In today??s world, we are inundated with information about who to be, what to do, and how to live. But what if there was a way to learn not just what to think about, but how to think? A program that taught young people how to manage priorities, focus on goals, and be a positive […]
The essential Khushwant Singh collection In an essay in this anthology, Khushwant Singh claims that he is not a nice man to know. Whatever the truth of that assertion, there is little question about his skill as a witty, eloquent and entertaining writer. This book collects the best of over three decades of the author??s […]
Gleeful name dropping, worship of the successful, face flattery accompanied with back-biting, and envy to the extent of sickness are some of the highlights of We Indians. We Indians tend to be deeply religious, but religion invariably brings out the worst in us. Our women have no idea that sex can be pleasurable though they […]
Hailed in Italy as the best book ever written about the mafia in any language, Cosa Nostra is a fascinating, violent, and darkly comic account that reads like fiction and takes us deep into the inner sanctum of this secret society where few have dared to tread.In this gripping history of the Sicilian mafia, John […]
Inside, you will find over 150 true stories. Most of them funny, many thought provoking, some touching, but all of them together attempting to provide an insight into the life and times of people working in Indias BPO and Call Centres.
This bestselling business classic of more than twenty-five years duration is a dead-on account of why boredom, bungling, and bad management are built into every organization. Through hilarious case histories and cartoons adapted from Punch, Dr. Peter shows how Americas corporate career track drives employees relentlessly upward — until they get promoted into jobs they […]
Here, by Americas foremost candidate for the Nobel Prize, is the book that some fifteen years ago created a firestorm among true believeers of the womens liberation movement, and which on rereading and contemplation emerges as one of the most sensible, sensitive and probing works on the ageless dialectic of man, woman, man-woman ever to […]
A forgotten chapter of Indian history brought alive. On 18 April 1930 at around 10 p.m., a clutch of men, most of them still in their teens, challenged the might of the British Empire through a series of raids jn Chittagong. Their actions stunned the colonial rulers and ignited the spark of rebellion throughout Bengal. […]
This new reissue of an enduring and popular classic preserves the place of Strumpet City as one of the best Irish novels of the 20th century. Set in Dublin during the great Lockout of 1913, the book provides a realistic portrait of real heroes and villains. It panoramically embraces a wide range of social milieux, […]
Brought up in a violent Muslim household, where family honour is all, Saira is watched 24 hours a day. However, an innocent friendship with a boy is uncovered and Saira is sent to Pakistan, punished for dishonouring her family. There, the nightmare really begins. Forced to marry an older stranger who rapes her repeatedly and […]
1900 BC. In what modern Indian mistakenly call the Indus Valley Civilisation. The inhabitants of that period called it the land of Meluha ?? a near perfect empire created many centuries earlier by Lord Ram, one of the greatest monarchs that ever lived. This once proud empire and its Suryavanshi rulers face severe perils as […]
A decoding of Hindu mythology Hindus have one God. They also have 330 million gods: male gods, female gods, personal gods, family gods, household gods, village gods, gods of space and time, gods for specific castes and particular professions, gods who reside in trees, in animals, in minerals, in geometrical patterns and in man-made objects. […]
The authors experiences as a teacher in the slums of London.
Here is your best chance to know all about that Calcutta and those Bongs! A collection of short stories, Thet wanted to know about Kolkata(erstwhile Calcutta) and the wonderful Bengalis. As you flip through the pages, you will fall in love with the bengalis-their habits, idiosyncrasies, crazy wys of life and of course, their delicious […]
The year is 340 BC. A hunted, haunted Brahmin youth vows revenge for the gruesome murder of his beloved father. Cold, cunning, calculating, cruel and armed with a complete absence of accepted morals, he becomes the most powerful political strategist in Bharat and succeeds in uniting a ragged country against the invasion of the army […]