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…
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1. You are the Best Wife
By: Ajay K. Pandey
4.13
Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition
Ajay believes in living for himself; Bhavna teaches him to live for others. Ajay isa planner for li… read more
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"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. “Life is a journey; we all are born and will die someday. Some celebrate their silver jubilees, so…"-Ajay K. Pandey, You are the Best Wife
2. 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
"Kaku, the aamti is excellent. Did you put ghee in the daal when it was boiling?"-Jerry Pinto, Cobalt Blue
3. 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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4. Lanka's Princess
By: Kavita Kané
4.00
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Surpanakha, Ravan's infamous sister--ugly and untamed, brutal and brazen. This is how she is common… read more
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5. Arranged Marriage: Stories
By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
3.65
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Although Chitra Divakaruni's poetry has won praise and awards for many years, it is her "luminous, … read more
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6. 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
7. Dopamine Detox : A Short Guide to Remove Distractions and Get Your Brain to Do Hard Things (Productivity Series Book 1)
By: Thibaut Meurisse
4.01
Format: 62 pages, Kindle Edition
Reclaim your focus in 48 hours or less. Do you keep procrastinating? Do you feel restless and un… read more
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8. War of Lanka (Ram Chandra, #4)
By: Amish Tripathi
3.65
Format: 500 pages, Paperback
LANKA WILL BURN. DARKNESS WILL PERISH. BUT CAN LIGHT ENDURE? INDIA, 3400 BCE. Greed. Rage.… read more
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"Fresh drops of grief do not cause any ripple in an ocean of anguish."-Amish Tripathi, War of Lanka (Ram Chandra, #4)
9. The Visit (Black Stars, #1)
By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
3.95
Format: 20 pages, Kindle Edition
As a powerful matriarchy reshapes the world, two men—old friends—confront the past and future in a … read more
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10. 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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11. 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
12. The Hidden Hindu
By: Akshat Gupta
3.92
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Prithvi, a cryptic 21-year-old who remembers incidents from before his birth, is in pursuit of a my… read more
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13. Zikora
By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4.27
Format: 39 pages, Kindle Edition
The emotional storms weathered by a mother and daughter yield a profound new understanding in a mov… read more
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"You can’t nice your way to being loved."-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Zikora
"Some kindnesses you do not ever forget. You carry them to your grave, held warmly somewhere, brought up and savored from time to time."-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Zikora
"Respect: a starched deference, a string of ashen rituals. It was my mother who sat beside my father at weddings and ceremonies; it was her photo that appeared above the label of “wife"-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Zikora
"If he was going to have a child, of course he should have a say, but how much of a say, since the body was mine, since in creating a child, Nature demanded so much of the woman and so little of the m…"-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Zikora
14. Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas
By: Satyarth Nayak
4.44
Format: 436 pages, Paperback
Do you know the story where Brahma and Vishnu race against each other or where Shiva battles Krishn… read more
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"In every tale lies a profound teaching, reminding us of the timeless wisdom embedded within our cultural heritage."-Satyarth Nayak, Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas
"Vijaya is victory over others. Jaya is victory over one's own self. One's own mind and heart, thoughts and actions. Vijaya is external but Jaya is internal and that's always the hardest."-Satyarth Nayak, Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas
"I fear,' replied the mother of mankind. 'I fear now to beget the female race. If a father can endanger his own daughter, who shall keep them safe? Who shall heal them if everybody wounds them? ' He r…"-Satyarth Nayak, Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas
15. Mahabharata Unravelled: Lesser-Known Facets of a Well-Known History
By: Ami Ganatra
4.38
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
Millennia have passed since the dharma yudhha of the cousins shook the land of Bharata. But this hi… read more
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16. Valmiki's Women
By: Anand Neelakantan
3.94
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
Would King Dasharatha even have his coveted sons were it not for the sacrifice of his daughter Shan… read more
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17. 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
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18. The House of Strange Stories
By: Ruskin Bond
3.73
Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition
‘The morgue had no electricity, just a kerosene lamp… I had not been sitting there for long when th… read more
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"How can we be afraid of those we love? It was a question that puzzled me then, and puzzles me still."-Ruskin Bond, The House of Strange Stories
19. 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
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20. Dashavatar (Illustrated) - Story Book for Kids
By: Maple Press
4.51
Format: 74 pages, Kindle Edition
Dashavatar refers to the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu, a revered deity in the Indian Mythology. … read more
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21. Vikram And Betaal (Illustrated)
By: Maple Press
4.34
Format: 75 pages, Kindle Edition
Interesting tales of the mighty king Vikram and the willful ghost Betaal, which have enchanted the … read more
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