Random House India Catalogue (2010)

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Aftertaste
Namita Devidayal
The sensational follow up from the bestselling author of The Music Room
Mummyji, the matriarch of a prosperous mithai business family, lies comatose in a Mumbai hospital.
Manipulative, determined and seemingly invincible, Mummyji has held together (and mastered) her
family through bribes of money, endless food and adoration. Surrounding her are her four children:
the weak and ineffectual Papaji who is desperately in need of cash; Samir, the dynamic head of the
business with an ugly marriage and a demanding mistress; Suman, the spoilt beauty of the family
who is determined to get her hands on Mummyji’s best jewels; and Nina, Suman's unlucky sister,
who has always lived in her shadow. Each one of them wants Mummyji to die. Worldly, astute
and utterly riveting, Aftertaste bares open Indian family politics like no other novel. It is another
magnificent achievement from the acclaimed writer, Namita Devidayal.
Namita Devidayal is a journalist based in Mumbai. Her first book, The Music Room, was a winner of
the Vodafone Crossword Popular Book Award 2007 and named an Outlook book of the year.
Praise for The Music Room
'Unforgettable.' Vikram Chandra
'Unquestionably one of the best books of 2007.' Just Books, NDTV
'An outstanding debut.' India Today
'With this stunning debut Devidayal announces herself as a major new Indian writer.'
William Dalrymple
216 x 135 mm/ hb/ Rs 399/ 9788184001082
Agent: David Godwin Associates
Rights with RHI: Indian subcontinent
QUARANTINE
Rahul Mehta
An accomplished collection of stories about gay Indian men—the fiction debut of
the year
'Spare, elegant, brave.' Moni Mohsin
"Last week during one of our marathon telephone conversations my mother asked me which one
of us, me or Frank, was the woman in our relationship. ‘Neither of us, obviously,’ I said. ‘That’s what
makes us gay.’ ‘Very funny,’ my mom said. ‘Someone on Oprah said that often gay couples have
one person who plays the man and the other who plays the woman. So I was wondering which
you were.’ ‘Frank and I don’t believe in hetero-normative gender roles,’ I told her. I knew my mom
didn’t know what ‘hetero-normative’ meant, so I figured she’d drop it. ‘So who does the cooking and
cleaning?’ she asked. I could have truthfully answered ‘neither of us.’ Instead I asked, ‘Is that what
you think womanhood is, Mom, cooking and cleaning?’"
Rahul Mehta’s stories are inhabited by young, gay Indian men on the wrong side of the American
dream: adrift in the world, in complicated relationships, and with uncertain futures. Here are lovers
who go to a nightclub deciding to cheat on each other; a couple slowly breaking up while they
holiday; a young man who can’t stop himself from burning up all his money; another who reluctantly
prepares his grandmother for her US citizenship test. In a voice that’s bare and wry, edgy and tender,
Rahul Mehta writes of desire and family ties with rare candor. This is an outstanding debut.
Rahul Mehta was born and raised in West Virginia, USA. He is currently a lecturer in English at
Alfred University.
216 x 135 mm/ hb / Rs 399 / 9788184001358
Agent: Inkwell Management
The Ganesh Scriptures
ALICE Albinia
From the author of Empires of the Indus, an extraordinary novel that weaves
together ancient scriptures, genetic testing, poetic creation and a clutch of
overlapping love stories
Leela—aloof, taciturn, haunted—is moving back to Delhi from New York. She knows her return will
unlock many secrets. Twenty-five years ago, her sister Meera was seduced by Vyasa. Now an eminent
Sanskrit scholar, he is preparing for their son's marriage to the daughter of his Hindutva nemesis. At
the wedding, thanks to the machinations of Vyasa, Leela will be made to face her past. But she is not
the only one with things to hide. Vyasa, too, has his ghosts. His son, meanwhile, is having an affair
with the brother of his bride.
Presiding over the drama—indeed, inventing it—is Ganesh, the elephant-headed scribe of
the Mahabharata, who, having fallen out with its author Ved Vyasa, has decided to write his own
version.
Playful, ambitious and supremely entertaining, The Ganesh Scripture draws on themes from the
great Indian epic to weave a tale of contemporary Delhi that crosses religious and social boundaries.
With this extraordinary follow up to Empires of the Indus, Alice Albinia has proved herself to be one
of the most talented young writers of her generation.
Alice Albinia’s first book, Empires of the Indus, won a Royal Society of Literature / Jerwood Foundation
Special Prize for non-fiction work in progress, a Somerset Maugham Award and the Dolman Travel
Prize. She lives in UK.
Praise for Empires of the Indus
'As history it is spellbinding. As the first book of a young writer, it's an impressive achievement.'
New Statesman
'Profound and insightful.' The Hindu
'A magnificent book.' The Financial Times
216 x 135 mm/ hb/ Rs 399/ 9788184001228
Agent: The Wylie Agency
Maggi Lidchi Grassi
The Great Golden
Sacrifice of the
Mahabharata
‘Of all the retellings of the Mahabharata…this one
is the most committed, the most passionate and
the most moving.’ Indian Review of Books
‘A never-to-be-forgotten work.’ The Independent
‘Told with passion, understanding and imagination,
a story that deserves to be read.’ Times of India
A stunningly lyrical work, The Great Golden Sacrifice
of the Mahabharata reinterprets Vyasa’s epic from
Arjuna’s point of view. As Arjuna relives the battle
of Kurukshetra, he senses a profound change
coming upon himself. He begins to understand
the true meaning of surrender and sacrifice. The
book comprises three parts, narrated principally
by Arjuna. Part I takes us through the childhood
and youth of the Pandavas and Kauravas, the game
of dice, the Pandavas’ forest exile, and ends with
the armies arrayed for battle at Kurukshetra. Part
II recounts the battle itself, and the teachings of
the Bhagvad Gita. Part III presents a moving and
brilliantly original take on the Mahabharata as
Lidchi-Grassi gives a voice to the forgotten victims
of every war—the ordinary citizens who must
pick themselves up and resume the business of
life. Vastly ambitious in scope and epic in scale,
The Great Golden Sacrifice of the Mahabharata is an
astonishing read.
Maggi Lidchi-Grassi is a writer and homeopath, and
has lived at the Aurobindo Ashram at Pondicherry
since 1959.
234 x 153 mm/ hb/ Rs 999/ 9788184001464
Agent: Random House India
Rights with RHI: World (excl France and Italy) incl film
Ramsay Wood is a writer based in London. He is a
founding member of the College of Storytellers.
