Far out in the Sahyadris rises a mountain called Koleshwar. Amidst its caves and rumbling streams lie many secrets, secrets that Anirudh discovers when he wakes from a strange dream. Vikram, Aditya, Chitra and Anirudh are now tasked with trying to make sense of his dream. How does Anirudh inexplicably recognize not just every contour and ridge of the lush, monsooned hills but also know every minute detail of the vanished Fort of Mumbai? Will this group of budding adventurers decode the forgotten legacy, buried in the ancient slopes of the Sahyadris, before everything tips over the edge?
Journey to the Sahyadris in the concluding instalment of this riveting tale where history meets adventure in one of the most beautiful locales of India.
‘How do I fight? I see failure at every juncture,’ said Jay.
‘If we divide our life the way we sort laundry, we will never find peace,’ replied Vini.
Jayshankar Prasad, or Jay, has had a shady-yet-mercurial rise in his journey as an entrepreneur, but he has little idea as to what is around the corner. On the other hand, Vini, a mystic monk, has already been there, and knows what it is like to have it all and then lose it in an instant. Greed . . . power . . . money . . . are all transitory.
In a serendipitous twist of fate, Jay crosses paths with the enigmatic Vini and thus begins a cathartic and transformative journey. The Millennial Yogi is the zeitgeist parable for anyone searching for meaning and purpose in life. With prose that is both photographic and profound, Deepam Chatterjee has crafted an extraordinary tale of loss, redemption and the fight for one’s soul in an increasingly materialistic world.
Sid is a successful photographer in a boutique ad agency. He is single and has everything he wants-a great job, great colleagues and a hassle-free life. But if there is one thing that has eluded him, it is love. Until the gorgeous, free-spirited Cara walks into his life. The two begin a charged affair that disrupts all his notions of love and transforms the way Sid thinks about pleasure. But then something strange happens-Sid finds himself falling in love with another woman.
‘Each story in this collection illuminates a particular universe, completely authentic in texture and detail, giving us writing that is not only pleasurable, but finely-crafted as well’-Indian Review of Books
In ‘A New Year’s Party’, Geoffrey finds all his attempts to throw a successful party come to naught as his inappropriately chose guests make their dislike for each other very vocal; the wonderful camaraderie that can exist between a four-year-old and his ancient Nana is explored in ‘Song of Innocence and Experience’; two men’s lives follow a similar pattern in ‘A Diagnosis of Destiny’-and then one of them dies to the other’s horror; in ‘The Taste of Almonds’, a senile but endearing Nawab finds himself at odds with the changed times.
As each exquisite story unfolds we are introduced to characters as varied and colourful as the parts of India to which they belong.
How do villagers respond to pornography?
Not very differently from their big-city cousins, we discover in the wonderfully comic ‘Chandu and the Bissyaar’, one of eighteen evocative stories in Neelum Saran Gour’s third book of fiction. The making and unmaking of a poet is described in ‘A Lane in Lucknow’; two old men find solace in ‘Winter Companions’; and a nurse examines the quality of her faith in ‘The Knitting Needle’.
In a vivid kaleidoscope of provincial bazaars, claustrophobic bedrooms, cemeteries, courtyards, hospital corridors, park benches and railway compartments, we are introduced to varied and colourful characters forging unexpected emotional bonds with friends, lovers, strangers and kin, tangled in the skeins of dreams, deceptions, anxieties, lusts and joys.
It was the best and brightest of times . . .
You’d think a Bombay teen’s life in the early 90s would be the usual sunshine and rain. But when this regular teenager realizes he’s gay, things suddenly get interesting.
Pop culture and its massive influence on a young gay boy lie at the core of this memoir. Bear witness to his transition to adulthood as he traverses a big, burgeoning city and the gay scene slowly blooming at its fringes.
Jeewan ke 50 Mahatwapoorn Sawal invites people to have a conversation about themselves withthemselves. Deepak Ramola’s quest began after he was inspired by a life lesson from a young girl who said, ‘Life is not about giving easy answers, but answering tough questions.’ Over the years, Ramola has amassed life lessons from a range of inspirational sources across the world: from the women of the Maasai tribe in Africa and young girls in Afghanistan to sex workers
in Kamathipura, Mumbai; from earthquake survivors in Nepal to Syrian refugees in Europe, among many more. This book is a collection of fifty questions thatmade him pause, along with a bouquet of answers,anecdotes, stories and notes from his journey ofteaching human wisdom for a decade. Strikinglyfresh, tender, yet searing, these questions will makeyou reflect and inspire you to push your boundaries.
If anyone did wrong with you, the should you do wrong with him? Perhaps yes, but this novel says something difference. Sometimes we can give the good message to the society with doing good thing instead of bad thing.
Evils are seen in the society as untouchable thing, but some people takes benefit of their helplessness. This story is such of an evil who changed the society.
Changing is the natural rule, but the culture changed with so many changes in next generation. This novel is based on this story.
