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There Is Nothing That Wouldn’t Change

Born of a shared belief in a more equal and compassionate world, There Is Nothing That Wouldn’t Change brings together an extraordinary, intimate conversation between acclaimed writer Perumal Murugan and social activist Bezwada Wilson. Their friendship, forged during one of the most turbulent phases of Murugan’s life, lends this unscripted exchange a rare and powerful honesty.

At its heart, the book chronicles Wilson’s decades-long struggle to eradicate manual scavenging and restore dignity to sanitation workers. Yet, the dialogue ventures far beyond activism. The conversation is raw and deeply personal, and traverses the complex terrains of caste, politics, conviction, doubt and the profound enduring bonds of friendship.

This book refuses easy answers. It is an insightful, provocative and deeply humane book that compels readers to confront uncomfortable realities while imagining what a truly just society might look like.

Lionel Messi

This beautifully illustrated biography introduces young readers to the life of Lionel Messi, a football icon admired for his talent, determination, and humility. Through simple and engaging storytelling, children will discover how a young boy from Rosario, Argentina, overcame challenges and followed his passion to become a global sports legend.

From his early days kicking a ball on dusty playgrounds to lifting football’s biggest trophies, Messi’s remarkable journey is filled with hard work, perseverance, and unforgettable achievements. Along the way, young readers will learn valuable lessons about dedication, resilience, and believing in their dreams.

What’s Inside This Book?

  • Fun-filled Do You Knows: Fascinating facts about Lionel Messi’s life, career, and achievements to surprise and delight young readers.
  • Delightful Wordwise: Helpful tips to understand key vocabulary and make reading easier.
  • Inspirational Quotes: to inspire creativity, confidence, and perseverance.
  • A Closer Look: Engaging stories from his childhood, early career, and rise to stardom, showing how he overcame challenges and stayed determined.
  • Your Turn to Think Questions: Thought-provoking prompts to encourage kids to imagine what they would do in similar situations.

Courage under Fire

Anyone who has worked in the corporate world, especially in the FMCG sector, knows that calm waters are rare and crises often arrive without warning.

Courage Under Fire is a practical leadership logbook drawn from four decades of Suresh Narayanan’s own
experiences of managing battles in the corporate trenches. Rather than offering abstract leadership theory, the book uses real episodes—across multiple countries—to show how leaders can navigate volatility with judgement, values and coordinated action. It argues that leadership is fundamentally human: built on trust, values, behaviour, credibility and outcomes.

Narayanan uses stories from the MAGGI noodles crisis, the Arab Spring in Egypt, the 2008 financial shock in
Singapore and COVID-era decisions to drive home some fundamentals in management—staying grounded, asking the right questions, communicating clearly and putting people first.

The Six Soul Types

Why do we repeat the same patterns in love, work, and life even when we long to change? Why do similar relationships, illnesses, and challenges return again and again — and feel like fate?
In this groundbreaking and deeply human book, Dr. Rajan Sankaran invites us to look beyond behavior and emotion into the hidden patterns that shape our lives — what he calls the Six Soul Types: the Oyster, Snail, Bird, Dog, Horse, and Lion.
Each type is a way of perceiving and protecting ourselves — our unique rhythm of being. Through stories, reflections, and guided exercises, The Six Soul Types reveals how our deepest patterns influence love, conflict, and healing — and how awareness can free us from them.
This is not a book about changing others; it is about knowing yourself.
When we truly meet ourselves, love becomes simpler, relationships become clearer, and life begins to flow — naturally, effortlessly.
Profound yet practical, poetic yet precise, The Six Soul Types is a companion for anyone seeking to grow from reaction to awareness, from pattern to presence, from the soul to the whole.

The Undocumented

In May 2009, Cyclone Aila tore through the Sundarbans of Bangladesh, swallowing everything Safrat had built: her land, her livestock, her livelihood. What it left behind was not a choice but an ultimatum: stay and slowly disappear or cross the border into India.

