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The Spectacular Miss by Sonia Bahl

Category: Fiction Publisher: Fingerprint! Rights: World rights available (excluding Indian subcontinent) I learned that I am, despite my early years spent as a swaggering boy, at heart just a middle-class, hard-working, risk-averse, un-creative, strait-laced, routine-obsessed conformist. In case I forgot to mention it, I’m also prudish to the point of being puritanical. But at eight, …

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A Year of Wednesdays (Audiobook) by Sonia Bahl

Two strangers, Seat 7A and Seat 7B, who have nothing in common. Absolutely Nothing. Except they are both hoping the seat next to theirs remains empty. It doesn’t. Can one meeting change everything forever? The Japanese have a term for it: Ichi-go ichi-e. One time, one encounter, lasts a lifetime.

Cold Justice (Audiobook) by Vish Dhamija

Two of India’s best defence lawyers, Akash and Vansh jointly take up a case, but they soon realize they are pitted against one of the sharpest prosecuting brains in the country, Ravi Nanda, who is always a step ahead of them both, and pulls the carpet from under their firm feet. Twice. In this heart-stopping new thriller from India’s bestselling crime writer, the law itself is baffled and a verdict seems impossible…

Le Magnat (French) by Vish Dhamija

A story unfolding through several different perspectives, The Mogul is a howdunnit set in the fractured world of power, money and crime.

My Name is Gauhar Jaan: The Life and Times of a Musician (Telugu) by Vikram Sampath

ఒక స్వర తరంగం ఉవ్వెత్తున ఎగసి ఒదిగిపోయింది. యావద్దేశాన్నీ ఉర్రూతలూగించిన ఆ గళాన్ని, వ్యక్తిత్వాన్ని అందరం మర్చిపోయాం. స్వరశోధకుడు, రచియిత డా. విక్రమ్ సంపత్ ఎంతో పరిశోధన చేసి, మన ముందుంచిన ఆ ఉద్విగ్నభరిత చరిత్రను చవివితే వందేళ్ల సంగీతచరిత్ర కళ్ల ముందు ఆవిష్కృతమవుతుంది. స్వరాల జడివానలో తడిసి ముద్దవుతాం. గౌహర్ జాన్ ను గుండెల్లో నింపుకుంటాం. మన దేశంలో రికార్ఢయిన తొలి గొంతును ఆరాధనగా అక్కున చేర్చుకుంటాం. గ్రామఫోన్ పరిణాక్రమం, తుమ్రీ కథ, ఎంత సమాచారం, ఎంత ప్రేమ, ఎంతెంత తపన, ఎలాంటి వ్యక్తిత్వం ఊపికి తీసుకోనివ్వని కథనంతో పరవశమవుదాం. రండి, ఒక అద్భతంలోకి అడుగు పెడదాం. గౌహర్ జాన్ తో కలిసి నడుద్దాం. చదివి మురిసిపోదాం.

The Stories We Tell (Kannada) by Devdutt Pattanaik

In The Stories We Tell: Mythology to Make Sense of Modern Lives, renowned mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik presents seventy-two tales from India’s rich treasure of myths and legends to explain life in the twenty-first century. Originating from the author’s webcast Teatime Tales, this collection of stories is narrated in his inimitable style and offers a fresh and insightful take on how our mythology affects our lives today.

Tirthankar (Kannada) by Devdutt Pattanaik

In Bahubali, Devdutt Pattanaik explores the stories, symbols, rituals and ideas associated with one of India’s most ancient but lesser-known faiths, and shows us why the tenets of Jainism are still very relevant for all of us even today.