The Illusory River-Yuvan Chandrasekar

Rs. 400.00

A tragic tale of the life of a failed Hindustani vocalist who performed but once on stage. The book poignantly traces what drove Dhananjay across that slippery line that the world draws between sanity and madness, and the pain that wrings and mangles the hearts of those who feel life and art a little too deeply. At the same time, the novel figures as a revelry of Hindustani music with its profound knowledge and appreciation of the classical art form.

A Tale of Two Cities Abridged Version-Sarah Tharakan(Charles Dickens)

Rs. 370.00

Enter the chaotic streets of London and Paris during the French Revolution, where the fate of these two cities are connected in a story of love, bravery, and second chances. In this abridged version of Charles Dickens' classic novel, follow the lives of Charles Darnay and Lucie Manette as they struggle through the troubles of the Revolution and of the human heart. With its gripping plot twists and memorable characters, "A Tale of Two Cities" is a compelling journey through history and humanity that will captivate readers young and old.

A Country Vanishes/Ranendra

Rs. 500.00

Journalist Kishan Vidrohi has been
murdered...or not. There is no witness, no
evidence, and no corpse. His bedclothes are
bloodied and arrows stained with blood have been found in his room.

With the media playing down the death, his protégé sets out to discover the truth. Through the murder - if it is indeed murder - he learns the history of the city and
the country that vanished beneath it. The real estate business, hydropower companies, and transport and urban planners, have descended on virgin land promising development, to a people who find themselves in a place they no
longer own and can barely name. Are they
doomed to life in this realisation of the mythical Lemuria Islands, or will they regain the land of their ancestors?

Playing on myth and magic realism, even while looking at a story that has staged in every part of any developing nation with natural resources on offer, Ranendra forces us to examine the grey shades in the conflict between tribal rights and urbanisation in his
A Country Vanishes.

Oliver Twist Abridged Version-Amita Daniel(Charles Dickens)

Rs. 240.00

Orphaned at birth, little Oliver Twist has no family or friends to care for him. From the workhouse where he is raised, he starts working for a coffin maker, until he is tricked into joining a gang of thieves. Will Oliver's kind-hearted nature help him overcome his dire circumstances and discover the secret of his identity or will he fall prey to the lifestyle he has been trapped in...? Read along Charles Dickens' victorian tale of heartbreak, adventure and intrigue.

A Bridge to Peradeniya-Anand Krishnaswamy

Rs. 320.00

A dog that wins everyone’s affection by barking and laughing madly through her ailment. A stud bull that conveys the melancholy in his soul through his eyes. A kiosk owner whose sunny personality bounces off the tree stump where he leaves food for the neighbourhood strays. A chic lady with a rescued street dog and a penchant for profanity.

These are some of the colorful characters that the author encounters when he turns his life upside down and leaves his hometown Chennai to go and study veterinary medicine in the beautiful tropical island of Sri Lanka.

Often hilarious, occasionally sad, speaking of friendship, dreams, challenges, and love, these are the stories of the author’s unforgettably mad ride through veterinary college in Sri Lanka and early years as a newly-qualified veterinary doctor in south India.

Blue in the Door Frame-Neyamukil K M

Rs. 100.00

Deborah Treisman was only 11 years old when she sent her first story to The New Yorker magazine. The New Yorker pays the highest amount to the stories it published. The story was rejected. In 22 years Deborah became the editor of Fiction in the same magazine that rejected her story.
I thought of Neyamukil when I read this. She is only 9 years old and has written a poem under the title AUTUMN. It goes like this.
If I were a creature,
That ate the ground,
I would devour the road as chips
As I ride on my cycle.
Autumn is so crunchy!
The imagery of devouring the road as chips is unique and playful. It reminds of the poems by Billy Collins, former poet laureate of the USA. I am confident Neyamukil will attain great heights. I wish her all the best.
- A Muttulingam, Pre-eminent writer in Modern Tamil literature
Children’s minds are fresh and quirky, full of energy, yet it is the rare child who feels driven to commit her words to the page. Neyamukil’s poems are heartfelt, wide-ranging, and filled with inquiry. The sun becomes female; riding a bike endows the rider with zooming pleasure. Justice and humility are obliquely elevated. Small moments of hope and joy are painted in light strokes. Here is a young writer who loves words and is unafraid to express her vision of the world.
—Uma Krishnaswami, writer and author of books for young readers

