Set around the time of Partition and written with absorbing intelligence and sympathy, Difficult Daughters is the story of a woman torn between family duty, the desire for education, and illicit love. Virmati, a young woman born in Amritsar into an austere and high-minded household, falls in love with a neighbour, the Professor–a man who […]
Acushla is the love story of an Indian princess and an Englishmen during the pre-Independence period. The duality and contradiction of the authors spirit have found an eloquent voice in the character of Princess Gita (Acushla) and her conflicted search for personal freedom within the context of Indias epic struggle for Independence.
Its 1937, and with her father in debt, motherless sixteen year old Roop learns she is to become the second wife of Sardarji, a wealthy Sikh landowner whose first wife, Satya, has failed to bear him a child. Roop believes that the strong willed Satya will treat her as a sister, but their relationship swiftly […]
At twenty-five, lifes innumerable entanglements are getting to Arshi. Her blonde American step-moms trying too hard (shes taken to welcoming guests with a traditional aarti).The gorgeous guy who has Aarti all flushed and dreamy doesnt seem to be trying at all(hes the Ice Prince who thaws at this own convenience)…
One small idea can ignite a revolution just as a single matchstick can start a fire. One such idea??putting employees first and customers second??sparked a revolution at HCL Technologies, the IT services giant. In this candid and personal account, Vineet Nayar??HCLT??s celebrated CEO??recounts how he defied the conventional wisdom that companies must put customers first, […]
Written in 1960, Jeeves In The Offing finds PG Wodehouses best-loved characters on as fine form as ever. With Jeeves on holiday, Bertie Wooster accepts an invitation to Brinkley Court, where he hopes to pass a few pleasant days. However, there is little time to relax when the visit turns out to involve Berties ex-headmaster, […]
For years, model Briana Davenport fought temptation–in the form of a six-foot, blue-eyed seducer. Jarrod Hammond was her employers sworn enemy and, as such, off-limits to her…and her bed. Then her father needed a cool million to bail himself out of trouble, and Briana had no choice but to turn to the Australian businessman. But […]
According to airline tycoon Jackson King, business always triumphed over romance, and babies were best appreciated from afar. That was, until the beautiful stranger with whom hed shared a mind-blowing tryst revealed he had fathered her baby daughter. If Casey Davis thought she could drop a bombshell like that and just disappear, she didnt know […]
Bribed by Kyle, his twin brother, Dominic Renbourne agrees to take his twins place for a few weeks at Warfield Park where he is to pay court to Lady Meriel Grahame, the orphaned heiress Kyle intends to marry. The last thing Dominic expects is to be entranced by a silent sprite whose ethereal beauty is […]