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Little-known magazines from the turn of the previous century and out-of-print editions from yesteryears to contemporary literary magazines and innumerable anthologies of both serious and popular short fiction.

Dakshin is a compilation of her favourite recipes, and several years after it was first published, it continues to be the best introduction to vegetarian South Indian cuisine.

In Brain Storm: Puzzles and Challenges for Bright Kids are just what the doctor ordered.

Cheerfully unscrupulous and entirely self-assured, Faizal prepares to set up the scam of his life. Hawala money, clandestine meetings, discreet text channels, rookie players, camera crews and live streams beaming across the world.

This is the story of three young people from starkly different backgrounds with intertwined fates, fighting for what they value most. What will they have to give up to get what they want?

Her summer holidays are spent in the confines of the family home in Kerala, where she has for companion her cousin Inga. But as the two girls grow up, their lives change through a tortuous, pain-filled process.

This is a delightful celebration of curly hair and the courage it takes to be yourself. This chapter book explores genetics, family dynamics and adoption identity through a light-hearted and sunny tale.

About the Book31 HABITS TO TURN YOUR LIFE AROUND.Ashdin Doctor, is here to help. With his simple yet assured approach and his easy-breezy style, Ashdin not only picks the best habits for a positive outlook but also tells you how to go about making them a part of your life. Whether you are someone struggling to increase your self-worth, or are trapped in a worry cycle, or simply do not have enough masti in your life, Ashdin has solutions for you. His simple and straightforward guidelines are designed to make things better.Based on his popular podcast, The Habit CoachTM, Ashdin Doctor's One Habit a Day is replete with easy-to-apply advice and fun exercises. Inculcating positive habits has never been so enjoyable!About the AuthorAshdin Doctor is The Habit Coach¿. He firmly believes that an awesome life starts with awesome habits.He hosts The Habit Coach¿ Podcast on IVM, which is a daily podcast that has over a thousand episodes. It is ranked among the top self-development podcasts in India. It covers a wide variety of topics all designed to help the listener evolve through their daily habits.He works with people from all across the world, helping them with their habits, spreading his message through keynote speeches, workshops and group coaching sessions. Apart from that, he is a director at Ormax Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Ormax Media Pvt. Ltd. and Ormax Evolve Pvt. Ltd. He is also a trustee at the Light of Life Trust, an NGO dedicated to underprivileged children around the world. Ashdin will be donating a percentage of the proceeds from this book to the NGO to promote literacy.

This is an inspirational story of transmuting pain into purpose, healing and transforming through loss, building resilience and discovering newer meanings in life.

Jaanbaz was an itinerant door-to-door salesman from Afghanistan, one of many from that country who, have over the twentieth century, been known as Kabuliwallahs in India

About the BookA SCINTILLATING NEW TRANSLATION OF THE CLASSIC TAMIL NOVEL.As the winds of political intrigue and dynastic upheavals blow through the Chozha Empire, it all comes down to one woman-the powerful Pazhuvoor Ilaiya Rani, Nandini. What is the strange power she wields over her influential husband, Periya Pazhuvettaraiyar? Why does the mere mention of her name torment Crown Prince Aditya Karikalan?When Ponniyin Selvan was first serialised in Kalki, no one could have imagined the impact it would have on the circulation of the magazine. Today, this pioneering work is considered one of the great classics of Tamil literature.This unabridged and first-rate translation of Kalki Krishnamurthy's masterwork by Nandini Krishnan is at once faithful to the original and accessible to the readers of this day. Carefully crafted in lyrical prose, Troubled Waters-Book Two in the Ponniyin Selvan series-is the quintessential page-turner: full of adventure, intrigue, conspiracy and romance. About the Author'Kalki' is the pen name of Ramaswamy Krishnamurthy (1899-1954), whose career in writing and journalism began as activism during the struggle for Indian independence. He served as editor of the popular Tamil magazine Ananda Vikatan before launching Kalki. The magazine-and eventually its founder-was named for the mythological tenth avatar of Vishnu to symbolise a vision to destroy regressive regimes, express radical thoughts, take readers into new directions, and create a new era'. Kalki wrote several novels, including Parthiban Kanavu and Sivakamiyin Sabadam, as well as political essays, film reviews, dance and music critiques and scholarly work. About the TranslatorNandini Krishnan is the author of Hitched: The Modern Woman and Arranged Marriage and Invisible Men: Inside India's Transmasculine Networks. She has translated two of Perumal Murugan's works into English: Estuary and Four Strokes of Luck. She was shortlisted for the PEN Presents translation prize 2022 and the Ali Jawad Zaidi Memorial Prize for translation from Urdu 2022. She is an alumna of the Writer's Bloc playwrights' workshop by the Royal Court Theatre, London. Her novel-in-manuscript was a winner of the Caravan Writers of India Festival contest and showcased at the Writers of the World Festival, Paris, 2014.

