Bombay Balchao
By: Jane Borges
4.18
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Bombay was the city everyone came to in the early decades of the nineteenth century: among them, th…
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1. Cobalt Blue
By: Jerry Pinto , Sachin Kundalkar
3.96
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Sachin Kundalkar started on his first novel at 20 and finished it when he was 22. The novel was Cob… read more
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"Spoil all the walls with sellotape marks."-Jerry Pinto, Cobalt Blue
"I sometimes go and sit there. it is my museum of broken things."-Jerry Pinto, Cobalt Blue
"I have only men like you n novels, men who lived their own idiosyncrasies."-Jerry Pinto, Cobalt Blue
"I have only met men like you in novels, men who lived their own idiosyncrasies."-Jerry Pinto, Cobalt Blue
2. Em and The Big Hoom
By: Jerry Pinto
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In a one-bedroom-hall-kitchen in Mahim, Bombay, through the last decades of the twentieth century, … read more
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"What is it about the sea? Is it because it’s there?"-Jerry Pinto, Em and The Big Hoom
"Was there a drain?' 'No. There was no drain. There isn't one even now'."-Jerry Pinto, Em and The Big Hoom
"Home was where others had to gather grace. Home was what I wanted to flee."-Jerry Pinto, Em and The Big Hoom
"otherwise, she was Em, and most of the time she was Em with an exclamation mark."-Jerry Pinto, Em and The Big Hoom
3. The Zoya Factor
By: Anuja Chauhan
3.94
Format: None pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition can be found . When the younger players in India's cricket team find out t… read more
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4. The Shadow Lines
By: Amitav Ghosh
4.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
Opening in Calcutta in the 1960s, Amitav Ghosh's radiant second novel follows two families--one Eng… read more
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5. If It’s Monday It Must Be Madurai: A Conducted Tour of India
By: Srinath Perur
3.74
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A delightful travel book! This entertaining travelogue around ten conducted tours contains myriad r… read more
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6. The Palace of Illusions
By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A reimagining of the world-famous Indian epic, the Mahabharat--told from the point of view of an am… read more
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7. Mrs Funnybones
By: Twinkle Khanna
4.13
Format: 334 pages, Paperback
Good morning, it's 6 a.m. and I am wide awake because the man of the house has decided that he need… read more
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8. Ghachar Ghochar
By: Vivek Shanbhag , Srinath Perur
3.91
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
For readers of Akhil Sharma, Mohsin Hamid, and Teju Cole, a haunting, masterly novel about a family… read more
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9. Those Pricey Thakur Girls
By: Anuja Chauhan
4.00
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
In a sprawling bungalow on New Delhi's posh Hailey Road, Justice Laxmi Narayan Thakur and his wife … read more
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11. Independence
By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
India, 1947. In a rural village in Bengal live three sisters, daughters of a well-respected doctor.… read more
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"The year is 1947. It is the best of times, it is the worst of times."-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence
12. Sakina’s Kiss
By: Vivek Shanbhag
3.81
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
Venkat answers urgent knocks on the door to his flat one evening to find two insolent young men cla… read more
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13. The Forest of Enchantments
By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
4.20
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
The Ramayana, one of the world’s greatest epics, is also a tragic love story. In this brilliant ret… read more
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"-the girl I'd been on that day, burnished with innocence, believing that goodness and love were armour enough."-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments
"I knew now that love - no matter how deep - wasn't enough to transform another person: how they thought, what they believed. At best, we could only change ourselves."-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments
"A wind rose around me, from where I didn't know. It was unexpectedly cold and made me shiver. 'Sacrifice, sacrifice', whispered the trees, carrying my promise across the valley"-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments
"My first lesson on nature of love was that in a moment it could fulfill the cravings of a lifetime, like a light that someone might shine into a cavern that has been dark for a million years."-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments
14. Poonachi: Or the Story of a Black Goat
By: Perumal Murugan
4.11
Format: 179 pages, Kindle Edition
Through a seeming act of providence, an old couple receives a day-old female goat kid as a gift fro… read more
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15. Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
By: Shrayana Bhattacharya
4.29
Format: 384 pages, None
In this pathbreaking work, Shrayana Bhattacharya maps the economic and personal trajectories--the j… read more
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"These women relied on Shah Rukh when they found the real world and all its pandemics and practicalities inhospitable. Because only the deepest dissatisfaction with reality drives us to dwell in fanta…"-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
"Fantasizing about an impossibly idealized kind of love they’d seen an actor perform on-screen. Yet, all their real-world efforts were extremely pragmatic, often sacrificing the love they fantasized a…"-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
"Critics often say that DDLJ, with its emphasis on patriarchal permission for young love, discourages dissent. This argument narrows the space for dissent by legitimizing it only in its most blatant, …"-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
