Do you feel like throwing in the towel, but want to be a great leader? Would you like to build an organization? Do you want your child to be the best she can be? If you answered yes to any of these questions, The Habit of Winning is the book for you. It is a book that will change the way you think, work and live, with stories about self-belief and perseverance, leadership and teamwork-stories that will ignite a new passion and a renewed sense of purpose in your mind. The stories in The Habit of Winning range from cola wars to cricketing heroes, from Michelle Obama's management techniques to Mahatma Gandhi's generosity. There are life lessons from frogs and rabbits, sharks and butterflies, kites and balloons. Together they create a heady mix that will make the winner inside you emerge and grow.

A stolen ring. A boy who can recall his past life. A gruesome murder. Including three unputdownable mysteries by master storyteller Satyajit Ray, this omnibus edition is the perfect introduction to the greatest exploits of Feluda and his sidekick, Topshe. In The Emperor’s Ring, Feluda and Topshe are on holiday in Lucknow when a priceless Mughal ring gets stolen. As Feluda begins to investigate the theft, he finds himself hot on the trail of a devious criminal. In The Golden Fortress, Feluda and Topshe set out for Rajasthan in pursuit of Dr Hajra, a parapsychologist, and Mukul, a boy who claims to remember his previous life. After numerous adventures, they reach Mukul’s Golden Fortress, where Feluda unravels the many strands of one of their most mind-boggling cases. In Bandits of Bombay, Feluda and his companions find themselves in the thick of a thrilling case, with a hair-raising climax aboard a train during a film shoot. Traversing fascinating landscapes and electrifying escapades, this collection is an absolute classic and a must-have for fans of detective fiction.

Bharat, aka Vishwanath, aka Tarzan-teenage philosopher, nearly-there general practitioner and heartbroken victim of unrequited love-takes some time off to chronicle his life: an amazing saga of tender-hearted dacoits, heroic medics, gorgeous women, and assorted encounters with underwear... A quirky tale of youth and adventure set in contemporary India, this is the debut novel of the acclaimed author of The Scent of Pepper, Mango-Coloured Fish and On Wings of Butterflies.

For as long as Nalli can remember, the guardians of her village of Angheri, the hills that have so often come alive in her grandfather’s stories have been asking her to do something with her life… Twelve-year-old Nalli is restless to pursue a dream rather unusual for a girl in her traditional society: she wants to be a doctor. After all, how else will she stand by Jai – her friend and hero- when he returns as a qualified surgeon to start Angheri’s very own hospital? Adamantly resisting all the objections her family raises, Nalli travels to Madreas and then to London to study, and experiences a world she had never imagined. She learns to keep her voice down and sit with her knees together, is haunted by Subbu, the first human cadaver she cuts up, and encounters complicated medical cases that test her faith in the values Appa taught her to live by and her own skills as a surgeon. Yet, for all her adventures, Nalli yearns constantly for a sight of Angheri’s hills, for Ajja’s gods and Appa’s advice, and, most of all, for the hospital of her dreams to become a reality. But her return home is fraught with heartbreak and disillution, and Nalli sets of again, this time for remote Keshavganj, in search of solace and the fulfilment of her heart’s desire…. Sensitive and humorous, graceful and invariably engaging, Kavery Nambisan’s latest novel tells the story of a young surgeon coming to terms with the untidiness of life and her profession.

Treasures of Lakshmi is the culmination of the much-loved goddess series, brilliantly curated and edited by Namita Gokhale and Malashri Lal. This trilogy, which began with In Search of Sita and continued with Finding Radha, examines the mystical realms of Hindu thought and practice, celebrating the essence of the sacred feminine. Whether it is Lakshmi’s 108 names or a sahasranama of a thousand appellations, her blessings are multidimensional and eternal. as the third and final instalment of this remarkable trilogy, Treasures of Lakshmi takes readers on a unique journey of exploration, unravelling the compelling narrative of ‘the goddess who gives’.

