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Set around the guns for hire at a fictional Bombay law firm, Kill the Lawyers renders a hilarious account of Big Law—the industry term for large, full-service corporate law firms.It debuts Edamarra Edwin, an irreverent junior partner who frolics with the law while helping friends and clients through their direst straits. In nine droll stories, Edwin wiles out victory from the most hopeless situations with a little help from his spunky young associate and an old Bombay ‘operator’. In their wandering timeline these stories chart the arc of Edwin’s astonishing rise in life. Shishir Vayttaden’s long experience as a corporate lawyer gives authenticity to this work of pure fiction, and his skill as a storyteller makes it both deeply engaging and immensely amusing.

IT WAS A HAPPY FAMILY. Seven siblings with doting parents in a small town in Punjab where their father ran a thriving general store. Tragedy loomed, however, and their father succumbed to TB. Raj Loomba, aged ten, registered the transformation in his mother’s life, widowed at only thirty-seven in the full bloom of life.Many years later, by now a successful businessman in the United Kingdom, Raj remembered that moment after his mother passed away – and in tribute to her, he resolved to focus on the plight of widows. His charity transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, but his ambition was far greater – to eradicate the scourge of widow discrimination altogether. His campaign attracted support from leading figures in governments, business and wider society, and what had seemed an impossible target – the declaration of an International Widows Day by the United Nations – is today a reality.Widow Warrior is an inspiring memoir of an exciting adventure, testament to what belief can achieve against the odds. It shines a light on the hundreds of millions of widowed women worldwide who for so long have suffered in the shadows, bringing hope where for centuries there has been nothing but despair.

For generations of film lovers, she was Charulata, the unforgettable presence in the cinematic masterpiece of Satyajit Ray. But the life of Madhabi Mukherjee, the legendary Bengali actress, was shaped by a world far more complex than any script she played. Born into privilege but thrust into poverty, she grew up in a household torn apart by clashing ideals—her scholarly, conservative father and her fiercely independent mother. It was her mother’s audacity that led her to the stage as a child. Theatre honed her artistry, but it was cinema that immortalized her. Her roles in Charulata, Mahanagar and Subarnarekha, among others, cemented her place in Indian film history. More than a chronicle of roles and rehearsals, this memoir is a candid exploration of ambition and sacrifice, of friendships and heartbreaks, of glamour and loneliness behind the curtains. Mukherjee writes with disarming honesty about her struggles for survival, her encounters with towering figures like Kanan Debi, Ritwik Ghatak and Uttam Kumar, and her unwavering principles in an industry rife with compromise. Rich with cultural history and personal reflection, Madhabi’s Garden is the story of a woman who defied convention, embraced contradiction and carved her own path.

Heiress Kamila Mughal is humiliated when her brother's best friend snubs her to marry a social climbing nobody from Islamabad. Roya discovers her fiancé has been cheating on her and ends up on a blind date on her wedding day. Beautiful young widow Begum Saira Qadir has mourned her husband, but is she finally ready to start following her own desires? Inspired by Jane Austen and set in contemporary Pakistan, Austenistan is a collection of seven stories; romantic, uplifting, witty, and heartbreaking by turn, which pay homage to the world's favourite author in their own uniquely local way.

Who were the people who accompanied Narendra Modi in his baraat?Who introduced him to cricket, a sport he loved playing?What was his first responsibility after joining the RSS in Ahmedabad? Who imparted the first lessons in savings to Modi? What was the fate of the tape recorder that was gifted to him by his guru?Why did Modi never allow Shankersinh Vaghela to ride his scooter?What was the secret that stopped Modi from not being apprehended during the Indian Emergency?Peppered with anecdotes and personal interviews, The Real Modi narrates several aspects of Narendra Modi’s life, which were hitherto unknown to the public at large. It reveals several stories related to the Indian Prime Minister’s childhood days, the friends and mentors during his growing-up years, his initial struggles, his political education, the travails during Emergency, his entry into Indian politics and many more. A thrilling read, this is an account of Modi’s life experiences before becoming the prime minister and the lessons and wisdom that he gathered on the way. Sales Points

I am on top of things. I have a seriously stuck baby inside me, and a queue of people between my legs. But I am on top of things.Career-driven reporter Anu Narain has a plan for everything till motherhood comes along. The baby poops/cries/pisses/ feeds round the clock. Anu loses her mind/ the plot/ the maid. And cabin fever strikes when her mother-in-law and her mother come over to help …How does Anu become a working mom when her husband is happy playing the shirking dad? And when her house is a railway station where every maid is a passing train? Will Anu use wile and guile to make the maids stay and The Moms leave? Or will she succumb to that strange Indian malaise called maidomania?Hysterically funny, unapologetically honest, and charming all the way, this is the diary of a maidless Mumbai mom who dreams of only one thing—the perfect maid to live happily forever with.