178 x 110 mm/ pb/ Rs 225/ 9788184000290
Agent: Al Saqi Books
Kalila and Dimna
Once upon a time, a powerful young king called
Dabschelim ruled over India. One day, he came
upon a hidden treasure from a long-dead king. With
it was a letter addressed to him. How had the letter
come to be there? And what did it mean? To solve
the mystery, Dabschelim summoned the wisest man
in his kingdom, Dr Bidpai, to his side. And so began
the tales of Kalila and Dimna…
Of all the storytelling collections from India, it
is the animal fables found in the The Pancatantra
that have travelled the furthest. Ramsay Wood’s
delightful retelling of The Pancatantra not only
modernizes the fables, but uses all the main
versions from the Sanskrit to the Persian and
Arabic, and even the early English. Written with
great colour, style and panache, and beautifully
illustrated, it makes the perfect introduction to a
global Indian classic.
The Pancatantra retold
‘Should be set alongside Italo Calvino’s retelling of
the folktales of Italy.’ Carlos Fuentes
Ramsay Wood
‘Racy, funny, vigorous and contemporary.’
Doris Lessing
Narayan Wagle
Palpasa Café
‘A clever and original novel set amid the death
and fear of the Maoist guerrilla war in Nepal.’
Independent (Picked in ten great books to come
out of the subcontinent)
‘A powerful anti-war novel that will be read and
talked about for years.’ Nepali Times
A journalist sits in a café waiting for his subject—
an artist called Drishya about whom he wants to
write a novel. But Drishya doesn’t come. For that
morning he has been visited by Maoists at his
home and abducted by them. So begins Palpasa
Café, the extraordinary novel by Nepali journalist
Narayan Wagle, which has become a sensation in
the country. Starting with the murders of the royal
family, it tells the troubled story of contemporary
Nepal through the eyes of a romantic artist who
falls in love, wanders the war-struck countryside
and dreams of creating a café named after his
beloved which serves the best coffee in the country.
Playful, moving and melancholic, fusing the
boundaries between fiction and nonfiction, Palpasa
Café presents a rare picture of Nepal at war.
Narayan Wagle was the editor of Kantipur Daily,
Nepal’s largest circulating newspaper. Palpasa Café
was published in 2005 and became a bestseller,
winning the Madan Puraskar, Nepal’s most
prestigious literary prize. It was translated into
English in 2008.
198 x 129 mm/ pb/ Rs 199/ 9788184001426
Agent: Nepalaya Publications
Rights with RHI: Indian subcontinent excl Nepal
The Prisoner of Batin is the second book of a projected
series of twenty-three volumes of the Tilism-e
Hoshruba. When finished, it will be the first complete
translation into English of the great Urdu epic.
Musharraf Ali Farooqi has translated The Adventures
of Amir Hamza¸ Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism
(Book 1 of Tilism-e Hoshruba) and the poetry of
Afzal Ahmed Syed.
234 x 153 mm/ Pb/ Rs 499/ 9788184001099
Agent: Robert Wyatt
Rights with RH: Indian subcontinent
The Prisoner of Batin
The Land and the Tilism introduced us to the magical
land of Hoshruba and the war between the sorcerer
Afrasiyab, and Prince Asad and his band of tricksters.
In The Prisoner of Batin, Afrasiyab seals the hidden
region of Batin, making the master trickster Amar
Ayyar a virtual prisoner in Hoshruba. Unable to
escape, Amar avenges himself on the emperor,
causing death and destruction. While new calamities
sent by Afrasiyab wreak havoc at the camp of his
estranged wife Mahrukh Magic-Eye, the evil agent
Bakhtiarak arrives in Hoshruba to kill Amar Ayyar.
Loyalties are in flux once more as the powerful
sorceress Makhmur Crimson-Eye falls in love with
a prince from the enemy camp and betrays her
master, Afrasiyab.
(Book 2 of Tilism-e Hoshruba)
‘A verbal web of wonders.’ Annal of Urdu Studies
Translated by
Musharraf Ali Farooqi
‘A magnificent translation of what was once thought
untranslatable.’ India Today
Vithal Rajan
HOLMES OF THE RAJ
'The most stimulating new Holmesian fiction I’ve
read in several years.’ Sherlock Holmes Society
of London
'The reader gets infected by his high spirits.’
The Hindu
It is 1888. As Central Asia reels under the intrigues
of the Great Game, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson
sail to India on a secret mission in the service of
Empire. The accountant of a Hindu monastery
has been brutally murdered, and the head priest
is the prime suspect. But as both detective and
doctor soon discover, their Indian autumn has
only just begun. They are plunged into a series
of adventures that take them from Madras and
Pondicherry to the princely courts of Hyderabad,
the uncharted jungles of the Central Provinces,
pine-scented Nainital, and the bustling metropolis
of Calcutta. Even as Holmes unravels sinister plots,
Watson busies himself helping Ronald Ross track
the malaria parasite and advising a schoolboy
called Dhyan Chand on the finer points of hockey.
Sprightly, colourful and remarkably faithful to
Conan Doyle, this is an unforgettable collection.
Vithal Rajan has served as a mediator in Northern
Ireland and was founder of the School of Peace
Studies, Bradford University, UK. In 2006, he was
made Officer of the Order of Canada—the country’s
highest national honour.
198 x 129 mm/ pb/ Rs 295/ 9788184001044
Rights with RHI: World incl film
To the world Imran may appear to be a rich,
handsome buffoon with his sports car, eccentric
dress sense and bizarre sense of humour—but in
reality he possesses a razor-sharp mind, and the
agility, strength and quick wit of the perfect spy.
The House of Fear: Dead bodies have been
found in an abandoned house, each bearing three
identical dagger marks, exactly five inches apart.
Who is behind these eerie murders?
Shootout at the Rocks: Colonel Zargham knows he
is in grave danger when he receives a three-inch
wooden monkey in the mail. This is no ordinary
threat, but a warning from the two-hundred-yearsold Li Yu Ka, one of the world’s deadliest gangs. The
monkey will be followed by a wooden snake, and
then a wooden rooster, after which the colonel will
be swiftly murdered. Only one man stands between
Li Yu Ka and his death: genius sleuth, Ali Imran.
Ibn-e Safi was born in 1928 in India. He created two
great mystery series, Jasoosi Duniya and the Imran
series, during the 1950s. Both became cult classics
and were translated into several languages.
178 x 110 mm/ pb/ Rs 195/ 9788184000979
The House of Fear
‘I don’t know Urdu but have knowledge of detective
novels in the subcontinent. There is only one
original writer—Ibn-e Safi.’ Agatha Christie
Ibn-e Safi
The cult Urdu mystery novel series in
English for the first time
Mainak Dhar
Herogiri
A racy novel about good and evil, power
and corruption, love and violence.
