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Blood Red Sari

India's first all-women action thriller series that all but replaces oestrogen with adrenalin Missing social activist Lalima has picked three women to carry out the task she was unable to finish Sheila, the owner of an all-women's gym in Kolkata; Nachiketa, an attorney in Delhi who is suing her in-laws for the violent abuse that left her wheelchair-bound for life; and Malayali private investigator Anita, whose own brothers are out to get her. Lalima's adversaries use influence and hired killers to track down all those who have been sent incriminating evidence against them, forcing Sheila, Nachiketa Anita to battle for survival even as they race against time to understand the import of the documents they have received. Spanning the murky underbelly of the country's metropolises and the international human trafficking mafia, Blood Red Sari is a pulse-pounding action thriller with a feminist punch.

Krishna Charitra

Krishna Charitra is a famous Bengali classic where Bankim Chandra endeavours to discover Sri Krishna, the real person, behind centuries of myths and legends. Written in 1886, this was the first instance where the character of Krishna is studied from a pragmatic and questioning perspective. Like his novel Ananda Math, Krishna Charitra originates from Bankim Chandra's passionate feeling of patriotism. He wanted to uphold Sri Krishna as not just a mythological figure, but an ideal Indian character, whom other Indians could look up to. Sri Aurobindo says, Bankim Chandra poured over the Bhagavad Gita and the Vedas striving to catch the deeper and sacred sense of those profound writings. To give that to his countrymen was the strenuous aim of Krishna Charitra. In this translation of Krishna Charitra, several passages of Bankim's academic discussions have been omitted, so as to make it easier for the common reader. Also deleted are the criticisms on the European people that Bankim Chandra includes in his book from time to time. Otherwise, the text strictly follows the structure and the content of the original dissertation.

The Last Sunset

I Love You Viswamithra

Several centuries ago, it was Viswamithra, the great sage who was distracted by Menaka while on his penance for attaining Brahmarshi stature. Several decades ago, it was Pradyumna, the great artist who was distracted by the beautiful princess Sucharita Devi, while he was working on a beautiful painting of Viswamithra and Menaka. And now in the Twenty-First Century, Rishi, a Swiss Banker, set on an ambitious project to pursue his business with Mahendra, a corporate icon. His two other pursuits are to win the heart of Snigdha, his newly found lady love and to know the whereabouts of the Pradyumnas painting. All seems to be going fine till Apsara, a beautiful art dealer of the city, enters his life. Can Apsara, the modern beauty distract Rishi from his project, as Snigdha fears? Will Viswamithra and Menaka painting once again prove to be disgraceful in the context of Rishi life?

Asura:Tale Of The Vanquished

he epic tale of victory and defeat… The story of the Ramayana had been told innumerable times. The enthralling story of Rama, the incarnation of God, who slew Ravana, the evil demon of darkness, is known to every Indian. And in the pages of history, as always, it is the version told by the victors, that lives on. The voice of the vanquished remains lost in silence. But what if Ravana and his people had a different story to tell? The story of the Ravanayana had never been told. Asura is the epic tale of the vanquished Asura people, a story that has been cherished by the oppressed outcastes of India for 3000 years. Until now, no Asura has dared to tell the tale. But perhaps the time has come for the dead and the defeated to speak. “For thousands of years, I have been vilified and my death is celebrated year after year in every corner of India. Why? Was it because I challenged the Gods for the sake of my daughter? Was it because I freed a race from the yoke of caste-based Deva rule? You have heard the victor’s tale, the Ramayana. Now hear the Ravanayana, for I am Ravana, the Asura, and my story is the tale of the vanquished.” “I am a non-entity – invisible, powerless and negligible. No epics will ever be written about me. I have suffered both Ravana and Rama – the hero and the villain or the villain and the hero. When the stories of great men are told, my voice maybe too feeble to be heard. Yet, spare me a moment and hear my story, for I am Bhadra, the Asura, and my life is the tale of the loser.” The ancient Asura empire lay shattered into many warring petty kingdoms reeling under the heel of the Devas. In desperation, the Asuras look up to a young saviour – Ravana. Believing that a better world awaits them under Ravana, common men like Bhadra decide to follow the young leader. With a will of iron and a fiery ambition to succeed, Ravana leads his people from victory to victory and carves out a vast empire from the Devas. But even when Ravana succeeds spectacularly, the poor Asuras find that nothing much has changed for them. It is when that Ravana, by one action, changes the history of the world.

