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The first book of the four-book Lasgalan Series How do you create the perfect team? Do you bring the strongest people in, and hope they work together with little training? Or do you bring in a variation of people and make sure they work together, whether they want to or not? Here, in the first book of the Lasgalan Series, War of the Tribes, you see seemingly ordinary teenagers grouped together and whisked off to work hard and fast. From birth, they are hardwired for battle and whether they like it or not, they have to go above and beyond their limits, time and time again. This is just the start for them. Knowing that they have to face a person who made even a God quiver, they know what sacrifices they have to make so that the job is finished cleanly. What makes a team? The easy work, or the despair, pain that they undergo? Magic, blood, gore, powers beyond their comprehension and brute force are some of the facets that shape this team to get it to what it needs to be. Unexpected twists shape the morale of the team, without them realizing it.
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The first book of the four-book Lasgalan Series
How do you create the perfect team? Do you bring the strongest people in, and hope they work together with little training? Or do you bring in a variation of people and make sure they work together, whether they want to or not?
Here, in the first book of the Lasgalan Series, War of the Tribes, you see seemingly ordinary teenagers grouped together and whisked off to work hard and fast. From birth, they are hardwired for battle and whether they like it or not, they have to go above and beyond their limits, time and time again. This is just the start for them. Knowing that they have to face a person who made even a God quiver, they know what sacrifices they have to make so that the job is finished cleanly.
What makes a team? The easy work, or the despair, pain that they undergo? Magic, blood, gore, powers beyond their comprehension and brute force are some of the facets that shape this team to get it to what it needs to be. Unexpected twists shape the morale of the team, without them realizing it.
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ISBN9789390882243
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Pages246
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Avg Reading Time8 hrs
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Age18+ yrs
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Country of OriginIndia
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जब समय और वस्तुजगत को किसी भाषा में व्यक्त या उत्कीर्ण करने की तमाम प्रविधियाँ आजमाई जा चुकी हों और उनकी असफलताएँ हर जगह दर्ज हो रही हों, ऐसे समय में कैफ़ी हाशमी का हिन्दी कहानी के परिक्षेत्र में आना किसी महत्वपूर्ण घटना की तरह है। अवाक् और अचम्भित करनेवाली प्रामाणिक-विश्वसनीयता के साथ, भाषिक अवबोध और उसे विन्यस्त करने में सक्षम मौलिक संरचना के साथ ‘शिया बटर’, ‘कैफ़े कॉफ़ी डे’, ‘बंकर’ जैसी कहानियों का आना कहानियों की प्रचलित निरन्तरता में एक नए प्रस्थान की तरह है। जैसे किसी ट्रेन ने अपनी पटरी और यात्री ने अपना रास्ता बदल दिया हो।
पिछली सदी के एक विख्यात और हमारे भर्तृहरि जैसे भाषा-चिन्तक ने कहा था कि कोई भी भाषा असंख्य पगडंडियों की एक लम्बी और रहस्यपूर्ण सुरंग जैसी होती है। आप एक दरवाज़े से इसमें दाख़िल होते हैं, तो सब कुछ वहाँ जाना-पहचाना, स्मृतियों में पहले से ही मौजूद गली-मोहल्लों, पड़ोसियों-परिजनों, चौराहों-बाज़ारों और उनमें घूमते-टहलते पात्रों के साथ दृश्यमान होता है। सारे लैंडस्केप वही होते हैं, लेकिन अगर कहीं आप दूसरे दरवाज़े से दाख़िल हुए तो वही जगह एक ऐसे मायालोक या भूल-भुलैयाँ में तब्दील हो जाती है, जिससे बाहर निकल पाना न सिर्फ़ असम्भव-सा हो जाता है, बल्कि किसी एडिक्ट जैसे खुमार में आप वहीं रह जाना चाहते हैं, मुक्ति की किसी भी आशा और कामना को त्याग कर।