Arnab Banerjee, a shy twenty-five-year-old, has
little excitement in his life other than tracking
down missing books as an assistant librarian in
a Delhi college. But all that changes when one
day he is beaten up during a bank robbery.
He awakens to discover that he has developed
superhuman powers, which he hones with the
help of Khan chacha, an ex-army man. And so
begins his crusade against eve-teasers, corrupt
policemen, and scheming politicians. But in his
final adventure to thwart a deadly terror attack,
Delhi’s ‘Guardian Angel’ is forced to join hands
with the very men he has fought against: the
minister who wants to use him to rig elections,
the policemen who tried to kill him in an
‘encounter’, and the liquor baron who invited him
to become his brand ambassador. Will he succeed
in his mission and still preserve his ideals?
Mainak Dhar works with Proctor and Gamble and
lives in Bangkok with his family.
178 x 110 mm/ pb/ Rs 199/ 9788184001334
Agent: Jacaranda Books
Rights with RHI: Subcontinent incl film
Manisha Lakhe is a writer and a blogger
(w w w. m a n i s h a l a k h e . b l o g s p o t . c o m and
www.billiboli.blogspot.com). After a successful
stint in advertising, she studied filmmaking at the
Northwest Film Centre in Portland OR. Currently
based in Mumbai, she runs an online writer’s
forum called Caferati (www.caferati.com). This is
her debut novel.
178 x 110 mm/ pb/ Rs 250/ 9788184001068
Agent: Siyahi
Rights with RHI: World
The Betelnut Killers
Chimanbhai Shah is the content, mild-mannered
owner of a grocery shop in Portland, Oregon. But
when Supriya, the sexy siren, draws his customers
away to her slick new store, it leads to a sudden
downturn in his business. In desperation, the Shahs
turn to Osmanbhai, a Mumbai supari killer, to help
them get rid of their competition. Literally.
The Betelnut Killers is a farcical black comedy
about an NRI Gujarati family where Sopranos meets
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron; ambition leads to crime;
passion overwhelms reason; and trial transforms
into tragedy. Gripping and absurd in turns, it is
soon to be made into a major Bollywood film.
Manisha Lakhe
‘It deserves the ultimate accolade: I’m going to copy
it word by word for my next book.’ Cyrus Broacha
Rhea Saran
Colaba Calypso
Guys are uncomplicated—until you date
them!
As features editor and sex columnist of the popular
men's magazine Guyzone, twenty-eight-year-old
Laila knows a thing or two about guys. And there
seem to be plenty in her life. Neil, her charming
boyish flatmate, who seems totally enamoured
with his girlfriend, much to Laila's disappointment.
Then there's Amit, Laila's mildly lecherous boss,
making her wonder exactly why she was hired;
Sameer, the single, forty-five-year-old CEO of a
portfolio of luxury brands whom she can't quite
figure out; the English banker who asked her out
last Friday night at her favourite bar; the cute guy
she sees at the gym every morning; the friend of a
friend who won't take no for an answer. These are
complications Laila can deal with, but when Jai, the
only real love of her life, comes back to town Laila
discovers that dishing out advice is easier than
taking it. Funny, smart and utterly entertaining,
Colaba Calypso captures the life of a working girl in
the big city and her quest for true love.
Rhea Saran has a Bachelor of Arts in Pyschology
from Brown University, and a Master of Arts in
Magazine Journalism from NYU. She works as
Copyeditor with GQ in Mumbai, in addition to
being the magazine's dedicated car columnist.
178 x 110 mm/ pb / Rs 199/ 9788184001235
Enchantress of the Chambal
Prince Vikramaditya of Rajpur manages to escape
a sinister assassination bid with the help of his
bodyguard, Badal, and wakes up to find himself in
the arms of the radiant Meghna.
The Nawab’s Nightingale
The commander-in-chief of the Nizam’s army,
Imran Fateh, is all set to marrying Shazia, the
Nizam’s scandalous niece, and inherting the Nizam's
kingdom—until he lays eyes on the ravishingly
beautiful Ayesha.
178 x 110 mm/ pb/ Rs 99/ 9788184001129/
9788184001105/ 9788184001112
The kama kahani Series
The Thief of Poompuhar
The voluptuous beauty Mekalai is coveted by the
evil feudal lord Narasimhan, while she finds herself
losing her heart to Vikraman, the notorious thief of
Poompuhar.
Various
More from the Kama Kahani series
Random House India classics
series-Bengali
Series editor and translator – Arunava Sinha
Random House India Classics series
From Peary Chand Mitter’s Alaler Gharer Dulal (1857) to Samaresh Basu’s Mahaklaer Rather Ghora
(1977), Random House India presents the greatest Bengali novels in their definitive translation.
Many of these books will be translated into English for the first time. Random House India will
publish two books a year, starting in 2010 with Bankim Chandra Chattopadhya’s Durgeshnandini and
Rabindranath Tagore’s Three Novellas (Nashtaneer, Dui Bon and Malancha).
Durgeshnandini (The Lady of the Fort) by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay is the father of the Bengali novel and considered by many as its
greatest novelist. Durgeshnandini is his first novel in Bengali and the first complete novel in Indian
literature. Inspired by the romances of Walter Scott, it is a swashbuckling historical epic set in Bengal
in the 16th century during the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar.
Three Novellas (Nashtaneer, Dui Bon Malancha) by Rabindranath Tagore
Nashtaneer (The Broken Nest), Malancha (The Garden) and Dui Bon (The Two Sisters) are considered
to be some of Tagore’s finest prose works. Subtle, full of psychological nuance and lyricism, this is
vintage Tagore.
Arunava Sinha is the acclaimed translator of Chowringhee (Winner of the Vodafone Crossword Prize
for best translation), My Kind of Girl, Striker Stopper and The Middleman. He lives in Delhi.
Alaler Gharer Dulal (1857) Peary Chand Mitra
Durgeshnandini (1865) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Three Novellas (Nashtaneer [1901]), Dui Bon [1933] and Malancha [1934]) Rabindranath Tagore
Srikanta (1917-33) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Putul Naacher Itikatha (1936) Manik Bandhyopadhyay*
Kalindi (1940) Tarashankar Bandhyopadhyay
Jagori (1945) Satinath Bhaduri*
Titash Ekti Nodir Naam (1956) Awdwoittyo Malla Barman
Mahakaler Rather Ghora (1977) Samaresh Basu
198 x 129 mm/ pb/ Rs 299/
Durgeshnandini 9788184001310/
Three Novellas 9788184001327
* Titles to be confirmed
Non-Fiction
The Man with the Phantom Twin
Adventures in neuroscience
VS Ramachandran
‘The Marco Polo of neuroscience.’ Richard Dawkins
‘The patients he describes are fascinating and his experiments on them are both simple and
ingenious. If you are at all interested in how your brain works, this is the book you must read.’
