A novel of the Silent Valley Movement of 1973–1984
It is 1978 and letters are flying from Jenny in Palakkad to Teesta in Bombay and back. Jenny lives near the Silent Valley forest in Kerala and loves her life in general (except for Pushkin). Teesta wants to be a journalist and lives in a house that smells of biscuits. When they become pen pals, their worlds opens up—Teesta brings the city to Jenny and Jenny nudges Teesta to express herself freely.
When the government gives permission for a dam that will submerge half of Silent Valley, and urban expansion threatens the coastal mangroves of Bombay, Jenny and Teesta must inspire each other as they fight their own battles against those who seek to destroy nature.
Award-winning author Bijal Vachharajani writes of nature and change and celebrates the wild in this delightful novel.
The Chronicles of Courage series looks at moments and movements in India after independence that have shaped the life of the nation.
Not merely a space story. A mindset upgrade.
From doubt ? discipline ? destiny
What if your dream wasn’t yours alone?
In The Second Orbit, Shubhanshu Shukla strips away the spectacle of space travel to reveal something far more powerful, the inner battle to keep believing when everything pushes you to stop.
Behind every launch is a thousand silent breakdowns. Behind every orbit is a moment where quitting feels easier. This is that story.
From brutal training modules to the stillness of space, Shubhanshu captures what it means to carry not just ambition, but expectation, the hopes of 1.4 billion people riding on one fragile human resolve.
This is not a victory lap. A mindset. A mirror.
Because the real question isn’t how far you can go,
it’s how long you can hold on when things get hard.
And maybe, just maybe …
your second orbit is waiting.
There are several books available on the wildlife of different countries and continents, of animal and bird species, even of habitats and ecotypes such as the rainforests, wetlands and deserts. However, one does not find a comprehensive work on the larger mountain mammals of the world.
In this book, M.K. Ranjitsinh, who has been one of the foremost conservationists and spearheaded several programmes for the protection of wildlife, brings alive the world of mammals with his insightful writing.
With breathtaking photographs and maps to show the distribution of each species—their status, behaviour,
ecology and other aspects, Mountain Mammals of the World is a mammoth compendium of fifty-eight species and a total of 119 mountain mammal taxa of the world, making it a def initive guide to understanding the most spectacular animals on earth, against the backdrop of some of the world’s most
splendid scenery.
‘Excellent’ Timothy Snyder
‘Definitive’ Jason Stanley
‘Masterful and chilling’ Paul Mason
‘A distress signal … Read this book’ Rutger Bregman
Fascism is back. This time no swastikas, Nazi flags, or deadly bureaucracy, but MAGA hats, right-wing extremist memes, and a triumphant fist held high. For the first time in modern history, far right parties in some European countries have won a larger share of the votes than the Conservatives and the Social Democrats.
Fascism hollows out democracies from within. It starts with language, not tanks. With democratic elections, not a coup.
But how do fascists mobilise citizens? How has fascism become normalised in Europe again? And how do we stop it?
THE CLASSIC JAPANESE MYSTERY – from the author of The Honjin Murders
‘The master of ingenious plotting’ Guardian
Fear looms over the luxurious Furugami estate. The beautiful, young Yachiyo Furugami, plagued by episodes of sleepwalking, receives a series of cryptic letters culminating in an ominous warning: ‘Walk not at night’.
Then a body is discovered, decapitated with a centuries-old samurai sword. The police are baffled, so the famous sleuth Kosuke Kindaichi is called upon to solve the mystery, but before he can do so, the killer strikes again. Can Kindaichi get to the truth before the Furugami family is destroyed by its own secrets?
A novel of the Bombay Mill Strike of 1982
There’s a lot going on at Tenduwadi Chawl. Vinod’s friends are practising for the big cricket match between Building No. 1 and Building No. 2. Radha’s friends are arguing over two Bollywood heroes. Everyone seems to be fighting, falling in love and keeping secrets.
Little wonder, then, that it takes the children of Tenduwadi Chawl some time to realize that their world is changing. The Bombay Mill Strike has begun and the air is thick with suspicion. Old acquaintances are turning into strangers. Then, one evening, Vinod follows the Building No. 2 cricket team to Star Mill Compound and stumbles upon an ugly mystery.
Award-winning author Shabnam Minwalla’s novel is both gripping and layered, and paints a vivid picture of a time of the city’s transformation.
The Chronicles of Courage series looks at moments and movements in India after independence that have shaped the life of the nation.
A novel of the Bangladesh War of 1971
Dhiman is most excited to meet Ruhul, a refugee from East Pakistan. All he and his classmates can talk about is the war that is sure to happen, and Ruhul’s friendship gives him a unique insight (which makes everyone think he is very cool).