The Undocumented follows Safrat and her two children, Nur and Nabeel, as they journey from the delta’s edge to Kolkata, shedding names, faith and identities to survive. It is the story of a border crossed and an identity hidden, but also of a family struggling to remain together even as it fractures from within.

Drawn from thirteen years of fieldwork on the fringes of a Kolkata slum—years spent earning trust and reading silences—this book offers a rare and intimate account of why people leave their homes, how they cross over to a strange, unknown land and what it takes to build a life on the other side.

The Big Book of Kashmiri Literature

This anthology of literature translated from the Kashmiri language is the first of its kind. It is as much an introduction into the literary landscape of Kashmir as a journey through its history. From premodern
verse to radio plays, folk chants to metaphysical ghazals, flash fiction to excerpts from a novel, The Big Book of Kashmiri Literature is compilation of memory and an anthology of voices.

The reader will encounter scholars, saints, experimental dramatists and unlettered poets starting from the fourteenth century to today. Kashmir has a thriving oral tradition, a literary culture that borrowed from the East and a print culture that engaged with the West and it all comes together in this volume with a promise of immersion into the emotional topography of the land, the language and the people.

Swarn, Rakt Aur Brhamputra / स्वर्ण, रक्त और ब्रह्मपुत्र

क्या आप जानते हैं कि भारत के उत्तर-पूर्व में एक ऐसा साम्राज्य भी था जिसने लगभग छह सौ वर्षों तक अपनी सत्ता, संस्कृति और अस्मिता को अक्षुण्ण रखा—और जिसके सामने मुगल साम्राज्य भी कभी स्थायी विजय प्राप्त नहीं कर सका? अहोम साम्राज्य उसी विस्मृत इतिहास की रोमांचकारी, शोधपूर्ण और मानवीय कथा है। सन 1212 में मोंगमाओ से निकले एक विस्थापित राजकुमार सुकाफा की कठिन यात्रा से प्रारंभ होकर 1826 की यांडाबो संधि तक फैली यह पुस्तक ब्रह्मपुत्र घाटी के उस अद्भुत राज्य की कहानी कहती है जिसने आधुनिक असम की नींव रखी। बुरंजियों, शोधग्रंथों, लोककथाओं और वर्षों के अध्ययन पर आधारित यह पुस्तक हिंदी पाठकों के लिए उस इतिहास का द्वार खोलती है जो अब तक मुख्यतः असमिया और अंग्रेज़ी तक सीमित रहा है। इसमें मिलेगा—सुकाफा का उदय, हिंदू और अहोम परंपराओं का संगम, पाइक शासन-व्यवस्था, शंकरदेव के नववैष्णव आंदोलन का प्रभाव, लचित बोरफूकन की वीरता और सराईघाट का निर्णायक युद्ध, मोआमारिया विद्रोह की उथल-पुथल, बर्मी आक्रमण का भयावह दौर और अंततः अंग्रेज़ी सत्ता के अधीन एक महान साम्राज्य का अवसान।

The Trials of a Nation Hindi / 10 Faisle Jinse Badla Desh / 10 फैसले जिनसे बदला देश

भारतीय संविधान के निर्माण की कहानी, संविधान में हुए अब तक के तमाम संशोधन और उनका भारतीय राजनीति पर क्या प्रभाव पड़ा है, नए कानूनों का निर्माण और उनकी उपयोगिता, अनुपयोगी कानूनों के दुष्प्रभाव, भारतीय राजनीति के दांवपेंच इत्यादि अनेक ऐसे विषय हैं, जो इस पुस्तक में समेटे गए हैं। विधि शास्त्र और राजनीति शास्त्र दोनों का अद्भुत और बेजोड़ संगम है यह किताब, जो छात्रों, कंपनियों के निदेशकों, निवेशकों, शिक्षकों, सीए इत्यादि के लिए बहु उपयोगी सिद्ध होगी।
फिनोलॉजी लीगल के माध्यम से एक ओर जहाँ मार्गदर्शन मिलता है, वहीं महत्त्वपूर्ण जानकारियों की मदद से स्टॉक और म्यूचुअल फंड में निवेश करने वालों के लिए भी यह समान रूप से उपयोगी है। इसके अलावा कानून की पढ़ाई के लिए ही नहीं वरन, यह पुस्तक वकीलों, राजनेताओं, राजनीति में करियर बनाने के लिए उत्साहित युवाओं और प्रतियोगी परीक्षा की तैयारी करने वाले छात्रों के लिए भी एक एक उत्कृष्ट परिचयात्मक पुस्तक है।

