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Published Titles by Category
Anthropology 2
Tribal Bengal: Life in the sub-Himalayan Terai Duars
NEW 2
Architecture 3-6
108 Vishnu Temples: Architectural Splendour, Spiritual Bliss 3
Achyut Kanvinde: Akar 3
Ainmanes of Kodagu: Ancestral Homes of Kodagu and their Socio-Cultural Significance 3
Architecture of I.M. Kadri,The 4
Architecture of Santiniketan: Tagore’s Concept of Space 4
Cosmic Dance in Stone 4
Drapham Dzong: Archaeological Excavation of a Himalayan Fortress in Central Bhutan 4
Embodied Vision: Interpreting the Architecture of Fatehpur Sikri 5
Himalayan Cities: Settlement Patterns, Public Places and Architecture 5
Le Corbusier Rediscovered: Chandigarh and Beyond NEW 5
Lepakshi: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting NEW 5
Rethinking Modernity: Towards Post Rational Architecture 6
Sun Temple of Konark,The 6
Temple Architecture and Art of the Early Chalukyas: Badami, Mahakuta, Aihole, Pattadakal 6
Art 7-19
Akriti to Sanskriti: The Journey of Indian Forms 7
Art of Bikaner, The 7
Buddhist Paintings of Tun Huang: In the National Museum, New Delhi 7
Chitra Pothi: Illustrated Palm-Leaf Manuscripts from Orissa 8
Daniells’ India: Views from the Eighteenth Century 8
Design Movement in Tagore’s Santiniketan: An Experiment in Aestheticism NEW 8
Enduring Epics: Indian Art Series 8
Folk Arts of West Bengal and the Artist Community 9
Forms of Devotion: The Spiritual in Indian Art Volumes I & II 9
In the Absence of Jagannatha 9
Indian Painting: The Lesser-Known Traditions 9
Indian Paintings in the Sarabhai Foundation 10
Jews and the Indian National Art Project 10
Legend of Krishna in Wall Paintings of Gujarat and Rajasthan,The 10
Looking Within: Indian Art Series 10
Luminous Harmony: Indian Art and Culture 11
Madhubani Art: Indian Art Series 11
Mahabharata: Indian Art Series 11
Making Faces: Self and Image Creation in a Himalayan Valley 11
Manaku of Guler: The Life And Work Of Another Great Indian Painter from A Small Hill State 12
Masters of Indian Painting: Vol I: 1100-1650 and Vol II: 1650-1900 12
Monsoon Feelings: A History of Emotions in the Rain 12
Nainsukh of Guler: A Great Indian Painter from a Small Hill-state 12
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Nala and Damayanti: A Great Series of Paintings of an Old Indian Romance 13
Pahari Masters: Court Painters of Northern India 13
Pahari Paintings: The Horst Metzger Collection in the Museum Rietberg 13
Painting and Photography: At the Jaipur Court 13
Rabindranath Tagore: His World of Art 14
Radha: From Gopi to Goddess 14
Ragachitra: Deccani Ragamala Paintings 14
Raj Revisited, The 14
Rajasthan: Exploring Painted Shekhawati 15
Rajasthani Miniatures:The Magic of Strokes and Colours 15
Ramayana,The: Love and Valour in India’s Great Epic 15
Ramayana,The: In Bengali Folk Paintings, 15
Rasa Yatra: A Pilgrimage into the Heart of India 16
Reverse Glass Painting In India 16
Rodin and The Dance of Shiva 16
Tagore’s Paintings: Versification in Line 16
Tibetan Art 17
Timeless Art: Indian Art Series 17
Treasures: Allahabad Museum 17
Treasures: Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad 17
Treasures: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalay, Mumbai 18
Treasures: National Museum, New Delhi 18
Visual Rhapsody 18
Volutionism: Artwork and Design 18
Wall Paintings of North and Central Gujarat: A Pictorial Journey 19
Word is Sacred, Sacred is the Word,The: The indian Manuscript Tradition 19
Biography 20-29
Aamir Khan: Actor, Activist, Achiever 20
Abhishek Bachchan: Style and Substance 20
Amitabh Bachchan: Kaleidoscope NEW 20
Birju Maharaj: The Master Through My Eyes 21
Bismillah Khan: The Maestro from Benaras 21
C F Andrews: Friend of India 21
Close to Events: Works of Bikash Bhattacharjee 21
Elizabeth Brunner: Her Life—Her Words 22
Field Marshal KM Cariappa 22
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw: The Man and His Times 22
Fighting Spirit, A: Selected Writings of Ashoka Gupta 22
Gandhi’s Vision: Freedom and Beyond NEW 23
Inner Recesses Outer Spaces: Memoirs 23
J.P. Das: A Creative Journey 23
Karan Singh: A Tryst with History 23
Lata Mangeshkar: In Her Own Voice 24
M.F. Husain: A Pictorial Tribute 24
Mohammed Rafi: God’s Own Voice 24
Muhammad Ali Jinnah: A Journey from India to Pakistan NEW 24
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My Days with Ramkinkar Baij 25
Nicholas Roerich: A Quest & A Legacy 25
Nilina’s Song: The Life of Naina Devi 25
Nirad C Chaudhuri: Many Shades, Many Frames 25
PC Sorcar: The Maharaja of Magic 26
Prakash Padukone Story, The 26
Rabindranath Tagore: A Pictorial Biography 26
Ramakrishna: His Life and Sayings NEW 26
Ruskin Bond: The Mussoorie Years 27
Sarat Chandra Bose: Remembering My Father 27
Sarojini Naidu: Her Way with Words 27
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: From Rebel to Founding Father 27
Shiv Kumar Sharma: The Man & His Music 28
Sir Padampat Singhania: Man of All Seasons 28
Sourav Ganguly: The Maharaja of Cricket 28
Sunil Gavaskar: Cricket’s Little Master 28
Zohra Segal: Fatty 29
Buddhism 29
Kumarajiva: The Transcreator of Buddhist Chinese Diction 29
Cartography 30
Mapping India 30
Maps of Delhi 30
Children 31
Incident at Saheb Bagan, The 31
Megha Meets Vishwakarma: The Story of Indian Crafts 31
Ranga Roopa: Gods. Words. Images. 31
Cinema 32-33
All Time Favourite Books & Movies: And Their Epic Journey 32
Dialogue of Awaara, The: Raj Kapoor’s Immortal Classic 32
Dialogue of Mother India, The: Mehboob Khan’s Immortal Classic 32
Filmi Jagat A Scrapbook: Shared Universe of Hindi Cinema 33
Light of Asia: Indian Silent Cinema, 1912–1934 33
Quest, The: Script of Gautam Ghose’s Film Moner Manush 33
SRK: 25 Years of a Life 33
Compendium 34
Intriguing India (Compendium of four books) 34
Sayings from the Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagvad Gita (Compendium of three books) 34
Words of the Master (Compendium of 12 books) 34
Cookery 35-36
Cheat it All: A Young-Eater’s Guide to Good Food and More 35
Flavours of Avadh: Journey from the Royal Banquet to the Corner Kitchen 35
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Guide for Gentlemen Chefs, A 35
How to Feed Your Child (and enjoy it)!: Fun Recipes for Young Moms 36
Pull of Pulses Full of Beans 36
Rajasthan on a Platter: Healthy. Tasty. Easy. 36
Secrets from the Kitchen: Fifty Years of Culinary Experience at the India International Centre 36
Craft 37-39
Artistry of Handwork, The 37
Chikankari: A Lucknawi Tradition 37
Crafts Atlas of India 37
Image-makers of Kumortuli and the Durga Puja Festival 38
In the Shadows: Unknown Craftsmen of Bengal 38
In the Shadow of the Devi Kumaon: Of a Land, a People, a Craft 38
Jaipur Quilts 38
Kaavad Tradition of Rajasthan: A Portable Pilgrimage 39
Quilts of India: Timeless Textiles 39
Rapture: The Art of Indian Textiles 39
Temple Tents for Goddesses in Gujarat, India 39
Dance 40-42
Dance as Yoga: The Spirit and Technique of Odissi 40
Dance Theatre of India: Crossing New Aesthetics and Cultures 40
Indian Classical Dance: The Renaissance and Beyond 40
Kathak: The Dance of Storytellers NEW 41
Kathakali Dance-Theatre: A Visual Narrative of Indian Sacred Mime 41
Kutiyattam: The Heritage Theatre of India 41
Odissi: The Dance Divine 41
So Many Journeys 42
Tagore’s Mystique of Dance 42
Essay 43-44
Education as Freedom: Tagore’s Paradigm 43
Nationalism 43
Religion of Man 43
Sadhana: The Realisation of Life 44
Fashion 45
Sharbari Datta: The Design Diva 45
Suneet Varma 45
Heritage & Culture 46-51

Beads of Arunachal Pradesh: Emerging Cultural Context 46
Chittorgarh: The Braveheart of Rajputana 46
Deeg Palace: Its Romance and Wonder 46
Delhi: Light, Shades, Shadows 47
Dilli’s Red Fort: By the Yamuna 47
Festivals at the Jaipur Court 47
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Forgotten Palaces of Calcutta, The 47
Gitagovinda and Odisha 48
Great Houses of Calcutta, The: Their Antecedents, Precedents and Portents 48
Hampi: Discover the Splendours of Vijayanagar 48
Historical Gurdwaras of Delhi 48
Invisible City: The Hidden Monuments of Delhi 49
It Happened Along the Kaveri: A Journey Through Space and Time 49
Jama Masjid: Call of the Soul 49
Kangra Valley Train, The 49
Kodaikanal: Vanishing Heritage of an Island in the Sky 50
Lucknow The City of Heritage & Culture: A Walk through History 50
Mussoorie Medley: Tales of Yesteryear 50
Princely Palaces in New Delhi 50
Rivers of India 51
Santa and the Scribes: The Making of Fort Kochi 51
Thanjavur: A Cultural History 51
White and Black: A Journey to the Centre of Imperial Calcutta 51
History 52-59
Alipore Bomb Case, The: A Historic Pre-Independence Trial 52
Anglo-Indians, The: A 500-Year History 52
Arms & Armour at the Jaipur Court: The Royal Collection 52
Bakkarwals of Jammu and Kashmir, The: Navigating through Nomadism 53
Calcutta in the Nineteenth Century: An Archival Exploration 53
Campaign in India, The 53
Chivalry and Romance: Vignettes from Indian History and Bardic Legends 53
City in the Making, A: Aspects of Calcutta’s Early Growth 54
Faith and Freedom: Gandhi in History 54
Fatehpur Sikri: Akbar’s Magnificent City on a Hill 54
India and its Native Princes 54
Indian Advertising: Laughter and Tears 55
Indian National Flag Unfurled through Philately, The 55
Legendotes of Hyderabad 55
Letters of a Mussoorie Merchant 55
Memories of Belonging: Images from the Colony and Beyond 56
Mutiny Memoirs 56
Native Races of the British Empire, The 56
Nawab Sultan Jahan Begam, Ex-Ruler of Bhopal: An Account of My Life 56
North-Western Provinces of India, The: Their History, Ethnology, and Administration 57
Picturing India: People, Places and the World of the East India Company 57
Picturesque India: A Journey in early Picture Postcards (1896-1947) NEW 57
Proceedings of the Indian National Congress: Vol. 1 (1885–1889) 57
Proceedings of the Indian National Congress: Vol. 2 (1890–1894) 58
Rajput Arms & Armour: The Rathores & Their Armoury at Jodhpur Fort Vol. I & II 58
Spice Story 58
Stamp is Born, A 58
Story of the Jodhpur Lancers 1885-1952, The NEW 59
Things Indian 59
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Humour 60-61
Excuse Me, Can We Have Our Country Back? 60
Gupp & Gossip: From the Hills 60
Indira Gandhi: The Final Chapter 60
What A Life: A Kaleidoscope of Rajinder Puri’s Cartoons 61
Wit and Humour: In Colonial North India 61
Wit and Wisdom: Pickings from the Parsee Punch 61
Institution 62
Excelsior: The Story of Wynberg-Allen School 62
Hindu College Delhi: A People’s Movement 62
Partners in Freedom: Jamia Milia Islamia 62
Memoir 63-64
Emilie and Subhas: A True Love Story 63
Glimpses of Bengal: Select Letters 1885-1895 (Letters) 63
Higher than the Everest: Memoirs of a Mountaineer 63
My Reminiscences 64
Picturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna, A 64
Music 65-66
Beethoven and Friends 65
Beyond Music: Maestros in Conversation 65
Dagars and Dhrupad: Divine Legacy 65
Songs of Tagore 66
Mythology 66
Quest for Paradise, The: Gardens, past, present and future 66
Nature & Wild Life 67-68

Decade with Tigers: Supremacy. Solitude. Stripes, A 67
Flora of the Southern Western Ghats and Palnis: A Field Guide 67
Great Himalayan National Park, The:The Struggle to save the Western Himalayas NEW 67
My Encounter with the Big Cat: And Other Adventures in Ranthambhore 68
Sariska: The Tiger Reserve Roars Again 68
Sunderbans: The Mystic Mangrove 68
Wild Wonders of India 68
Photography 69-71
Bangladesh: The Price of Freedom 69
Bombay/Mumbai: Immersions 69
Calcutta 1940-1970: In the Photographs of Jayant Patel 69
Chai: The Experience of Indian Tea 70
Intimacies 70
Khajuraho 70
Light Within, The: A Different Vision of Life 70
Nicolas Roerich/Ashok Dilwali: Inspired by the Himalayas 71
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Panchtattvas: The Road Ahead: Volume One & Volume Two 71
Vijaynagara Empire: Ruins to Resurrection 71
Poetry 72-73
Crescent Moon, The 72
Fireflies 72
Fruit Gathering 72
Fugitive, The 73
Gitanjali 73
Stray Birds NEW 73
Religion 74-77
Ajmer Sharif: Awakening of Sufism in South Asia 74
Heaven on Earth: The Universe of Kerala’s Guruvayur Temple 74
Hindu Joy of Life 74
Hinduism: A Way of Life and a Mode of Thought 75
Historic Temples in Pakistan: A Call to Conscience 75
Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity 75
Ratha Yatra: Chariot Festival of Sri Jagannatha in Puri 75
Sayings from the Bhagvad Gita 76
Sayings from the Upanishads 76
Sayings from the Vedas 76
Ujjain: The City of Temples 76
Where Gods Reside: Sacred Places of Kolkata 77
Self Help 78-81

A to Z of 121 Unconventional Management Concepts 78
I Believe I Can Fly 78
Inner Guidance and the Four Spiritual Gifts 78
Is Your Mind Really Yours? Break Free from the Shackles of a Programmed Life 79
Law of Sexual Harassment At Workplace: Practice & Procedure 79
Magic Mantras: For Young Adullts to Achieve Success in Life 79
Office Fables: For Today’s Manager 79
Simply Do It, Do It Simply 80
Watch Out!: A Handbook for Safe Living 80
Yoga: Bharat’s Invaluable Gift to the World 80
Yoga: The Indian Way 80
Yoga Shakti: Awaken Your Own Power 81
Speech 81
Teasing Questions: Exploring Disconnects in Contemporary India 81
Spirituality 82-84
Along Deep Lonely Alleys: Baul - Fakir - Dervish of Bengal 82
Arise Peace to Heal 82
Bodhena’s Adventures in Samsara: A Sannyasin Memoir 82
Mystics of the East 83
Nostalgia for Eternity: Journeys in Religion, History, and Myth on the Indian Subcontinent 83
Osho, India and Me: A Tale of Sexual and Spiritual Transformation 83
Point of Vanishing, The: A Tale of Truth and Things Imagined 83
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Raimundo Panikker: A Pilgrim Across Worlds 84
So Said the Wise 84
When A Real Lion meets A Real Master 84
Zorba the Buddha 84
Sports 85
Horse Racing in India: A Royal Legacy 85
Textile 86-87
Baluchars: The Woven Narrative Silks of Bengal NEW 86
Block Printed Textiles of India: Imprints of Culture 86
Textiles & Garments: At the Jaipur Court 86
Unfolding: Contemporary Indian Textiles 87
Woven Textiles of Varanasi 87
Theatre 88-89
Act of Becoming, The: Actors Talk 88
Badal Sircar: Search for a Language of Theater 88
KN Panikkar: The Theatre of Rasa 88
Satyadev Dubey: A Fifty-year Journey Through Theatre 89
Tagore’s Dance-Drama Omnibus 89
Theatre of Bhanu Bharti, The: A New Perspective 89
Theatrescapes: Experiencing Rasas 89
Tagore’s Plays 90-91
Chitra: A Play in One Act NEW 90
Crown, The 90
King of the Dark Chamber, The 90
Malini 91
Post Office,The 91
Red Oleanders 91
Sacrifice 91
Travel 92-98
Alluring Kashmir: The Inner Spirit 92
Andaman Islands: In Wonderland 92
Antartica: India’s Journey to the Frozen Continent 92
Arunachal: Peoples, Arts, and Adornments in India’s Eastern Himalayas 93
Balochistan at a Crossroads 93
Bangalore: Roots and Beyond 93
Beyond The Himalayas: Journeying through the Silk Route NEW 93
Bhopal 94
Brahmaputra and the Assam Valley 94
Indian Tibet, Tibetan India: The Cultural Legacy of the Western Himalayas 94
India’s Legendary East Coast 94
Intriguing India: The Alluring North 95
Intriguing India: The Colourful East 95
Intriguing India: The Historic South 95
Intriguing India: The Vibrant West 95
Kabulnama 96
Kailash and Manasarovar: A Quest Beyond the Himalaya 96
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New Delhi Down the Decades: A Behind-the-lens View of the City 96
Nicobar Islands: In Nature’s Kingdom 96
Riding the Himalayas 97
Shades of Kashmir: Landscape. Daily Life. people. Protest 97
Tracing Marco Polo’s Journey: The Silk Route 97
Trails Less Travelled, The: Trekking the Himachal Himalayas 97
Wanderings Through the Garhwal Himalaya 98
Travelogue 98-99
And The Teesta Flows 98
Ladakh: A Photo Travelogue 99
Notes from a Spanish Diary 99
There are No Gods in North Korea 99
Zanskar to Ziro: No Stilettos in the Himalayas 99
Olive Turtle
Original English Fiction
In Alphabetical Order
Aliens in Delhi 102

Aryabhata Clan 102
Autumn Raga 102
Bag, The 102
Baramulla Bomber: Science Fiction Espionage Thriller 103
Belief 103
Blood, Sweat and Tears 103
Broken Amoretti,The NEW 103
Butterfly Effect, The 104
Case of the Secretive Sister, The 104
Claudia 104
Copper Sky, The 104
Courtesans of Karim Street, The 105
Dancing with Kali 105
Daniell Comes to Judgement: New and Vintage Daruwalla 105
Darker Dawn, A 105
Dilliz Boyz 106
Driftwood, The 106
Ekkos Clan, The 106
Fall Winter Collections 106
Fida-e-Lucknow: Tales of the City and its People 107
For Honour 107
For the Love of a Man NEW 107
Gap-Toothed Banister, The: A Tale of Anglo-India 107
Half a Face 108
Half Man: A Novel on the Naxal Movement NEW 108
Harvest of Ecstasy ,A 108
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Haunted Library, The: Classic Ghost Stories 108
Hotel Calcutta 109
If you can walk, you can dance 109
In Crocodile Country 109
Kathmandu Days: The Blight and the Plight 109
Legend of Kuldhara,The: A Historical Novel Set in Rajasthan 110
Lost Legacy, The 110
Love and Life in Lucknow: An Imaginary Biography of a City 110
Love Song of Maya K, The : And Other Stories 110
Lynsdale Raj 111
Meeting Lives 111
Melody of a Tear NEW 111
Men and Dreams of Dhauladhar 111
Middle Time 112
Murder of a Lady: A Scottish Mystery 112
Musoorie’s Mythistory NEW 112
My Red Butterfly: A Passionate Journey of Love Emotions & Compassion 112
Naxalites,The: A Novel 113
Never a Disconnect 113
On the Road to Tarascon 113
One Rotten Apple: And Other Stories 113
Other Lives, Other Fragments 114
Perfectly Untraditional 114
Rajasthani Stories Retold 114
Red Blooms in the Forest 114
Saanvri: The Story of a Concubine 115
Sacred Sorrow of Sparrows,The: A Collection of Lives 115
Science, Sex and Spirituality: A Man’s Searing Journey into the soul of God 115
Silent Realities 115
Strangers on the Shore 116
Stuck Like Lint 116
Tenth Unknown, The 116
Tiger in You 116
Tree with a Thousand Apples,The 117
Trees told me so,The 117
Triolet 117
Triptych, A 117
Uttara Yogi 118
Walking Through Fire 118
Waltz in Happiness 118
Well Met in Cyprus 118
When God went to Hell 119
White Crane, lend me your Wings: A Tibetan Tale of Love and War 119
Windhorse Warrior 119
Wings of Fantasy: A Collection of Stories 119
Without Prejudice: Epic Tale of a Mumbai Bar Dancer 120
Word Thrice Uttered, A: Stories on Life’s Realities 120
You cannot have all the Answers:And Other Stories 120
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Thornbird
English Translation (Fiction)
Ballad of Kaziranga 122

Barbed Wire Fence: Stories of displacement from the Barak Valley of Assam 122
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay: Stories 122
Bipradas: The Man Who Would Walk Alone 122
Blossoms in the Graveyard 123
Born of the Soil 123
Bridge Across the Rivers: Partition Memories From The Two Punjabs 123
Day and Dastan: Two Novellas 123
Denudation, The 124
Durgeshnandini 124
Five Plays: Ritwik Ghatak 124
Gardener, The NEW NEW 124
Girmitiya Saga, The 125
Heroine and other Stories, The 125
Hindi Short Stories: Editor’s Choice NEW 125
Hungry Stones and Other Stories, The 125
I, Anupam NEW 126
In a Foreign Land by Chance 126
Invisible Walls 126
Island of Lost Shadows 126
Jallianwala Bagh: Literary Responses in Prose & Poetry NEW 127
Kasturba Gandhi: A bio-fiction 127
Kayakalpa: The Elixir of Everlasting Youth 127
Laila Ke Khutoot: The Letters of Laila 127
Land Lust NEW 128
Madhukari: Art of Honey-gathering 128
Mai Silently Mother 128
Mandra 128
Moisture Trapped in A Stone: An Anthology of Modern Telugu Short Stories 129
Musk and other Stories.The 129
My Paper Half 129
Ocean of Melancholy: The Tragedy that was Karbala 129
Parineeta the Betrothed 130
Pigeons of the Domes: Stories on Communalism 130
Preeto & Other Stories: The Male Gaze in Urdu NEW 130
Ritwik Ghatak Stories 130
Saakshi: The Witness 131
Saga of Muziris,The 131
Samboli! Beware 131
Second Encounter 131
Seducing the Rain God: A Collection of Short Stories from the North-East 132
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Soiled Clothes 132
Tantu: The Loom of Life 132
Timeless Tales from Bengal: An Anthology of Bangla Children’s and Young Adults’ Stories 132
Two Sisters NEW 133
Vignettes en Route 133
When Arrows were Heated Up: A Tale of Tribal Struggle against British Colonialism 133
Bengali Culture: Over A Thousand Years Non-Fiction 133
Gleanings of the Road Non-Fiction 134
Paper Missile
Non-fiction
Apocalypse Pakistan: An Anatomy of the World’s Most Dangerous Nation’ 136

Archaeoastronomy of a Few, The: Megalithic Sites of Jharkhand 136
Ashray 136
Bonsai Tree, A: An Autobiography 136
Bourbons and Begums of Bhopal, The: The Forgotten History 137
Calendar Too Crowded, A 137
Culture of Indigo in Asia: Plant. Product. Power. 137
Education at the Crossroads 137
GST: Explained for Common Man NEW 138
Hidden Side of the Moon, The: The Musings of a Life Between India and Europe 138
Honest Always Stand Alone, The 138
In Search of a New Afghanistan 138
India Now and in Transition 139
India Since 1947: Looking Back at a Modern Nation 139
India Through the Ages 139
Islam. Pluralism. Nationhood: Legacy of Maulana Azad 139
Lingering Charms: Myth, Lore and History 140
Living Hinduism: Scriptures Philosophy Practices 140
Lost Addresses: A Memoir of India, 1934-1955 140
Nari Bhav: Androgyny and Female Impersonation India 140
Natyacharya Sisir Kumar Bhaduri: Pioneer of Modern Indian Theatre 141
Philosophy of Hinduism, The 141
Philosophy of Rabindranath, The 141
Random Walk in Santiniketan Ashram, A 141
Rereading Tagore 142
Security, Governance and Democratic Rights: Essays on the North-East 142
Sita Returns: Modern India through Her Eyes 142
Socioliterary Cultures in South Asia NEW 142
Trial of Mangal Pandey, The: State Papers 143
World of Religions, The 143
Yatrik: A Journey into Theatrical Art 143
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एम. एफ़. हुसेन कला का कर्मयोगी HB 148
राजस्थान की थाली पौष्टिक, स्वादिष्ट, सरल HB 148
सतर्क रहें! सुरक्षित रहें HB 148
सरिस्का बाघ सं रक्षित क्षेत्र में फिर से गूँजी दहाड़ HB 149
FORTHCOMING TITLES
Gita, The: Mewari Miniature Painting (1680-1698) by Allah Baksh ART 152
Great Mysore Bhagavata,The: Complete Study of a Manuscript
from the BinneyCollection in the San Diego Museum of Art ART 152
Eating with History: Ancient Trade Influenced Cuisines of Kerala COOKERY 152
Delirious City: Polity & Vanity in Urban India URBAN PLANNING/ SATIRE 152
Traditional Indian Handcrafted Textiles
Vol 1 & 2:History, Techniques, Processes, and Designs TEXTILE 153
Breaking Paths: Stories of Women Who Dared FICTION 153
Second Wind: Caught between Paycheck and Passion FICTION 153
Dissevered: Khandita FICTION 153
Story of the Timepiece,The: A Collection of Short Stories FICTION 154
Morarji Desai:A Profile in Courage BIOGRAPHY 154
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108 Vishnu Temples: Architectural Splendour, Spiritual Bliss HB 3

