Is life different in India? Do the people living in her cities of joys and sorrows and who wear the badge of Indian citizenship have a heart, a mind, and emotions different from the people elsewhere? The stories in this collection showcase the oneness of mankind. Man-made boundaries may have different situational moments and perhaps even different reactions to those situations, but the emotions in each situation remain the same for every heart. A heart living out of India will cry when in ...

Set around the time of Partition and written with absorbing intelligence and sympathy, Difficult Daughters is the story of a young woman torn between the desire for education and the lure of illicit love.' Difficult Daughters is intensely imagined, fluidly written, moving. Through our struggles with our parents, it flings us into their own momentous times, their youthful yearnings for love and independence and life. And so it becomes an urgent and ...

An ominous accident puts Karan, a skeptical boy, in between the Demon and the Divine. A series of mind numbing haunts sets him on a perilous journey to battle an evil power.Vasuki’s tormented soul finds Karan to quash virulent Pishach.Karan sets her soul free, but at a heavy price. He doesn’t know that Fate has unanticipated plans for him.

A monk foretells a king's death. A venomous snake pays a price for non-violence. A sage is in a dilemma over his compassion for animals. A cobbler remembers his past life. Why does a blind man come to see his lord? A monkey drives a scientist out of his laboratory...this is a random compilation of thirty-one tales, anecdotes and experiences that intrigue, enthral, amuse and make us ponder. These tales from the Puranas, folklores and the epics, from the lucid allegories of Sri Ramakrishna to t...

When Dhumketu's first collection of short stories, Tankha, came out in 1926, it revolutionized the genre in India. Characterized by a fine sensitivity, deep humanism, perceptive observation, and an intimate knowledge of both rural and urban life, his fiction has provided entertainment and edification to generations of Gujarati readers and speakers.Ratno Dholi brings together the first substantial collection of Dhumketu's work to be available in English. Beautifull...

Man can learn more from their own experiences than other sources. In his previous years Swami Krishnanand was narrating the experiences and the episodes of his pilgrimage to his visitors. In its mortal Swamiji is not with us but by his writing we feel his immortal and appealing presence with us. The first goal of life is not 'MOKSHA' or 'SAKSHATKAR' that is the second for a man. The premier goal of life is to be a MAN a HUMANE. If one will be a good HUMANE, GOD will pick him and show the p...

KABIR - Politically ambitious, Loves the centre stage, Enjoysattention, Loves to love, Bright ray of sunshineAMAIRA - Free-spirited, Reversing stereotypes, Dreamer, Bubbleof confidence, Salt in teaKUSHANK - A thinktank, Brilliant businessman, Wants to, butnever does, Lacks confidence, Distrusts himselfSUHANI - Timid and shy, Accepts life, Scared to rebel, Singsbeautifully, Searching for herselfNo Matter What I Do is a story entangling the lives of these fourvery different people who are bound...

A trauma counsellor, corporate trainer, writer, aerobics trainer, public speaker, and director of Silver Linings Human Resource Solution Private Limited – all rolled into one, Preeti Monga’s achievements are inspirational. Winner of various awards, Preeti was the first Indian visually impaired person to successfully clear the Aerobic Instructor training. Now a successful entrepreneur, she has been relentlessly working on equal rights for people with special needs. That she lost her vision ...

Popular culture the world over refers to motherhood as the ultimate destination for women. Amma, maa, mata, ammi, mom, mother, maa-ji, aai, mummy – call her by any of these names, she is expected to respond immediately. with love, concern, care.What does this word mean to people who have gone through the experience? Is motherhood really the gold standard for women it is assumed to be? Apart from being the most glorified and celebrated word in our cultural history, is mother also the most a...

‘He was leaving behind the house which he no longer cared for but still felt in his blood. He’ll surely return but will the house then be as it is now? Will the people whose presence makes the house with five courtyards a veritable mohalla still be there?’ For a sprawling edifice with five courtyards, it was a flourishing house. The brothers who resided in the various quarters lived harmoniously under the supervision of a mother, Badi Amma, who was considered the head of the house after th...

Everyone has a story to tell or a story that deserves to be told. Since no person is the same, everyone’s life is a unique tale.This uniqueness of different lives is honoured by Twenty Three: Collection of Short Stories that narrates the lives of various people.Twenty Three tells all kinds of stories, ranging from stories of ordinary people to those of paranormal entities. So, step into different dimensions as you flip through the various stories of Twenty Three.

This novel treats the two themes of incurable diseases and euthanasia at various levels to bring into focus a web of dense arguments legal and medical woven together that never tire the readers in their attempts to grapple with issues of human suffering, disease and death and its over-arching subject of sympathy, pity and humanity. To lend credence to all the impressive arguments, the novel draws parallels from real life situations and cases that made possible a debate on physician-assiste...