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Just Tigers (Book Excerpt) by Jim Corbett

Just Tigers brings together all Jim Corbett’s stories about shooting tigers, many of whom were man-eaters. Taken from Man-eaters of Kumaon, The Temple Tiger and More Man-eaters of Kumaon and Jungle Lore, these fourteen stories are as fresh and thrilling as the day on which…

Book Review: Jugaad Yatra by Dean Nelson

Book Name: Jugaad Yatra Author: Dean Nelson Publisher: Rupa Rating: 3.9/5 Book Blurb: India’s Mangalyaan mission to Mars and the Tata Nano, the world’s cheapest car, are two of the country’s most celebrated achievements in recent times. They have something in common…

Book Review: Voice of the Rain Season by Subrata Dasgupta

Book Name: Voice of the Rain Season Author: Subrata Dasgupta Publisher: Fingerprint Rating: 4.1/5 Book Blurb: On a September Saturday afternoon in 2011, Martin Shawncross and Joya Bose in perfect synchrony surrendered their respective virginities. That Martin, a twenty-one-year-old American, had…

Rupa to Publish Hungry Gods by Richa Lakhera

Rupa to Publish Hungry Gods by Richa Lakhera ABOUT THE BOOK: Beaten and brutally raped, her body is never found. However, the killers make one mistake. They leave a witness, a witness who has nothing to live for except revenge. And when he…