A to Z of 121 Unconventional Management Concepts FB 78
Aamir Khan: Actor Activist Achiever HB 20
Abhishek Bachchan: Style and Substance HB 20
Achyut Kanvinde: Akar HB 3
Act of Becoming, The: Actors Talk HB 88
Ainmanes of Kodagu: Ancestral Homes of Kodagu and their
Socio-cultural Significance FB 3
Ajmer Sharif: Awakening of Sufism in South Asia HB 74
Akriti to Sanskriti: The Journey of Indian Forms HB 7
Aliens in Delhi HB 102
Alipore Bomb Case, The: A Historic Pre-Independence Trial FB 52
All Time Favourite Books & Movies: And Their Epic Journey FB 32
Alluring Kashmir: The Inner Spirit HB 92
Along Deep Lonely Alleys: Baul - Fakir - Dervish of Bengal HB 82
Amitabh Bachchan:Kaleidoscope NEW HB 20
And The Teesta Flows HB 98
Andaman Islands: In Wonderland HB 92
Anglo-Indians, The : A 500-Year History FB 52
Antartica: India’s Journey to the Frozen Continent HB 92
Antartica: India’s Journey to the Frozen Continent (Hindi Version) HB 146
Apocalypse Pakistan: An Anatomy of the World’s Most Dangerous Nation’ FB 136
Archaeoastronomy of a Few, The: Megalithic Sites of Jharkhand HB 136
Architecture of I.M.Kadri, The HB 4
Architecture of Santiniketan: Tagore’s Concept of Space HB 4
Arise Peace to Heal FB 82
Arms & Armour at the Jaipur Court: The Royal Collection HB 52
Art of Bikaner, The PB 7
Artistry of Handwork, The PB 37
Arunachal: Peoples, Arts, and Adornments in India’s Eastern Himalayas HB 93
Aryabhata Clan HB 102
Ashray HB 136
Autumn Raga HB 98
Badal Sircar: Search for a Language of Theater HB 88
Bag, The PB 102
Bakkarwals of Jammu and Kashmir, The: Navigating through Nomadism HB 53
Ballad of Kaziranga PB 122
Balochistan at a Crossroads HB 93
Baluchars: The Woven Narrative Silks of Bengal NEW HB 86
Bangalore: Roots and Beyond HB 93
Bangladesh: The Price of Freedom HB 69
Baramulla Bomber: Science Fiction Espionage Thriller PB 103
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Barbed Wire Fence: Stories of displacement from the Barak Valley of Assam FB 122
Beads of Arunachal Pradesh: Emerging Cultural Context HB 46
Beethoven and Friends HB 65
Belief PB 103
Bengali Culture: Over A Thousand Years Non-Fiction HB 133
Beyond The Himalayas: Journeying through the Silk Route NEW HB 93
Beyond Music: Maestros in Conversation HB 65
Bhopal FB 94
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay: Stories FB 122
Bipradas: The Man Who Would Walk Alone PB 122
Birju Maharaj: The Master Through My Eyes HB 21
Bismillah Khan: The Maestro from Benaras HB 21
Bismillah Khan: The Maestro from Benaras (Hindi Version) HB 147
Block Printed Textiles of India: Imprints of Culture HB 86
Blood, Sweat and Tears FB 103
Blossoms in the Graveyard PB 123
Bodhena’s Adventures in Samsara: A Sannyasin Memoir PB 82
Bombay/Mumbai: Immersions HB 69
Bonsai Tree, A: An Autobiography PB 136
Born of the Soil HB 123
Bourbons and Begums of Bhopal, The: The Forgotten History HB 137
Brahmaputra and the Assam Valley HB 94
Breaking Paths: Stories of Women Who Dared 151 FORTHCOMING
Bridge Across the Rivers: Partition Memories From The Two Punjabs HB 123
Broken Amoretti, The NEW HB 103
Buddhist Paintings of Tun Huang: In the National Museum, New Delhi HB 7
Butterfly Effect, The PB 104
C.F. Andrews: Friend of India PB 21
Calcutta 1940-1970: In the Photographs of Jayant Patel HB 69
Calcutta in the Nineteenth Century: An Archival Exploration FB 53
Calendar Too Crowded, A FB 137
Campaign in India, The HB 53
Case of the Secretive Sister, The PB 104
Chai: The Experience of Indian Tea HB 70
Cheat it All: A Young-Eater’s Guide to Good Food and More FB 35
Chikankari: A Lucknawi Tradition HB 37
Chitra: A Play in One Act NEW PB 90
Chitra Pothi: Illustrated Palm-Leaf Manuscripts from Orissa HB 8
Chittorgarh: The Braveheart of Rajputana FB 46
Chivalry and Romance: Vignettes from Indian History and Bardic Legends HB 53
Churches of India, The FB 50
City in the Making, A: Aspects of Calcutta’s Early Growth HB 54
Claudia PB 104
Close to Events: Works of Bikash Bhattacharjee HB 21
Copper Sky, The PB 104
Cosmic Dance in Stone HB 4
Courtesans of Karim Street, The PB 105
Crafts Atlas of India HB 37
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Crescent Moon, The PB 72
Crown, The PB 90
Culture of Indigo in Asia: Plant. Product. Power. FB 137
Dagars and Dhrupad: Divine Legacy HB 65
Dagars and Dhrupad: Divine Legacy (Hindi version) HB 147
Dance as Yoga: The Spirit and Technique of Odissi HB 40
Dance Theatre of India: Crossing New Aesthetics and Cultures HB 40
Dancing with Kali FB 105
Daniell Comes to Judgement: New and Vintage Daruwalla HB 105
Daniells’ India: Views from the Eighteenth Century HB 8
Darker Dawn, A FB 105
Day and Dastan: Two Novellas HB 123
Decade with Tigers: Supremacy. Solitude. Stripes, A HB 67
Deeg Palace: Its Romance and Wonder FB 46
Delhi: Light, Shades, Shadows FB 47
Delirious City: Polity & Vanity in Urban India FORTHCOMING 150
Denudation, The PB 124
Dissevered: Khandita 151 FORTHCOMING
Design Movement in Tagore’s Santiniketan:
An Experiment in Aestheticism NEW HB 8
Dialogue of Awaara, The: Raj Kapoor’s Immortal Classic FB 32
Dialogue of Mother India, The: Mehboob Khan’s Immortal Classic FB 32
Dilli’s Red Fort: By the Yamuna HB 47
Dilliz Boyz HB 106
Drapham Dzong: Archaeological Excavation of a Himalayan Fortress
in Central Bhutan HB 4
Driftwood, The HB 106
Durgeshnandini PB 124
Eating with History: Ancient Trade Influenced Cuisines of Kerala
FORTHCOMING 150
Education as Freedom: Tagore’s Paradigm HB 43
Education at the Crossroads HB 137
Ekkos Clan, The PB 106
Elizabeth Brunner: Her Life - Her Words HB 22
Embodied Vision: Interpreting the Architecture of Fatehpur Sikri HB 5
Emilie and Subhas: A True Love Story HB 63
Enduring Epics: Indian Art series PB 9
Excelsior: The Story of Wynberg-Allen School HB 62
Excuse Me, Can We Have Our Country Back? FB 60
Faith and Freedom: Gandhi in History HB 54
Fall Winter Collections PB 106
Fatehpur Sikri: Akbar’s Magnificient City on a Hill HB 54
Festivals at the Jaipur Court HB 47
Fida-e-Lucknow: Tales of the City and its People FB 107
Field Marshal KM Cariappa HB 22
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw: The Man and His Times HB 22
Fighting Spirit, A: Selected Writings of Ashoka Gupta HB 23
Filmi Jagat: A Scrapbook Shared Universe of Hindi Cinema HB 33
Fireflies PB 72
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Five Plays: Ritwik Ghatak HB 124
Flavours of Avadh: Journey from the Royal Banquet to the Corner Kitchen HB 35
Flavours of Avadh: Journey from
the Royal Banquet to the Corner Kitchen (Hindi Version) HB 146
Flora of the Southern Western Ghats and Palnis: A Field Guide FB 67
Folk Arts of West Bengal & the Artist Community HB 9
For Honour PB 107
For the Love of a Man NEW FB 107
Forgotten Palaces of Calcutta, The HB 47
Forms of Devotion: The Spiritual in Indian Art Volumes I & II HB 9
Fruit Gathering PB 72
Fugitive,The PB 72
GST: Explained for Common Man NEW PB 138
Gandhi’s Vision: Freedom and Beyond NEW HB 23
Gap-Toothed Banister, The: A Tale of Anglo-India FB 107
Gardener, The NEW PB 124
Girmitiya Saga, The HB 125
Gitagovinda and Odisha HB 48
Gita, The: Mewari Miniature Painting (1680-1698) by Allah Baksh FORTHCOMING 150
Gitanjali PB 73
Gleanings of the Road Non-Fiction PB 134
Glimpses of Bengal: Select Letters 1885-1895 (Letters) PB 63
Great Himalayan National Park, The:
The Struggle to save the Western Himalayas NEW HB 67
Great Houses of Calcutta, The: Their Antecedents, Precedents and Portents FB 48
Great Mysore Bhagavata,The: Complete Study of a Manuscript
from the BinneyCollection in the San Diego Museum of Art FORTHCOMING 150
Guide for Gentlemen Chefs,A FB 35
Gupp & Gossip: From the Hills FB 60
Half a Face FB 108
Half Man: A Novel on the Naxal Movement NEW FB 108
Hampi: Discover the Splendours of Vijayanagar HB 48
Harvest of Ecstasy, A PB 108
Haunted Library, The: Classic Ghost Stories HB 108
Heaven on Earth: The Universe of Kerala’s Guruvayur Temple HB 74
Heroine and other Stories, The PB 125
Hidden Side of the Moon, The: The Musings of a Life Between India and Europe PB 138
Higher than the Everest: Memoirs of a Mountaineer HB 63
Himalayan Cities: Settlement Patterns, Public Places and Architecture HB 5
Hindi Short Stories: Editor’s Choice NEW FB 125
Hindu College Delhi: A People’s Movement HB 62
Hindu Joy of Life HB 74
Hinduism: A Way of Life and a Mode of Thought HB 75
Historic Temples in Pakistan: A Call to Conscience FB 75
Historical Gurdwaras of Delhi FB 48
Historical Gurdwaras of Delhi (Hindi Version) FB 147
Honest Always Stand Alone, The HB 138
Horse Racing in India: A Royal Legacy HB 85
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Hotel Calcutta PB 109
How to Feed Your Child (and enjoy it)!: Fun Recipes for Young Moms FB 36
How to Feed Your Child (and enjoy it)!:
Fun Recipes for Young Moms (Hindi Version) FB 146
Hungry Stones and Other Stories, The FB 125
I, Anupam NEW FB 126
I Believe I Can Fly PB 78
If you can walk, you can dance HB 109
Image-makers of Kumortuli and the Durga Puja Festival FB 38
In a Foreign Land by Chance HB 126
In Crocodile Country PB 109
In Search of a New Afghanistan PB 138
In the Absence of Jagannatha HB 9
In the Shadows: Unknown Craftsmen of Bengal FB 38
In the Shadow of the Devi Kumaon: Of a Land, a People, a Craft HB 38
Incident at Saheb Bagan, The PB 31
India and its Native Princes HB 54
India Now and in Transition HB 139
India Since 1947: Looking Back at a Modern Nation FB 139
India Through the Ages HB 139
Indian Advertising: Laughter and Tears PB 55
Indian Classical Dance: The Renaissance and Beyond HB 40
Indian Classical Dance: The Renaissance and Beyond (Hindi Version) HB 148
Indian National Flag unfurled through Philately, The FB 55
Indian Painting: The Lesser-Known Traditions HB 9
Indian Paintings in the Sarabhai Foundation HB 10
Indian Tibet, Tibetan India: The Cultural Legacy of the Western Himalayas HB 94
India’s Legendary East Coast FB 94
Indira Gandhi: The Final Chapter FB 60
Inner Guidance and the Four Spiritual Gifts PB 78
Inner Recesses Outer Spaces: Memoirs HB 23
Intimacies HB 70
Intriguing India (Compendum of four Books) PB 34
Intriguing India: The Alluring North PB 95
Intriguing India: The Colourful East PB 95
Intriguing India: The Historic South PB 95
Intriguing India: The Vibrant West PB 95
Invisible City: The Hidden Monuments of Delhi HB 49
Invisible Walls FB 126
Is Your Mind Really Yours? Break Free from the Shackles of a Programmed Life PB 79
Islam. Pluralism. Nationhood: Legacy of Maulana Azad HB 139
Island of Lost Shadows PB 126
It Happened Along the Kaveri: A Journey Through Space and Time FB 49
J.P. Das: A Creative Journey HB 23
Jaipur Quilts FB 38
Jallianwala Bagh: Literary Responses in Prose & Poetry NEW HB 127
Jama Masjid: Call of the Soul HB 49
Jama Masjid: Call of the Soul (Hindi Version) HB 46
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Jews and the Indian National Art project HB 9
K.N. Panikkar: The Theatre of Rasa HB 88
Kaavad Tradition of Rajasthan: A Portable Pilgrimage HB 39
Kabulnama PB 96
Kailash and Manosarovar: A Quest Beyond the Himalaya HB 96
Kangra Valley Train, The FB 49
Karan Singh: A Tryst with History HB 23
Kasturba Gandhi: A Bio-fiction NEW HB 127
Kathak: The Dance of Storytellers NEW HB 41
Kathakali Dance-Theatre: A Visual Narrative of Sacred Indian Mime HB 41
Kathmandu Days: The Blight and the Plight HB 109
Kayakalpa: The Elixir of Everlasting Youth HB 127
Khajuraho HB 70
King of the Dark Chamber, The PB 90
Kodaikanal: Vanishing Heritage of an Island in the Sky HB 50
Kumarajiva: The Transcreator of Buddhist Chinese Diction HB 29
Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity HB 75
Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity (Hindi Version) HB 146
Kutiyattam: The Heritage Theatre of India HB 41
Ladakh:The Photo Travelogue PB 99
Laila Ke Khutoot: The Letters of Laila PB 127
Land Lust NEW FB 128
Lata Mangeshkar: In Her Own Voice FB 24
Law of Sexual Harassment At Workplace: Practice & Procedure PB 79
Le Corbusier Rediscovered: Chandigarh and Beyond NEW HB 5
Legend of Krishna in Wall Paintings of Gujarat and Rajasthan,The HB 10
Legend of Kuldhara,The: A Historical Novel Set in Rajasthan PB 110
Legendotes of Hyderabad HB 55
Lepakshi: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting NEW HB 5
Letters of a Mussoorie Merchant FB 55
Light of Asia: Indian Silent Cinema, 1912 - 1934 HB 33
Light Within, The: A Different Vision of Life HB 70
Lingering Charms: Myth, Lore and History PB 140
Living Hinduism: Scriptures Philosophy Practices PB 140
Looking Within: Indian Art Series PB 10
Lost Addresses: A Memoir of India, 1934-1955 HB 140
Lost Legacy, The PB 110
Love and Life in Lucknow: An Imaginary Biography of a City PB 110
Love Song of Maya K, The: And Other Stories PB 110
Lucknow The City of Heritage & Culture: A Walk through History HB 50
Luminous Harmony: Indian Art and Culture HB 11
Lynsdale Raj PB 111
M.F. Husain: A Pictorial Tribute HB 24
M.F. Husain: A Pictorial Tribute (Hindi Version) HB 148
Madhubani Art: Indian Art Series PB 11
Madhukari: Art of Honey-gathering HB 128
Magic Mantras: For Young Adullts to Achieve Success in Life FB 79
Mahabharata: Indian Art Series PB 11
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Mai Silently Mother HB 128
Making Faces: Self and Image Creation in a Himalayan Valley HB 11
Malini PB 91
Manaku of Guler: The Life And Work Of Another Great Indian Painter
from A Small Hill State HB 12
Mandra HB 128
Mapping India HB 30
Maps of Delhi HB 30
Masters of Indian Painting: Vol I: 1100-1650 and Vol II: 1650-1900 HB 12
Meeting Lives HB 111
Megha Meets Vishwakarma: The Story of Indian Crafts HB 31
Melody of a Tear NEW PB 111
Memories of Belonging: Images from the colony and beyond HB 56
Men and Dreams in the Dhauladhar PB 111
Middle Time HB 112
Mohammed Rafi:God’s Own Voice HB 24
Moisture Trapped in A Stone: An Anthology of Modern Telugu Short Stories HB 129
Monsoon Feelings: A History of Emotions in the Rain HB 12
Morarji Desai: A Profile in Courage FORTHCOMING 152
Muhammad Ali Jinnah: A Journey from India to Pakistan NEW HB 24
Murder of a Lady: A Scottish Mystery PB 112
Musk and other Stories.The PB 129
Mussoorie Medley: Tales of Yesteryear FB 50
Musoorie’s Mythistory NEW FB 112
Mutiny Memoirs FB 56
My Days with Ramkinkar Baij HB 25
My Encounter with the Big Cat: And Other Adventures in Ranthambhore HB 68
My Paper Half PB 129
My Red Butterfly: A Passionate Journey of Love Emotions & Compassion HB 112
My Reminisence PB 64
Mystics of the East PB 83
Nainsukh of Guler: A Great Indian Painter from a Small Hill-state HB 12
Nala and Damayanti: A Great Series of Paintings of an Old Indian Romance HB 13
Nari Bhav: Androgyny and Female Impersonation India HB 140
Nationalism PB 43
Native Races of the British Empire,The HB 56
Natyacharya Sisir Kumar Bhaduri: Pioneer of Modern Indian Theatre FB 141
Nawab Sultan Jahan Begam: Ex-Ruler of Bhopal: An Account of My Life PB 56
Naxalites,The: A Novel PB 113
Never a Disconnect HB 113
New Delhi Down the Decades: A Behind-the-lens View of the City FB 96
Nicobar Islands: In Nature’s Kingdom HB 96
Nicholas Roerich: A Quest & A Legacy HB 25
Nicolas Roerich/Ashok Dilwali: Inspired by the Himalayas HB 71
Nilina’s Song:The Life of Naina Devi HB 25
Nirad C Chaudhuri: Many Shades, Many Frames HB 25
North-Western Provinces of India, The: Their History, Ethnology, and Administration HB 57
Nostalgia for Eternity: Journeys in Religion,
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History, and Myth on the Indian Subcontinent HB 83
Notes from a Spanish Diary HB 99
Ocean of Melancholy: The Tragedy that was Karbala PB 129
Odissi: The Dance Divine HB 41
Office Fables: For Today’s Manager FB 79
On the Road to Tarascon PB 113
One Rotten Apple: And Other Stories PB 113
Osho, India and Me: A Tale of Sexual and Spiritual Transformation HB 83
Other Lives, Other Fragments HB 114
PC Sorcar: The Maharaja of Magic HB 26
Pahari Masters: Court Painters of Northern India HB 13
Pahari Paintings: The Horst Metzger Collection in the Museum Rietberg HB 13
Painting and Photography: At the Jaipur Court HB 13
Panchtattvas: The Road Ahead: Volume one & Volume Two HB 71
Parineeta the Betrothed PB 130
Partners in Freedom: Jamia Milia Islamia HB 62
Perfectly Untraditional HB 114
Philosophy of Hinduism, The PB 141
Philosophy of Rabindranath, The PB 141
Picturesque India: A Journey in early Picture Postcards (1896-1947) NEW HB 57
Picturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna, A HB 64
Picturing India: People, Places and the World of the East India Company HB 57
Pigeons of the Domes: Stories on Communalism HB 130
Point of Vanishing, The: A Tale of Truth and Things Imagined PB 83
Post Office,The PB 91
Prakash Padukone Story, The FB 26
Preeto & Other Stories: The Male Gaze in Urdu NEW HB 130
Princely Palaces in New Delhi HB 50
Proceedings of the Indian National Congress: Vol. 1 (1885 - 1889) HB 57
Proceedings of the Indian National Congress: Vol. 2 (1890 - 1894) HB 58
Pull of Pulses Full of Beans FB 36
Quest for Paradise, The: Gardens, past, present and future HB 66
Quest, The: Script of Gautam Ghose’s Film Moner Manush FB 33
Quilts of India: Timeless Textiles HB 39
Rabindranath Tagore: A Pictorial Biography HB 26
Rabindranath Tagore: His World of Art HB 14
Radha: From Gopi to Goddess HB 14
Ragachitra: Deccani Ragamala Paintings HB 14
Raimundo Panikker: A Pilgrim Across Worlds HB 84
Raj Revisited, The HB 14
Rajasthan: Exploring Painted Shekhawati HB 15
Rajasthan on a Platter: Healthy. Tasty. Easy. FB 36
Rajasthan on a Platter: Healthy. Tasty. Easy. (Hindi Version) FB 148
Rajasthani Miniatures:The Magic of Strokes and Colours HB 15
Rajasthani Stories Retold HB 114
Rajput Arms & Armour: The Rathores & Their Armoury at Jodhpur Fort Vol. I & II HB 58
Ramakrishna: His Life and Sayings NEW HB 26
Ramayana, The: Love and Valour in India’s Great Epic HB 15
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Ramayana,The: in Bengali Folk Paintings HB 15
Random Walk in Santiniketan Ashram, A HB 141
Ranga Roopa: Gods. Words. Images. FB 31
Rapture: The Art of Indian Textiles HB 39
Rasa Yatra: A Pilgrimage into the Heart of India HB 16
Ratha Yatra: Chariot Festival of Sri Jagannatha in Puri HB 75
Red Blooms in the Forest PB 114
Red Oleanders PB 91
Religion of Man PB 43
Rereading Tagore HB 142
Rethinking Modernity: Towards Post Rational Architecture HB 6
Reverse Glass Painting In India HB 16
Riding the Himalayas FB 97
Ritwik Ghatak Stories FB 131
Rivers of India HB 51
Rodin and The Dance of Shiva HB 16
Ruskin Bond: The Mussoorie Years HB 27
SRK: 25 Years of a Life HB 33
Saakshi: The Witness HB 131
Saanvri: The Story of a Concubine PB 115
Sacred Sorrow of Sparrows,The: A Collection of Lives HB 115
Sacrifice HB 91
Sadhana: The Realisation of Life PB 44
Saga of Muziris,The HB 131
Samboli! Beware! PB 131
Santa and the Scribes: The Making of Fort Kochi FB 51
Sarat Chandra Bose: Remembering My Father HB 27
Sariska: The Tiger Reserve Roars Again FB 68
Sariska: The Tiger Reserve Roars Again (Hindi Version) FB 149
Sarojini Naidu: Her Way with Words HB 27
Satyadev Dubey: A Fifty-year Journey Through Theatre HB 89
Sayings from the Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagvad Gita
(A Compendium of three Books) HB 34
Sayings from the Bhagvad Gita FB 76
Sayings from the Upanishads FB 76
Sayings from the Vedas FB 76
Science, Sex and Spirituality: A Man’s Searing Journey into the soul of God PB 115
Second Encounter PB 131
Second Wind: Caught between Paycheck and Passion FORTHCOMING 151
Secrets from the Kitchen: Fifty Years of Culinary
Experience at the India International Centre HB 36
Security, Governance and Democratic Rights: Essays on the North-East PB 142
Seducing the Rain God: A Collection of Short Stories from the North-East PB 132
Shades of Kashmir: Landscape. Daily Life. People. Protest HB 97
Sharbari Datta: The Design Diva HB 45
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: From Rebel to Founding Father HB 27
Shiv Kumar Sharma: The Man and his Music HB 28
Silent Realities HB 115
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Simply Do It, Do It Simply FB 80
Sir Padampat Singhania: Man of All Seasons HB 28
Sita Returns: Modern India through Her Eyes PB 142
So Many Journeys HB 42
So Said the Wise FB 84
Socioliterary Cultures in South Asia NEW HB 142
Soiled Clothes HB 132
Songs of Tagore FB 66
Sourav Ganguly: The Maharaja of Cricket HB 28
Spicestory HB 58
Stamp is Born, A FB 58
Story of the Jodhpur Lancers 1885-1952, The NEW HB 59
Story of the Timepiece,The: A Collection of Short Stories FORTHCOMING 152
Strangers on the Shore PB 116
Stray Birds NEW PB 73
Stuck Like Lint PB 116
Sun Temple of Konark,The HB 6
Sunderbans: The Mystic Mangrove HB 68
Suneet Varma HB 45
Sunil Gavaskar: Cricket’s Little Master HB 28
Tagore’s Dance-Drama Omnibus PB 89
Tagore’s Mystique of Dance HB 42
Tagore’s Paintings: Versification in Line HB 16
Tantu:The Loom of Life HB 132
Teasing Questions: Exploring Disconnects in Contemporary India HB 81
Temple Architecture and Art of the Early Chalukyas Badani, Mahakuta,
Aihole, Pattadaka HB 6
Temple Tents for Goddesses in Gujarat, India HB 39
Tenth Unknown, The FB 116
Textiles & Garments: At the Jaipur Court HB 86
Thanjavur: A Cultural history HB 51
Theatre of Bhanu Bharti, The: A New Perspective HB 89
Theatrescapes: Experiencing Rasas HB 89
There are No Gods in North Korea PB 99
Things Indian HB 59
Tibetan Art HB 17
Tiger in You PB 116
Timeless Art: Indian Art Series PB 17
Timeless Tales from Bengal: An Anthology of Bangla
Children’s and Young Adults’ Stories HB 132
Tracing Marco Polo’s Journey: The Silk Route HB 97
Traditional Indian Handcrafted Textiles
Vol 1 & 2:History, Techniques, Processes, and Designs 151
FORTHCOMING
Trails Less Travelled, The: Trekking the Himachal Himalayas PB 97
Treasures: Allahabad Museum FB 17
Treasures: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalay, Mumbai FB 18
Treasures: National Museum, New Delhi FB 18
Treasures: Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad FB 17
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Trees told me so,The PB 117
Tree with a Thousand Apples,The HB 117
Trial of Mangal Pandey, The: State Papers PB 143
Tribal Bengal: Life in the sub-Himalayan Terai Duars
NEW HB 2
Triolet PB 117
Triptych, A FB 117
Two Sisters NEW FB 133
Ujjain: The City of Temples PB 76
Unfolding: Contemporary Indian Textiles HB 87
Uttara Yogi HB 118
Vignettes en Route FB 133
Vijayanagara Empire: Ruins to Resurrection HB 71
Visual Rhapsody HB 18
Volutionism: Artwork and Design HB 18
Walking Through Fire PB 118
Wall Paintings of North and Central Gujarat: A Pictorial Journey HB 19
Waltz in Happiness HB 118
Wanderings Through the Garhwal Himalaya HB 98
Watch Out!: A Handbook for Safe Living PB 80
Well Met in Cyprus HB 119
What A Life: A Kaleidoscope of Rajinder Puri’s Cartoons FB 61
When A Real Lion meets A Real Master HB 84
When Arrows were Heated Up: A Tale of Tribal Struggle against British Colonialism FB 133
When God went to Hell HB 119
Where Gods Reside: Sacred Places of Kolkata NEW FB 77
White and Black: A Journey to the Centre of Imperial Calcutta HB 51
White Crane, lend me your Wings: A Tibetan Tale of Love and War HB 119
Wild Wonders of India HB 68
Windhorse Warrior HB 119
Wings of Fantasy: A Collection of Stories PB 119
Wit and Humour: In Colonial North India HB 61
Wit and Wisdom: Pickings from the Parsee Punch HB 61
Without Prejudice: Epic Tale of a Mumbai Bar Dancer HB 120
Words of the Master ( Compendium of 12 Books) HB 34
Word is Sacred, Sacred is the Word,The: The indian Manuscript Tradition HB 19
Word Thrice Uttered, A: Stories on Life’s Realities PB 120
World of Religions, The PB 143
Woven Textiles of Varanasi HB 87
Yatrik: A Journey into Theatrical Art HB 143
Yoga: Bharat’s Invaluable Gift to the World HB 80
Yoga: The Indian Way HB 80
Yoga Shakti: Awaken Your Own Power HB 81
You Cannot Have All the Answers: And Other Stories PB 120
Zanskar to Ziro: No Stilettos in the Himalayas FB 99
Zohra Segal: ‘Fatty’ HB 29
Zohra Segal: ‘Fatty’ (Hindi Version) HB 147
Zorba the Buddha PB 8
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Life in the Sub-Himalayan Terai Duars
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ANTHROPOLOGY
130gsm Art paper (Matt)
All colour; 338 photographs
Hardback with dust jacket
West Bengal is now home to about 5.3 million tribal people;

they form five per cent of the total tribal population of
India. In the state itself, they comprise 5.80 per cent of the
total population.
Krishnopriyo Bhattacharya has been studying

the tribal affairs of North Bengal for more than
three decades. He is a keen photographer and has
visited most of the tribal communities of Bengal.
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AVEY VARGHESE
108 Vishnu Temples

Architectural Splendour, Spiritual Bliss
978-93-85285-37-0
Single copy: `2,000 / £30 / $40
248 x 248mm; 520pp
130 gsm art paper (matt)
All colour;413 photographs
ARCHITECTURE
2 maps and 110 black and
white photographs
108 Vishnu Temples: Architectural Splendour, Spiritual Bliss

is a pictorial journey into ancient architecture and the art of
temple construction with interesting trivia about 106 Vishnu
temples, collectively known as the 108 Divya Desams amongst
Vaishnavites, more particularly Vaishnavites from South India.
Hailing from a traditional Christian family in

Kerala, Avey Varghese was born and brought
up in Ahmedabad, where he did his schooling.
Tanuja & Sanjay Kanvinde Chinnappa Boverianda & Nanjamma
Achyut Kanvinde Ainmanes of Kodagu

Akar Ancestral Homes of Kodagu and their Socio-Cultural Significance
978-93-85285-60-8
Single copy: `7,000 / £100 / $140 978-93-83098-43-9
Packing and postage extra Single copy: `1,250 / £25 / $40
279 x 279mm; 464pp Packing and postage extra
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All colour; 257 photographs 130 gsm art paper (matt)
8 maps and 276 illustrations All colour; 68 photographs
photographs and 11 maps
Hardback with dust jacket Flexiback
Achyut Kanvinde – Akar is a monograph on the life and This book describes ainmanes, ancestral homes in Kodagu,
works of Achyut Kanvinde, one of the pioneers of Modern which represent the culture of this district of Karnataka in
Architecture in India with a professional career spanning South India. They bear testimony to the strength and vitality of
five decades. the okkas (patrilineal clans) of Kodagu. These ainmanes and the
traditions associated with them continue to play a significant
role in the lives of the people.
Sanjay Kanvinde (left) is an Architect

and Urban Designer by training. Chinnappa (left) and his wife Nanjamma have
A graduate of the University of dedicated themselves to the preservation of the
Bangalore, Tanuja has been mentored language, architecture and culture of the native
by the Modern Masters of the country. communities of Kodagu.
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Kaiwan Mehta Samit Das
Architecture of I.M. Kadri,The Architecture of Santiniketan

Tagore’s Concept of Space
978-93-85285-30-1
Single copy: `2,995 / £45 / $75
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265 x 265mm; 232pp Single copy: `1,495 / £30 / $50
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All colour; 226 colour and 273 x 222mm; 180pp
110 black and white photographs 150 gsm art paper (matt)
Hardback with dust jacket Black and white; 117 photographs
and slipcase Hardback with dust jacket
The book is a critical review of one of India’s most prolific This unique book highlights Rabindranath Tagore’s
architect – I.M. Kadri, who was instrumental in designing and architectural vision through his writings. It is an attempt
building some important landmarks in India and abroad. It to search for the clues hidden in Tagore’s philosophy
is not just a portfolio of the architect’s works but provides a and architecture that will link the past with the present.
detailed analysis about building concepts and architecture in Accompanied by rare photographs, this book showcases
India since Independence. Tagore’s concept of space.
Samit Das specialises in painting, photography,

Kaiwan Mehta, has studied Architecture, Literature, Indian interactive artworks and artists’ books and has a
Aesthetics, and Cultural Studies and is a theorist and critic in deep interest in archiving. He has held several
the fields of visual culture, architecture, and city studies. solo shows.
Ramu KATAKAM Dr Werner Meyer
Cosmic Dance in Stone Drapham Dzong

Archaeological Excavation of a Himalayan Fortress in Central Bhutan
978-81-933935-7-4
978-93-85285-54-7 Single copy: `1,250 / £20 / $29
Single copy: `3,000 / £45 / $60 Packing and postage extra
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150gsm art paper (matt) Black & White; 103 black and white
All colour; 169 photographs photographs & 55 Illustrations
Hardback with dust jacket Hardback with dust jacket
Citing the primordial nature of stone, the book shows This pioneering work presents the results of the first
how designers of the past devised structures that could archaeological project ever undertaken in Bhutan: the
transcend space and time and help us apprehend the nature excavation of Drapham Dzong, a fortress in the Choekhor
of our existence. Valley (Bumthang).
Dr Werner Meyer, a distinguished archaeologist,

Ramu Katakam has been a practicing architect is Professor Emeritus of Medieval Studies at the
for the last 40 years. University of Basel, Switzerland.
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Jaimini Mehta Pratyush Shankar
Embodied Vision Himalayan Cities

Interpreting the Architecture of Fatehpur Sikri Settlement Patterns, Public Places and Architecture
978-93-83098-48-4
Single copy: `1,995 / £35 / $60 978-93-83098-16-3
135 gsm art paper (matt) 228 x 228mm; 216pp
All colour; 71 colour and 150 gsm art paper (matt)
36 black and white photographs All colour; 222 photographs
Delving into a series of representations Fatehpur Sikri has Extensively documented and researched, this book explores the
been subjected to, this book concludes that space is revealed idea of settlements in different areas of the Himalayan region,
to us through perception more than geometry. It emphasises cutting across national boundaries, from Kashmir via Nepal to
the importance of an ‘embodied vision’ in the conceptualising the north-eastern parts of the Indian subcontinent, and their
and development of architecture in tradition-bound and relationship with the landscape.
pre-rational societies.
Jaimini Mehta is a practising architect and an

academician based in Vadodara, India. He is Pratyush Shankar is a practising architect and
Honorary Director of the Centre for the Study Associate Professor at the Faculty of Architecture,
of Urbanism and Architecture. CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India.
Deepika Gandhi & Rajnish Wattas Anna L. Dallapiccola, George Michel

& Brigitte Khan Majlis
Le Corbusier Rediscovered Lepakshi
Chandigarh and Beyond Architecture, Sculpture, Painting
NEW NEW
978-93-85285-85-1
Single copy: `3,000 / £55 / $75 978-93-86906-90-8
297 x 210 mm; 312pp Packing and postage extra
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All colour; 191 photographs and 130 gsm art paper (matt)
38 illustrations All colour; 310 photographs
A commemoration of the legendary architect Le Corbusier Authored by renowned specialists in architecture, painting
and his masterpiece—the city of Chandigarh, featuring essays and textile design, the book, with more than 200 images is
by world-famous architects and urban planners and includes an unrivalled showcase of sixteenth-century Vijayanagara
nearly 250 images, maps and sketches by Le Corbusier himself. architecture and art.
Imke Rajamani is a researcher at the Center for the History of

Emotions at the Max Planck Institute, Berlin. Margrit Pernau
is Senior Researcher at the Center for the History of Emotions
Deepika Gandhi (left) is a faculty at the Max Planck Institute,
member of the Chandigarh College Berlin. Katherine Butler
of Architecture. Rajnish Wattas is Schofield is Senior Lecturer
former principal of the Chandigarh in the Music Department at
College of Architecture. King’s College London.
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Jaimini Mehta ANIL DEY
Rethinking Modernity Sun Temple of Konark, The

Towards Post Rational Architecture
978-93-85285-43-1
978-81-89738-72-3 Single copy: `1,495 / £25 / $40
Packing and postage extra 248 x 178mm; 468pp
254 x 229mm; 156pp 130 gsm art paper (matt)
150 gsm art paper (matt) All colour; 415 photographs
All colour; 140 photographs 2 maps and 19 illustrations
The book argues that the normal historical progression of This is the first book that provides an in-depth analysis of the
architectural thought suffered an epistemological break in Konark Sun Temple’s architecture and construction techniques
the mid-eighteenth century. It is a re-examination of the very and includes detailed and extensive historical information
idea of modernity in architecture, revealing that the contours providing context to the creation of this timeless monument.
of post rational architecture are visible in the works of several
contemporary architects.
Jaimini Mehta is a practising architect and an

academician based in Vadodara, India. He is Anil Dey, an engineer by profession, undertakes
Honorary Director of the Centre for the Study studies on Temples in Odisha which is his
of Urbanism and Architecture. passion and has spent over 60 years in this activity.
George Michell; PHOTOGRAPHS BY SURENDRA KUMAR
Temple Architecture and Art of the Early

Chalukyas: Badami, Mahakuta, Aihole, Pattadakal
978-93-83098-33-0
Single copy: `2,500 / £45 / $75
284 x 220mm; 256pp
The temples of the Early Chalukyas, dating from the 6th to 8th
centuries, are unrivalled in all of India for their comparatively
early date and unusually complete condition, the remarkable
juxtaposition of their different constructional techniques and
building styles and for the sheer beauty of their figural and
decorative carvings.
Architect George Michell (left)

has undertaken documentation and
reasearch projects, most recently
with John M Fritz at Hampi.
Surendra Kumar specialises in
panoramic topographic views.
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Harsha V. Dehejia
Akriti to Sanskriti
The Journey of Indian Forms
978-81-89738-53-2
Single copy: `2,500 / £39 / $85
279 x 216mm; 248pp
ART
This unique tome explores the forms that adorn majestic

monuments as well as common spaces that are pointers to not
only Indian culture, but equally to transcendental knowledge.
A unique analysis and repository of Indian visual forms, it
is a collector’s item and was on the longlist of the Vodafone
Crossword Book Award 2010.
Harsha V. Dehejia is a practising physician and

a widely respected aesthete and art collector. He
has written extensively on Indian art and culture.
MAHAVEER SWAMI Lokesh Chandra & Nirmala Sharma
Art of Bikaner, The Buddhist Paintings of Tun-Huang

Indian Art Series In the National Museum, New Delhi
978-93-83098-73-6 978-81-920912-3-5
Single copy: `1,000 / £17 / $30 Single copy: `2,495 / £45 / $80
Packing and postage extra Packing and postage extra
245 x 210mm; 112pp 311 x 241mm; 280pp
130 gsm art paper (matt) 150 gsm art paper (matt)
All colour; 27 photographs All colour; 144photographs
and 76 illustrations and 9 illustrations
Paperback Hardback with dust jacket
This book features about 60 paintings mostly on handmade This richly illustrated book examines the Tun-Huang Buddhist
paper and some on silk. Executed in Bikaner style, the works cave paintings at the National Museum in New Delhi. The
have clearly been impacted by Mughal traditions. The artist’s scrolls from Tun-huang are the charm of these caverns. Tun-
observations during his sojourns to Kumbh or at Ganga Sagar Huang is the dream child of the Avatamsaka tradition of
Mela or at the famous holy Dargah shrine at Ajmer and the contemplation as it unfolded in Bamiyan.
sketches that were made on site were developed into paintings
later in the studio.
Lokesh Chandra (left) is a renowned

scholar of Tibetan, Mongolian
Mahaveer Swami is one of the finest traditional artists working and Sino-Japanese Buddhism.
in India today. His ethereal colours and exquisite brushwork are Nirmala Sharma is an art historian
combined with unique inner vision and great sensitivity. and professor of Buddhist studies.
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J.P. Das INTRODUCTION BY B.N. Goswamy
Chitra Pothi Daniells’ India

Illustrated Palm-Leaf Manuscripts from Orissa Views from the Eighteenth Century
978-81-89738-06-8 978-93-81523-63-6
Single copy: `950 / £20 / $36 Single copy: `6,000 / £115 / $200
279 x 216mm; 128pp 432 x 305mm; 204pp
All colour; 193 photographs All colour; 95 photographs
The book traces the palm-leaf tradition of Orissa, an important Thomas Daniell and his nephew William travelled across
but little-known art form that flourished along with the Orissan India, painting Oriental Scenery wherever they went. This
tradition of copying ancient text on palm-leaf manuscripts and special book showcases a selection of their work in India. It
illuminating them. presents the India that the Daniells saw, which was far different
from the way it was seen by Indians.
Jagannath Prasad ( JP) Das has dominated the B.N. Goswamy is a distinguished art historian
Odia literary scene for over 40 years. His literary and author of several books on Indian art. The
ouvre comprises poetry, plays, short stories, novel, recipient of many honours, he has taught at
essays and children’s poems. several universities across the world.
Swati Ghosh Raghupati Bhat
Design Movement in Tagore’s Enduring Epics

Santiniketan:An Experiment in Aestheticism Indian Art Series
NEW
978-93-86906-76-2
Single copy: `1,495 / £29 / $40 978-93-83098-44-6
226x 178mm; 256pp Packing and postage extra
and 140 illustrations All colour; 104 photographs
Hardback with dust jacket Paperback
Set in a rich cultural landscape, this book chronicles the Featuring under the Indian Art Series, this book traces the
evolution of hand-drawn designs across nations, cultures, recreations of mythological narratives through contemporary
and time. It narrates through sketches and photographs, art forms. The artist’s fascination with nature comes through
the transformative journey of Bengal’s traditional alpanas in compositions featuring layered imagery—flora and fauna,
from a folk art to a symbol of cultural identity and upholds the sun and the moon, and other cosmic symbols alongside
Rabindranath Tagore’s creative and constructive role in mythological characters.
bringing about this change.
Raghupati Bhat has mastered the art of painting

Teacher, researcher and writer, Swati Ghosh is metaphysical themes in stick figures with sharp
the author of numerous articles, and is an expert pointed features. He is credited with the revival
in translation and transcription. of Mysore Ganjifa paintings.
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Tarapada Santra Sushma K. Bahl
Folk Arts of West Bengal Forms of Devotion

and the Artist Community The Spiritual in Indian Art
978-93-83098-82-8
Single copy: `9,995 / £175 / $300
978-81-89738-95-2
Single copy: `795 / £14.99 / $27
279 x 216mm; 1,136pp
150 gsm art paper (matt),
216 x 178mm; 264pp
Black and white;149 photographs
and slipcase
and 42 illustrations
This first ever English translation of Tarapada Santra’s work This double-volume reflects the diversity and depth of Indian
introduces the reader to the rural lifestyle of Bengal and its art from varied perspectives and aesthetics. It examines the
many traditional forms of folk arts, which are bound to draw connection between art and various spiritual ideologies and
the interest of researchers and art-lovers all over the world. This living traditions as they continue to be practiced and celebrated
book is an eloquent testimony to the author’s committed quest or questioned by hundreds of artists.
for indigenous efforts.
Sushma K Bahl, MBE, former head of Arts

Tarapada Santra devoted his life to the discovery of the rich & Culture for the British Council India, is an
heritage of art in rural Bengal, evolving a unique system of independent arts adviser, writer and curator who
field research. organises cultural projects internationally.
Eberhard Fischer & Dinanath Pathy Edited by Anna L. Dallapiccola
In the Absence of Jagannatha Indian Painting

The Lesser-Known Traditions
978-81-89738-81-5
978-93-81523-34-6 Single copy: `2,495 / £39 / $85
All colour; 167 photographs and 3 maps
This book documents in its first part all known samples of India has an astonishingly rich variety of painting traditions.
anasara pati paintings, that is, annually produced pictures on A collection of papers on the proceedings of the conference
cloth. These serve as temporary replacements for the then ‘Indian Painting: The Lesser-Known Traditions’ held in
absent wooden icons in the temples of Lord Jagannatha in Puri Houston in 2008, this book covers works ranging from the late
and South Orissa. The second part reconstructs the history of 17th century to the present.
anasara pictures.
Eberhard Fischer (left) is an art

historian and cultural anthropologist. Anna L. Dallapiccola, Professor of Indian Art at
Dinanath Pathy (in picture) is a the South Asia Institute of Heidelberg University,
contemporary painter, art historian was closely involved in the Vijayanagara Research
and creative writer. Project.
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B.N. Goswamy EDITED BY Kenneth X. Robbins & Marvin Tokayer
Indian Paintings in the Jews and the Indian National Art

Sarabhai Foundation Project
978-81-86980-28-6 978-93-83098-54-5
130 gsm art paper (matt) All colour;171 colour and
All colour; 201 photographs 148 black and white photographs
The little-known paintings in this volume once belonged A book on the roles of foreign and Indian Jews in the Indian
to the Sarabhai family. These collected works reflect great national art project that raises issues such as: Does the term
discrimination and aesthetic sensibility. This remarkable ‘Indian artist’ apply to any artist born into an Indian family?
collection offers a well-rounded view of the broad historical Is a piece of work ‘Indian art’ because of its subject matter or
development of Indian painting. its style?
Marvin Tokayer (in picture) has

authored more than 20 Japanese
B.N. Goswamy is a distinguished art historian books on Judaica. Kenneth X.
and author of several books on Indian art. The Robbins is a psychiatrist, collector
recipient of many honours, he has taught at and independent scholar on
several universities across the world. South Asia.
Pradip Zaveri Shobha Broota
Legend of Krishna in Wall Paintings Looking Within

of Gujarat and Rajasthan,The Indian Art Series
978-93-86906-49-6
Single copy: `3,000 / £50 / $70 978-93-83098-46-0
Packing and postage extra Single copy: `800 / £14 / $25
240 x 200mm; 460pp 243 x 210mm; 60pp
The Legend of Krishna in Wall Paintings of Gujarat and Rajasthan This book delineates the soul-searching of Shobha Broota,
is a comprehensive documentation of the Krishna theme in its through a series of pastels on paper and acrylic and oil on
historical and cultural context in an art form that is now on canvas. The cosmic world and natural elements pulsating with
the verge of extinction. It includes paintings that illustrate the organic energy, water, air and space, appear in her compositions
deeds of Vishnu and his other avataras. entailing repetitive patterns in molecular formations.
Pradip Zaveri has always been interested in

various art forms, especially Indian paintings. His A recipient of the AIFACS and Sahitya Kala
passion for travelling and photography led him to Parishad awards, Shobha Broota’s work is
the interiors of Rajasthan where wall paintings displayed in important private and public
are found in abundance collections in India and abroad.
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Utpal K. Banerjee BHARTI DAYAL
Luminous Harmony Madhubani Art

Indian Art and Culture Indian Art Series
978-81-89738-93-8 978-93-85285-08-0
Single copy:`2,495 / £39 / $83 Single copy: `1,000 / £17 / $30
279 x 216mm; 232pp 245 x 210mm; 112pp
150 gsm art paper (matt) 130gsm Art paper (matt)
All colour; 123 photographs All colour, 75 photographs
A well-researched book on the universal resonance in Indian Experience the rich tapestry of folk art and colour in the
art and culture, covering the grand Indian heritage by providing Madhubani paintings by the artist who assimilates newer
an overview of the visual and performing arts. Votive traditions imagery with folk imprints which is another feature that gives
are also taken up, followed by an inquiry into traditions and a contemporary touch to the traditional art form. With over 70
rituals. photographs of Madhubani paintings the book is a must-buy
for art enthusiasts.
Utpal K. Banerjee writes on the arts and culture

and is a regular contributor on cultural and Bharti Dayal’s work in the field of Madhubani
professional programmes to BBC, All India Art has been exhibited in numerous shows across
Radio and Indian television. India and also internationally.
GIAMPAOLO TOMASSETTI; TEXT BY KRISHNA DHARMA Alka Hingorani
Mahabharata Making Faces

Indian Art Series Self and Image Creation in a Himalayan Valley
978-93-85285-14-1
Single copy: `1,200 / £20 / $35 978-93-83098-01-9
130gsm art paper (matt) 202 x 229mm; 160pp
43 colour photographs and 130 gsm art paper (matt)
9 black and white Illustrations All colour; 138 photographs
Experience the story of Mahabharata unfold through This book is an original and evocative account, superbly
the exquisite paintings of an Italian artist. With over 43 illustrated, of the various phases in the lifecycle of a mohra, at
colour photographs and 9 illustrations, the book provides different times a religious icon, an art object, and a repository
comprehensive texts accompanying the paintings, describing of material wealth in an otherwise subsistence economy. It will
the particular image captured in it. be welcomed by scholars and students of anthropology, material
culture, religion, art history, and South Asian studies.
Giampaolo Tomassetti worked on the Alka Hingorani is an independent scholar whose

Mahabharata project for the last twelve years. interests in Indian art lie geographically in the
Krishna Dharma is the author of a number of lower Himalayas and thematically in issues of
English retellings of ancient Indian classics. aesthetics and identity.
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B.N. Goswamy Milo C. Beach, Eberhard Fischer & B.N. Goswamy
Manaku of Guler Masters of Indian Painting

The Life And Work Of Another Great Indian Painter From Vol. I: 1100-1650 and Vol. II: 1650-1900
A Small Hill State
978-93-83098-68-2
978-93-85285-82-0 Single copy: `10,000 / £175 / $300
Packing and postage extra 300 x 229mm
300 x 225 mm; 512pp 2 volumes; 840pp
Galgo 120 Glode ultra white 150 gsm art paper (matt)
All colour; 565 colour and All colour; 682 photographs
80 black and white photographs Hardback with dust jacket
Hardback with dust jacket and Slipcase
A work of an art historian who has ferreted out, from a virtually This beautifully illustrated two-volume set is the most
anonymous tradition, information on individual painters, and, comprehensive survey of Indian painting that the West has ever
after bringing them out of obscurity, has been writing on them seen. Spanning 800 years and including some 600 artworks
with rare insights and warmth. by more than 40 artists, it dispels the notion of anonymity in
Indian art.
Milo Beach is former director of

the Freer and Sackler Galleries,
Washington, DC. Eberhard Fischer
(left) is former director of the
B.N. Goswamy, distinguished art historian, is Museum Rietberg, Zurich. B.N.
Professor Emeritus of Art History at the Panjab Goswamy is professor emeritus
University, Chandigarh whose work covers a wide of art history at the Panjab
range in the area of Indian painting, University, Chandigarh.
Edited by Imke Rajamani, Margrit Pernau B.N. Goswamy

Katherine Butler Schofield
Monsoon Feelings Nainsukh of Guler
A History of Emotions in the Rain A Great Indian Painter from a Small Hill-state
978-93-86906-47-2 978-81-89738-76-1
226 x 190mm; 480pp 300 x 229mm; 304pp
Through a series of evocative essays exploring rain-drenched This book is perhaps the first ever to appear on a traditional
worlds of poetry, songs, paintings, architecture, films, gardens, painter of the past in India. The result of painstaking research,
festivals, music, and medicine, this lavishly illustrated collection the author has brought together all of Nainsukh’s known or
examines the history of monsoon feelings in South Asia from ascribable oeuvre. It received a Certificate of Merit ( Jacket,
the twelfth century to the present. English category) for Excellence in Book Production 2011
from the Federation of Indian Publishers.
Imke Rajamani is a researcher at the Center for the History of
Emotions at the Max Planck Institute, Berlin. Margrit Pernau
is Senior Researcher at the Center for the History of Emotions
at the Max Planck Institute,
Berlin. Katherine Butler B.N. Goswamy, distinguished art historian, is
Schofield is Senior Lecturer Professor Emeritus of Art History at the Panjab
in the Music Department at University, Chandigarh whose work covers a wide
King’s College London. range in the area of Indian painting,
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B.N. Goswamy B.N. Goswamy & Eberhard Fischer
Nala and Damayanti Pahari Masters

A Great Series of Paintings of an Old Indian Romance Court Painters of Northern India
978-93-83098-89-7 978-81-89738-46-4
293 x 230mm; 264 pp 292 x 229mm; 392pp
Three things come together in this series of paintings: a great The book challenges the popular notion of the Pahari painter
text, a delectable old romance, and the work of one of the most being an anonymous craftsman plying predetermined strokes.
talented families of painters known to Indian art. The text is the When first published in German, it was widely acclaimed and
12th century Naishadhacharita of Sriharsha; the story centres has come to occupy the status of a classic.
around the intense love that grew between King Nala and
Princess Damayanti; and the painter family comes from Guler.
B.N. Goswamy (left) is a

B.N. Goswamy, distinguished art historian, is distinguished art historian and
Professor Emeritus of Art History at the Panjab author of several books on Indian art.
University, Chandigarh whose work covers a wide Eberhard Fischer is an art historian
range in the area of Indian painting, and cultural anthropologist.
B.N. Goswamy & Eberhard Fischer GILES TILLOTSON & MRINALINI VENKATESWARAN
Pahari Paintings Painting & Photography

The Horst Metzger Collection in the Museum Rietberg At the Jaipur Court
978-93-85285-24-0
978-93-85285-72-1 Single copy: `4,000 / £45 / $75
294 x 246 mm; 112pp All colour; 169 colour and
175 gsm Art Paper (matt) 120 black and white photographs
All colour; 106 photographs Hardback with dust jacket
The book features 60 chosen works from Horst Metzer’s An initiative of the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum,
collection at the Museum Rietberg, which depict the alluring Jaipur, the book showcases a range of exquisite paintings
charm of these Rajput paintings from the hill states of India. and photographs from the royal collection of the Museum,
Revealing the enchanting beauty and multifaceted nature supported with specially commissioned essays on painting
of this rare and priceless collection, this work showcases the and photography at the Jaipur Court.
aesthetic sensibility of Pahari paintings.
Giles Tillotson is Consultant

B.N. Goswamy (left) is a Director at the Maharaja Sawai
distinguished art historian and Man Singh II Museum, Jaipur.
author of several books on Indian art. Mrinalini Venkateswaran is Projects
Eberhard Fischer is an art historian Head, Eka Archiving Services,
and cultural anthropologist. New Delhi.
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Supriya Roy & Sushobhan Adhikary Edited by Harsha V. Dehejia
Rabindranath Tagore Radha

