voluptuous North Indian aunties and brawny local men to rotund Bengali mashimas; from designer stores and Starbucks coffee to roadside vans peddling chole bhature; Drona's village is riddled with contradictions, both hilarious and poignant, irreverent and bittersweet. Gurgaon Diaries is a humorous peek at the workings of this modern-day village and how the Millennium City is a paradox in itself.
The Reluctant Mother
The Reluctant Mother is a book of rage. Rage at being alone in your pain, having your conflict belittled, and your struggles trivialised. It is the story of a young woman who seeks to find herself in a world that constantly tries to define her and who she should be. It is the memoir of an anti-mother. A woman who doesn’t fall in love with her baby at first sight but discovers love along the way. This book is for anyone who feels overwhelmed by the idea of ‘ideal’ motherhood. Be it a woman or a man, one way of confronting trauma is to know that you are not alone in it. To know that someone shares your story and understands your emotions and guilt that accompanies feeling anything other than ‘perfectly blissful’ about motherhood. It is at once heartbreaking and poignant as it is hopeful and comforting. It is the story of one woman and yet the life of many. It reveals how tradition and modernity, faith and reason, pleasure and pain are all so intimately interwoven for women that their true sense of self is inevitably one of contradictions. The book’s biggest strength lies in its rawness and honesty. Nothing but the truth stands here.
The Rossogolla Murders
A retired judge drops dead at a swish party in Kolkata. The needle of suspicion points to Punjabi mirchi Dolly Luthra. Now it's up to her friend, the strait-laced Mrinalini Sen, to don the detective's hat and clear Dolly's name. Easier said than done when bodies start piling up and there's a crafty killer on the loose. Will the two be able to put their differences aside and solve the murders?
The Ghosts of Gurugram
When twenty-six-year-old Tara Chatterjee moves to Gurgaon to make a fresh start after a painful breakup, she finds herself in the middle of a peculiar situation. Her new home is inhabited by a ghost, a woman only she can see! Who is this woman and why does she keep appearing in front of Tara with her motley crew of friends? Will Tara be able to make sense of the chaos in her own life and unravel the secret of her haunted apartment?Insightful and moving with flashes of wit, the story takes a look at the darker side of Gurgaon's development and the growing menace of suicide and dowry-related deaths in the Millennium City.
A Jar Full of Joys
With all the ongoing pandemic stress, do you ever feel the need for a light relaxing conversation with someone? To top it, what if those conversations are jam-packed with fun stories and reminiscences that bring a smile to your lips or with non-stop amusement. Eagerly looking for something similar? Don't worry! You have picked the exact book that you need this hour. 13 amazing writers have come together with 13 wonderful stories for you. Relax your stressed nerves, as they are to take you on a journey of fun-filled jovial episodes. So, let's get started! But, hey! Wait! What is that on your face? Take a selfie. Check the picture. Did you see it? There. Yeah! That's a smile. Start reading and you would be seen grinning like a Cheshire Cat. Go! Read now. Happy Beaming! And don't forget to post those before and after pictures on social media.
Will You Still Love Me?
"Lavanya Gogoi is from the scenic hills of Shillong while Rajveer Saini belongs to the shahi city of Patiala. Worlds apart from one another, the two land up next to each other on a flight from Mumbai to Chandigarh. It's love at first flight, at least for one of them. For the other ... well, it's going to take more than a plane ride! And when love does finally happen, there are more obstacles to overcome. Rajveer has to stand up against his own if he and Lavanya are to be together."--Page 4 of cover.
Death by Dumpling
Welcome to the Ho-Lee Noodle House, where the Chinese food is to die for. . . The last place Lana Lee thought she would ever end up is back at her family’s restaurant. But after a brutal break-up and a dramatic workplace walk-out, she figures that helping wait tables is her best option for putting her life back together. Even if that means having to put up with her mother, who is dead-set on finding her a husband. Lana’s love life soon becomes yesterday’s news once the restaurant’s property manager, Mr. Feng, turns up dead—after a delivery of shrimp dumplings from Ho-Lee. But how could this have happened when everyone on staff knew about Mr. Feng’s severe, life-threatening shellf...
150 Glorious Years of Indian Railways
This Book Gives The History Of Indian Railways From The Earliest Beginnings And Provides Fascinating Details About Development Of Steam, Diesel And Electric Iocomotives And Descriptions Of Great Trains Famous Stations, Signaling System Above All What It Takes To Make The Services Run Smoothly.
The Story of My Assassins
“Spine chilling … written with flair and clear-eyed acidity.” — The New Yorker Based on actual events, The Story of My Assassins tells the story of a journalist who learns that the police have captured five hitmen on their way to kill him. Landing like a bombshell on his comfortable life, just as he’s started a steamy affair with a brilliant woman, the news prompts him to launch an urgent investigation into the lives of his aspiring murderers—a ragtag group of street thugs and village waifs—and their mastermind. Who wanted him dead, and why? But the investigation forces him to reexamine his own life, too—to confront his own notion of himself, his job, and his treatment of the women in his life, as well as his own complex feelings about the country that crafted his would-be killers. Part thriller and part erotic romance, full of dark humor and knife-edged suspense, The Story of My Assassins is a piercing literary novel that takes us from the lavish, hedonistic palaces of India’s elite to its seediest slums. It is a novel of corruption, passion, power, and ambition; of extreme poverty and obscene wealth. It is an awesome adventure into the heart of today’s India.
Gurgaon to Gurugram
The book reflects on the past, present and the future of the city. It is an intriguing narrative for the residents of the national capital territory region who have witnessed the city growing from a rural area to an urban city The book is backed by research and provides serves as a serious and informative guide to Gurgaon-a city of paradoxes.