What is common between the censorship of the film Padmaavat and artificially high ‘minimum’ support prices for crops? If the police comes down so heavily on peaceful anti-CAA protestors, why did it not show the same harshness towards those violating the COVID-19 lockdown? Why is an otherwise powerful Election Commission unable to enforce free and fair elections within political parties or fully weed out criminals from politics?The common factor is faulty institutional design, which is eating away at the foundations of our society. Leaders come and go, but institutions stay forever. Only a consistent focus on better institutions can help India have a more robust economy, media, police, parliament, internet and cultural life. Yet, discussions on institutions have been restricted to academic circles.Keeping aside ideological biases of Left or Right, Caged Tiger brings alive the rich yet unseen story of India’s institutions. It combines deep research and complex frameworks, converting them into the vocabulary and cultural context of millennials and Gen Z. It goes all the way back to the British Raj, exploring the origins of modern Indian institutions. Tracing additions by subsequent governments, from Nehru’s to Modi’s, it identifies policies that keep Indians suppressed and how each of us can change them. It is, in short, young India’s guide to becoming smarter about the issues that matter.

Vijay & Dev were brothers. From Vijay’s debut, they were inextricably wound in each film’s creative process. They trusted each other implicitly, though they did have their own share of creative conflicts too. In an instance, Goldie’s unease about a certain decision was echoed by Dev instinctively, in others they never saw eye to eye.The book explores what ticked for Goldie and Dev. How were creative differences resolved? How did the changing India reflect in their films? Was being brothers an advantage or a disadvantage for them? And finally, what was the unknown, the “X-factor” so to speak, which collided and coalesced between these two extraordinary people?

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, justly venerated as a Mahatma, dismantled the mightiest empire in world history through the inspirational power of three pivotal mass campaigns across two decades. In 1920 Gandhi liberated Indians from fear through the unprecedented mass mobilization of the non-cooperation movement. In 1930 he turned a pinch of salt into a metaphor for the punitive, heartless colonial exploitation of the impoverished. The 1942 call to ‘Quit India’ sent a final, unambiguous message to foreign overlords: Indians would prefer to die rather than live in British fetters. Once Gandhi had unchained India, history could no longer remain dormant. Akbar draws on historical archives and contemporary narratives to vividly depict the mass ferment and individual protest that swept across the subcontinent. The combination of meticulous scholarship with riveting storytelling, make Gandhi in Three Campaigns an unmissable fresh portrait of an icon and a time.

As the G20, the world’s largest economic and strategic grouping, addresses issues such as climate change that are of immediate concern, this book provides insights on India’s presidency and its potential to deliver sustainable solutions in a fractured world order. Visionary contributions from G20 member Sherpas, including Argentina, Indonesia, Mexico, Singapore and the UAE, provide depth to the discourse.The book showcases a diverse array of perspectives from distinguished scholars and policy practitioners. The contributors focus on key themes such as the digital economy, resilient supply chains, environmental standards, climate finance, gender empowerment, the future of multilateralism and the role of the Global South, offering a comprehensive examination of the G20’s impact on the world stage. Skilfully curated by noted experts Iqbal Sevea, Dr Amitendu Palit and Vinod Rai, India and the Future of G20 is an invaluable reference for policymakers, strategic experts and the business community worldwide.

On an average, India has two to five elections in any given year. With 15 million polling staff, 5.5 million electronic voting machines, officers trekking across glaciers, forests, deserts, riding elephants and camels, travelling by boats and helicopters to ensure the last standing Indian citizen gets to cast their vote, the Indian general election is a beast unto itself. In the summer of 2024, 969 million Indians cast their votes and the incumbent Narendra Modi was elected prime minister for a third consecutive term.When Poonam Agarwal first began reporting on the electoral bonds scheme, she had not foreseen that her investigative work would imminently make history in one of the most landmark Supreme Court judgements. In her trailblazing pursuit, she chased the big questions that the media, courts and citizens had no easy answers to.Just how big is the Indian electoral machinery? Are money and muscle power in bed together? Was the electoral bonds scheme ‘one of the biggest legalised robberies’? What tools do political parties assemble for campaigning and propaganda? And what will the imminent exercise of redrawing of electoral boundaries, muscular calls for ‘one nation one election’, and the women’s reservation bills mean for the fabric of the Indian polity? With insights into the forbidden world of election war rooms, on how electoral strategies are formulated and rules bent, what works with voters on the ground and what simply doesn’t, Poonam Agarwal’s India Inked is nothing short of a revelation into the inner workings of politics in the world’s largest democracy.