His World of Art From Gopi to Goddess
978-93-83098-12-5 978-93-83098-06-4
273 x 222mm; 276pp 297 x 210mm; 260pp
There has hardly been a member in Rabindranath Tagore’s In tracing the evolution of Radha, the book takes the
family who has not shown some signs of brilliance in the fields reader through cultural divides, political dynasties and
of art, literature, the performing arts, philosophy or religion. philosophical debates. It portrays in poetry and painting,
This book traces these and other influences on Tagore’s diverse dance and drama, sculpture and icon, songs and stories how
art activities. Radha occupies a special place in sociology and psychology,
aesthetics and theology.
Supriya Roy (left), librarian and

archivist, has worked in Rabindra- Harsha V. Dehejia is a practising physician
Bhavana, the Tagore Archives and and a widely respected aesthete and art
Visva-Bharati. Sushobhan Adhikary collector. He has written extensively on
is an artist, art historian and restorer. Indian art and culture.
Dr Daljeet Pran Nevile
Ragachitra Raj Revisited, The

Deccani Ragamala Paintings
978-93-83098-27-9 978-93-81523-28-5
Single copy: `1,995 / £35 / $60 Single copy: `1,495 / £28.99 / $50
216 x 178mm; 270pp 297 x 210mm; 160pp
A set of 44 unpublished ragamala paintings of Bijapur rendered The magnificent collection of paintings in this book showcases
in the Deccan style, in possession of the National Museum, the variety of subjects depicted by the artists, ranging from
Delhi, since 1989, have been presented in this book. The elaborate festivals and celebrations to the luxurious lifestyle
paintings stand apart in their vibrant visual appeal, depth and of the Nawabs and also exquisite portraits of Indian women.
range of content and in the perfect symphony created between A vibrant narrative blends with the rich imagery to create a
art and music. wonderful tableau of a bygone era.
Art historian and archaeologist, former curator

and head of the Department of Painting in the
National Museum, New Delhi, Dr Daljeet is Pran Nevile, former diplomat and UN advisor,
now Consultant, Sports Authority of India (SAI), has been engaged in the study of the social and
New Delhi, engaged in its museum project. cultural history of India for several years.
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Ilay Cooper Dr daljeet
Rajasthan Rajasthani Miniatures

Exploring Painted Shekhawati The Magic of Strokes and Colours
978-93-83098-21-7 978-93-86906-26-7
292 x 216mm; 294pp 292 x 228mm; 392pp
and 3 maps Hardback with dust jacket
Cycling into desert Rajasthan, Ilay Cooper is amazed by its This book reflects the uniqueness of Rajasthani art, where
wealth of brightly painted buildings. He settles in Shekhawati, shades and strokes come together in what almost appears as
makes friends and, exploring, becomes the authority on those adivine interplay to create magic.
murals. This book presents a unique collection of photographs
of the Shekhawati region collected over forty years.
Art historian and archaeologist, former curator

Ilay Cooper has written many articles for Indian and head of the Department of Painting in the
and British periodicals, five academic papers and National Museum, New Delhi, Dr Daljeet is
five books. He has also lectured widely on South now Consultant, Sports Authority of India (SAI),
Asian murals. New Delhi, engaged in its museum project.
J.P. Losty Mandakranta Bose
Ramayana, The Ramayana, The

Love and Valour in India’s Great Epic In Bengali Folk Paintings
978-81-89738-34-1 978-93-85285-55-4
Single copy: `895 Single copy: `795 / £12.99 / $20
241 x 276mm; 160pp 230 x 150mm; 140pp
170 gsm art paper (matt) 150gsm art paper (matt)
All colour; 141 illustrations All colour; 93 illustrations
The illustrated Ramayana commissioned by Rana Jagat Singh The book comes from a systematic and determined research
of Rajasthan between 1649 and 1653 is among the greatest of from a noted Sanskrit scholar and discusses the painting
seventeenth-century Indian manuscripts. Nearly one 130 of the tradition of, the depiction of the Ramayana in patacitra, its role
paintings are presented in book form for the first time. in Bengal and the history of the patuas.
Mandakranta Bose is Emeritus Professor and

J.P. Losty was curator of Indian visual materials in the Asian Director of the Centre for India and South Asia
department of the British Library for 34 years. He has Research at the University of British Columbia,
published extensively on illustrated Indian manuscripts. Vancouver.
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Param p. Tomanec ANNA L. DALLAPICCOLA
Rasa Yatra Reverse Glass Painting In India

A Pilgrimage into the Heart of India
978-93-85285-34-9
Single copy: `1,495 / £24 / $30
978-93-83098-74-3 Packing and postage extra
Single copy: `1,000 / £17 / $30 228 x 228 mm; 252pp
Packing and postage extra 150gsm Art Paper (matt)
245 x 210mm; 128pp All colour; 361 colour and
130 gsm paper (matt) 49 black and white photographs
Paperback and slipcase
This book has about 50 carefully framed photographs in the Reverse glass painting is a fascinating yet comparatively
collection featuring some amazing portraits of people, pilgrims unknown facet of Indian art that flourished in the mid-
and priests beside pristine sites, in engaging situations, or 19th century.
behind the scenes. The collection discovers the vibrant spiritual
culture of India.
Based in a monastic community, Anna L. Dallapiccola, Professor of Indian

Param P. Tomanec’s works belong to the Art at the South Asia Institute of Heidelberg
permanent collection of the Museum of University, was closely involved in the
Sacred Art in Belgium and in private collections. Vijayanagara Research Project.
EDITED BY KATIA LÉGERET-MANOCHHAYA Sovon Som
Rodin and the Dance of Shiva Tagore’s Paintings

Versification in Line
978-93-85285-15-8 978-81-89738-94-5
225 x 190mm; 148pp 267 x 216mm; 96pp
130gsm art paper (matt) 150 gsm art paper (matt)
All colour; 23 colour and All colour; 24 photographs
38 black and white photographs and 79 paintings
Supported with rare, unseen photographs contributed to Rabindranath Tagore’s experiments with ink and colour come
this publication by the Rodin Museum, the book provides alive in this book. It shows how he gradually moved from
an in-depth analysis of Rodin’s works. With essays by both diagrammatic abstract forms, creating curves and loops, moving
French and Indian scholars, the book aims to bring us a new in search of recognisable bodies, towards figuration.
international vision of Rodin’s work.
Besides being an internationally acclaimed art

Katia Légeret-Manochhaya is Professor of critic, Sovon Som was a painter, poet, essayist,
Aesthetics and Art Theory in the Department curator, musicologist, scriptwriter and the first
of Theatre at Paris 8 University. critic to study Tagore’s paintings.
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Lokesh Chandra Poosapati Parameshwar RajU
Tibetan Art Timeless Art

Indian Art Series
978-81-89738-30-3 978-93-83098-45-3
Single copy: `2,495 / £45 / $85 Single copy:`1,000 / £17 / $30
311 x 241mm; 216pp 245 x 210mm; 120pp
The rich artistic heritage of Tibet reveals the depths of This book explores the dextrous fusing of the world of
meditations of great Masters, translated into the majestic words and images in the calligraphy-inspired artwork of
abundance of iconic symbols. This book provides a glimpse Poosapati Parameshwar Raju. In an abstract oeuvre with just
of the richness of this art and the land where it flourished. a few minimalist strokes, the calligrapher, artist, designer and
researcher is able to portray a wide spectrum of icons, epics,
mythology and characters.
Lokesh Chandra is an internationally renowned Poosapati Parameshwar Raju uses various tools andnibs to
scholar of Tibetan, Mongolian and Sino-Japanese compose his alphabets into works of fine art. He is also engaged
Buddhism. A prolific writer, he has to his credit with documentation of indigenous and contemporary pictorial
580 works. processes.
Treasures Treasures
Allahabad Museum Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad
978-81-926939-5-8 978-93-83098-26-2
Single copy: `995 / £16.99 / $30 Single copy: `995 / £16.99 / $30
237 x 174 mm; 192pp 237 x 174mm; 140pp
Flexiback Flexiback
The book highlights the rich and diversified collection of art, This book highlights the treasures of the extraordinary personal
antiquities, paintings, sculpture, coins, ceramics, arms and collection of the Salar Jung family. It focuses on sculptures of
armour, personalia collections pertaining to Gandhi, Nehru and the Andhra region; paintings of the medieval period; ceramic
literary personalities of Allahabad. from China and Japan and furniture and household collections
of the family.
Initiated by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Initiated by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
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Treasures Treasures
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai National Museum, New Delhi
978-93-83098-25-5 978-93-83098-80-4
237 x 174mm; 220pp 237 x 174mm; 208pp
Flexiback Flexiback
This volume highlights the treasures of Mumbai’s Chhatrapati This volume highlights the treasures of the National Museum,
Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, which houses a collection New Delhi. The museum has over 210,000 works of art
of approximately 60,000 art objects. The three sections feature representing 5,000 years of Indian art and craftsmanship. The
Indus Valley artefacts, relics from the Maurya and Gupta collection includes sculptures in stone, bronze, terracotta and
period and almost every school of miniature painting. wood, miniature paintings and manuscripts, coins, arms and
armour, jewellery and anthropological objects.
Initiated by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Initiated by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
Edited by Debashis Chanda Anisha Burman & Leslie K. Mwambazi
Visual Rhapsody Volutionism

Artwork and Designs
978-93-83098-41-5
Single copy: `3,500 / £60 / $105
Single copy: `700 / £15.99 / $23 330 x 241mm; 118pp
Packing and postage extra 130 gsm Rendezvous Super
279 x 210mm; 144pp White paper
150 gsm art paper (matt) All colour; 77 illustrations
Black and white; 97 drawings/paintings Hardback with dust jacket
A collection of poems, drawings and paintings by trail-blazing One of the few books of original art work published in India.
Bengali artists, both past and present, this book captures the Volutionism, the lost language of the inner self, transports the
essence of the art of Bengal in poetic and visual format. A reader to the strange and yet surprisingly familiar world of
bilingual publication in Bengali and English. geometry, colour and symmetry. The artists have intended this
book to intrigue as well as challenge in equal measure.
Anisha Burman (left) has studied

film and broadcasting, creative
writing, marketing, fashion designing
Poet and art critic Debashis Chanda is a journalist by and art. Music and painting are part
profession. He writes on the arts as well as on various cultural of Leslie K. Mwambazi’s diverse
issues and has also edited a literary magazine, Aneeshwar. interests.
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Pradip Zaveri B.N. GOSWAMY
Wall Paintings of North Word is Sacred, Sacred is the Word, The

and CentralGujarat: A Pictorial Journey The Indian Manuscript Tradition
978-93-83098-60-6 978-81-89738-22-8
279 x 216mm; 248pp 279 x 216mm; 204pp
A pictorial record of an art form that is now almost completely This book demonstrates the wealth and diversity of India’s
extinct. The paintings not only portray various mythological manuscript traditions and presents India as a multicultural
situations and instances from local folk tales but even daily society with a high regard for knowledge. It received the
chores and images from nature. Culled from temples, mansions, Best Book Award, 2007, in the Reference Category from the
havelis and houses, these paintings are artifacts of great socio- Federation of Indian Publishers.
historical importance.
Pradip Zaveri, with vast experience in the B.N. Goswamy is a distinguished art historian
polyethylene processing industry, has always been and author of several books on Indian art. The
interested in various art forms, especially Indian recipient of many honours, he has taught at
paintings. several universities across the world.
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Pradeep Chandra
Aamir Khan
Actor, Activist, Achiever
978-93-83098-29-3
Single copy: `1,500 / £25 / $45
267 x 216mm; 272pp
BIOGRAPHY
A unique pictorial biography on Aamir Khan that provides an

all-round perspective of the multifaceted person, this book is
the author’s tribute to the superstar and the man behind it. It
contains essays by eminent guest writers such as Rajat Sharma,
Rauf Ahmed, Mayank Shekhar and others.
Pradeep Chandra is a photographer and painter

who has worked with leading publications. He
has participated in art camps and group shows in
India and abroad.
PRADEEP CHANDRA PRADEEP CHANDRA & Vikas Chandra Sinha
Abhishek Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan

Style & Substance Kaleidoscope
NEW
978-93-85285-29-5 978-93-86906-94-6
267 x 216 mm; 180pp 242mm x 178mm; 408pp
150gsm art Paper (matt) 130gsm Art paper (Matt)
This special pictorial biography, with rare photographs, brings Amitabh Bachchan: A Kaleidoscope gives us an up-close view of
to life the many facets of the actor, highlighting the different the life and work of one of the greatest living legends, Amitabh
roles he plays. The book is full of interesting anecdotes about Bachchan, or Big B as he is fondly called. Filled with personal
his personal and professional life and has an exclusive listing of anecdotes from Bachchan himself and never-seen-before
all Abhishek Bachchan’s films. photographs and sketches make this book every movie lover’s
collectable.
Pradeep Chandra is a photographer and painter Pradeep Chandra is a photographer and painter
who has worked with leading publications. He who has worked with leading publications. He
has participated in art camps and group shows in has participated in art camps and group shows in
India and abroad. India and abroad.
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BIOGRAPHY
Saswati Sen Juhi Sinha
Birju Maharaj Bismillah Khan

The Master Through My Eyes The Maestro from Benaras
978-93-81523-82-7
Single copy: `995 / £20 / $35 978-81-89738-91-4
Packing and postage extra Single copy: `795 / £16.99 / $27
Pandit Birju Maharaj is an unmatched Kathak dancer, a superb An insightful look into the muse and music of one of the
vocalist, a generous teacher, an imaginative painter, a player of greatest artists produced by India. The book follows Bismillah
several musical instruments and an unassuming, simple human Khan as he grows from child to man, pupil to legend. It traces
being. This book is a dedication by his student. his journey from the small town of Dumraon to Benaras and
thence to the world.
Saswati Sen is a foremost disciple of the Juhi Sinha is a filmmaker and author who runs
maestro Pandit Birju Maharaj. She stands tall her own production house. She has written
among her contemporaries in the way she has for children, as well as several short stories for
embellished Kathak. general readership.
Nicol Macnicol; EDITED by Mushirul Hasan Manasij Majumder
C.F. Andrews Close to Events

Friend of India Works of Bikash Bhattacharjee
978-93-81523-77-3 978-81-89738-24-2
Single copy: `150 / £4.99 / $6 Single copy: `2,000 / £39 / $67
185 x 125mm; 100pp 311 x 241mm; 250pp
Book print paper 170 gsm art paper (matt)
Black and white All colour; 235 photographs
Written in 1944, this little book is a survey and estimate of CF This book deals with Bikash Bhattacharjee’s early life in an
Andrews’ life and work in the nearly 40 years he lived in India. old North Calcutta locality and the urban social ambience that
Mushirul Hasan’s introduction provides the context within shaped his creative personality. It also analyses the technical and
which contemporary readers can understand the relevance of stylistic development of art with detailed exposition of some of
CF Andrews’ relationship with India. the themes and subjects in the major series of his paintings.
Internationally known historian, Late Manasij Majumder is a well-known name in

Mushirul Hasan, had served as Vice Chancellor, the field of art writing in India. After retiring
Jamia Millia Islamia and Director-General, as Reader in English, he continues writing,
National Archives of India. including studies of major artists.
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BIOGRAPHY
Edited by Imre LÁzÁr Air Marshal K.C. Cariappa (retd)
Elizabeth Brunner Field Marshal KM Cariappa

Her Life—Her Words
978-81-89738-92-1 978-81-89738-26-6
280 x 216mm; 358pp 275 x 210mm; 200pp
A delightful collection of stories written by the Hungarian Field Marshal KM Cariappa was the first Indian Brigadier
artist, Elizabeth Sass Brunner, who came to India in 1930 along and the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. With a strong
with her mother and made it her home. The book contains her visual narrative comprising archival matter, the book is a
experiences in this country, rare photographs and beautiful moving tribute by his son who regrets that he was unable
paintings that the Brunners created. to spend more time with his father.
Dr Imre Lázár is a scholar of international Air Marshal K.C. Cariappa (retd) was
studies and a specialist in cultural diplomacy. He commissioned into the Indian Air Force in
has curated seven exhibitions of the Brunners, 1957. He has been awarded the Vayu Sena
including a centenary retrospective. Medal for gallantry.
Brigadier Behram M. Panthaki (Retd) & Compiled and edited by Sarmistha Dutta Gupta &
Zenobia Panthaki Narayani Gupta
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw Fighting Spirit, A

The Man and His Times Selected Writings of Ashoka Gupta
978-93-83098-30-9 978-93-81523-65-0
Single copy: `1,495 / £25 / $45 Single copy: `595 / £14.99 / $20
273 x 210mm; 214pp 235 x 150mm; 192pp
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw was Chief of the Indian Till the last day of her life, Ashoka Gupta was a dynamo who
Army from 1969 to 1973. This book is an anecdotal account generated exhilaration and energy in those around her. This
of a charismatic military leader who changed the map of the book captures her personality through her own writings and
subcontinent. Photographs, citations, notes and personal through the recollections of others. The earliest piece by her
correspondence makes this a treasure to read. was published in 1945, the last written in 2004.
The assignment Brigadier

Behram M. Panthaki (left) values
most is as Aide-de-Camp to Sam Sarmistha Dutta Gupta is a literary translator and an activist
Manekshaw. Zenobia Panthaki is a of the women’s movement. Narayani Gupta, Ashoka Gupta’s
close associate of the Manekshaws. daughter-in-law, is a retired professor of history.
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BIOGRAPHY
Aparna Basu Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Gandhi’s Vision Inner Recesses Outer Spaces

Freedom and Beyond Memoirs
NEW
978-93-85285-93-6 978-93-83098-39-2
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216x 216mm; 280pp 230 x 150mm; 424pp
130gsm Art paper (Matt) 90 gsm art paper (matt)
Black & White 193 photographs Black and white
Gandhi’s Vision: Freedom and Beyond presents some glimpses Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay has a subtle style of expression,
from Gandhi’s life: how he adopted non-violence as a potent and in this book she chronicles the tumultuous events of her
tool in his quest for the ‘truth force’ and led the path to personal and national life with intensity and humour. The book
India’s independence. filters an exquisite light on the personality of the author, with
her deep commitment to human dignity.
Late Dr Aparna Basu was the Chairperson of the

National Gandhi Museum, Raj Ghat, New Delhi.
Formerly a Professor of History at University of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay was an Indian
Delhi, Dr Basu obtained her BA and PhD from social reformer and freedom fighter. She is most
the University of Cambridge, UK, and her MA remembered for her contribution to the Indian
from George Washington University. independence movement.
Ganeswar Mishra; translated by Bikram K. Das Foreword: Dr Manmohan Singh
J.P. Das Karan Singh

A Creative Journey A Tryst with History
978-93-85285-10-3 978-81-90193-69-6
229 x 152mm; 148pp 286 x 239mm; 144pp
Black and white; 89 photographs All colour; 131 photographs
This book is about the talented JP Das who has dominated Dr Karan Singh, a man of exceptional grit, determination,
the Odia literary scene for over 40 years. His writings have achievements and scholarship, has certainly led an eventful life
been widely translated into Hindi, English, and other Indian and is held in high esteem. He has received several honorary
languages. His plays have been staged across the country in degrees and other awards, including doctorates from the
many languages. Benaras Hindu University and the Aligarh Muslim University.
Ganeswar Mishra (left) is a writer

and translator and has edited
several texts in Odia and English.
Bikram K. Das has translated
many Odia books into English.
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Nasreen Munni Kabir Pradeep Chandra
Lata Mangeshkar M.F. Husain

...in her own voice A Pictorial Tribute
978-81-920912-1-1
Single copy: `4,500 / £80 / $130
Single copy: `1,500 / £25 / $50 298 x 298mm; 228pp
Packing and postage extra 150 gsm art paper (matt)
267 x 216mm; 268pp All colour; 240 photographs
150 gsm art paper (matt) and 10 illustrations
Hardback with dust jacket and slipcase
Lata Mangeshkar has recorded more songs than anyone else In this richly photographed tribute to MF Husain, Pradeep
in the world. Her voice has had a profound impact on the Chandra celebrates the life of the man behind the artist in an
Indian imagination and she has reigned supreme in Indian film attempt to understand the legendary painter through his work,
music for over six decades. The book, a series of fascinating family, friends, the women who inspired him and his undying
conversations, is a tribute to the musical legend. love of art.
Nasreen Munni Kabir is a London-based Pradeep Chandra is a photographer and painter

documentary filmmaker and author. She has who has worked with leading publications. He
made several documentaries for Channel 4 has participated in art camps and group shows in
TV (UK). India and abroad.
RAJU KORTI & DHIRENDRA JAIN J.B.P. More
Mohammed Rafi Muhammad Ali Jinnah

God’s Own Voice A Journey from India to Pakistan
NEW
978-93-85285-16-5 978-93-86906-91-5
Single copy: `795 / £12.99 / $20 Single copy: `595 / £15 / $19
228 x 150mm; 364pp 228mm x 152mm; 288pp
70 gsm book print paper Book Print Paper
Black and white; 61 photographs Black and white
A brilliantly-researched book that traces the life and times of A detailed and refreshingly account of Jinnah’s career focusing
legendary singer Mohammed Rafi, and the ups and downs of on his legal and municipal activities in Bombay, as well as his
his career. Supported with anecdotes and first-hand accounts of friendships outside the Muslim League.
interactions with Rafi, the book is a must-buy for any Rafi fan.
Raju Korti (left) is a dedicated

media professional who has been
in the industry for over 33 years. J.B.P. More is a scholar of international repute
Dhirendra Jain has wide experience who specialises on political, social, and colonial
in film journalism and PR. history of India.
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BIOGRAPHY
Somendranath Bandyopadhyay Edited by Manju Kak
My Days with Ramkinkar Baij Nicholas Roerich

A Quest & A Legacy
978-81-920912-4-2
Single copy: `2,995 / £55 / $93.99 978-93-81523-52-0
39 illustrations and100 paintings All colour; 130 photographs
This book is the result of Somendranath Bandyopadhyay’s An anthology of essays on the artist, Nicholas Roerich, that
long association with Ramkinkar Baij, one of the finest provides a holistic understanding of the man and his times. The
exponents of neo-Indian art and perhaps one of India’s greatest contributors—scholars, aficionados, practitioners of Agni Yoga
sculptors. It highlights the inner force that empowered this from all over the world—look at Roerich’s life from varying
extraordinary artist. perspectives.
Dr Somendranath Bandyopadhyay has taught in Manju Kak has taught art history, literature
Visva-Bharati’s Bengali Language and Literature and cultural studies in Delhi, the UK and Hong
department. He has published books on poetry, Kong. She is the recipient of the Hawthornden
art, philosophy and literature. fellowship, among others.
AshaRani Mathur Dhruva N. Chaudhuri
Nilina’s Song Nirad C. Chaudhuri

The Life of Naina Devi Many Shades, Many Frames
978-93-86906-07-6 978-81-89738-90-7
Single copy: `595 Single copy: `1,250 / £19.99 / $42
229 x 152 mm; 216pp 248 x 222mm; 180pp
Black and white 107 photographs All colour; 158 photographs
A biography of the famous thumri singer Naina Devi, that Words and photographs come together to create a charming
traces the three stages of her life as Nilina Sen, Rani Nina Ripjit picture of the famous and prolific writer Nirad C Chaudhuri,
Singh and Naina Devi and provides a fascinating glimpse into who is on the shortlist of great Indian English writers. The
the life of one India’s legendary musicians. book covers his early years, his initial struggle and his last years
in Oxford.
AshaRani Mathur is a freelance writer and

editor and has been the music producer for the Dhruva N. Chaudhuri began his illustrious
record label Music Today, where she had the good career as a freelance photojournalist. His works
fortune to work with some of the greatest names have also been exhibited worldwide, bringing him
in Indian music. several prestigious awards.
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BIOGRAPHY
PC Sorcar (Jr) Dev S. Sukumar
PC Sorcar Prakash Padukone Story, The

The Maharaja of Magic
978-93-86906-09-0
Single copy: `1,995 / £40 / $50 978-93-83098-03-3
130gsm art paper (matt) 228 x 148mm; 252pp
All colour; 278 photographs Book print paper
and 11 illustrations Black and white; 38 photographs
This illustrated book is the first comprehensive account of

the life and times of PC Sorcar, the father of Modern Indian This book attempts to chronicle the most important aspects
Magic; written by PC Sorcar ( Jr), a renowned magician in his of badminton champion Prakash Padukone’s life and career,
own right, and is a deeply personal account of a father from his which are today remembered by only his most ardent fans.
son’s perspective.
P.C. Sorcar ( Jr) is the stage name of Prodip Dev S. Sukumar has covered Indian and world
Chandra Sorcar. He is the second son of P.C. badminton for over a decade. He is the recipient
Sorcar, who started assisting his father on stage of the inaugural BWF (Badminton World
while still in his teens. Federation) Media Award, 2012.
Nityapriya Ghosh Friedrich Max Muller
Rabindranath Tagore Ramakrishna

A Pictorial Biography His Life and Sayings
NEW
978-81-89738-75-4 978-93-86906-75-5
Single copy: `1,500 / £24 / $45 Single copy: `350
273 x 222mm; 280pp 216 x 140mm; 200pp
130 gsm art paper (matt) Book Print Paper
A tribute to one of India’s greatest personalities on the occasion Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (1833–86) was perhaps the most
of his hundred and fiftieth birth anniversary. The book popularly known saint of 19th century India and an important
highlights those incidents, anecdotes and issues that have often figure in Bengali Renaissance. His philosophy impacted
been overlooked but which, nonetheless, are significant. intellectuals even beyond the boundaries of the country.
Philologist and Orientalist Friedrich Max Müller, inspired by
this philosophy—largely based on the Vedanta—applied it in
his study of ‘the science of religion’.
Nityapriya Ghosh has written three books Friedrich Max Müller (1823–1900), a German-born
of essays in Bengali on popular literature and philologist and Orientalist, was one of the founders of the
has also written and edited several books on western academic field of Indian studies and the discipline of
Rabindranath Tagore. comparative religion.
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BIOGRAPHY
Ganesh Saili Sisir Kumar Bose
Ruskin Bond Sarat Chandra Bose

The Mussoorie Years... Remembering My Father
978-93-81523-33-9 978-93-83098-50-7
Single copy: `1,495 / £28.99 / $50 Single copy: `595 / £10.99 / $20
248 x 222mm; 160pp 235 x 150mm; 244pp
All colour; 236 photographs Black and white; 122 photographs
The book captures memorable moments in the life of author This book is an insightful contribution to the annals of the
Ruskin Bond, right from infancy to the present day and his socio-political history of pre-Independence India. The rise of
life in the beautiful hill station of Mussoorie. It is interspersed Sarat Chandra Bose as one of the most eminent barristers and
with photographs and writing and makes interesting reading public figures of the times has been deftly yet sensitively traced
for all ages. by his son.
Ganesh Saili teaches photography; he also Sisir Kumar Bose, nephew of Subhas Chandra
treks, capturing in words and images the beauty Bose, founded the Netaji Research Bureau in
of the Himalaya. Some of his books have been 1957 and was its guiding spirit until his death
translated into foreign languages. in 2000.
Edited & introduced by Mushirul Hasan Syed Badrul Ahsan
Sarojini Naidu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Her Way with Words From Rebel to Founding Father
978-93-81523-43-8 978-93-83098-10-1
235 x 150mm; 160pp 232 x 152mm; 350pp
Book print paper Book print paper
Black and white; 49 photographs Black and white; 89 photographs
Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949) was one of the most outstanding This biography sensitively portrays Mujib’s transformation to
women of her time. A poet, a freedom fighter and a woman Bangabandhu, the friend of Bengal. Syed Badrul Ahsan traces
with extraordinary oratorical skills, she was also known for her Mujib’s meteoric evolution from a young follower of the All
progressive thinking, her acerbic wit and her compassion. India Muslim League to a mature political leader.
Internationally known historian, Late Syed Badrul Ahsan is the Executive Editor,
Mushirul Hasan, had served as Vice Chancellor, The Daily Star, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has
Jamia Millia Islamia and Director-General, been Minister (press) at the Bangladesh High
National Archives of India. Commission, London.
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Edited by Ina Puri Dr Gaur Hari Singhania & Govind Hari Singhania
Shiv Kumar Sharma Sir Padampat Singhania

The Man & His Music Man of All Seasons
978-93-83098-14-9 978-81-89738-73-0
267 x 216mm; 188pp 248 x 222mm; 184pp
The book traces the life of Shiv Kumar Sharma who dared The story of an exemplary nationalist and an innovative
to dream that he would make his name among the greatest industrialist who touched the lives of many, both in India and
musicians of the country and then went on to receive the across the world. Sir Padampat was a visionary and a towering
Padma Vibhushan. personality who had many firsts to his credit.
The brothers, Gaur Hari Singhania

Ina Puri has been associated with the visual (left) and Govind Hari Singhania,
and performing arts, writing and curating enhanced the rich legacy of their
exhibitions. She received the Swarna Kamal illustrious father, Sir Padampat
for her film Meeting Manjit. Singhania of the JK Group.
Debasish Datta Debasish Datta
Sourav Ganguly Sunil Gavaskar

The Maharaja of Cricket Cricket’s Little Master
978-81-89738-20-4 978-81-89738-47-1
Single copy: `1,500 / £24 / $50 Single copy: `995 / £21 / $33
305 x 241mm; 204pp 222 x 222mm; 300pp
A tribute to the grit, courage and dedication of one man who On his sixtieth birthday, Sunil Gavaskar’s admirers join hands
taught Indian cricketers to dream. The story of Sourav Ganguly to present him with a unique ‘century’ in the form of this book
is that of a bright young lad’s metamorphosis into a leader in that contains a hundred articles on the Little Master who used
a battlefield called cricket, the kind of stuff that fairy tales are to be often referred to as the ‘Record-breaking Gavaskar’ or the
made of. ‘Century Man’.
Cricket is a passion for Debasish Datta, who Cricket is a passion for Debasish Datta, who
has followed India’s fortunes diligently for three has followed India’s fortunes diligently for three
decades and has rubbed shoulders with the best decades and has rubbed shoulders with the best
in the world of sports. in the world of sports.
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BIOGRAPHY
Kiran Segal
Zohra Segal
‘Fatty’
978-93-81523-35-3
Single copy: `1,250 / £19.99 / $38
267 x 216mm; 168pp
This is the story of the talented actress, in the words of her

daughter, Kiran. It is a loving tribute to Zohra. Accompanied
by photographs and an occasional sketch made by the young
Zohra, this is much more than a collector’s item.
Kiran Segal is one of the most outstanding

dancers/choreographers of Odissi. She has been
honoured with several titles and awards for her
contribution to Indian classical dance.
Nirmala Sharma
Kumarajiva
The Transcreator of Buddhist Chinese Diction
978-81-89738-19-8
Single copy: `2,000 / £35 / $70
279 x 216mm; 180pp
22 illustrations and 1 map
BUDDHISM The first full-length narration of the extraordinary life, immense

literary output and manifold philosophical perspectives of
Kumarajiva, the great transcreator of Buddhist Chinese diction.
His oeuvre covers all genres of Buddhist literature.
Nirmala Sharma is an art historian and a

professor of Buddhist studies. She has also made
educative films on Indian monuments, step wells,
sculptures, textiles and paintings.
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Manosi Lahiri
Mapping India
978-81-89738-98-3
Single copy: `4,500 / £90 / $145
292 x 292mm; 320pp
CARTOGRAPHY
and 167 maps
and Slipcase
This book presents an overview of important maps that

eloquently reflect the changing social and political fortunes of
India. These maps speak of the commercial interests and wars
that led to the colonisation of India.
Manosi Lahiri is a professional geographer,

who was a lecturer at the University of Delhi.
She founded ML Infomap, a pioneering GIS
company to propagate GIS technology.
PILAR MARIA GUERRIERI
Maps of Delhi
978-93-85285-50-9
Single copy: `4,500 / £65 / $85
290 x 290 mm; 432pp
130gsm Art Paper (Matt)
and 66 maps
and Slipcase
The volume chronicles, through detail maps, the development

of Delhi as a city from the onset of the 19th century to the
2021 master plan. It contains data and rare maps sourced
from various archives and institutions, and is an indisputable
milestone for those wanting to research the capital.
Pilar Maria Guerrieri, a PhD in Architectural

Design and Architectural Composition, has
conducted extensive research on European and
Indian cultures, and development of megacities.
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Paushali Ganguli
Incident at Saheb Bagan, The
978-93-81523-67-4
Single copy: `195 / £5.99 / $8
216 x 140mm; 138pp
CHILDREN
Book print paper
Black and white
Paperback
Anand is a suspicious, slightly obsessive, eleven-year-old child.

He dislikes adventures or unplanned trips but he is forced to
travel to a distant village with his documentary filmmaker
parents who want to ‘shoot’ ghosts. They set off to explore the
story behind the ghosts that haunt ‘Saheb Bagan’.This story is
the first of a series of Anand’s adventures.
Paushali Ganguli has made some animation

shorts, one of which won the National Award
and has directed a children’s film. For the last few
years she has been writing short stories.
Harsha V. Dehejia B.N. Goswamy
Megha Meets Vishwakarma Ranga Roopa

The Story of Indian Crafts Gods. Words. Images
978-93-83098-36-1 978-81-89738-63-1
Single copy: `795 / £14 / $25 Single copy: `75 / £3.99 / $7
267 x 216mm; 158pp 216 x 140mm; 68pp
This book follows young Megha as she tours the country The delights of Indian art and poetry are brought to the
with Vishwakarma, the god of craftspeople, and interacts young reader. A new world opens up, through some of the
with artisans, mingles with their families and learns about the most important images of gods and goddesses that appear
various Indian crafts, their history and method of making. in this book. Not only the poems, but the great works of art
included in this book become a part of the reader’s awareness
and imagination.
B.N. Goswamy is a distinguished art historian

Harsha V. Dehejia is a practising physician and and author of several books on Indian art. The
a widely respected aesthete and art collector. He recipient of many honours, he has taught at
has written extensively on Indian art and culture. several universities across the world.
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VISHWAS PATIL
All-Time Favourite Books & Movies

And Their Epic Journey
978-93-83098-78-1
Single copy: `595 / £10 / $20
216 x 171mm; 234pp
CINEMA
Black and white; 27 photographs
Flexiback
This book, translated from the original Marathi bestseller

Not Gone with the Wind, is a fascinating journey into the
world of legendary authors and directors, and into the
creation of epics and classics that continue to capture the
imagination of millions. The book encapsulates the author’s
fascination for research.
Vishwas Patil is an author, historian and a civil

servant. He has a degree in both Law and English
Literature and is one of the youngest recipients of
the Sahitya Akademi Award.
Nasreen Munni Kabir Nasreen Munni Kabir
Dialogue of Awaara, The Dialogue of Mother India, The

Raj Kapoor’s Immortal Classic Mehboob Khan’s Immortal Classic
978-81-89738-54-9 978-81-89738-58-7
254 x 229mm; 292pp 254 x 229mm; 320pp
Flexiback Flexiback
A unique book for lovers of both cinema and language, Acknowledged as one of Indian cinema’s most important and
featuring KA Abbas’ original screenplay and dialogue, based on best-loved films, Mehboob Khan’s Mother India has a powerful
a story by KA Abbas and VP Sathe. It also features many stills and poignant screenplay that matches its visual beauty. Lavishly
from Awaara, a most loved and enduring classic by Raj Kapoor, illustrated, the original dialogue is accompanied by an English
one of Indian cinema’s master filmmakers. translation, introduction and commentary.
Nasreen Munni Kabir is a London-based Nasreen Munni Kabir is a London-based

documentary filmmaker and author. She has made documentary filmmaker and author. She has made
several documentaries for Channel 4 TV (UK). several documentaries for Channel 4 TV (UK).
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CINEMA
Foreword by Shyam Benegal Edited by Suresh Chabria
Filmi Jagat Light of Asia

A Scrapbook: Shared Universe of Early Hindi Cinema Indian Silent Cinema, 1912–1934
978-93-83098-40-8 978-93-83098-02-6
215 x 176mm; 218pp 230 x 152mm; 340pp
130 gsm art paper (matt) Book print paper
A unique pre-Independence scrapbook, this book combines This book, in its new avatar, celebrates the centenary of Indian
the immediacy of a private diary and the reflective distance cinema, lending a close-up of its birth pangs, the follies and
of a carefully curated photo album. The scrapbook is part of foibles of the nascent days of Indian film-making and the steps
a collection created by Rahaab Allana, Curator for the Alkazi that led to the crest where the Indian movie industry rests
Foundation for the Arts. today. It includes interesting anecdotes and century-old images
from film archives.
Film historian, curator, writer and teacher,

Suresh Chabria has served on international film
festival juries and curated international events
to showcase Indian film heritage.
Goutam Ghose; translated by Shankar Sen Samar khan
Quest, The SRK

Script of Goutam Ghose’s Film Moner Manush 25 Years of a Life
978-93-85285-25-7
Single copy: `5,000/ £80 / $99
978-93-81523-13-1 381 x 280mm; 184pp
Single copy: `1,250 / £21 / $42 150gsm Art Matte and
Packing and postage extra 130gsm Rendezvous Natura paper
216 x 178mm; 304pp All colour; 37 photographs
150 gsm art paper (matt) 36 black and white photographs
All colour; 438 photographs and 37 colour illustrations
Flexiback Hardback with dust jacket & Slipcase
This book is much more than a biography of Lalon Fakir. It The book charts how Shah Rukh became a living legend,
reveals the stages of a simple young man’s emergence as Lalon and elaborateson the qualities that make him one. The
Fakir, the prevailing social scenario, a disciple’s faith in his vibrant design of the book is inspired by Bollywood hand-
Guru and a man’s endless journey in quest of the single entity painted posters.
that his heart craves for.
Goutam Ghose launched into documentaries,

group theatre and photo journalism after Samar Khan is a journalist, a film-maker and now an author.
graduating from Calcutta University. He has won He has had a 20-year journey in the world of media and
15 National Awards. entertainment.
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Hugh and Colleen Gantzer
Intriguing India
978-93-81523-84-1
Set: `2,400 / £50 / $80
230 x 150mm
COMPENDIUM
All colour
Paperback; (Compendium of
4 books in Slipcase)
A set of four travel guides on India, written in an informal,

provocative style, which captivates the mature as well as the
young. They have won the Federation of Indian Publishers’
Awards for ‘Excellence in Book Production’ for 2013, second
prize, General Books (English) category.
Hugh and Colleen Gantzer are India’s

pioneering travel writers and have, possibly,
visited, photographed and written about more
places in India than anyone else.
Compiled by Ashok Dilwali Rabindranath Tagore
Sayings from the Vedas, Words of the Master

Upanishads, Bhagvad Gita
978-81-89738-40-2 978-93-81523-09-4
Set: `900 / £18.99 / $30 Set: `1,295 / £20 / $35
216 x 178mm; 320pp 178 x 127mm
All colour; 152 photographs Black and white
Flexiback; (Compendium of Paperback; (Compendium of
3 books in Slipcase) 12 books in Slipcase)
The Vedas are considered the oldest scriptures of mankind; the A set of 12 books by Rabindranath Tagore, consisting of five
sermon by Lord Krishna is known as the Bhagvad Gita and the plays, five poetry collections and two books of essays, available
Upanishads are said to be divine revelations received by seers in a beautiful gift pack. These affordable, slim books reach out
and saints. This set of three books is available as a gift pack. to book lovers the world over; their portability helps ensure
that Rabindranath Tagore’s works will be read by all ages.
The greatness of these books remains unchanged even after
Tagore’s sesquicentennial birth anniversary; their appeal is as
strong as ever.
Rabindranath Tagore, sobriquet Gurudev,