Francis Crick on Phantoms in the Brain
The brain remains a mystery to us. How can a three-pound mass of jelly that we can hold in our
palm imagine angels, contemplate the meaning of infinity, and even question its own place in the
cosmos? How can one study such a mystery?
Eminent neuroscientist Professor VS Ramachandran takes us on fascinating journey into the
human brain, studying patients who exhibit bizarre symptoms, and using them to understand the
functions of the normal brain. Along the way he asks big questions: How did abstract thinking
evolve? What is art? Why do we laugh? How are these processes hardwired in the neural mechanisms
of the human brain and why did they evolve? Brilliant, lucid and utterly compelling, The Man with
the Phantom Twin is a pathbreaking book from one of the leading neuroscientists today.
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran is the Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition, Professor at
the University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor of Biology at the Salk Institute for
Biological Studies. He has also been elected to fellowships at All Souls College, Oxford, the Royal
Institution, London, has received the Padma Bhushan and been named ‘One of the hundred most
prominent people to watch in the 21st century’ by Newsweek. He is the author of the critically
acclaimed book, Phantoms in the Brain.
234 x 153 mm/ hb/ Rs 499/ 9788184001198
Agent: Brockman Inc.
Stardust Papers
Omar Qureshi
Photo credit: Subi Samuel
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in Bollywood?
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How Shahrukh Khan transformed from Mr Volatile into King Khan
Aamir Khan’s evolution from a chocolate-faced newcomer into a marketing genius
Salman Khan’s tryst with wine, women, disco fights and wild nights
The gen next stars: Kareena, Deepika, Ranbir, Katrina, Sonam, Imran
The rivalry between Akshay Kumar and Suniel Shetty; Vinod Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan;
Rishi Kapoor and the other Kapoors
Juhi Chawla’s bitter sweet rivalry with dhak dhak girl Madhuri Dixit
The tragic deaths of two talented actresses: Parveen Babi and Divya Bharti
The so-called camps in Bollywood
Stars and media nexus: Who’s aligned to whom?
Stardust Papers is the first no-holds-barred insiders’ account of Bollywood. Full of explosive stories
and exclusive photographs, it is your ticket to the off-screen lives of your favourite stars. Omar Qureshi started his career with Stardust, and in 1991 became its youngest ever Editor-inChief. He writes regular columns and interviews stars for Bombay Times, and edits special issues for
Filmfare. Currently, he hosts a popular celebrity chat show called Encounter with Omar on Zoom TV.
234 x 153 mm/ pb/ Rs 399/ 9788184001280
The Valmiki Syndrome
winning the eternal battle between career and family
Ashok Banker
From the acclaimed author of the Ramayana series comes a book that may just
change your life
Hard work, ambition and maxing our careers are our ‘dharma’ in this age of Kali. But at what
cost? Like Arjuna on the field of Kurukshetra, we have ears only for Krishna telling us to do our duty;
increasingly this means we have little time for ourselves or our loved ones. Yet, family fulfilment,
personal relationships, filial responsibilities are as vital (more vital, in some ways) than a promotion,
turnover or profit line. How do we balance the two?
In his first major work of non-fiction, bestselling author and former journalist Ashok Banker
goes back to the Puranic sources to address this question. He writes of several classical figures, in
particular Ratnakaran the bandit and his transformation into Valmiki the sage, looking at how they
balanced work and personal needs, and finds valuable lessons we can learn from them. Using their
examples and real-life stories, he shows us how they contain the answers to today’s most pressing
issue: how to prioritize, manage and enhance our professional as well as personal lives. Insightful,
thought-provoking and utterly inspiring, The Valmiki Syndrome is a map to the most elusive treasure
of modern existence—personal fulfilment.
Ashok Banker began his career in market research, advertising and direct marketing before
embarking on a highly successful career as a journalist. The author of over twenty-one bestselling
books, he is best known for his internationally acclaimed Ramayana series. Over one million copies
of his books have been published in fifty-six countries and in seven languages.
Praise for the Ramayana series
'A milestone. Banker brings a magnificent sense of predestination to this task.' India Today
'How well Banker tells his tale! His pace never flags, his attention to detail and character is
enormously inventive.' Indian Express
'Spectacular in scope and vision.' Enigma
234 x 153 mm/ pb/ Rs 399/ 9788184001419
Agent: Author
Subrata Dasgupta
The story of the Bengal
Renaissance
Awakening
A gripping narrative about the Bengal
Renaissance of the 19th century
In the 19th century, Bengal would witness a
revolution like it never had. It began with a band
of Englishmen, led by the brilliant William Jones.
Then there was the enigmatic Rammohun Roy
who invented a reformed Hinduism called the
Brahmo Samaj; and his friend, David Hare, who
conceived the idea of the Hindu College. There
was the tempestuous Michael Madhusudan who
created new forms of Bengali verse; and Michael’s
well-wisher, the scholar Vidyasagar, who fought
fiercely for the cause of Hindu widows. There
was Bankim Chandra, a civil servant who helped
create the Indian novel. There were Jagadish Bose
and Prafulla Chandra Ray, two lonely workers in
laughably primitive laboratories who became the
frontiersmen of Indian science; and Vivekananda,
the monk who preached a new form of Vedantism,
home and abroad. There was, finally, Rabindranath
Tagore, the very epitome of the Bengal Renaissance.
How did such an astonishing flowering come to take
place? And how did it change India? Immaculately
researched, told with colour, drama and passion,
Awakening is a stunning achievement.
Subrata Dasgupta is director of the Institute of
Cognitive Science at the University of Louisiana.
He is the author of eleven books including Salaam
Stanley Matthews.
234 x 153 mm/ hb/ Rs 499/ 9788184001259
234 x 153 mm/ hb/ Rs 450/ 9788184001303
A Half Revolution
Anagha Neelakantan is a freelance journalist who
has written for Newsweek, Far Eastern Economic
Review, Himal and Biblio among others. She was
educated at Princeton University and has worked
with the Nepal Mission of the UN and been an
executive editor of The Nepali Times.
Nepal at war and peace
Nepal has seen more change in the last fifteen
years than most countries. Its two-hundred-andthirty-years old monarchy was dealt a grievous
blow with a horrific multiple murder that remains
unexplained to this day. Alongside it came a decadelong civil war spearheaded by the Maoists. 16,000
people died, over a thousand disappeared, tens of
thousands were affected, the little infrastructure
and state presence the country had was destroyed.