The Birth of a Poet- Ka Naa Subramanyam

Rs. 210.00

Ka. Naa. Su. had continuously written about Bharathi in both Tamil and English, throughout his lifetime.
Ka. Naa. Su. has critically evaluated Bharati’s multifaceted contributions as a poet, writer, journalist, translator, cartoonist and nationalist. He has also given an account of Bharati’s life and struggles. Thus, providing the English readership with a wholesome introduction to the man’s multifaceted life. It is also evident from these articles that Ka. Naa. Su. cared deeply about the publication of Bharathi’s works. He constantly insisted that all of Bharati’s works must be collected and published as critical editions.
Ka. Naa. Su.’s contributions to Bharathi studies are as significant as the contributions of the scholars who compiled the works of Bharathi. As a man who proclaimed himself to be ‘Bharati’s heir’, Ka. Naa. Su.’s contributions in introducing Bharati to the English readership by way of his articles about the multifaceted life of the poet and in translating the first Tamil free verse poem Kaatchi to English, find him an undeniable place in the hall of fame of Bharati studies.

The Fall- Ka Naa Subramanyam

Rs. 120.00

It is my considered opinion that in the works of Mr. Ka. Naa. Subramaniam modern Tamil fiction has reached its grand apotheosis. His is a varied but well-integrated world. He sees, as the cliche has it, life steadily and sees it whole. To him modernity is nothing but a re-examination of the basic forces of our tradition and a subtle modulation of their perspective.
The Fall may be described as an psychological fiction. The novel recounts in its description of Tanjore, how it has lost its past glory and compares it with the lot of a prosperous family fallen on evil days.
- Nakulan

A Bridge to Peradeniya-Anand Krishnaswamy

Rs. 320.00

A dog that wins everyone’s affection by barking and laughing madly through her ailment. A stud bull that conveys the melancholy in his soul through his eyes. A kiosk owner whose sunny personality bounces off the tree stump where he leaves food for the neighbourhood strays. A chic lady with a rescued street dog and a penchant for profanity.

These are some of the colorful characters that the author encounters when he turns his life upside down and leaves his hometown Chennai to go and study veterinary medicine in the beautiful tropical island of Sri Lanka.

Often hilarious, occasionally sad, speaking of friendship, dreams, challenges, and love, these are the stories of the author’s unforgettably mad ride through veterinary college in Sri Lanka and early years as a newly-qualified veterinary doctor in south India.

When God Died - Vatsala Mendonça

Rs. 399.00

The most pitiless in Christendom…
It was a long colonial moment. The Portuguese arrived in Goa with a sword in one hand and a crucifix in the other. They would stay for 450 years.
When god died is set against the dark backdrop of the Inquisition, a religious tribunal set up for the suppression of heresy and the enforcement of Catholic orthodoxy.
In 1662, Maria de Furtado sails to Goa from Lisbon to marry a nobleman selected for her by the Crown. Just a few hours before the wedding, her fiancé dies in the arms of his mulatto slave.
Maria is forced to marry a Goan. The relationship,imbued with toxicity from the start, is poisoned further by her inability to have his child.
A decade later, Maria falls in love. Marco, a successful Portuguese merchant, lives in the shadow of his Jewish lineage.
On discovering their relationship, Maria’s husband unleashes the savagery of the Inquisition on them. As the novel hurtles to its violent end, Maria is offered the chance to avenge her lover’s death.
Exploring religion and race, love and loyalty, identity and survival, When god died is a searing story that asks the reader to reconsider what it means to win in the name of God.