Ashok Dilwali sees the spiritual in nature. He was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali
reigns supreme in mountain photography, having literature and music, as well as Indian art with
mastered the art of capturing the exact mood at Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early
appropriate angles with his lens. 20th centuries.
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VEDANT BAHRI
Cheat It All
A Young-Eater’s Guide to Good Food and More
978-93-85285-42-4
Single copy: `795 / £12.99 / $20
214 x 172 mm; 240pp
COOKERY
Flexiback
Written by a teenager, for youngsters who are ready to

experiment and try their hand at cooking, this book, with its
easy language and simple recipes, is the perfect start.
Vedant Bahri, born and brought up in Delhi,

and a seventeen-year-old, is a foodie and fitness
freak who hopes to pursue a career in Culinary
Entrepreneurship.
Salma Husain Laxmi Dhaul & Gitanjali Khanna
Flavours of Avadh cartoons by Mario Miranda
Journey from the Royal Banquet to the Corner Kitchen Guide for Gentlemen Chefs, A
978-93-83098-62-0 978-81-89738-33-4
Single copy: `795 / £15 / $25 Single copy: `395 / £8.99 / $12.99
216 x 178mm; 192pp 235 x 152mm; 152pp
130 gsm art paper (matt) 90 gsm Woodfree paper
All colour; 129 photographs All colour; 24 illustrations
This book is the story of food and cooking from the palaces to A humorous attempt at categorising recipes, Indian, Western
the pavement. It charts out a unique socio-cultural route down and Continental. This book presents the recipes not on the basis
the decades by itself. There are more than sixty recipes collected of their ingredients or modes of preparation, but according to
from the elite homes and kitchens where this traditional cuisine the various categories of ‘Gentlemen Chefs’.
has been nurtured over several centuries.
Salma Husain is a passionate cook, food historian Laxmi Dhaul (in picture) is involved in setting
and a Persian scholar. She has worked with the up renewable power plants using agricultural
celebrity chef Gary Rhodes from London for a waste. Gitanjali Khanna has taught in schools in
television serial. Mumbai and Dubai.
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COOKERY
Dr Tabinda J. Burney Salma Husain & Vijay Thukral
How to Feed Your Child (and enjoy it)! Pull of Pulses

Fun Recipes for Young Moms Full of Beans
978-93-81523-03-2 978-93-86906-19-9
Single copy: `395 / £9.99 / $12.99 Single copy: `750 / £15 / $22
240 x 150mm; 216pp 216 x 178 mm; 204pp
All colour; 250 illustrations All colour; 58 photographs
Flexiback Flexiback
A book that tells you everything about feeding your children, This book is a tribute to the rich and awesome diversity of
right from their baby days, through toddlerhood and as they go Indian gastronomic traditions with recipes that include not
to school, in a way that is traditionally Indian, yet nutritionally only daal curries but also daalbased snacks, savouries and
sound. It keeps in view the changing tastes and preferences of sweets, covering most regions and communities of India.
today’s children.
Salma Husain (left) is a passionate

Dr Tabinda J Burney works in a NHS hospital cook, food historian and a Persian
in the UK and divides her time between work scholar. Vijay Kumar Thukral is
and looking after her family, cooking especially to Executive Chef, India International
ensure that her children eat healthily. Centre, Delhi.
SuMAN BHATNAGAR & PUSHPA GUPTA Compiled by Bhicoo Manekshaw & Vijay Thukral
Rajasthan on a Platter Secrets from the Kitchen

Healthy. Tasty. Easy. Fifty Years of Culinary Experience at the India International Centre
978-93-81523-79-7
978-93-85285-11-0 Single copy: `995 / £20 / $35
Single copy: `650 / £15 / $20 Packing and postage extra
120 gsm art paper (matt) All colour; 104 colour and
Flexiback Hardback with dust jacket
This book offers a wide, select and unique variety of traditional The doors of the India International Centre’s (IIC) kitchen
and tasty but simple homemade recipes. It transfers homegrown have been thrown open for the first time, presenting a veritable
knowledge to the young generation and caters to multicultural account of the fireside story—a closely guarded secret since the
readership. Each recipe has been combined with supplementary first platter of its mixed grills, pork chops and treacle tarts made
food items to present the concept of a tasty, wholesome and its way to the dining hall in 1962.
nutritious meal.
Suman Bhatnagar (left) has worked Bhicoo Manekshaw (left) was a

as Project Officer (Education) with Catering Consultant at the India
UNICEF, India. Pushpa Gupta has International Centre, New Delhi.
been Head of the department and Vijay Thukral supervises the IIC
Dean of College of Home Science. F&B section.
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Jaya Jaitly
Artistry of Handwork, The
978-93-83098-18-7
Single copy: `395 / £6.99 / $15
178 x 140mm; 130pp
CRAFT
Paperback
This book is dedicated to artisans, for whom handwork is

worship, creative expression and earnings. It is a collection
of random images that gives the viewers joy at the sight of
the simple beauty of hand work. The images depict crafting,
weaving and other forms of artisanship.
Jaya Jaitly is the Founder-President of the

Dastkari Haat Samiti. She regularly speaks and
writes on crafts and has published several books
on handicrafts.
Paola manfredi Jaya Jaitly
Chikankari Crafts Atlas of India

A Lucknawi Tradition
978-81-89738-37-2
978-93-85285-53-0 Single copy: `4,500 / £90 / $145
Single copy:`2,495 / £40 / $55 Packing and postage extra
All colour; 348 colour photographs Hardback with dust jacket
This beautifully illustrated book brings to life the history of The vibrant illustrations and rich content are recreated as an
this unique craft tradition. The various chapters describe the ‘atlas’ of India’s crafts, handmade textiles and traditional arts,
mysterious origins of the craft, the range of costumes, the covering India’s cultural history. No other country has the
inspirations behind its motifs, the time honoured elaborate variety of crafts produced in India and none has mapped them
production process, and the bewildering array of stitches that in this manner.
raised this craft to a truly exceptional art form.
With a background in ethnology Paola Manfredi Jaya Jaitly is the Founder-President of the
is passionate about textiles and deeply interested Dastkari Haat Samiti. She regularly speaks and
in the history of textile exchanges between East writes on crafts and has published several books
and West. on handicrafts.
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CRAFT
KRISHNA DUTTA Payal Mohanka
Image-makers of Kumortuli and In the Shadows

the Durga Puja Festival Unknown Craftsmen of Bengal
978-93-85285-13-4 978-81-89738-11-2
Single copy:`750 / £15 / $25 Single copy: `495 / £9.99 / $17
216 x 178mm; 136pp 216 x 178mm; 108pp
130gsm art Paper (matt) 170 gsm art paper (matt)
Flexiback Flexiback
A comprehensive book on Bengal’s unique and most enduring The book chronicles the lives, craft and future of people living
cultural heritage of image worship, and supported with vivid in six rural areas of West Bengal where the economy is driven
photographs and historical background of the image-makers by rather unusual professions. These craftsmen keep alive old
of Kumortuli and the festival of Durga Puja. the book is both family traditions, which have been passed down generations.
enjoyable and informative at the same time.
Payal Mohanka started her career as a

Krishna Dutta specialises in the history journalist. She has made a documentary on
and culture of Bengal and has co-authored a Chandernagor, a former French colony, and
biography of Rabindranath Tagore. on Mother Teresa.
Manju Kak Krystyna Hellström
In the Shadow of the Devi Kumaon Jaipur Quilts

Of a Land, a People, a Craft
978-93-85285-67-7 978-81-920912-5-9
Single copy: `1,995 / £30 / $45 Single copy: `1,495 / £25 / $49.99
280 x 215 mm; 256pp 267 x 216mm; 203pp
24 illustrations and 4 maps and 2 illustrations
A one of its kind book which examines in great detail all aspects The Jaipuri textile industry has, for long, inspired countless
of life in Kumaon ethnographic, environmental, historical, craft artists and designers to create exquisite products. The Jaipur
and architecture. quilt is a perfect example of this exclusive trend in its display of
excellent traditional craftsmanship, aesthetic beauty and utility
value.
Krystyna Hellström studied interior design

Manju Kak is a writer, critic, scholar and artist, in Florence, Italy, and History of Art at Lund
who, has been intensely exploring some unique University, Sweden. Her thesis was on Jaipur and
aspects of Himalayan life. Provencal quilts.
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CRAFT
Nina Sabnani Patrick J. Finn
Kaavad Tradition of Rajasthan Quilts of India

A Portable Pilgrimage Timeless Textiles
978-93-83098-32-3 978-93-81523-93-3
229 x 203mm; 188pp 311 x 241mm; 390pp
Hardback with dust jacket Hardback with dust jacket and Slipcase
The Kaavad is a portable shrine with multiple doors. The This book is the first extensive survey of Indian quilts compiled
storyteller journeys with this wooden box to the homes of his in India or abroad. It identifies and explores the historic and
patrons, to recite their genealogies and regale them with stories contemporary context of quilt making, allowing the reader
of deities. to share in the contextual relationship between this art and
Indian society.
Nina Sabnani is a storyteller who uses film, Patrick J. Finn is an eclectic artist with a
illustration and writing to inform her audience. broad spectrum of professional experience
Her doctoral research focused on Rajasthan’s who expresses an unprecedented passion for
Kaavad storytelling tradition. independent scholarship and learning.
Rahul Jain Eberhard Fischer
Rapture Temple Tents for Goddesses

The Art of Indian Textiles in Gujarat, India
978-81-89738-80-8 978-93-83098-15-6
311 x 241mm; 244pp 300 x 230mm; 300pp
All colour; 139 photographs and 1 map All colour; 379 photographs
A celebration of India’s textile art, this book takes the reader The book is based on an exhibition catalogue (in German)
on a visual odyssey spanning five hundred years. Received the that was produced by Eberhard Fischer, in collaboration with
second prize (Art books, English category) for Excellence Jyotindra Jain and Haku Shah, for an exhibition at the Museum
in Book Production 2011 from the Federation of Indian Rietberg in Zurich. Production, iconography, function and
Publishers. distribution of these temple tents are supported by photographs
taken by Eberhard Fischer.
Rahul Jain is a textile researcher and historian. Eberhard Fischer is an art historian and cultural
He has also written about contemporary Indian anthropologist. Till recently he was the Director
hand-crafted textiles and runs a workshop of of the Museum Rietberg Zurich. He was awarded
traditional drawlooms in Varanasi. the Padma Shri in 2011.
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Rekha Tandon
Dance as Yoga
The Spirit and Technique of Odissi
978-93-85285-84-4
Single copy: `1,495 / £25 / $35
248 x 178 mm; 228pp
130gsm art paper (matt)
DANCE
and 41 illustrations
Describes odissi’s mechanism for creating, dispersing and

expressing energy and explores the principles of yoga in
Indian dance and building a tangible artistic practice based on
this understanding. The book is meant for performers, dance
enthusiasts and general readers.
Rekha Tandon, co-founder and Artistic Director

of Danceroutes, is a choreographer and researcher
in odissi with an interdisciplinary background.
KATIA LÉGERET-MANOCHHAYA Leela Venkataraman
Dance Theatre of India Indian Classical Dance

Crossing New Aesthetics and Cultures The Renaissance and Beyond
978-93-83098-64-4
978-93-86906-36-6 Single copy: `2,500 / £45 / $75
Single copy: `650 / £14.99 / $20 Packing and postage extra
Packing and postage extra 279 mm x 229 mm; 336 pp
All colour; 14 colour and All colour; 179 colour and
4 black and white photographs 48 black and white photographs
Dance Theatre of India is a book where the author explores the This book traces the journey of the evolution of Indian classical
various rasas of Bharata-naayam and other dance forms, both dance since the years of Independence. It also covers the eight
as a linguistic and cultural interpretations, with photographic classical dance forms of India. Leela Venkataraman seamlessly
portraits of various live dance performances. weaves together a historical perspective with the present
scenario.
Leela Venkataraman is a prolific writer and

Katia Légeret-Manochhaya is Professor of contributor to dance journals She has been a
Aesthetics and Art Theory in the Department regular participant in dance seminars in India
of Theatre at Paris 8 University. and abroad.
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DANCE
Rachna ramya K.K. GOPALAKRISHNAN
Kathak Kathakali Dance-Theatre

The Dance of Storytellers A Visual Narrative of Sacred Indian Mime
NEW
978-93-85285-01-1
Single copy: `3,500 / £50 / $80
Single copy: `1,495 / £25 / $35 298 x 216 mm; 296pp
Packing and postage extra 150 gsm art paper (matt)
244mm x 176mm; 360pp All colour; 361 colour and
130gsm Art paper (Matt) 49 black and white photographs
Kathak: The Dance of Storytellers explores the philosophical and This book places Kathakali in its historical, social and caste
practical aspects of Kathak dance—its origin, development, context, delineating its 400-year-old journey with a rich and
and techniques. varied collection of photographs. The accompanying lists,
tables, appendices and historical lineage maps are valuable
additions to the book.
Performer, choreographer, author, and educator

Rachna Ramya has studied Kathak under Dr
Maya Rao and the Jaipur style of Kathak under K.K. Gopalakrishnan, a well-known writer
Pt Rajendra Gangani, both recipients of Sangeet photographer and a connoisseur specializing in
Natak Akademi Award. Kerala performing arts traditions.
Sudha Gopalakrishnan Ranjana Gauhar
Kutiyattam Odissi
The Heritage Theatre of India The Dance Divine
978-81-89738-82-2
Single copy: `2,495 / £39 / $83 978-81-89738-17-4
and 1 illustration All colour; 203 photographs
The first major book on Kutiyattam—the vibrant theatre Adjudged Best Book, 2007, in the Art Book category by the
tradition that existed in India from the times of the Natya Federation of Indian Publishers. A chronological survey of the
Sastra. It traces the history and evolution of Kutiyattam form and style of Odissi, it explores its aesthetics and gives
through different ages, its aesthetics and theatre grammar. a brief outline of the architects and contemporary gurus of
Odissi.
Sudha Gopalakrishnan is President of SAHA Ranjana Gauhar, a leading exponent of Odissi,

(Stirring Action on Heritage and the Arts). She is a recipient of the Padma Shri and the Indira
is working on an online repository on Indian Gandhi Priyadarshini Award for her research on
knowledge systems. the temple tradition of Odissi dance.
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DANCE
Geeta Chandran with Rajiv Chandran Utpal K. Banerjee
So Many Journeys Tagore’s Mystique of Dance
978-81-89738-96-9
978-81-90193-60-3 Single copy: `1,500 / £21 / $50
170 gsm art paper (matt) All colour; 21 colour photographs
All colour; 110 photographs 41 paintings and 51 sepia photographs
A compilation of the well-known dancer Geeta Chandran’s This book examines three elements: What were the
impressions on her journey with classical dance. The articles evolutionary features of Tagore’s dance-persona? What cross-
are an insider’s view of a difficult profession; some of them cultural liaisons did he undertake to arrive at Rabindra Nritya?
intensely personal and autobiographical. The book received the And, what dance-vocabulary and literary content could be its
Best Art Book Award for the year 2006 from the Federation of imprimatur?
Indian Publishers.
Geeta Chandran (left) is a star-

performer and celebrity artist among
today’s generation of dancers. Utpal K. Banerjee writes on the arts and culture
Rajiv Chandran is a commentator and is a regular contributor on cultural and
on the arts, trends and professional programmes to BBC, All India
popular culture. Radio and Indian television.
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Translated by Subhransu Maitra
Education as Freedom
Tagore’s Paradigm
978-93-83098-22-4
Single copy: `695 / £12.99 / $20
227 x 151mm; 320pp
Book print paper
ESSAY
Black and white
This book brings together in translation a number of

Rabindranath Tagore’s major essays, speeches and letters
wriiten during a period when he came into his own as an
exponent of an alternative paradigm to education in British
India.
Subhransu Maitra, Superintendent, Publication,

Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata, is a
distinguished translator who translates modern
Bengali literature into English.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE Rabindranath Tagore
Nationalism Religion of Man
978-93-81523-20-9 978-93-81523-22-3
Single copy: `125 / £4.99 / $7.99 Single copy: `150 / £5.99 / $9
178 x 127mm; 132pp 178 x 127mm; 256pp
Black and white Black and white
Paperback Paperback
‘When our nationalists talk about ideals, they forget that the ‘The eternal Dream is borne on the wings of ageless Light
basis of nationalism is wanting. The very people who are that rends the veil of the vague and goes across time weaving
upholding these ideals are themselves the most conservative ceaseless patterns of Being.’ A Tagore classic—the Hibbert
in their social practice.’ A Tagore classic. lectures delivered in Oxford in May 1930—that is part of a
set of twelve books.
Rabindranath Tagore, sobriquet Gurudev, Rabindranath Tagore, sobriquet Gurudev,

was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali
literature and music, as well as Indian art with literature and music, as well as Indian art with
Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early
20th centuries. 20th centuries.
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ESSAY
Rabindranath Tagore
Sadhana
The Realisation of Life
NEW
978-93-86906-24-3
Single copy: `250
178 x 127mm; 144pp
Book print paper
Black and white
Paperback
Sadhana is a concise introduction to the spiritual heritage of

ancient India by Rabindranath Tagore. With chapters on
Soul Consciousness, the Problems of Evil and the Self, and
Realisation in Love, Action, Beauty and the Infinite, it contains
the essence of the texts of Indian philosophy.

was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali
literature and music, as well as Indian art with
Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early
20th centuries.
44
Baisali Chatterjee Dutt
Sharbari Datta
The Design Diva
978-93-83098-88-0
Single copy: `1,995 / £35 / $60
270 x 216mm; 200pp
FASHION
All colour; 163 colour
and 14 black and white photographs
Sharbari Datta is a legend in the fashion world. She entered

the arena to restore the beauty of ethnic menswear to its former
glory. This book is replete with interviews and testimonials
by Sharbari’s celebrity clientele. It is amply illustrated with a
treasure trove of photographs and tries to capture the essence of
Sharbari’s designscape.
Baisali Chatterjee Dutt is a former columnist

and agony aunt for one of India’s leading
parenting magazines. Her other great passion is
theatre.
Suneet Varma
Suneet Varma
978-93-81523-66-7
Single copy: `4,500 / £90 / $150
330 x 241mm; 290pp
130 gsm Mont Blanc Extra White paper
Suneet Varma’s collaborations with international brands such

as Judith Leiber have catapulted him to fame in the West.
This book won the Federation of Indian Publishers’ Awards
for ‘Excellence in Book Production’ for 2013. It was selected
as the Best Art Book (English).
Suneet Varma is one of India’s best known couturiers. For over

two decades his unique vision has held India spellbound. He
has made a name for himself in the West as well.
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SARIT K. CHAUDHURI & SUCHETA SEN CHAUDHURI
Beads of Arunachal Pradesh

Emerging Cultural Context
978-93-85285-31-8
HERITAGE
Single copy: `995 / £15 / $25
258 x 178 mm; 160pp
&
CULTURE
A well researched and well documented book, which explains
the cultural, religious and social importance of beads and
describes the tradition of beads in north-east India.
Sarit K. Chaudhuri (left) is Director

of National Museum of Mankind
IGRMS. Sucheta Sen Chaudhuri
is Dean of the School of Cultural
Studies.
dharmendar kanwar;photographs Bharat Chugh & shalini chugh

by abhijit singh jhala
Chittorgarh Deeg Palace
The Bravehearth of Rajputana Its Romance and Wonder
978-93-81523-02-5 978-93-83098-53-8
216 x 178mm; 236pp 228 x 228mm; 252pp
Flexiback Flexiback
A book that captures the essence of this magnificent fort and This book traces the journey of an architect through the fantasy
acknowledges the deeds of courage and valour of its inhabitants. water palace of Deeg which was the capital of 18th century
The subject overwhelms with its sheer incomparability as it Jat heartland. Designed by the Jats to recreate the symbol of
gives a glimpse into the chequered history of Chittorgarh. Radha and Krishna’s romance, it portrays a unique cultural
confluence of Mughal-Rajput garden palace architecture.
Dharmendar Kanwar (left) has done Bharat Chugh (left) is a practising

scripts for television documentaries architect and amateur photographer.
and been involved in heritage Shalini Chugh is a marketing
conservation. Abhijit Singh Jhala is a professional with a special interest in
renowned photographer. the art and architecture of India.
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HERITAGE & CULTURE
Dhruva N. Chaudhuri N.L. Batra
Delhi: Light, Shades, Shadows Dilli’s Red Fort by the Yamuna
978-81-89738-27-3
978-81-90193-64-1 Single copy: `1,500 / £27 / $50
Single copy: `375 / £7.99 / $13.99 Packing and postage extra
150 gsm art paper (matt) All colour; 163 colour photographs
Black and white; 61 photographs and 16 illustrations
This book holds an academic interest as its contents cover On 28 June 2007, the Red Fort was declared a World Heritage
the monuments of Delhi. It also stands apart as a narrative of Site. This book presents the story of the imposing Fort in red
the changing social fabric and landscape of the heart of India, sandstone built by the Mughal emperor Shahjahan (1628-58).
telling the story of the Delhi that was. It has rare photographs and contemporary sketches.
Dhruva N. Chaudhuri began his illustrious N.L. Batra has been closely associated with
career as a freelance photojournalist. His works the conservation of historical monuments in
have also been exhibited worldwide, bringing him India. He retired as Superintending Engineer,
several prestigious awards. Archaeological Survey of India.
Vibhuti Sachdev Joanne Taylor
Festivals at the Jaipur Court Forgotten Palaces of Calcutta, The
978-93-83098-42-2
Single copy: `1,495 / £25 / $45 978-81-89738-78-5
Packing and postage extra Single copy: `995 / £21 / $35
130 gsm art paper (matt)a 254 x 229mm; 128pp
All colour; 119 colour and 7 black 150 gsm art paper (matt)
and white photographs All colour; 145 photographs
This splendidly illustrated book examines the ‘living traditions’ A discovery of the old areas of the city, where heritage houses
of the former royal court of Jaipur, in the light of the objects and and history fill every crowded lane and secret courtyard. This
materials that are integral to its rituals and celebrations. It is a book is an important contribution to the architectural history
vibrant and informative journey through the Hindu seasonal of both Calcutta and India.
calendar.
Vibhuti Sachdev works as a conservation Joanne Taylor is a Sydney-based scholar, writer

consultant, writer and product designer, and is and photographer with a passion for Indian
interested in issues of Indian modernity, urbanism architecture and culture. She has written for
and craft and cultural traditions. numerous publications.
47
HERITAGE & CULTURE
Edited by Dinanath Pathy & Bijaya Kumar Rath JOANNE TAYLOR & JON LANG
Gitagovinda and Odishaa Great Houses of Calcutta, The

Their Antecedents, Precedents, Splendour and Portents
978-93-83098-90-3
978-93-81523-50-6 Single copy: `1,500 / £25 / $40
All colour; 162 photographs and 1 map 6 black and white photographs
This book appreciates the Gitagovinda from the perspective of With the help of meticulously researched and informative text
the cultural traditions of Odisha. Here readers will find facts and fascinating photographs, the book showcases the Great
related to the history, legends, paintings, sculptures, textiles, Houses both during the city’s golden era when Kolkata was
music, dance, literature and poetry of a living tradition. described as ‘The City of Palaces’ and the present.
Dinanath Pathy (left) is a painter, Joanne Taylor (left) holds a bachelor’s

cultural historian and writer. Bijaya degree in art history and theory and
Kumar Rath is an archaeologist and English literature. Jon Lang is an
historian who has published about 70 emeritus professor at the University
research papers and seven books. of New South Wales.
Subhadra sen gupta; photographs by clare arni M.K. Pal
Hampi Historical Gurdwaras of Delhi

Discover the Splendours of Vijaynagar
978-81-89738-64-8
Single copy: `995 / £18.99 / $35 978-93-81523-48-3
and 2 maps All colour; 87 photographs
One of the greatest UNESCO heritage sites in India, the This book attempts to thread together the relevant
ruins at Hampi are the remains of a medieval kingdom—the information considered necessary to understand the
magnificent Vijayanagar. On the longlist of the Vodafone importance of these shrines for the followers of Sikhism.
Crossword Book Award 2010, this book brings to surface the It reveals intriguing legends and stories associated with the
lost glory of this city. making of these Gurdwaras.
Subhadra Sen Gupta touches upon various Late M.K. Pal had been an ardent researcher
aspects of Indian history and culture in her in the field of arts and crafts and socio-cultural
fiction and travel writing. She captures the studies for more than four decades. He had
vibrant people, places and history of India. written extensively on Indian culture.
48
HERITAGE & CULTURE
Rakhshanda jalil; photographs by prabhas roy Padma Seshadri & Padma Malini Sundararaghavan
Invisible City It Happened Along the Kaveri

The Hidden Monuments in Delhi A Journey Through Space and Time
978-81-89738-77-8 978-81-89738-79-2
Single copy: `995 / £16.99 / $30 Single copy: `795 / £12.99 / $19.99
229 x 229 mm; 342pp 235 x 152mm; 454pp
150gsm art paper (matt) Book print paper
All colour; 293 photographs Black and white; 7 illustrations
and 1 map and 1 map
What sets Delhi apart is the multitude of historic ruins that This book takes readers from the river’s origin in Talakaveri
are a part of the city’s landscape. This book explores this to the port of Poompuhar, engaging them with stories from
other Delhi—the little-known Delhi. An insight into Delhi’s mythology and history and anecdotes from the lives of people
monuments, it takes a delightful look at the rich cultural past who have shaped the regions along the banks of the Kaveri.
of India.
Heritage enthusiasts Padma

Seshadri (left) and Padma
Rakhshanda Jalil writes on issues of literature, Malini Sundararaghavan
culture and heritage. She has published over 15 share a fascination for river
books and six works of translations. stories and the lives of saints.
N.L batra PREMOLA GHOSE; PHOTOGRAPHS BY RAM RAHMAN
Jama Masjid Kangra Valley Train, The

Call of the Soul
978-93-86906-53-3 978-93-85285-41-7
Single copy: `795 / £12.99 Single copy: `795 / £12.99 / $20
228 x 178 mm; 148pp 216 x 178 mm; 140pp
Flexiback Flexiback
An architectural marvel and a national monument, the Jama The Kangra Valley Train takes the reader on a breathtaking
Masjid is much more than the edifice itself. Its arches and journey through historic Kangra, now likely to become a
domes, minars and minarets, gates and cloisters, all narrate UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is invaluable as a source of
stories of the days gone by. Interesting facts and anecdotes knowledge and of interesting tidbits about one of India’s most
combine with beautiful photographs and exclusive illustrations treasured landscapes
to bring alive the Jama Masjid.
Premola Ghose (left) currently Chief,

N.L. Batra has been closely associated with Programme Division, at the India
the conservation of historical monuments in International Centre, New Delhi.
India. He retired as Superintending Engineer, Ram Rahman is a photographer,
Archaeological Survey of India. artist, curator, designer and activist.
49
HERITAGE & CULTURE
Edited by Jayashree Kumar Vipul B. Varshney & Ajaish Jaiswal
Kodaikanal Lucknow The City of

Vanishing Heritage of an Island in the Sky Heritage & Culture: A Walk through History
978-93-83098-56-9 978-93-85285-52-3
229 x 229mm; 240pp 305 x 228 mm; 280pp
Black & White; 69 black and white All colour; 157 photographs
photographs and 139 illustrations
This book documents the fast disappearing heritage buildings, This book takes us on many journeys through a bygone
flora and fauna, and water bodies and increasing environmental era, exploring the passions and aesthetics of the people of
pollution in Kodaikanal. It allows the reader to discover Awadh. It features over 100 colour photographs and minute
Kodaikanal and its environs by going on walks that cover the architectural drawings that recreate the splendor of Lucknow’s
built-up and natural heritage of the town. historic monuments.
Vipul B. Varshney (left), a

multitalented architect, has designed
Jayashree Kumar is a professional editor Pradeep and executed some of India’s most
Chakravarthy is a part-time resident of Kodaikanal. renowned projects. Ajaish Jaiswal
Anil Choudhry is actively involvedin its heritage. is a hotelier by profession and a
Girija Viraraghavan lives in Kodaikanal. photographer by passion.
Ganesh Saili SUMANTA K. BHOWMICK
Mussoorie Medley Princely Palaces in New Delhi

Tales of Yesteryear
978-81-89738-59-4 978-93-83098-91-0
216 x 178mm; 208pp 254 x 229mm; 264pp
The Raj summers in Mussoorie, amateur dramatics of the This book documents history through archival research,
Mussoorie Theatre Group and more are woven together with interviews with royalty and unpublished photographs from
long years of research in this picture perfect book. On the royal private collections. These princely palaces form an
longlist of the Vodafone Crossword Book Award 2010. integral part of New Delhi’s urban topography. Built about a
century ago for purposes that may not be of relevance anymore,
these palaces are the relics of the past.
Ganesh Saili teaches photography; he also Sumanta K. Bhowmick has written his doctoral
treks, capturing in words and images the beauty thesis on the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore
of the Himalaya. Some of his books have been and Emily Dickinson. He has written research
translated into foreign languages. articles, short stories and essays.
50
HERITAGE & CULTURE
Sunil Vaidyanathan & Shayoni Mitra E.p. unny
Rivers of India Santa and the Scribes

The Making of Fort Kochi
978-81-89738-88-4
Single copy: `2,900 / £45 / $95
292 x 222mm; 188pp Single copy: `495 / £9.99 / $20
All colour; 189 photographs 210 gsm art paper
and 1 map Black and white,137 illustrations
A pictorial journey that delves into the symbiosis between The first ever look at Kochi as the smallest Asian hub of so
India’s major rivers and the people who live along them much European attention—a proto global village. Captured
and their intimate link with myth, belief and religion. The in this book are delightful sketches and a commentary
book also has interesting asides that look at cultural and that navigates you as you walk across half-a-millennium in
recreational events. half-a-day.
Sunil Vaidyanathan (left) is a

photojournalist and writer with over a E.P. Unny has sketched and written several books
decade of experience. Shayoni Mitra and serialised Free India, a graphic novel. He has
is a travel journalist and has written won the Lifetime Achievement Award of The
for various travel magazines. Indian Institute of Cartoonists.
Pradeep Chakravarthy; Soumitra Das; photographs by Christopher Taylor

photographs by Vikram Sathyanathan
White and Black
Thanjavur: A Cultural History A Journey to the Centre of Imperial Calcutta
978-81-89738-62-4
Single copy: `1,995 / £35 / $50 978-81-89738-43-3
A fascinating study of the cultural history of Thanjavur starting This book takes a clear-eyed view of the changing face
from the time when the Rajarajeswaram temple was built. The of Calcutta. The city’s built heritage inherited from pre-
book weaves a rich tapestry of the cultural heritage of the Chola Independence times is in the last stages of ruination but the
Empire. On the longlist of the Vodafone Crossword Book buildings bear traces of the glamour that once won Calcutta the
Award 2010. sobriquet of ‘City of Palaces’.
Soumitra Das (left) is deeply involved

Pradeep Chakravarthy works in leadership with the visual arts and heritage issues
training in a premier information technology and writes regularly on these topics.
company. He has published more than a hundred Christopher Taylor has exhibited in
articles in leading dailies. many countries, including India.
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Noorul Hoda
Alipore Bomb Case, The

A Historic Pre-Independence Trial
978-81-89738-31-0
Single copy: `395 / £9.99 / $18
229 x 149mm; 176pp
HISTORY
90 gsm NS Maplitho
Flexiback
A fast-paced and informative read about two teenaged

revolutionaries who would shake the British Empire and
set in motion a chain of events that would eventually gain
India its freedom. This book is an inspiring account of the
revolutionary secret societies that formed the vanguard of
India’s independence movement.
Noorul Hoda is actively involved in historical

and cultural research projects in India. He has
been instrumental in setting up unique museums
and archives across India.
S. Muthiah & Harry MacLure ROBERT ELGOOD
Anglo-Indians, The Arms & Armour

A 500-Year History At the Jaipur Court: The Royal Collection
978-93-81523-76-6 978-93-83098-77-4
230 x 152mm; 232pp 305 x 241mm; 298pp
This book traces the origins and growth of four generations This lavishly illustrated book showcases the splendid collection
of Anglo-Indians, combining meticulous research and a of medieval arms and armour at the City Palace Museum in
descriptive, analytical approach with a style enlivened by Jaipur. The objects include daggers, swords, lances, shields and
personal anecdotes and imagery. armour, as well as a range of accoutrements. There is also a
section on Children’s Arms.
S. Muthiah’s (left) interest in the

historical has led him to being
described as the ‘Chronicler of Robert Elgood is a freelance consultant, lecturer
Madras’. Harry MacLure moved and author. He is writing a catalogue of the arms
from the hotel industry into at Belmont House, Kent, the home of Lord
cartooning, writing and publishing. Harris who defeated Tipu Sultan.
52
HISTORY
Anita Sharma Bidisha Chakraborty & Sarmistha De
Bakkarwals of Jammu and Kashmir, The Calcutta in the Nineteenth Century

Navigating through Nomadism An Archival Exploration
978-81-89738-48-8 978-93-81523-81-0
285 x 250mm; 196pp 228 x 152mm; 428pp
This book presents an almost entirely nomadic community Through rare photographs, plans, blueprints and other
through an ethnography of their social association, religion, documentary evidence the book provides a glimpse of Calcutta
language, folklore and material culture, beliefs and indigenous as the British wanted the city to be. It shows not just how much
knowledge, the contexts for development, gender relations and they achieved but also the inevitable resistance that they faced.
much more.
Bidisha Chakraborty’s (left) areas

Anita Sharma has studied at Puducherry, Delhi of interest are the socio-economic
and Oxford universities. She has conducted aspects of nineteenth century Bengal.
several years of ethnographic research on Sarmistha De’s research is mostly
Himalayan communities. driven by archival sources.
Captain G.F. Atkinson E. Jaiwant Paul
Campaign in India, The Chivalry and Romance

Vignettes from Indian History and Bardic Legends
978-93-81523-37-7 978-93-81523-89-6
Single copy: `1,250 / £25 / $40 Single copy: `995 /£20 / $40
280 x 241mm; 92pp 226 x 176mm; 216pp
A reprint from the library collection of the National Archives Heroic men and legends often converge and the reader meets
of India, this book illustrates the progress, rather than the fascinating women such as the Rani of Jhansi and the Begums
process, leading to the siege of Delhi and its recapture. It is an of Bhopal in this book. The turning points in Indian history
interesting story of the great upheaval, the story of the 1857 that add to the country’s rich heritage and culture also make
revolt, as told by Captain Atkinson, with the aid of sketches. an interesting read.
E. Jaiwant Paul, a man of eclectic tastes,

has authored nine other books and is on the
expert panel on weapons for several museums
From the National Archives of India. of Rajasthan.
53
HISTORY
RANABIR RAY CHOUDHURY Mushirul Hasan
City in the Making, A Faith and Freedom

Aspects of Calcutta’a Early Growth Gandhi in History
978-93-85285-28-8
Single copy: `995 / £15 / $25 978-93-81523-31-5
All colour; 7 colour and Book print paper
49 black and white photographs Black and white
This book plots three definitive stages of Kolkata’s historical This book offers a meticulously researched account of Gandhi.
development. With the help of archival records, the author It is a must read for all those who are interested in understanding
has traced the various stages of the journey on the part of the the political landscape of modern India.
three villages of Sutanati, Kalikata and Gobindapur which
collectively came to be called Calcutta.
Internationally known historian, Late

Ranabir Ray Choudhury has been a journalist Mushirul Hasan, had served as Vice Chancellor,
with The Statesman and The Hindu group of Jamia Millia Islamia and Director-General,
newspapers since 1970 till 2010. National Archives of India.
Subhadra Sen Gupta; Photographs by Prakash Israni Louis Rousselet
Fatehpur Sikri India and its Native Princes

Akbar’s Magnificent City on a Hill
978-81-920912-0-4
978-93-81523-72-8 Single copy: `795 / £16.99 / $27
Single copy: `995 /£20 / $35 Packing and postage extra
229 x 229mm; 244pp Book print paper
150 gsm art paper (matt) Black and white; 231 illustrations
Four centuries ago, a king built his city of dreams on a hill Originally published by Bickers & Son in 1882, this book
and after a few years he walked away from it. The reason covers Central India, a neglected region in British India,
why Jalaluddin Akbar abandoned Fatehpur Sikri remains and the Bombay and Bengal Presidencies. It is an exquisitely
a mystery. This book traces the legends associated with this detailed study replete with stories and vivid descriptions of
fascinating city. persons, events, and places. Written fluently, it is well illustrated
with photographs.
Subhadra Sen Gupta touches upon various

aspects of Indian history and culture in her fiction
and travel writing. She captures the vibrant
people, places and history of India. From the National Archives of India.
54
HISTORY
Arun Chaudhuri Sekhar Chakrabarti
Indian Advertising: Laughter Indian National Flag unfurled

and Tears through Philately, The
978-93-83098-47-7
Single copy: `795 / £14 / $25 978-93-81523-39-1
Book print paper 241 x 152mm; 172pp
Paperback Flexiback
This book captures the evolution of the profession from 1950 A vivid account of the journey of flags in India, brilliantly
till the present times. It draws pen portraits of people who illustrated with pictures of stamps depicting flags. The pictures
have given shape to the profession. The book also showcases trace an account of the early Indian rulers, the European
advertising—the good and not-so-good—through each decade colonisers, the struggle for Independence,to finally arrive at the
covered. present tricolour.
Arun Chaudhuri began his career in advertising Sekhar Chakrabarti is an internationally famed
in Clarion McCann Advertising Services. He philatelist and postal history collector. His other
has taught Advertising and Public Relations in a passion is vexillology, which he has clubbed into
number of universities. his philatelic collections.
Narendra Luther INTRODUCTION BY RUSKIN BOND; EDITED by GANESH SAILI
Legendotes of Hyderabad Letters of a Mussoorie Merchant
978-93-83098-17-0 978-93-81523-07-0
Single copy: `995 / £16.99 / $30 Single copy: `295
178 x 216mm; 256 pp 216 x 140mm; 256pp
Legends and anecdotes are generally considered as the ‘gossip’ of Mauger Fitzhugh Monk recorded the details of his
history. This book presents a selection of legends and anecdotes extraordinary life in India, in a series of letters, written to his
relating to Hyderabad which, despite their traditional spice and father and other family members in England, between 1828 and
flavour, are rooted in facts. Liberally illustrated, the book will be 1849. He elaborates about his army life and gives a fascinating
of interest to lay readers and students of history. insight into everyday life in Mussoorie and Landour.
Narendra Luther is a former top civil servant Ganesh Saili teaches photography; he also
who kept his hobby of writing intact all through treks, capturing in words and images the beauty
his career. He has written extensively on the of the Himalaya. Some of his books have been
history and culture of Hyderabad. translated into foreign languages.
55
HISTORY
MALAVIKA KARLEKAR EDITED BY MUSHIRUL HASAN
Memories of Belonging Mutiny Memoirs

Images from the Colony and Beyond
978-81-89738-32-7
978-93-83098-59-0 Single copy: `395 / £8.99 / $13
Single copy: `795 / £15 / $25 Packing and postage extra
227 x 151mm; 228pp 90 gsm NS Maplitho
150 gsm art paper (matt) Black and white; 14 illustrations
All colour; 90 photographs and 1 map
A collection of essays that traverses over a century and a half Colonel ARD Mackenzie, an eyewitness to the 1857 ‘Revolt’,
of India’s history, offering the readers an offbeat view of Indian wrote Mutiny Memoirs based on ‘conclusive contemporary
culture, institutions and people, as it were and continues to be. documentary evidence’ of the ‘Revolt’. The book analyses
These vignettes of the colonial era find support in the form of the representations of 1857 in Mackenzie’s text.
well-chosen archival photographs.
Malavika Karlekar has been a university teacher, Internationally known historian, Late
researcher, editor and, since 2001, curator of Mushirul Hasan, had served as Vice Chancellor,
archival photographs. She lives in New Delhi Jamia Millia Islamia and Director-General,
and in Ramgarh. National Archives of India.
William Crooke Akhtar Iqbal; translated by C.H. Payne
Native Races of the British Nawab Sultan Jahan Begam

Empire,The Ex-Ruler of Bhopal: An Account of My Life
978-93-81523-44-5
Single copy: `595 / £12.99 / $20 978-93-81523-08-7
Black and white; 31 photographs Book print paper
and 1 map Black and white; 11 photographs
Part of a collection of three historical reprints from the This book is second in the series of the memoirs of Nawab
National Archives of India, The Native Races of the British Sultan Jahan Begam, the ex-ruler of Bhopal. Originally written
Empire: Northern India is a fascinating account of India—its in Urdu, it gives the story of her reign from 1908 to 1912,
hills, rivers and plains. providing a picture of life in Bhopal.
From the National Archives of India. From the National Archives of India.
56
HISTORY
William Crooke Sangeeta & ratnesh mathur
North-Western Provinces of India, The Picturesque India

Their History, Ethnology, and Administration A Journey in early Picture Postcards (1896-1947)
NEW
978-93-81523-45-2 978-93-85285-91-2
205 x 140mm; 374pp 228 x 228mm; 420pp
Book print paper 130 gsm (matt) paper
and 1 map and 4 maps
This historical book has been recently reprinted. It traces the The 500 postcards featured in this book visually document
history, ethnology and administration of the North-Western this growth, and are divided across six regional chapters,
provinces of India. It presents, in detail and great depth, a look highlighting the big towns and the large states within India,
at an era long gone by. Pakistan and Bangladesh, as they were a hundred years back.
Sangeeta and Ratnesh Mathur began building

a personal collection of Indian comics, books,
maps, stamps, travel and film posters, music CDs
and international film DVDs in the initial years
of their travels, and have been working on setting
From the National Archives of India. up a museum for the past couple of years.
John McAleer Edited and introduced by Mushirul Hasan
Picturing India Proceedings of the Indian National

People, Places and the World of the East India Company Congress: Vol. 1 (1885-1889)
978-81-933935-4-3
Single copy: `2,495 / £40 / $59 978-93-81523-14-8
Packing and postage extra Single copy: `1,500 / £28.99 / $50
150gsm art paper (matt) 285 x 200mm; 1,076pp
All colour; 131 photographs Book print paper
and 3 maps Black and white; 5 illustrations
This book draws on the unparalleled riches of the British This book traces the growth of the Indian National Congress.
Library and composes the story of images of the subcontinent, It provides a historical perspective to the concept of nationalism
produced by artists and travelers in the eighteenth- and in India during 1885-1889. This volume is not just a record
nineteenth century heyday of the East India Company, their of Congress speeches and resolutions, but it also captures the
creators, and the people and events they depict. mental, emotional, and political life of late-nineteenth century
India.