This book is for the moments when you don't know if you can make it to tomorrow. Jacqueline Whitney wrote it because she has personal experience with it. Stay Until Tomorrow is Whitney's third collection of poetry and prose — and her most personal. In her own words, it was written to be something you can turn to when you don't feel okay, when you are tired of life's fight, and need something to make survival a little more bearable. It is the comfort you reach for when you feel most alone. Whitney writes from the inside of that experience, not from a distance, addressing with honesty and tenderness the exhaustion of feeling like you don't belong here, the isolation of pain no one else can see, and the quiet, daily choice to stay one more day. The book does not ask you to feel better. It does not offer a framework for healing or a path to becoming. It simply sits with you, and asks you to stay until tomorrow — and then the tomorrow after that. Whitney's voice throughout is warm, direct, and entirely without judgment: the friend who shows up at 3am, who doesn't need you to explain yourself, who already understands.

In Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. Published originally in the Kannada, these portraits of family and community tensions testify to Mushtaq’s years as a journalist and lawyer, in which she tirelessly championed women’s rights and protested all forms of caste and religious oppression. Written in a style at once witty, vivid, colloquial, moving and excoriating, it’s in her characters – the sparky children, the audacious grandmothers, the buffoonish maulvis and thug brothers, the oft-hapless husbands, and the mothers above all, surviving their feelings at great cost – that Mushtaq emerges as an astonishing writer and observer of human nature, building disconcerting emotional heights out of a rich spoken style. Her opus has garnered both censure from conservative quarters as well India’s most prestigious literary awards; this is a collection sure to be read for years to come.

Wearer of many hats-philanthropist, entrepreneur, computer scientist, engineer, teacher-Sudha Murty has above all always been a storyteller extraordinaire. Winner of the R.K. Narayan Award for Literature, the Padma Shri, the Attimabbe Award from the government of Karnataka for excellence in Kannada literature, and the Raymond Crossword Lifetime Achievement Award, her repertoire includes adult non-fiction, adult fiction, children’s books, travelogues and technical books. Here, There and Everywhere is a celebration of her literary journey and is her 200th title across genres and languages. Bringing together her best-loved stories from various collections alongside some new ones and a thoughtful introduction, here is a book that is, in every sense, as multifaceted as its author.

Are doors to the past ever really shut? Are some crimes more understandable than others? Disgraced after failing the seminary exams, Thankachan has returned to his old life. On Fathima Island in the Ashtamudi archipelago, his days are clouded over by the fear of never making anything of himself, but soon, strange events begin to happen on the island. A dead body surfaces one day, then another. Soon, a murder case considered solved years ago is suddenly once again wide open. Is his evasive brother involved in something sinister? Is the fate of a fisherman’s son really sealed at birth? Packed with intrigue, compelling characters draw the reader into their lives and the heart of the dark secrets that have long lay dormant. Once revealed, they threaten to shake the foundations of community life and wreck Thankachan’s hopes for the future. A small island community, a murder mystery and whispers of a new romance—The Dead Know Nothing is ripe with the energy of everyday life and deeply perceptive of its social tensions. A riveting story of deceit, perseverance and the wild realms of possibility, it will engross readers with its simple charm and beguiling turns.

An exciting new novel from the best-selling author of The Scent of Pepper. Shari’s life has always been controlled by others—a domineering mother, a too-perfect sister and a kind but passive father have seen to it that her choices are shaped more by the demands of social propriety than by her own will. Inevitably, she finds herself agreeing to marry the man of their choice. But tormented by the ghosts of the past and increasingly uncertain about her decision to marry, she flees to her brother’s house in Vrindaban a few weeks before the wedding—much to the shock and dismay of her mother. Even as she gets drawn into the busy and entirely unpredictable lives of her brother and sister-in-law, both doctors, Shari grapples with her memories: her relationship with Naren, her blind friend, and the traumatic discovery of the truth about Uncle and Aunt Paru whom she had always considered her surrogate parents. And as she makes peace with her past, she finds in herself the strength to confront her own future. Richly textured and boldly perceptive, Mango-Coloured Fish is the heartwarming story of a young woman’s attempt to strike out on her own.

