Three Sides Of Life
by Saumitra Chakravarty

This selection of fifteen stories by five of the best-known Bengali women writers (Ashapurna Devi, Mahashweta Devi, Bani Basu, Suchitra Bhattacharya, and Nabaneeta Deb Sen) looks at the lives of those women who are neither
stars nor martyrs in the feminist cause. They are voices, individual and
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Chowringhee
by Sankar

‘Here, day and night were interchangeable. The immaculately dressed Chowringhee, radiant in her youth, had just stepped on to the floor at the nightclub.’

Set in 1950s Calcutta, Chowringhee is a sprawling saga of the intimate lives of managers, employees and guests at one of Calcutta’s largest hotels, the Shahjahan. Shankar, the newest recruit, recounts the stories of several people whose lives come together in the suites, restaurants, bar and backrooms of the hotel. As both observer and participant in the events, he inadvertently peels off the layers of everyday existence to expose the seamy underbelly of unfulfilled desires, broken dreams, callous manipulation and unbidden tragedy.
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The Caravan Sartha
by S L Bhyrappa

Sartha literally means a trading caravan. In ancient India, such caravans would travel to distant lands to trade with them. Sartha is a remarkable novel, which works simultaneously on two planes. It is a physical journey across India, as well as a spiritual inward journey of an eighth-century
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Indigo
by Satyajit Ray

Spine-tingling tales from the other side of midnight. Indigo is the mood in this new collection of stories about the supernatural, the peculiar and the inexplicable from Satyajit Ray, one of the best-loved writers of our times.

There are tales here of dark horror, fantasy and adventure along with heart-warmingly funny stories about ordinary people in extraordinary situations. In ‘Big Bill’ Tulsi Babu picks up a newly-hatched chick from a forest and brings it home only to find it growing bigger and fiercer by the day; 
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Divya
by Yashpal

Divya leads a blissful life within the secure walls of the palace even as the world outside rages with caste politics and religious strife, until one night of pleasure changes her entire world. She gets pregnant only to be spurned by her lover. To preserve her high born family’s name she leaves her sheltered existence and trudges through life on her own, first as a slave and then as a court dancer.
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Five Novellas By Women
by Mrinal Pande

Bringing together the work of five highly accomplished contemporary Indian women writers - Mrinal Pande, Saniya, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Vaidehi, and B.M. Zuhara - this collection of novellas from five Indian languages revolves
around the lives of women from various walks of life. With the novellas
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Paraja
by Gopinath Mohanty

A classic of modern Indian fiction, Paraja is an epic tale of a tribal patriarch and his family in the mountainous jungles of Orissa. Written in 1945 and translated here for the first time, the slow decline in the fortunes of this family is both poignantly individualized as well as
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My Years with Apu
by Satyajit Ray

This memoir by Satyajit Ray relates the story behind the making of his first 3 films-'The Apu Triology' covers the key aspects of his career, his decision to give up his job and make films, the early setbacks, shortage of funds, the support of master directors his innovative solution and the triumphant reception of his films in India and abroad.
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Ghalib In Translation
by O P Kejriwal

Ghalib in Translation is a translation by DR O P Kejriwal of two hundred couplets from the Urdu Diwan seeks to combine the music of Ghalib s poetry with a probing into his thoughts.
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Mosquito and Other Stories
by Premendra Mitra

Ghana-da's bizarre narratives draw upon science, history and geography to conjure up exotic locales, other worlds and peoples, their habits, lifestyles and languages.

Mosquito and Other Stories brings together twelve of Premendra Mitra’s most popular Ghana-da tales. These stories within stories, told in first person by one of the denizens of the mess hall, straddle the thin line between make-believe and truth. Ghana-da’s bizarre narratives draw upon science, history and geography to conjure up exotic locales
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