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Of Knights and Lilies
Shruti does not have an active love life. Neither does Abhi. However, when a daunting episode brings them together, neither can fight against the attraction they feel towards each other. As the romance gradually blossoms, it is all they can do to hold back from the giddily emotional tumult. Of Knights and Lilies follows the story of Shruti and Abhi, and what happens when they get closer to that magnificent sentiment called ‘love.’ Several questions arise when they are at their closest to it. Will the stars align to allow them that happiness? Or will they throw in a few obstacles? Will Abhi be able to save Shruti again? Most important of all: Will their love remain unspoken? Will it survive?
Karno's Daughter: The Lives of an Indian Maid
A MAID IN THE CITY, A RICE FARMER IN HER VILLAGE, RACONTEUR, SURVIVOR—KARNO’S DAUGHTER IS THE LIFE STORY OF A REMARKABLE WOMAN. This is a biography of Buttermilk, the author's maid in Calcutta. She wishes to remain anonymous; Buttermilk is one of her nicknames. Her life straddles the city, the village and the suburbs. It brims with stories of betrayal and devastation, but also with unexpected aesthetics and love in unlikely places. This story is a weave of many threads: her family across multiple generations, her city work and her struggle as a rice farmer. We follow her across five decades as she forges a life with creativity and grit, and one antenna permanently tuned to the land. We witness her tackle brutal pressure and yet remain free of callus. With wit and spirit, Buttermilk lives an uproarious trapeze act, without a safety net from god or country. But for how long?
A Distant Heart
Her name means “miracle” in Sanskrit, and to her parents, that’s exactly what Kimaya is. The first baby to survive after several miscarriages, Kimi grows up in a mansion at the top of Mumbai’s Pali Hill, surrounded by love and privilege. But at eleven years old, she develops a rare illness that requires her to be confined to a germ-free ivory tower in her home, with only the Arabian Sea churning outside her window for company. . . . Until one person dares venture into her world. Tasked at fourteen years old with supporting his family, Rahul Savant shows up to wash Kimi’s windows, and an unlikely friendship develops across the plastic curtain of her isolation room. As years pass, Ra...
Get Better at Getting Better
What makes people succeed? Why do some people succeed, while others struggle despite working hard? This book is based on the insight that success is not about how good you are but how powerful a model you have to improve how good you are. Chandramouli Venkatesan calls it the Get-Better Model, or GBM. Successful people are those who are able to build a powerful GBM to continuously improve themselves, and this book will show you how to do it. A GBM is made up of four key components and these must be practised deliberately for getting better-getting better by yourself; getting better by leveraging others; making others get better; and making and implementing a get-better plan. This powerful and life-changing book thus shows how you can constantly get better to unlock your potential at work and in life.
After the Storm
Young and ambitious Meenakshi Iyer has better things to do than tie the knot, a decision her family had better get used to. Living in Mumbai, the trainee journalist is determined to find the perfect beat and, maybe, the perfect man - but on her own terms.The charismatic Arjun Rathore, head of the sports desk with the newspaper she works at, is the obvious candidate until she runs into Rakesh Ramakrishnan - a former suitor and a brilliant chef at his own restaurant, where business is booming.When Meenakshi and Rakesh visit Chennai to attend a wedding, the rain - and her feelings - become increasingly difficult to ignore. As floods threaten to swallow the city whole, prompting Rakesh and her family to throw themselves into relief work, emotions begin to pour over. Meenakshi must brace herself for the adventure ahead and discover what, and whom, her heart truly desires.
Ummath
Spanning the three decades of the deadly Sri Lankan civil war, Ummath highlights the plight of women across communal and ethnic divides. Through the lives of three women, Thawakkul, Yoga and Theivanai - one a social activist, the other a Tamil Tiger forced into joining the movement as a child, and the third a disillusioned fighter for the Eelam - the novel lays bare the complex equations that ruled life in Sri Lankan society during and in the aftermath of the civil war. In Ummath, Sharmila Seyyid - once forced to live in exile for her outspoken, liberal views - interrogates Islamist fundamentalism, Tamil nationalism and Sri Lankan majoritarian chauvinism with her characteristic courage, honesty and sensitivity.
Falling in Love Again
Once I saw her, leaning over the balcony railing. I stopped the taxi and waved to her. She waved back, smiling like the sun breaking through clouds. Suffused with warmth and passion, the stories in Falling in Love Again showcase the myriad variations of romantic love-fleeting, intimate, joyous, heartbreaking. Featuring classic stories by Ruskin Bond, such as 'The Eyes Have It' and 'The Girl from Copenhagen', this stirring collection captures the range of feelings that are indubitably part of the infinite spectrum of love.
Dharmendra
A teacher's son from the hinterlands of Punjab who dreamt of doing what Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand and Raj Kapoor did on screen and expecting to own 'a flat and a Fiat' consequently, has emerged as one of the most loved icons of Hindi cinema.
Nikola Tesla
If you want to learn about one of history’s most fascinating minds and uncover some of his secrets of imagination—secrets that enabled him to invent machines light years ahead of his time and literally bring light to the world—then you want to read this book. Imagination amplifies and colors every other element of genius, and unlocks our potential for understanding and ability. It’s no coincidence that geniuses not only dare to dream of the impossible for their work, but do the same for their lives. They’re audacious enough to think that they’re not just ordinary players. Few stories better illustrate this better than the life of the father of the modern world, a man of legendary...
Nari
Army man found dead in Banjara Hills. Only witnesses - wife and servant. Unconfirmed reports of rape. Can the truth be revealed? Nari is a chronicle of sexual abuse told from the points of view of the victim and the perpetrator. Set in present-day Hyderabad, when Ramya Tirthankar, the young wife of a retired army man, and their seventeen-year-old servant, Narayana - lovingly called 'Nari' - accuse each other of rape. Layered and disturbingly lyrical, filled with shock, empathy and trauma, Nari uncovers questions related to human sexual behaviour, power play and how gender inequalities are built into our very genes.
