Let Christmas books for children line up shelves…let the joy of reading infuse the festive season. With these classics, you can never go wrong. These reads have withstood the test of time. Are you ready for a bookish Christmas?
We have been fed tales from Indian mythology since childhood. But, what if these were retold from a different point of view? What if things need not always be as they are made out to be?
The agitation by Dongria Kondhs in Niyamgiri area of Odisha inspires Year of the Weeds by Siddhartha Sarma, a powerful novel about the fight for survival.
Best-selling novelist Lee Child is back with another gripping tale. Past Tense follows Jack Reacher as he takes a dip into nostalgia, uncovering suspicious gaps that need to be filled.
In The City of Nine Gates, Pankaj Rajput explores many deep Vedic concepts. What have sages realized that we still haven’t?
Shillong Times by Nilanjan P Choudhury explores the issues of identity- that of being an outsider versus being an insider. Set in the beautiful town of Shillong in the 1980’s the book tells a tale that surpasses the boundaries of time, as these topics remain as relevant today, not only in India but also over the world.
The legendary Ashwatthama, of the Mahabharata fame, is a deep and complex character who made choices that led Krishna to curse him to live a life worse than death. Ashwatthama’s Redemption imagines Ashwatthama’s future after the end of the Kurukshetra war. Is Ashwatthama’s Redemption also a part of the cosmic plan?
What was it like to be Muhammad Ali’s daughter? At Home with Muhammad Ali by Hana Ali is a memoir that looks at the boxing legend with a very different lens- that of a daughter’s.
Sandeep Jauhar’s book, Heart: A History, takes a multi-disciplinary look into the human heart. Jauhar combines history, research, personal anecdotes, medical literature and his own perspective to demystify the heart.
There is great beauty in simplicity. Ruskin Bond’s ‘A Book of Simple Living’ reminds us of this universal truth. This is a book you may want to add to your collection. What is says remains timeless!