Category: Novel abstracts

Invisible Ties (Book Excerpt) by Nadya A R

Nadya is an author, a psychotherapist and a motivational speaker. Her latest novel, Invisible Ties, has been published by Rupa Publications in August 2017. Nadya has written articles and submitted papers on different psychological constructs and topics in International conferences…

Voice of the Rain Season (Book Excerpt) by Subrata Dasgupta

Rummaging through their dead parents’ letters, Manjula, a second-generation Indian-American, and her sister Nilima make a startling discovery—their mother, an immigrant scientist from India to America in the 1940s, had had a twin sister with whom she had been estranged…

Born To Be Hanged (Book Excerpt) by Syeda Hameed

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto held the reins of the country from 1971 to 1977. He was overthrown in 1977 by his Chief of Army Staff, General Zia-ul-Haq and executed in 1979. Zia-ul-Haq ruled over Pakistan for eleven…

Do We Not Bleed? (Book Excerpt) by Mehr Tarar

Mehr Tarar, a freelance columnist, is the former op-ed editor of Daily Times, a leading English daily. Tarar has one son, Musa, eighteen, whom she considers her inspiration for everything she does. She lives in Lahore. Do We Not Bleed?…

Home At Last (Book Excerpt) by Sarda Chiruvolu

Sarada Chiruvolu left a pharmaceutical career to pursue a spiritual calling. She set out on a unique journey that has taken her toward attaining realization of Self or Enlightenment through many years of deep meditation. She continues to lead a normal…

Biswin Sadi (Book Excerpt) by Jamil Urfi

In this memoir, the author recounts his experiences of growing up in Delhi during a period of ‘Biswin Sadi’— the 20th century, when it felt like a new age had just begun, although it’s already mid-century. Living in a suburb…

Before You Start Up (Book Excerpt) by Pankaj Goel

As Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn, once said about start-ups, “You jump off a cliff and you assemble an airplane on the way down”. An excellent addition to the world of start-up literature, Before you Start Up is intended…