Reminiscent of The Name of the Rose, this is a cracking murder mystery, literary novel, and perhaps the finest work of historical fiction in twenty-first-century Indian literature. BOOK DESCRIPTION (INR 799, 360PP) 3 May 1857. India stands on the brink of war. Everywhere…
Swami Vivekananda’s timeless lessons on living an enriching life BOOK DESCRIPTION (INR 399, 136PP) India has produced some of the world’s greatest religious leaders, sages, saints, philosophers, and spiritual thinkers. They were monks, nuns, and renunciates, nationalists, and reformers. No one…
A landmark volume to celebrate JNU’s 50th anniversary BOOK DESCRIPTION (INR 999, 512PP) Jawaharlal Nehru University, one of India’s premier educational institutions, has fostered high academic values and norms, pioneered forms of inclusion which have made for a unique student body,…
The core teachings of the Bhagavad Gita on how to lead a fulfilling and meaningful existence BOOK DESCRIPTION (INR 399, 184PP) The Bhagavad Gita, also known as the Gita, is one of the world’s oldest and most influential spiritual texts. Part…
A brilliant new retelling and the first major rendition of the epic in a quarter century BOOK DESCRIPTION (INR 999, 496PP) One of India’s greatest epics, The Kathasaritsagara is thought to have been compiled around 1070 CE by Somadeva Bhatt, during the reign…
Book Name: A Ballad of Remittent Fever Author: Ashoke Mukhopadhyay Translator: Arunava Sinha Publisher: Aleph Genre: Fiction Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: In the early years of the twentieth century, Calcutta is grappling with deadly diseases such as the plague, cholera,…
‘The Battle of Belonging is the most important book written by an active politician on lndianess, and the political, religious, and cultural forces and ideas that have shaped it, since Jawaharlal Nehru’s The Discovery of India.’ -David Davidar. Publisher, Aleph…
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK ‘Stephen Alter makes a persuasive case for conserving the wild of the Himalayas, questioning laws framed with no regard for ecology.’- The Hindu ‘Alter’s book, Wild Himalaya, is less personal: The Himalaya are front and centre.’-…
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK ‘I’ve long felt a kinship between coding and poetry. The elegance and economy essential to both are the hallmarks of Arun’s poetry. And he reminds us that the eyes and ears of a poet can enrich…
INR 599, 224 pp, Fiction Electrifying animal stories by one of the country’s most formidable contemporary writers. Award-winning writer Syed Muhammad Ashraf is one of the most important contemporary practitioners of the Urdu short story. Often set in rural India,…
INR 699, 304 pp, Fiction An entertaining and insightful look at life in an Indian village. Anil Singh, a banker working in London, finds out that his uncle has died in Palanpur, a village in north India, and that he…
Book Name: Cliffhangers Author: Sabin Iqbal Publisher: Aleph Book Company Genre: Fiction Rating: 4.9/5 Book Blurb: On New Year’s Eve, a tourist is raped in Kadaloor, a tranquil fishing village on the southern coast of the country. The chief suspects…