कैफ़ी हाशमी की कहानियाँ बहुत गहरी और एकाग्र संवेदना के साथ उस दुर्लभ संरचना को प्रत्यक्ष करती हैं, जहाँ बाह्य वस्तुजगत की समस्त सचल और अचल उपस्थितियाँ एक-दूसरे में पिघलती और विलीन होती हुई क़िस्से के उस जादू को पैदा करती हैं, जो पुरानी फ़ैंटसी और जादुई यथार्थवाद के बाद का जादू है। लेकिन सबसे महत्त्वपूर्ण यह तथ्य है कि ये कहानियाँ हमारे आज के ही जीवन की भयग्रस्त, मार्मिक लेकिन फिर भी ख़ुशियों, प्यार, उम्मीदों से भरी हुई टाइमलाइन की अनमोल कहानियाँ हैं।
—उदय प्रकाश
Kavi Man Jani Man :Aadivasi Stri Kavitayen
- Author Name:
Vandana Tete
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वासी जनी (स्त्री) मन का धरातल बिलकुल दूसरी तरह का है। आदिवासियत के दर्शन पर खड़ा। समभाव जिसकी मूल प्रकृति है। प्राकृतिक विभेद के अलावा जहाँ इनसान अथवा सत्ता द्वारा कृत्रिम रूप से थोपा हुआ कोई दूसरा भेद नहीं है। हालाँकि कुछ बन्दिशें हैं, परन्तु सामन्ती क्रूरता और धार्मिक आडम्बरों के क़िले में आदिवासी स्त्री बिलकुल क़ैद नहीं है। ‘कवि मन जनी मन’ संकलन में वृहत्तर झारखंड के आदिवासी समुदायों की स्त्री-रचनाकारों की कविताएँ शामिल हैं। कवियों में से एक या दो को छोड़कर प्राय: सभी अपनी-अपनी आदिवासी मातृभाषाओं में लिखती हैं। परन्तु संकलन में शामिल कविताएँ मूल रूप से हिन्दी में रची गई हैं। कुछ का हिन्दी अनुवाद है जिसे कवयित्रियों ने स्वयं किया है। हिन्दी में आदिवासी स्त्री-कविताओं का मूल या अनुवाद लाना इसलिए ज़रूरी लगा कि यह समझ बिलकुल साफ़ हो जाए कि नसों में दौड़नेवाला लहू चाहे कितनी पीढ़ियों का सफ़र तय कर ले, अपना मूल स्वभाव नहीं छोड़ता। यानी रचने का, गढ़ने का और बचाने का स्वभाव। अपने लिए ही नहीं बल्कि सबके लिए सम्पूर्ण समष्टि की चिन्ता का स्वभाव। पहाड़ी नदी की तरह चंचल, पोखरे की तरह गम्भीर, घर के बीचोंबीच खड़ा मज़बूत स्तम्भ या कि आर्थिक-सांस्कृतिक पौष्टिकता लिये महुआ-सी महिलाएँ अपने समुदाय की रीढ़ हैं। ठीक वैसे ही उनका लेखन है। वे अपनी कविताओं से विमर्श करती हैं। उनके विमर्श में वर्चस्व की आक्रामकता नहीं बचाव के युद्धगीत हैं। और है रचने का दुर्दम्य आग्रह जिसका सबूत यह संकलन
Golden Five ke Karnaame
- Author Name:
Neha Arora
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गोल्डन फाइव - पाँच दोस्त - विवान, मान्या, हेयांश, किमाया और करनव। पाँचों एक से बढ़कर एक होशियार और जिज्ञासु। जिनके आगे हर रहस्य पड़ जाता है छोटा। जो मिलकर निकले हैं कुछ रहस्यों को सुलझाने। एक पुराने खण्डहर के पास खेलते हुए मिला उन्हें एक प्राचीन बॉक्स, जिसमें क़ैद है एक ख़ज़ाने का रहस्य। कैसा है ये खज़ाना? और इस रहस्य को सुलझाने में आखिर किन-किन मुसीबतों का करना पड़ा सामना? यह रहस्य अभी सुलझा ही था कि ‘गोल्डन फ़ाइव’ टीम एक चमकते पत्थर का रहस्य सुलझाने एक ऐसे गाँव पहुंची, जोकि नक़्शे में भी नहीं था। क्या इस पत्थर का महाभारत से कोई था नाता? या थी यह कोई साज़िश। पढ़िए गोल्डन फाइव का पहला रोमांचक कारनामा और मिलकर उठाइए इन रहस्यों पर से पर्दा।
Chandausi Junction
- Author Name:
Shankar Sahay
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A collection of short-stories set in the 20th Century India for the 21st Century kids & a nostalgic walk, for their parents & grandparents. Although this book has been named after the city of Chandausi, it contains stories from various places like Rishikesh, Agra, Champaran, Tilhar, Sambhal, Kanpur, Banaras, Lucknow and many others. These are the short stories of a bygone era-a period when India had either not gained independence or had been independent for not more than 35 years. These are the tales of journeys-taken up from the early 20th century to the end of a millennium, from Shahjahanpur to Delhi, from Bijnor to Hyderabad, from Hathras to Sweden & Norway, from Lakshmi Talkies, Allahabad to Night Watchman, Bangalore, from Panki to USA, from Dehradun to Canada, from Chandausi to Australia and many others. We are sure in all these stories, you will be able to find at least one character, which reminds you of your own self-of what you are, were or always wanted to be. Let us know the character with whom you have been able to relate to the most. Happy reading. “Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration,”-Thomas A. Edison. -Here’s a collection of short stories to inspire the readers.
