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They were translated into English by Gopa Majumdar. The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian is an astonishing work of self-discovery. It is a serious and introspective narrative and historical testimony.
Back to Top. It won the Booker Prize in The novel has been well-received, making the New York Times bestseller list in addition to winning the Man Booker Prize. It is a first-person narrative of Balram Halwai, an impoverished young man from a small village who moves to Delhi to work as a chauffeur for the rich.
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai follows the journey of Biju, an illegal immigrant in the US who is trying to make a new life; and Sai, an Anglicised Indian girl living with her grandfather in India. Her destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean shortly before the outbreak of the Opium Wars in China and onboard are a diverse cast of characters.
Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil is about the lives of a few people, bound together by a common passion — Opium, and about Bombay, in a way we have never heard of before. The Great Indian Novel is a satirical novel by Shashi Tharoor which takes the story of the Mahabharata and recasts and resets it in the context of the Indian Independence Movement and the first three decades post-independence.
Fasting, Feasting by Anita Desai is the story of a family living in a small town in India, where provincial customs and attitudes dictate the future of all children: girls are to be married off and boys are to become as educated as possible. The novel brings vividly to life a small corner of India while offering a stark indictment of colonialism.
Vanity Bagh is about the life of a boy from the minority community. The book is not about hope. It is about hopelessness. More than anything else, it is about distress and religious intolerance that can divide humanity and win elections.
It explores all varieties of hue that India represented from then to now and documents India like it has never been documented before. History of Medieval India provides a comprehensive overview of the history of medieval India. It deals with the histories of many known and lesser-known kingdoms. From Plassey to Partition is an eminently readable account of the emergence of India as a nation.
It covers about two hundred years of political and socio-economic turbulence — to — and maps a wide and often complicated terrain of historical happenings. It presents the entire history of the rise of various Indian freedom fighters.
It also talks of the Partition that led to the creation of India and Pakistan. It is one of the most accurate books which has been painstakingly written after thorough research based on legal and valid verbal and written sources. Brigadier Dalvi served in the Indian Army and gives a first-person account of the war. What Happened to Netaji talks about the controversy surrounding the death of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and lights the factual position with regard to the air crash theory.
In this explosive book, An Era of Darkness , bestselling author Shashi Tharoor reveals with acuity, impeccable research, and trademark wit, just how disastrous British rule was for India. Besides examining the many ways in which the colonizers exploited India, he demolishes the arguments of Western and Indian apologists for Empire on the supposed benefits of British rule. The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda is an 8-volume set and contains all the books, lecture, discussions, prose, poetry, and letters written by Swami Vivekananda, a spiritual teacher who introduced Hindu philosophies such as Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world.
The Mahabharata is not a mere epic; it is a romance, telling the tale of heroic men and women, and of some who were divine; it is a whole literature in itself, containing a code of life, a philosophy of social and ethical relations, and speculative thought on human problems. Yajnaseni makes a determined effort for a balanced portrayal of the epic character of Draupadi and brings to the surface the broader and deeper aspects of her mind that lay submerged in the majestic sweep of the grand Mahabharata.
Ashok K. The aim is not to outgrow myth, but to be enriched and empowered by its ancient, potent and still relevant language. His unique approach makes the ancient hymn accessible, combined as it is with his trademark illustrations. The Taj Mahal Trilogy is a woman-centric tale of power, passion and love. The first part, The Twentieth Wife , narrates the story of Mehrunnisa, the powerful wife of Jahangir. Harappa: Curse of the Blood River knits 3, years of powerful ancient and modern-day characters and a nail-biting conspiracy — all in one literary thriller.
It is the first among a series of four books. A saga of violence and deceit, gods and demons, love and ambition. This warrior is not from South India but rather a Greek woman, who has been surrendered in defeat by a raiding party bested by the Cholas. Zelaldinus is a fictional story which involves the great Mughal Emperor Akbar, and a current-generation tourist Irv.