Shanay Bansal, a young and successful entrepreneur, is looking forward to his engagement with Afsana Agarwal. But a few weeks before the engagement, he receives a mysterious voice message from someone from Afsana’s past. Curious, Shanay plays the voice message and through those many other such messages, a different world from the past opens up about a beautiful relationship that got broken due to a terrible lie. Half Torn Hearts is a coming-of-age tale of three layered individuals coming to terms with their first loss, which bares the devil that we all possess but are scared of encountering and which eventually becomes the cause of our own ruin.

हिंदू त्रिदेवों में भगवान शिव कई आयामों वाले देवता हैं। स्वभाव से उग्र एवं दयालु भगवान शिव जीवन की द्वैतता के प्रतीक हैं। शैव धर्म के केंद्र में शिव की पूजा ही है। शिवलिंग और बारह पवित्र ज्योतिर्लिंगों में श्रद्धालुओं की इतनी अधिक आस्था है कि वे अनादि काल से ही इसे अपना तीर्थस्थल मानते आ रहे हैं। ये प्रतिष्ठित स्तंभ व्यक्तिगत कथाओं और विद्वतापूर्ण शोध का हिस्सा बन गए हैं। इस पुस्तक के लेखकों में अमित कपूर, बिबेक देबरॉय, विभव कपूर और कॉनर मार्टिन शामिल हैं। ये सभी लेखक इन ज्योतिर्लिंगों से जुड़ी कहानियों को संजोने के अलावा उनके सार और समय के साथ उनकी शाब्दिक और रूपक यात्राओं पर विचार करते हैं।

When a Somnath University professor sends a desperate plea for help, journalist Pia Jani and her childhood friend Aditya Narayan are pulled into a battle of wits and stealth to unravel a millennium-old mystery. As the duo deciphers intricate clues and cracks baffling codes, they unearth a trail leading back to the day the Somnath Temple was plundered by the infamous Mahmud of Ghazni—and the staggering truth of what really happened. Stalked by a faceless, merciless adversary who outmanoeuvres their every move, they must race against time before an explosive secret is lost forever in the annals of history. Da Vinci Code meets Indiana Jones in this exhilarating and unputdownable read through India’s history, ancient cults, symbols and religion.

It’s not a choice; it’s just what happened. It’s not a conversation; it’s shared silences. They don’t heal each other; they just make it bearable. And, they’re still there . . . Two broken souls. Together―yet alone. Yet together. When life takes the call for Aditi and Raghav and turns their worlds upside-down, they have no other choice but to hold on to each other; to find solace in shared pain. What emerges is a new pattern and they find a way―not just to cope but to keep that heart-shaped hole in their chests safe from further destruction. While We Wait is a gripping story that gives love and togetherness a new emotional note.

A marvellous amalgam of mythology and metaphysics, the Markandeya Purana unfolds as a series of conversations, in which the sage Markandeya is asked to answer some deeper questions raised by events in the Mahabharata. These illuminating exchanges evolve into a multi-faceted exploration of the core concepts of Hindu philosophy-from an excellent exposition of yoga and its unique attributes to a profound treatise on the worship of the goddess, the Devi Mahatmya, which also includes the popular devotional texts known as 'Chandi' or 'Durga Saptashati'. Brimming with insight and told with clarity, this luminous text is also a celebration of a complex mythological universe populated with gods and mortals, and contains within its depths many nested tales like that of Queen Madalasa and her famous song. Bibek Debroy's masterful translation draws out the subtleties of the Markandeya Purana, enabling a new generation of readers to savour its timeless riches.

History rarely highlights the formidable Mughal begums who boldly navigated imperial courts, brokered powerful deals, reshaped Delhi's skyline, created private spaces for women, fought battles, and resisted patriarchy - all from behind the purdah. In Badass Begums, Anoushka Jain introduces you to ten Mughal-era women whose lives were filled with ambition, romance, intrigue, and fierce resilience. Jahanara Begum, Shah Jahan's favorite daughter who designed Chandni Chowk; her sister, the fiery Roshanara Begum, who schemed with Aurangzeb to take over her father's empire; the indomitable Begum Samru, a tawaif-turned-ruler who led her own army into battles; Maham Anga and Mubarak Begum, whose counsel rivaled that of chief ministers; and the steadfast Qudsia Begum, who built riverfront gardens only to see them battered by rebellions - these stories come alive through a captivating narrative and walking tour maps of the places they inhabited or curated. Based on meticulous research and written with warmth, Badass Begums offers an eye-opening journey through the breathtaking legacies still hidden in Delhi’s by-lanes.