Rajanikanth: The Definitive Biography

The first-ever comprehensive biography of Rajinikanth, Indain cinema's greatest superstar When I will come, or how, nobody knows, but I will arrive w hen I ought to' - Muthu (1995) Rajinikanth is, guile simply, the biggest superstar cinema-crazy India has ever seen His stylized dialogues and screen mannerisms are legion, and his guy next door-cum-superhero image has found a hysterically appreciative following among millions of moviegoers. Naman Ramachandran's marvellous biography recounts Rajinis career in meticulous detail tracing his incredible cinematic journey from his very first film Apoorva RagangaI in 1975 to memorable forays into Bollywood like Andhaa Ka noon and Hum. from landmark films like Billa, Thalapathi and Annamalai to the mega successes of Baasha, Muthu, Padayappa, Chandramukhi, Sivaji and Enthiran Along the way, the book provides rare insights into the Thalaivar's personal life, from his childhood days to his times of struggle when he was still Sivaji Rao Gaekwad and then his eventual stardom: revealing how a legend was born. Rapnikanth has not written his memoirs, this book is the closest we are likely to get to the definitive Rain story.

The Style Diary of a Bollywood Diva

Dress like a star, pose like a supermodel and pout like Bebo with her never-revealed-before beauty and fashion secrets and tips! Kareena Kapoor was born to be a star She has single-handedly introduced an entire nation to Size Zero and become the highest paid actress of her time. In rhe Style Diary of a Bollywood Diva, the ultimate glamour girl lets you into her fabulous life She reveals her best-kept secrets, tips and tricks Follow Bebo as she goes from being a chubby teenager accompanying her sister on shoots to transforming into the hottest leading lady on screen today.

It's Your Life: Reflections on Contemporary Living

Who am I? Am I a good human being? Did I choose my life or did life choose me? Am I really in love? Can I forgive a fling and give love another chance? Is it better to have loved and lost or never to have loved at all? Can I love two people at the same time? Why feel guilty? ......These are a few issues this book addresses. With instances from real life and the author's own experiences and inspirational wisdom, 'It's Your Life' is a collection of some of the most popular write-ups from Vinita Dawra Nangia's weekly Sunday column, '0-zone' in Times Life, the Sunday supplement of The Times of India. At the core of the writings is the belief that though deeply connected, we are all self-sufficient beings, responsible for our own life and happiness. Take charge of your life and live it as you wish to!

How I Braved Anu Aunty and Co-Founded A Million Do

Twenty-something Varun is in a fix: he shuns the corporate rat race and dreams of becoming an entrepreneur. Armed with an unwanted engineering degree, his hours are filled with friends, pub-hopping, and ‘stalking’ the girl he loves on Facebook. But when the formidable Anu Aunty enters his life, his languorous existence spirals out of control. She tries steering the course of Varun’s destiny by scheming to bring him on ‘track’. His mother turns on the Bollywood histrionics and drags him to a counsellor. Feeling cornered, Varun hatches a strategy to hoodwink the canny aunty at her own game. But as the chase heats up, who will have the last word? Will Anu Aunty thwart his plans to found a million dollar company Or will he succeed Along the way, Varun learns his best business lessons from kitty parties and the ubiquitous Indian aunty. Hilarious, informative and filled with nuggets of everyday wisdom, this page-turner will inspire budding entrepreneurs not to give up on their dreams. Review "Fast-paced and irreverent " - The New York Times "Vibrant and inspiring" - The Times of India "A book that you can connect with" - The Hindu "A story about achieving your dreams and living it" - The Deccan Chronicle "A true story about going after your dreams" - Outlook India "Inspiring the young to reach for the stars. A true success" - The Indian Express "Fascinating and Entertaining" - The Indian Today Group