John McAleer is Lecturer in History at the University of Mushirul Hasan, had served as Vice Chancellor,
Southampton and former Curator of Imperial and Maritime Jamia Millia Islamia and Director-General,
History at the National maritime Museum, Greenwich. National Archives of India.
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HISTORY
Edited and Introduced by Mushirul Hasan Robert Elgood
Proceedings of the Indian National Rajput Arms & Armour

Congress: Vol. 2 (1890-1894) The Rathores & Their Armoury at Jodhpur Fort Vol. I & II
978-93-85285-70-7
978-93-81523-87-2 Single copy: `12,500 / £200 / $280
Single copy: `1,500 / £28.99 / $50 Packing and postage extra
280 x 195mm; 988pp 150gsm art paper (matt)
Book print paper All colour; 851 photographs
Black and white; 4 photographs Hardback with dust jacket
This book is the second of a series of 13 volumes which will Though the Rajputs are the premier warrior society in India,
document and present the proceedings of the Indian National this book is the first of its kind to cover their arms and armour.
Congress from 1885 to 1947. These volumes are probably the The volumes are not only advance knowledge of the subject in
first authentic version of the Congress proceedings. great terms but also reflect on the significance of the Rathores
in history and the scale of the 556-year-old fort itself.
Internationally known historian, Late Robert Elgood studied Islamic History at the
Mushirul Hasan, had served as Vice Chancellor, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS),
Jamia Millia Islamia and Director-General, and has a Doctorate in Indian Anthropology
National Archives of India. from Oxford University.
Hugh & Colleen Gantzer C.R. Pakrashi
Spicestory Stamp is Born, A
978-93-83098-38-5
Single copy: `1,500 / £25 / $45 978-93-83098-31-6
Packing and postage extra Single copy: `695 / £12.99/ $20
150 gsm (matt) paper 216 x 178mm; 216pp
and 1 map All colour; 350 photographs
This book offers the world the wholesome splendour of India’s first book on postage stamps, this describes the process
Indian spices through the medium of brilliant narration and of stamp production in detail. Essential for those interested in
eye-catching pictures. It traces the origin and history and art, history, or philately. The book also gives a graphic account
highlights the gastronomical and therapeutic value of these of the history and evolution of postage stamps in the world and
secret ambassadors of India. in India in particular.
Late C.R. Pakrashi had designed 56

Hugh and Colleen Gantzer are India’s commemorative stamps on great men and
pioneering travel writers and have, possibly, important national events and had held the
visited, photographed and written about more only stamp designing exhibition in the Indian
places in India than anyone else. Museum, Kolkata.
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HISTORY
Brigadier Mahendra Singh Jodha William Crooke
Story of the Jodhpur Lancers, Things Indian

The: 1885-1952
NEW
978-93-86906-63-2 978-93-81523-46-9
274 x 210mm; 464pp 216 x 140mm; 560pp
Hardback with dust jacket and Slipcase Hardback with dust jacket
A comprehensive historical account of the Jodhpur Lancers As its title suggests, this book provides an alphabetical listing
— their origin, brave deeds and role in the armies of British of ‘things Indian’. Written by William Crooke (Bengal Civil
India and the State of Jodhpur. It takes readers back to an era Service, retired), it is part of the National Archives of India’s
of royalty and reminds us of the sacrifice of the Indian troops historical reprints.
in the First World War
Brigadier Mahendra Singh Jodha was

commissioned into the Indian Army on 14
December 1985. He is a third-generation
officer from his family and both his sons are also
serving as officers in the Indian Army to continue
the legacy From the National Archives of India.
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Suraj ‘Eskay’ Sriram
Excuse Me, Can We Have

Our Country Back?
978-93-81523-94-0
Single copy: `450 / £8.99 / $20
215 x 176mm; 184pp
HUMOUR
Book print paper
Black and white; 179 illustrations
Flexiback
With tongue-in-cheek cartoons and illustrations, this book

highlights the plight of the citizens of this country. With just
the right touch of humour, Suraj ‘Eskay’ Sriram presents his
take on the present and his vision of the future.
Suraj ‘Eskay’ Sriram is a member of the

National Cartoonists Society of America and
has received awards from the New England
Press Association.
Ganesh Saili; illustrations by T.K. Manoj Kumar Suraj ‘Eskay’ Sriram
Gupp & Gossip Indira Gandhi

From the Hills The Final Chapter
978-93-81523-40-7 978-81-89738-89-1
216 x 178mm; 142pp 216 x 178mm; 176pp
Black and white; 42 illustrations All colour; 250 illustrations
Flexiback Flexiback
A personal collection of gossip from the foothills of the A snapshot of the Indian political and social scene during the
Himalayas where everybody is curious and thinks everybody time of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, one of the few Indian
else’s affairs are more worthy of being looked after than their leaders whose recognition factor has not diminished with time.
own. If friends meet for lunch, tea or dinner, the whole town Written and sketched with tongue-in-cheek humour and
very soon knows who said or ate what. cynicism.
Ganesh Saili teaches photography; he also Suraj ‘Eskay’ Sriram is a member of the
treks, capturing in words and images the beauty National Cartoonists Society of America and
of the Himalaya. Some of his books have been has received awards from the New England
translated into foreign languages. Press Association.
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HUMOUR
Partha Chatterjee & Arvindar Singh Mushirul Hasan
What A Life Wit and Humour

A Kaleidoscope of Rajinder Puri’s Cartoons In Colonial North India
978-93-86906-05-2 978-81-89738-18-1
Single copy: `495 Single copy: `795 / £15.99 / $26.99
216 x 178 mm; 148pp 305 x 203mm; 188pp
130gsm Art paper (Matt) 115 gsm Uncoated paper
Black and white; 158 illustrations Black and white; 133 illustrations
In this kaleidoscopic collection featuring 130 of Rajinder A thought-provoking tome, this book transports the reader
Puri’s best political cartoons depicting Indian and to the past and surprises with its content. It also comes as a
international leaders, which are considered to be some of refreshing change, as an academician and historian has gone
the best political cartoons since Independence. beyond the usual to focus on what can be called unusual.
Partha Chatterjee (left) is a

filmmaker, critic, and journalist who
has written on the arts for leading
Indian newspapers. Arvindar Singh Internationally known historian, Late
is a columnist and entrepreneur Mushirul Hasan, had served as Vice Chancellor,
whose works include a biography of Jamia Millia Islamia and Director-General,
former Prime Minister Morarji Desai. National Archives of India.
Mushirul Hasan
Wit and Wisdom

Pickings from the Parsee Punch
978-81-920912-6-6
Single copy: `795 / £15.99 / $26.99
305 x 203mm; 164pp
Book print paper
Black and white; 162 illustrations
The Parsee Punch, published between 1854 and the 1930s,

highlighted the relationship between public culture and
colonialism. The cartoons they published illustrate, in a
lighter vein, contemporary anxieties and predicaments in a
witty satirical fashion. The book presents a selection from
the publication.

Mushirul Hasan, had served as Vice Chancellor,
Jamia Millia Islamia and Director-General,
National Archives of India.
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Rakhshanda Jalil
Excelsior
The Story of Wynberg-Allen School
978-93-83098-11-8
Single copy: `1,500 / £30 / $55
252 x 226mm; 224pp
INSTITUTION
This book encompasses the selfless commitment of missionaries

and benefactors who gave with open hearts and laboured
tirelessly for what began as an orphanage and has developed
into the Wynberg-Allen School, an institution par excellence.
Rakhshanda Jalil writes on issues of literature,

culture and heritage. She has published over 15
books and six works of translations.
Kavita A. Sharma & W.D. Mathur Mushirul Hasan & Rakhshanda Jalil
Hindu College Delhi Partners in Freedom

A People’s Movement Jamia Millia Islamia
978-93-83098-28-6
978-81-89738-10-5
Single copy: `1,250 / £25 / $40
Single copy: `1,295 / £25 / $43
228 x 228mm; 187pp 254 x 229mm; 224pp
All colour; 194 colour photographs All colour; 126 photographs
The first-ever illustrated history of Hindu College, Delhi, a An extensively researched book, it portrays the history of
premier institution founded in 1899. The continued struggle for tolerance, camaraderie and enlightenment within the precincts
doing well and survival only underlines the great commitment of an educational institution. It also illustrates how individuals
of its founding fathers, the teachers and the students in the worked towards attaining high ideals.
early years.
Kavita A. Sharma (left), the first lady Historian Late Mushirul Hasan
principal of Hindu College and W.D. (left) had served as Vice Chancellor,
Mathur (Bobby), former bureau chief Jamia Millia Islamia. Rakhshanda
of The Indian Express, trace this premier Jalil writes on issues of literature,
institution’s journey and growth. culture and heritage.
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KRISHNA BOSE
Emilie and Subhas

A True Love Story
978-93-85285-20-2
Single copy: `295 / £5.99 / $10
216 x 140 mm; 104pp
MEMOIR
70 gsm Bookprint
Black & white; 48 photographs
Illustrated with forty-eight photographs from archives and

family albums the book sheds light on Netaji Subhas Chandra
Bose’s relationship with his wife, Emilie Schenkl, one of the
least-known aspects of the leader’s life.
Krishna Bose is an educator, writer and

politician who was elected. Member of
Parliament (Lok Sabha) three times starting
in 1996.
Rabindranath Tagore MAJOR H.P.S. AHLUWALIA
Glimpses of Bengal Higher Than Everest

Select Letters 1885-1895 Memoirs of a Mountaineer
978-93-85285-26-4
978-93-86906-28-1 Single copy: `695 / £12 / $20
Single copy: `250 Packing and postage extra
178 x 128 mm; 148pp 130 gsm art paper (matt)
Book print paper All colour; 69 colour and
Black and white 27 black and white photographs
LETTERS Paperback Hardback with dust jacket
Rabindranath Tagore felt writing of letters other than business This is the inspiring true story of one of India’s most iconic
ones to be a delightful necessity, and a form of literary mountaineers – Major HPS Ahluwalia, who was the member
extravagance only possible when a surplus of thought and of India’s first successful expedition to Everest. It is the
emotion accumulates. ultimate story of how he fought ‘the impossible fight’ towards
rehabilitation and how he conquered a Summit even higher
than the Everest, the Summit of the Mind.

was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali Major HPS Ahluwalia, during his distinguished
literature and music, as well as Indian art with career has made immense contributions in the
Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and fields of adventure, sports, environment, disability
early 20th centuries. and social work.
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MEMOIR
Rabindranath Tagore LT. COL. FORREST; Foreword by Prof. Lokesh Chandra
My Reminiscences Picturesque Tour Along the Rivers

Ganges and Jumna, In India, A
978-93-86906-10-6 978-93-83098-72-9
Single copy: `395 Single copy: `1,600 / £30 / $50
178 x 127 mm; 260pp 292 x 210mm; 208pp
Black and white All colour; 26 illustrations
This memoir gives us a glimpse into the mind of young Tagore The memoir is an engrossing account of the mediaeval period
and his evolution as a great poet and writer, and has etched in of Indian history. It is an evocative and spell binding account of
words many of his primary experiences about his future poetry, the Islamic and East India Company periods which the author
plays and novels. recounts his picturesque tour in equally striking words.

was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali Lokesh Chandra is an internationally renowned
literature and music, as well as Indian art with scholar of Tibetan, Mongolian and Sino-Japanese
Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early Buddhism. A prolific writer, he
20th centuries. has to his credit 580 works.
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Kishore Chatterjee
Beethoven and Friends
978-81-89738-49-5
Single copy: `995 / £21 / $33
222 x 222mm; 288pp
MUSIC
What were monophonic Gregorian Chants? Who codified

them and when were they composed? These and many other
questions are addressed in this compilation of the history of
Western classical music through the unusual stories of the
many lives that shaped it.
Painter, cartoonist, short story writer and

filmmaker, Kolkata-based Kishore Chatterjee
also nurtures a passion for Western classical
music.
Geeta Sahai & Shrinkhla sahai Humra Quraishi
Beyond Music Dagars and Dhrupad

Maestros in Conversation Divine Legacy
978-93-83098-98-9 978-93-83098-75-0
229 x 152mm; 324pp 248 x 222mm; 156pp
80 gsm book print paper 150 gsm art paper (matt)
This book delves into candid opinions on issues, revealing This book gives glimpses of the rich heritage of this haunting
thoughts on music-making and emotional sagas of some form of music that has enthralled audiences worldwide. It
of India’s most accomplished, revered classical musicians. traces the history of the illustrious Dagar family through 20
A must read for all Hindustani classical music connoisseurs. generations of dhrupad singers and highlights their distinctive
approach to this unique form of music.
Geeta Sahai (left) is a writer,

broadcaster and documentary
filmmaker. Shrinkhla Sahai has Humra Quraishi is a Delhi-based writer-
presented papers on Hindustani columnist-journalist. Her books include Kashmir:
classical music, dance, radio and The Untold Story and a volume of her collective
sound. writings, Views: Yours and Mine.
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MUSIC
Translated by Aruna Chakravarti
Songs of Tagore
978-93-81523-49-0
Single copy:`295 / £7.99 / $10
228 x 228mm; 144pp
Book print paper
Flexiback
This publication of 112 select songs of Rabindranath Tagore is

primarily for the Indian and non-Indian listeners who have no
access to the original language of the Poet, but enjoy listening
to his songs and would like to understand what the song says.
Aruna Chakravarti is a well-known academic,

writer and translator and has contributed widely
to national and international journals.
Saba Risaluddin
Quest for Paradise, The

Gardens, past, present and future
978-93-81523-78-0
Single copy: `1,250 / £25 / $45
264 x 212 mm; 116pp
MYTHOLOGY This book considers the idea of the sacred grove, the garden
and the perfect landscape, ranging from the ancient, pagan
world to the present, and from the Abrahamic faiths to the
faiths of the East. It is well-illustrated with reproductions of
paintings, mosaics and textiles.
Saba Risaluddin has written and broadcast

extensively on interfaith issues. She lives in
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina where she also
works as a freelance translator.
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Shivang Mehta
Decade with Tigers, A

Supremacy. Solitude. Stripes
978-93-86906-03-8
NATURE
Single copy: `1,750 / £28 / $40
Size: 230 x 205mm; 360pp
&
WILDLIFE
A unique tribute to the tigers, who have played a vital role as
‘brand ambassadors’ of Indian wildlife. The volume chronicles
legendary tiger mothers and male tigers of the past decade,
as well as their tales of survival, complemented by exquisite
images.
Shivang Mehta is a journalist turned PR

professional with experience in corporate
communications.
Pippa Mukherjee Anthony J Gaston & Sanjeeva Pandey
Flora Of the Southern Western The Great Himalayan National Park

Ghats and Palnis: A Field Guide The Struggle to save the Western Himalayas
NEW
978-93-85285-17-2 978-93-86906-71-7
Single copy: `1,250 / £20/ $25 Single copy: `1,500 / £29 / $40
229x 153mm;448pp 216 x 178mm; 364pp
135 line drawings and 2 maps 1 illustration and 12 maps
Flexiback Hardback with dust jacket and Slipcase
This field guide is the result of the author’s intense study of the The Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area
flora of the southern Western Ghats as well as those of Palni (GHNPCA), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a unique
hills for several years.This is an extremely useful field guide protected area in the Himalayas, one of the world’s great
not only for the general readers and nature lovers but also for biological realms. The book highlights the history, ecological
students, teachers, and researchers in botany. overview and the rich legacy of Himalayan flora and fauna.
Sanjeeva Pandey (left) has served

as Director of the Great Himalayan
Pippa Mukherjee has a degree in nursing and a National Park (GHNP) from 1998 to
diploma in teaching. She was on the committee 2006. Anthony J Gaston has studied
of the Bombay Natural History Society and Indian wildlife, especially birds,
worked as nature education officer. since 1969
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NATURE & WILDLIFE
Daulat Singh Shaktawat Sunayan Sharma
My Encounter with the Big Cat Sariska

And Other Adventures in Ranthambhore The Tiger Reserve Roars Again
978-93-86906-14-4 978-93-83098-71-2
Single copy: `695 Single copy: `650 / £15 / $20
210 x 172 mm; 184pp
216 x 178mm; 224pp
Flexiback Flexiback
The book contains a first-hand account of the author’s Sariska, in Rajasthan, has been one of the most famous national
experience in 2010, when he was grievously injured and nearly parks in India, especially for its tigers. However, it had lost its
lost his life while trying to tranquillise a tiger that had strayed tiger population to poachers a decade ago. A few tigers were
out of the boundary of the Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve. then shifted from Ranthambhore to Sariska. This was the first
such experiment anywhere in the world, which turned out to
be a grand success.
Sunayan Sharma, formerly a member of the

Daulat Singh Shaktawat has served for more Indian Forest Service, was Wildlife Warden at
than 37 years in the wildlife wing of the Forest Jodhpur, Rajasthan, and later Director at the
Department of Rajasthan. Keoladeo National Park in Bharatpur.
Biswajit Roy Chowdhury & Pradeep Vyas Biswajit Roy Chowdhury
Sunderbans Wild Wonders of India

The Mystic Mangrove
978-81-89738-13-6 978-81-89738-25-9
298 x 235mm; 120pp 229 x 229mm; 152pp
The Sunderbans of West Bengal—the world’s largest mangrove A visually delightful voyage across India, showcasing its wealth
expanse with a unique eco-system—is home to the Bengal of flora and fauna. For the uninitiated yet inclined, this book
Tiger as well as numerous fauna. This book is a lavishly is almost akin to a familiarisation tour through India’s many
illustrated and vivid account of the region, where man learns to splendoured forests and their wildlife specialities as well as its
co-exist with nature despite all adversities. national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and tiger reserves.
Biswajit Roy Chowdhury (left) is

the Founder Secretary of Nature Biswajit Roy Chowdhury is a noted
Environment & Wildlife Society. conservationist and also an ace wildlife
Pradeep Vyas is an officer of the photographer. He is the Founder Secretary of
Indian Forest Service. Nature Environment & Wildlife Society.
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Raghu Rai
Bangladesh
The Price of Freedom
978-93-81523-69-8
Single copy: `1,495 / £30 / $50
295 x 237mm; 116pp
PHOTOGRAPHY
A significant body of work documenting a turning point in the

history of South Asia. This book has won the Federation of
Indian Publishers’ Awards for ‘Excellence in Book Production’
for 2013, the second prize in the Jackets (English) category.
Raghu Rai has been a Magnum photographer

since 1977, when he was nominated to the world’s
most prestigious photographer’s cooperative by
Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Priya Sarukkai Chabria & Christopher Taylor Concept:lila patel; Text:Soumitra Das
Bombay/Mumbai Calcutta 1940-1970

Immersions In the Photographs of Jayant Patel
978-93-81523-68-1
Single copy: `1,495 / £30 / $50 978-93-86906-02-1
150 gsm art paper (matt) Size: 300 x 225mm; 224pp
All colour; 48 colour and 130gsm art paper (matt)
288 black and white photographs Black and white; 131 photographs
Meditative essays and mesmerising photographs bring Mumbai This is an exquisite collection of black-and-white pictures of
alive. The city’s inequality, demographics and vitality are Calcutta from 1940–1970, which are from the much sought-
wonderfully brought out by this elegantly written, fabulously after collection, which were archived and introduced by
photographed book which is an in-depth rumination on the life Jayant Patel.
of a cruel and captivating world metropolis.
Priya Sarukkai Chabria (left) has

received the Indian Government’s
Senior Fellowship to Outstanding Lila Patel (left) is a competitive golfer
Artists. Christopher Taylor and an entrepreneur. Soumitra Das is
has held critically acclaimed a journalist, deeply involved with the
photography exhibitions. visual arts and heritage issues.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
Rekha Sarin & Rajan Kapoor Kunal Basu; photographs by Kushal Ray
Chai Intimacies
The Experience of Indian Tea
978-93-81523-91-9 978-93-81523-11-7
317 x 246mm; 302pp 229 x 229mm; 152pp
150 gsm (matt) paper 150 gsm art paper (matt)
A pictorial journey through time, into the heartlands of tea, Eight thousand photographs, all of them shot inside a 12-room
across India, this book offers the reader a varied selection of house with 10 residents; the result of a real life journey through
the universally popular brew. It affords a glimpse into the complex terrains of intimacies. The narrative brings to life the
making of the cup that cheers and is a visual treat for the tea remarkable world of the photographer and the photographed.
connoisseur, the casual tea-lover, the tea industry enthusiast
or the tourist.
Rekha Sarin (left) is a Delhi- Kunal Basu (left) is the author of

based freelance writer and has four critically acclaimed novels. He
contributed to leading Indian has written poetry and screenplays.
magazines and newspapers. Kushal Ray has taken part in
Rajan Kapoor has won several several international photography
national and international awards. exhibitions.
RAGHU RAI Sipra Das
Khajuraho Light Within, The

A Different Vision of Life
978-81-926939-0-3
Single copy: `3,000 / £45 / $75
305 x 280 mm; 124pp Single copy: `1,000 / £20 / $35
130gsm rendezvous Packing and postage extra
super white paper 267 x 222mm; 202pp
69 black and white photographs Black and white; 145 photographs
The book follows noted photographer Raghu Rai in his journey A book that captures the extraordinary lives of the visually
of discovery of the famed erotic temples of Khajuraho. It offers impaired through images that stimulate genuine empathy and
a glimpse of contemporary daily life around the magnificent a certain degree of awe rather than induce the usual mix of
temples, built by the Chandella kings as early as the 9th century. sympathy and pity. It presents the stories of individuals who
have survived to not only pursue their interest but also excel
at it.
Sipra Das is a leading photojournalist who has

Raghu Rai has been a Magnum photographer explored various aspects and phases of Indian
since 1977 and was the first ever photographer to life, history and politics with an unfailing eye for
be honoured with the Padma Shri. detail.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
Ashok Dilwali Dr Alka Pande
Nicholas Roerich/Ashok Dilwali Panchtattvas: The Road Ahead

Inspired by the Himalayas Volume One & Volume Two
978-93-81523-51-3
Single copy: `3,000 / £60 / $100 978-93-86906-06-9
170 gsm art paper (matt) 268 x 214 mm; 388pp
All colour; 125 photographs 130gsm art paper (matt)
and 10 illustrations All colour; 241photographs
Hardback and dust jacket Hardback with dust jacket
with Slipcase and slipcase
Following the same arduous path of the Russian master, The book, a two-volume set, contains thought-provoking
Ashok Dilwali evokes the splendour of the Himalayas by essays on sustainable development as well as award-winning
photographing the luminous landscapes that Nicholas Roerich photographs from Photosphere 2016, which culminated in an
painted Enduring harsh weather and conditions, he charts a outdoor exhibition titled ‘Panchtattvas: The Road Ahead
love affair with the region.
Dr Alka Pande, Curator and Art Consultant

Ashok Dilwali sees the spiritual in nature. He and Artistic Director, Photosphere, is currently
reigns supreme in mountain photography, having the Consultant Arts Advisor and Curator at
mastered the art of capturing the exact mood at the Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre,
appropriate angles with his lens. New Delhi.
Raghu Rai & Usha Rai
Vijayanagara Empire
Ruins to Resurrection
978-93-83098-24-8
Single copy: `3,500 / £60 / $105
229 x 229mm; 140pp
130 gsm Rendezvous
Super White paper
All colour; 197 colour and
7 black and white photographs
In this book, acclaimed photographer Raghu Rai takes the

reader on a visual experience akin to being transported to the
world of Hampi the way it must have existed centuries ago. His
photographs capture the depths and details of the ruins.
Raghu Rai has been a Magnum photographer

since 1977, when he was nominated to the world’s
most prestigious photographer’s cooperative by
Henri Cartier-Bresson.
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Rabindranath Tagore
Crescent Moon, The
POETRY
978-93-81523-24-7
By Tagore Single copy: `95 / £4.99 / $7.99

178 x 127mm; 56pp
Book print paper
Black and white
Paperback
‘...My song will be like a pair

of wings to your dreams, it will
Rabindranath Tagore, sobriquet Gurudev, transport your heart to the verge
was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali of the unknown. It will be like the
literature and music, as well as Indian art with faithful star overhead when dark
Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early night is over your road.’ A poetry
20th centuries. collection that is part of a set of
12 books that have been translated
by Tagore.
Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore
Fireflies Fruit Gathering
978-93-81523-16-2 978-93-81523-17-9
Single copy:`95 / £4.99 / $7.99 Single copy: `95 / £4.99 / $7.99
178 x 127mm; 68pp 178 x 127mm; 64pp
Paperback Paperback
‘When death comes and whispers ‘...But I am thankful that my lot

to me, “Thy days are ended,” let lies with the humble who suffer
me say to him, “I have lived in love and bear the burden of power, and
and not in mere time.”’A Tagore hide their faces and stifle their sobs
classic—a poetry collection in the dark.’ A Tagore classic—a
that is part of a set of 12 books poetry collection that is part of
that have been translated by the a set of 12 books that have been
Master himself. translated by the Master himself.
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POETRY
Fugitive, The Gitanjali
978-93-81523-26-1 978-93-81523-18-6
Single copy: `125 / £4.99 / $7.99 Single copy: `75 / £4.99 / $7.99
178 x 127mm; 128pp 178 x 127mm; 76pp
Paperback Paperback
‘The long story of my coming hither ‘Where the mind is without fear
lies there dumb, in one meandering and the head is held high; where
line of dust stretching from the knowledge is free; where the
morning hilltop to the brink of world has not been broken up into
bottomless night.’ A Tagore classic fragments by narrow domestic
that is part of a set of 12 books that walls...’ A Tagore classic—a poetry
have been translated by the Master collection that is part of a set of 12
himself. books that have been translated by
the Master himself.
Rabindranath Tagore
Stray Birds
NEW
978-93-86906-60-1
Single copy: `95
178 x 127mm; 88pp
Book print paper
Black and white
Paperback
First published in 1916, Stray

Birds is a collection of over
300 epigrammatic poems by
Rabindranath Tagore. While some
of the poems in this collection
are the poet’s translation of the
verses in Kanika, some others were
written during his visit to Japan.
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reema Abbasi
Ajmer Sharif
Awakening of Sufism in South Asia
978-93-85285-64-6
Single copy: `1,250 / £18 / $25
228 x 228mm; 176pp
RELIGION
An in-depth researched work on the history, spiritual journey

and enduring legacy of the Sufi saint Khwaja Muinuddin
Chisti. Features over 200 unique and evocative photographs of
the tombs, monuments, rituals and pilgrims at Ajmer Sharif.
Reema Abbasi was the recipient of the Gender in

Journalism Award 2003 from UNESCO for the
most gender sensitive reportage.
Pepita Seth Utpal K. Banerjee
Heaven on Earth Hindu Joy of Life

The Universe of Kerala’s Guruvayur Temple
978-93-81523-27-8
Single copy: `1,995 / £40 / $66 978-81-89738-42-6
and 8 illustrations All colour; 142 photographs
This remarkable and unique record is the outcome of seven An attempt to simplify the tenets of an age-old religion
years of careful research enhanced by sensitive photographs that and demystify it for today’s reader. Religion and ritual come
not only portray all aspects of life within the Guruvayur temple, together to bring the concepts of Hinduism to the fore. It is a
but its atmosphere of intangible divinity as well. quest to discover the enduring vitality that exists in the Hindu
way of life.
Pepita Seth is a photographer, writer, film editor Utpal K. Banerjee writes on the arts and culture
and 2004 Weiss International Fellow. Her work and is a regular contributor on cultural and
focuses on Hindu rituals and temple traditions in professional programmes to BBC, All India
Kerala. Radio and Indian television.
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RELIGION
Usha Choudhuri & Indra Nath Choudhuri Reema Abbasi
Hinduism Historic Temples in Pakistan

A Way of Life and a Mode of Thought A Call to Conscience
978-93-83098-49-1
Single copy: `1,250 / £25 / $40
978-93-81523-47-6 Special edition: `1,995
Single copy: `1,495 / £28.99 / $50 Packing and postage extra
This book lays down the basic tenets of Hinduism which have Elaborately embellished with evocative photographs of
evolved through centuries of belief and practice. It attempts antiquated and exquisite Hindu shrines, opulent rituals and
to unravel the mystery that the word poses for many and festivals, this book has been extensively researched and presents
reflects upon the freedom of choice and action that the Hindu some exceptional pilgrimage sites.
religion provides.
Usha Choudhuri (left) is a

distinguished scholar of Sanskrit. Reema Abbasi received the Gender in Journalism
Indra Nath Choudhuri has been Award 2003 from UNESCO. Her other passions
in academics, administration and include music, reading, writing and research,
cultural diplomacy. cinema, travel, art and poetry.
EDITED BY RAHUL MEHROTRA & FELIPE VERA Subas Pani
Kumbh Mela Ratha Yatra

Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity Chariot Festival of Sri Jagannatha in Puri
978-93-85285-07-3
Single copy:`1,995 978-93-85285-56-1
150 gsm art paper (matt) 280 x 229 mm; 240pp
All colour; 883 photographs 150gsm art paper (matt)
The volume presents the comprehensive research findings Based on extensive research and documentation of over a
and includes city maps, aerial images, analytical drawings and decade and a ringside view of the festival for over twenty-
photographs of this spectacular Ephemeral Mega City for the five years by the author, the volume contains over 240
Kumbh Mela. It is the first systematic study on the Mela as vibrant photographs, some from the archival collection of Sri
a City: a planned entity and covers issues of social inclusion, Gitagovinda Prathistana, a making the book a visual treat for
diversity, and even democracy. readers.
Rahul Mehrotra (left) is an architect

who teaches at the Graduate School Subas Pani, a retired civil servant with a PhD on
of Design, Harvard University. Felipe Jayadeva’s Geetagovinda, is an author, translator,
Vera is Director, Centre for Ecology, composer and creative director. a retired civil
Landscape and Urbanism, Chile. servant with a PhD on Jayadeva’s Geetagovinda
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RELIGION
Ashok Dilwali Ashok Dilwali
Sayings from the Bhagvad Gita Sayings from the Upanishads
978-81-89738-08-2 978-81-89738-28-0
215 x 180mm; 108pp 215 x 180mm; 104pp
All colour All colour
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The sermon by Lord Krishna in the epic Mahabharat is known The Upanishads, passed down in oral tradition, are said to
as the Bhagvad Gita. It is a 700-verse scripture that contains be divine revelations received by seers and saints. They are
a conversation between prince Arjuna and his guide Lord considered to contain revealed truths that concern the nature
Krishna on a variety of theological and philosophical issues. of ultimate reality and describe the character and form of
human salvation.
Ashok Dilwali sees the spiritual in nature. He Ashok Dilwali sees the spiritual in nature. He
reigns supreme in mountain photography, having reigns supreme in mountain photography, having
mastered the art of capturing the exact mood at mastered the art of capturing the exact mood at
appropriate angles with his lens. appropriate angles with his lens.
Ashok Dilwali M.K. Pal
Sayings from the Vedas Ujjain

The City of Temples
978-81-89738-07-5 978-93-83098-51-4
215 x 180mm; 108pp 225 x 150mm; 152pp
All colour All colour; 54 photographs
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The Vedas are considered the oldest scriptures of mankind; This book presents the history, mythology, rituals and festivals
their message transcends barriers of race, creed or religion. of the most important temples in Ujjain. It goes on to describe
In this book, an attempt has been made to fuse the verses the importance of the River Shipra and its role in the religious,
with photographs of nature. The main motivating factor is to cultural, social, economic, and political life of the people of
highlight the thoughts contained in the Vedas. Ujjain from the beginnings of the city’s history.
Ashok Dilwali sees the spiritual in nature. He Late M.K. Pal had been an ardent researcher
reigns supreme in mountain photography, having in the field of arts and crafts and socio-cultural
mastered the art of capturing the exact mood at studies for more than four decades. He had
appropriate angles with his lens. written extensively on Indian culture.
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RELIGION
Mala Mukerjee & Jael Silliman
Where Gods Reside

Sacred Places of Kolkata
978-93-86906-33-5
Single copy: `650 / £15 / $20
216 x 178mm; 152pp
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This book is a kaleidoscope for the readers to witness the

cultural plurality of Kolkata—a constellation of impressive
religious edifices—linked to the city’s mercantile history.
A graduate in Applied Art & Design

Studies in Photography from the
London Guildhall University,
Mala Mukerjee’s work has been
exhibited in all major cities in India
and abroad. Jael Silliman was an
Associate Professor of Women’s
Studies, University of Iowa and
a Program Officer at the Ford
Foundation, New York.
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Rakhshanda Jalil
A to Z of 121 Unconventional
Management Concepts
978-81-89738-03-7
Single copy: `125 / £3.99 / $7.99
203 x 127mm; 104pp
SELF-HELP
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A management book that takes the reader through the A to Z

of management concepts, with lateral thinking, office politics
and test marketing thrown in between. The terms are explained
in a simple non-academic manner.
Rakhshanda Jalil writes on issues of literature,

culture and heritage. She has published over 15
books and six works of translations.
Shikher Dubey Howard Wimer
I Believe I Can Fly Inner Guidance and

the Four Spiritual Gifts
978-81-90193-62-7 978-81-89738-57-0
Single copy: `100 / £3.99 / $6.99 Single copy: `395
203 x 140mm; 58pp 216 x 140mm; 328pp
Paperback Paperback
This thought-provoking book provides a strong base for people How to maximise intuition and inspirations to become more
striving to achieve success. It helps them to reach out for the creative, successful and fulfilled. The four spiritual gifts narrated
skies, using will power and determination and has been the key in this book help the reader to tap into his inner guidance and
to success for many. The book teaches the reader to soar like make the best decisions in all spheres of life.
never before.
Shikher Dubey, a Master’s in Business

Administration, has worked with several Howard Wimer is a dynamic lecturer and has
multinational organisations. He now runs a been involved in the personal growth field for
successful business. more than 30 years.
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SELF-HELP
Ajay Sachdeva Amish Tandon
Is Your Mind Really Yours? Law of Sexual Harassment At Workplace

Break Free from the Shackles of a Programmed Life Practice & Procedure
978-93-86906-04-5 978-93-85285-83-7
Single copy: `395 Single copy: `495
216 x 140 mm; 178pp 216 x 140 mm; 288pp
Book Print Paper Book Print Paper
Paperback Paperback
The cornerstone of this lively and highly readable book is the This book would be useful for the entire legal fraternity, as also
idea of operating from the ‘free spirit’ as opposed to the ego. One law teachers, students, companies and organizations; and other
subsequently experiences growth, freedom, and contentment. people with interest in the area.
Ajay Sachdeva, with postgraduate degree in Amish Tandon is a corporate commercial

Operations Research from Delhi University, is attorney practicing in New Delhi for more than 8
the recipient of a gold medal for securing first years, with extensive experience in litigation and
rank at the university. corporate advisory.
Laxmi Dhaul Rakhshanda Jalil
Magic Mantras Office Fables

For Young Adults to Achieve Success in Life For Today’s Manager
978-93-83098-20-0 978-81-89738-09-9
203 x 127mm; 124pp 203 x 127mm; 112pp
Black and white; 50 illustrations Black and white
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Our thoughts determine the quality of life we choose! This A collection of short inspirational stories that are simple and
book personally guides you like a friend, helping you discover easy to read. They compel the reader to pause, reflect and carry
your thinking power and inner strength. The mantras show the message through the day. The stories help to improve the
how you can be the master of your own life and destiny. quality of life at the workplace.
Laxmi Dhaul is involved in setting up renewable Rakhshanda Jalil writes on issues of literature,
power plants using agricultural waste and has culture and heritage. She has published over 15
written a children’s book on the environment. books and six works of translations.
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SELF-HELP
Martin Kämpchen O.P. Mishra
Simply Do It, Do It Simply Watch Out!

