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Apart from making brilliant use of oral history, the author has uncovered both archive documents which challenge both Indian and Pakistani accounts of the genesis of the Kashmir dispute. Well researched this book explains not only how the Kashmir conflict started but also why it has proved so difficult to solve.

An ancient throne reveals forgotten tales of the bravest and noblest of kings, Vikramaditya. Thought-provoking and always entertaining the retelling of these ancient stories makes them come alive like never before.

There’s never a dull moment in this selection of unusual stories. Each story in this collection introduces you to real characters you will never forget and imaginary ones you will want desperately to meet.

A lively romp through the fascinating world of Hindi cinema, this book tracks the making of Omkara. Interspersed with interviews with well-known directors, this account is informative and often quite funny.

Arindam Chatterjee is a middle-class Delhi boy with an aptitude for science and maths but the yearning to be the drummer of a rock band…Lyrical and spare, this novel is a deeply funny account of growing up intelligent, sensitive, ambitious and confused.

When fifteen-year-old fashion junkie Indie announces that she is going to babysit a fashion magazine editor’s toddler, her parents are horrified. Follow her fortunes up and down the glitzy, tricky ramp of fashion in this perky story.

In this collection are included three of the best-known stories from the Arabian Nights. Included are Aladdin and his magic lamp, Ali Baba and Sindbad the Sailor. The lively retelling captures the wonder and magic of the tales.

This volume brings together the extraordinary lives of freedom fighters from Mahatma Gandhi to Birsa Munda, Sarojini Naidu to Bhagat Singh to Subhas Chandra Bose. Relive the exciting story of our struggle for freedom through the lives of our greatest freedom fighters.

This is an introspective book from which emerges a persuasive argument for peace. It will offer new ways of looking at this historic conflict between India and Pakistan to anyone who seeks a deeper, more constructive understanding of it.

At a time when the US exacts a greater and greater power over the rest of the world, America’s leading voice of dissent needs to be heard more than ever. In over 30 essays, Chomsky examines the burning issues of our post 9/11 world.

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