Together they rediscover the gloomy city of Fatehpur Sikri; a city which was abandoned soon after its completion. The Shiva Trilogy by Amish Tripathi is on a radical idea that all Gods were once human beings; it was their deeds in the human life that made them famous as Gods. Rather, it is a completely new myriad of characters woven into the familiar story of the Kauravas and the Pandavas seen through the eyes of Govinda Shauri.
The Kishkindha Chronicles re-imagines the ancient prehistory of India from a startlingly new perspective that will make us rethink what it means to be human and animal. Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta is worth every minute that you spend reading it. With the classic combination of action and adventure doused in a generous dose of mythology and fantasy, the book appeals to almost every kind of reader.
That Amish decides to pour in a generous amount of information and detailing is like the icing on top. Keepers of the Kalachakra is a historical cum mythological cum science-fiction thriller which revolves around an ancient concept in Vajrayana Buddhism — the Kalachakra. It gives us a message that if the situations are handled in a more matured way all these lives can be saved.
Not all love stories are meant to have a perfect ending. It is a tender and heartfelt tale of Ravin and Khushi — two people who find each other on a matrimonial site and fall in love until life puts their love to the ultimate test. This is Not Your Story follows the story of 4 youngsters — Shaurya, Miraya, Anubhav and Kasturi, and how they tackle their problems and conquer life.
The Girl of My Dreams by Durjoy Datta is the story of Daman who suffers a memory lapse after he wakes up from a coma following a car accident. All he remembers now is a name — Shreyasi, a girl who was in the same car and whose hazy face now haunts his dreams.
It is a very fresh and unique love story which transcends age and geographical boundaries and makes you go all gooey in the heart. The book is partly autobiographical. A Half-Baked Love Story unfolds a candid narration by a love-struck, dumbstruck and spellbound guy, Aarav, who confesses every last detail of his love story to his drunkard friends on a new year night.
The tale of his first love Anamika. Just Married, Please Excuse by Yashodhara Lal is the story of a young couple, a quick-tempered big-city girl and a laidback desi boy, who must learn to adjust to married life and to each other with a little help from their idiosyncratic staff, Zarreena and Vinod, their nutty friend Vivi and, of course, their respective families.
Spy in Amber , first published in , is set during the time when tensions between India and China were at its peak. Hidden away from the world, in the deep belly of the Himalayas lies the Ragyabas monastery which has a treasure worth millions in its possession. Fearing Chinese invasion, the head monk decides to hand over the treasure to India for safe-keeping. But, the Chinese have different plans. Sacred Games draws the reader deep into the life of Inspector Sartaj Singh, and into the criminal underworld of Ganesh Gaitonde, the most wanted gangster in India.
It is is a story of friendship and betrayal, of terrible violence, of an astonishing modern city and its dark side. In the early thirties, a detective by the name of Byomkesh Bakshi made an unobtrusive entry into the world of Bengali fiction. Within days he was a household name, courtesy his cerebral skills and the exciting situations he found himself in.
The English version is translated by Monimala Dhar. Sundeep is ambitious and selfish, which leads him to achieve his goals through unscrupulous means. Swami is the exact opposite as he sticks to his morals and ethics to ensure success in his career. In Murder in a Minute , when a young woman is found lifeless in a pool of her own blood, everyone is convinced that it is her college sweetheart who murdered her.
They embark on a journey to unearth the truth, a journey riddled with fallacies and conspiracies, planted intentionally to trap them. Marry Me, Stranger is the story of Rivanah Bannerjee, a young and independent girl living alone in Mumbai.
Her life is in danger. Someone has been following her around, watching her every move, trying to get control over her life. In Patang , a man is found brutally murdered, his body posed like a kite on the tallest cell tower in the city. As one corpse after another turns up in the unlikeliest of places, maverick investigator Chandrakant Rathod has to pit his sharp instincts against the machinations of the sadistic, ruthless killer. In The Murder of Sonia Raikkonen , late one November night, the mutilated corpse of a young Finnish tourist is found in a public garden in Pune.
The suspects — her house guests, and Kimaaya herself! A Cut Like Wound begins on the first night of Ramadan when a young male prostitute is killed and burnt alive.
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