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India, 3400 BCE. The ancient kingdom of Mithila is divided by corruption, resentment, and poverty. An abandoned baby is found in a field protected by a vulture from a pack of wolves....

Ram Rajya. The Perfect Land. But perfection has a price. He paid that price....

Locked in the stories, symbols and rituals of Vishnu is the wisdom of the ancestors, transmitted over hundreds of years....

Six friends are selling home appliances to the US from a call centre in India. Each one has an issue with love....

Ankita Sharma has the world at her feet. She is young, good-looking and smart and has tonnes of friends and boys swooning over her....

Do Kadam Aur Sahi is an excellent compilation of selected poems by the renowned Urdu poet Rahat Indoori. The compiler, Sachin Chaudhary, has named the collection as ‘selected pearls of the ocean’. The magic that flows from the pen of Rahat Indauri gives a different feeling....

Taken literally, stories, symbols and rituals of Hindu mythology have much to say about gender relationships. Taken symbolically, they reveal many more things....

Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu wrote The Tale of Genji in the 11th century to entertain the other women in the court. It follows the romantic exploits of the title character, an emperor’s son, as he navigates life in and out of aristocratic society....

The Three Kingdoms is one of the Chinese Noble Classics....

From victims to victims to victors, this collection of stories contains intricate details of 13 women who went on to leave their permanent mark on the face of the Mumbai Mafiosi....

Dr. Bashir Badra is considered an Urdu poet of such stature, who has not only transcended into his readers' hearts and minds through the fame of his published couplets but also into the literary hall of fame of well-received Urdu poets....

Connect the Dots is the story of 20 enterprising individuals without MBAs who started their own ventures. They were driven by the desire to prove themselves....

This book offers a complete translation of the Majjhima Nikāya, or Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the Pāli Canon, the authorised scriptures of Theravada Buddhism....

R.K. Narayan’s reputation as one of the founding figures of Indian writing in English is re-examined in this comprehensive study of his fiction, which offers detailed readings of all his novels....

The Republic poses questions that endure: What is justice? What form of community fosters the best possible life for human beings? What is the nature and destiny of the soul? Find out....

Naraz has many references that reflect the resenting virtue of Rahat Indori. A lyricist of films par excellence, and a master of literature in college, he is a famous poet loved by all - who also accomplishes in playing with colours and lines....

With direct access to the top Maoist leadership, Rahul Pandita provides an authoritative account of how a handful of men and women entered Bastar in 1980 and created a powerful movement....

No Longer Human (1948, Ningen Shikkaku / A Shameful Life / Confessions of a Faulty Man) was an attack on the traditions of Japan, capturing the postwar...

When the younger players in India's cricket team find out that advertising executive Zoya Singh Solanki was born at the very moment India won the World Cup back in 1983, they are intrigued....

This volume offers a complete translation of the Saṃyutta Nikāya, The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, the third of the four great collections in the Sutta Pitaka of the Pāli Canon....

The shocking and brutal murder of a young American woman rips apart the peace of the ancient city of Benares. Hawa Singh, a senior inspector from the Delhi crime branch gets embroiled in the case....

The compositions of Wasim Barelvi, an exponent of Moradabadi School of poetry, appeal to the classes and masses alike. Charag is a compilation of these works. Known for his deft handling of easy and everyday language, the poetry of Wasim wins the hearts of all....

The late Binodini Thakur had been very clear that she would never agree to sell her hissa in her Bauji's big old house on Hailey Road....

அயோத்திப்பெருமாள் - தமிழ் மரபில் இராமகதை எனும் இந்த ஒலிப் புத்தகம் தமிழ் மரபின் 1600 ஆண்டுகால இராமகதைத் தொடர்பை விரிவாக விளக்கும் ஆய்வு நூலாகும். ஆய்வு நூல்களுக்கான துல்லியத்திலிருந்து விலகாமல் அதே சமயம் விறுவிறுப்புக் குறையாமல் இந்தப் புத்தகம் அனைவரும் கேட்கும் வகையில் உருவாகியுள்ளது.

Khushwant Singh's Big Book of Malice brings together some of his nastiest and most irreverent pieces. Witty, sharp, and brutally honest, this collection is certain to delight and provoke listeners of all ages....