A big-hearted meditation on love, loss, and happy memoriesWhen journalist Kalpana Mohan's elderly father falls ill in Chennai, she is on the next flight over from California, where she has lived with her husband for three decades.Caring for her sometimes cranky, sometimes playful, and always adored father at his home in Chennai, Mohan sets out to piece together an account of her father's life, from his poverty-stricken childhood in a village in south India, to his arranged marriage, to his first job in the city, all the while coming to terms with his inevitable passing.Mohan's tender, moving, and sometimes hilarious memoir is an account of a changing India captured in her father's life, from the sheer feat of surviving poverty in I920s India of his birth, to witnessing key moments in the nation's history and changing alongside them. Above all, Daddykins is an intimate and deeply relatable account of our relationships with our parents whatever our age, and the shared experiences of love and grief that unite us all.

There are at least 239 stories waiting to be told at length – those of the families of 239passengers of MH370, how their lives took a turn on March 8th 2014 when MH370disappeared.This is the story of one person, Naren, who lost his wife, Chandrika on that flight.The probability of survivors diminished with each passing day. As the months went by,Naren remained pre-occupied, wrestling over what to believe. Some friends arguedinsistently against doomsday conclusions and spoke of their dreams as the basis tokeep up hope. Many others, including Naren’s daughter, preferred silence overpredictions. The one argument against which there was no counter was: Where is theevidence? Where is the debris? Where are the passengers?Life After MH370 documents Naren’s experience with loss, grief, trauma and sorrow.The struggle with ‘ambiguous loss’ morphs into a ceaseless search, for the scent of acover-up, for the truth, for that explanation that satisfies and helps one move on. A lossthat meant critically resizing shared dreams, reconfiguring relationships and attemptingto find a purpose that anchor him in the present.There is the hint of a promise in KS Narendran’s story – of existential truths about livingand dying that might help anyone who comes upon this book.

“He never wants to touch me any longer, Natasha. It’s like he’s impotent or something.”“That’s not impotence, that’s just what being married is like!”Raising three beautiful children in her beautiful Bombay home with her aristocratic husband of 15 years – every bit the prince you read about in fairy tales – Natasha has it all. But when her closest friend drops the bombshell that she’s isn’t entirely fulfilled by her family and is having an affair, Natasha begins to ask some difficult questions about her own seemingly perfect life. From the bestselling author Shunali Shroff comes a novel about being a wife, a mother and the woman you used to be before that.

Ever been at a loss for words on an important occasion? Be it a business presentation or a television appearance, a proposal of love or a one-to-one with your direct reports, this book helps you discover your voice and hence leaves your audience—and not you—speechless! A powerful D-I-Y book on effective public speaking, Speechless explores and explains the magic and logic which go into crafting an effective speech, presentation or talk. Authored by Roshan Abbas and Siddharth Banerjee, two of India’s most experienced communicators, the book rests on the duo’s belief that effective communication can be taught and shaped by deliberate practice. The authors have distilled 50 years of their experience in effective communication into a simple mantra that you can imbibe and follow, replete with examples, stories, tips and tricks, expert interviews and practice exercises. Speechless brings—for the first time in India—in-depth interviews of the country’s foremost public speakers, thus serving as a guide to both amateurs and professionals who want to hone their power of public speaking.

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a group of 572 islands, located in the Bay of Bengal, form a beautiful canvas of vivid colours. A paradisiacal landscape, the islands are blessed with unique tropical rainforests, varieties of forest animals, exotic sea beaches and exclusive tourist attractions. The Great Nicobar Island helps us understand how Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in general, and Great Nicobar, in particular, can be a keystone of India’s strategic and development trajectory. It also describes the fascinating collection of the exotic flora and fauna of the island and discusses the identity and tradition of the Nicobarese and Shompen tribes. Author Rehan Raza accounts his journey to Indira Point, Navy Dera, Mount Thullier, Galathea, Makachua and Afra Bay and thus parts of the book read like a delightful travelogue. In a personal account, Raza captures the ordeals of the tsunami survivors and the efforts made by the administration in the aftermath. A treasure of information, this book will be of immense value to scholars, strategic experts, bureaucrats and tourists visiting the islands.

Have you realized that the divide between ‘Us’ and ‘Them’ has grown steadily in Indian politics? Do you sometimes wonder whether it will be repaired at all in the near future? Do you ever pause to reflect why emotions spill on the streets and why democratic institutions in India have become dysfunctional? Have you thought about why we get hurt easily and how this gets reflected in everyday politics?India after Modi attempts to address these questions through an analysis of events like Award Wapsi, demonetization, the crisis in JNU and higher education, and electoral outcomes, including in the states of Bihar, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Through this collection of essays, Ajay Gudavarthy focuses exclusively on Indian democracy after Narendra Modi took over as the prime minister in 2014. He looks at the politics that India has been witnessing since then and addresses emerging issues in Indian democracy, including that of women’s participation, new urban spaces, and the role of youth.

