Dopehri
By: Pankaj Kapur
3.98
Format: 110 pages, Hardcover
Amma Bi is an elderly widow who lives alone in her deserted Lucknow haveli. Every afternoon, at pre…
Want to ReadIf you liked the short stories plot in Dopehri by Pankaj Kapur , here is a list of 5 books like this:
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
Want to Read $ 18.00Similar categories in Jerry Pinto's Cobalt Blue book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- literary fiction
- indian literature
- india
- fiction
- contemporary
"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
"Kaku, the aamti is excellent. Did you put ghee in the daal when it was boiling?"-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
Want to Read $ 4.99Similar categories in Jerry Pinto's Em and The Big Hoom book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- literary fiction
- indian literature
- india
- fiction
- contemporary
"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 Room on the Roof
By: Ruskin Bond
3.68
Format: 346 pages, Paperback
The Room on the Roof is Ruskin Bond's masterpiece of adolescence and coming of age. Written when th… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Ruskin Bond's The Room on the Roof book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- indian literature
- india
- fiction
4. The Liberation of Sita
By: Volga
2.74
Format: None pages, Paperback
Valmiki's Ramayana is the story of Rama's exile and return to Ayodhya, a triumphant king who will a… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Volga's The Liberation of Sita book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- indian literature
- short stories
- india
- fiction
5. The Blue Umbrella
By: Ruskin Bond
3.79
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
'The umbrella was like a flower, a great blue flower that had sprung up on the dry brown hillside.'… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Ruskin Bond's The Blue Umbrella book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- novella
- indian literature
- short stories
- india
- fiction
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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's The Palace of Illusions book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- indian literature
- india
- fiction
7. The Country Without a Post Office
By: Agha Shahid Ali
4.40
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Translucent elegies 'for the city that is leaving forever' (Srinagar) from one of its sons, who al… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Agha Shahid Ali's The Country Without a Post Office book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- indian literature
- india
- fiction
8. A House Without Windows
By: Nadia Hashimi
3.78
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A vivid, unforgettable story of an unlikely sisterhood--an emotionally powerful and haunting story … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Nadia Hashimi's A House Without Windows book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
9. 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Vivek Shanbhag's Ghachar Ghochar book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
10. Train to Pakistan
By: Khushwant Singh
3.85
Format: 128 pages,
pkhstn ykhsprys kh mwDw` dwrni tqsym hnd w pkhstn khy fsdt hyN. nwl pnjb khy ykh gnw mnwmjr khy grd… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Khushwant Singh's Train to Pakistan book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
11. 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Anuja Chauhan's Those Pricey Thakur Girls book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
12. The Adivasi Will Not Dance
By: Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
4.08
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
SHORTLISTED FOR THE HINDU PRIZE 2016 In this collection of stories, set in the fecund, mineral-rich… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar's The Adivasi Will Not Dance book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
13. Murder in Mahim
By: Jerry Pinto
3.55
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A young man is found dead in the toilet of Matunga Road station, his stomach ripped open. Retired j… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Jerry Pinto's Murder in Mahim book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
14. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
By: Satoshi Yagisawa
3.65
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
The moving international sensation about new beginnings, human connection, and the joy of reading. … read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Satoshi Yagisawa's Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1) book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- asian literature
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"It hurts to realize that it might be too late now for anything but regret."-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
"And here I am spending a sleepless night in a strange place. We might not be far from home, but I feel lonely."-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
"In my dream, I was an android maid living in a city in the not-so- distant future. In that neighbourhood, all the buildings were made of used books."-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
"No es cuestión de ser expertos o novatos. Si lo plantea así, ni siquiera yo lo soy tanto. Lo importante es sentir emociones al toparse con un libro."-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
15. Birthday Girl
By: Haruki Murakami
3.57
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
She waited on tables as usual that day, her twentieth birthday. She always worked Fridays, but if t… read more
Want to Read $ 5.99Similar categories in Haruki Murakami's Birthday Girl book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- asian literature
- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
"She rested her elbow on the bar and looked at me. “Tell me,"-Haruki Murakami, Birthday Girl
"The old man raised both hands, palms toward her. “No, miss, don’t you give it a second thought. The kind of ‘present’ I have in mind is not something tangible, not something with a price tag. To put …"-Haruki Murakami, Birthday Girl