But then the war comes too close as his journalist father disappears across the border to cover events happening there. And when the constant battles between his mother, aunt and uncle reach a crisis point, it is only Ruhul who can help Dhiman to go in search of his missing father in a land already torn apart by war . . .
Award-winning author Lesley D. Biswas’s exciting and thought-provoking novel is a vivid depiction of a society in transit and of a boy struggling to find courage.
The Chronicles of Courage series looks at moments and movements in India after independence that have shaped the life of the nation.
Do you struggle with anxiety, people-pleasing, perfectionism, burnout, or relationship difficulties? These aren’t flaws; they may be the quiet footprints of experiences you never had words for.
You’ve spent years asking, ‘What’s wrong with me?’ The kinder question is ‘What happened to me?’ That’s where self-blame ends and self-understanding begins.
Through real-life narratives from Indian families, stories of joint households, comparison, silence, and survival, this book gives shape and language to experiences that have long gone unnamed.
Why India Needs Its Own Conversation About Childhood Trauma
Based on 3,000+ interviews and 14 peer-reviewed studies, the authors show how traumatic childhood experiences surface decades later as anxiety, depression, PTSD, Complex PTSD, and relationship difficulties in adulthood.
Indian parenting has shaped generations of capable adults. But success and suffering can coexist.
Joint-family dynamics. Constant comparisons. Bullying. Emotional neglect. These Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) shape Indian childhoods and have been largely overlooked by global research.
Built on research, not opinion. Grounded in solutions, not just analysis.
• 3,000+ interviews • 14 peer-reviewed studies • 50+ illustrations • Real-life narratives
This book is for you if:
- You struggle with emotional patterns you cannot explain
- You’re a parent who wants to raise resilient children
- You’re a therapist seeking evidence-based tools grounded in Indian family systems
What you’ll discover inside
Section I: The childhood experiences India has never named, and why trauma’s imprint is not limited to body or mind alone
Section II: Practical recovery tools: breathwork, guided visualisation, and the SEE protocol for self-hypnosis
Section III: A clinical framework for mental health professionals: evidence-based psychotherapy tools for trauma in the Indian context
What might it mean to live in a gender-attuned world? Not a perfectly gender-just one, but a world that is receptive—capable of noticing, listening and responding to the quiet ways in which gender shapes lives, choices, institutions and intimacies. This question animates Ashes to Light, an anthology that engages resistance to gender-based prejudice not through proclamation, but through attention to the subtle, everyday forms of violence that often go unnamed.
At a time when conversations on gender are increasingly polarized, Ashes to Light resists slogans and certainties. Instead, it dwells in lived experience—where gender is not always overtly oppressive, but persistently present, shaping exclusions through normalization, condescension, erasure and quiet endurance.
Bringing together reflective personal essays from culture, politics, bureaucracy, law, academia, sports, art, and media, the anthology features film-maker Deepa Mehta on gender and creative choice; social activist Laxmi on socially sanctioned ideals of beauty; actor Rahul Bose on the rise of the Indian women’s rugby team; food scholar Pushpesh Pant on women’s struggles within the Indian kitchen; producer and screenwriter Kiran Rao on marriage and personal history; and former Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on the feminist origins of law within the Indian family, among others.
Ashes to Light does not shout; it nudges. As editor Priyadarshini Bhattacharya reflects, the anthology is anchored in hope—not as optimism, but as practice: a daily, conscious commitment to attentiveness, movement and imagining otherwise.
From the bestselling author of The Autobiography of God
In Women-O-Pause, Lenaa invites you into a year of profound transformation. 2024 sparked a wave of social media attention just as her life shifted dramatically through marriage, relocation, and an unexpected initiation: perimenopause. Rather than viewing it as a decline, she reframed this transition as ‘Womenescence’—a powerful awakening into the next phase of womanhood.
Amid the whirlwind of public visibility and private change, she embarked on a deep exploration of midlife health. Refusing to accept confusion, discomfort, and pharmaceutical dependence, she turned to extensive research, lifestyle changes, and natural healing practices rooted in holistic wellness and ancient traditions.
The result is both memoir and guide—a practical yet deeply reflective blueprint for women navigating perimenopause and menopause with greater awareness, agency, and vitality. Through personal insight and actionable tools, Women-O-Pause challenges conventional narratives while encouraging women to reconnect with the cyclical intelligence of their bodies.
Featuring insights from professional doctors who offer medical insight and clinical perspectives, this book bridges lived experience with modern science. It ultimately reframes menopause not as a problem to be solved, but as a powerful rite of passage.
