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When Mayadevi, aged 70, 75 or 80, depending on her mood, decides to go to London, she knows it will mean a year of penance to wash away the sins of crossing the ocean. But if her son will not come to...

First published in 2014, Mid-wicket Tales is back almost a decade later, in a revised and expanded edition to delight and entertain cricket fans and scholars alike. Humorous and richly detailed, this...

As soon as the door opened a crack, Mishti's nose appeared and then Mishti, pushing her way in, small and gold, straining on her lead with all her might. Behind her came a team of Mirzapuris. Mishti...

Mostly Ghostly Stories (Middle English Edition)Author: Subhadra SenguptaPublisher: Speaking Tiger BooksPublication Date: November 10, 2019Number of Pages: 176 pagesLanguage: Middle_EnglishBinding:...

Muniya learns the shocking truth of her birth-that Abbu is not her father at all, and he found her, abandoned, in a train. Determined to trace the birth parents she has never known, Muniya ends up in...

Lalli, retired policewoman, intrepid detective, collects curiosities... that inevitably lead to murder. The curiosity of murder unfolds in seven acts. Since Kalpana Swaminathan's first whodunit was...

In My Body Didn't Come Before Me, Kuhu Joshi recalls her struggle with spinal deformity, depression and shame that made it nearly impossible to feel at ease in her body. Her verses travel in time...

'Over the course of Keki Daruwalla's long career, some things have stayed the same: a vertical view of history that plunges across centuries and mythologies, an epic canvas rendered in minute detail,...

For much of the country's post-Independence history, Indian politics was dominated by a single towering figure: Jawaharlal Nehru. A leading figure of the Independence movement, and Mahatma Gandhi's...

A sensational debut collection of poems by a fresh new voice 'In these whimsical, deeply affectionate poems, New Delhi is both context and protagonist, alive in its dust, smog and everydayness, in...

Nimmi'S Bizuper BirthdayAuthor: Shabnam MinwallaPublisher: Speaking Tiger BooksPublication Date: Jan 10, 2020Number of Pages: 176 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 9389958040ISBN-13:...

The day after Holi. Former SHO Adhirath Jatav, recently dismissed from the Delhi Police, happens upon a murder-the body of a young woman, her insides split open, is found inside a farmhouse on the...

In his younger days, Alfred Hughes had been quite the Nineties revolutionary at his university in England, clad in faded army fatigues and smoking Cuban cigars. They called him Ché Freddo. His...

This bold and compelling anthology amplifies the voices of women across South Asia, challenging entrenched patriarchy and advocating for justice across borders. From heart-wrenching accounts of...

'Sumana Roy is one of the most original writers in Indian English today, whose writing easily slides out of the clutches of genres.'--The Indian Express '"Every relationship is a long-distance...

Description The war with Pakistan in December 1971 lasted barely two weeks. It concluded on 16 December with a victory for India and the formation of Bangladesh. But there is a lesser known side to...

Watch out as mischiefs and mischief-makers of all shapes and sizes come tumbling out in this hilarious collection of stories. Is your school a hotspot for jokes? Do your family members regularly fall...

Raagam Taanam PallaviAuthor: Kalpana SwaminathanPublisher: Speaking Tiger BooksPublication Date: January 01, 2021Number of Pages: 312 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

A stunning, unusual story of jealousy and desire, of love lost and found again A man comes home to find a note from Bindo--his estranged lover--asking to meet. Everything about Bindo angers him--her...

Secularism emerged in 17th-century Europe as an essential element of what became the modern state. The separation of church and state that it entailed paved the way for the democratic republics we...

Shadow MenAuthor: Bijoya SawainPublisher: Speaking Tiger BooksPublication Date: December 10, 2019Number of Pages: 176 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 938969213XISBN-13: 9789389692136

Author: Seema (ed) MustafaPublisher: Speaking Tiger BooksPublication Date: Aug 01, 2020Number of Pages: 336 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 9389958172ISBN-13: 9789389958171

Shalome came to India from Syria in 1792. He was an astute businessman, and once he started his business in India, his work took him to many parts of the country. He wrote all about it in his diary...

Kamala, a beautiful, self-possessed and fiercely independent widow, comes to a village, where she has been given a job on compassionate grounds, with her two daughters. She meets the narrator for the...

'An honest and sympathetic narrative on the lives of women drawn into the dark world of terrorism and insurgency.'--Ajai Sahni, Founding Member and Executive Director of the Institute for Conflict...

Bulbul Sharma, Janice Pariat, Manjula Padmanabhan, Mitra Phukan, Paro Anand, Pratyaksha, Uddipana Goswami, Venita Coelho. Eight of India's best fiction writers come together to produce a book of...

A delightful novel about growing up in Shillong in the 1980s by the bestselling author of Bali and the Ocean of Milk and The Case of the Secretive Sister When fourteen-year-old Debojit Dutta meets...

The ethnic clashes that broke out in Manipur in May 2023 were ostensibly due to Kuki opposition to the demand by the dominant Meiteis for Scheduled Tribe status. Kukis, and other tribal groups, claim...

The thrilling adventures of Sinbad the sailor, Ali Baba and the forty thieves, and Princess Periezade--from the unforgettable 1001 Arabian Nights. Princess Scheherazade's tales of the Arabian Nights,...

Third-generation producer Anand 'Andy' Duggal used to be a part of the Bollywood crème de la crème-his circle, the A-listers of the film industry thanks to the legacy of his father and grandfather...