A Handbook for Safe Living
978-93-81523-56-8 978-93-81523-75-9
190 x 125mm; 100pp 216 x 140mm; 76pp
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This book probes into the meaning of speech and silence This book highlights those critical areas related to safety and
beyond clichéd thinking. It describes everyday activities such as security of our property and lives where a proactive role played
waking, breathing or listening and breaks open the thoughtless by the community and the individual can prevent crime. The
routine with which we normally carry them out. points of advice given in this book are indeed words of wisdom
that would go a long way in ensuring the safety of citizens.
German-born writer, Martin Kämpchen, came O.P. Mishra is a serving Indian Police Service
to India as a student. Deeply moved by this Officer of the AGMUT cadre. He is a recipient
country’s variegated life and philosophy, he of the President’s Police Meal for Meritorious
stayed on, settling at Santiniketan. Services.
V. RAVI KUMAR Dharmavir Singh Mahida
Yoga Yoga
Bharat’s Invaluable Gift to the World The Indian Way
978-93-85285-05-9 978-93-85285-77-6
246 x 166mm; 192pp 241 x 165 mm; 136pp
130gsm art paper (matt) 130gsm art paper (matt)
This book traces the wide canvas of yoga, right from its origin Yoga: The Indian Way is not just another book on yoga. The
and antiquity to its mass appeal and acceptance that has simplified, yet effective and safe, methods for practising yoga,
transcended geographical, cultural and national boundaries. as shown in its pages, are meant for almost anyone between the
It highlights its popularity among cross-sections of human ages of 8 and 80 years
society—corporates, celebrities, sportspersons, world leaders
and the common man.
Dharmavir Singh Mahida had worked as an

V. Ravi Kumar has conducted more than 200 engineer for nine years in the automotive sector
yoga camps in 40 countries. An engineer by in Germany before he decided to quit and return
profession, he gave up his job to serve society and to India to pursue his deep interest in yoga and
joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. philosophy.
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SELF-HELP
Shailaja Menon
Yoga Shakti
Awaken Your Own Power
978-93-86906-44-1
Single copy: `495 / £12 / $16
228 x 152mm;180pp
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Yoga Shakti shows you how to incorporate the transformative

power of yoga into your everyday life, overcome negative
experiences, and achieve self-realization and spiritual fulfilment.
Shailaja Menon is a certified Manasa yoga

teacher, speaker, and freelance writer/editor based
in Malaysia. She has over 18 years of experience
in yoga, both as a teacher and as a practitioner,
and teaches at her studio, ‘Mat & Beyond Yoga
Studio’ in Malaysia.
Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Teasing Questions
Exploring Disconnects in Contemporary India
978-93-83098-07-1
Single copy: `795 / £15 / $25
239 x 159mm; 796pp
Book print paper
Black and white
SPEECH A selection of speeches by the Vice President of India, M

Hamid Ansari. These speeches were delivered by him at
university convocations, national and international conferences,
seminars, professional gatherings, book launches, ceremonial
events and formal inaugurations during his tenure from August
2007 to December 2012.
Mohammad Hamid Ansari was the Vice

President of India. He was the only person to
get elected to this high office for two consecutive
terms since Dr S Radhakrishnan.
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sudhir chakravarti; Translated by Utpal k. banerjee
Along Deep Lonely Alleys

Baul - Fakir - Dervish of Bengal
978-93-85285-69-1
Single copy: `595 / £9 / $14
216 x 140mm; 392pp
SPIRITUALITY
Book print paper
Black and white
In this book the author opens the doors to a new vision of

this unique world of wandering minstrels. Having travelled
through the districts of Nadia, Murshidabad, Birbhum and
Bardhaman—he completed an intensive research over a period
of time spanning two decades.
Sudhir Chakravarti (left) is professor

and associated with the Institute
of Development Studies, Kolkata.
Utpal K. Banerjee writes on the arts
and culture.
Trishan P. Kaur SWAMI DEVA BODHENA
Arise Peace to Heal Bodhena’s Adventures in Samsara

A Sannyasin Memoir
978-93-85285-35-6
978-93-81523-01-8 Single copy: `495 / £7.99 / $15
Single copy: `495 Packing and postage extra
200 x 150 mm; 176pp Book print paper
Book print paper All colour; 16 colour and
Black and white 16 black and white photographs
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This book probes into the meaning of speech and silence This is a candid and honest account of a German seeker who has
beyond clichéd thinking. It describes everyday activities such as lived in the communes in Poona, India, and in Rajneeshpuram,
waking, breathing or listening and breaks open the thoughtless Oregon. The author outlines how he continued on his path
routine with which we normally carry them out. even after leaving the commune.
Swami Deva Bodhena was born in Germany in

1948. After completing his MA in Geography
Trishan P. Kaur is a consultant Naturopath and Regional Planning, he has lived in India,
and Yoga teacher. California, Oregon, and Spain.
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SPIRITUALITY
Acharya Rajneesh (Osho) Leonid Plotkin
Mystics of the East Nostalgia for Eternity

Journeys in Religion, History, and Myth on the Indian Subcontinent
978-93-81523-54-4 978-93-86906-41-0
229 x 152mm; 256pp 254 x 241mm; 380pp
Book print paper 130gsm art paper (matt)
Black and white All colour; 441photographs
This book is a compilation of Osho’s discourses on some of the Nostalgia for Eternity is an extended visual meditation on the
enlightened masters who were born in the East: Atisha, Baul highest human aspirations: to know the nature of one’s true self
mystics, Boddhidharma, the Buddha, Chuang Tze, Kabir, Lao and to understand one’s place in the cosmos.
Tzu, Mahakashyap, Nansen, Patanjali and Tilopo.
Leonid Plotkin has worked as a freelance

Shree Rajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain) also known as documentary photographer since 2007, and
Osho, Acharya Rajneesh, or simply Rajneesh, was an Indian his work has appeared in various international
Godman and leader of the Rajneesh movement. publications.
Jack Allanach (Swami Krishna Prem) Rashid Maxwell
Osho, India and Me Point of Vanishing, The

A Tale of Sexual and Spiritual Transformation A Tale of Truth and Things Imagined
978-93-81523-58-2 978-93-81523-32-2
216 x140mm; 444pp 229 x 152mm; 300pp
A compelling true story of one man’s incredible search for Brought out in collaboration with the Osho World Foundation,
the self and a first-hand glimpse of a unique mystic at work. this is an adventure story that is spiritual, not religious. It is a
Jack Allanach met Osho in Mumbai and became his disciple. journey of self-realisation—one that we all must make at some
Subsequently he spent eleven years in Osho’s spiritual time in the cycle of our lives. An expansive work that makes
community, primarily in India. compelling reading.
Jack Allanach spent 15 years in television and

public relations, culminating in his own successful Rashid Maxwell lived for nearly 20 years as an artist, art
PR company in Montreal. In 1973 he travelled to lecturer and therapist. A close call with death impelled him to
India and met Osho in Mumbai. make his life a quest till he met his master, Osho.
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SPIRITUALITY
EDITED BY KAPILA VATSYAYAN & CÔME CARPENTIER DE GOURDON Ashok Dilwali
Raimundo Panikkar So said the Wise

A Pilgrim Across World
978-93-85285-39-4 978-81-933935-2-9
228 x 152 mm; 272pp 216 x 176 mm; 164pp
Black & white All colour; 81 photographs
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This volume comprises contributions by Raimundo Panikkar’s A collection of inspirational thoughts from some of India’s
contemporaries and his disciples and pupils. The book will be greatest minds, visionaries coming from many different walks
useful for students and practitioners of religion and philosophy. of life; combined with stunning photographs.
Kapila Vatsyayan (left) is a renowned

art historian and awarded the Padma Ashok Dilwali , undoubtedly, reigns supreme
Vibhushan. Côme Carpentier in mountain photography and has mastered the
de Gourdon is the convener of art of capturing the exact mood, presenting the
the Editorial Advisory Board of Himalayas, its people and places in a form and
World Affairs. style never seen before.
SWATANTRA SARAJENO Acharya Rajneesh (Osho)
When a Real Lion Meets a Real Master Zorba the Buddha
978-93-85285-36-3
Single copy: `750 / £12.99 / $20 978-93-81523-59-9
All colour; 13 colour Book print paper
and 5 black and white photographs Black and white
Paperback Paperback
This book provides an account of Osho’s work with his disciples A selection of Osho’s fascinating discourses on the synthesis of
during the 70s and 80s. This account of the author’s life and materialism and spiritualism and how each impacts the other.
journey as a disciple, his escapades, theatrics, and adventures, The book reveals how spiritualism without materialism may
provides compelling reading and fascinating insights into the have beautiful values but it is without foundations.
playful profundity of the work of Osho.
Swatantra Sarajeno heard much about Bhagwan

from friends and felt to meet him. He worked Shree Rajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain) also known as
at Osho’s ashram as a photographer, translated Osho, Acharya Rajneesh, or simply Rajneesh, was an Indian
Osho’s discourses into Italian. Godman and leader of the Rajneesh movement.
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LYNN DEAS
Horse Racing in India

A Royal Legacy
978-93-85285-23-3
Single copy: `6,000 / £75 / $115
318 x 287 mm; 292pp
SPORTS
120 gsm Glode Fine Paper
All colour, 254 photographs
with dust jacket and Slipcase
First book to present a comprehensive and panoramic view of

horse racing in the Indian Subcontinent by an author who is
the publisher of the only equestrian racing magazine in India,
it provides valuable insights and privileged information to the
reader. The book also looks at the future of horse racing in
India.
Lynn Deas is a writer, horse-owner,

businesswoman, who started her publishing
career well before her 21st birthday. She is
also the publisher of Racing World, India’s
only equestrian racing magazine, launched
in 2003
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Jasleen Dhamija
Baluchars
The Woven Narrative Silks of Bengal
NEW
978-93-86906-82-3
Single copy: `2,500 / £45 / $65
318mm x 242mm; 244pp
130gsm Art paper (Matt)
TEXTILE
and 8 illustrations
The historic Baluchar textiles of Bengal are a testament to a

unique weaving tradition. This richly illustrated book traces
the historical development of Baluchar textiles, especially
saris, and the position this art form has come to acquire in the
twenty-first century.
Jasleen Dhamija is internationally renowned

in the field of world textiles and costumes. She
has been studying, documenting and reviving
Indian textile and handicraft traditions for nearly
six decades.
EILUNED EDWARDS RAHUL JAIN
Block Printed Textiles of India Textiles & Garments

Imprints of Culture At the Jaipur Court
978-93-85285-03-5 978-93-85285-04-2
305 x 228 mm; 376pp 304 x 241 mm; 284pp
150 matt art paper 150 gsm art paper (matt)
All colour; 320 colour photographs All colour; 262 photographs
The book reflects the author’s extensive field research over the First comprehensive overview of the court textiles of any
past twenty-four years—working with block printers, block princely Indian state and a tribute to the remarkable artistic and
makers, dye producers, entrepreneurs, designers, government material legacy of the Kachhwaha maharajas of Amber-Jaipur,
agencies, and non-governmental organisations, in museums the book is an illustrated showcase of some of the finest and
and private collections all over India. most rare court textiles to have survived from medieval India.
Eiluned Edwards is Reader in Global Cultures of Textiles

whose research has concentrated on aspects of textiles, dress, Rahul Jain is an Indian textile designer, art
fashion and craft development in South Asia, notably India. historian and author, and a Padma Shri awardee.
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TEXTILE
Maggie Baxter Jaya Jaitly
Unfolding Woven Textiles of Varanasi

Contemporary Indian Textiles
978-93-83098-83-5 978-93-83098-37-8
Single copy: `3,000 / £55 / $90 Single copy:`995 / £16.99 / $30
305 x 225mm; 188pp 267 x 216mm; 128pp
Hardback with dust jacket Hardback
This is an unusual and vital examination of how the rich and One of the strongest and best known traditions of weaving in
diverse textile craft tradition has been adopted and adapted India is situated in Varanasi. This book emphasises the need to
by craftsmen, designers and artists. Traditional techniques acknowledge the beauty of Varanasi’s textiles emerging out of
and motifs are re-worked in entirely different ways with age-old traditions and techniques. It highlights the danger of
experimentation, not perfection, being the goal. the loss of livelihoods and highly sophisticated skills.
Maggie Baxter is an artist, writer, independent Jaya Jaitly is the Founder-President of the
curator and public art coordinator. She is a Dastkari Haat Samiti. She regularly speaks and
frequent visitor to Kutch, where she maintains an writes on crafts and has published several books
arts practice. on handicrafts.
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Edited by Amal Allana
Act of Becoming, The

Actors Talk
978-93-81523-98-8
Single copy: `3,000 / £60 / $110
302 x 240mm; 372pp
THEATRE
8 illustrations
Twenty-two critically acclaimed actors, spanning a period from

the 1850s to the 1990s, talk about their lives and aspirations,
their in-depth training and lasting stage careers. The book
also explores the complexities of women actors trying to gain
acceptance in public life as professionals.
Amal Allana has directed over 60 productions.

Her plays are meditative reflections on our times,
a vision that transcends narrow definitions of
culture and nationality.
Edited by kirti jain Edited by Udayan Vajpeyi
Badal Sircar K.N. Panikkar

Search for A Language of Theatre The Theatre of Rasa
978-93-83098-96-5 978-93-81523-30-8
230x154mm; 460pp 232 x 152mm; 272pp
Bookprint paper Book print paper
Black and white; 96 photographs Black and white; 47 photographs
This book, through memoirs, interviews, essays, dialogues, Kavalam Narayana Panikkar is one of India’s most revered
reviews and notes by directors, traces the life and theatre of theatre directors. This book goes deep into the styles and
this iconic but lonely figure, from different viewpoints, piecing sources of Panikkar’s theatre. It includes essays by some of
together his relentless creative journey of more than six decades. India’s finest theatre writers and thinkers, as well as a long
conversation with Panikkar.
Kirti Jain Former Director, NSD, is a theatre Udayan Vajpeyi is a Hindi poet, translator,
director and pedagogue. She has produced plays essayist, short fiction and script writer. He has
and documentaries for Doordarshan and directed received various awards including a Senior
several plays. Fellowship from the Government of India.
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THEATRE
Edited by Shanta Gokhale Translated & introduced by Utpal K. Banerjee
Satyadev Dubey Tagore’s Dance-Drama Omnibus

A Fifty-year Journey Through Theatre
978-81-89738-99-0 978-93-81523-53-7
232 x 152mm; 312pp 216 x 140mm; 184pp
This book documents the work of Satyadev Dubey—director, This book is a culmination of Rabindranath Tagore’s dance-
actor, teacher and playwright. It also reveals the creative energy interest in the latter’s most effulgent manifestation. It was
that drives the man, propelling him to continue finding ways to only in the last half-decade of Tagore’s life that his dance
do theatre, regardless of the circumstances. consciousness reached its zenith and he could offer the best of
his passion for dance in the form of these dance-dramas.
Shanta Gokhale is a writer, translator, cultural Utpal K. Banerjee writes on the arts and culture
critic and theatre historian. She has written and is a regular contributor on cultural and
numerous scripts for documentary, corporate and professional programmes to BBC, All India
Afeature films. Radio and Indian television.
Diwan Singh Bajeli Shobha Deepak Singh
Theatre of Bhanu Bharti, The Theatrescapes

A New Perspective Experiencing Rasas
978-93-81523-88-9 978-93-83098-34-7
229 x 152 mm; 172pp 300 x 240mm; 256pp
This book traces contemporary theatre director, playwright and The Indian theatre of the last three decades (1980–2013) gets
actor Bhanu Bharti’s life, thoughts and philosophy and how his immortalised with Shobha Deepak Singh’s photographs. Her
unending quest for an Indian theatre idiom led him to the roots art of photographing captures the wide spectrum of the modern
of Indian tribal theatre and the realms of folklore and myth. Indian theatre with imperative movements anchored by the
Progressive Artists’ Group, the National School of Drama and
other theatre organisations.
Diwan Singh Bajeli’s columns on theatre In 1969 Shobha Deepak Singh bought a Nikon
and films have been widely published. He has and captured Shriram Bhartiya Kala Kendra’s
also written short stories, one-act plays and productions. She focused on the spot of action,
adaptations of Kumaoni folk tales. and the result were a wonderful set of images.
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TAGORE’S PLAYS
Rabindranath Tagore
Chitra
A Play in One Act
Tagore’s Plays NEW
978-93-86906-55-7
Single copy: `75
178 x 127mm; 56pp
Book print paper
Black and white
Paperback
First published in English in 1913 by the

India Society of London, Rabindranath
Tagore’s Chitra is a one-act play adapted
from a story from the Mahabharata.
Rabindranath Tagore, sobriquet Gurudev, Chitra tells the tale of Chitrangada, a
was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali warrior princess, who falls in love with
literature and music, as well as Indian art with Arjuna and begs the Gods of Love and
Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early Spring to help her win Arjuna’s heart.
20th centuries. It is one of the three Nritya Natyas or
dance-dramas created by Tagore to enact
stories through dance and music.
Crown, The King of the Dark Chamber, The
978-93-81523-25-4 978-81-920912-9-7
178 x 127mm; 72pp 178 x 127mm; 164pp
Paperback Paperback
‘The source of your insult is not With an introduction by Nirmal

anyone outside; it is in yourself. Kanti Bhattacharjee, this is one of
There are other princes besides Rabindranath Tagore’s most iconic
you. They always bear in mind that plays. An allegory of an individual’s
I am their tutor, and I also know spiritual and personal awakening in
that they are my pupils...’ A Tagore the quest for truth and beauty, the
classic—a play that is part of a set King of the title is invisible to his
of twelve books that have been subjects.
translated by the Master himself.
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TAGORE’S PLAYS

Translated by devabrata mukherjee
Malini Post Office,The
978-93-81523-19-3 978-93-85285-90-5
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In this classic play Tagore dramatised Tagore’s Post Office represents a

the concept that the religion of man is young boy who has received the call
much higher than the religion of rituals of the open road. He seeks freedom
and scriptures. The conflict here is not from the comfortable enclosure of
only between obedience to ‘moth-eaten habits sanctioned by the prudent
scriptures’ and religion of one’s choice but and from walls of rigid opinion
between the poetry of pity and the prose of built for him by the respectable.
social necessity.
Red Oleanders Sacrifice
978-93-81523-21-6 978-93-81523-23-0
178 x 127mm; 148pp 178 x 127mm; 68pp
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‘Like the red oleander flower This play is a dramatised version

happiness too must be the fruit of the first few chapters of Tagore’s
of love, of labour that is true, that novel Rajarshi, but the plot of the
is civil, that is honest, the fruit of drama is a great improvement upon
human sympathy and consideration, that of the novel. It was staged a
and of human sacrifice in the cause number of times during Tagore’s
of that real unity which is truth.’ A life and is part of a set of 12 books
drama in one act. that have been translated by the
Master himself.
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nilosree biswas & irfan Nabi
Alluring Kashmir
The Inner Spirit
978-93-85285-38-7
Single copy: `1,995 / £25 / $40
229 x 229mm; 344pp
TRAVEL
All colour, 231 colour photographs
Vibrant, intense, engrossing colour and unique monochromatic

images instantly catch the reader’s attention in this travel
narrative. The book provides substantial reading and visual
material as reference book for cultural and subaltern studies
and related academic research.
Nilosree Biswas (left) is a keen

traveller whose time is divided
between photo books and developing
screenplays. Irfan Nabi remains
connected with film making, script
writing and still imaging.
DR Tilak Ranjan Bera Syed Zahoor Qasim & Dinabandhu Sahoo
Andaman Islands Antarctica

In Wonderland India’s Journey to the Frozen Continent
978-93-83098-65-1 978-93-81523-74-2
Single copy: `1,750 / £30 / $50 Single copy:`995 / £20 / $35
225 x 225 mm; 232pp 267 x 197mm; 154pp
This book contains some fascinating information on the This book is about India’s journey to this continent of extremes.
Andaman Islands—the captivating archipelago that has The journey was not only a challenge, an adventure, and a
been shrouded in mystery. It captures the various moods dream but it was also a testimony to India’s progress in the field
of the terrain and its rich heritage. It also contains detailed of science. The vivid photographs describe the beauty of this
descriptions of the disastrous effects of the tsunami that took enigmatic continent.
place in December 2004.
Late Syed Zahoor Qasim (left) was

known as the ‘Ocean Man of India’
Dr Tilak Ranjan Bera is an avid nature lover and had led India’s first expedition
with a passion for travelling, writing and to Antarctica. Dinabandhu Sahoo
photography. He has explored many remote areas was the first Indian student to
of India and written about them. visit Antarctica.
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TRAVEL
Peter van Ham Willem Marx & Marc Wattrelot
Arunachal Balochistan at a Crossroads

Peoples, Arts and Adornments in India’s Eastern Himalayas
978-93-83098-00-2 978-93-81523-85-8
296 x 222 mm; 236pp 303 x 240mm; 140pp
150 gsm art paper (matt) 130 gsm Galgo White paper
This book is the result of 10 years of painstaking travel and A fascinating account of Willem Marx’s travels in Balochistan.
research among all of this state’s many peoples. It covers the He narrates his experiences here as he goes into the interiors
geography, history and anthropology, through 340 brilliant to conduct some exclusive interviews. The pictures by Marc
photographs focused especially on the peoples’ unique arts Wattrelot offer an insight into the land’s harshness and scenic
and personal adornment. beauty.
Willem Marx (left) has travelled

Peter van Ham has written several books on to more than 40 countries on
regions of the Himalayas. He is a Fellow of assignments. Marc Wattrelot’s work
the Royal Asiatic and the Royal Geographical in Balochistan was exhibited at the
Societies, London. New York Photo Festival.
Maya Jayapal Goutam Ghose
Bangalore Beyond The Himalayas

Roots and Beyond Journeying through the Silk Route
NEW
978-93-83098-09-5 978-93-86906-89-2
229 x 229mm; 284pp 242 x 178mm; 176pp
150 gsm art paper (matt) 130gsm Art paper (Matt)
Garden-city, Silicon Valley of India, Bangalore, Bengaluru— Filmmaker Goutam Ghose was part of the Central Asian
one knows it by many names. This book, with rare photographs expedition organised by Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia in 1994,
and insightful narrative, traces how, over the years, a small mud the first of its kind. This film book is a pictorial chronicle of
fort became a bustling cosmopolitan city. Ghose’s incredible experience on the Silk Route.
Goutam Ghose launched into documentaries,

Maya Jayapal, writer, teacher and counsellor, has group theatre and photo journalism in 1973.
lived in Bangalore for almost two decades. She His documentary, Hungry Autumn, won him
has travelled widely, both within and outside the main award at the Oberhausen Film Festival
India. in 1978.
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TRAVEL
P.k. de Ranjita Biswas
Bhopal Brahmaputra and the Assam Valley
978-93-83098-81-1 978-93-83098-05-7
225 x 147mm; 132pp 229 x 229mm; 168pp
130 gsm Galgo White paper 150 gsm art paper (matt)
Divided into two broad sections, the book opens with a For its people, the Brahmaputra is more than a geographical
comprehensive delineation of Bhopal’s transformation from entity. Their very life revolves around it and its many tributaries.
an inconspicuous village to its modern avatar of a state capital This book is an illustrated journey in the company of the river
through time. It then moves on to provide the readers a glimpse as it intertwines itself with the life of Assam.
of the city though the eyes of a traveller.
P.K. De has worked as Photo Officer, Ministry of Ranjita Biswas is a journalist, fiction writer and
Tourism, Government of India. He was conferred translator. She has contributed articles on gender
the Associateship of the Royal Photographic issues, health, travel, art and culture, and has
Society of Great Britain. attended international conferences.
peter van ham P.K. De
Indian Tibet, Tibetan India India’s Legendary East Coast

The Cultural Legacy of the Western Himalayas
978-93-83098-93-4
Single copy: `2,495 / £45 / $75 978-93-81523-12-4
Packing and postage extra Single copy: `595 / £14.99 / $19.99
All colour; 365 colour 150 gsm art paper (matt)
photographs All colour; 130 photographs
and 1 map and 1 map
With the aid of rare archival and contemporary textual and Photojournalist PK De traces his journey from the Sun Temple
visual materials, many seen here for the first time ever, the in Orissa to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. He describes the
author draws a comprehensive picture of the fascinating history numerous enthralling tales woven with the strands of beliefs
of the exploration of the present Indian border region towards and myths associated with the magnificent East Coast.
Tibet.
Peter van Ham has written several books on P.K. De has worked as Photo Officer, Ministry
regions of the Himalayas. He is a Fellow of of Tourism, Government of India. He was
the Royal Asiatic and the Royal Geographical conferred the Associateship of the Royal
Societies, London. Photographic Society of Great Britain.
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TRAVEL
Hugh & Colleen Gantzer Hugh & Colleen Gantzer
Intriguing India Intriguing India

The Alluring North The Colourful East
978-81-920912-7-3
Single copy: `595 / £14.99 / $19.99 978-93-81523-55-1
Packing and postage extra Single copy: `595 / £14.99 / $19.99
225 x 150mm; 172pp 225 x 150mm; 220pp
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The first in the series of four travel guides on India, this book In this, the fourth book in their Intriguing India series, the
takes the reader on an interesting journey across North India. Gantzers describe the experiences they have had in the Eastern
An opportunity to share the Gantzers’ fascinating encounters. States. Once again, they bring their gentle curiosity to bear on
Winner of the National Tourism Award for ‘Excellence’. questions that orthodox science does not want to ask.
Hugh and Colleen Gantzer are India’s Hugh and Colleen Gantzer are India’s
pioneering travel writers and have, possibly, pioneering travel writers and have, possibly,
visited, photographed and written about more visited, photographed and written about more
places in India than anyone else. places in India than anyone else.
Hugh & Colleen Gantzer Hugh & Colleen Gantzer
Intriguing India Intriguing India

The Historic South The Vibrant West
978-93-81523-10-0
978-93-81523-41-4 Single copy: `595 / £14.99 / $19.99
225 x 150mm; 180pp 225 x 150mm; 208pp
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A book on southern India that looks beyond history. What The second in the series, this book unfolds an intriguing
is the link between Daroji in tropical Karnataka and the world that covers Bollywood and its big business, Gujarat
mysterious beast that prowls the snowy wastes of the High and its achievements, Goa and its beaches, Madhya Pradesh
Himalayas? Why were boulders carved as temples of varied and its big heart. Winner of the National Tourism Award for
architectural styles? ‘Excellence’.
Hugh and Colleen Gantzer are India’s Hugh and Colleen Gantzer are India’s
pioneering travel writers and have, possibly, pioneering travel writers and have, possibly,
visited, photographed and written about more visited, photographed and written about more
places in India than anyone else. places in India than anyone else.
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TRAVEL
Amitabha Ray Deb Mukharji
Kabulnama Kailash and Manasarovar

A Quest Beyond the Himalaya
978-93-83098-04-0
978-93-81523-57-5 Single copy: `1,995 / £40 / $75
70 gsm book print paper All colour; 196 photographs
This book transports the reader to the origins of this rugged yet This book delves into mythology and the experience of travellers
uniquely beautiful country, pitched against an unkind climate, and pilgrims through the centuries to depict what Kailash has
civil wars and an intriguing socio-cultural backdrop. It is a rare meant to them and how its influence has permeated literature
journey along the highs and lows of the land and the times. and great achievements in architecture. It includes descriptions
of journeys along the traditional route and across Tibet.
Deb Mukharji has been exploring the Himalaya

Amitabha Ray, a senior official with the Government of India, for over five decades The photographs taken by
has vast experience in planning at a national level. He has him have featured in exhibitions and have been
written many books and articles for leading journals. critically acclaimed.
Dhruva N. Chaudhuri Dr Tilak Ranjan Bera
New Delhi Down the Decades Nicobar Islands

A Behind-the-lens View of the City In Nature’s Kingdom
978-93-81523-86-5 978-93-83098-66-8
Single copy: `455 / £ 9.99 / $20 Single copy: `1,995 / £35 / $60
213 x 177mm; 120pp 225 x225mm; 292pp
This book takes the reader through the days when iconic The author is absolutely in love with the little known islands
personalities such as Sir Edwin Lutyens were working on of the Nicobars and the simple people who live a peaceful
a unique style of architecture that makes New Delhi special. life there. He has visited the region several times before and
The author has watched the capital of India grow over seven after the tsunami of December 2004. This book is a gripping
decades, from a quiet garden city to a giant metropolis. description of a ‘forgotten archipelago’ and the tsunami
aftermath that completely transformed the islands.
Dhruva N. Chaudhuri began his illustrious Dr Tilak Ranjan Bera is an avid nature lover
career as a freelance photojournalist. His works with a passion for travelling, writing and
have also been exhibited worldwide, bringing him photography. He has explored many remote areas
several prestigious awards. of India and written about them.
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TRAVEL
Keki N. Daruwalla; photographs by Ashok Dilwali SHOME BASU
Riding the Himalayas Shades of Kashmir

Landscape. Daily Life. People. Protest.
978-81-89738-05-1 978-93-83098-86-6
216 x 178mm; 248pp 228 mm x 228 mm; 180pp
A unique travelogue of a Himalayan odyssey, a car trek starting This book captures the poignant mood of the Valley over the
from the Siachen glacier across the entire Himalayas right up ten years post-militancy, when a modicum of normalcy returned
to Kibitho—the extreme east of the mountain range. This well- to this region after two decades of proxy war. The image that
researched text is written in memorable prose and paralleled by emerged slowly, however, was of a transient generation, wedged
some of the finest photographs. between the militants and the government, and a glint of their
inner unrest.
Keki N. Daruwalla (left) is one of

India’s leading poets and short story Shome Basu has travelled widely and has done
writers. Ashok Dilwali magically a variety of assignments ranging from politics to
brings snow-clad mountains and features and business. His work on Kashmir got
lovely valleys into our homes. him international acclaim.
Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia AVAY SHUKLA
Tracing Marco Polo’s Journey Trails Less Travelled, The

The Silk Route Trekking the Himachal Himalayas
978-81-89738-84-6 978-93-83098-76-7
279 x 216mm; 236pp 224 x 147mm; 256pp
A vivid account of a fascinating adventure that follows Major This is a book on high-altitude trekking in the magnificent
HPS Ahluwalia and his team members through cities as exotic Himalayan range in Himachal Pradesh, India, and the flora
as Bukhara, Samarkand, Andhijan, Xian, Yarkand, Kashgar and and fauna that inhabit it. It is also much more. The treks
Lhasa and lush oases such as Hotan. described in such detail are pegs on which the author has
draped the entire tapestry of the mountains.
Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia is an expert on the Avay Shukla belongs to the Indian
Himalayan region. He scaled Mount Everest in Administration Service and has served
1965 and is a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, Himachal Pradesh for 30 years. He is president
Padma Shri and Arjuna Award. of Himachal Pradesh Trekking Association.
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TRAVEL
Ganesh Saili
Wanderings Through the

Garhwal Himalaya
978-93-85285-32-5
Single copy: `750 / £14 / $19
216 x 178 mm; 244pp
Flexiback
A delightful collection of introspective essays on the Garhwal

Himalaya and a travelogue that evoke details of natural history
interwoven into the delicate social fabric of mountain life.
Ganesh Saili, born in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand

and growing up in the hills of Garhwal, has
trekked the high mountains recording in words
and pictures the magic of his beloved mountains.
SaMITA CHAUDHURI & UTPAL CHAUDHURI
And The Teesta Flows
978-93-83098-70-5
Single copy: `1,750 / £25 / $45
230 x 216mm; 188pp
TRAVELOGUE The biography of a mountain river—the Teesta, this book

traces the river’s course from its origin in North Sikkim to its
confluence with the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh. However,
what lies as an undertone in this narrative is the story of a
girl—Teesta, the river her namesake—who lived to see only 13
summers.
Samita Chaudhuri (left) is a high-

altitude trekker and a passionate
photographer. Utpal Chaudhuri’s
photographs have earned recognition
both within and outside India.
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TRAVELOGUE
SOHINI SEN Ranjita biswas
Ladakh Notes from a Spanish Diary

A Photo Travelogue
978-93-85285-02-8 978-93-86906-01-4
Single copy: `750 / £15 / $25 Single copy: `850 / £10 / $15
298 x 210mm; 96pp 216 x 140 mm; 300pp
All colour; 404 photographs and 1 map All colour; 85 photographs
Unlike any other book so far published on Ladakh—and quite Drawing on the riveting anecdotes of a solo Indian woman
possibly unlike any other travel book published till date— traveller, Notes from a Spanish Diary is a personal account of
here is a travel story told through high-resolution colour discovering the aura and flavour of Spain.
photographs laid out in a comic-strip format. This book will
appeal to casual tourists, serious travellers, even those keen on
armchair travelling.
Sohini Sen is a full-time travel writer and Ranjita Biswas is an independent journalist,
photographer. She has been a freelance travel fiction and travel writer, and translator. She
columnist and written a book of short stories for contributes to national and international
children. publications.
ANJALY THOMAS Sohini Sen
There Are No Gods In North Korea Zanskar to Ziro

No Stilettos in the Himalayas
978-93-85285-33-2 978-93-85285-86-8
216 x 136 mm; 236pp 224 x 146 mm; 436pp
Black and white All colour; 86 photographs
Paperback Flexiback
This is a refreshing travelogue by a solo female backpacker The reader practically travels with the author to places not
about her journeys to random countries around the world. found on the regular tourist map and experiences the glory of
The author has had the unique experience of visiting the the Himalayas and the genteel, cultured way of life of the hill
iron-regime of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in the folk.
guise of a kindergarten teacher and has written with a shocking
simplicity, this book will make you want to add meaning to
your travels.
Sohini Sen is a full-time travel writer and

Anjaly Thomas is a lawyer turned writer traveler photographer. She has been a freelance travel
and author of three other books, currently based columnist and written a book of short stories
in Dubai. for children.
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OLIVE TURTLE
Olive Ridley Turtles travel thousands of miles to lay their eggs and continue
their lineage. Similarly, a good work of fiction transcends time and space.
Showcasing writing from any corner of the globe, books under this imprint are
our endeavour to continue the legacy of creativity.
ENGLISH FICTION
Sami Ahmad Khan Sudipto Das
Aliens in Delhi Aryabhata Clan, The
978-93-85285-71-4 978-93-86906-13-7
216 x 140 mm; 300pp 216 x 140 mm; 476pp
Black and white Black and white; 81 illustrations
Paperback Paperback
An explosive geopolitical piece of science fiction that depicts Author of The Ekkos Clan (also published by Niyogi Books)
how modern India would respond to an alien invasion. It is brings forth another saga of mystery and myth, struggle and
rip-roaring thriller that follows the lives of several characters as survival with his second novel, The Aryabhata Clan. This book
they are caught up in an international crisis. is set against the backdrop of the ISIS (the Islamic State),
spreading its tentacles in India.
Sami Ahmad Khan is a writer, academic, and Sudipto Das, an alumnus of IIT KGP, is a
documentary producer. He won NBT’s National successful entrepreneur, having co-founded
Debut Youth Fiction Award and was runner-up two startups and is also an author, musician,
in the Muse India Young Writer Award. columnist.
Jaskiran Chopra Arup kumar dutta
Autumn Raga Bag, The

A Novel
978-93-86906-54-0
978-81-920912-8-0 Single copy: `395
216 x 140mm; 200pp Book print paper
60 gsm book print paper Black and white
Delicately and sensitively, Jaskiran Chopra guides her Objectively tracing the broader history of insurgency in Assam
protagonist in her search for inner strength as she accepts both and providing an in-depth, almost insider’s glimpse into the
the beauty and the pain of her past and, one day at a time, life of a militant, The Bag is indubitably the most powerful
begins to build a future, symbolised by her daughter. insurgency- related novel to have come out of North-East
India in recent times.
Jaskiran Chopra is a journalist by profession. Arup Kumar Dutta is an Indian author and
She has worked with United News of India in freelance journalist. He writes short-fiction,
Delhi and Dehra Dun and The Times of India in long-fiction, non-fiction, newspaper editorials,
Dehra Dun. articles and columns, satirical pieces et al
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ENGLISH FICTION
Clark Prasad MRINALINI MITRA
Baramulla Bomber Belief

Science Fiction Espionage Thriller
978-93-81523-97-1 978-93-85285-21-9
216 x 140mm; 328pp 216 x 140 mm; 120pp
Black and white; 72 images Black and white
Paperback Paperback
A thriller that deals with the Kashmir issue and the nefarious The novel is mesmerising in its portrayal of bold emotions
designs of India’s immediate neighbours Pakistan and China. and the depths of human feelings, an unfolding of an intricate
With a plot that revolves around Pakistan, China, Kashmir, family drama that builds up to an overwhelming climax. It is a
cricket, ancient societies and espionage, this book is a page- must-read for all in today’s troubled times.
turner that will make for fascinating reading.
Clark Prasad, alter ego of Suraj Prasad, is

a pharmacist with a management degree.
Aside from writing, he enjoys travelling and Mrinalini Mitra, a young adult, is a painter, poet,
hiking immensely. and pianist with multifarious talents.
A. Rajam SUDIPTO DAS & APARAJITA DUTTA
Blood, Sweat and Tears Broken Amoretti, The

NEW
978-93-81523-64-3 978-93-86906-83-0
216 x140mm; 206pp 216 x 140 mm; 296pp
Flexiback Paperback
This is the story of Zaria, a child born to an Indian father and Saoili and Parush must decipher a cryptic poem to unearth
a Russian mother. She is tragically tossed by the vagaries of fate the dark secrets of people living in Prembajar. Welcome to
to faraway Moscow, where survival is a struggle. the world of Prembajar where love takes new forms and gives
new meanings to life.
After studying English Literature for her Sudipto (left) is a successful

graduation course, A. Rajam went on to take entrepreneur, author, musician,
many creative writing classes. Her interests columnist and a speaker at TED
include music, theatre, sports, mythology events. Aparajita is a writer and a
and fashion. social activist.
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ENGLISH FICTION
Rajat chaudhuri Nilanjan P. Choudhury
Butterfly Effect, The Case of the Secretive Sister, The
978-93-86906-52-6 978-93-83098-55-2
216 x 140 mm; 380pp 216 x 140mm; 162pp
Paperback Paperback
The Butterfly Effect is a powerful work of speculative fiction Mr Chatterjee, crime fighter for the common man, faces the
about environmental disaster triggered by genetically modified most unusual case of his career—to get little Pinki Chaddha
crops in the backdrop of climate change. admitted into Bangalore’s snootiest school. This seemingly
innocuous assignment bristles with danger at every step ...
Nilanjan P. Choudhury studied at IIM

Rajat Chaudhuri is the author of three books, Ahmedabad and IIT Kanpur. This is his second
Hotel Calcutta, Amber Dusk and a collection of novel and the first adventure in the Chatterjee
stories in Bengali titled Calculus. Institute of Detection series.
Sophia Lorena Benjamin Abhijit gupta
Claudia Copper Sky, The
978-93-86906-29-8 978-93-83098-63-7
216 x 140 mm; 252pp 216 x140mm; 408pp
Paperback Paperback
Claudia, set in a Portuguese colonised Goa, is a touching London. 1950s. Naïve Amar Das arrives to study at the
and uplifting story of a woman’s struggles and triumph of London School of Economics. The release from the war-torn
finding hope. skies and the daily threat of death had unleashed a tide of
unprecedented pleasure-seeking which swept over hidebound
English society. He has to struggle with the new mores and the
pervading permissiveness.
Sophia Lorena Benjamin worked as a program Retiring from a multinational and a subsequent
announcer for Goa Doordarshan and enjoyed a HR consultancy, Abhijit Gupta submitted
successful corporate career at Citibank Goa and to a lifelong desire to write, creating a novel
Citigroup Dubai. influenced by his years in London.
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ENGLISH FICTION
DEBOTRI DHAR Lalita Das
Courtesans of Karim Street, The Dancing with Kali
978-93-83098-99-6 978-81-89738-60-0
216 x 140mm; 218pp 224 x 147mm; 300pp
Book print paper 70 gsm book print paper
Paperback Flexiback
From the scenic suburbs of Princeton and a high crime An intricately woven saga of love, revenge and retribution,
neighbourhood of Newark in the USA, onwards to India, into resonates with the ethos of karma. A 2010 award-winning title
the posh parts of New Delhi and the narrow bazars of the old (first prize) by the Federation of Indian Publishers and on the
city, Megan’s travel plucks her from the politics of American longlist of the Vodafone Crossword Book Award 2010.
academia to bring her face-to-face with the lurking shadows
of an untold past.
Debotri Dhar was educated in India, the UK Lalita Das, a practising architect, has presented
and the USA. She is delightfully fond of both papers on town planning in ancient India and on
fact and fiction and juggles creative writing with the position of women in Hinduism at various
her day job as an academic. international conferences.
Keki n. Daruwalla Rohit Gore
Daniell Comes to Judgement Darker Dawn, A

New and Vintage Daruwalla
978-93-85285-59-2 978-93-81523-00-1
216 x 140 mm; 216pp 210 x 135mm; 244pp
The book has 6 new stories. And 4 of these are first person This book takes us to Amrapur, a small town in Maharashtra,
narratives and voices of city women dealing with changing and into the lives of four twelve-year-olds, who together face
values and mores, urban stress and greed. The 14 perennial the traumas, tribulations and joys of their childhood. They
favourites are on issues that are relevant and topical even in the return twenty years later, summoned back to their past by
so-called changed times. a blackmailer. They need to know who has discovered their
secret.
Keki N. Daruwalla, poet and writer, lives in Rohit Gore’s greatest passion is reading. He is
Delhi, and has written over ten poetry volumes, a frequent contributor to many online writing
a novella, two novels and half a dozen short story forums and often wishes that there were more
collections. writing groups.
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ENGLISH FICTION
A.P.S. Malhotra Pratima Srivastava
Dilliz Boyz Driftwood, The
978-81-89738-87-7 978-93-85285-74-5
216 x 140mm; 159pp 216 x 140 mm; 300pp
70 gsm book print paper Book print paper
Dilliz Boyz has cameo descriptions of Delhi—its psyche and This is a novel with two parallel themes running side by side.
social fabric woven into the main storyline in a beautifully The first is the irreplaceable loss suffered by a family when
knit, seamless pattern. It describes the 1984 riots and the all- the son, in a fit of anger, walks away from home and a doctor
pervasive goodness in man that effectively thwarts evil forces. and his wife, whose two grown up sons have settled away from
home learning to cope with their loneliness.
A.P.S. Malhotra’s articles have appeared in Pratima Srivastava is a keen nature

leading national dailies. He does freelance photographer, an enthusiastic birdwatcher and
writing for The Hindu. The first compilation a regular traveller and enjoys composing poetry
of his short stories was released in 2004. both in English and Hindi..
Sudipto Das KORAL DASGUPTA
Ekkos Clan, The Fall Winter Collections
978-93-81523-95-7 978-93-83098-84-2
216 x 140mm; 292pp 216 x 140mm; 236pp
Paperback Paperback
Kubha has inherited a basketful of stories. Afsar, Kratu and This book is the debut novel of internationally claimed author,
Tista travel across continents to trace the origin of her stories. Koral Dasgupta. She has woven together an enchanting tale
Will their efforts also unearth the causes behind the series of romance and relationships in the background of the ever-
of murders? beautiful, eternally serene landscape of Santiniketan.
Sudipto Das, an alumnus of IIT KGP, Koral Dasgupta calls herself an author by
is a successful entrepreneur, having co- chance; painter by choice; marketing consultant
founded two startups and is also an author, by default and full-time mother otherwise! She
musician, columnist. has spent three years in Santiniketan.
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ENGLISH FICTION
Parveen Talha Bela Lal
Fida-e-Lucknow For Honour

