Swami and Friends
By: R.K. Narayan , Madhukar Dharmapurikar
4.15
Format: 399 pages, Paperback
"There are writers--Tolstoy and Henry James to name two--whom we hold in awe, writers--Turgenev and…
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1. Tara: A play in two acts
By: Mahesh Dattani
3.94
Format: 61 pages, Hardcover
‘A playwright of world stature’—Mario Relich, Wasafiri Tara and Chandan have always been close. Th… read more
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2. India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
By: Ramachandra Guha
4.39
Format: 912 pages, Hardcover
A magisterial account of the pains, the struggles, the humiliations, and the glories of the world's… read more
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"In 1951 Dec 20th, Nehru, while campaigning for the first democratic elections in India, took a short break to address a UNESCO symposium in Delhi. Although he believed democracy was the best form of …"-Ramachandra Guha, India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
3. A Book of Simple Living
By: Ruskin Bond
4.53
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
‘This much I can tell you,’ writes Ruskin Bond in his introduction to this journal, ‘for all its ha… read more
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"One sure way to lose the world and everything in it, is to try grasping it."-Ruskin Bond, A Book of Simple Living
"Happiness is a mysterious thing, to be found somewhere between too little and too much."-Ruskin Bond, A Book of Simple Living
"A small ginger cat arrives on my terrace every afternoon, to curl up in the sun and slumber peacefully for a couple of hours. When he awakes, he gets on his feet with minimum effort, arches his back …"-Ruskin Bond, A Book of Simple Living
4. Wise and Otherwise
By: Sudha Murty
4.02
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Fifty vignettes showcase the myriad shades of human nature A man dumps his aged father in an old… read more
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5. How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and Other Stories
By: Sudha Murty
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
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6. In Custody
By: Anita Desai
4.43
Format: None pages, Paperback
Touching and wonderfully funny, In Custodyis woven around the yearnings and calamities of a small t… read more
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7. The 3 Mistakes of My Life
By: Chetan Bhagat
4.17
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
In late-2000, a young boy in Ahmedabad called Govind dreamt of having a business. To accomodate his… read more
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8. 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
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9. The Immortals of Meluha (Shiva Trilogy, #1)
By: Amish Tripathi
4.27
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
1900 BC. In what modern Indians mistakenly call the Indus Valley Civilisation. The inhabitants of t… read more
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10. 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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11. Swami and Friends
By: R.K. Narayan , Madhukar Dharmapurikar
4.15
Format: 399 pages, Paperback
"There are writers--Tolstoy and Henry James to name two--whom we hold in awe, writers--Turgenev and… read more
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12. 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
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13. One Night at the Call Center
By: Chetan Bhagat
3.29
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Press 1 for technical support. Press 2 for broken hearts. Press 3 if your life has totally crashed.… read more
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14. Five Point Someone
By: Chetan Bhagat
3.29
Format: 80 pages,
Five Point Someone is a story about three friends in IIT who are unable to cope. The book starts wi… read more
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15. 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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16. 2 States: The Story of My Marriage
By: Chetan Bhagat
3.80
Format: 8 pages, Paperback
Love marriages around the world are simple: Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy. They get married. In In… read more
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17. The Serpent's Revenge: Unusual Tales from the Mahabharata
By: Sudha Murty
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
How many names does Arjuna have? Why was Yama cursed? What lesson did a little mongoose teach Yudhi… read more
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18. Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition
By: Chetan Bhagat
3.67
Format: 363 pages, Paperback
Once upon a time, in small-town India, there lived two intelligent boys. One wanted to use his inte… read more
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20. The Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories
By: Ruskin Bond
4.21
Format: 246 pages, Paperback
A collection of short stories on small town life by one of India's novelists. The best of a life… read more
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"We said nothing for some time but we couldn't have been more eloquent."-Ruskin Bond, The Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories
"But only yesterdays are truly splendid … And there are other singers, sweeter than I, to sing of tomorrow. I can only write of today, of Pipalnagar, where I have lived and loved."-Ruskin Bond, The Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories
21. 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
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