Bloomsbury to Publish The Great Indian Railways by Arup K Chatterjee ‘In this fascinating cultural history, Arup K Chatterjee charts the extraordinary journey of the Indian Railways, from the laying of the very first sleeper to the first post-Independence…
Book Name: RIGHT FROM THE START Authors: Prachi Gupta | Sanchit Garg Publisher: Fingerprint Genre: Fiction Rating: 3/5 Book Blurb: Who says best friends can’t be cruel, they are angels with horns. Radhika Gupta has always lived a peaceful life. Until she enters…
Book Name: And The Roses Bled Author: Mehak Daleh Publisher: Fingerprint Genre: Fiction Rating: 4.8/5 Book Blurb: What happens when the dead come back and can’t let go? A catastrophe occurs in what was meant to be a fun-filled day for…
Book Name: Being Reshma Authors: Reshma Qureshi with Tania Singh Publisher: Pan Macmillan Genre: Non-fiction Rating: 4.7/5 Book Blurb: On 19 May 2014, as seventeen-year-old Reshma Qureshi left home for the examination centre, everything happened in a flash. The men rushed towards…
Book Name: Paradise at War: A Political History of Kashmir Author: Dr. Radha Kumar Publisher: Aleph Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: ‘A political scientist on Kashmir once said to me: “You cannot discuss Kashmir, or the Kashmir conflict, without starting with history.”’ In this…
This brief story follows an aging businessman named Kimoto during his would-be triumphant return to Tokyo. Unfortunately, his business meeting does not go according to plan and the man is confronted not only with his fragile self and long-harboured fears…
THE LONG DRIVE HOME by Rishad Sam Mehta 20121 KMS | 1813 LITRES | 54 DAYS | 8 TIME ZONES The great overland drive from Europe to India was Rishad’s dream since his early teens, stemming from a childhood full…
Westland to publish BULLOCKS FROM THE WEST five punjai stories and a play by NA MUTHUSWAMY Translated by David Shulman and S Ramakrishnan In the village of Punjai, the ordinary is magical in the eyes of Na Muthuswamy. Two bullocks…
Book Name: Wisdom from the Ramayana Author: Chaitanya Charan Publisher: Fingerprint Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: What turns friends into worst enemies? Is accepting misfortunes as our destiny fatalistic or pragmatic? Can we regulate our emotions without repressing them? Seeking answers to such universal…
Westland to publish The Fire Burns Blue by Karunya Kashyap and Sidhanta Patnaik THE FIRE BURNS BLUE A History of Women’s Cricket in India A comprehensive history of women’s cricket right from its origins to the present-day. In July 2017,…
Book Name: Tides Don’t Cross Author: Simar Malhotra Publisher: Rupa Genre: Fiction Rating: 3.4/5 Book Blurb: Sparks fly immediately when Rukmani—fierce and assertive in the best and worst possible ways—meets the gentle Ayaan in the magical city Paris. Meanwhile, back in…