Let’s take a walk through history
And as you travel back in time . . .
~ Dine with Mughal princess Jahanara Begum
~ Have a jugalbandi with Miyan Tansen
~ Compete with the nawabs of Chandni Chowk in a kite-flying duel
~ Be a part of Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s fight for the education of the girl child
~ Revolt with Indian sepoys in the Mutiny of 1857
. . . and witness many more exciting events!
Peppered with stunning illustrations and unusual trivia, this is a fascinating read about the unforgettable events and people from Indian history.
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When You Ask Me Where I’m Going
SHORTLISTED FOR GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD 2019
scream
so that one day
a hundred years from now
another sister will not have to
dry her tears wondering
where in history
she lost her voice
The six sections of the book explore what it means to be a young woman living in a world that doesn’t always hear her and tell the story of Kiran as she flees a history of trauma and raises her daughter, Sahaara, while living undocumented in North America.
Delving into current cultural conversations including sexual assault, mental health, feminism, and immigration, this narrative of resilience, healing, empowerment, and love will galvanize readers to fight for what is right in their world.
Dawn: The Warrior Princess of Kashmir
It is AD 3000. Hiding from the world in a cave in Mount Kailash, Dawn encounters two strange beings on her sixteenth birthday. They urge the long-lost princess of Kashmir to fulfil the prophecy of fighting the Troika. This nefarious trinity-the merciless leader Arman, the AI war machine AIman and their supreme, omniscient overlord Dushita-is a vicious manipulator of stories, minds and histories. With an army of weaponized AIs and mind-controlled automatons based in Kashmir, they rule over a deadly world where men have lost their souls and women have been slain-all heading to Sarvanash, the Great Apocalypse.
With a motley group of five outlaw boys, Dawn sets upon a tumultuous journey across Time and Space to battle the most technologically lethal empire known to humanity. Her only hope is to seek out secrets hidden in the Niti folk tales of Kashmir and unlock the powers within her to become the ultimate warrior.
As the only female left in the world, Dawn will decide the fate of the Universe. But can she unleash her body, mind and spirit and ignite the fiery cosmic power of all the women who have ever lived?
A sci-fi saga that reveals eternal truths as it traverses the terrains of the Kashmir Valley-the birthplace of the greatest stories ever.
Storyteller
What if your life depended on being able to tell a good story? Schariar, King of Persia, would marry a woman every night only to chop off her head every morning. He had sentenced the beautiful and clever Scherazade to the same fate. Determined to save herself and other women from this gruesome decree, Queen Scherazade began telling him stories one night — of magic lamps and genies, of fishermen and caliphs, of treasure-caves and strange potions. Tales so wonderful that the one night turned into 1001…. But what would happen when Scherazade ran out of yarns to spin? This new collection of Tales from the Arabian Nights will make you gasp with wonder and laugh with delight and the magical storyteller Scherazade will keep you spellbound for days.
The Secret Of Falcon Heights
Sandeep and his younger brother, Manish, are not looking forward to spending three months in the remote, Internet-challenged hill station of Pahadpur, especially under the eagle eye of their military-minded great aunt. Apart from taking care of their kid sister, Chubs, who has a tendency to wander off on her own, the boys have absolutely nothing to do in the holidays. But there is more to Pahadpur than meets the eye. Sandeep and Manish discover that the neighbours next door, at Falcon Heights, are shunned and called ‘lepers’ by all the townsfolk. Who is the sullen, mysterious girl who lives there and flies a falcon every morning? Why do perfectly respectable citizens get up and leave, muttering darkly,every time she enters a shop or cafe? As Sandeep unravels the mystery, two terrible but seemingly plausible stories emerge, only one of which can be true.
Word Power Made Easy
The bestselling book and authorized Penguin edition to learn and improve your English quickly!
– Improve your English skills for Boards, competitive/entrance Exams (GMAT, GRE, IELTS, LSAT, SAT, TOEFL, CAT )
– Better vocabulary for interviews: job, university, visa
– Practise just 15 minutes a day
– Become a self-assured English speaker
– Ensured success in your job and career
– Learn the best language skills from the master
– Know the correct usage of words
– Improve your personality
– Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions
– Clear tools and tips for quick learning
– Fun exercises and a daily progress-tracking system
– A large repository of words to express your thoughts clearly
– Suitable for both beginners and advanced readers
Word Power Made Easy does more than just add words to your vocabulary. It teaches ideas and a method of broadening your knowledge as an integral part of the vocabulary-building process.