16. The Last Queen
By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
4.09
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
WINNER of the 2022 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WORKING WOMEN AWARD for BEST FICTION OF THE YEAR! … read more
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- asia
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"Adoration is a powerful intoxicant."-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Last Queen
"Fame: it’s a drug more potent than opium"-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Last Queen
"People revered his father as the Lion of Punjab, but his mother is the one they should have called Lioness."-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Last Queen
17. Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir
By: Farah Bashir
4.10
Format: 228 pages, Hardcover
Rumours of Spring is the unforgettable account of Farah Bashir's adolescence spent in Srinagar in t… read more
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"The house I would go back to would be bereft of her presence but filled with her memories. Our home, the little monument of memory."-Farah Bashir, Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir
"I thought maybe if I looked ugly and less pleasant, the men would not look at me and I'd be safe. I wouldn't wash my face for days. I didn't want to look attractive in any way, at all, lest it invite…"-Farah Bashir, Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir
"...the constant shifting of power had done its damage. I didn't know then, but it was the beginning of an apathy for my own self that would last for a long time. Our lives were controlled from elsewh…"-Farah Bashir, Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir
"Why are people okay with not walking? Does Father not miss his daily walks to the shrine and his shop? What about Mother and her long walk to her parents' home? Does Bobeh not get bored now that she …"-Farah Bashir, Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir
18. Acts of God
By: Kanan Gill
3.92
Format: 435 pages, Kindle Edition
Channelling the craft of Neil Gaiman, the humour of Douglas Adams and the genius of Terry Pratchett… read more
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19. Club You To Death (ACP Bhavani Singh, #1)
By: Anuja Chauhan
3.60
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
When a hunky personal trainer is found asphyxiated to death under an overloaded barbell at the posh… read more
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20. The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters
By: Balli Kaur Jaswal
3.79
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
The author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club selection Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows follows h… read more
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"Please enjoy your health while you have it. Because once your body betrays you, no comfort in the world will make up for your loss."-Balli Kaur Jaswal, The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters
21. Milk Teeth
By: Amrita Mahale
3.78
Format: 311 pages, Paperback
Childhood allies Ira Kamat and Kartik Kini meet on the terrace of their building in Matunga, Mumbai… read more
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"Salt makes grey, salt makes red. Salt heals, slowly."-Amrita Mahale, Milk Teeth
"Stories are the flesh and blood, the link between past and present."-Amrita Mahale, Milk Teeth
"Learning its mythology was one of many paths to calling a city home."-Amrita Mahale, Milk Teeth
"It will be okay, you will be okay. They call this the spirit of Bombay."-Amrita Mahale, Milk Teeth
22. Bombay Balchao
By: Jane Borges
4.18
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Bombay was the city everyone came to in the early decades of the nineteenth century: among them, th… read more
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23. Black River
By: Nilanjana Roy
4.06
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In the village of Teetarpur, a few hours from the capital city of Delhi, Chand’s peaceful life is s… read more
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24. Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors
By: Aravind Jayan
3.52
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
It is a day of triumph for Appa and Amma, who have driven home a shiny new Honda Civic to show off … read more
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25. Qabar
By: K.R. Meera
3.95
Format: 111 pages, Hardcover
As the foundations are laid for a temple to rise on the site of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, voices ris… read more
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26. Masala Lab : The Science of Indian Cooking
By: Krish Ashok
3.77
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Ever wondered why your grandmother threw a teabag into the pressure cooker while boiling chickpeas,… read more
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27. Good Girls
By: Leesa Gazi
3.72
Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition
In this richly unnerving tale about family secrets and expectations, two sisters are at lifelong od… read more
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28. Girl in White Cotton
By: Avni Doshi
3.35
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Antara has never understood her mother Tara's decisions - walking out on her marriage to follow a g… read more
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29. Paper Moon
By: Rehana Munir
3.66
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
BOOKS. BOMBAY. ROMANCE. When her estranged father passes away, Fiza, fresh out of college, discover… read more
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30. Prelude to a Riot
By: Annie Zaidi
3.96
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
In a peaceful southern town, amidst lush spice plantations, trouble is brewing. In the town live th… read more
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31. Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada
By: Shahu Patole
4.07
Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition
'This is the food my parents ate and their parents ate ... It is an acquired taste, especially one … read more
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