Thinking Fast and Slow

hinking Fast and Slow is based on decades of research into human behavior conducted by Daniel Kahneman and his partner Amos Tversky. The latter died in 1996, but before that the duo had demolished one of the long cherished myths of economists – that the humans are always rational and will inevitably make decisions that are based on maximizing utility. In the course of their work, Kahneman and Tversky developed an alternate theory of decision making known as prospect theory. The prospect theory was based on human psychology and so great was its impact that Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001. Thinking Fast and Slow takes us on an astonishing journey of the brain and its thinking process. Daniel Kahneman has two fictional figures working in our brain. System 1 is emotional, quick and remarkably agile in making judgments. System 2 is slower, rational, conscious and takes the effort to work things out. All of us love to imagine that we are governed by System 2. Not so, says Daniel Kahneman. It is System 1 who is the hero – the one who takes the major decisions in our life. It influences our thoughts, our impressions and judgments. The book states that only by understanding the working of both the systems in our brain will we be able to understand why we do what we do. The book goes further tells us when and where to trust System 1 and also how we should be able to tap into System 2. He explains the different ways by which we can avoid falling into the trap of making snap decisions. Reading the book can change the way you think and help you make significant changes in your life.

Mumbaistan: 3 Explosive Crime Thrillers

Three fast-paced crime thrillers set in the streets of Mumbai. Mumbai, a city of dreams for many. But for others, a nightmare. Behind the faade of lustre and glamour churns a seething underbelly of squalor, corruption and crime. Mumbaistans three explosive crime novellas unravel the subterranean secrets of maximum cityfrom the teeming maw of Dharavi and the wanton streets of Kamathipura to the swank high-rises of Bandra. A prostitute, her lover and a policeman play for high stakes in Bomb-Day. Injectionwala exposes chilling medical malpractices and a lovelorn vigilantes twisted game plan. In Coma Man, a man awakens from coma after twenty years, and sets out in search of his wife and himself. Macabre love stories, conniving cops and hard-boiled slumlords form the backdrop of a schizophrenic city that is brooding...dying. Welcome to Mumbaistan; a gritty, compelling take on the megalopolis that lives on the edge.

Shock Wave.

The gripping new thriller from the New York Times No 1 bestselling author. The superstore chain PyeMart has its sights set on a Minnesota river town, but two very angry groups want to stop it: local merchants, fearing for their businesses, and environmentalists, predicting ecological disaster. The protests don't seem to be slowing the project, though, until someone decides to take matters into his own hands. The first bomb goes off on the top floor of PyeMart's headquarters. The second one explodes at the construction site itself. The blasts are meant to inflict maximum damage-and they do. Who's behind the bombs, and how far will they go? It's Virgil Flowers's job to find out . . . before more people get killed.

The Lost Years

The Brand new spine-tingling thriller from the world's favourite thriller writer. Dr. Jonathan Lyons, a well-respected academic, has a stroke of luck when a previously missing ancient artefact - a highly valuable parchment - falls into his hands. Stolen from the Vatican in the fifteenth century, it was assumed to be lost forever - until now. Unsure of his next move, Dr. Lyons shares his discovery with a select few but, with so much money at stake, can he trust the people he's told? Things take a turn for the worse when Jonathan is found brutally murdered in his own home. Then, as secrets in his personal life come to light, his wife, who suffers from Alzheimer's, is soon implicated. It now falls to the couple's 27-year-old daughter, Mariah, to uncover the true motive behind her father's death. But the tangled web of secrets has spread much further than she knows. With someone still hell-bent on getting hold of the priceless document, will Mariah succeed in finding justice for both her father and her mother without putting her own life in terrible danger?