I am my own Laxmi Hindi / Main Hoon Apni Dhanlakshmi / मैं हूँ अपनी धनलक्ष्मी

मैं हूँ अपनी धनलक्ष्मी केवल पैसों की किताब नहीं, बल्कि हर उस महिला की कहानी है जिसने जीवन की हर ज़िम्मेदारी निभाई, लेकिन अपने वित्तीय अधिकारों को अकसर पीछे छोड़ दिया। भारतीय संस्कृति में लक्ष्मी को धन की देवी माना जाता है, पर क्या लक्ष्मी केवल पूजा तक सीमित हैं? या वे वहाँ भी निवास करती हैं जहाँ महिलाएँ अपने आर्थिक निर्णयों का अधिकार स्वयं अपने हाथ में लेती हैं? अपने अनुभवों, वास्तविक कहानियों और वर्षों से महिलाओं के साथ किए गए संवादों के आधार पर, यह पुस्तक एक महत्त्वपूर्ण सवाल उठाती है—आख़िर इतनी सक्षम, शिक्षित और आत्मविश्वासी महिलाएँ भी पैसों के मामले में ख़ुद को असहज क्यों महसूस करती हैं?

Sapiens Graphic Novel Boxset: 3 Books by Yuval Noah Harari | Sapiens: A Graphic History Volumes 1, 2 and 3 | Illustrated History of Humankind | Nonfiction Graphic Novel Collection

‘FROM THE WORLDWIDE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SAPIENS COMES THE COMPLETE GRAPHIC NOVEL EDITION OF HUMAN HISTORY

Experience Yuval Noah Harari’s internationally acclaimed exploration of humanity like never before with the Sapiens Graphic Novel Boxset, bringing together all three brilliantly illustrated volumes of Sapiens: A Graphic History. Combining groundbreaking ideas, captivating storytelling, humour, and stunning artwork, this beautifully presented box set transforms one of the most influential books of our time into an unforgettable visual reading experience.

Whether you’re discovering Sapiens for the first time or revisiting Harari’s ideas in a fresh format, this collection makes history more accessible, entertaining, and engaging for readers of all ages.

What’s Inside the Boxset?

Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 1 – The Birth of Humankind Travel back to the origins of Homo sapiens and discover how our species evolved, survived, and began shaping the world. Blending anthropology, science, and humour, this volume explores the fascinating beginnings of human history.

Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 2 – The Pillars of Civilisation Explore the rise of agriculture, kingdoms, religion, money, and empires as Harari unpacks the stories and myths that transformed small human communities into complex civilisations.

Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 3 – The Masters of History Follow humanity’s remarkable journey through exploration, power, capitalism, colonialism, and scientific revolutions, revealing how history continues to shape the modern world.

Why You’ll Love This Boxset
• Complete collection of all three Sapiens: A Graphic History volumes in one beautifully designed box set.
• A unique blend of graphic storytelling, history, science, philosophy, and humour that makes complex ideas easy to understand.
• Perfect for fans of graphic novels, world history, anthropology, politics, and popular science.
• Features vibrant illustrations, memorable characters, and engaging visual storytelling that appeals to both adults and young readers.
• An ideal gift for history enthusiasts, students, educators, comic lovers, and anyone curious about the story of humankind.

Discover the epic journey of our species—from prehistoric hunter-gatherers to the forces that shaped today’s world—in this spectacular Sapiens Graphic Novel Boxset. Bold, witty, visually stunning, and thought-provoking, it’s an essential addition to every bookshelf and a perfect introduction to one of the most celebrated works of modern nonfiction.

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