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Title: From Quetta To Delhi Author: Reena Nanda Publisher: Bloomsbury India Published On: 10th March 2018 Binding: Paperback Pages: 168 ISBN: 9789386643445 Ek palak me sabkuch fana ho gaya Is khoobsurat zindagi ka ek hissa tabah ho gaya Nayi zindagi kahan laijayegi? Kahan hoga hamara basera? Kya gul dikhayegi yeh zindagi? BLURB The lilting rhythms of Punjabi folk songs, the Siapewalli, and Naani wailing about her bad kismet caused by the chudail and dain. Partition changed the old traditions of Punjabiyat but in the pages of this book they come alive ...  The invisible cost of the Partition of the Punjab in 1947 - besides the violence, loss of life and property - was that it destroyed the psychic equilibrium of the displaced population. This is the story of one such woman, Shakunt, who rebuilt her life but could never get over the trauma of losing her homes in Quetta and Jhang - not just the loss of a physical space but of the language, ...

Title: The Burning Queen Rani Padmavati Author:  Anuja Chandramouli Publisher: Juggernaut Published on: 15th November 2017 Binding: Paperback Pages: 240 ISBN:   9386228521 "Awakened by the cacophony of the wretched, the gods gathered to watch the passing of one who had been the brightest souls to have adorned Mother Earth." BLURB Padmavati is the most beautiful uqueen Chittor has ever had. Everyone who sees her is enthralled by her grace and goodness. When the greedy gaze of the Sultan of Delhi, Alauddin Khalji, falls upon Chittor and its queen, Padmavati's flawless beauty turns against her, because it inspires both love and hate in equal measure. Beset by the threat of an invasion and scheming political rivals who are envious of her immense popularity, Rani Padmavati must rise to the demands of war and fight for everything she believes in. This is the story of a remarkable woman who lived gently, loved passionately, and embra...

Title: When The Chief Fell InLove Author: Tuhin A. Sinha Publisher: Fingerprint Publishing Published on:  February 15th 2018 Binding: Paperback ISBN:  9789386538970 Kashmiriyat...Jamhooriyat...Insaniyat... HINDUSTANIYAT BLURB Vihaan Shastri, India’s young and dynamic Defence Minister, comes under attack when 20 soldiers are killed during a terrorist strike at an army camp in Kashmir.  With the whole country seething with rage and thirsting for revenge, and the government depending on him to resolve the crisis, Vihaan finds himself battling a strange distraction: Zaira Bhat, the only woman he has truly loved, is back in his life, after 12 long years. In a chequered relationship which began with a love affair in 1990, and which had the two love and lose each other twice at different stages of life, Vihaan and Zaira now find themselves in an extraordinary situation.  While Vihaan is the defence minister of the country, ...