Unjudging Women
- Author Name:
Rachna Chaudhary
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This book is based on a critical feminist reading of selected Delhi High Court judgements pronounced in the 1990s. It focuses on the phenomenon of female criminality and the pervasiveness of the disciplinary powers of law in our lives. Through an overview of existing studies on female crime in India and the interaction with the working) of the law and the legal system, This engagement pushes our understanding of law from an instrument of control and mode of social transformation to mere rhetoric. Not to argue for the futility of engaging with the law but emphasising the need to look at it closely and critically.
Child Health And Nutrition In India
- Author Name:
Sanjay Prasad +2
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This book is an attempt to present, in a consolidated form of research articles that can provide a common platform for communication and discussion about healthcare and service providers, functionaries, scholars and social workers involved with child health and nutrition. The scope of this book is to present an overview of child health, maternal health and community issues in India and also attempt to highlight some of the important issues in this field.
Customer Reviews
4 out of 5
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03/02/2023
Ekta M
In the book the author has created a world of Humans with unique power, magic, Mythical creatures, magical weapons, wolves, bulls, ravens. There are a lot of characters in the book and a good amount of action. The imaginative world created by the author is immersive and will give you a good escape from reality. If you love fantasy fictions based on the above elements then you can go for this.
War of the Tribes opens the four-book Lasgalan Series with a question familiar to anyone building a team in business, sport, or conflict: do you recruit for individual excellence and hope synergy follows, or do you engineer collaboration from the ground up? Set against a fantasy backdrop, the narrative follows teenagers who are biologically hardwired for battle from birth, then grouped and deployed with minimal preparation. The central tension is not whether they will fight, but whether disparate temperaments and skill sets can be forced into a functioning unit under pressure.
This first instalment uses speculative fiction to mirror the real dilemmas faced in management contexts across India and beyond — the trade-off between talent and chemistry, speed and deliberation, instinct and training. The book's structure allows readers to observe team formation as a high-stakes experiment, making it a narrative case study as much as a genre adventure.
What kind of reading experience does War of the Tribes offer?
The book delivers a dual-layered experience: surface adventure with fantasy combat, and a persistent undercurrent of strategic questioning. Readers are asked to evaluate choices — not just follow heroes. The pace is swift, as characters are thrust into collaboration with little preparation, mirroring real-world urgency. The emotional residue is less about triumph and more about the friction and awkward necessity of interdependence. It rewards readers who enjoy thinking through stories rather than simply consuming them.
Who should read this book, and what does it expect from its readers?
- Readers interested in management or team dynamics who prefer narrative case studies over textbooks.
- Fantasy fans willing to engage with thematic questions, not just world-building spectacle.
- Young professionals or students curious about collaboration under pressure, told through speculative fiction.
- Those comfortable with incomplete character development in a first volume — this is explicitly book one of four.
Why does the theme of forced collaboration resonate in contemporary India?
India's workplaces, universities, and start-ups are increasingly built on cross-functional teams drawn from varied linguistic, cultural, and educational backgrounds. The question of whether excellence can be assembled or must be cultivated through deliberate integration mirrors debates in hiring, innovation labs, and joint ventures. War of the Tribes dramatises this tension in a high-stakes fantasy setting, making it recognisable to anyone navigating the friction between meritocracy and engineered diversity in Indian organisations today.
What makes this fantasy novel different from typical team-building narratives?
Rather than presenting a hero's journey or a leadership model, the book frames team formation as an unresolved experiment. Characters are hardwired for combat but not for cooperation, forcing the narrative to address incompatibility as structural, not incidental. The speculative premise — teenagers bred for battle — removes comforting real-world escape routes like resignation or reassignment, intensifying the stakes. This commitment to examining collaboration under constraint, not just celebrating victory, distinguishes it from wish-fulfilment adventure or simplistic leadership fables.
What lasting impression does War of the Tribes leave with readers?
- A sharper awareness of the trade-offs inherent in assembling any team — talent versus chemistry, speed versus cohesion.
- Recognition that collaboration is often forced, uncomfortable, and necessary rather than natural or heroic.
- Curiosity about how the dilemmas introduced here will evolve across the remaining three volumes of the series.
- A template for thinking about real-world group dynamics through speculative fiction rather than case studies or theory.