Category: Short Stories Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India A mother watches as her daughter, intent upon cleaning the house, tries to throw away a cherished piece of embroidered cloth; a father realizes that age is catching up with him when his children’s plans no longer include him; a rape victim tries to settle into a life …
Category: Photography/History Publisher: Roli Books The book examines the early history of the portrait photograph in Princely India with a closer look at collections within India that are held either as private collections or are still maintained by the descendants of the former princely states. The author: Pramod Kumar
Category: Ecological Non-fiction Publisher: Penguin Random House India Rights: World rights available (excluding Indian subcontinent) Covering an area larger than France, and including five of India’s most visited tiger reserves, the forests of Central India are one of the country’s most iconic wildscapes. Jungle Trees of Central India is a lavishly illustrated and user-friendly field …
Category: Non-fiction Publisher: Penguin Random House India Publisher (Marathi): Ameya Prakashan Publisher (Punjabi): Unistar Books Publisher (Tamil): New Horizon Media In this book, Pavan Varma looks at the consequence of Empire on the Indian psyche. Drawing upon modern Indian history, contemporary events as well as personal experience, he examines how and why the legacies of …
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Category: Non-fiction Publisher: Penguin Random House India Publisher (Tamil): New Horizon Media Rights: Indian language rights available (excluding translation rights for Tamil) Jawaharlal Nehru: Civilizing A Savage World presents an intimate view of the influences, encounters, and defining historical moments that forged the vision of India’s first prime minister. Drawing from the Nehru and the …
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Category: Short Stories (Non-fiction) Rights: All rights available A collection of fables, folk tales and legends from Poland reflecting the culture and rich traditions of the Polish people. The tales are a mix of the purely entertaining and the historical: stories of princesses, witches as well as magic in the never-never land of clouds and …
Category: Fiction Publisher: Penguin Random House India Rights: Indian Language Rights Available (excluding Hindi) At the beginning of the new millennium, Aftab’s life came undone. He turned forty, and his wife of fourteen years left him for another man, taking their only child with her. Now he is on a train to Dehradun, the town …
Category: Fiction Publisher (English): Penguin Random House India Publisher (Hindi): Kitaabghar Prakashan Publisher (Marathi): Padmagandha Publications Publisher (Punjabi): Chetna Prakashan In this nuanced and poignant novel that draws upon true events, Navtej Sarna tells the unusual story of the last Maharaja of Punjab. As the British annexed his kingdom, Duleep Singh was separated from his …
Category: Biography Publisher (English): Roli Books Publisher (Hindi): Full Circle Publishing Ltd. Publisher (Punjabi): Unistar Books Publisher (Marathi): Mehta Publishing House Unlikely Hero offers an exclusive glimpse into Om Puri’s private life, his struggles and anxieties, and the woes of his heart. Discover the Om Puri no one knows about; the tongue-tied actor from Punjab …