Language: English Format: Paperback Publisher: Srishti Publishers ISBN: 9789382665298 Pages: 200 Price: INR 150 All Indians unite over two things: food and marriages. While this book doesn’t delve in the former, it talks largely about the latter. This book talks about the difficulty of the arranged marriage system, and more largely, the pressure that is...
Language: English Format: Paperback ISBN: 9788129134684 Pages: 185 Price: 500 INR Zahar Futhehally was a birder and conversationalist. He has been bestowed upon with various accolades like the Padma Shri in 1970, the Order of Golden Ark in 1980 and was the longest serving secretary of the Bombay National History Society. He had founded the...
Alike last year, come again January, and Hyderabad Literary Festival is again going to happen! Hyderabad Literary Festival 2015 has been announced. This time, much bigger, better and in a different venue. Hyderabad Literary Festival 2015 starts from January 23rd and will last till Jan 26th, 2015. This year it will be held at the...
We reviewed Rashmi Kumar’s debut novel ‘Stilettos in the Newsroom’ back in 2011, and at the same time had a chat with her. She is now back with her second novel ‘Hooked, Lined & Single’. We just could not stop ourself from catching up once again. Q. ‘Hooked, Lined & Single’ is your second novel...
Format: Paperback Publisher: Doubleday ISBN: 9780385538039 Pages: 240 Price: 557 INR ‘A billion husbands are about to be replaced.’ Should you be worried? Not unless you are Palahniuk’s working staff. Making five dollars an hour and unable to pay his bills, Chuck Palahniuk had to say goodbye to learning journalism and greet workers daily at...
Format: Paperback Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 9789350292259 Pages: 274 Price: 350 ‘Tyrewala’s insightful introduction greatly enhances the reading experience… The collection is astonishingly diverse… Tyrewala’s anthology offers a sampling of brand-new authors and a superb introduction. It might provide a fictional contrast to Katherine Boo’s ‘Behind the Beautiful Forevers’.’ – Library Journal. It’s quite a...
Language: English Format: Paperback ISBN: 978-81-291-2469-2 Pages: 201 Price: 195 INR A drama which unfolds in Mumbai, ‘Games Girls Play‘ is a gripping story which takes us through the life of two different characters – Siya and Natasha and how their paths end up together. A story of how opposites attract. Siya, is a simple...
Format: Paperback Published by: St. Martin’s Paperbacks ISBN: 978031299046 Pages: 424 Price: 399 INR ‘Reilly hurls readers into an adrenaline-drenched thrill ride … impossible to put down!’ – Orlando Sentinel What many people are not aware of is that ‘Contest’ is Matthew Reilly’s first novel. The inspiration for him to pen this debut down came...
Language: English Format: Hardcover Publisher: Rainlight ISBN: 9788129134516 Pages: 182 Price: INR 500 “The door to his hospice was never closed. Silver, food and blessings due to the kindness of the Almighty Creator – all were distributed from there to all corners. Yet no one came to the sheikh for material assistance since he himself...
~ ‘Hooked, Lined & Single’ has launched in India on November 1, 2014 ~ About the Book: Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask god, ‘Where have I gone wrong?’ Then a voice says to me, ‘This is going to take more than one night…’ So you’re a woman, you’re 30-something and living...
Format: Paperback ISBN: 9789381626184 Pages: 194 Price: 250 INR Growing up and staying trapped in a large bubble of prosperity, all we care for these days are the petty things in life. No wonder state of being presently is so pathetic. We are like dogs chasing tails. The only difference being the tail is money....
Publisher: Puffin Classics Format: Hardcover ISBN: 9780141331119 Pages: 208 Price: 250 INR I found this thin book by chance at a local library, amidst titles like ‘David Copperfield’ and, funnily enough, ‘Aesop’s Fables’. With a brown hardbound cover, this made for a very different, but not quite an interesting read in the one hour that...