The people behind hundreds of cocktail workshops involving over 10,000 Indians and a one-of-a-kind drinks website, tulleeho.com have put together all the advice you need to turn a corner of your home into what you’ve seen only in starry hotels.The first cocktail book of its kind with a uniquely Indian focus, Shaker Sutra - The Tulleeho Book of Cocktails provides you with information about the techniques and different styles of mixing drinks, including easy-to-follow cocktail recipes with accessible desi ingredients. Peppering the recipes are delightful trivia, anecdotes and facts, making the reading priceless for the home bartending enthusiast or even the most serious social drinker.

It is very hard to endure the bombs, Father. It will be difficult for anyone to survive and come back safe and sound from the war. The son who is very lucky will see his father and mother…(Extract from a letter by an Indian soldier serving in France, written on 14 January 1915 to his father)The Great War, as the First World War was referred to, saw the service of over 1.3 million Indians, of whom 74,000 never made it back home. For their families, the War was something they could not fully fathom. Soldiers from the Indian subcontinent won over 12,908 awards for bravery, including 11 Victoria Crosses. Yet this unprecedented show of valour by Indian soldiers remains largely unsung and unrecognised—particularly in India.Commemorating hundred years of the end of the First World War, this volume brings together diverse voices—Rabindranath Tagore, Mulk Raj Anand, Sarojini Naidu, Mohamed Ali, Chandradhar Sharma Guleri and many more—that reflect a variety of attitudes among Indians towards the War. Included too are Rakhshanda Jalil’s original translations of the works of Urdu poets of the time capturing their responses to the War. This volume of writings, originally written in Urdu, Hindi, Bengali and English, attempts to recognise and remember the contribution of the unknown soldiers to the Great War.

In this volume of writings from Bangla and Urdu literature, editors Rakhshanda Jalil and Debjani Sengupta raise issues of language, identity, nationhood and varied aspects of feminism and women’s writings in the Indian subcontinent. Both the languages have lived a life across political borders and are spoken, read and loved by people across diverse geographical sites, including a large diaspora. They have had an afterlife after 1947 that helped them to refashion their cultural spheres in a divided land. Women’s Writings from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh brings these languages together, to speak to each other and to showcase their strengths. By creating a platform for contemporary literary works, especially by women, it provides a new, radical view of the ways in which these languages have shaped women’s creative universes.

Think big, act small… Act now…Many of us think big but fail to micro plan. Others get stuck at micro-planning, missing the ‘big picture’ of what impacts us nationally and globally. Housing is a basic necessity of human beings across the globe, and not just in India. Affordable housing for the masses is a key challenge for governments and policy makers. In Nano Housing, Dr Suresh Haware brings out a detailed study and offers solutions for the housing needs of India and its states and cities.A path-breaking and time-tested concept, nano housing is the outcome of an in-depth practical research which has the potential to fulfill the dream of the common man—an affordable house at an affordable price. Further, the book addresses the impact of GST, RERA and demonetisation on real estate; analyses REIT, home finance and rental housing; and voices the concern of homeless people, unauthorised housing, redevelopment and many other aspects of housing. An innovative and revolutionary idea, Nano Housing is a must-read for all businessmen in general and professionals, economists, sociologists, officials and policy makers engaged in the housing industry in particular.

"It’s Easy To Be YOU" written by a most trusted and gifted mind coach Radhika Kawlra Singh, is a bible for constructive change. It is a timeless piece of work that you would want to gift everyone!Here YOU will find ingenious techniques that will purposefully navigate YOU towards positive change by handing you the tools to make a variety of healthy shifts. Use this book to get behind the chaos, let go of your limitations and uncover your hidden potential so you may hone your skill and rediscover a new ability. Read the messages that the book shares with you over and over again – so you may wipe off your unwanted, unnecessary beliefs effortlessly. Be prepared to learn and be prepared to take on challenges – even as they appear small they only grow stronger roots.

A collection of true events, Song of the Free illustrates beautifully the life of Dattatreyaji, a monk, a syncretic deity, who is considered to be an incarnation of Trimurti, blessed with the qualities of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh. An avatar and a wandering ascetic, Dattatreyaji’s life stressed on the importance of learning. He taught us to recognise wisdom from even the smallest creature of nature, like the honey bee. The book gathers the profound cognisance of Dattatreyaji. The 24 gurus, as accepted by him, are individually described, each forming a chapter. The guru is a source of divinity and the true guru guides us to attain our divine attributes. The book portrays the supreme consciousness of Dattatreyaji as he acknowledged the true guru found in nature—animals, birds and humans. He emphasised that if you have the desire to learn you can derive inspiration from anything. Moreover, his teachings inspire us to be in harmony with nature and other elements of the environment. Song of the Free acts as a true guru who will lead you to wisdom, allowing youto thrive on your own. Influenced by spirituality and philosophy, the book is a guide to learning—learning to live and live with wisdom.