Flotsam-Naanjil Naadan

Rs. 200.00

The grim and incisive story of Shanmugam, a rural graduate from Tamil Nadu, who moves to the buzzling city of Mumbai in search of employment. This translation of the acclaimed Tamil novel Midhavai acutely lays bare the arduous life of migrant workers who leave their homes with nothing more than hope and persistence in their pockets to find sustenance in the big cities of India.

God's Will- V Balakrishnan

Rs. 200.00

A crime has been committed against a 13-year-old girl. Her grieving family demands justice, but as the state alternates between offering temptation and making threats, her mother is left fighting a lone battle. Will her stoicism bear out the government machinery that is working against her? Or will she succumb too? In this story of how class and caste play into ordinary lives, V Balakrishnan explores urban poverty and a woman's resilience in this context.

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God’s Will is a diamond in the rough. It portrays the pain and suffering [of a woman's loss] and the inhumanity of the ministers handling this, who see paying money as a salve. The author has crafted this sad tale well. His dialogue weaves a picture of the tragedy of being poor in India, especially in a big city.

- Keith Stevenson

(Excerpted with permission from the judges' citations for the Sultan Padamsee Award)

An Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove/Jayanthi Sankar

Rs. 450.00

An international Anthology of Short Stories

Abagail Summers
Bowie Rowan
Khushboo Shah
Narayani V Manapadam
Chandra Sundeep
Sangeetha Kamath
Sinduja Rengarajan
P.Muralidharan
Mónica Lindo
Natasha Sharma
Rebecca Wilson Jones
Lalitha Ramanathan
Shravya L. Narasimhan

A.D.Moreau
Vidya Murlidhar
Sangeetha Vallat
Rham Dhel
Monica Singh
Lovelace Cook
San Lin Tun
R. Sredhanea
Surabhi Kaushik
Salini Vineeth
Era.Murukan
Shahnaz Ahmed
Supriya Bansal

The Ghosts of Arasoor-Era Murukan

Rs. 450.00 Rs. 315.00 Save 30%

Time is like a wooden swing rocking back and forth in an ancestral home in this translation of Era Murukan’s critically acclaimed Tamil novel Arasoor Vamsam. Two brothers from the future bring odd gifts, a king is obsessed with dirge music from his neighbour’s gramophone, a mentally challenged brother has an affair with a ghost who smells of bats, an old man tends to levitate in his sleep, the severed foot of a man grows an extra toe and many more imaginative renderings of human folly enliven this funny story of Arasoor and its inhabitants. Set in the colonial period, this highly engaging novel captures changing times by bending time to its will, but ultimately leaves the reader wondering—has anything truly changed?

Amrapali-V.Balakrishnanan

Rs. 150.00

Born around 600-500 BCE, to unknown parents, the ‘Nagarvadhu’ of Vaishali fell in love with King Bimbisara and made him cease hostile intentions towards Vaishali. Other legends talk of Ajatashatru desiring her and how he massacred the entire republic of Vaishali but spared Amrapali. She had the honour to serve food to the Buddha on his last visit to Vaishali. Later, she renounced her life as the Janapada Kalyani and embraced the way of the Buddha.

My play endeavours to trace Amrapali’s conflicts and strifes as she walked towards her awakening, towards her liberation and joy.

Gallantly Fought The Queen- V.Balakrishnan

Rs. 150.00

Rani Lakshmi Bai rose above the patriarchal norms of her times. She had to make remarkable decisions at every page of her life, and she had to stand for what she believed in and cherished. This play juxtaposes her valour with her personal, so the audience can afford respect for the legend and the person.

Hugh Rose, in the report of the Rani's final battle, commented that ‘Rani Lakshmibai is personable, clever and beautiful’ and she is ‘the most dangerous of all Indian leaders.’ Colonel Malleson too is said to have written - ‘Whatever her faults in British eyes may have been, her countrymen will ever remember that she was driven by ill-treatment into rebellion, and that she lived and died for her country. We cannot forget her contribution to India.’

