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• Author(s): T.J. S. George • Publisher: Aleph Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book CompanyWhen the fabled founder of Bangalore, Kempe Gowda, set out to build his dream city in the early sixteenth century, his mother gave him two instruct...

• Author(s): Prabha Mallya • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsA Children’s Bookshelf Selection: Each month our editor’s pick the best books for children and young adults by age to be a part of the children’s book...

• Author(s): Barry O' Brien • Publisher: Aleph Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book CompanyThe first Anglo-Indian could well have been born not long after 20 May 1498 when Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer, set foot on the shores of ...

• Author(s): Romila Thapar • Publisher: Aleph Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book CompanyGazing eastwards is a lively and arresting account of Romila Thapar’s first visit to China in 1957. She went as a research Assistant to the Sri Lank...

• Author(s): Bibek Debroy • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa Publications‘Devi’s constant presence motivated the book. She is the one who made me write it. She is the one who will make you read it or ignore it. Ya Devi sarva...

• Author(s): Kalpana Sharma • Publisher: Aleph Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book CompanyFrom the rape of Mathura, a young tribal girl, by two policemen in desaiganj, Maharashtra, in 1972, to the brutal sexual assault and murder of an e...

• Author(s): Chandresh Narayanan • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsWhen Balbir Singh Sr was dropped from the 1948 Olympic hockey final, Indian students in London erupted in protest for his comeback. He was induc...

• Author(s): Valmik Thapar • Publisher: Aleph Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book CompanyDeveloped and edited by Valmik Thapar, one of our foremost wildlife experts, the book is divided into three sections. The first section, ‘Thoughts f...

• Author(s): Rajesh Kasturirangan • Publisher: Aleph Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book CompanyIndia is both an ancient culture and a young society, with all the benefits and burdens of a long history. Despite belonging to an extremely ...

• Author(s): Shantanu Gupta • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsReading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kinds of books. You can carry this book where ever you ...

• Author(s): Maharaj Devraj Singh • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsAn informative and interesting read on the life and times of the legendary ‘bridegroom prince’, Dulha Rai. The inception of the kingdom of Dhun...

• Author(s): Sharif D Rangnekar • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsIs queer ‘only’ about sexuality? Or is it a state of existence?In its truest form, nature is queer and queer is free. Nature is queer when water ...

• Author(s): Pushpesh Pant • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsWhat does it take to become a great leader? Is it possible to acquire leadership traits, or is it true that leaders are born, not made? The truth is t...

• Author(s): Amar Farooqui • Publisher: Aleph Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book Company • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralBritish ascendancy in the world was preceded by over two centuries of colonial intervention in Asia during the cours...

• Author(s): Neeru Nanda • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsHistory of Banner is a compilation of Nana Chudasama's thought-provoking Marine Drive banners, embedded in satire, puns and humour. A fascinating journe...

• Author(s): Sanjoy Hazarika • Publisher: Aleph Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book Company • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralOver twenty years ago, Sanjoy Hazarika's first book on the Northeast, Strangers of the Mist, was published to imme...

• Author(s): Ram Krishan Sharma • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsWe always want to know why we are happy or unhappy, lucky or unlucky, rich or poor. Why is there a windfall for some and losses for others? Ram K...

• Author(s): Virgil Miedema • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsThe twin hill stations of Mussoorie and Landour were established by the British in the early nineteenth century as a respite from the heat and dust o...

• Author(s): Kulbhushan Warikoo • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsThe Anglo-Russian rivalry during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries reached unprecedented heights. The two imperial powers engaged in a...

• Author(s): Tuhin A. Sinha And Clark Prasad • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa Publications • BISAC: Asia - South - India'Hul! Hul! Hul!' This chilling cry echoed across Santhal land, heralding the dawn of a fierce native ...

• Author(s): Pushpesh Pant • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsWhat does it take to become a great leader? Is it possible to acquire leadership traits, or is it true that leaders are born, not made? The truth is t...

• Author(s): D R Regmi • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsIn Modern Nepal (Volume I) he has covered that era when Nepal as a state emerged in its present form around the late eighteenth century, when the small hi...

• Author(s): S K Gupta & Gurnam Singh • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa Publications • BISAC: Military - Naval The most detailed account of the Indian Navy's naval air campaign in the 1971 Indo-Pak War. India had a dec...

• Author(s): Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsUncertain Eagle: US Military Strategy in Asia examines the military strategy of the United States and its impact on India and other cou...

• Author(s): Harsh Mahaan Cairae • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa Publications • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralThe origin of the Indo-Aryans and their advent in India is shrouded in mystery to this day. An Aryan Journeyis a...

• Author(s): Nachiket Chanchani • Publisher: Aleph Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book CompanyToday children and adults alike find themselves in a world saturated with images. Educators are increasingly recognizing that visual literacy i...

• Author(s): Ira Mukhoty • Publisher: Aleph Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book Company • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralThrough the turbulent eighteenth century, Awadh grew to become one of the richest and most coveted regions in all of H...

• Author(s): Rajnish Karki • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsThe origin and evolution of various civilizations anchors our understanding of who we are, where we have come from, and where we are headed as a socie...

• Author(s): Harrison Akins • Publisher: Aleph Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book CompanyConquering the Maharajas explores the crucial history of princely India from the turbulent end of the British Empire in South Asia to the early yea...

• Author(s): Roopinder Singh • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa Publications

• Author(s): Sandeep Bamzai • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsThe story of the turbulent years of Kashmir. ‘Geography, it has been suggested in certain influential quarters, will no doubt play a great part in de...

