Feluda and Company is the internationally-acclaimed filmmaker, writer and director, Satyajit Ray’s thrilling detective novel. The hero, Feluda is an interesting, mysterious and wealthy character; an amateur detective. He sets off to Mumbai to save his friend, Lalmohan Ganguly (aka Jatayu), who goes there with a story for a film and gets embroiled in a deadly conspiracy. In Gosainpur, he hatches a plot to get himself murdered and expose the antics of Mrigank Bhattacharya, who famously summons spirits from the afterworld. Along with keeping the reader in suspense amidst the mysterious happenings, this novel also is a satire that exposes the hypocrisies hidden under grand displays.
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THE HOLY VEDAS: Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda and Atharva Veda (Gift Edition)
The four Vedas contain the divine, infallible knowledge revealed to those primal men whose soul was specially illuminated to by the grace of god to receive and impart humanity the words of almighty god. The Vedas are the sacred heritage not only of India but of all mankind. In this book an attempt has been made to bring together representative hymns which encompass all the aspects enshrined in the Vedas. The author has tried to retain the spirit of the original Sanskrit mantras in English renderings and to impart some of the holy ambience of these sacred texts which are the fountainhead of Hindu philosophy and culture
The Women’s Library
Featuring the works of K.R. Meera, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and Anita Nair, this limited edition set is essential reading for those who love reading fiction from South Asia.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Oleander Girl revolves around seventeen-year-old Korobi Roy who, troubled by the silence that surrounds her parents’ death, clings to her only inheritance from them: the unfinished love note she found hidden in her mother’s book of poetry. But when her grandfather dies, she discovers a dark secret which will finally explain her past.
The bold, wry and ebullient stories of Yellow Is the Colour of Longing put on display K.R. Meera’s astonishing range of narrative techniques, as she expertly lays bare the fault lines behind the façades of everyday life, sometimes with dark humour and sometimes with astoundingly bitter sadness.
Forty-five and single, Akhila has never been allowed to live her life-she is always a daughter, a sister, an aunt and a provider first-until the day she buys a one-way train ticket to the seaside town of Kanyakumari. Anita Nair’s Ladies Coupé unfolds in an intimate atmosphere as Akhila gets to know her five fellow travellers. Riveted by their stories, she seeks an answer to the question that has haunted her all her life: can a woman stay single and be happy, or does she need a man to feel complete?
The Ghosts of Vasu Master
A moving tale of self-discovery, rich with fascinating stories and imaginary characters
Vasu Master, recently retired from his job in a local school, allows himself to revisit the past and imaginatively discover the nature of teaching, teacher and pupil. This process of self-discovery is speeded up by the arrival of Mani, who cannot-or will not-speak. Vasu Master tells the reticent child one fantastic story after the other as he faces up to the biggest challenge of his life: can he teach (or heal) Mani?
Using fantasy, fable and a host of wonderfully imagined characters, Githa Hariharan creates a richly textured work that eloquently explores the human condition, and the underlying principles of all human action.
The Art Of Dying
Gripping and insightful stories on the modern Indian condition
Twenty stories of contemporary Indian life that demonstrate the range of Hariharan’s writing, executed with a precision of style and magical imagery. Sometimes comic (yet tinged with sadness) as in the much-anthologized ‘The Remains of the Feast’ where an old woman near the end of her life suddenly feels the urge to sample all the food she has been forbidden; sometimes with a twist as in ‘Gajar Halwa’ where Chellamma, a servant girl from a small-town family, finally understands what makes a big city work; sometimes moving as in ‘The Reprieve’, these stories never fail to surprise and delight.
VANDE MATRAM KA ITIHAS
This book details the complete history of the ‘Vande Mataram’ and how the popularity of this one anthem caused wild uproar to erupt in British India, leading to scores of people being executed for disobedience of the state.
SURYAKIRAN CHIKITSA
This book talks about how common diseases can be treated with a combination of colour and the brain, body, thoughts and emotional balance. This practice, if done correctly, can have lasting effects and results.
JAANEIN AUR JEETEIN SHARE BAZAR
This book teaches you to earn money in the share market at the opportune time. It also helps you to make the right decisions while investing in the share market.
SANGEET CHIKITSA
The easy method of healing can be done through music; this book is a manual to doing music therapy to heal yourself. It is accessible and written in very simple language, and nothing short of a godsend for music lovers who would struggle with health issues.
RISHTON MEIN NAYI ROSHNI
This book talks about how the day a human being allows new light to enter his life, is the day when he allows all his fingers to be as they are. By extension, they must also allow their relationships to be as they are, and only then will there be no conflict; only love, joy and satisfaction.