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…
Want to Read $ 19.99"-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
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1. Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen
By: Kavita Kané
3.88
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen tells the extraordinary story of Karna, the unsung hero of the Ma… read more
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"I would rather devote myself to what I always did - trying to heal people. That is my way of healing myself."-Kavita Kané, Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen
"The course of morality is subtle and even the most illustrious, wise people in this world fail to always understand it."-Kavita Kané, Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen
"Karna is a good man, but he sees good even in what is bad. His seeing it as good doesn't make the bad good, but makes his goodness look bad."-Kavita Kané, Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen
"You shall find dear, that the world is full of two-faced people and phonies.'.. And Uruvi was to discover a cruelly superficial world, which she had failed to recognize."-Kavita Kané, Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen
2. Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People
By: Anand Neelakantan
3.70
Format: 504 pages, Paperback
The epic tale of victory and defeat… The story of the Ramayana had been told innumerable times. … read more
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3. The Oath of the Vayuputras (Shiva Trilogy, #3)
By: Amish Tripathi
3.84
Format: None pages, Paperback
ONLY A GOD CAN STOP IT. Shiva is gathering his forces. He reaches the Naga capital, Panchavati, and… read more
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4. Sita: Warrior of Mithila (RamChandra, #2)
By: Amish Tripathi
3.54
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
India, 3400 BCE. India is beset with divisions, resentment and poverty. The people hate their ruler… read more
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5. 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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6. 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
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7. The Forty Rules of Love
By: Elif Shafak , محمد درويش , None , ارسلان فصیحی
4.12
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
Ella Rubenstein is forty years old and unhappily married when she takes a job as a reader for a lit… read more
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"تعلمت أن أتقبل الشوكة والوردة معاً، مساوئ الحياة ومحاسنها."-Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love
"النفاق هو الذي يجعل الناس سعداء. أما الحقيقة فتجعلهم يشعرون بالحزن"-Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love
"لا يعنيني الحلال ولا الحرام فأنا أفضل أن أطفئ نار جهنم، وأن أحرق الجنة حتى يحب الناس الله من أجل الحب الخالص."-Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love
"من الغرابة أن تقول ذلك لامرأة تفكر بالماضي كثيراً, وتفكر بالمستقبل أكثر, لكن بطريقة ما, لم تمسّها اللحظة الراهنة."-Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love
8. 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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9. Sita's Sister
By: Kavita Kané
3.87
Format: 334 pages,
From the bestselling author of Karna's Wife, comes this book about Urmila, Sita's sister and the ne… read more
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10. 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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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 Secret of the Nagas (Shiva Trilogy, #2)
By: Amish Tripathi
4.10
Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition
Today, He is a God. 4000 years ago, He was just a man. The hunt is on. The sinister Naga wa… read more
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"Fate controls only the weak, Your Highness. The strong mould the providence the want"-Amish Tripathi, The Secret of the Nagas (Shiva Trilogy, #2)
"Strong people stick to their morals, no matter what the trials and tribulations, Weak people, many a times, do not even realize how low they have sunk."-Amish Tripathi, The Secret of the Nagas (Shiva Trilogy, #2)
"The opposite of love is not hate. Hate is just love gone bad. The actual opposite of love is apathy. When you don't care a damn as to what happens to the other person."-Amish Tripathi, The Secret of the Nagas (Shiva Trilogy, #2)
"I don’t believe anything till I’ve seen the proof. For anything without proof, I think we should believe the theory that gives us peace. It doesn’t matter whether the theory is true or not."-Amish Tripathi, The Secret of the Nagas (Shiva Trilogy, #2)
13. Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta (Ram Chandra, #3)
By: Amish Tripathi
4.19
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
WITHOUT THE DARKNESS, LIGHT HAS NO PURPOSE. WITHOUT THE VILLAIN, WHAT WOULD THE GODS DO? INDI… read more
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"If you spend enough time with anything, you start liking it, even sadness."-Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta (Ram Chandra, #3)
"Yes she lied to you but she didn't lie to most important person i.e. herself"-Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta (Ram Chandra, #3)
"Everyone is struggling. I suppose we must try to understand and learn rather than judge"-Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta (Ram Chandra, #3)
"Yes, she lied to you but she didn,t lied to the most important person i.e. Herself - Raavan"-Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta (Ram Chandra, #3)
14. 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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15. 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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16. 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
17. 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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18. The Fisher Queen's Dynasty
By: Kavita Kané
3.93
Format: 331 pages, ebook
‘I learnt to love like a man—to love without feelings. And I shall never forget this lesson.’ Ma… read more
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19. Ahalya
By: Koral Dasgupta
3.66
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
‘Lyrical and poetic ... enthralling’ BIBEK DEBROY ‘A magical and thought-provoking adventure, Ah… read more
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20. Fool Me Twice
By: Nona Uppal
3.75
Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition
Since school, Sana has been the popular girl with excellent grades, beloved by both teachers and pa… read more
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"I know people hate the romance genre in general, for its predictability, but that's precisely why I love it. Isn't there enough uncertainty in life to seek it in cinema too? For me, there's something…"-Nona Uppal, Fool Me Twice
21. Vanara- The legend of Baali, Sugreeva and Tara
By: Anand Neelakantan
3.83
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Baali and Sugreeva of the Vana Nara tribe were orphan brothers who were born in abject poverty and … read more
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