Dancing Gold Flecks-Adapting to changes-An anthology of short stories-created and edited by Jayanthi Sankar

Rs. 340.00

Anu Lal
Dr. Aparna Nagda
Arun Elango
P. Muralidharan
Prarthana JA
Sandeep Koul
Sredhanea Ramkrishnan
Usha Nagasamy
Vidya Murlidhar
Devika Das
Natasha Sharma
Dr. Padma Arvind
Kanchi Raghuram
Megha Nath
Sangeetha Vallat
Somsubhra Banerjee
Subhashini Prasad
Surabhi Kaushik

Parallel Lives-G.K.Rao

Rs. 450.00

Parallel Lives examines the anatomy of a custodial death in the 1990s, in a Madras that is becoming Chennai. The story of the investigation is interspersed with the story of the city through the eyes of the civil servant Hari. A parallel narrative is woven in from the perspective of a beggar on a pavement, whose life stands testimony to the breakdown of the migrant dream. The outcome of the investigation and the identity of the beggar keep the reader guessing until the final reveal.

A PIECE OF PEACE -EVERYDAY MINDFULNESS YOU CAN USE-SWETA SRIVASTAVA VIKRAM

Rs. 300.00

“The recipe for being your most creative and productive self is in this book. Through Sweta’s journey of survival she shares the power of mindful living, the value of Ayurvedic healing and how to be the best version of yourself. A Piece of Peace is a must-have for your bookshelf.”
- Paula Rizzo, Author, Listful Living: A List-Making Journey to a Less Stressed You
“What did Sweta do after a miraculous recovery from near death? She wrote this healing guide to long-term health for your creative mind, body, and soul. Linger a while with her book and let your body unwind and find peace of mind—the keys to setting your creative soul free.”
- Cauvery Madhavan, Author of The Tainted

Does success come at the expense of health? Is stress and an erratic lifestyle really conducive to creative expression? Sweta Srivastava Vikram tells you otherwise. In her latest, the best-selling author draws from her experience as a writer, a woman, a certified Ayurvedic health coach and a survivor of chronic illness in this compelling book that offers wisdom and practical tips for everyday mindfulness. Here to change your idea of creativity and break the stereotype of the dysfunctional creative, A Piece of Peace is a must-read for writers and creative professionals who struggle to balance professional life and holistic well-being in a post-pandemic world.

Louisiana Catch-(A Survivor's Tale)-Sweta Srivastava Vikram

Rs. 500.00

Ahana, a wealthy thirty-three-year-old New Delhi woman, flees the pain of her mother's death, and her dark past, by accepting a huge project in New Orleans, where she'll coordinate an annual conference to raise awareness of violence against women. Her half-Indian, half-Irish colleague and public relations guru, Rohan Brady, who helps Ahana develop her online presence, offends her prim sensibilities with his raunchy humour. She is convinced that he's a womanizer.
Meanwhile, she seeks relief from her pain in an online support group, where she makes a good friend: the mercurial Jay Dubois, who is also grieving the loss of his mother. Louisiana Catch is an emotionally immersive novel about identity, shame, and who we project ourselves to be in the world. It's a book about Ahana's unreliable instincts and her ongoing battle to determine whom to place her trust in as she, Rohan, and Jay shed layers of their identities.