Tales of the City and its People
978-93-81523-70-4 978-93-81523-83-4
216 x 140mm; 212pp 216 x 140mm; 228pp
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A collection of stories steeped in the flavour and texture of life With a masterful pen, Bela Lal has drawn an authentic sketch
in Lucknow. Parveen Talha belongs to an old family of Awadh of the horizon where urban and rural lives merge, mix and
and she has effectively brought alive the charm of the city and conflict. Her vivid characters and description of contemporary
its inhabitants. Gujjar history brings to life a canvas of the complexities of
modern times.
Parveen Talha’s writings bring alive For a short time Bela Lal pursued a career as a
the history, folklore and the composite teacher, but she soon branched out into social
culture of Lucknow. She was the first work such as setting up Adult Literacy Centres
Muslimwoman to join the civil services. and other welfare activities.
Amrinder Bajaj Juliette Banerjee
For The Love of a Man Gap-Toothed Banister,The

A Tale of Anglo-India
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In this autobiographical fiction, Amrita, stifled within the A close, compassionate look at the Anglo-Indian community
confines of her invisible cage, unfolds her life story. Being her facing the challenges of change. This book is a love story
father’s chattel, a self-sacrificing wife to the man of her parents’ of hope and faith. It is a story of a people more confused
choice, a caring mother to her children, in the process, Amrita than disloyal, puzzled by a lack of appreciation for their
loses her identity. myriad talent and fueled by an anger at what is perceived as
scornful rejection.
Amrinder Bajaj is a practising gynecologist and Juliette Banerjee has been a school teacher
the head of the Department of Obstetrics and and columnist with popular newspapers and
Gynecology at MAX Multi Speciality Centre, magazines both in Kolkata and Sydney as well
Pitampura, Delhi. as a theatre critic and book reviewer.
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Nonda Chatterjee Asim Mukhopadhyay
Half a Face Half Man

A Novel on the Naxal Movement
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a parallel course between the past and the present, between the Naxalite Movement in Bengal, with special emphasis on
rural Bengal and modern Kolkata, between realism and lyrical the infamous Cossipore-Baranagar massacres in north east
emotion. On the longlist of the Vodafone Crossword Book Calcutta in August 1971. This novel is a hard-hitting and
Award 2010. brutally honest effort to focus light on India’s teeming millions
who are kept forcibly hidden by vested interests.
Asim Mukhopadhyay is a veteran researcher, teacher and

Principal of The Cambridge School, Kolkata, consultant-cum-contributor on socio-economic and political
academician, Nonda Chatterjee has contributed situations in India and Bangladesh to various newspapers and
stories and articles to The Statesman and The journals such as The Indian Express, Economic and Political
Sakaal Times. Weekly (Mumbai), and Frontier (Kolkata).
Mathew Attokaran Tanya kirk
Harvest of Ecstasy, A Haunted Library, The

Classic Ghost Stories
978-93-83098-97-2 978-93-85285-75-2
216 x 140mm; 220pp 190 x 130 mm; 232pp
This is a heart-warming story of the prestigious Kollegal family The Haunted Library is a collection of classic ghost stories from
belonging to the picturesque village of Puthupady in Northern the golden age of the genre in the early twentieth century. Each
Kerala. The book is set in the period between the 1930s and of the stories reveals secrets from the shadowy library, eerie,
the 1980s and the author uses important social, political and hidden knowledge from the occult books, unnatural events of
sporting events to provide the chronological backdrop for paranormal activities and freakish accounts of evil appearances.
the saga.
Mathew Attokaran is primarily a scientific Tanya Kirk is Lead Curator of Printed Heritage Collections
researcher in the field of spices and plantation 1601–1900 at the British Library, and was the co-curator of the
products. He has been involved in taking the major exhibition Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination
lead for scientific publications and reviews. (2014–15).
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Rajat Chaudhuri marion molteno
Hotel Calcutta If you can walk, you can dance
978-93-81523-73-5 978-93-85285-61-5
216 x 140mm; 224pp 216 x 140mm; 484pp
The century-old Hotel Calcutta is under threat from land Jennie de Villiers, an idealistic and politically engaged student,
sharks. As the staff stare at uncertain times, a monk turns up suddenly has to flee her native South Africa with a boyfriend
and prophesies that the hotel will still stand if a wall of stories whom she no longer loves—only to be stranded as an exile in
can be built. A novel that taps into the power of stories to light neighbouring Swaziland. Fending for herself in a new culture,
up an age of uncertainties and powerful illusions. she discovers new ways of living and a kind of music that
moves her deeply.
Before turning to writing full time, Rajat Marion Molteno grew up in South Africa, and
Chaudhuri was a consumer rights activist, left after being in conflict with the apartheid
an economic and political affairs officer and a regime. She spent eight years in Zambia, and
climate change advocate at the United Nations. since then has been based in London.
Lalita Das Chandra k. bhatt
In Crocodile Country Kathmandu Days

The Blight and the Plight
978-93-81523-60-5 978-93-85285-49-3
216 x 140mm; 192pp 216 x 140 mm; 196pp
A play that is packed with high drama and portrays the whole Nepal is an enigma to outsiders but a new novel opens a
gamut of emotions lurking inside each of us. The country is on stunning window into the country and its society. The epic
the brink of erupting into nation-wide communal riots. Seven story of the 2001 assassination of the Nepalese royal family
people—supposedly strangers—take refuge in an off-the- and its ongoing impact on the people of Nepal.
highway resort, believing they will be safe in there ...
Lalita Das, a practising architect, has presented

papers on town planning in ancient India and on Chandra K. Bhatt lives in Kathmandu after
the position of women in Hinduism at various migrating to it from a remote district a long
international conferences. time ago.
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Malathi Ramachandran Paushali ganguli
Legend of Kuldhara,The Lost Legacy, The

A Historical Novel Set in Rajasthan
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Anand is a precocious, slightly obsessive, 11-year-old who

A historical novel about the abandoned village of Kuldhara, feels safe when bound by rules and regulations. He is forced
near Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, traces the story of Pari, the to travel to a distant village to meet his father’s friend whose
headman’s daughter, as she confronts life’s many challenges, ancestors were dacoits. An adventure story involving a treasure
revealing Rajasthan in all its facets of passion, valour, intrigue, hunt, secret passages and a murder mystery with ample doses
vibrancy and colour. of humour and suspense.
Malathi Ramachandran, a Masters in Mass

Communication, has had many short stories Paushali Ganguli has made some animation
published in magazines and anthologies, two of shorts, one of which won a national award, and
which have won prizes in British Council short has directed a children’s film. She has written
fiction contests. short stories and for television shows.
Mehru jaffer Shuma Raha
Love and Life in Lucknow Love Song of Maya K, The

An Imaginary Biography of a City And Other Stories
978-93-86906-22-9 978-93-86906-39-7
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Love and Life in Lucknow is a tribute to the colourful citizens

The stories in this collection deal with love and betrayal,
of the city. The soul of this volume of stories from Lucknow
dogma and superstition, sexuality and thwarted desires. The
is the voice of ordinary citizens. The indomitable Bano Bua is
characters belong to the world of urban, aspirational India
able to hold together all the other characters in this enchanting
where snobbery and rat race go hand in hand with class and
collection full of history and imagination.
religious conflicts.
Shuma Raha winner of the juggernaut short

Mehru Jaffer is a Lucknow-based journalist. story prize, 2017 is a former journalist with
She is an editor-at-large for The Citizen, an newspapers such as The Telegraph and The Times
independent online daily news portal. of India.
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Hugh & Colleen Gantzer Tulsi Badrinath
Lynsdale Raj Meeting Lives
978-93-83098-58-3 978-81-89738-38-9
216 x 140mm; 288pp 229 x 152mm; 244pp
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This book throws up questions largely considered taboo in

John Lynsdale was born to be the King of England. Deprived
traditional societies and compels the reader to address them
of his birthright by a weak father and a scheming woman, John
honestly. The meaning of life is not immediately grasped by
follows his repetitive dream to India, a land of opportunity
Aditi even as it unfolds before her. However, when she looks
riven by little men squabbling for power. Is his story
back into her past, happenings arrange themselves to suggest
history? Perhaps.
a story.
Hugh and Colleen Gantzer are India’s Tulsi Badrinath quit her job at amultinational
pioneering travel writers and have, possibly, bank to devote herself to dance and writing.
visited,photographed and written about more Her poems, articles, reviews and short stories
places in India than anyone else. have appeared in various publications.
haroon khalid akhtar kochery C. shibu
Melody of a Tear Men and Dreams in the Dhauladhar

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Melody of a Tear takes imagination to the next level. The plot,

This book is about a hydelpower project in the remote
with elements of magic realism, is never what it seems and
Himalayas and three people brought together by fate. Each of
springs stunning surprises at key moments of the tale.
them has a story to tell and a dream to realise. Like an eternal
spectator, the Dhauladhar watches as men risk life and limb in
a quest to fulfill their dreams.
Kochery C. Shibu, a graduate from the National

A successful banker with over twenty years of Defence Academy, has held several important
experience in Risk and Compliance, Haroon is posts in the Indian Navy. Post his retirement, he
settled in Karachi. This is his debut novel. has executed several hydroelectric projects.
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Priya Vasudevan Anthony Wynne
Middle Time Murder of A Lady

A Scottish Mystery
978-81-89738-70-9 978-93-85285-89-9
224 x 147mm; 314pp 190 x 132mm; 272pp
Two murders, divided by several centuries. Is there a Duchlan Castle is a gloomy, forbidding place in the Scottish
link between these two? This exciting book has received Highlands. Late one night the body of Mary Gregor, sister
the first prize (General Books—English category) for of the laird of Duchlan, is found in the castle. She has been
Excellence in Book Production 2011 from the Federation of stabbed to death in her bedroom – but the room is locked
Indian Publishers. from within and the windows are barred. The only tiny clue
to the culprit is a silver fish’s scale, left on the floor next to
Mary’s body.
Anthony Wynne is a pseudonym of Robert McNair-Wilson

Priya Vasudevan is a lawyer, writer and trainer. (1882–1963), who wrote twenty-seven detective novels
She is a member of regional organisations such featuring Eustace Hailey, a physician and amateur sleuth. He
as the Asia Pacific Forum for Women, Law also published on economics and history, notably a biography
and Development. of Napoleon.
Hugh and Colleen Gantzer Avinash Pushkarna
Mussoorie’s Mythistory My Red Butterfly

A Passionate Journey of Love Emotions & Compassion
NEW
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For many years, Hugh and Colleen Gantzer have criss-crossed My Red Butterfly is a tale modest yet sublime; of unparalleled
our endlessly intriguing land, and spanned the globe, to bring love and romance. Set during the late seventies and early
us fascinating tales of travel. Now they turn their attention to eighties, it takes you across many states in India and the ups
their own little town in the Himalayas. This collection presents and downs of the protagonist’s journey of life and the people
the ‘mythistory’ of Mussoorie, with 12 surreal tales that blur who influence him and shape his life.
the line between fact and fiction.
Hugh and Colleen Gantzer are India’s

pioneering travel writers. The sub-continent
enriched them with a wide spectrum of cultural Avinash Pushkarna has put in around thirty
influences, adding to their Anglo-Indian heritage years of active service and is presently serving
and their varied experiences as an Indian Naval as an Additional Commissioner of Customs,
family for many years. Central Excise & Service Tax.
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Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Sadhna Shanker
Naxalites,The Never a Disconnect

A Novel
978-93-83098-85-9 978-81-89738-66-2
216 x 140mm; 154pp 224 x 147mm; 312pp
A fictionalised account of a socio-political phenomenon, this This multi-layered story moves from the past to the present.
book encompasses various aspects of the Naxalite movement, Abha, Rekha and Simran pass through the portals of Delhi
offering a glimpse into the era of violence and political unrest University on a roller coaster ride of idealism, romance and
that has left a lasting impression in the minds of generations dreams. On the longlist of the Vodafone Crossword Book
that followed. Award 2010.
Sadhna Shanker is an author, essayist and travel

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas was a prolific political commentator, writer. She has been published widely including
short story writer, novelist, scriptwriter and a film maker in the International Herald Tribune and Christian
whopreferred to call himself a communicator. Science Monitor.
Arnab nandy Vandana Kumari Jena
On the Road to Tarascon One Rotten Apple

And Other Stories
978-93-86906-15-1 978-93-86906-17-5
216 x 140 mm; 208pp 216 x 140 mm; 216pp
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A lover’s note among a senile woman’s possessions sets off a This collection of short stories draws upon the vulnerabilities
chain of events that could lead to the discovery of a Van Gogh of women as well as their strengths, and celebrates women’s
masterpiece. A quest spanning continents and seven decades, various shades of grey.
this edge-of-the-seat thriller keeps you hooked till the last page.
Vandana Kumari Jena is a retired officer of the

Arnab Nandy is a journalist with The Telegraph, IAS. She writes novels, short stories and poems;
where he primarily edits news stories and her short stories have been published in over 20
sometimes writes on travel. anthologies.
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Sanjay Dasgupta Sweta Srivastava Vikram
Other Lives, Other Fragments Perfectly Untraditional
978-93-81523-80-3 978-81-89738-86-0
216 x 140mm; 216pp 216 x 140mm; 222pp
Hardback Hardback with dust jacket
This book looks at the human story behind cataclysmic events New York City-based writer, Shaili Kapoor, is shocked to find
through the diary of Badrul Islam, dispossessed during the out about her mother, Meena Kapoor’s death. Meena had
1947 and 1971 riots, and the tale of Manik, a boy who is from drowned herself in Pashan Lake in Shaili’s hometown of Pune,
nowhere and is going nowhere, and how their lives touch India. The book unravels tales of friendship, love, loyalty
each other. and tradition.
Sanjay Dasgupta trained as a mechanical Sweta Srivastava Vikram writes both

engineer, strayed into journalism and has been prose and poetry. Her work has appeared
a journalist ever since. He is a voracious reader, in six countries across three continents.
and his other passions include classical music. She has authored four collections of poetry.
RIMA HOOJA Nilima Sinha
Rajasthani Stories Retold Red Blooms in the Forest
978-93-85285-66-0 978-93-81523-99-5
216 x 140 mm; 180pp 216 x 140mm; 244pp
The book brings to its readers a collection of short stories A gripping tale that touches on the theme of rural India and
from Rajasthan from the depths of its rich heritage. The its social ramifications, it reflects the lives of youth from the
nine Rajasthani tales in this book are but a fraction of the non-elite section of India. Moving among folk connected with
amazing legacy of Rajasthan famed for its rich oral and written their natural environment, the story outlines the dangerous
traditions, drawn from mythology and religious tales as much developments in their lives.
as from the history of the area.
Archaeologist, historian, and writer Rima Hooja Nilima Sinha is a writer of children’s books
is Consultant Director (Library & Archives) with several prizes to her credit. She has been an
Maharaja Sawai ManSingh II Museum, City active member of the Association of Writers and
Palace, Jaipur. Illustrators for Children (AWIC).
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VINOD PANDE Siddharth Dasgupta
Saanvri Sacred Sorrow of Sparrows,The

The story of a concubine A Collection of Lives
978-93-85285-45-5 978-93-85285-68-4
216 x 140 mm; 264pp 216 x 140 mm; 254pp
Saanvri’s tale is about decadence in high palaces of power; Across lives, cities, and continents, melancholy and its tentacles
the story of a woman who learns to use the wanton carnality inhabit spaces that are often left unexplored. Through ten
in men in a society that uses and abuses her. It is also about stories and ten main protagonists, this book paints a portrait of
the three most important people in her life, all of who use her the universal emotion that strikes the deepest and lingers the
with impunity. longest—sorrow.
Vinod Pande had been a civil servant with the Siddharth Dasgupta, inspired by The Little
British Government, a broadcaster with the Prince at the age of seven, resolved to explore
BBC, and is the maker of several documentaries and experience the horizons of the universe
and ad-films. when he grew up.
Yuresh Sinha RANJAN KAUL
Science, Sex and Spirituality Silent Realities

A Man’s Searing Journey into the Soul of God
978-93-85285-79-0 978-93-85285-27-1
216 x 140 mm; 372pp 216 x 140 mm; 216pp
Delves into the links between physics and metaphysics, as Stories that connect well with the ups and downs of life in
seen through the eyes of a man who desires to understand the Delhi – exploring the everyday lives of individuals from
universe Thought-provoking, humourous and conceptually different strata of society. Though based in Delhi, the content
insightful, this book is a must-read for everyone trying to of the stories connects well with the lives of ordinary citizens
understand the mystery of life—and beyond. in other Indian metros.
Yuresh Sinha is a regular writer on self

motivation, self-improvement, religion, Ranjan Kaul, a writer based in recently retired
spirituality, dharma, meditation and related from the position of Managing Director, Oxford
subjects for his guru’s website. University Press India.
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Randhir Khare Shefali Tripathi Mehta
Strangers on the Shore Stuck Like Lint
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This book reveals the dark underbelly of so-called sacrosanct A nuanced novella with a twist in the tale; a story about
relationships and draws the reader into exploring realities that stories of women, who live complex lives within commonplace
are most often brushed under the carpet. The author deftly lays existences; each devising her own escape from the realities and
bare the average Indian’s obsession with life-long family ties. challenges of love, marriage, and motherhood.
Shefali Tripathi Mehta, a Bangalore-based

Randhir Khare is an award-winning poet who independent writer and editorial consultant for
has written more than 20 volumes of poetry, e-learning courseware, writes on social issues,
fiction, translations from tribal dialects and travel, parenting and disability awareness in
cultural documentation. newspapers and journals.
Jvalant Nalin Sampat SHIRAZ MUKHERJEE
Tenth Unknown, The Tiger in You
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This book is a mix of myth, fact and fiction. Starting in The book deals with the triumph of the human spirit against
Emperor Ashoka’s court in Magadha in 232 BC and ending all impediments. It celebrates the energy of the youth of India
with India’s independence in 1947, this action-packed thriller, as an instrument of great transformation and its power in
set primarily against the backdrop of World War II, is a high- nation building, at the grassroot level involving the masses.
octane and heady cocktail.
Jvalant Nalin Sampat is an Indian and World

War II history buff and adventurer. He has a Shiraz Mukherjee was a first-division football
degree with a Major in IT and a Liberal Arts player who also trained in theatre as an actor,
Concentration in English. writer, and director.
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Sanchit gupta Purva Grover
Tree with a Thousand Apples,The Trees told me so,The
978-93-85285-51-6 978-93-86906-20-5
Single copy: `350 / £5 / $9 Single copy:`395
216 x 140 mm; 284pp 216 x 140 mm; 192pp
A coming-of-age novel that depicts the lives of three children In this collection of short stories, the author draws a beautiful
and the choices destiny forces them to make, the novel is a and poignant picture of love, life and loss, with an honest voice.
‘socio-political thriller’ set in Kashmir from 1990 to 2013. And the common thread running through the stories is that
A multi-layered narrative that highlights different points nature (read: a tree) stands witness like an old soul—full of
of view – Kashmiri Pandits exiled from their homes, young wisdom and compassion
directionless militants, duty-bound army officers and innocent
civilians who become collateral damage.
Sanchit Gupta began his career as a part- Purva Grover is a journalist, poet, playwright
time copywriter with an advertising agency and stage director. She is the founder-editor of
in Mumbai and went on to co-found his own The Indian Trumpet, a quarterly digital magazine
theatre group. for Indian expats.
Dipanjan Rai Chaudhuri Dipanjan Rai Chaudhuri
Triolet Triptych, A
978-93-81523-05-6 978-81-89738-39-6
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Each of the three short novellas in this book has a plot racing These three intense narratives are set in distinctly diverse yet
through an air almost of fantasy, across stark cityscapes and paradoxically convergent worlds tailing the trajectory of some
turbulent forests, dealing with the human condition, the very unusual bonds. What makes this collection unique is the
myriad-coloured skies between hopelessness and hope, love intriguing carry over, from one narrative to another.
and betrayal.
Dipanjan Rai Chaudhuri has two volumes of poetry in Bangla Dipanjan Rai Chaudhuri has two volumes of poetry in Bangla
to his credit, an influential tract on education, a publicist’s diary to his credit, an influential tract on education, a publicist’s
and a number of research papers. diary and a number of research papers.
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Arup Mitra Randhir Khare
Uttara Yogi Walking Through Fire
978-81-89738-55-6 978-93-81523-15-5
224 x 147mm; 576pp 216 x 140mm; 266pp
Well-researched and craftily woven, this is a remarkable The story of Sean Varma, who, while lying wounded in
historical novel, taking the reader back to pre-independent hospital, tries to decipher how he has come to be there. A
India through a tale of patriotism, adventure, love and betrayal. child of grandparents from four different cultures, he survives
On the longlist of the Vodafone Crossword Book Award 2010. an abusive childhood and goes on to experience the trauma of
Kolkata at war with itself.
Randhir Khare is an award-winning poet who

Arup Mitra was art instructor at Lycée Français has written more than 20 volumes of poetry,
de Pondichéry and presently teaches art at the Sri fiction, translations from tribal dialects and
Aurobindo International Centre of Education. cultural documentation.
Nilakshi Borgohain Javaid Qazi
Waltz in Happiness Well Met in Cyprus
978-81-89738-85-3 978-81-89738-74-7
216 x 140mm; 222pp 216 x 140mm; 376pp
The story of a man and his relationships with his mother, The book deals with the experiences of Robert, an American
wife and girlfriend—set against a rapidly changing Indian professor, who meets and falls in love with Anara, a young
landscape. The unique insights into the lives of the diverse Kazakh girl. Robert invites Anara to live with him in north
characters make for fascinating reading. Cyprus. Their story unfolds in this picturesque city.
Nilakshi Borgohain has written book reviews Javaid Qazi has been writing fiction for over
and short stories. She has been awarded the four decades. He has also translated the stories
Editor’s Choice award 2010 for creative/critical of well-known Urdu authors and worked as a
writing by the Home of Letters (India). technical writer in the computer industry.
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Ravi Gupta Tsewang Yishey Pemba
When God went to Hell White Crane, lend Me Your Wings

A Tibetan Tale of Love and War
978-93-85285-76-9 978-93-85285-62-2
216 x 140 mm; 168pp 216 x 140 mm; 468pp
The book addresses all those with a scientific mind seeking The reader is taken into the heartland of Eastern Tibet, to the
answers to the unknown with a tongue-in-cheek approach to breathtakingly beautiful Nyarong valley, and introduced to the
religion, faith and God and looks at afterlife from a fresh and fierce warrior tribes of Khampas ruled by their chieftains.
light-hearted perspective, turning established beliefs on their
heads.
Ravi Gupta quit the IPS to take over

as managing director of National Film
Development Corporation and produced Tsewang Yishey Pemba(1932 - 2011) was the
films with India’s leading filmmakers including first Tibetan to become a doctor and surgeon in
Satyajit Ray, Shyam Benegal, Aparna Sen Western medical science from the University of
among many others. London in 1955.
R C Friedericks Ragini bali
Windhorse Warrior Wings of Fantasy

A Collection of Stories
978-93-86906-51-9 978-81-90193-66-5
216 x 140 mm; 468pp 210 x 152mm; 100pp
Book print paper 100 gsm art paper (gloss)
Windhorse Warrior offers an inside look at the struggles and This book is an insight into what goes on in the minds of
aspirations of the Tibetan people during the 1950s. It is a tale children. Written by a 12-year-old, it is a testimony to Ragini
that weaves together the politics of occupation and resistance, Bali’s creativity and command over the English language.
a romance between a Chinese communist and an educated The writing is fresh and simple with short paragraphs and
Tibetan woman, and the soaring vision of the Tibetan sentences.
spiritual heart.
R C Friedericks attended university in USA,

followed by film school in London. After a After spending many years in Poland and New
varied career, from media producer in Nepal York, Ragini Bali now resides in New Delhi.
to high school teacher in Hong Kong, Rishi is She pens her fantasies in an astonishingly fresh
now retired. and simple style.
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Devasis Parveen Talha
Without Prejudice Word Thrice Uttered, A

Epic Tale of a Mumbai Bar Dancer Stories on Life’s Realities
978-93-85285-65-3 978-93-85285-87-5
216 x 140 mm; 316pp 216 x 140 mm; 192pp
A novel on the life sketch of a fictional Mumbai Bar Dancer, Sixteen topical short stories with a non-materialistic approach
a Dance Bar girl, the book delves deep into the roots of their on life’s realities giving a glimpse of Awadh through the times.
evolution as dancers. Highly informative providing insight into
the whole Mumbai Dance Bar Scene and the social injustices.
Communicator, Corporate Reputation Advisor Parveen Talha was given the President award
and Brand Strategist, Devasis chose his career in for Specially Distinguished Record of Service
advertising, later on he took up PublicRelations and the Padma Shri for her contribution to the
as his calling. Civil Services.
Deepa Agarwal
You cannot have all the Answers

And Other Stories
978-93-86906-37-3
Single copy: `350
216 x 140mm; 188pp
Book print paper
Black and white
Paperback
The book is a collection of fifteen short stories, offering a

glimpse into the conflicting emotions that define human
condition, and portrays characters who attempt to seek answers
to a variety of existential questions.
Author, poet and translator, Deepa Agarwal

writes for both children and adults and has
received the NCERT National Award for
Children’s Literature.
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THORNBIRD
Thornbird’s legend narrates how this bird sings for one single time in its entire
life, but that song is so enigmatic that it bewitches every living being and casts
a magic spell resulting in sheer bliss. Niyogi Books’ translation genre brings to
you the golden works of literature from different languages all across
the globe and if possible beyond that.
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TRANSLATIONS (ENGLISH)
Dileep Chandan; translated by Parbina Rashid Edited by Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee & Dipendu Das
Ballad of Kaziranga Barbed Wire Fence

Stories of displacement from the Barak Valley of Assam
978-93-85285-88-2 978-93-81523-29-2
216 x 140 mm; 300pp 216 x 140mm; 204pp
Paperback Flexiback
Kaziranga, world famous for its one-horn rhino, holds a very Stories that express the myriad facets of the immigrant
different meaning and place in Rishi, Arunabh and Amal’s experience of people from present-day Bangladesh who were
lives. Will Amal’s resort in Kaziranga stand the test of time? forced to leave their native land during and after India’s
Will Rishi open up his heart to love, again? Will Arunabh be independence and settle, among other places, in the Barak
able to stand his ground as he spills the beans about the valley of Assam.
going-ons in the park?
Dileep Chandan is a senior Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee

journalist working in Assam, and is (left), former Director of KK
also a popular novelist and writer in Birla Foundation, Delhi, is
Assamese language. Parbina Rashid Director, Niyogi Books. Dipendu
is working with The Tribune and is Das teaches English at Assam
based in Chandigarh. University, Silchar.
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay ;translated by Sukhendu Ray

translated by Rani Ray
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Bipradas

The Man Who Would Walk Alone
Stories
978-93-86906-42-7 978-93-86906-40-3
216 x 140 mm; 160pp 216 x 140 mm; 262pp
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A collection of short stories by one of Bengali literature’s most Set against a rural backdrop of 20th century Bengal, the story
eminent and beloved writers. The author’s writing is renowned of Bipradas revolves around the life and family of the central
for its unique tone—homely, intimate, and informal. protagonist Bipradas, who is also the charismatic hero of the
novel.
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
(1894–1950), one of the prominent
fiction writers in Bengali literature,
best known for his novel Pather
Panchali. Rani Ray has taught English
at the University of Delhi who has Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876 – 1938),
rendered into English a substantial was an illustrious Bengali novelist and short
volume of Bengali fiction. story writer of early 20th century Bengal.
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Birendra Kumar bhattacharyya; Kalindi Charan Panigrahi; translated by Bikram das

translated by mitra phukan
Blossoms in the Graveyard Born of the Soil
978-93-85285-47-9 978-93-85285-58-5
Single copy: `295 / £5 / $10 Single copy: `350
216 x 140 mm; 192pp 216 x 140 mm; 136pp
Jnanpith Awardee Birendra Kumar Bhattacharyya has told the Matira Manisha (Born of the Soil) is one of those uncommon
story with a fine understanding of all the issues involved, in artistic creations that prove that good art need not be convoluted
a non partisan way. Though fiction, it deals with events and or obscure. The book is remarkable not only for its depiction of
issues of recent history. The echoes from that time reverberate enduring human values but also for its realistic portrayal of the
across the entire subcontinent even today, making this a work culture of rural Odisha.
of contemporary significance.
Dr Birendra Kumar Bhattacharyya

(left) (1924-1997) is considered to
be one of the foremost Assamese
writers. Mitra Phukan is a writer, Kalindi Charan Panigrahi, also remembered as the father of
translator, columnist and classical Nandini Satapathy, who was Odisha’s Chief Minister, belongs
vocalist. to the post-Fakirmohan, post Gopabandhu generation.
Tripti Jain & Jasbir Jain Intizar Husain

translated by nishat zaidi & alok bhalla
Bridge Across the Rivers Day and Dastan: Two Novellas
Partition Memories From The Two Punjabs
978-93-85285-73-8 978-93-86906-27-4
216 x 140 mm; 202pp 216 x 140 mm; 192pp
This work closely explores the Partition narrative from a Intizar Husain is the finest writer of Urdu prose and the most
human perspective. The sixteen stories exceed the bounds of brilliant story-teller of the post-partition generation. The
history and offer an intimate, personal view of the events. This two novellas, Day and Dastan (Din Aur Dastan), his favourite
work explores not only the human tragedy but also memory, texts, show his versatility and fictional inventiveness. Day,
healing and friendship. a realistic story, is a meditation on the cruellest of events to
have scarred our times – migrations.
Tripti Jain (left) lives in Ajmer, has
worked in the Rajasthan Education
Services and has taught Political Intizar Husain is the finest writer of Urdu prose
Science at the Government College, and the most brilliant story-teller of the post-
Ajmer. Jasbir Jain is the Honorary partition generation. Nishat Zaidi is a Professor,
Director of the Institute for Department of English at the Jamia Millia
Research in Interdisciplinary Studies Islamia, New Delhi. Alok Bhalla has published
(IRIS), Jaipur. extensively on literature, translation and politics.
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TILOTTAMA MAJUMDER Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Denudation, The Durgeshnandini
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216 x 140mm; 268pp 216 x 140 mm; 168pp
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Sujoy Banerjee has been a man untouched by sin. He Published in 1865, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s first Bengali
took it upon himself to rid the world of ‘filth’; to destroy novel Durgeshnandini revolutionised Bengali prose writing.
darkness with a missionary zeal and the suaveness of a Many consider it to be the first modern novel in an Indian
master craftsman. This book deftly traverses the various dim language.
and dark alleyways of human psychology.
Bankim Chandra, one of the first two graduates

Tilottama Majumder is associated with the of the University of Calcuttam, began writing
editorial division of Ananda Publishers. She while still a student, and continued to write for
belongs to a family devoted to literature and the rest of his life. He wrote fourteen novels,
started writing in 1993. numerous essays, and poem.
Amrita Nilanjana Rabindranath Tagore
Five Plays Gardener,The

Ritwik Ghatak
NEW
978-93-86906-11-3 978-93-86906-65-6
216 x 140 mm; 312pp 178mm x 127mm; 92pp
130gsm art paper (matt) Book Print Paper
In this collection of plays, his writings specifically act as The gardener is a book of prose. Most of the lyrics of love and
a cultural sign bearing the remnants of one catastrophic life, the translations of which from Bengali are published in
history—the Partition of Bengal. Ritwik details the visual this book, were written much earlier than the series of religious
and aural realization of a fragmented Bengal in such a socio- poems contained in the book name Gitanjali.
political and cultural milieu of Indian history where we can
trace both dystopian and utopian features.
Amrita Nilanjana obtained an MPhil in Rabindranath Tagore, sobriquet Gurudev,

English Literature from Calcutta University, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali
taught English Literature as a visiting faculty at literature and music, as well as Indian art with
the post graduate level in Delhi University. She Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early
is also a theatre critic and a short story writer. 20th centuries.
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Giriraj Kishore; translated by Prajapati Sah D. Jayakanthan
Girmitiya Saga, The Heroine and other Stories, The
978-81-89738-45-7 978-81-933935-9-8
229 x 152mm; 1,026pp 216 x 140 mm; 160pp
75 gsm NS Maplitho Book print paper
This book retraces the socio-political background of 19th and A powerful collection of short stories that depict the progressive
20th century South Africa, highlighting the importance of thinking of the Tamil writer D. Jayakanthan, selected and
Mohandas Gandhi’s actions in South Africa. On the longlist of translated into English by his daughter.
the Vodafone Crossword Book Award 2010.
D. Jayakanthan (1934–2015) was considered

With a literary career spanning over half-a-century, one of the most progressive writers of his times
Giriraj Kishore has several short story collections and plays who wrote 200 short stories, 40 novels and three
to his credit. He has been honoured with the Padma Shri. autobiographies, as well as made two films.
Girdhar Rathi Rabindranath Tagore
Hindi Short Stories Hungry Stones and Other

Editor’s Choice Stories, The
NEW
978-93-86906-61-8 978-93-86906-45-8
216 x 140mm; 220pp 177 x 127mm; 208pp
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Hindi Short Stories by Girdhar Rathi presents 17 tales This collection combines some of Rabindranath Tagore’s more
(translated from Hindi to English) that represent in narrative popular stories like ‘The Cabuliwallah’ and ‘The Hungry Stones’
form, the desolation of the educated Indian during 1960–1970 with lesser known ones like ‘The Devotee’ and ‘We Crown The
and explores the existentialist consciousness developing within King’, all of them bound together by a common theme, —
the urban society at large. Human Fallibility.

