Books

Category: Short Stories Publisher: Penguin Random House India It is hard for me to say the word “stench” when I speak of her, my love . . .’ The stories in Dirty Love are set in the restless swirl of a Bombay where dream-shuttles speed through the rain and men fall prey to dirty love. […]

Category: Literary Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India ‘Raindrops speckled the pool. It looked diseased. The boy felt the bumps on his arms.’ It is Goa in the monsoons. A shy and lonely teenager finds himself drawn towards a group of holidaymakers. In their midst is Momo,the woman he would do anything to be close to.

Category: Fiction Publisher: Niyogi Books What did the three of them have? Abha had Parul, Rekha a marriage and a lover, and Simran a steadfast longing for a man who refused to hold her hand. Not much, when life has so much to offer. Yet each stood at this crossroad by choice. Never a Disconnect is a

Category: Non-fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India The book is about what tarot means to Roopa. The book touches on diverse aspects of tarot and has an account of real life stories of how tarot touched people’s lives positively and constructively. It also includes the meaning of the cards which are integral to any book on

Category: Thriller Publisher (India): Silverfish (Westland Imprint) Publishes in the US by Medallion Press Published in Canada under the title, The Ascent At the top of the world, no one can hear you scream . . . After the death of his wife, successful sculptor Tim Overleigh trades in his lucrative career for the world

Category: Cinematic Anthology Publisher: Penguin Random House India The book is not just a eulogy to the great director, Bimal Roy but also an insight into Roy, the man, the director and his art. The author’s little-known Bengal phase is chronicled by Mahasweta Devi and Amit Chaudhuri, as well as Tapan Sinha, Amit Bose and other greats

Category: Cinematic Non-fiction Publisher: Rupa Publications India From a director celebrated for his pioneering work on neo-realism and a body of socially committed cinema – Bimal Roy’s Madhumati remains an enigma and a mystery. The book pushes open doors to the period when the film was conceived. Through the eyes of the three leading stars

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