When Will You Die?-Jayanthi Sankar

Rs. 340.00 Rs. 270.00 Save 21%

Disarmingly, charmingly simple, this book will give readers much to think about.
- Usha Nagasamy, Further Education teacher, London

When will you die?- an emotion in itself that many of us avoid and fear comes out as a beautiful literary rendition by Jayanthi Sankar and will stay a mystery and an enigma years after its time and haunt our hidden traumas, insecurities in ways we could never imagine.
- Sredhanea Ramkrishnan, Food technologist and upcoming author, India

Zooming in like a camera to explore the aspects of the human psyche at various levels across the vast framework of society at large, the brevity of this postmodern socio psychological novella fascinates me.
- Ethan Wynn, FinTech Analyst, Houston, USA

Jayanthi Sankar skillfully depicts human complexities with quite a few nuanced surprises in store in the epistolary novella When Will You Die? It leaves the reader reflecting on the toll relationships can take on humans, what it is to live after losing your moorings, and what it means to be torn apart by affection and hate.
- Dr. Revathy Sivasubramaniam, UX Researcher, Chennai, India
Another fresh work of fiction and storytelling with profound ideas that will intrigue many readers, as it did me. Left with countless lingering thoughts and debates, I haven’t been able to come out of it.
- Liu Fang, Further Education teacher, Hong Kong

The main characters in the novella for their own reasons do not share significant incidents of their lives and this effectively depicts the shallowness of modern day, contemporary relationships.
- P. Muralidharan, Writer, Chennai, India

My Sister Chaos-Lara Fergus

Rs. 450.00 Rs. 400.00 Save 11%

I don’t want to blend in, like some of the others, slough away the past, adopt this new place, or rather attempt to be adopted by it, as an orphan. No place will mother or father me now. Countries are not mine and I am not theirs. I feel nothing for them, they are merely temporary, political intrusions into geographic cartography.

Precision and disarray, light and dark, a map that will tame a house, a house one can never know. In this searing debut, Lara Fergus startles the reader at every turn, weaving the politics of gender, race, language and sexuality through a story of war and peace, across geographies and histories. My Sister Chaos remains topical over a decade after it was first published.

Ponniyin Selvan-The Zenith Of Sacrifice-Part 5-Kalki

Rs. 1,150.00 Rs. 999.00 Save 13%

Tempestuous winds of change rip through Chozha Naadu as events hurtle toward a climactic end that will shape the very future of the empire. The land gasps under a devastating flood. Barbed strands of Fate tighten around the Chozha royals as Pazhuvoor Queen Nandhini and the Pandiya assassins prepare for the denouement of their lethal plan. Brave Vandhiyathevan races to foil their design even as the brilliant Ilaiya Piratti strives to manoeuvre the empire to safe harbour. Tectonic secrets come to light, recasting alliances and rivalries. This cataclysmic final stand will force every player to face questions that will change them forever.

Can Azhwarkkadiyaan uncover the truth in time? Will Vandhiyathevan emerge triumphant in his mission? Will the Pandiya assassins achieve the nefarious end they thirst for? What will become of the bewitching temptress Nandhini? Will the mighty Chozha Naadu find itself under the thumb of a new Chakravarthy after all?

The final volume of one of the greatest Tamil novels ever penned, Ponniyin Selvan: The Zenith of Sacrifice barrels towards a startling end that will leave its readers breathless.

Lost In Your Facade-Nivedita K S

Rs. 350.00

‘I started reading this book with very little interest and hope. But, just reading the first chapter, two things impressed me. One: The narrative was very natural. Two: Nivedita knew how to craft a convincing story’- Charu Nivedita.

Arjun: Living with too good people is sometimes hard.
Concern and anger, their regular weapons to subdue me.
To make me a safe bet. Which I am not.
I salute them. But that’s where my respect ends.
If they think I am going to fail, then they hadn’t done their math right.
I am here to lead not to fall back and take orders.
And of all, I don’t wear fear so well. And that scares a few.
My ambition, dreams and my LIFE take the center stage.
And of course, my two friends, who are kind enough to ruin my sanity, most of the time.
Call me arrogant or conceited? I don’t care. But I promise you something…
Tomorrow is going to be just spectacular because it is mine you are going to witness.

