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On Hinduism
by Wendy DonigerPublisher:Aleph Book Company (2013)SummaryThrough this magisterial volume which she calls the book of my books Wendy Doniger, widely acknowledged as one of...
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Exotic Aliens: The Lion & The Cheetah in India
by Valmik ThaparPublisher:Aleph Book Company (2013)SummaryIn the sixteenth century, Dutch traveller Jan Linschoten noted the absence of lions throughout the Indian...
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A Pleasant Kind of Heavy and Other Erotic Stories
by AranyaniPublisher:Aleph Book Company (2013)SummaryAn erotic encounter arises in a house full of voluptuous women preparing tempting food in ‘Stolen’. A...
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Business Sutra: A Very Indian Approach to Management
by Devdutt PattanaikPublisher:Aleph Book Company (2013)SummaryIn this landmark book, bestselling author, leadership coach and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik shows how, despite its...
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Chanakya's New Manifesto
by Pavan K. VarmaPublisher:Aleph Book Company (2013)SummaryChanakya (c. 270-380 BCE) was classical India's greatest thinker and teacher. Through his unparalleled ability to...
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Seasons Of Flight
by Manjushree ThapaPublisher:Aleph Book Company (2012)SummaryPrema, a young woman adrift in war-torn Nepal, with little to bind her to her family, village and country, wins a...
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Butterflies on the Roof of the World
by Peter SmetacekPublisher:Aleph Book Company (2012)SummaryIn this book, Peter Smetacek invites us into the fascinating world of butterflies. We accompany him on expeditions...
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The Adventures of Amir Hamza
by Musharraf Ali FarooqiPublisher:Aleph Book Company (2012)SummaryThe first translation into English of a beloved medieval Indo-Persian epic, The Adventures of Amir Hamza is...
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Tilled Earth
by Manjushree ThapaPublisher:Aleph Book Company (2012)SummaryComprising perfectly crafted micro stories, and stories of conventional length, Tilled Earth offers...
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The Tutor of History
by Manjushree ThapaPublisher:Aleph Book Company (2012)SummaryIt is the late 1990s, a few years into constitutional democracy in Nepal, and the government has collapsed. In...
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Accidental India
by Shankkar AiyarPublisher:Aleph Book Company (2012)SummaryIn Accidental India: A History of the Nation’s Passage through Crisis and Change, noted journalist-analyst...
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The Freethinker's Prayer Book
by Khushwant SinghPublisher:Aleph Book Company (2012)SummaryIn this eclectic and deeply personal collection, India's grand old man of letters brings together precepts, prayers...
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The Wildings
by Nilanjana RoyPublisher:Aleph Book Company (2012)SummaryIn the labyrinthine alleys and ruins of Nizamuddin, an old neighbourhood in Delhi, lives a small band of cats....
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Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer
by Cyrus MistryPublisher:Aleph Book Company (2012)SummaryA harrowing and indelible tale of star-crossed love that takes place in the little-known community of Parsi corpse-...
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Of Birds and Birdsong
by M. KrishnanPublisher:Aleph Book Company (2012)SummaryA book of sublime portraits of over 100 species of Indian birds by 'the finest nature writer in the land'.
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The Taliban Cricket Club
by Timeri N. MurariPublisher:Aleph Book Company (2012)SummaryKabul under the Taliban is a wasteland, its gangrenous breath reeking of explosives, smoke and despair. Its only...
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Em and The Big Hoom
by Jerry PintoPublisher:Aleph Book Company (2012)SummaryWinner of The Hindu Literary Prize 2012.
In a one-bedroom-hall-kitchen in Mahim,...
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Between Clay and Dust
by Musharraf Ali FarooqiPublisher:Aleph Book Company (2012)SummaryShortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2012.
In an old ruined city, emptied...