Dirty Tricks

Voices in Summer

Love Stories That Touched My Heart

An anthology of moving, inspirational, heartwarming or heartbreaking, love stories shortlisted in a nation wide contest by Penguin India! Love only a four letter word, yet its so powerful that it can conquer anything in this world! Weve all experienced the first flush of love and remember the lingering fragrance of it. For ages Love has remained one of the most cherished experiences that everyone wishes to live through at least once. Humanity, time and again, has coined many definitions to describe this beautiful emotion, but this small word is a feeling that cant simply be defined. It has to be narrated . . . in the form of stories love stories. Love Stories That Touched My Heart is a collection of such stories from readers who have a tale to tell, shortlisted from over 2000 entries that were submitted in a competition conducted by Penguin India. Selected and edited by Ravinder Singh, this anthology made up of the stories that touched Ravins heart the most will make you believe that someone, somewhere, is made for you.

Journey of Two Hearts!: Will be Cherished Forever

In life at least once a person comes in your life and changes you for rest of your whole life, just like a potter who takes sand, gives a proper shape and put into fire. After that its not possible to come in natural form...Love is just like that. JOURNEY OF TWO HEARTS is a TRUE LOVE STORY of protagonist Anuj and the bird of desires Pakhi. They made a milestone in their innocent and unforgettable love story. Sweetness of love you can taste, after wetting your lips with tears. When the world was sleeping those love birds were making the golden nest of love. The love where was passion, care and dedication for each other. Holding hands, strong feelings and just love, they always walked together. Anuj was always ready to do anything for her. He was the guy of surprises. Unexpectedly what did happen when the bird of desires said, I cant be with you Anuj, please leave me forever. Why did she turn from that path? What happened that night which changed everything and broke the golden nest of love? ALL PROMISES BROKEis a JOURNEY OF TWO HEARTSfew promises gone undone. However, as Anuj promised that at every memorable moment, he would be there to give her surprisesthen why did he cry a lot for her? A TRUE TALEwhere love was there, but not more than sacrifices LOVING SOME ONE IS NOT TOUGH BUT THE REAL COURAGE IS, TO FORGET YOUR LOVING ONE

Nobody Dies a Virgin..: Life Screws us All

What are you guys going to cherish after five years? The mundane thesis work, or working on an idea that no one has ever succeeded in?' His utterings sound persuasive, but illogical, the stuff dreams are made of. Tapan and Harsh put their careers on the line. Will his passion make stars out of them or will it take them all down? Or just some of them? It all starts with Aadi stepping into IIT Cawnpore for his past-graduation. He goes on to master a challenge as old as the age of the human flight. He beats the researchers all across the world. But he is yet not done fighting. Bruised egos, heated discussions and red tape, he needs to fight them all. And then there is the lady in red, a whiff of fresh air. 'I value my friends more than my dreams and that's the reason I am ready to trade my biggest achievement of the past two years.' Would Aadi trade his sweat and blood for his morals? Will world know Aadi as a discoverer or will his story be lost in the ashes of time.

She is Single I'm Taken: And We're Committed...

Kanav. Lonely, lost and confused. Despite having a break-up with his one and only love(till then): Tanya, he is living life king size. He's now a sincere student, an entrepreneur in the making and a mini-celebrity after his first novel becomes a bestseller. With Tanya out of his life and friends as sober as the wicked trio Anuj, Aryan and Sameer, Kanav sets on an unchartered territory of girls. Tanya. Unaware, unconcerned and busy. Having broken up with her first love(Kanav), she sets on an unchartered territory: the territory of books, studies and poetry. With Kanav out of her life, the space is filled by something new, as well as, someone new. As Kanav's penchant for entrepreneurship takes him to the US - the land of his lost love - would he be able to find Tanya, when she's completely out of touch? If he does, would she be willing to have him back in her life? And the final question: would her Mom, the deadly villain of the story, be willing to give Kanav's story a happy ending? Come and find out, as Harsh takes you in yet another riveting roller coaster ride where Kanav-Tanya tale completes; after sparking a smile on your face.

