Ever since the Radia tapes were leaked, my wife has been extremely upset. I tried to reason with her. ‘Believe me,’ I said, ‘I did talk to Niira Radia. Is it my fault that my conversation with her has not been leaked?’Often described as ‘the funniest ever writer to have come out of trans-Yamuna Delhi in the 75-77kg category’, G. Sampath launches a hilarious counter-offensive against perpetually offense-taking offensive people and issues in this small but potent volume. From Ajay Devgn’s nipples to his wife’s real estate ambitions, Arnab Goswami’s special powers to male virgins’ special problems, sari-obsessed women to pesticide-obsessed farmers, Sampath runs his vampire-like fingernails across the private obsessions and public frustrations of the Indian Everyman. Wily old genius that he is, where you expect him to draw blood, he draws a chuckle.
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My Yummy Mummy Guide
Karisma Kapoor has played many roles—from successful actor to businesswoman—but her favourite is being mother to her two beautiful children, Samaira and Kiaan.
In My Yummy Mummy Guide, she shares with you all her experiences from managing her pregnancy to losing all the weight afterwards to disciplining her kids.
Here is great advice on finding the perfect maternity outfits, decorating your children’s rooms, juggling work life and motherhood, and planning the most stylish kiddie parties.
From the first trimester to school’s first semester, from growing-up issues to teen fads, My Yummy Mummy Guide is the most fun-filled best friend any mother could have.
• How to be glam at 40 weeks
• Finding that perfect nanny
• Managing me time
• Losing 24 kg in 9 months
The Avenger
A plane full of college girls is blown up by Sikandar Khan, a Pakistani terrorist. Former Special Forces officer Suvir Suri is called upon to lead a counterterrorism operation to and the killer. Then Sikandar Khan resurfaces to launch a second attack that can send India and Pakistan to war. The walls are closing in on Suvir. Will he be able to stop this rising tide of terror or will it sweep away all his efforts?
Just For You
When you love someone, what’s there to prove?
Everything!
It looks like life is teaching Rohit a lesson. His publishing deals, his relationships, even his job-nothing seems to be working out. To make matters worse, Karan is still trying his best to ruin him as a writer. But when Nisha leaves him, it’s the ultimate blow.
To win her back Rohit must prove he loves her enough to do things that matter to her: like helping Tara find a publisher. As Rohit takes control of his life, he begins to find things slowly changing for the better for him too.
But will Nisha be happy with that? Will she come back to him?
Just for You is an adorable, bittersweet story about love and its responsibilities.
Squiggle takes a walk
Meet Squiggle – curious, confused and determined to tell a comma from an apostrophe!
Squiggle is confused. She doesn’t know quite what she is! So she sets off through the pages of a notebook in search of answers. Is she a comma or colon? A question mark? Surely not an exclamation! Splash, run, bump, trip and swing with her until she finds her own kind. Natasha Sharma’s delightful text introduces young readers to the correct way to use punctuation in this deliciously comic tale. The book also includes a section with pointers on punctuation, interesting facts from history and mayhem brought about by incorrect punctuation. Once you’re through with Squiggle, you’ll never misplace that comma again!
Nine Book Three
NONE CAN CHANGE THE PAST, BUT THE FUTURE IS ANYBODY’S GAME . . .
271 BC
On the one side is the Mauryan Empire under Ashoka, growing from strength to strength. On the other end is the highly trained spy, Vassa, a Kalingan.
Ashoka and his army are moving towards Kalinga and it is predicted that nothing can stop it from annihilating the Kalingans.
THE BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL HAS JUST BEGUN!
Vassa needs to move quickly if he wants to change the destiny of his people. His mission is to hit at the very source of this powerful kingdom – the virtually indestructible, NINE.
Can he go beyond all that is mortal and achieve the impossible?
Gripping and unrelenting, NINE; The Rise of the Kaligan will hold you spell bound.
The Story Catcher Children
Are stories ever simply stories?
Suraya is girl with a big imagination, who loves making up little stories. When a surprise visitor brings her a very special gift, she is thrilled. Her stories are about to get much more interesting! But Suraya soon realizes that her writing may be more powerful than she thinks.
Is it just her imagination? Or are things really not what they seem?
Ghosts of Kingdoms Past
A supernatural thriller set in colonial Calcutta!
Sir Alec Morgan, a famous British paranormal expert, is in Kolkata for the launch of his latest book. Accompanied by his able guide and teller-of-grisly-tales Joga, he goes on a tour of the city’s most haunted places-sites of ghastly murders and tragic romances. However, Sir Alec is bitterly disappointed with the tour and publicly scoffs at the lack of ghosts and spirits in the city.
Little does he know that his words will soon come back to haunt him when he pays a visit to St Mary’s Cemetery.
Written and illustrated by Harsho Mohan Chattoraj, Ghosts of Kingdoms Past clears away some of the dust and cobwebs covering Kolkata’s fascinating history.
Indian Folktales And Legends
Stories of wonder and wit, from far and near
Everyone will find a favourite story in this collection of folktales and legends. There is the story of Jumman the labourer, who thinks the Qazi of Jaunpur is actually his donkey! And the strange adventure of Dhania who, stealing out for a midnight snack, gets stuck in honey. Or the account of how a lowly weasel put the mighty Yudhishtir in place. And what happens when Bhim tries to match his strength against that of Hanuman!
Culled from all parts of the country, and spanning heaven, earth and the netherworld, these stories let us into a world of enchantment, wisdom and loads of fun.
Daddy’s Girl
‘What could be worse than a daughter’s death?’
Ask the Nalwas, whose nuclear family implodes one night as their daughter, Ambika, is murdered and they become India’s number-one news story.
Along comes the fiery and feisty investigative reporter Meera, who finds herself unable to stop following the story, whatever the consequences. She wants justice for Ambika because this murder shakes her certainties and makes her question the sanity of her middle-class life.
As she dives into Delhi’s dirty, scandalous society of the powerful and famous, she’s confronted with rich, connected lawyers and manipulative politicians, and is given a crash course on how the levers of power are misused.
What she unmasks is a shocking conclusion to the country’s most heinous murder.