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The Trial Of The Maharaja
The true account of the first Judicial Murder in British India 1775: British East India Company had won the battles of Plassey and Buxar. Their devastating tax measures and government machinery led to the Great Bengal Famine. Even as the masses struggled for survival, the Company was on a steady path towards maximizing profits and becoming the undisputed rulers of Bengal. Maharaja Nanda Kumar was an influential landowner in Bengal, who had been put in charge for revenue collection by the Company. He stumbled upon the elaborate game of money laundering and corruption with one man behind it all – Warren Hastings. Nanda Kumar decided to expose him and their battle of wits led to a historic eight-day Supreme Court trial. Its ripples reached London, leading to impeachment trials of two affluent British officers. Read The Trial of the Maharaja to know what happened when a brave Indian Maharaja stood up against the British authority. This real-life historical drama shows one man’s fight against men in power, for the love of his land and countrymen.
The Last Witch Trial
1916. A beautiful angelic woman, Maya, is raped and executed publicly on accusation of being a witch, after subjecting to a fabricated witch trial in a small town. A series of ritualistic and brutal murders harrow the town every third decade since then. As per the witnesses of each era, Maya comes back every thirty years to avenge the savagery done on her. 2010. Ajay Singh Thakur, a young postgraduate, returns to the town to visit his dying uncle and finds himself collared in midst of the haunting. A secret letter reveals the dark history behind the ‘1916 witch trial’, links the nefarious act to his ancestry and leaves him aghast. He, with the aid of Professor Arya (a paranormal expert),...
You Will Sail Through
You Will Sail Through” is a story about Anubha, the protagonist, a young millennial in her mid-twenties, who got dumped by her boyfriend, Ashish. Anubha decides to end her life by committing suicide amidst the beaches of Pondicherry. She ends up meeting Abhishek, the author of this book, who narrates her the “millennials’ things”. The millennials' things revolve around the rationale of “Why we go through, what we go through, and what has to be done to overcome whatever we go through,” answering the millennials’ generation's questions. Be it Mithali, Debanjana, Maddy, or as many as other twenty-six millennials about which the author narrates, they all found it difficult to sail ...
Everywhere Babies
Every day, everywhere, babies are born. They're kissed and dressed and rocked and fed--and completely adored by the families who love them. With an irresistible rhyming text and delightfully endearing illustrations, here is an exuberant celebration of playing, sleeping, crawling, and of course, very noisy babies doing all the wonderful things babies do best.
The Evergreen Emotion
There are some strong feelings or emotions in our life which we never forget and we seem to carry it somewhere in our heart's core through out our life. Many a times those feelings and emotions remains untold. This book tries to bring that untold feelings in front of the world. "The Evergreen Emotion" is a collection of stories, poems and quo...
Mindscape
Mindscape is a journey to the deepest, darkest nooks and crannies of the human mind. The stories and poems of this anthology portray the realities and struggles of a mentally ill person as they battle with their own minds. It is one step forward in demolishing the stigma-ridden facade associated with mental illness. Because through our inked words, we want you to know that, no matter who you are, where you live what you do or what you are going through we understand you, and you are not alone. Complied and Managed by Ms. Deblina Bhattacharyya. Edited by Mr. Samya Brata Roy and Ms. Deblina Bhattacharyya
LOCKDOWN 20
Notes & Posts, as the Lockdown 20 unfolded. Between Lockdown 1.0 & Lockdown 5.0 Between Sameness & Randomness Between Essentialness & Obliviousness Between March & May Between Heat & Warmth Between Seafood & Mangoes Between Betweenness
Within Minutes: Micro Stories
Examining human behaviour isn't just for academics and medical professionals. As humans, we're naturally fascinated by how we―and others ―experience the world around us in an attempt to understand ourselves. What's most important - your status in life, or your character? How do modern women cope with living in a patriarchal society? Why do children have a unique perception of the world? What makes common people act differently in business settings or in relationships and friendships? How did certain myths, superstitions, ideas about divinity, and small-town views of the world develop? Comprised of 45 micro fictional stories, Within Minutes profoundly explores the words, hearts, and minds of a diverse range of men, women, and children in a bid to answer age-old questions and quell our endless curiosity. If you want an escape from your workday, want to spend a little time learning about the cross-sections of Indian society to see where their hearts and minds lie, this collection offers an abundance of two to three-minute reads for you.
The Quests Of William Wood
About Book: When William Wood lost his mother, he decided to leave home for his aunt’s. Little did he know that this simple act would change his life forever for quite unknowingly, he had embarked upon a journey that would last a lifetime. He had unwittingly landed in Glennins instead of Gummings where he met Leon and Ivy. The tiny village looked friendly by day but strange things happened in the dead of night. Soon William found himself in a web of intrigue. Quite impervious to the lurking danger, he and his friends decided to take matters into their own hands to solve the mystery. But what awaited them might be bigger and more dangerous than they could have ever imagined. Join William in...
Marriage and Modernity
An innovative cultural history of the evolution of modern marriage practices in Bengal, Marriage and Modernity challenges the assumption that arranged marriage is an antiquated practice. Rochona Majumdar demonstrates that in the late colonial period Bengali marriage practices underwent changes that led to a valorization of the larger, intergenerational family as a revered, “ancient” social institution, with arranged marriage as the apotheosis of an “Indian” tradition. She meticulously documents the ways that these newly embraced “traditions”—the extended family and arranged marriage—entered into competition and conversation with other emerging forms of kinship such as the mod...
