Where the Gods Dwell: Thirteen Temples and their (hi)stories
By: Vikrant Pande
3.56
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
The great temples of the Indian subcontinent are uniquely fascinating spaces. Steeped in mythology …
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1. The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore
By: Manu S. Pillai
4.28
Format: 1137 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1498, when Vasco da Gama set foot in Kerala looking for Christians and spices, he unleashed a wa… read more
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2. The Glass Palace
By: Amitav Ghosh
3.77
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Set in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, this masterly novel by Amitav Ghosh tells the sto… read more
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3. Dog Songs
By: None , Mary Oliver
3.60
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Mary Oliver's Dog Songsis a celebration of the special bond between human and dog, as understood th… read more
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4. Ponniyin Selvan - Part 1
By: Kalki
4.36
Format: 94 pages,
Kalki is very famous for his historical novel Ponniyin Selvan. He has also written many social nove… read more
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5. Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata
By: Devdutt Pattanaik
3.51
Format: 383 pages, Paperback
High above the sky stands Swarga, paradise, abode of the gods. Still above is Vaikuntha, heaven, ab… 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. Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom
By: Sanjeev Sanyal
4.63
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
The official narrative of India's freedom struggle has almost entirely been about the non-violent p… read more
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8. Lords of the Deccan : Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas
By: Anirudh Kanisetti
4.23
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The history of the vast Indian subcontinent is usually told as a series of ephemeral moments when a… read more
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9. Whole Numbers and Half Truths
By: Rukmini S.
4.22
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
How do you see India? Fuelled by a surge of migration to cities, the country's growth appears to… read more
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10. The Silent Coup: A History of India's Deep State
By: Josy Joseph
4.39
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
‘They were not expected to behave like the terrorists they were hunting. Even in the thickest fog o… read more
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11. Victory City
By: Salman Rushdie
3.80
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Hidden in a clay pot. Sealed with wax. Buried at the heart of a ruined palace amidst the ashes of o… read more
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"History is a consequence not only of people's actions, but also of their forgetfulness."-Salman Rushdie, Victory City
"History is the consequence not only of people’s actions, but also of their forgetfulness."-Salman Rushdie, Victory City
"fHistory is the consequence not only of people's actions, but also of their forgetfulness."-Salman Rushdie, Victory City
"In death do triumph and failure humbly meet. We learn far less from victory than from defeat."-Salman Rushdie, Victory City
12. 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
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"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
13. Minor Detail
By: Adania Shibli
4.20
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn a… read more
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"Man, not the tank, shall prevail."-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Não há como descartar a probabilidade de uma conexão entre os dois fatos, ou alguma ligação oculta entre eles, por analogia às relações que os seres humanos encontram entre as plantas, por exemplo, q…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Desde que tive ciência da minha incapacidade consumada de me mover de acordo com os limites, resolvi, finalmente, permanecer dentro dos limites da minha casa, tanto quanto possível. Agora, uma vez qu…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Toch zijn er mensen die in die logica − dus dat je je concentreert op de meest futiele details zoals stof op een bureau of vliegenpoepjes op een schilderij − de enige manier zien om de waarheid te do…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
14. Kaikeyi
By: Vaishnavi Patel
4.19
Format: 478 pages, Hardcover
“I was born on the full moon under an auspicious constellation, the holiest of positions—much good … read more
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"Because those who are good question themselves. Because those who are good always wonder if there was a better way, a way that could have helped more and hurt less. That feeling is why you are good."-Vaishnavi Patel, Kaikeyi
15. Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From
By: Tony Joseph
4.33
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Who are we Indians ? Where did we come from ? Many of us believe our ancestors have lived in South … read more
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16. False Allies: India's Maharajahs in The Age of Ravi Varma
By: Manu S. Pillai
3.79
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
India?s maharajahs have traditionally been cast as petty despots, consumed by lust and luxury. Beje… read more
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17. Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire
By: Ira Mukhoty
4.27
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
In 1526 a Timurid warrior-scholar rides into Delhi to build an empire. With him ride his wives, his… read more
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18. 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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19. The Courtesan, the Mahatma and the Italian Brahmin: Tales from Indian History
By: Manu S. Pillai
3.96
Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition
From a Maratha prince who parodied caste to a Muslim deity in a Hindu temple; from a courtesan who … read more
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20. Born A Muslim: Some Truths About Islam in India
By: Ghazala Wahab
4.00
Format: 390 pages, Kindle Edition
Who are the Indian Muslims? Are they a monolithic community practising a faith alien to India? O… read more
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21. Where the Gods Dwell: Thirteen Temples and their (hi)stories
By: Vikrant Pande
3.56
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
The great temples of the Indian subcontinent are uniquely fascinating spaces. Steeped in mythology … read more
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