Kuku Mehta is stuck in a rut – he has lost his accountancy job, and his love-life is non-existent. An invite to his childhood friend Chaddi's wedding stirs him from his despond.The wedding venue, the lavish hotel at Fort Dhanrajgarh becomes a scene of intrigue, crossed wires and criminal conspiracies that set to derail the happy couple's bliss, and bring the groom and his father to financial ruin. It will take heroic deeds, cunning and ingenuity to keep everything on track. Is Kuku ...

Isabella's shadow had been growing larger and larger. Suddenly, it lunged out of the ground and swallowed her, like a python does its unsuspecting prey.King Mortuus seeks to unlock an ancient prophesy and unleash dark forces of Sceadu on our world – he is just missing the final element: four child sacrifices. Then, Isabella, her brother, Emilio and their cousins cross over into the land of shadow, following discovery of a long-forgotten book written by an old explorer whos...

The newly formed Panchgani Detective Club, comprising siblings Rhea and Rishi Agarwal and the Srivastava twins, Anoushka and Ishaan, decide to investigate the recent kidnapping of an archaeologist. They struggle to find clues, until a pen drive mysteriously turns up at their school campus. The prime accused also happens to be the very same person who had earlier given evidence against the twin’s father, a former archaeologist. Things are further complicated by a couple of school bullies, a...

For the two young siblings, eleven-year-old Arjun and nine-year-old Anindita, what starts out as a boring vacation at their grandparents' house, turns into a grand adventure after they stumble upon an enchanted laddoo that takes them to the magical land of Chamatkar Nagri. Starting with Mithaspur, where Raja Balushahi awaits his fate at the hands of his arch nemesis, Krooradasa, the children are thrust into one exciting escapade after another - from facing evil jadugars and solving ancient...

Winner of the 2024 Singapore Literature PrizeGrandmother. Mothers. Daughters. Aunts. Girlfriends. Beloved. Estranged. Becoming.Prasanthi Ram’s award-winning debut is a multigenerational portrait of nine women within and beyond one Tamil Brahmin family, the Srinivasans.Nine Yard Sarees takes us from 1950s India to contemporary Singapore, Australia and the US through eleven interconnected stories. Following these women across decades as they ...

Young Samurai: The Way of the Sword is the second book in this blockbuster series by Chris BradfordOne year of training in samurai school and Jack Fletcher is in real trouble . . . Not only is he struggling to prepare for the Circle of Three, an ancient ritual that tests a samurai's courage, skill and spirit to the limit, he's caught in a running battle with fellow student Kazuki and his gang.But these are the least of Jack's problems. He knows his deadly rival - t...

In Indus ancestral home, that she had escaped from so many years ago, nothing seems to have altered. Yet all is different. Akka, the rich family tyrant, is dead and the family is on the threshold of great change. And the key to their future now lies in Indus hands. This novel provides a penetrative insight into the joint family revealing its strengths and weaknesses, its props and parasites.

Young Samurai: The Way of the Dragon is the third book in this blockbuster series by Chris BradfordJune 1613. Japan is threatened with war and Jack is facing his greatest battle yet.Samurai are taking sides and, as the blood begins to flow, Jack's warrior training is put to the ultimate test. His survival - and that of his friends - depends upon him mastering the Two Heavens, the secret sword technique of the legen...

A sinister wizard.A mysterious teacher.A kingdom on the brink of collapse.In the ancient kingdom of Havenglade, a brutal enemy is ravaging the countryside making his way closer to Gradur Castle. An aging king seeks protection from a council of loyal wizards. A peasant girl finds herself at the center of it all after bonding with a magical crystal and absorbing its magical essence.After losing her parents, Laurena was given the chance of a life...

The magical bestseller: perfect for readers of all agesOVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLDWinner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017Winner of the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year 2017Shortlisted for the Branford Boase AwardShortlisted for the Jhalak PrizeBeautiful, thrilling and magical, Sunda...

A taut story of hidden violence and self-deception from “an Indian Chekhov” (Suketu Mehta)An upper-middle class couple in Bangalore, Venkat and Viji, find their quiet life upended—and the flaws in their marriage exposed—when two strange young men come knocking at their door in the middle of the night, claiming to have business with their daughter, Rekha, a college senior who happens to be visiting relatives in the countryside. Venkat—a narrator whose account of his...

Agastya Sen, known to friends by the English name August, is a child of the Indian elite. His friends go to Yale and Harvard. August himself has just landed a prize government job. The job takes him to Madna, "the hottest town in India," deep in the sticks. There he finds himself surrounded by incompetents and cranks, time wasters, bureaucrats, and crazies. What to do? Get stoned, shirk work, collapse in the heat, stare at the ceiling. Dealing with the locals turns out to be a lot easier f...