"Of course I’d like to be prettier or smarter or rich. But I really can’t imagine what would happen to me if any of those things came true. They might be more than I could handle. I still don’t really…"-Haruki Murakami, Birthday Girl
16. The Book of Everlasting Things
By: Aanchal Malhotra
4.16
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
On a January morning in 1938, Samir Vij first locks eyes with Firdaus Khan through the rows of perf… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Aanchal Malhotra's The Book of Everlasting Things book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- india
- fiction
17. Tomb of Sand
By: Geetanjali Shree
3.70
Format: 739 pages, Paperback
An eighty-year-old woman slips into a deep depression at the death of her husband, then resurfaces … read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Geetanjali Shree's Tomb of Sand book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- literary fiction
- indian literature
- india
- fiction
- contemporary
"Anything worth doing transcends borders."-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand
"लगा मैं गयी तो लगा कि जा रही हूँ तो रोते हुए क्यों जाऊँ, हँसते हुए जाऊँगी ।"-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand
"Daughter. You love her. You fear her. Now you see her. Now you don't. All women, don't forget, are daughters."-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand
"That which is torn develops an increased capacity for insight and forbearance. A capacity to experience sensations that escape the notice of others."-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand
18. 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Vivek Shanbhag's Sakina’s Kiss book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- literary fiction
- indian literature
- india
- fiction
- contemporary
- drama
19. 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
Want to Read $ 19.99Similar categories in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's The Forest of Enchantments book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- indian literature
- india
- fiction
"-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
20. That Night
By: Nidhi Upadhyay
3.78
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN INNOCENT PRANK GOES HORRIBLY WRONG? Natasha, Riya, Anjali and Katherine we… read more
Want to Read $ 14.00Similar categories in Nidhi Upadhyay's That Night book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- indian literature
- fiction
21. 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Shrayana Bhattacharya's Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- indian literature
- india
- contemporary
"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
22. 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
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's The Last Queen book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- indian literature
- india
- fiction
"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
23. 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
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Farah Bashir's Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- indian literature
- india
"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
24. Samsara: Enter the Valley of the Gods
By: Saksham Garg
3.46
Format: 298 pages, Paperback
WHAT IF YOU CAME FACE TO FACE WITH THE KING OF THE GODS? Phones stop working. Smartwatches die o… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Saksham Garg's Samsara: Enter the Valley of the Gods book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- indian literature
- india
- fiction
![Cover of Pyjamas are Forgiving [Paperback] TWINKLE KHANNA by Twinkle Khanna](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1533548050i/41056156.jpg)
25. Pyjamas are Forgiving [Paperback] TWINKLE KHANNA
By: Twinkle Khanna
3.03
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
There sitting on that porch, that light-eyed man, a pitta like me, was my ex-husband and that woman… read more
Want to Read $ 6.00Similar categories in Twinkle Khanna's Pyjamas are Forgiving [Paperback] TWINKLE KHANNA book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- indian literature
- india
- fiction
- drama
26. Nala’s Damayanti
By: Anand Neelakantan
4.08
Format: 5 pages, Audiobook
Brahma, the creator, wants to press the reset button and finish off the world. He is fed up with hu… read more
Want to Read $ 12.00Similar categories in Anand Neelakantan's Nala’s Damayanti book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- fiction
27. Dopehri
By: Pankaj Kapur
3.98
Format: 110 pages, Hardcover
Amma Bi is an elderly widow who lives alone in her deserted Lucknow haveli. Every afternoon, at pre… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- relationships
- literary fiction
- novella
- indian literature
- short stories
- india
- fiction
- contemporary
- asian literature
- drama
28. Bhaunri
By: Anukrti Upadhyay
4.03
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
Can too much love be a dangerous thing? Bhaunri is married, as is the custom in her tribe of nomadi… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Anukrti Upadhyay's Bhaunri book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- literary fiction
- novella
- indian literature
- india
- fiction
- contemporary
29. Lallan Sweets
By: Srishti Chaudhary
3.62
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Family Drama(40 percent), Love Story( 30 percent), Heart Warming( 100 percent) It is 1995. Tara … read more
Want to Read $ 16.00Similar categories in Srishti Chaudhary's Lallan Sweets book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- india
- fiction
30. Marriage: 100 Stories Around India’s Favourite Ritual
By: Devdutt Pattanaik
3.76
Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition
Marriage, by mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik, brings together stories from Vedic, Puranic, Tamil, and… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Devdutt Pattanaik's Marriage: 100 Stories Around India’s Favourite Ritual book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
- indian literature
- short stories
- india
31. Live With Me Die With Me
By: Chirasree Bose
4.70
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Four murders. A strange couple. Flabbergasting twists. Meera is killed at a deserted metro construc… read more
Want to Read $ 1.19Similar categories in Chirasree Bose's Live With Me Die With Me book and Pankaj Kapur's Dopehri
