Book Name: ‘BELIEVE IN YOURSELF’: LIFE LESSONS FROM VIVEKANANDA Edited by: Nanditha Krishna Publisher: Aleph Genre: Non-fiction Rating: 4.5/5 Book Blurb: India has produced some of the world’s greatest religious leaders, sages, saints, philosophers, and spiritual thinkers. They were monks,…
Book Name: The Shaadi Story Author: Amita Nigam Sahaya Publisher: Pan Macmillan Genre: Non-fiction Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: The wedding is the most celebrated event in Indian society. It forms the heart of a multi-billion-dollar industry driving fashion, food, music,…
Book Name: A New Journey Author: Samantha Kannan Genre: Fiction Rating: 3.7/5 Book Blurb: Jurnee is a recent college graduate struggling desperately to find a job as a teacher. Discouraged, she happens upon a chance opportunity to teach in a…
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,…
Book Name: Anamika Author: Meghnad Desai Publisher: Rupa Genre: Fiction Rating: 4.5/5 Book Blurb: It is the eighteenth century. Emperor Aurangzeb has fallen, the Mughal Empire is a shadow of its former self, and India is rife with civil war.…
Book Name: The Making of Aadhar Author: Ram Sewak Sharma Publisher: Rupa Genre: Non-fiction Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Aadhaar is the world’s largest identity project that enrolled a billion residents. The making of Aadhaar offers insights into the creation of…
Book Name: The Magic of Friendships Author: Shubha Vilas Publisher: Penguin Genre: Self-help Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Do you have numerous friends on social media, but hardly any in real life?Do you find that your relationships don’t last?These and similar…
Book Name: The Most Notorious Jailbreakers Author: Abeer Kapoor Publisher: Rupa Genre: Non-fiction Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Did you know Sher Singh Rana, Bandit Queen Phoolan Devi’s killer, walked out of prison with his friends dressed up like the police…
Book Name: Myths of Old Author: Krishnarjun Bhattacharya Publisher: Fingerprint Genre: Fiction Rating: 4.9/5 Book Blurb: ‘Where is Adri?’‘Hiding, somewhere in the darkness.’‘I am Darkness!’ Come forth, come hither. It is finally time.Fairy tales, and spit and blood and bone…
Book Name: Joy at Work Authors: Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein Publisher: Pan Macmillan Genre: Non-fiction Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Find your focus – wherever you’re working – with Joy at Work. Marie Kondo’s first book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying, sparked…
Book Name: Seven Sundays Author: Shouvik Banerjee Pubisher: Hay House Genre: Self-help/Fiction Rating: 4.6/5 Book Blurb: Sometimes it takes falling apart before falling into place Seven Sundays chronicles the story of 40-year-old Alok, who, despite all his efforts, finds himself…
Book Name: The Shooting Star: A Girl, Her Backpack and the World Paperback Author: Shivya Nath Genre: Non-fiction Publisher: Penguin Rating: 4.5/5 Book Blurb: Shivya Nath quit her corporate job at age twenty-three to travel the world. She gave up her…