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Keshav is screwed. He hates his job, and his girlfriend has left him. For four years after their breakup, Keshav was unable to forget the beautiful Zara Lone. Zara moved on in life. Keshav couldn’t. He drank every night to forget her. He called her, messaged her and stalked her on social media. Zara ignored his messages, until after four years, on the eve of her birthday, Zara messaged Keshav, asking him to come to her hostel room 105. Keshav shouldn’t have gone, but he did...and his life changed forever. This is not a love story. It is an unlove story.

Kali Virus ke leak ho jane ki wajah se purush pradhan samaaj, mahila pradhan samaaj mein badal jata hai. Mardo ko virus se bachane ke liye chawl (containment zone) mein rakha jata hai aur sarkaari naukari dene ke bahane human testing ke liye lab lejaya jata hai.

Prisha Srivastav turned 18 two months back. Hailing from Faridabad, she studies mass communication in Bengaluru. She meets a mysterious man, double her age, who goes by the name "the mean monster" in the Bengaluru party circuit. Intrigued, she pursues him and falls for him. However, there's a problem. Prisha doesn't know he kills the one who loves him. Literally.

Jawaharlal Nehru wrote The Discovery of India during his imprisonment at Ahmednagar Fort for participating in the Quit India Movement (1942-1946). The book was written during Nehru’s four years of confinement to solitude in prison and is his way of paying an homage to his beloved country and its rich culture.

One of the most famous and influential autobiographies ever written, Benjamin Franklin Ki Atmakatha throws light on the life of this renowned polymath and scientist extraordinaire. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and was titled The First American. He helped draft the Declaration of Independence and later was involved in negotiating the peace treaty with Britain that ended the Revolutionary War. He also invented bifocals, a stove that is still manufactured, a water harmonica, and the lightning rod.

Revisit the fascinating folktales and legends of our ancestors. Enter the magical world of talking animals, kings, queens, fakirs and everyone in between.

Lavanya Gogoi is from the scenic hills of Shillong, while Rajveer Saini belongs to the shahi city of Patiala. Worlds apart from one another, the two land up next to each other on a flight from Mumbai to Chandigarh. It's love at first flight, at least for one of them. For the other...well, it's going to take more than a plane ride! And when love does finally happen, there are more obstacles to overcome. Rajveer has to stand up against his own if he and Lavanya are to be together.

In Shashi Tharoor’s satirical masterpiece, the story of the Mahabharata is retold as recent Indian history, and renowned political personalities begin to resemble characters from the Mahabharata—all of whom have a curious and ambiguous relationship with Draupadi Mokrasi (D. Mokrasi for short) . . . Brimming with incisive wit and as enjoyable a listen as it is cerebrally stimulating, The Great Indian Novel brilliantly retells reality as myth.

Books are the source of immeasurable knowledge, and Kitabi Khazana gives you a quick introduction to all the great lessons captured in these bestselling and popular books.

To cross the boundaries of convenience and reach these forbidden areas all of us have to cross a line, an inner line, and find our own Inner Line Pass. Umesh Pant’s travelogue Inner Line Pass is the story of one such journey that goes on in the outer world and the inner world of the heart. It is an account of an 18-day journey of over 200 kilometres on foot that takes the traveller to the heights of beauty - and danger.

For more than a decade, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has captivated the world of cricket and more than a billion Indians with his incredible ingenuity as captain, wicketkeeper, and batsman. Bharat Sundaresan tracks down the cricketer's closest friends in Ranchi and artfully presents the different shades of Dhoni - the Ranchi boy, the fauji, the diplomat, Chennai's beloved Thala, the wicketkeeping Pythagoras - and lays bare the man underneath. He discovers a certain je ne sais quoi about the man who has a magical ability to transform and elevate everything that comes into his orbit.

From Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling to Satyajit Ray and R. K. Narayan, this text is a collection of spine-chilling tales of the supernatural from India.

Emraan Hashmi walks us through his memories that have shaped him - from a confused teenager who dabbled in a variety of things to finding his calling to the suave and unorthodox actor he has become today. At the heart of his story lies the most important and transformative experience of his life - the period when his son, Ayyan, was battling with cancer. It reveals the man behind the limitless charm of Emraan Hashmi and how he dealt with his son’s illness. Honest, personal, bold and heart-warming, The Kiss of Life is about an actor and a father’s trials and triumphs.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, one of the greatest men to walk this earth, begins the story of his life with descriptions of his childhood in Porbandar and Rajkot in Gujarat, his schooldays, his early marriage, the lessons he learnt when he tried stealing, told lies and smoked cigarettes, and his unshakable devotion to his parents. He then tells us of his journeys abroad, first to England and then to south Africa, and narrates in simple, lucid language his transformation from a shy, diffident young man with a chronic fear of public speaking to a fearless lawyer and leader.

Waking up from a long coma, Daman learns that he was in a massive car crash with a girl who vanished soon after the accident, leaving him for dead. Strangely, all he remembers is a hazy face, her hypnotic eyes, and her name - Shreyasi. To come to terms with his memory lapse, he starts piecing together stories about himself and Shreyasi from his dreams, which he then turns into a hugely popular blog. When he’s offered a lucrative publishing deal to convert his blog pieces into a novel, he signs up immediately.

Indian Innovators traces the journey of 20 dynamic individuals who have created cutting-edge products with global mass appeal. Each innovator comes from a diverse background - from those who hold PhDs to those who have had no formal education! Despite this difference, what unites them are their passion for innovation, the grit with which they have fought adversities and their vision for a better world.

All Debashish cares about is getting laid. His relationships are mostly short-lived and his break-ups messy until he falls in love with the beautiful and mysterious Avantika. When she returns his feelings, he is thrilled. However, his joy is short-lived as Avantika walks out of the relationship. A brokenhearted Debashish plunges into depression and his life takes a dizzying downward spiral. He finds himself without a job, friends, or a lover. Loneliness strikes him hard. That is when his friend Amit comes to his rescue and they start putting the pieces of his life back together.

For Abhijeet, Saurav, Shruti, Garima life is about to change. They have the most sought after jobs in the country - jobs that will pay for designer clothes, shoes, watches, holidays in foreign locations...all the things they’ve ever wanted. But then, is life ever perfect?

Would you change yourself for the love of your life? Benoy zips around in a Bentley, lives alone in a palatial house, and is every girl’s dream. To everyone in college he is a stud and a heartbreaker. But is he, really? What no one sees is his struggle to come to terms with his mother’s untimely death and his very strained relationship with his father. Then once again his world turns upside down when he sees the gorgeous Shaina. He instantly falls in love but she keeps pushing him away. What is stopping them from having their fairy-tale romance? What is Shaina hiding?

At 27, Kiyan Roy is the mysterious, reclusive best-selling author of Handcuffs - an erotic trilogy. When he appears publicly before his readers for the first time, Kiyan starts getting stalked by a seductive and alluring girl across cities, book events, hotels, luncheons, and media interviews. Soon, he becomes obsessed by her and falls for her charms. The first time they sleep together, the girl gifts him something that is the first step to his doom. Kiyan soon realizes this girl is not who she says she is, but is it already too late to rectify his mistakes?