Peace has come with uncertainty. Elections
were held in 2008 with the Maoists coming to
power in a coalition government. A year later the
coalition crumbled, replaced with another one.
Ethnic assertion is posing new and unpredictable
challenges, impunity and corruption are rife and
there are two standing armies in the country.
What does the future hold? Combining reportage
and political history, and superbly narrated, A Half
Revolution is the definitive book on Nepal’s recent
history.
Anagha Neelakantan
The definitive book on Nepal’s recent
history
Geeta Anand
The Cure
‘An inspirational story about business, medical
science, and one father’s refusal to give up hope.’
Boston Globe
‘A book about personal courage, initiative, parents’
love, and the power to overcome extraordinarily
difficult circumstances.’ Harrison Ford
‘An extraordinary story.’ DNA
When John and Aileen Crowley’s two children were
diagnosed with a fatal muscular disorder, their
perfect world crashed. So rare was Pompe disease
that no company had focused on a cure for it.
Determined to find scientists who could develop an
enzyme that would keep his children alive, John—a
Harvard Business School graduate—invested
himself and his savings in a biotech start-up. The
company went on to make medical and business
history, but the struggle to save his children was
far from over. Powerful, gripping and inspiring,
The Cure is the story of a couple who wouldn’t take
no for an answer.
Geeta Anand is a Pulitzer Prize winning senior
writer for the Wall Street Journal. The Cure, a true
story, inspired the Hollywood film Extraordinary
Measures.
198 x 129 mm/ pb/ Rs 399/ 9788184001457
Agent: Jenny Meyer Literary Agency
Rights with RHI: Indian subcontinent English
Meenal Baghel is editor of Mumbai Mirror,
Mumbai’s largest tabloid.
198 x 129 mm/ pb/ Rs 299/ 9788184000658
Death in Mumbai
It was the murder that had Mumbai hooked. On
May 7, 2008, Neeraj Grover, a young TV executive
disappeared mysteriously. A beautiful aspiring
actress, Maria Susairaj, and her dashing naval
officer boyfriend, Emile Jerome, were accused of
hacking his body into three hundred pieces, and
then setting them on fire.
The players were young, attractive and upwardly
mobile. The press, hungry for a headline. As
the details of the case unravelled, so too did the
questions: What had gone wrong? Why were these
young professionals taking to violent crime? Was it
the savage pressures of the city? Or was the cause
even darker?
Meenal Baghel, editor of Mumbai’s leading
tabloid, Mumbai Mirror, uncovers the true story
of the most sensational crime that has hit the
maximum city in recent years. Using exclusive
interviews with the police, friends and family of
the victim and the accused, Baghel draws a riveting
picture of a murder whose mystery has not faded,
even though the killers may have been found.
Gripping and hardhitting, Death in Mumbai is
a fascinating insight into the new wave of crime
affecting the Indian city.
Meenal Baghel
An Indian In Cold Blood
Business
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AHMEDABAD
BUSINESS BOOKS
How to be a
Better Manager
SHARPENING YOUR MANAGAMENT SKILLS
T.V. RAO
The IIM Ahmedabad
Business Books Series
The IIM Ahmedabad Business Books series brings key issues in management and business to a
general audience from India's top business school. With a wealth of information and case studies
from contemporary Indian businesses, these non-academic and user-friendly books from the faculty
of IIM Ahmedabad are essential corporate reading. Random House India will publish four IIM
Ahmedabad Business Books each year, starting from 2010.
198 x 129 mm/ pb/ Rs 250/ 9788184001372,
9788184001389, 9788184001396, 9788184001402
TV Rao
Sharpening Your Management
Skills
How to be a Better
Manager
What qualities do you need to be a
successful manager, and how can you
develop the qualities you already possess?
How to be a Better Manger examines how managers’
perceptions about themselves shape their behaviour
at work, and studies the ways in which people can
translate their skills into successful management.
How can you train yourself to spot competence in
others and build on it to create an effective team?
How do you achieve the right balance between
adherence to existing systems and creative
problem-solving? And how can you develop the
people skills—the ability to network extensively
and build trust-based relationships—it takes to
be a leader? Richly illustrated with anecdotes and
experiences of well-known managers from India
and abroad, and with an array of tips and selfassessment tools, this book is a must read for all
practising and aspiring managers.
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AHMEDABAD
BUSINESS BOOKS
How to be a
Better Manager
SHARPENING YOUR MANAGAMENT SKILLS
T.V. RAO
TV Rao has been a Professor at IIM Ahmedabad for
over 20 years. He was earlier the L&T Professor of
Human Resource Development at XLRI, the first
Honorary Director of the Academy of HRD, and an
HRD Advisor to the Reserve Bank of India. He has
also worked as a short-term consultant to several
organizations both in India and abroad.
198 x 129 mm/ pb/ Rs 250/ 9788184001372
S Verma is Professor of Computers and Information
Systems at IIM Ahmedabad. He is an expert on
knowledge management and e-governance.
198 x 129 mm/ pb/ Rs 250/ 9788184001389
Mastering Knowledge
Management
MR Dixit is Professor of Business Policy at IIM
Ahmedabad. A specialist in strategic management,
he has headed numerous consulting assignments
for public and private sector enterprises.
Reinventing the Firm
The rise of the knowledge management (KM)
executive—a creative manager who aligns a firm’s
knowledge base with its corporate objectives—
is a remarkable new phenomenon. Mastering
Knowledge Management investigates the role
of knowledge centres and what makes KM a
distinctive managerial function. Recognizing that
the workers themselves are the ultimate resource
in knowledge-intensive companies, the book
also analyses the socio-cultural issues around the
sharing and management of knowledge, and the
vital link between employee motivation and the
smooth operation of processes. Amply illustrated
with the experiences of global multinationals and
Indian managers, this book provides a fascinating
insight into a revolutionary new way of doing
business.
MR Dixit and S Verma
How you can tap the power of knowledge
and revolutionize business management
N Venkiteswaran
Seal the Deal and Make it Work
Understanding Mergers
and Acquisitions
All that you never knew about making and
breaking corporate deals
Despite their immense popularity as an idea,
M&As have had an astounding history of failure.
But there have also been companies that avoided
the usual pitfalls and these offer invaluable
lessons to managers. An excellent introduction to
corporate collaboration, Understanding Mergers and
Acquisitions demystifies the complexities of dealmaking and offers practical insights to managers.
