The Gods of Small Things

Compared favorably to the works of Faulkner and Dickens, Arundhati Roy’s debut novel is a modern classic that has been read and loved worldwide. Equal parts powerful family saga, forbidden love story, and piercing political drama, it is the story of an affluent Indian family forever changed by one fateful day in 1969. The seven-year-old twins Estha and Rahel see their world shaken irrevokably…

Pashmina

Priyanka Das has so many unanswered questions: Why did her mother abandon her home in India years ago? What was it like there? And most importantly, who is her father, and why did her mom leave him behind? But Pri's mom avoids these questions--the topic of India is permanently closed. For Pri, her mother's homeland can only exist in her imagination. That is, until she find a mysterious pashm…

Narcopolis

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Written in poetic and affecting prose, Jeet Thayil's luminous debut novel charts the evolution of a great and broken metropolis across three decades. A rich, hallucinatory dream that captures Bombay in all its compelling squalor, Narcopolis completely subverts and challenges the literary traditions for which the Indian novel is celebrated. It is a book a…

The Fourth Passenger

THE FOURTH PASSENGER is set in Mumbai during the Hindu-Muslim conflict of the early 1990s. It is the story of four women raised with traditional values, whose friendship gives them emotional solace, economic self-sufficiency, and the temerity to stand up to religious extremism. Having reached their thirties, the four friends are disillusioned with their lives and marriages—to an alcoholic …

The Jungle Book & The Second Jungle Book

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Taj Mahal: Passion and Genius at the Heart of the Moghul Empire

While Galileo suffered under house arrest at the hands of Pope Urban VIII, the Thirty Years War ruined Europe, and the Pilgrims struggled to survive in the New World, work began on what would become one of the Seven Wonders of the World: the Taj Mahal. Built by the Moghul emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial to his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal, its flawless symmetry and gleaming presence have for cen…

Unforgettable India: Curhat Perjalanan di Negeri Anak Benua

Agra yang panas, tetapi terasa sejuk di sini. Angin semilir menyusup dari balkon ke ruang-ruang berdinding marmer. Saya membayangkan Shah Jahan berdiri di balkon sana, menatap sendu ke arah Taj Mahal dengan penuh kerinduan, juga kesedihan. Memang, dia yang lekat di perasaan, enggan pergi dari ingatan. India, apa yang Anda bayangkan ketika mendengar nama negeri ini? Kisah cinta fenomenal sang…

My holiday in India

The My Holiday In series offers a simple approach to the concept of travel and the new experience of going on holiday to a foreign country. This title focuses on the exciting sights and attractions of India, including weather, food, landscape, accommodation, the people and their language.

One Grain of Rice

Artwork inspired by traditional Indian miniature paintings - including a four-page gatefold - is "visually striking." - Publishers Weekly. "While there are other versions of this folktale available, none match Demi's for authenticity, illustrative grandeur, and textual clarity." - School Library Journal, starred review

Growing Gold

A farmer has three lazy sons. See how the farmer's wife gets the boys to help in the fields and teaches them the value of hard work.