A list of newly-released books by Siyahi’s authors
Category: Fiction Publisher: Penguin Random House India Rights: World rights available (excluding Indian subcontinent, and translation rights for Sinhalese) Having lost his mother at a young age, Sanjay de Silva lives in Colombo under the thumb of a controlling father. When his father is diagnosed with cancer, he feels the ground shift under his feet, the balance of …
Category: Non-fiction Publisher: Rupa Publications India Rights: World rights available (excluding Indian subcontinent) Marriage: 100 Stories around India’s Favourite Ritual, by mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik, brings together stories from Vedic, Puranic, Tamil and Sanskrit literature, from regional, classical, folk and tribal lore. Curated from oral and textual traditions, across 3000 years of history and 3 million …
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Category: Non-fiction/MythologyPublisher (English): Aleph Book Company Before nationalists and patriots, before colonizers and invaders, before emperors and kings, India was woven together by pilgrim paths. Seekers and sages travelled north and south, east and west, across mountains and along rivers, ignoring artificial boundaries, seeking and finding gods. Renowned mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik takes us on an insightful …
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Category: Non-FictionRights: All rights available The twentieth-century produced several major Urdu poets, but the place that Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911–1984) occupied in the galaxy of poets was unique. Faiz created a unique poetic structure while inventing a new language of metaphoric modes of expression. He absorbed what was best in the classical Urdu poetry and …
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Category: Non-fictionRights: All rights available The inception of the Kachwaha kingdom of Dhundhar is ascribed to the life and conquest of the ‘bridegroom prince’ Dhularai, who is remembered as the progenitor of the royal family of Jaipur. Details of his life and achievements however remain a murky subject while his family background and its history are …
Category: Fiction Publisher: Pan Macmillan India Bipin Desai and Anuj Shastri are two best friends who lead equally pointless lives. But that doesn’t stop them from dreaming big and getting rich fast. Together, they concoct a plan to rob a van full of cash and manage to get away with loot of over one crore …
Category: Fiction Publisher: Penguin Random House India Rights: World rights available Kabir follows the most beautiful girl he has ever seen into a mall. But there are gunshots and screams as terrorists storm inside after fleeing an operation gone wrong. Kabir and Diya find themselves trapped, along with other hostages. The terrorists make their demands …
Category: Non-fiction Publisher: Rupa Publications India 1984 India’s Guilty Secret has been written to coincide with the current political and social discussion both in India and the Indian Diasporas surrounding the genocidal massacres of November 1984 and the imminent re-investigation, so often referred to as the ‘anti-Sikh riots’. The author dismisses the notion that it …
Category: Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India Can a daughter murder her own father? A girl who was an orphan for half of her life, is now being accused of trying to kill her father. She hears mumbling voices, blaming her for the old man’s encounter with death. Was it a burglary attempt or a heated conversation …