रोली घमंडी है, रोली अकडू है, रोली ज़िद्दी है... ऐसी तमाम तोहमतों के बीच रोली है कि नौकरी पाने, नौकरी की जगह तक पहुँच पाने और वहाँ से घर लौटने की जद्दोजेहद से रोज़ गुज़र रही है। यक़ीन कीजिए कि ये साधारण सी दिखने वाली बातें एक वर्किंग वूमन के लिये रोज़ लड़ी जाने वाली लड़ाइयाँ हैं। जेंडर, आयु और शहरी/ग्रामीण पृष्ठभूमि को केंद्र में रखकर किये जाने वाले कई सूक्ष्म और स्थूल भेदभाव हैं जिनका सामना रोली और उस जैसी तमाम कामकाजी स्त्रियों को रोज़ करना होता है। परिवार, समाज और रोज़गार के मुश्किल कुरुक्षेत्र में जूझती रोली को केंद्र में रखकर लिखी गई ये कहानियाँ हर कामकाजी स्त्री के जीवन, स्वप्न और संघर्ष का सूक्ष्म और मार्मिक दस्तावेज़ बन पड़ी हैं।

"Diwan-e-Iqbal" is a seminal collection of Ghazals by the esteemed philosopher, poet, Allama Muhammad Iqbal. This profound work is a cornerstone of Urdu literature, reflecting Iqbal's deep spiritual insight, philosophical depth, and his vision for a revived and empowered Muslim identity. The "Diwan-e-Iqbal" is not just a collection of verses; it is a timeless exploration of themes such as self-discovery, faith, and the quest for truth. Allama Iqbal, often referred to as the "Poet of the East," masterfully uses his poetry to inspire and awaken the spirit of individuals and communities. His eloquent and powerful verses continue to resonate with readers, offering wisdom and guidance. "Diwan-e-Iqbal" includes some of his most celebrated works, each poem a testament to his literary genius and his commitment to social and spiritual rejuvenation. Whether you are a student of literature, a lover of poetry, or someone seeking profound philosophical insights, "Diwan-e-Iqbal" is an essential addition to your collection. This volume captures the essence of Iqbal's thought and the beauty of his poetic expression, making it a treasured work for readers around the world.

‘घुसपैठ’ वेद प्रकाश काम्बोज का एक रोमांचक अंतरराष्ट्रीय जासूसी उपन्यास है, जिसमें आतंकवाद, सीमा-पार साज़िशों और गुप्त अभियानों की सनसनीखेज दुनिया जीवंत हो उठती है। एक आत्मघाती हमले से शुरू हुई घटनाएँ जासूस विजय को ऐसे खतरनाक मिशन पर ले जाती हैं, जहाँ हर कदम पर मौत, विश्वासघात और दुश्मन की घुसपैठ उसका इंतज़ार कर रही है। क्या वह राष्ट्रविरोधी षड्यंत्र को विफल कर पाएगा? तेज़ रफ्तार घटनाओं, रहस्य, एक्शन और अप्रत्याशित मोड़ों से भरपूर यह उपन्यास पाठकों को अंतिम पृष्ठ तक बाँधे रखता है।

‘कंगूरा’ वेद प्रकाश काम्बोज का एक तेज़-रफ्तार जासूसी उपन्यास है, जिसमें अपराध, रहस्य और रोमांच का अनूठा संगम है। युवतियों के रहस्यमय अपहरणों से शहर में सनसनी फैल जाती है और जासूस विजय तथा रघुनाथ इस खतरनाक गिरोह का पर्दाफाश करने के मिशन पर निकल पड़ते हैं। हर कदम पर उन्हें छल, पीछा, गोलीबारी और अप्रत्याशित मोड़ों का सामना करना पड़ता है। रहस्य की परतें खुलती जाती हैं और अंत तक पाठक रोमांच की दुनिया में बंधा रहता है।