Author(s): Kala Sambasivan, Ambika Sambasivan (Illustrator)
Location(s): Ahmedabad, West India
Genre(s): Children
Era(s): N/A
Do you ever think of your future – dream about becoming an astronaut, a surgeon or a wildlife photographer? What if animals too have such ambitions? What if a rhesus monkey wishes to be a school bus driver or...
When Rana Dasgupta arrived in Delhi at the turn of the twenty-first century, he had no intention of staying for long, but the city beguiled him – he ‘fell in love and in hate with it’ – and fifteen...
Some years ago, a book was published that would change the way one looks at railway junctions forever. Bishwanath Ghosh had got down at Itarsi junction to grab a cup of chai while travelling from Kanpur to Chennai. Sipping...
Inspector Gowda series #2 What does thirteen-year-old Nandita’s disappearance have to do with the murder of a prominent lawyer in a gated community? As Gowda investigates, he is suddenly embroiled in Bangalore’s child-trafficking racket. Negotiating insensitive laws, indifferent officials,...
Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. She and her sisters-in-law, married to three brothers in a single ceremony, spend their days hard at work in the family’s...
Author(s): Neil Gaiman, Divya Srinivasan (illustrator)
Location(s): India
Genre(s): Children
Era(s): N/A
In a hot, hot country, ringed with mountains on one side and jungle on the other, lives a princess called Cinnamon. Her eyes are made of pearls, which means that she is blind. And, for reasons her parents the...
Author(s): Nazneen Ahmed Pathak, Sandhya Prabhat (Illustrator)
Location(s): East London, India
Genre(s): Children
Era(s): 1855
India, 1855. The British rule, and all across the country, Indian magic is being stamped out. More terrifying still, people born with magic are being snatched from their homes. Rumour is that they are being taken across the sea...
Madhur (meaning “sweet as honey”) Jaffrey grew up in a large family compound, where her grandfather often presided over dinners at which forty or more members of his extended family would savor together the wonderfully flavorful dishes that were...
Seven short stories set in the various cities of India with powerful women centric themes that zoom in on the duality Of the human mind . From a lovely young woman leading a shocking dual life to the wife,...
In the golden afternoon light, the young woman lies perfectly still, her dark hair fanning out behind her. She is dressed in a rose red sari, shot through with gold. Just like the others. The last time Detective Vijay...
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