A list of newly-released books by Siyahi’s authors
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 …
Category: Children/Mythology Publisher: Penguin Random House India Rights: World rights available (excluding Indian subcontinent) Siyahi is a sub-agent for publisher for the world rights of this book. Like a modern-day suta or storyteller, Namita brings alive India’s richest literary treasure. She retells this timeless tale of mortals and immortals as well as stories within stories …
Category: Fiction Rights: All Rights Available Goa, post the annual lashing of the monsoons. Swaying palms, picturesque beaches, free-flowing feni. And a last shot at love. Victor Gabriel is an ex-soldier, who has been dishonorably discharged from the Indian Army. An aspiring writer, he decides to hook up with his one-time girlfriend, Ana, on a …