A collection of sharp and witty observations on Indian society and politics.Truth Digger presents the best work of Shovon Chowdhury, a master of satire and social commentary. Through excerpts from his novels, columns, and essays, Chowdhury dissects the absurdities of Indian bureaucracy, the quirks of political life, and the search for meaning in a bewildering world. From the hilariously dystopian vision of The Competent Authority to the incisive w...

The Greatest Story Ever Told…Again Bombay 1955. Aging Parsi businessman Rustom Pestonjee chances upon brilliant archer Yash Kuru at the Gateway of India. Struggling to make ends meet to feed his two nephews and adopted son, Yash accepts Pestonjee’s offer to become a hitman for one night, the start of a unique relationship. When Pestonjee dies, Yash pledges to be regent of his mentor’s empire of crime, and hand it over one day to the most deserving man from a yet-unborn generation of Kurus....

Now a Netflix original series"SACRED GAMES [is] as hard to put down as it is to pick up."— New York Times Book Review"Bold, fresh and big…SACRED GAMES deserves praise for its ambitions but also for its terrific achievement"— Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air.Seven years in the making, Sacred Games is an epic of exceptional richness and power. Vikram Chandra's novel draws the ...

Astha has everything an educated, middle-class Delhi woman could ask for - children, a dutiful loving husband, and comfortable surroundings. So why should she be consumed with a sense of unease and dissatisfaction?Astha finds herself embarking on a powerfully physical relationship with a much younger woman, Pipee, the widow of a political activist. But with this extra-marital affair is she foolishly jeopardizing everything - or is Astha at last throwing off the fear and timidity in...

A 2012 New York Times Book Review Editor's ChoiceAn intimate portrait of an invisible man—a powerful story of one man’s life that contains multitudes.Like Dave Eggers’s Zeitoun and Alexander Masters’s Stuart, this is a tour de force of narrative reportage.Mohammed Ashraf studied biology, became a butcher, a tailor, and an electrician’s apprentice; now he is a homeless day laborer in the heart of old Delhi. How did he end up this way? In an...

Mistakes are an inevitable and perhaps necessary part of human life. Sometimes we do the wrong thing consciously, at other times unconsciously. No matter whether our mistakes are grave or minor, there comes a time when we need forgiveness -- from God, from others whom we have hurt, even from ourselves.In this book Sri Chinmoy offers us his illumining guidance on how we may seek the divine Forgiveness that will not only transform our lives, but grant us the promise and hope of a cloudless new ...

Zen Buddhism is well known for its stories and anecdotes. It is more likely that the reader remembers the contents than if it were presented as dry theory. Many stories in this book are educational, have a moral or provide an insight. Most of the stories derive from Zen Buddhism but the author will also explore Taoism.At the end of the book you will find instructions on how to meditate, the most important practice in zen. Together with the collection of stories, this book gives a g...

Ruby Jones has moved to Delhi to pursue her dreams of becoming an international news journalist. But when the body of Stephen Newby, her flatmate and best friend, is pulled from the Yamuna River - and the mystery around his death becomes more and more mysterious - she puts her investigative instincts to good use as she tries to uncover who's responsible.Ruby's questions take her deeper and deeper into the world of Indian policing - and into the heart of a yoga ashram. She discovers...

An extraordinarily rich debut novel, set in India in 1947 at the time of Partition, touching on the importance of tolerance, love and family.The main character is Bilal, a boy determined to protect his dying father from the news of Partition - news that he knows will break his father's heart. With great spirit and determination, and with the help of his good friends, Bilal persuades others to collude with him in this deception, even printing false pages of the local newspaper to hi...

When thankam's beloved husband, unni, dies suddenly, she is totally submerged in grief. but as she slowly surfaces, she is not prepared to settle for the half-life dictated for middle-aged widows in her community.she joins the widows' association and discovers the multiple faces of widowhood. she decides to take over the management of her husband's tutorial college, much to the dismay of her over-protective children.thankam rents out her annexe to a brother and sister, but ...

From the bestselling author of The Price You Pay comes a new story of grit, determination and hope set in the Kargil Mountains during the war of 1999. Captain Samir Singh Rathore and his men are posted on the treacherous heights of the Himalayas to rebuff the encroaching Pakistani army. As they camp and prepare to attack, the men intercept a conversation in which a Pakistani soldier, knowing he is going to die soon, says farewell to his wife. Her cry of pain rips through the bunker, overwh...

Stories of Gopal, the jester, are enjoyed much in the same way as those of Birbal and Tenali Ramakrishna. This book recounts some of the humorous anecdotes of Gopal, the chief jester in the court of Maharaja Krishna Chandra of Bengal. Many stories are told of how the Maharaja tries to outwit the Nawab and how Gopal assists in these endeavours. In every story, it is Gopal who emerges the hero.