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Family Matters

Family Matters
  • Author(s): Rohinton Mistry
  • Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1990s

Fast Track to Glory

Fast Track to Glory
  • Author(s): Tomasz Chrusciel
  • Location(s): Europe, Jaipur
  • Era(s): Contemporary

***FINALIST IN THE 2016 READERS’ FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD CONTEST*** A long-lost artefact… Nina Monte has worked hard to achieve her dreams. At thirty-six she’s one of Italy’s youngest professors, and renowned for her knowledge of the ancient world. Old...

Final Innings

Final Innings
  • Author(s): Sunil Gupta
  • Location(s): India, Australia, England, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): contemporary

Final Innings is the story of five tumultuous years in the life of a successful and internationally admired Indian cricketer, Ramdas Upreti. It explores the depths of human desire and disillusionment, hope and regret, love and longing, and deep...

First and Only Destiny

First and Only Destiny
  • Author(s): Gloria Silk
  • Location(s): London, India
  • Genre(s): Romance, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

First Love… It’s love at first sketch for shy, sheltered art major Lia Abraham, when she meets the Bollywood-gorgeous Devraj Shah at a London university. But she refuses to show her undeniable attraction to the gregarious genius, who is...

Following Fish

Following Fish
  • Author(s): Samanth Subramanian
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Food and Drink, Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

In a coastline as long and diverse as India’s, fish inhabit the heart of many worlds – food of course, but also culture, commerce, sport, history and society. Journeying along the edges of the peninsula, Samanth Subramanian delivers a...

For A Pagan Song

For A Pagan Song
  • Author(s): Jonny Bealby
  • Location(s): Afghanistan, India, Pakistan
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

For a Pagan Song tells the story of how Jonny Bealby follows in the footsteps of his two heroes from literature, Kipling and Dravot, travelling across remote parts of India and Pakistan and into war-torn Afghanistan. Picturing himself seated...

Freedom at Midnight

Freedom at Midnight
  • Author(s): Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 1947/8

H.E. Navtej Sarna recommends the book Freedom at Midnight (1975), which was written by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins. The book describes events around Indian independence and partition in 1947-48, beginning with the appointment of Lord Mountbatten of Burma...

Friendship Love And Killer Escapades (FLAKE)

Friendship Love And Killer Escapades (FLAKE)
  • Author(s): Pankaj Giri
  • Location(s): Bangalore (Bengaluru)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Prakash Bharti: a shy, self-effacing, spiritually-inclined simpleton from Gangtok; Purvesh Shroff: a cocky, strapping young lad from Mumbai; Richa Malhotra: a sweet, vivacious girl from Bangalore; Anand Kumar Rajput: a mysterious, enigmatic personality from Jharkhand. Friendship, Love and Killer...

Funeral Nights

Funeral Nights
  • Author(s): Nongkynrih Kynpham Sing
  • Location(s): Meghalaya
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

A group of friends from Shillong journey to a remote part of West Khasi Hills to witness Ka Phor Sorat, the feast of the dead, a unique six-day-long funeral ceremony of the Lyngngams, a Khasi sub-tribe. It may well...

Getting Away With It

Getting Away With It
  • Author(s): Simon Eyre
  • Location(s): Bangladesh, India, Italy, London
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

He’s determined to get away with the ultimate crime. Even if it kills him. Daniel Sawyer is at his lowest point. He’s lost his job after his fiancée has left him. His future looks bleak. Until London crime lord...

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