Longlisted for The Kalinga Literary Festival Book Prize in Fiction"Magnificent . . . I would follow Miss Chitol to the ends of the earth." -Kamila Shamsie"Profoundly tender [and] vigorously alive to the currents of national change**."** -Megha MajumdarA breathtaking novel about a woman forging a life for herself on the railways, Railsong is the heartwarming story of an individual co...

Thermodynamics and Heat Engines is a practical, student-friendly textbook designed to make thermodynamics easier to understand, revise, and apply.The book presents the fundamental concepts of thermodynamics in a clear and structured manner, covering properties of pure substances, the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics, entropy, availability (exergy), thermodynamic cycles, heat engines, refrigeration and heat pumps, and importan...

With cutting-edge science and colorful anecdotes, a neurosurgeon reveals how to boost your mental performance and creativity in everyday life.From performing risky surgeries to leading innovative research, Dr. Rahul Jandial is at the very forefront of neuroscience. In this fascinating book, he draws on his wide-ranging expertise to explain the bigger picture of brain health and rejuvenation. Taking readers from the operating room and the lab to surgical missions aro...

To the Friend Who Became a Stranger is a raw, poetic journey through the quiet heartbreak of losing someone who was never meant to leave. In this emotionally charged collection, Rahul explores the anatomy of broken trust, the silence that replaces friendship, and the healing that follows betrayal. Each chapter is a reflection on love that felt safe but wasn’t, promises that faded mid-sentence, and the strength it takes to rebuild after emotional abandonment.Written in lyri...

The Pleasure She Forgot is a lyrical, intimate journey of a woman reclaiming her sensual sovereignty after years of silence, shame, and obedience. Told in raw first-person vignettes, this debut explores the emotional architecture of desire, consent, and selfhood — from the inherited rules of “good girl” behavior to the quiet revolutions of saying no, touching fire, and breathing freely.Through poetic flashbacks, journal entries, and sensory rituals, Rahul crafts a mosaic o...

What was an Indian prince doing in the retinue of a French envoy at Constantinople in 1796? When Sultan Selim III, struck by the unusual sight of a fellow Muslim in a French cortège, asked how this prince had come to be there, Ahmad Khan began to tell him his extraordinary story.A Passage to Europe traces Ahmad Khan's journey from Gujarat to Constantinople, revolutionary France, London and back again. His voyage began with the annexation of Broach by the East India Company...

With direct access to the top Maoist leadership, Rahul Pandita provides an authoritative account of how a handful of men and women, who believed in the idea of revolution, entered Bastar in Central India in 1980 and created a powerful movement that New Delhi now terms as India's biggest internal security threat. It traces the circumstances due to which the Maoist movement entrenched itself in about 10 states of India, carrying out deadly attacks against the Indian establishment in the name...

This book is an exploration of the people analytics possibility, bringing out both theoretical frameworks and detailed practical case studies from the author's experience in industry and business across both sides of the table, with an understanding of data science models and SMAC (Social, Mobile & Cloud) technologies underpinning it. It further explores and lays out a business case for why organizations need to invest behind this space and why HR functions and businesses need to embrace a...

Neel and Ram were more excited than ever to finally be in the medical college. However, they soon realized things weren’t as they had imagined. Nothing was like the previous 18 years of their existence, be it the food, language, climate, or the crowd. They were misfits. Enduring the ordeal of ragging was one of the many challenges they would face amidst exciting moments of a romantic flair(s).Will they be able to survive the cultural shock away from the comfort of their homes, or w...

Fifteen years ago, a fire consumed one of Lankara's most powerful households. The world was given a story. A memorial was built. The nation moved on.Not everyone did.Aanya Mehta has spent nine years covering the annual anniversary of the Survara Conspiracy as a journalist. When a retired intelligence officer is found dead in his locked apartment — three days before his scheduled meeting with her — she begins to understand that what is missing is not a detail. It is the trut...

Today, in the constantly evolving world, opinions have become noise, propaganda is at its peak, expectations are soaring through rooftops and time, as usual, is a constraint. To know what u really want has become the most difficult question and keeping up to speed with the life around u has become exhausting. We all have learnt to build a public image for ourselves and our opinions are based on social media timelines. Nothing seems right and nothing makes sense!Look I know it’s a qu...

Bloomsbury presents Railsong by Rahul Bhattacharya, read by Sudha Bhuchar."Magnificent . . . I would follow Miss Chitol to the ends of the earth." —Kamila Shamsie"Profoundly tender [and] vigorously alive to the currents of national change**."** —Megha MajumdarFrom the Man Asian Prize–shortlisted author Rahul Bhattacharya, a breathtaking novel about a woman forging a life for herself on the railways ...