An intimate and intelligent account of love, honour, guilt and genius, Everything There Is gives us an engaging portrait of a traditional, spiritual man facing the onslaught of inescapable forces.
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A speculative, coming-of-age campus novel that centers on best friends, Esai and Scheherazade, who are obsessed about the truth behind the drowned woman haunting St. Margaret’s and determined not to rest until the very foundations of the college are dismantled. The novel explores one’s rage and vulnerability, the power (both creative and destructive) of poetry and stardom, and the insidious ways in which bullying and misogyny infiltrate our lives to corrosive effect.
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Parenting a teenager can be tough, but it’s not Mission Impossible! With patience, empathy, and understanding, you can build a strong and healthy relationship with your kid. Make them feel heard, validate their feelings, involve them in decisions, and voila! You have unlocked parenting 101.
Teen Spirit: Sparking Connection With Your Teenager by Pragati Jalan Sureka Read More »
Devdutt Pattanaik creates a lush and fecund work of fiction in which the lines are continually blurred between men and women, sons and daughters, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers. Confronted with such fluidity the reader is drawn into Yuvanashva’s struggle to be fair to all -those here, those there and all those in between.
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A poignant story of life in India during the pandemic that mixes loss, hope, and even a mystery solved by imaginative, lively, almost-nine-year-old Swara.
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प्रसिद्ध पुराणकथातज्ज्ञ देवदत्त पट्टनायक यांचं हे पुस्तक या विषयावरील अनेक गोंधळ दूर करण्याचा प्रयत्न आहे. खूप माहिती देणारं आणि वस्तुस्थितीबद्दल समृद्ध करणारं हे अप्रतिम पुस्तक आहे.
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Hriday Ek Bigyapan, first published in Assamese in 1997, was an instant bestseller, going into tens of reprints in the next two decades. By taking a close look at the newly globalized India of the 1990s from a feminist lens, it poses questions about modern urban life that few Indian novels have been able to-questions that are still relevant today. Aruni Kashyap’s seamless translation from the Assamese makes this book a must-read.
Combining dark humour with a whirlwind plot—Pawan is a story of a reluctant superhero, the futility of war and a whole lot of rum.
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Don’t eat fast food. Eating needs you to use your mouth in front of men, which is just ‘asking for it’. Always agree to any man’s sexual proposition – just say, ‘Yes’, to everyone. Most importantly, before making any wardrobe choices, do consult with the President’s son. He’s never too busy to help you out with his insightful fashion tips. OR, ignore these wise words and go out and kick men like that in the grapes and fight back. That’s what I do. This is that story. The story of Tanya Bisht, over and under Delhi.
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