Beginning with a broad overview of the world of
M&As and its major players, the book goes on to
explore the phases in M&A activity—planning,
deal execution and post-deal integration. It also
examines the potential roadblocks and dealbreakers that have caused most talks to fall through.
With a wide variety of case studies spanning
different Indian industries, Understanding Mergers
and Acquisitions brings a critical business subject
vividly to life.
N Venkiteswaran is Professor of Business Policy
at IIM Ahmedabad. A specialist in mergers and
acquisitions, corporate restructuring and financial
services, he is a chartered accountant with years of
managerial experience and was a member of the
Government of India’s Study Group on Mutual
Funds.
198 x 129 mm/ pb/ Rs 250/ 9788184001396
198 x 129 mm/ pb/ Rs 250/ 9788184001402
Business and
Intellectual Property
Anurag K Agarwal is Professor of Business Policy
at IIM Ahmedabad. A specialist in intellectual
property, he has been a practising lawyer for
a decade, is Member of the Indian Council of
Arbitration, and has taught at the Management
Development Institute, Gurgaon.
Protect Your Ideas
Business and Intellectual Property reflects on the
future of IP in the age of new media and shows
how—in a rapidly changing business field—
managers and decision-makers need to be more
perceptive, agile and vigilant than ever before.
Drawing on contemporary business affairs and
corporate strategies, it explores the nature and
scope of IP and the evolution of national laws
and global agreements like the TRIPs to protect it.
It also explores the measures (the use of patents,
copyright and trademarks) used by some of the
biggest brands—Coke, MGM, 20th Century Fox,
Microsoft, Harrods, Maruti, Tata—to manage
disputes and protect themselves. Accessible, clear
and using a wide range of case studies, Business
and Intellectual Property gives an excellent overview
of a subject that is becoming a key aspect of many
businesses today.
Anurag K Agarwal
An overview of the complex relationship
between intellectual property and business
strategy
Lifestyle
Biryani
Pratibha Karan
'An extraordinary book. One that will become a classic.' Vir Sanghvi
The biryani is India’s most beloved dish—one that has spread to all the four corners of the
country and assumed many forms. It originated in the Mughal courts, flowering in the jagirs of
Awadh, and it is in Lucknow, Delhi and the small Muslim principalities of north India that one
finds the classic versions, subtle, refined and delicately flavoured. Pratibha Karan gives us not
just the definitive recipes from these regions, but unearths rare and old dishes such as a biryani
made with oranges, Rose Biryani and Kebab Biryani. In the south, the biryani has an equally
distinguished lineage, if not more so. There are the blue-blooded biryanis of Hyderabad, which
include gems such as the Doodh ki Biryani, Keeme ki biryani and Bater ki biryani. Away from the
royal courts, the biryani has adapted itself into a spicy local delicacy in Tamil Nadu, with many
towns like Salem, Aambur, Dindigul boasting of their own signature version of the dish. Kerala
too is home to many—a prawn biryani spiced with curry leaves and aniseed, a mutton one laced
with star anise. There are as many stunning variations in the east and west—Goan biryanis
using vinegar and olives; unusual dishes from the Parsi and Sindhi communities; Bengali
adaptations using fish and mustard seeds, even a dish from Assam! Immaculately researched,
full of extraordinary recipes, and beautifully designed and photographed, Biryani is the ultimate
book on this princely dish.
Pratibha Karan is the author of A Princely Legacy: Hyderabadi Cuisine
246 x 189 mm/ hb/ Rs 799/ 9788184000931
The Mainland China Cookbook
The cookbook from India’s best known Chinese restaurant
You’ve loved their food—now try their classics at home. The Mainland China Cookbook includes all
the beloved restaurant chain’s favourite dishes and teaches you how to whip up the perfect Chinese
meal in your kitchen. Spicy Hunan prawns, quick fried snow peas with garlic pearls, chicken with
chilli and cashewnuts, lamb with cumin, hot and sour soup—try these and more. Accompanied with
notes on the main regional styles, techniques and tips for easy cooking, and a list of suppliers in
all major metros, The Mainland China Cookbook is the ultimate Chinese cookbook for your Indian
kitchen.
Mainland China is India’s largest chain of fine dining Chinese restaurants with twenty-eight outlets
around the country. It has won many awards since its launch in 1994, the most recent being the
Golden Spoon Award in 2008 and 2009, and the Times Good Food Award in 2009 and 2010.
246 x 189 mm/ pb/ Rs 499/ 9788184001150
Monica Bhide
With a foreword by Sanjeev Kapoor
Indian food for today’s kitchen
Modern Spice
‘Modern Spice redefines the way we look at the foods
of India—I am totally inspired by its approach.’
Sanjeev Kapoor
Guava Bellini. Lamb chops with a fennel and
coriander crust. Pomegranate shrimp. Crab tikkis.
Chicken in mint and ginger. Tamarind margarita.
Tomato and basil pulao. Pan-seared eggplant with
ginger and honey. Curried carrot soup with paneer.
Lychee phirnis. Achari chicken salad. Mango and
champagne granita.
Modern Spice teaches you how to cook Indian
food for today’s kitchen, giving you recipes that
are quick to make, short on ingredients, and full of
global influences. Try an Indian inspired cocktail;
soups and salads using masalas; Indian-style stir
fries, and fantastic spice combinations for meat
dishes. Full of passion and mouthwatering ideas,
Modern Spice is the most fun you’ll ever have in
your kitchen.
Monica Bhide is a cookery writer and blogger
whose articles have appeared in The New York Times,
The Washington Post, The Economic Times, Femina,
Bon Appetit and eGullet. In addition to her writing,
Monica owns and operates her own cooking school
which has been featured in Bon Appetit.
246 x 189 mm/ pb/ Rs 499/ 9788184001433
Agent: Regal Literary Agency
246 x 189 mm/ pb/ Rs 799/ 9788184001143
Cinnamon Club
Vivek Singh is the Executive Chef and CEO of The
Cinnamon Club and the recently opened Cinnamon
Kitchen. His award-winning food has earned him
the reputation of being one of the leading Indian
chefs globally. This is his fifth cookbook, which he
has co-authored with his head chefs Abdul Yaseen
and Hari Nagaraj.
Indian cuisine reinvented
A fresh, glamourous and utterly creative approach
to Indian cooking, Cinnamon Club blends western
techniques and presentation with the best of
traditional Indian cuisine. Beautifully designed and
photographed, it will become an instant classic and
a book that will inspire many extraordinary meals.