– Do you always use the right word?
– Can you pronounce it-and spell it-correctly?
– Do you know how to avoid improper expressions?
– Do you speak grammatically, without embarrassing mistakes?
– If your answer to any of these questions is no, you need this book!
Written in a lively, accessible style, Word Power Made Easy includes useful sections explaining which grammar rules are valid and which are outdated or misguided and can be safely ignored.
Loaded with helpful reviews, progress checks, and quizzes to reinforce the material, this classic resource has helped millions learn to speak and write with confidence.
Word Power Made Easy has been popular since it was first published in 1949. It has run into several editions since then and is still relied upon as a credible book by even those who know the English language fairly well. Generations of students have benefited and improved their language by using this book. This is a core book about English language and correct word usage. Anybody who wants to improve their vocabulary will find it very useful.
Authored by the bestselling grammarian Norman Lewis, Word Power Made Easy serves as a ready reference for students who want to brush up their English speaking, reading and writing skills. It is a must for students who want to excel in the subject and feel confident.
The style of writing of this book is very easy to understand. There are separate sections on rules and applied grammar. By way of simple techniques, the author has presented easy tips for improving one’s vocabulary and word skills. After having created awareness about the new words and their meaning, he then goes onto explain how to make their correct usage.
Those who have struggled to use the right word at the right time, are not sure about a particular expression, are poor in expressing themselves in English, mix up word meanings of like sounding words, are low on confidence when it comes to the right pronunciation stand to benefit from referring to this book regularly.
At the end of the chapters there are revision exercises that can be used for undertaking a self-evaluation. This book also has interesting quizzes and other puzzle exercises which test a practitioner’s ability to judge and use the language correctly.
Puffin Classics: The Mystery of Munroe Island and Other Stories
Join Professor Trilokeshwar Shonku, eccentric genius and scientist, on an incredible world tour as he confronts a daring doppelganger,undertakes an experiment to create pure gold, unravels the mystery of a scientist’s loss of memory and visits an unknown island to look for an amazing fruit, amongst other escapades,What is the message in the mysterious papyrus found in Cairo and why did scientists go missing in the deep jungle of Congo? Is there any truth about the sightings of the UFO and what happens when he takes an extraordinary animal to Koblenz in Germany?
Featuring the indomitable Professor Shonku and a bunch of madcap characters is presented here in a brilliant new translation that brings alive the magic and charm of Satyajit Ray’s imaginative world. Get ready for some hair-raising fun with the weird and wonderful Prof. Shonku, whose exploits have held readers spellbound for over five decades.
Clean Bowled, Butterfingers!
What Amar ‘Butterfingers’ Kishen really wants is to hold a cricket match in Colonel Nadkarni’s memory. But what the principal really wants is for the teachers of Green Park School to be more healthy and active. So, Amar playfully proposes a match between the teachers of the junior and senior schools. What follows is a roller-coaster ride of adventure, intrigue and madness!
Entertaining, uplifting and rib-tickling, this third novel, featuring, everyone’s beloved Butterfingers will delight readers both old and new.
The Misadventures of Butterfingers
Fun-and-disaster alert-Butterfingers is here again!
Amar Kishen is not called Butterfingers for nothing. Wherever he goes, disaster hurtles along-and this time’s no different. You’ve seen him set fire to his hair, head-butt a teacher, score an own goal, send his chicken-curry-soaked bat flying . . . Can things get any crazier?
With Amar, they can!
Now watch him tackle ghosts, pounce on his principal, knock a thief unconscious, stop time and get his life chased out of him by a nasty Doberman. Join Amar on his adventures as he whips up a tornado of trouble!
Run, It’s Butterfingers Again!
Crash! THUD! Oops!
Butterfingers returns . . . with a fun medley of thrills, spills, chills and giggles
Everyone’s favourite klutz, Amar Kishen, aka Butterfingers, has no problem getting into trouble . . . and that’s the problem!
Follow his mad escapades as he becomes a human cannonball, rides a runaway horse, takes up karate, acts as a Martian, oversees the great fall of china, tumbles into a river and tries his hand at fencing, with hilarious consequences, of course!
This second collection of stories about the eternally endearing Butterfingers promises to be as rib-tickling-ly funny as the first.