• Author(s): Sunita Dwivedi • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsBuddha in Gandhara is the saga of ancient Buddhist cities of Gandhara—a region that extended from north-western Pakistan to eastern and north-eastern...

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• Author(s): Rita Sharma • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsA kaleidoscope of history, culture and lore, this book journeys through the bastions and ramparts of Bundelkhand's citadels, bringing alive events that ...

• Author(s): Sudeep Chakravarti • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsThe Battle of Plassey, fought on 23 June 1757, changed the course of Indian history forever. When the short, sharp hostilities between the forces...

• Author(s): Rajmohan Gandhi • Publisher: Aleph Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book CompanyForthright and throughly researched, ‘Understanding the Founding Fathers’ by Rajmohan Gandhi talks about the great founding fathers, the able poli...

• Author(s): Sunil Ambekar • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa Publications • BISAC: YogaThe Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) continues to make headlines, despite several books tracing its journey. Curiosity about the functi...

• Author(s): Thomas Hauser • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsLavishly produced volume, with color illustrations, based on a long-running Indian informational T.V. program. 100 major questions about Indian cultur...

• Author(s): Sunil Kapoor • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa Publications • BISAC: YogaThe portrayal of these poems are in a way soulful, magical and overpowering. This book is highly simple, sentimental and truthful.

• Author(s): Ambika Manchanda • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsArtificial embellishments can only hide your flaws or enhance your looks superficially. Today, women spend so much time and money going in for cosm...

• Author(s): Nirmala Gowda Nayak • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsEmbrace the mantra of rest, reflection and rejuvenation during menstruation, and break the taboo around it. Despite being a natural occurrence, ...

• Author(s): Atulya Misra • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa Publications • BISAC: Family Life - Siblings A story of greed, love and sacrifice narrated in the backdrop of a crippling human tragedy. Acclaimed author Atulya Mi...

• Author(s): Sudeep Chakravarti • Publisher: Aleph Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book CompanyIn late August 1978, Geeta and Sanjay Chopra stepped out of their home in a quiet neighbourhood in Delhi. Geeta had to record a programme at Al...

• Author(s): Rakesh Kumar Singh • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsSet in the war zone of Bastar, this is a dramatic tale of a young paramilitary officer caught in the cross hairs of life. Known infamously as the...

• Author(s): Ruskin Bond • Publisher: Aleph Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book CompanyThe Last Tiger brings together Ruskin Bond’s very best published animal stories as well as a brand new work, ‘The Call of the Leopard’, which has neve...

• Author(s): Vinod Rai • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa Publications • BISAC: Sports Vandana Kumari Jena is a retired officer of the Indian Administrative Service. She writes novels, short stories and poems. Her short stor...

• Author(s): Shailendra Srivastava • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsEmbark on a thrilling journey through the shadows of crime and the pursuit of justice with Shackle the Storm, a collection of 14 short stories...

• Author(s): Manu Bhattathiri • Publisher: Aleph Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book Company • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)TheGreatest Enemy of Rain presents fourteen memorable short storiesabout the mundane and mysterious aspect...

• Author(s): Ruskin Bond • Publisher: Aleph Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book Company • BISAC: Short Stories (single author) Ruskin Bond is the author of several bestselling novels and collections of short stories, essays, and poems. T...

• Author(s): Ruskin Bond • Publisher: Aleph Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book Company • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)His tales of India are fresh yet age-old; the scents, sights and languor of the Indian scene have rarely been c...

• Author(s): Tanya Gawdi • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsWhen the planets start drifting out of their orbits, it is up to Nye and her friends to save the day! Embark on a thrilling journey with Nye, the advent...

• Author(s): Subhadra Sen Gupta • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsMeet Ganesh, the potbellied elephant-headed god, always accompanied by his faithful assistant, the rat. Known as the remover of obstacles, he is ...

• Author(s): Subhadra Sen Gupta • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa Publications • BISAC: Religious - GeneralLord Vishnu is loved by everybody. He is kind and generous, and he listens patiently to our prayers. Even gods and g...

• Author(s): Meena Arora Nayak • Publisher: Aleph Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book Company • BISAC: Romance - GeneralHere you will find gods who make the three worlds tremble and lightning swing wildly across the firmament, shape-shif...

• Author(s): Stephen Alter • Publisher: Aleph Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book CompanyLionel Carmichael, a retired police deputy inspector general, is looking forward to living a quiet, solitary life in the hill station of Debrakot, w...

• Author(s): Raza Mir • Publisher: Aleph Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book Company • BISAC: Literary3 May 1857. India stands on the brink of war. Everywhere in its cities, towns, and villages, rebels and revolutionaries are massing to ...

• Author(s): Manjushree Thapa • Publisher: Aleph Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book Company • BISAC: LiteraryAll of Us in Our Own Lives is the story of an encounter between strangers who shape each others' lives in fateful ways. Ava Ber...

• Author(s): Mala Dayal • Publisher: Aleph Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book Company • BISAC: LiteraryPunjab, Punjabis & Punjabiyat brings together Khushwant Singh's best writings on Punjab, Punjabis and the Sikhs. Divided into thr...

• Author(s): Ranga Rao • Publisher: Aleph Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book Company • BISAC: Historical - GeneralThose Women of theCoromandel brings to life the eclectic, intertwined lives of three women living in Coromandel in ninetee...

• Author(s): Brainerd Prince • Publisher: Rupa Publications • Publisher Imprint: Rupa PublicationsA traveller of worlds A keeper of mysteries Belonging to none Belonging to everyone Without lines or borders In the manner of smoke Overcoming jalpa...