Jaanavi: Packed my bags to place me far away from my home. To let go of my chained past.
And this new place is a safe bet.
I am just the one who takes whatever comes on the way.
And I succeed at every hoop fire. Because like it or not, I try to fit myself in, even in a cage.
Though my soul wants to creep out of me and cry out loud to someone close, it just couldn’t.
Call me a loser or coward? Well, I am sorry.
This is Jaanavi, hopeful of a simple tomorrow.

What if they realize they are not the one they think they are once their lives collide?

Nitrate Saga-P.V.Gopalakrishnan

Rs. 1,120.00 Rs. 1,000.00 Save 11%

Here's a book you won’t put down and at the same time remember the past with reverence.
- Suriya, Actor

Tremendous. The writing, the facts and the detail drew me in eventually and then it was unputdownable . Truly a timeless gift and a great read to all film hungry audiences.
- Gautam V Menon, Director

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The Peacock Prince-V Balakrishnan

Rs. 100.00 Rs. 85.00 Save 15%

The story of Amba, reborn as Shikhandi is one of hurt, humiliation, rage and resentment. Amba desires the death of Bhishma, but the men she approaches are not able to accomplish it. Undone by Bhishma, she burns herself in a funeral pyre, and is reborn in the house of Drupada as a girl, but is brought up as a boy, Shikhandi. She undergoes a transformation to get the genitals of a man to save her city. Later, chance takes Shikhandi to the field of Kurukshetra where he sets out to achieve what he promised himself in a previous birth, as Amba.

The future is as blank as the present or the past. A curse is cursed. Even silence is silenced. This is how Bala deconstructs or reconstructs, if you prefer, the known classics in his own inimitable style. Time and again he has revisited the classics only to reset them in his/our time. Bala knows his strengths-minimalism, in his writing as well as in his productions, simple yet powerful, silent yet screaming. I have always cherished reading ‘poetry’ in his plays, watching ‘dance’ in his stage versions. Of course, he is one of the most important playwrights and directors of contemporary Indian theatre.

- Surendranath Suri, Director and playwright

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Krishnas Dark Son- V Balakrishnan

Rs. 150.00 Rs. 135.00 Save 10%

Born by the grace of Shiva when he is in his Ardhanaareeshwara form, Samba is the prodigal son of Krishna who becomes the conduit for Gandhari’s curse, spoken in her agony after the bloodbath at Kurukshetra. Her grief finds voice in a wish for the destruction of the race of Krishna, which will be orchestrated by the birth of Samba.

The future is as blank as the present or the past. A curse is cursed. Even silence is silenced. This is how Bala deconstructs or reconstructs, if you prefer, the known classics in his own inimitable style. Time and again he has revisited the classics only to reset them in his/our time. Bala knows his strengths-minimalism, in his writing as well as in his productions, simple yet powerful, silent yet screaming. I have always cherished reading ‘poetry’ in his plays, watching ‘dance’ in his stage versions. Of course, he is one of the most important playwrights and directors of contemporary Indian theatre.

- Surendranath Suri, Director and playwright

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Dvijottama- V Balakrishnan

Rs. 150.00 Rs. 135.00 Save 10%

The story of Drona is the story of a man caught between duty and righteousness. Desiring victory over the Pandavas, and knowing Drona to be superior to all the warriors fighting for him, the Kuru prince Duryodhana anoints Drona as his commander-in-chief. The teacher slaughters two entire akshauhinis, even as he is slowly felled by his own disgust at his unethical actions. He gives up his life, and Dhrishtadyumna cuts off his head from a lifeless body.

The future is as blank as the present or the past. A curse is cursed. Even silence is silenced. This is how Bala deconstructs or reconstructs, if you prefer, the known classics in his own inimitable style. Time and again he has revisited the classics only to reset them in his/our time. Bala knows his strengths-minimalism, in his writing as well as in his productions, simple yet powerful, silent yet screaming. I have always cherished reading ‘poetry’ in his plays, watching ‘dance’ in his stage versions. Of course, he is one of the most important playwrights and directors of contemporary Indian theatre.

- Surendranath Suri, Director and playwright

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