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Title: Ganga the Constant Goddess Author: Anuja Chandramouli Published on: 20th November 2018 Publisher:   Rupa Publications Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9353332680 "The wise men,when looking for a place of sacrifice, made sure there was a perennial source of water." BLURB Believed to be the liquid manifestation of Shakti and the nurturer of the three worlds with her life-sustaining waters, Goddess Ganga is the epitome of beauty and purity, famous for her indomitable spirit and boundless charm. Renowned as a devoted daughter, a caring mother, a passionate lover, and a merciful saviour, she is here to absorb and absolve us of our sins. A constant goddess, she is part of the Indian ethos, revered, and loved across the ages. The exquisite epic that is Ganga’s story, from her miraculous origins, her sojourn in the heavens, her poignant relationships with the divine trinity, the birth of her sons—Bhishma and Kartikeya, and her descent into a wicked wo...

Title: Dark Circles  Author: Udayan Mukherjee  Publisher : Bloomsbury India  Published on: 1st November 2018 Binding : Hardback ISBN:  9789388134934 "Denial, suppression or forgetting - which game of shadows had the mind resorted to, to shield a twelve-year- old from carrying such an enormous burden? BLURB Can one indiscretion be allowed to scar a family for life? Ronojoy's mother dies alone in the Ashram she had abruptly retreated to twenty-eight years ago, leaving him - then only twelve- to fend for the emotional needs of himself and his six-year-old brother. When the cremation rites are complete, Ronojoy is handed a letter from his mother that is not so much a farewell as a confession. As before, it is left to him to decide whether to share the disturbing contents with his brother, whom he has always sought to protect. Thus, begins another tumultuous cycle in the lives of the two brothers who already carry deep scars from their chil...

Title: Daddykins Author:  Kalpana Mohan Published by: Bloomsbury India Published on: 18th September 2018 Binding:  Paperback ISBN:   9789386349538 BLURB When journalist Kalpana Mohan's elderly father falls ill in Chennai, she is on the next flight over from California and the home she has shared 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. Abo...

Title:  Guru  A Long Walk to Success:An Autobiography Author:    Narendra Raval, Kailash Mota Publsiher:  Bloomsbury India Published on:  18-08-2018 Binding:  Papaerback ISBN:  9789387146877 "Nothing is impossible in this world for a willing heart and determined mind. The limitation is in our minds.  BLURB The journey of a boy that began from a little-known village of Mathak in Gujarat, India, culminated in the creation of East Africa's biggest business groups to straddle the industrial world of steel, cement, infrastructure and aviation. This is the inspiring story of Narendra Raval, endearingly known as 'Guru', who began from the most humble beginnings to reach the zenith of his career through tireless hard work, an inherent business acumen and sheer tenacity. His autobiography, in collaboration with his dear friend and colleague, Kailash Mota, traces four decades in the life of Guru Bhai Narendra Raval. I...