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Death in the East

Death in the East
  • Author(s): Abir Mukherjee
  • Location(s): Assam, Kolkata (Calcutta), London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): Early 20th century

Calcutta police detective Captain Sam Wyndham and his quick-witted Indian Sergeant, Surrender-not Banerjee, are back for another rip-roaring adventure set in 1920s India. 1905, London. As a young constable, Sam Wyndham is on his usual East London beat when...

More Bodies Will Fall

More Bodies Will Fall
  • Author(s): Ankush Saikia
  • Location(s): Delhi, Manipur, Nagaland
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): present day

A girl from north-east India is murdered in Delhi. The main suspect is her ‘Indian’ boyfriend, but there isn’t enough evidence to prove his guilt. Amid a growing outcry about police neglect and racial injustice, detective Arjun Arora reluctantly...

The Girl from Nongrim Hills

The Girl from Nongrim Hills
  • Author(s): Ankush Saikia
  • Location(s): Shillong
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Bok, a guitar player with a Shillong band, has a lot on his mind. His elder brother Kitdor has lost 50 lakh rupees on a trip to Nagaland to purchase arms for a group of militants. Kitdor is given...

Land Where I Flee

Land Where I Flee
  • Author(s): Prajwal Parajuly
  • Location(s): Gangtok
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

To commemorate Chitralekha Nepauney’s Chaurasi – her landmark 84th birthday – three of Chitralekha’s grandchildren are travelling to Gangtok, Sikkim, to pay their respects. Agastaya is flying in from New York. Although a successful oncologist, he is dreading his...

Teatime for the Firefly

Teatime for the Firefly
  • Author(s): Shona Patel
  • Location(s): Assam
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): 1940s

Assam comes to life through Layla’s eyes and when she moves to Aynakhal, and excellently brings to life the colonial society of the tea plantations. Atmospheric and a beautiful portrayal of what love means.

The Secret Children

The Secret Children
  • Author(s): Alison McQueen
  • Location(s): Assam
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1920s

Assam, 1925. James MacDonald is one of the sons of empire who has no yearning for England. Running a tea plantation, he loves India and is reluctant to choose a British bride from the eager crowds sent over. But...

Death in the Air

Death in the Air
  • Author(s): Ram Murali
  • Location(s): Indian Himalayan Region
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Welcome to Samsara, a world-class spa nestled in the Indian Himalayas where all your wishes are just a gilded notecard away. Ro Krishna has just checked in. With his rakish charm, Oxford education, perfect hair, he has it all...

Boats on Land

Boats on Land
  • Author(s): Janice Pariat
  • Location(s): Shillong, North East India
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Various

Boats on Land is a unique way of looking at India’s northeast and its people against a larger historical canvas—the early days of the British Raj, the World Wars, conversions to Christianity, and the missionaries. This is a world...

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...

Keeping In Touch

Keeping In Touch
  • Author(s): Anjali Jospeh
  • Location(s): Assam, Oxford
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): present

Meet Ved, a British investor heading back to his Indian roots with a business proposition: a lightbulb called the Everlasting Lucifer. Meet Keteki, an art curator with a nomadic lifestyle, on her way home to Assam. In Heathrow airport,...

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