Like the millions it affected, for Indira Varma too, the Partition was a scar that would remain, even as the wound healed with the passing of time.

An idea could change lives: teaming up schoolchildren with police personnel, both partners in change, each one impacting and sensitising the other.

It transcends politics and manifests as a heartfelt connection between the people and their leader.

Madras, Rediscovered, therefore, is a historical guide for those who wish to look around Madras, or wish to find out more about their city, as it is a plea to conserve not only its spacious environment but also its cultural and historic relics, be they Indian or European.

At the centre of all that blood, gore and broken bones lies the inveterate spirit of wronged women, who refuse to go down without a fight.

Macabre as they are, Shihabuddin¿s prose is also replete with tender, heart-warming beauty¿ as in life, so in these tales, the light is never quite far from the dark and the unsavoury. Making Shihabuddin Poithumkadavüs work accessible to the English-reading public for the very first time.

When a simple error in judgement threatens to change Athiyäs life, Farhaan steps in like a knight in shining armour to save her.

He also speaks to a number of the master¿s collaborators as well as other directors and critics to truly understand Ray and his work.Packed with delightful anecdotes and fresh insights, The Cinema of Satyajit Ray is an essential book for every cinephile¿s library.

The attraction they feel is hard to deny, but before the two can even confess to it, their lives are thrown far apart and brought dangerously close at the same time.

The book is both a tribute and a testimony to the conquestorial yet generous spirit that animates the game in the city that is the birthplace of cricket in India.

Will Tehzeeb be able to hold on to her own identity amidst the well-coiffed ladies who lunch? Will Ayub¿s love for her override their many differences? Will the young couple actually be able to make their marriage work despite all odds? An irresistible romance, One Way to Love is the first book in the Jasmine Villa series.

Today, tennis is deeply entrenched in India, with players like Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza the superstar who transformed women¿s tennis in her country¿being huge sporting icons and much sought after for endorsements.

Unaware that the Babri Masjid has been destroyed, sparking communal violence across the country, they go out to thank their God but get caught in the riots. Can the nameless God save them?

Here is a novel that defies expectations to sweep to a stunning end.

Amidst this bloody battle, we find a twenty-something Jibon in Calcutta, driven to rage by hunger, inequity and a naïve, contagious nationalistic fervour. This burning torch of a novel is a compelling portrait of a youth negotiating the streets of Calcutta, looking to seize a life that is constantly denied to him.

But what emerges is the heart-warming and life-affirming story of how people and communities, energised from within, are changing lives¿of individuals and the nation. This book is testimony to the essence of education: `The heart of the matter is that it is a matter of the heart.¿

In 2018, the English translation of his memoir, Ittibrite Chandal Jibon (Interrogating My Chandal Life), received the Hindu Prize for non-fiction. In 2019, he was awarded the Gateway Lit Fest Writer of the Year Prize.

Dishes range from the familiar--lemon sambar, lentil rasam, stir-fried potatoes with coconut--to the unusual, such as the margosa flower rasam. Suggested menus take the hard work out of meal planning. This book will be welcomed by food historians as well as keen cooks looking to expand their knowledge of vegetarian cuisine.