Vivek Singh with Abdul Yaseen
and Hari Nagaraj
From the award-winning chefs of The
Cinnamon Club (Restaurant of the Year,
World Food Awards 2009) comes an ode to
modern Indian haute cuisine
Ritu Dalmia
Italian Khana Minis
Four bite-sized books accompanied by
Hindi translations
From the acclaimed chef Ritu Dalmia comes four
handy little cookbooks of Italian food.
Ritu Dalmia is the chef and owner of Diva, Delhi’s
most beloved Italian restaurant. She also runs the
café at the Italian Cultural Centre and Latitude at
Good Earth. Her show, Italian Khana, airs on NDTV
Good Times.
169 x 125 mm/ pb/ Rs 150/
Pasta 9788184000306/
Vegetarian 9788184001013
Dinner Parites 9788184001020/
Desserts 9788184001037
‘[Is] fast winning a sisterhood of previously hungry
women sick of their unsuccessful diets.’ Femina
‘Rujuta has not just changed my body but also
my mind and soul. She’s the best thing to have
happened to my life!’ Kareena Kapoor
It’s the book that has taken the country by storm.
For the first time comes a diet that teaches you how
to lose weight without giving up on the samosas,
kebabs and gulab jamuns. All you have to do is
follow Rujuta Diwekar’s four simple rules to eating
right. Soon you’ll be eating all you want—and still
shedding those kilos.
Rujuta Diwekar is one of India’s top sports science
and nutrition experts whose clients include Kareena
Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Anil Ambani and Konkona
Sen. Don’t Lose your Mind, Lose Your Weight has
been a national bestseller and the country’s most
successful diet book.
198 x 129 mm/ pb/ Rs 199/ 9788184001051
Don’t Lose Your Mind,
Lose Your Weight
‘The new diet bible.’ People
Rujuta Diwekar
The national bestseller with a brand new
look
Dr Firuza Parikh
Getting Pregnant
The definitive guide from India’s foremost
infertility expert
Are you and your partner having trouble conceiving?
You are not alone. About 15% of Indians have
infertility problems and this trend is increasing.
Now Dr Firuza Parikh, India’s top infertility
specialist and gynaecologist, gives you the seminal
guide to infertility and its treatments. Simple,
accessible and authoritative, Getting Pregnant tells
you all that you need to know about conceiving
a healthy child. • Causes of infertility in men and women with
case studies
• Latest medical research and developments
explained
• Appropriate treatments suggested, detailing
pain, cost and duration
• Thorough listing of preventive measures
• Tips on dealing with emotional trauma
• Comprehensive resources page with a list
of definitions, FAQs, and up-to-date contact
information
Dr Firuza Parikh is the Director of Assisted
Reproduction and Genetics at Jaslok Hospital
and Research Centre. One of the most respected
infertility specialists in India, she was awarded the
Zee Astitva Award 2006 and voted as the Hindustan
Times Woman of the Year in 2007.
198 x 129 mm/ pb/ Rs 299/ 9788184001174
217 x 110 mm/ pb/ Rs 250/ 978184001365
Agent: NDTV Good Times
Highway on
my plate
Driving through India and want to know where to
eat on the road? Try Highway on my Plate: the guide
to roadside eating in India, the country’s first guide
to dhabas and roadside restaurants. Adapted from
the hit TV series on NDTV Good Times, Highway
on my Plate, it lists great eats on almost every major
Indian highway and route as presented in the show.
Here's your chance to check out Punjab's legendary
Puran Singh ka Dhaba, renowned for its meat
curries, the kachoris (called kachoras) from Chawani
Lal Halwai in Rajasthan or the wine tasting store on
the road in Maharashtra. Packed with information
and accompanied by maps, Highway on my Plate is
an indispensable guide for all road trips.
• Road maps for all routes
• Restaurants rated for child-friendliness and
hygiene
• Food specialities included
• Up-to-date contact information
the guide to roadside
eating in India
India’s first guide to roadside eating
Paperback
Daniyal Mueenuddin
In Other Rooms, Other
Wonders
Winner of the Commonwealth First Book
Prize in South Asia and Europe category
Shortlisted for the National Book Award
Time and Economist top ten fiction of 2009
Passing from the mannered drawing rooms of
Pakistan’s cities to the harsh mud villages beyond,
Daniyal Mueenuddin’s linked stories describe the
interwoven lives of an aging feudal landowner, his
servants and managers, and his extended family.
‘The biggest talent to emerge from Pakistan’s
literary boom in English.’ India Today
‘Daniyal’s here to stay and could very well…write
the greatest novel ever.’ Daily Jang
‘A remarkable debut…a poignant picture of
Pakistani life from top to bottom.’ The Economist
‘Marks the arrival of a highly sophisticated literary
talent.’ The Guardian
'A stunning achievement.' Mohsin Hamid
198 x 129 mm/ pb/ Rs 299/ 9788184001075
Agent: William Morris Agency
Among the international art crowd that flocks to
the city for the Venice Bienniale is Jeff Atman,
a jaded journalist. A chance meeting with Laura
rejuvenates him and he plunges into a heady love
affair. A continent away, thousands of pilgrims head
to the ghats of the Ganges at Varanasi, and among
their number is an unnamed narrator, who may or
may not be Atman. Intending to visit the city only
for a few days, he ends up staying interminably.
‘A crackling account on the worth of life, sex, love,
art and journalism.’ Midday
‘A raucous delight…funny, full of nerve, gutsy and
delicious.’ Michael Ondaatje
‘A comic masterpiece.’ India Today
‘Serves up both a perfect post-modern Venice…and
a strangely affecting tourist Banaras that is equally
about commerce and death.’ Tehelka
‘A louche and canny delight.’ The New Yorker
198 x 129 mm/ pb/ Rs 299/ 9788184001266
Agent: Canongate Books
Jeff in Venice, Death in
Varanasi
Time and Economist top ten fiction of 2009
Geoff Dyer
A New York Times notable book
Abraham Verghese
Cutting for Stone
‘The art of the novel will be indebted to the grand
privilege of this physician.’ India Today
‘[A] stunning first novel.’ The Hindu
‘Possibly the most heroic and sublimely sentimental
story of this decade.’ Business Standard
‘Brilliant, dedicated, innovative, humane, courageous and uniformly successful.’ Outlook
‘Doesn’t...belong to any familiar genre. Rather, it
has invented its own: the epic medical romance,
surgery meets history.’ Financial Times
Born from the unexpected union of a gentle Malayali
nurse and a brilliant British surgeon, Marion and
Shiva Stone are orphaned by a chain of traumatic
events and raised by two Indian doctors at the
Missing Hospital. The brothers grow up, cloistered
from the outer world, while the politics of Ethiopia
rages beyond the hospital walls. A bitter quarrel
with his brother leads Marion to flee Ethiopia for
America, where he finds refuge in his work as
an intern at a Bronx hospital. But when the past
catches up with him, Marion must trust his life to
the two men he thought he would never see again:
the brother who betrayed him and the father who
abandoned him. Vast, dramatic and unforgettable,
Cutting for Stone tenderly explores the human body,
the world of medicine and its connection to love
and loss. It is a magnificent achievement.