Unhooked

Single and zesty Anamika revels in courting the men she fancies, but with words alone, careful not to indulge her physical desires. She is determined to lose her virginity to that man alone who commits. Uday, her married friend, based in Amsterdam, thinks differently. Strongly attracted to her, he cajoles her to give in to him; for her own good, he claims. Denying the body is wrong and unnatural in his view. But Anamika believes her latest find, Shekhar, a MNC professional, is getting serious about her and will soon propose. She waits it out, supported by her two chums Mohini, a divorcee who has affairs as a matter of necessity, and Preeti, a careerist, now seeking marriage desperately. But Shekhar seems in no hurry to commit. Uday meanwhile steps up his pursuit with frequent mails and calls. Anamika is in a dilemma. Should she nail down Shekhar? Or should she finally accept Uday's proposition and venture into the unknow.

Impatient Optimist: Bill Gates in his Own Words

Ruthless billionaire or benevolent philanthropist? Whatever your take on him, Bill Gates is a force to be reckoned with in the world of business and in the realm of international philanthropy. Hailed by most as an ingenious visionary and considered by some to be an unscrupulous monopolist, Gates has had an indelible impact on the growth of digital technology. As founder and former CEO of Microsoft, he helped spearhead one of the greatest revolutions in modern history, seizing on the importance of software in the rise of personal computing and becoming in 1987 at the age of 31 the youngest ever self-made billionaire. But Gatess second act has been no less compelling than his first. After leaving Microsofts day-to-day operations in 2008 to devote himself full-time to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a kinder, gentler Gates began to emerge, one deeply concerned with Third World health issues and educational reform. Drawing on more than three decades of media coverage print, electronic and online this book offers real insight into the man behind the millions. Essential reading for anyone seeking wisdom from the worlds entrepreneur extraordinaire.

Swaraj

The last one-and-a-half years in India have been defined by the anti-graft agitation led by Anna Hazare. His key lieutenant, Arvind Kejriwal, has played a central role in the movement. In 2012, as it became clear that the political establishment was not going to accede to the main demand of the movement to pass the Lokpal Bill. Team Anna demanded the setting up of a Special Investigative Team to probe corrupt politicians. On 25 July 2012, Kejriwal, along with two of his colleagues and Anna Hazare, sat on a fast to press this demand. This book, which serves as a manifesto for the movement going forward, gives practical suggestions as to what the ordinary citizen, the opinion makers and the political establishment in India can do to provide a political alternative, or to achieve true swaraj (self-rule). The authors central point is that power must shift from New Delhi and the state capitals to the village councils and the town communities, so that people can be directly empowered to take decisions about their own lives. A must-read for anyone with a dream to leave behind a better India for the next generation.

Oops the Mighty Gurgl

Whenever mankind is in trouble, a hero always emerges. The groinks are slowly taking over planet after planet, and their next target is Earth. The Interplanetary Council is tied up in disputes. All that stands between the human race and annihilation is Oops the Mighty Gurgle. Aided by his two human assistants, Chuck and Kia (and Floppy the dog), Oops must travel across time, space and black holes and face innumerable dangers to save Earth from the ferocious green pig-like creatures who are grunting their way towards it. And along the way, they must deal with amorous emperor penguins, the Cerebums of Holibutt, whose brains are in their bottoms, and the mysterious creatures from the Dark Planets. A laugh-out-loud funny romp through the universe as you never knew it.

The Christmas Wedding

The tree is decorated, the cookies are baked, and the presents are wrapped, but the biggest celebration this Christmas is Gaby Summerhill's wedding. Since her husband died three years ago, Gaby's four children have drifted apart, each consumed by the turbulence of their own lives. They haven't celebrated Christmas together since their father's death, but when Gaby announces that she's getting married – and that the groom will remain a secret until the wedding day – she may finally be able to bring them home for the holidays. But the wedding isn't the only surprise – there is one more unexpected gift, and it could change all their lives for ever. With deeply affecting characters and the emotional twists of a James Patterson thriller, The Christmas Wedding is a fresh look at family and the magic of the festive season.