A poet, journalist, critic, editor, a screenplay writer and a human was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali
activist, Girdhar Rathi is also a master translator of works in literature and music, as well as Indian art with
different Indian languages into English. In 2010, he won the Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early
Bihari Puraskar for his poetry collection, Anta ke Sanshaya. 20th centuries.
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Nabaneeta Dev Sen translated by paulami sengupta Nabaneeta Dev Sen; Translated by Soma das
I, Anupam In a Foreign Land by Chance

NEW
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Single copy: `395 Single copy: `295/ £6.99 / $10
216mm x 140mm; 196pp 216 x 140 mm; 144pp
I Anupam is a sharp depiction of the turbulent times in West The story refers to the Naxalbari period in India, and is
Bengal, when the leaders of the Naxal movement encouraged situated in the communist Czechoslovakia of 1974 when
the youth to fight for the cause, but later failed to take the iron curtain was still hanging heavy.
responsibility when they were needed the most. The novel is
about one such betrayal.
Nabaneeta Dev Sen (left) is one of

the prominent Bengali litterateurs
Nabaneeta Dev Sen is one of the prominent of our times with more than 80
Bengali litterateurs of our times with more than books to her name. Soma Das is
80 books to her name. An outstanding academic, a freelance editor and translates
she recently retired as Professor of Comparative Bengali fiction and non-fiction
Literature, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. literary works into English.
Chandrika Balan E. Santhosh Kumar; translated by P.N. VENUGOPAL
Invisible Walls Island of Lost Shadows
978-93-86906-32-8 978-93-83098-87-3
216 x 140 mm; 128pp 216 x 140mm; 372pp
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Aparna and Kamala, whose lives run in parallel, though they A requiem to the lost springs of Indian revolutionary politics,
do not know each other. They dream of a world without walls, the brilliant translation of the critically acclaimed Sahitya
but invisible barriers surround and crush them. Kamala reads Akademi award-winning Malayalam novel Andhakaaranazhi,
a book titled Invisible Walls, about Aparna’s life, on a train this book brings alive the terror-reign during the dark days of
journey, and thus the reader discovers a story within a story… the Emergency.
E. Santhosh Kumar (left) has

Chandrika Balan is a bilingual writer, academic published 14 books in Malayalam
critic, orator and translator. She was formerly including short stories and novels. A
AssociateProfessor of English, All Saints’ freelance journalist, P.N. Venugopal
College, Thiruvananthapuram. translates fiction and biographies.
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Rakhshanda Jalil Giriraj Kishore; translated by Manisha Chaudhry
Jallianwala Bagh Kasturba Gandhi

Literary Responses in Prose & Poetry A bio-fiction
NEW
978-93-86906-92-2 978-93-86906-48-9
Single copy: `495 Single copy: `795 / £15 / $20
216 x 140 mm; 228pp 216 x 140mm; 424pp
Jallianwala Bagh:Literary Responses in Prose and Poetry is a Kasturba Gandhi is the fictionalised biography of Kasturba
selection reflecting the horrific event introduced and edited by Gandhi, a lady as strong and great as Mahatma Gandhi. The
the noted literary historian and translator, Rakhshanda Jalil. book gives a glimpse of how a strong woman can empower
Includes pieces by Sadaat Hasan Manto, Mullk Raj Anand, K herself staying within the folds of tradition and convention.
A Abbas, Muhammad Iqbal, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan and
Sarojini Naidu to name a few.
Giriraj Kishore has been honoured

with many awards including the
Padma Shri, the Sahitya Akademi
Award, Saraswati Samman and
Rakhshanda Jalil writes on issues of literature, the Sahitya Bhushan Award.
culture and heritage. She has published over 15 Manisha Chaudhry is a leading bi
books and six works of translations. lingual editor, writer and translator.
Lakshmi Nandan Bora; translated by Biman Arandhara Qazi abdul Ghaffar;Translated by scheherazade alim
Kayakalpa Laila Ke Khutoot

The Elixir of Everlasting Youth The Letters of Laila
978-81-89738-67-9 978-93-83098-08-8
224 x 147mm; 280pp 216 x 140mm; 252pp
The story revolves around an internationally renowned scientist Set in the early twentieth century, the letters of Laila are not
who returns to India, to rediscover himself and to find the only a courtesan’s search for identity but also an exposition of
answer to rejuvenation. Recipient of the Saraswati Samman, the exploitation of women by a complacent and hypocritical
2008 and on the longlist of the Vodafone Crossword Book society. The letters are by turn witty, philosophical and
Award 2010. deeply moving.
Lakshmi Nandan Bora has authored 29 novels Scheherazade Alim studied law at the University
and 26 short stories, some of which have of Oxford and spent 20 years in Dubai, where
been bestsellers. He now edits the Assamese she held the position of a senior corporate/
weekly Goriyoshi. commercial lawyer.
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Joginder Paul Buddhadeb Guha; translated by Shankar Sen
Land Lust Madhukari

Art of Honey-gathering
NEW
978-93-86906-80-9 978-93-81523-61-2
216mm x 140mm; 144pp 216 x 140mm; 902pp
Evocative and crisp, Joginder Paul’s stories in Land Lust The fluidity of description and the dexterity of characterisation
offer poignant glimpses of the unequal multiracial relations in make Madhukari one of the most skilfully written novels of
colonial Kenya. Translated from the original Urdu, they evoke modern Bengali literature. Its author is considered one of the
insightful moments of compassion from within the harsh leading writers in contemporary Bengali literature.
xenophobic environs. The characters breathe life into the paper
and touch the readers not just intellectually but viscerally. One
feels the land, the wildness, the Nature, the people and their
hearts and minds’ connection with Gaia palpably.
Joginder Paul was born in Sialkot (now in Buddhadev Guha is a successful chartered
Pakistan). His first story was published in the accountant, a writer, painter and singer.
well-known Urdu journal Saqi in 1945; while his Shankar Sen (1936-2012) was an engineer
first book of short stories in Urdu was published and a retired bank executive, who wrote prose
in 1962. and poetry.
Geetanjali Shree by S.L. Bhyrappa; translated by

Dr S. Ramaswamy and L.V. Shantakumari
Mai Silently Mother
Mandra
978-81-933935-0-5 978-93-81523-36-0
216 x 140 mm; 224pp 216 x 140mm; 688pp
The novel uncovers, in a tale told in deceptively simple terms This book, the Saraswati Samman winner for 2010, has
incidents of a daily and ordinary existence to build, weave by already been successfully translated into Hindi and Marathi.
weave, a rich and layered tapestry, saying always more than Though it takes its theme from the classical question of art
is apparent. versus morality, many more issues haunting human life are
marvellously interwoven.
S.L. Bhyrappa has so far published 22 novels. A

Geetanjali Shree writes novels and short stories in Hindi. pan-Indian writer in the true sense of the term,
Mai was her debut novel, this translation receiving the Sahitya his novels have been translated into almost all
Akademi award. the Indian languages.
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K. N. Rao Arupa Patangia Kalita
Moisture Trapped in A Stone Musk and Other Stories,The

An Anthology of Modern Telugu Short Stories
978-93-86906-08-3 978-81-933935-8-1
216 x 140 mm; 484pp 216 x 140 mm; 268pp
A collection of twenty-eight short stories by writers of Telugu An eclectic mix of short stories and a novella by acclaimed
fiction who have carved a niche for themselves in the annals of Assamese writer Arupa Patangia Kalita, sheds light on some of
Indian literature. A book of equal appeal to the casual reader as the burning issues that reverberate through the Assam Valley.
well as the discerning one.
K. N. Rao (Kasukhela Narasimha Rao), has Arupa Patangia Kalita is one of the most accomplished and
pursued his hobby of creative writing and has refined writers of Assam whose works are used extensively for
regularly contributed stories and articles to research by MPhil and PhD students and have been prescribed
Telugu magazines and journals. as text for universities.
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay; translated by Soma Das Mir Mosharraf Hossain translated by Alo Shome
My Paper Half Ocean of Melancholy

The Tragedy that was Karbala
978-93-83098-52-1 978-93-86906-50-2
215 x 140mm; 152pp 216 x 140mm; 208pp
Paperback Paperback
From a meagre background of almost non-existent means, Ocean of Melancholy is an epic historical novel centred on
Upal was plagued by unremitting and unpredictable hunger events that led to the battle of Karbala. The book paints the
pangs. They drove him to abandon his scruples ... A translation tragic story of Hassan and Hussein, grandsons of the great
of Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay’s well-known Bengali novel Prophet Muhammad, who were assassinated by their enemy
Kagojer Bou. Yazid, the son of the king of Damascus, for his desire for
Zainab—Hassan’s beautiful wife—and his greed for the throne
of Medina.
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay (left) Mir Mosharraf Hossain (left)

is a prominent presence in the realm has authored thirty-five books of
of Bengali literature. Soma Das is which Bishad Sindhu (1885–1891)
a freelance editor who translates is applauded as his best. Alo Shome
Bengali literary works into English. is a freelance writer and poet.
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Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Edited and Introduced by rakhshanda jalil
Parineeta the Betrothed Pigeons of the Domes

Stories on Communalism
978-93-86906-18-2 978-93-85285-09-7
216 x 140mm; 96pp 216 x 140mm; 284pp
Paperback Hardback
A love story of Shekharnath and Lalita, set in early twentieth- A collection of short stories depicting the various shades of the
century Bengal. Lalita is a thirteen-year old orphan who lives demon of communalism that lurks within Indian society. Using
with the family of her uncle Gurucharan. Neighbour Nabin the analogy of the beasts, exploring the situation in large cities
Roy’s younger son Shekhar has a bantering relationship with and in small hamlets, the authors bring to the fore the lurking
Lalita. Shekhar and Lalita try to understand the true nature danger that threatens the secular fabric of India.
of their feelings.
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876 – 1938), Rakhshanda Jalil writes on issues of literature,
was an illustrious Bengali novelist and short culture and heritage. She has published over 15
story writer of early 20th century Bengal. books and six works of translations.
Rakhshanda Jalil translated by Rani Ray
Preeto & Other Stories Ritwik Ghatak Stories

The Male Gaze in Urdu
NEW
978-93-86906-64-9 978-93-86906-43-4
216 x 140mm; 204pp 216 x 140mm; 224pp
Book Print Paper Book Print Paper
Preeto & Other Stories: The Male Gaze in Urdu includes stories Reveals Ritwik Ghatak’s creative versatility as a writer, besides
by male writers writing on topics which are timeless as well as being the eminent filmmaker that he was. The book is an
contemporary, offering multiple ways of ‘seeing’ women. important addition to the Ghatak archive as a source material
for any ongoing research on his films.
Rani Ray has taught English at the University of

Delhi, University of California and Institute of
Dr Rakhshanda Jalil is a writer, critic and literary English Studies in Poland. She has rendered into
historian. She has published over 15 books and English a substantial volume of Bengali fiction
written over 50 academic papers and essays including short stories of eminent writers.
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S L Bhyrappa; & Translated by L V Shanthakumari A. SETHUMADHAVAN; translated by PREMA JAYAKUMAR
Saakshi Saga of Muziris,The

The Witness
978-81-933935-5-0 978-93-85285-57-8
216 x 140 mm; 448pp 216 x 140 mm; 192pp
Book print paper 80gsm Super Sunshine
Saakshi probes the roots of human values as well as the stark A novel inside a novel; an exhilarating journey into the past
realities of sensual life. It explores the fundamental question with fictitious characters of Muziris. A novel inside a novel; an
whether truth is the basis of morality or morality remains the exhilarating journey into the past with fictitious characters of
foundation of truth. Muziris. An exciting potpourri of myths, folklore, and history
woven in the fabric of fiction.
S L Bhyrappa (left) is a Kannada A Sethumadhavan, (left) has

novelist and a recipient of “Saraswati been writing stories and novels in
Samman”, L V Shanthakumari Malayalam and belongs to a highly
is a poet whose articles and critical innovative generation of fiction
essays are published in Kannada and writers. Prema Jayakumar is a
English magazines and journals. columnist and a translator.
lakshman; translated by Susheela Punitha Ramapada Chowdhury; translated by Swapna Dutta
Samboli! Beware! Second Encounter
978-93-86906-35-9 978-93-85285-44-8
216 x 140 mm; 200pp 216 x 140 mm; 120pp
Paperback Paperback
Samboli! means echcharike in Kannada—‘Be careful!’ Samboli, The book delves deep into the intricacies of the concept lost
by extension, could imply ‘Beware!’ in the present context of love in the face of impulse and reason. The original Bengali
Dalit uprisings. It could also be a clarion call for Dalits to fight novella, Je jekhane danriye, has been made into a film of the
for their humanity. same name.
Lakshman (left) (1957–2017) has

many collections of poems, short
stories and two novels to his credit Ramapada Chowdhury (left),
and has received many awards. ex-editor Ananda Bazar Patrika
Susheela Punitha received the won the Sahitya Akademi Award.
Sahitya Akademi Translation Award Swapna Dutta has been writing for
for English, 2015. several decades, mostly for children.
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Smriti Kumar sinha; translated by ramlal sinha Sunil Gangopadhyay; translated by Sujal Bhattacharya
Seducing the Rain God Soiled Clothes

A Collection of Short Stories from the North-East
978-93-83098-79-8 978-81-89738-68-6
216 x 140mm; 192pp 214 x 140mm; 300pp
The 14 stories in this compilation are rich in structure and The protean nature of this novel evades typecasting. Many
texture, novel in theme, innovative in terms of technique and socio-political, moral and feminist issues criss-cross the fabric
expression … weaving a tapestry of secret rituals, ancient of the novel, at the heart of which lies its enigmatic protagonist.
customs and simple lives. The translation aims to present the
unique regional culture of North-East India.
Smriti Kumar Sinha (left) has been

working for the development and A critically acclaimed poet and a best-selling
publicity of minor and endangered novelist, Sunil Gangopadhyay is one of the
languages. Ramlal Sinha is a veteran most illustrious literary figures in the world of
journalist from the North-East. Bengali literature.
S.L. Bhyrappa; translated by S. Ramaswamy edited by:dipankar Roy & saurav dasthakur
Tantu Timeless Tales from Bengal

The Loom of Life An Anthology of Bangla Children’s and Young Adults’ Stories
978-81-89738-83-9 978-93-86906-23-6
229 x 152mm; 1,236pp 216 x 140 mm; 480pp
In this epic novel, SL Bhyrappa examines the very fibre of The volume presents an enjoyable and fairly comprehensive
contemporary Indian life in terms of post-Independence picture of Bangla children’s and young-adults’ short
and the post-Gandhian scene. Received the first prize for fiction to the non-Bengali readership for the first time in
Excellence in Book Production 2011 (translation category) publishing history.
from the Federation of Indian Publishers.
Dipankar Roy (left) teaches in the

SL Bhyrappa has so far published 22 novels. A Department of English, Visva-
pan-Indian writer in the true sense of the term, Bharati, Santiniketan. Saurav
his novels have been translated into almost all the Dasthakur is Assistant Professor of
Indian languages. English at Visva-Bharati.
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translated by Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee Jajabor; translated by Alokojjal Banerjee
Two Sisters Vignettes en Route

NEW
978-93-86906-66-3 978-93-81523-04-9
216mm x 140mm; 80pp 210 x 140mm; 184pp
Flexiback Flexiback
The eternal conflict in the age-old ‘manwoman’ relationship, Crafted in the form of an accidental travelogue, collated from
which typically arises when any one of the two partners seeks both the letters of the young man to a lady friend, this book is a
solace and passion in a single partner and is often unable to savour deeply reflective account of the capital city, its complex multi-
the joys of both together, is the central theme of Two Sisters layered history and myths, with liberal injections of humour
(Dui Bon by Rabindranath Tagore, 1933). One of Tagore’s last and spirit.
three novels, it was first published in 1943.
Former Director of the National Book Trust in

Delhi and former Director, K.K.Birla Foundation,
New Delhi, Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee is an Jajabor alias Binay Kumar Mukhopadhyay shot into literary
accomplished translator from Bengali to English fame with his first book in 1946. Alokojjal Banerjee’s interests
and vice versa. include Vaishnav literature and philosophy.
HARI RAM MEENA Ghulam Murshid & Sarbari Sinha
When Arrows were Heated Up Bengali Culture

A Tale of Tribal Struggle against British Colonialism Over a Thousand Years
978-93-85285-22-6 978-93-86906-12-0
216 x 140 mm; 416pp 228 x 152 mm; 644pp
Black and white Black & White; 144 photographs
The book is a painstakingly researched account of the unique Bengali Culture over a Thousand Years is the first non-partisan
struggle by tribals against colonial British rule. It relates to the and holistic discussion of Bengali culture. Written for the
tribal uprising against the Raj that happened 6 years before the general reader, the language is simple and the style lucid. The
Jallianwala Bagh incident. book was originally published in Bengali in Dhaka in 2006.
This is the first English translation.
Ghulam Murshid (left) has

published books on subjects
ranging from Bengali language and
literature to women’s studies and
Hari Ram Meena is a multifaceted personality the socio-cultural history of Bengal.
who joined the police service in 1979 and retired Sarbari Sinha is Deputy Editor,
as the Inspector General of Police in 2012. Frontline, Chennai.
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translated by SOMDATTA MANDAL
Gleanings of the Road
978-93-86906-25-0
Single copy: `295
216 x 140 mm; 224pp
Book print paper
Black and white
Paperback
Travels formed an integral part of the personae and creative

artist that was Rabindranath Tagore. During his travels to
England and the USA(1912-13 and 1920) Tagore wrote essays
for publication in various Bengali journals. In 1939, Tagore
selected fourteen of these essays and an appendix containing
seven letters he had written to some of the teachers in the
Shantiniketan ashram while he was on these trips.
Somdatta Mandal is Professor and Head

of the Department of English and Other
Modern European Languages, Visva-Bharati,
Santiniketan.
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An Anatomy of ‘the World’s Most Dangerous Nation’
Megalithic Sites of Jharkhand,The
978-93-86906-16-8
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This book analyses the political and cultural evolution of The Archaeoastronomy of a Few Megalithic Sites of Jharkhand
Pakistan from Zulfikar Ali Bhutto to the present day. It discards the belief that megaliths are only sepulchral
presents a multi-faceted history of contemporary Pakistan monuments and illustrates that they also served as temples of
and offers a balanced view without taking sides or trying the ubiquitous Mother Goddesses of the fertility cult.
to offer solutions to govern the country.
Subhashis Das is an explorer and independent

Francesca Marino (left) is an Italian researcher dealing with megaliths and India’s
journalist who has covered South hitherto unknown tribal past. Credited with
Asia extensively. Beniamino Natale the discovery of numerous megaliths, he
is senior correspondent in the Italian has previously authored three volumes on
news agency, ANSA. his research.
Bela Mukherjee Narendra Luther
Ashray Bonsai Tree, A

An Autobiography
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GENDER STUDIES MEMOIR
How many faces does a woman have? A question that An autobiography of a civil servant, it is peppered with
has always puzzled mankind and Professor Kumar is anecdotes about the author’s long and illustrious bureaucratic
no exception. This intriguing book traces his growth, career, written in a witty, humorous style, thus keeping the
through the relationships with the women in his life. reader engaged
A Masters in Hindi from Agra College, Narendra Luther, a former civil servant and an
Bela Mukherjee has written for reputed eminent authority on the history and culture
magazines. Her story Kahani ki Ant won an of Hyderabad, has won several awards for
award in the Premchand story competition. his books.
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Indira Iyengar Sagarika Chakraborty
Bourbons and Begums of Bhopal,The Calendar Too Crowded, A

The Forgotten History
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The Bourbons’ bravery, administrative acumen and sound This book is an attempt to analyse the need to realise that
advice helped in the development of Bhopal, where their deeds despite there being so many dates dedicated to women, there
are still remembered. The harmonious coexistence of different are 300-odd days when there is nothing special that life has to
communities in Bhopal during the rule of the Begums, is also a offer them—where each day is still an unending drudgery and
valuable historical memory worth remembering. where womanhood is cursed and trampled upon.
Indira Iyengar is a social activist and founder Sagarika Chakraborty’s articles on diverse
of Mahashakti Seva Kendra, an organization subjects—corporate governance principles,
formed to help underprivileged women become monetary economics, religion—have been
economically independent. widely published.
Edited by Kapila Vatsyayan Edited by Apoorvanand & Omita Goyal
Culture of Indigo in Asia Education at the Crossroads

Plant. Product. Power.
978-93-83098-23-1
Single copy: `795 / £15 / $25 978-93-86906-34-2
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HISTORY
As an integral part of the historical and socio-cultural fabric This volume asks a fundamental question: What is education?
of the Asian subcontinent, Indigo has served as a backdrop While there can be no one answer, the contributors provide a
to religion, politics, trade, art forms and society, particularly clear understanding of the current state of education in India,
in India. This book takes the reader on a timeline tour, with which stands at a crossroads
details of the plant’s cultivation and production processes.
Apoorvanand (left) was part of

the core group that designed the
National Curriculum Framework for
Internationally recognised for her path-breaking, School Education in 2005. Omita
multidisciplinary work, specially in the fields Goyal is presently Chief Editor of
of culture and the arts, Kapila Vatsyayan has the IIC Quarterly, the Journal of
written over 15 books. theIndia International Centre
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Sumit Dutt Majumder Martin Kämpchen
GST Hidden Side of the Moon, The

Explained for Common Man Musings of a Life Between India and Europe
NEW
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GST in India has touched the lives of common people too. This A collection of essays showcasing the unique Indo-European
book has explained for them the critical issues and concepts of perspective of Martin Kämpchen, an important cultural link
GST in a simple language, often in a storytelling style. It covers between India and Germany. Martin Kämpchen has translated
the concepts of Supply, Input Tax Credit, IGST for inter-state the ‘Shri Ramakrishna Kathamrita’ and Tagore’s poems into
trade, the Business Processes like Registration, Returns-filing, German.
etc, and subjects like Composition Levy, Reverse, Charge
Mechanism, and many more.
Sumit Dutt Majumder, former Chairman, German-born writer, Martin Kämpchen, came
Central Board of Excise and Customs, joined to India as a student. Deeply moved by this
the Indian Revenue Service in 1974, after his country’s variegated life and philosophy, he
Masters in Physics from IIT Kharagpur. stayed on, settling at Santiniketan.
C.G. Somiah Sujeet Sarkar
Honest Always Stand Alone, The In Search of a New Afghanistan
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Speaking straight from the heart, the narrative is well-knit Do we have the right balance of development and security
and crisply put together. It goes back to the exciting days of assistance towards the reconstruction of Afghanistan? Is the
Rajiv Gandhi’s prime ministership and gives a glimpse into the strategy behind pushing the military into both combatant and
discussions that took place at the highest political level. development roles yielding any dividends in Afghanistan? This
well-researched book raises many questions about the situation
in Afghanistan and the challenges the country faces.
C.G. Somiah, an Indian Administrative Sujeet Sarkar is engaged in promoting and

Officer, was Home Secretary, Central Vigilance strengthening democratic governance and civil
Commissioner and, finally, Comptroller and society in fragile and conflict prone countries,
Auditor General of India. over the past 15 years.
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Atul K. Thakur Edited by Atul K. Thakur
India Now and in Transition India Since 1947

Looking Back at a Modern Nation
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ESSAY
Analyses the way ahead for India in the fields of politics and This anthology is an attempt at looking at India’s history
governance, economics and development, security and foreign through the eyes of an Indian. It offers a perspective that is
policy, society and culture, and language and literature and unbiased, analytical and introspective but basically Indian as
includes contributions from 37 leading thinkers. opposed to a western viewpoint of India and Indian history.
Atul K. Thakur is a New Delhi based Atul K. Thakur is a New Delhi based
journalist, columnist and financial expert, journalist, columnist and financial expert,
with specialisation in the interface of politics with specialisation in the interface of politics
and economics. and economics.
Bharat Bhushan Gupta Mushirul Hasan
India Through the Ages Islam. Pluralism. Nationhood.

Legacy of Maulana Azad
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The book takes the reader on an unforgettable journey, A compilation of confidential facsimiles of notes, memos and
exploring a fascinating country. It brings alive India’s growth letters that unfold Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s story like never
from an ancient to a modern, strong democracy in a vivid and before. This book, which is both informative and entertaining,
detailed manner. It introduces readers to a panoramic view of contains detailed ‘history sheets’ compiled by the Intelligence
her history and civilisation. Bureau.
Bharat Bhushan Gupta is passionate about Internationally known historian, Late

reading and research. He founded the Kabir Mushirul Hasan, had served as Vice Chancellor,
Peace Mission, along with friends, and edited Jamia Millia Islamia and Director-General,
its journal for a decade. National Archives of India.
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R. V. SMITH Samarpan
Lingering Charm of Delhi Living Hinduism

Myth, Lore and History Scriptures Philosophy Practices
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The book offers a selection of romance, mysticism, history, Hinduism is neither an organised religion nor a proselytising
music, nostalgic tales, great personalities and occult one. It is often described as a way of life, which gently nudges
happenings, all around Delhi. The book is a must-read for its followers—through its scriptures, mythologies, rituals, and
all history enthusiasts, or people looking for a good read. practices—to question deeply, live fully, and grow wholesomely
in compassion and universal acceptance.
Ronald Vivian Smith, journalist, novelist, poet,

occultist and historical researcher since 1954,carries Samarpan is a monk, writer, teacher with several well-known
on the legacy of his father, Thomas Smith. publications to his name.
KRISHNA BOSE; TRANSLATED BY SUMANTRA BOSE Tutun Mukherjee & Niladri R. Chatterjee
Lost Addresses Nari Bhav

A Memoir of India, 1934-1955 Androgyny and Female Impersonation in India
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This book is Krishna’s story of her childhood, adolescence and Striving towards bringing an end to gender polarization, the
young adulthood. It vividly describes Calcutta, Bengal and India essays traverse the concept of ‘Androgyny’, emphasizing on the
in the 1930s and 1940s and the early years after Independence. constructed and performative aspects of gender and not on the
Krishna’s memories of growing up and coming of age are set in dichotomy of sex.
the social, cultural and political milieus of the time.
Tutun Mukherjee is Professor

Krishna Bose (left) has published of Comparative Literature,
many books in Bengali and a memoir University of Hyderabad. Niladri R.
of her political life in English. Her Chatterjee is Professor, Department
son Sumantra Bose has written of English, University of Kalyani,
six books. West Bengal.
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Amal mitra Dr sarvepalli radhakrishnan
Natyacharya Sisir Kumar Bhaduri Philosophy of Hinduism, The

Pioneer of Modern Indian Theatre
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This ultimate collection on Natyacharya Sisir Kumar Bhaduri In this book, Dr S Radhakrishnan has explained the central
includes snippets of history from 19th century Bengali theatre tenets of Hinduism, its philosophical and spiritual doctrine,
and also commentaries of the noted personalities of the religious experience, ethical character and traditional faiths. He
contemporary Bengal stage. has compared Christianity, Islam and Buddhism in the light
of Hinduism.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian

Amal Mitra (1910–1993), the eminent literary personality was philosopher and statesman who was the first
well acquainted with the renowned writers and actors of the Vice President of India (1952–1962) and the
Bengali stage. second President of India from 1962 to 1967.
Dr sarvepalli radhakrishnan SUSHANTA DATTAGUPTA
Philosophy of Rabindranath Random Walk in Santiniketan

Tagore,The Ashram, A
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ESSAY
In interpreting the philosophy and message of Rabindranath The book showcases the overarching ideals of Rabindranath
Tagore, the book reveals the Indian ideal of philosophy, religion, Tagore that formed the foundation of Visva-Bharati in
and art, of which his work is the outcome and expression. Dr Santniketan and dwells on the uniqueness of the Visva-Bharati
Radhakrishnan’s acquaintance with the soul of India, from model of education and questions the efficacy of giving it the
which Tagore draws his inspiration, has helped him in this status of a university.
expository work.
Sushanta Dattagupta, former Vice-

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian Chancellor of Visva-Bharati, is a physicist,
philosopher and statesman who was the first known internationally for his research in areas
Vice President of India (1952–1962) and the of Diffusion, Magnetism, Relaxation and
second President of India from 1962 to 1967. Dissipation.
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Amiya dev Edited by K.S. Subramanian
Rereading Tagore Security, Governance, and Democratic Rights

Essays on the North-East
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This is a reader’s book. It looks at Tagore through his texts. It One of the first books on the problems of the people of the
reads his novels Gora and Jogajog in depth, and Char Adhyay as north-east of India and their fight for dignity of life, it also
a crucible of our time. His plays Dakghar and Muktadhara are describes the problems of security, governance, human rights,
taken up briefly but succinctly. environment, corruption and gender disparity.
Amiya Dev was Professor of Comparative

Literature at Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He K.S. Subramanian is former Director-General,
has written widely in Bengali and English, on State Institute of Public Administration and
Tagore and after, on literary interrelations, and Rural Development, Tripura. He is the author
on literarym culture as such. of Political Violence and the Police in India.
Charu WaliKhanna Anisur Rahman
Sita Returns Socioliterary Cultures in South Asia

Modern India through Her Eyes
NEW
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Sita is worshipped in India as a paragon of virtue. However, it Socioliterary Cultures in South Asia examines the social,
is rarely mentioned that Sita often flouted the conventions and political, secular, and cultural texts from five South Asian
norms of her time; she defied Ram’s aspersions, stood up to sites— India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri
Ravan, and raised two children as a single mother. Lanka—and represents a kaleidoscope of secular traditions,
imaginative landscapes, and realistic configurations in a
comprehensive way.
Anisur Rahman is a literary critic, translator,

Charu WaliKhanna, former member of the and poet. He has four books, six edited/co-
National Commission for Women (NCW), is edited volumes, two collections of modern Urdu
a leading human rights lawyer who currently poetry in English translation, and an anthology
practices in the Supreme Court of India. of poems in English to his credit.
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PRESENTED BY Leela Sarup Samarpan
Trial of Mangal Pandey, The World of Religions, The

State Papers
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RELIGION
The official records of the trial that culminated in the death An insightful handbook on spiritual thoughts for all, be an
sentence of Mangal Pandey, hailed by some as the one who atheist, agnostic or a devout and an analytical comparative
initiated India’s First War of Independence in 1857 and study of the major religions of the world. The author’s learning,
dismissed by others as a disgruntled sepoy who defied the writ at the feet of his masters, and his own understanding of the
of the British. The trial records throw fresh light on his role. religious issues have crystallised in the form of this book.
Leela Sarup, with a keen interest in History, has compiled the

Colonial Emigrants Acts (1837-1932) on Indentured Labour
and has written projects amongst which is narratives of the Samarpan is a monk and a teacher whose talks on Indian
Sepoy Mutiny in India. scriptures have a stirring presence in electronic media.
Diwan Singh Bajeli
Yatrik:
A Journey into Theatrical Art
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Single copy: `695
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A group of travellers, yatris with a passion for theatre, registered

themselves as Yatrik in 1964 and have staged almost 300 plays
both in India and abroad, and has established its unique
presence in the history of theatre as one of the longest-existing
theatre groups. This is the story of the journey in the words of
the yatris.
Diwan Singh Bajeli has been writing on

theatre for four decades whose reviews and
his interviews of eminent theatre and film
personalities have appeared in almost all leading
national newspapers.
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नियोगी बुक्स अपने नवीनतम् श्रृंखला ‘बहुवचन’ के माध्यम से अपने
देश के विविध भाषाओ ं को सं बल प्रदान करना चाहती है। अंग्रजी
के पश्चात हम हिन्दी को राजभाषा के रूप में मनाते हुए, अन्य भाषाओ ं के
प्रति अपना समर्पण व्यक्त करते हैं, जो कि मील का पत्थर साबित होगी।
बहुवचन
एस. जड. कासिम, दीनबंधु साहू डॉ. ताबिन्दा जे. बर्नी

अंटार्क टिका अपने बच्चों को कै से खिलायें?
भारत की हिमानी महाद्वीप के लिए यात्रा (और इसका लुत्फ़ लें)
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पाकशाला
रहस्य एवं रोमांच से भरपूर अंटार्क टिका तकरीबन 50 लाख वर्ष पूर्व कभी विविध प्रस्तुत पुस्तक में लेखिका ने शैशवकाल से लेकर धीरे-धीरे बच्चों के बड़े होने व स्कूल
जीव-जं तुओ ं व वनस्पतियों से युक्त एक सदाबहार वन था, जो वर्तमान में सफे द जाने की अवस्था तक के बच्चों के प्रति एक माँ की रसोई की कल्पना को पुनः साकार
रेगिस्तान में परिणत वि�व का सबसे ठं डा ध्रुवीय क्षेत्र है। प्रस्तुत पुस्तक में अंटार्क टिका कर दिया है। यह पुस्तक वर्तमान आधुनिक परिवेश में आज की कामकाजी माताएँ ,
की राेचक यात्रा एवं रोमांच का बखूबी चित्रण किया गया है। जो अति व्यस्त होते हुए भी अपने बच्चों को पौष्टिक आहार देने का महत्त्व जानती हैं,
स्वर्गीय डॉ. एस. जड. कासिम ने अंटार्क टिका के के लिए अत्यंत उपयोगी साबित होगी।
भारत के पहले अभियान का नेतत्व ृ किया और डॉ. ताबिन्दा जे. बर्नी ने लेडी हार्डिंग मेडिकल कॉलेज में चिकित्सा
ये ‘ओशन मैन ऑफ इं डिया’ और ‘अंटार्क टिका का अध्ययन कर �वसन चिकित्सा में विशेषता प्राप्त की है। उन्होंने
हीरो’ के नाम से जाने जाते थे। डॉ. दीनबंधु साहू चिकित्सा पत्रिकाओं के लिए कई अकादमिक पत्र भी प्रकाशित
अंटार्क टिका के सातवें भारतीय वैज्ञानिक अभियान में अंटार्क टिका जाने वाले प्रथम किए हैं।
भारतीय छात्र थे।
डॉ. शुभ्रता मिश्रा राजभाषा व विविध पुरस्कारों मंजु खन्ना ने 37 वर्षों तक सरकारी सेवा में कार्यरत रहने के
से सम्मानित एक स्वतं त्र विज्ञान लेखिका हैं। साथ-साथ विगत 30 वर्षों से प्रकाशन जगत से भी जुड़ी रही हैं।
अनुवादक अनुवादक
सलमा हुसैन राहुल मेहरोत्रा, फिलीप वेरा

अवध के ज़ायके कु म्भ मेला
शाही दावत से घर की रसोई तक का सफ़र एक क्षणिक महानगर का प्रतिचित्रण
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धर्म
उत्तर भारत के हरे-भरे गं गा के मैदान में स्थित अवध क्षेत्र के भोजन का दरबार बहुत कं ु भ मेला एक धार्मिक समारोह है जिसमें विशाल जनसमूह इकट्ठा होता है। इस
ही विशाल और विविध है और यहाँ की राजधानी लखनऊ के अपने बहुत ही ख़ास अवसर पर कुं भ नगरी में जनसमूह 55 दिनों तक एक साथ रहते हैं। प्रस्तुत पुस्तक
अदब हैं। शाही दावत से घर की रसोई तक, राजमहलों से लेकर सड़क किनारे भोजन में कुं भ नगरी के नक्शे, इसकी हवाई तस्वीरें, विस्तृत रेखाचित्र एवं विहंगम तस्वीरें
और खाना पकाने की कहानी है। दी गई हैं जो कं ु भ मेले के दौरान बनने वाले इस अल्पकालिक महानगर की भव्यता
सलमा हुसैन एक जानी-मानी पर्शियन स्काॅलर एवं कु क हैं का परिचायक हैं।
जिन्होंने खाद्य पदार्थों के विषय-क्षेत्र में एेतिहासिक उपलब्धियाँ
राहुल मेहरोत्रा एक आर्किटेक्ट और एजुकेटर
प्राप्त की हैं।
हैं। वर्तमान में वे मुम्बई में हार्वर्ड यूनिवर्सिटी के
ग्रेजुएट स्कूल आॅफ डिजाईन में अध्यापक हैं।
पूनम मिश्रा, भारत सरकार के सार्वजनिक उद्यम में अधिकारी रह फिलीप वेरा ‘सेंटर फाॅर इकोलाॅजी, लैंडस्के प एं ड
चुकी हैं। अब वह स्वतन्त्र रूप से लेखन और अनुवाद करती हैं। अरबनिज़्म’ के निदेशक हैं और वर्तमान में चिली
की डिजाईन लैब आॅफ यूनिवर्सीडैड एडाॅल्फो
अनुवादक इबानेज में एक एसोसिएट प्रोफेसर हैं।
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किरण सैगल हुमरा कु रै शी

ज़ोहरा सैगल डागर व ध्रुपद
‘फ़ै टी’ दिव्य विरासत
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श्रद्धांजलि है। ज़ोहरा के जीवन के प्रारंभिक दौर से लेकर उनके विवाह, लं दन में उनकी झलक है। यह ध्रुपद गायक की 20 पीढ़ियों के माध्यम से डागर परिवार के शानदार
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पुस्तक में है। में चार चाँद लगाती हैं।
किरण सैगल ओडिसी नृत्य की नवीनतम एवं अति प्रतिभाशाली हुमरा कु रै शी दिल्ली की जानी-मानी लेखिका-स्तं भकार पत्रकार
नृत्यांगना तथा नृत्य-निर्देशिका हैं। अपने व्याख्यानों, प्रस्तुतियों, हैं। उन्होंने खुशवं त सिहं के साथ दो पुस्तकें सह-लेखन की हैं ‘द
कार्यशालाओं और वार्ताओं के माध्यम से इस प्राचीन नृत्यकला को गुड, द बैड एं ड द रिडिकु लस एं ड एब्सोल्टयू ’।
भारत के कोने-कोने में ले गई हैं।
अदिति सिमलई तिवारी एक शिक्षिका, स्वतं त्र लेखिका,
बाल किशन बाली लेखक, अनुवादक, गीतकार व ब्लॉगर, सं पादक और अनुवादक हैं। इन्हें अंग्रेजी शिक्षण
स्वतं त्र पत्रकार हैं। में कई वर्षों का अनुभव है।
एम.के . पाल जूही सिन्हा

दिल्ली के ऐतिहासिक गुरुद्वारे बिस्मिल्लाह ख़ान
बनारस के उस्ताद
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कहानियों का पता चलता है। सिख गुरुओं द्वारा अपने धर्म व आस्था के लिए किए और समस्त विश्व तक के बिस्मिल्लाह खान के सफर को बयां करती है। बिस्मिल्लाह
गए सं घर्ष और कठिनाइयों के बारे में इसमें बताया गया है, जो आज भी सिख धर्म की ख़ान के सनकी मिज़ाज एवं उनकी कमजोरियों को भी इसमे�ं बड़ी खूबसूरती से बताया
आत्मा काे जीवन्त बनाये रखने में सहायक है। गया है।
स्वर्गीय एम.के . पाल ने एक सं ग्रहालय विशेषज्ञ के रूप में राष्ट्रीय जूही सिन्हा एक फ़िल्म निर्माता–निर्देशक और लेखिका हैं। इनके
हस्तशिल्प और हथकरघा सं ग्रहालय, नई दिल्ली में अपने द्वारा निर्देशित कई कार्यक्रम दू रदर्शन व विभिन्न चैनलों पर प्रसारित
कार्यकाल के दौरान कई परियोजनाओं पर कार्य किया। हो चुके हैं।
बाल किशन बाली लेखक, अनुवादक, गीतकार व कानपुर में जन्मे अक्षय कु मार की शिक्षा-दीक्षा कानपुर एवं
स्वतं त्र पत्रकार हैं। लखनऊ में हुई। विगत 30 वर्षों से ये पत्रकारिता से जुड़े हैं।
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लीला वेंकटरमन प्रदीप चं द्र

भारतीय शास्त्रीय नृत्य एम. एफ़. हुसेन
नवजागरण और उसके बाद कला का कर्मयोगी
978-93-86906-85-4 978-93-86906-56-4
240 x 184mm; 388pp 240 x 184mm; 164pp
नृत्य Hardback with dust jacket Hardback with dust jacket
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प्रस्तुत पुस्तक में ख्यातिप्राप्त नृत्य-समीक्षक लीला वेंकटरमन ने भारतीय शास्त्रीय एम.एफ. हुसेन दुनिया के महानतम चित्रकारों में से एक हैं। प्रस्तुत पुस्तक में उनके
नृत्य-�पों के विभिन्न पहलुओ ं को उजागर किया है। सभी शास्त्रीय नृत्य-�पों को विविध आयामों एवं उनके पीछे के शख्स को सामने लाने की कोशिश की गई है।
उनकी वििवधता में समेटती हुई यह कलाकारों, इतिहासकारों, नृत्य के प्रशिक्षुओं, पुस्तक में उनके चित्रों, रुचियों, निजी जीवन व दुखो ं पर प्रकाश डालने वाली अनेक
गुरुओं सहित उन सभी के लिए अत्यं त उपयोगी है जो भारतीय सं स्कृ ति के इस घटनाएं वर्णित हैं।
मनोहारी जगत से रू-ब-रू होना चाहते हैं।
लीला वेंकटरमन पहले द नेशनल हेराल्ड में बतौर नृत्य-समीक्षक प्रदीप चं द्र एक नामचीन छायाकार हैं। इन्होंने द टाइम्स ऑफ
रहीं, फिर बाद में द पैट्रिअट से जुड़ीं। उन्हें सं गीत नाटक अकादमी इं डिया ग्रुप, द इं डियन एक्सप्रेस और द वीक जैसे राष्ट्रीय समाचार
के प्रतिष्ठित पुरस्कार से सम्मानित किया गया है। पत्रों के साथ लं बे समय तक जुड़कर कार्य किया है।
प्रयाग शुक्ल कु शल कवि, कथाकार, कला-समीक्षक, भुवेन्द्र त्यागी वर्तमान में नवभारत टाइम्स, मुं बई में न्यूज
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पचास पुस्तकें प्रकाशित हो चुकी हैं। और अनुवाद भी किया है।
सुमन भटनागर, पुष्पा गुप्ता ओ.पी. मिश्रा

राजस्थान की थाली सतर्क रहें! सुरक्षित रहें
पौष्टिक, स्वादिष्ट, सरल
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के आधार पर अत्यंत बारीकी से किया गया है। इसमें अद्वितीय पारम्परिक व स्वादिष्ट डालती है और जहां समुदाय और व्यक्ति द्वारा निभाई गई सक्रिय भूमिका अपराध
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सुमन भटनागर 20 वर्षों तक काॅलेज आॅफ़ होम नागरिकों की सुरक्षा सुनिश्चित करने में एक लं बा रास्ता तय करेंगे।
साइं स तथा एग्रीकल्चर यूनिवर्सिटी, उदयपुर से
सम्बद्ध रहीं। पुष्पा गुप्ता 39 वर्षों तक काॅलेज आॅफ़
होम साइं स से सम्बद्ध रहीं तथा काॅलेज आॅफ़ होम
साइं स की डीन भी रहीं।
डाॅ. उषा कटारिया विगत 29 वर्षों से युनाइटेड स्टेटस् लाइब्रेरी
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भाषा और साहित्य़ विशेषज्ञ के रूप में कार्यरत रह चुकी हैं। अधिकारी हैं। वह राष्ट्रपति के पुलिस पदक के प्राप्तकर्ता हैं मेधावी
अनुवादक सेवा।
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Aliens in Delhi 102

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West Bengal is now home to about 5.3 million tribal people;

Krishnopriyo Bhattacharya has been studying

108 Vishnu Temples

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Hailing from a traditional Christian family in

Tanuja & Sanjay Kanvinde Chinnappa Boverianda & Nanjamma

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Kaiwan Mehta Samit Das

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Samit Das specialises in painting, photography,

Ramu KATAKAM Dr Werner Meyer

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Dr Werner Meyer, a distinguished archaeologist,

Jaimini Mehta Pratyush Shankar

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Jaimini Mehta is a practising architect and an

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Jaimini Mehta ANIL DEY

Rethinking Modernity Sun Temple of Konark, The

Jaimini Mehta is a practising architect and an

George Michell; PHOTOGRAPHS BY SURENDRA KUMAR

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This unique tome explores the forms that adorn majestic

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MAHAVEER SWAMI Lokesh Chandra & Nirmala Sharma

Art of Bikaner, The Buddhist Paintings of Tun-Huang

Lokesh Chandra (left) is a renowned

J.P. Das INTRODUCTION BY B.N. Goswamy

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Design Movement in Tagore’s Enduring Epics

Raghupati Bhat has mastered the art of painting

Tarapada Santra Sushma K. Bahl

Folk Arts of West Bengal Forms of Devotion

Sushma K Bahl, MBE, former head of Arts

Eberhard Fischer & Dinanath Pathy Edited by Anna L. Dallapiccola

In the Absence of Jagannatha Indian Painting

Eberhard Fischer (left) is an art

B.N. Goswamy EDITED BY Kenneth X. Robbins & Marvin Tokayer

Indian Paintings in the Jews and the Indian National Art

Marvin Tokayer (in picture) has

Pradip Zaveri Shobha Broota

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Pradip Zaveri has always been interested in

Utpal K. Banerjee BHARTI DAYAL

Luminous Harmony Madhubani Art