198 x 129 mm/ pb/ Rs 299/ 9788184001167
Agent: Mary Evans, Inc
‘A beautifully written, astute tale.’ Man’s World
‘A writer whose books are enjoyed for their aftertaste.’
Tehelka
Nina, at thirty, sees herself as increasingly off the
shelf. But then unexpectedly, a proposal arrives
from Ananda, a dentist in Halifax, Canada. The two
marry and she leaves her home and her country
to build a new life with him. But there is more to
marriage than courtship. And as Nina discovers
truths about her husband—both sexual and
emotional—her fragile new life in Canada begins
to unravel. The Immigrant is another mesmerizing
saga about the complexities of arranged marriage
and NRI life from this most beloved of novelists.
198 x 129 mm/ pb/ Rs 299/ 9788184000610
Agent: Aitken Alexander Associates
The Immigrant
‘An absorbing, often surprising novel of character.’
Times Literary Supplement
Manju Kapur
‘As a delineator of middle-class lives in India, Manju
Kapur has few parallels.’ Business Standard
Deepanjana Pal
A Life of Ravi Varma
The Painter
‘A rich and resonant tale.’ Outlook
‘A book that would make any reader…truly
appreciate a man who had vision and passion.’
Times of India
‘Fascinating.’ Business Standard.
‘Written in seamless prose…provides valuable
groundwork in the realms of Indian art history.’
Mail Today
‘A portrait of Ravi Varma that has not seen light
before.’ Art Concerns
He was the most famous Indian artist of his age: the
darling of the royal courts; an artist whose depiction
of gods and goddesses as men and women put a
human face to divinities; and the entrepreneur who
realized his dream of bringing art to the masses. For
the first time comes a grippingly told story of Raja
Ravi Varma (1848–1906), from his early days with the
royal family of Travancore in Kerala, to the years he
spent teaching himself to paint and blend European
art’s sensuality with Indian subjects, through to his
sojourns into the royal courts of India as a celebrity
portraitist, and his move to Mumbai where he
started a printing press that left him bankrupt.
Beautifully told, immaculately researched and full
of colour, this is the first popular biography of one
of India’s greatest artists.
198 x 129 mm/ pb/ Rs 299/ 9788184001242
‘Passionate and convincing.’ New Humanist
As India’s economy has liberalized, so too has it
become Hinduized. The last decade has seen the
proliferation of powerful godmen, a massive rise in
temple rituals and an increased demand for priests.
Political campaigns regularly use pujas and yajnas.
From promoting religious tourism to handing
higher education to private sector players who
use religious trusts to run their institutions, many
of the government’s privatization measures are
linked with the promotion of Hinduism. Why has
this happened? Is this end of Indian secularism?
Meera Nanda uncovers, for the first time, the
nexus between the state, temple and corporate
India, and the ugly truth behind India’s leap into
globalization and economic reforms. Hard-hitting
and controversial, The God Market is essential
reading for all citizens.
198 x 129 mm/ pb/ Rs 299/ 9788184001204
Agent: Meera Nanda
The God Market
‘We need more intellectuals committed to tearing
away the illusions we invent to make us feel good
about ourselves...The God Market scores a lot of
points.’ Mint
Meera Nanda
‘A stimulating, controversial and pathbreaking
study.’ Outlook
Edited by Negar Akhavi
With an introduction
by Amartya Sen
Untold Stories from India's
best-known writers
Journeys in the night
Sixteen of India’s best known writers tell
one extraordinary story through the prism
of AIDS.
‘A brilliant anthology.’ India Today
‘A path-breaking work...in the best tradition of
literary journalism.’ Mint
‘Help[s] to open our eyes, stretch our imagination,
and throw us into unknown worlds.’ Sunil Khilnani,
Outlook
‘Finely observed.’ Economist
Kiran Desai visits a village of sex workers in Andhra
Pradesh. Aman Sethi hitches a ride down NH31 with
a trucker. Siddharth Deb hangs out with Manipur’s
disaffected youth. William Dalrymple meets the
devdasis of Belgaon. Nalini Jones writes about an
unexpected love story. Sunil Gangopadhyay visits
his old haunts in Sonagachi. Salman Rushdie
spends a day with Mumbai’s hijras. Jaspreet Singh
haunts a Delhi orphanage. Sonia Faleiro on why the
police and the sex workers are partners in crime.
Nikita Lalwani on the man who took on Supreme
Court. Amit Chaudhuri meets some unsung heroes.
CS Lakshmi writes about the secrets women keep.
Siddharth Dhanwant Sanghvi recounts the last
days of a young filmmaker. Mukul Kesavan meets
the men leading double lives. Shobhaa De on the
death of the family driver. Vikram Seth on the real
story behind a poem he wrote.
198 x 129 mm/ pb/ Rs 299/ 9788184000818
Agent: Wylie agency
‘Incisive and insightful.’ Financial Express
‘An insightful, fascinating book.’ Tehelka
Journalist Nicholas Schmidle worked in Pakistan
from 2006-2008. Those two years have been
arguably the most turbulent period of Pakistan’s
recent history, a time when President Pervez
Musharraf lost his power and the Taliban found
theirs. During his time there, Schmidle met and
befriended some of Pakistan’s most wanted men,
including Abdul Rashid Ghazi, the pro-Taliban
leader who ran the Red Mosque and was killed in
the famous siege in 2007, and Jamil Bugti, son of
the legendary slain Baluchi separatist leader Akbar
Khan Bugti. In To Live or to Perish Forever, Schmidle
provides a rare glimpse of these men taking us on
a journey through Pakistan from the rioting streets
of its cites, to Baluchistan where a fiery separatist
war is being played out, to the Taliban camps in the
North-West Frontier Province.
198 x 129 mm/ pb/ Rs 299/ 9788184000924
Agent: Henry Holt and Company
Rights with Random House India: Indian subcontinent
To Live or to Perish
Forever
‘Richly reported… Brave enough to seek out some
of the country’s toughest jihadis despite the grave
dangers facing American reporters in Pakistan,
Schmidle has amassed a treasure trove of stories.’
The New York Times
Nicholas Schmidle
‘Foreign correspondence of the very best kind.’
Steve Coll
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