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The Second Wife & Other Stories by Nandini C Sen - Om BooksAbout the Book :A young boy applies lipstick on his lips as his mother looks on and grapples with her son’s sexuality. A wife negotiates with the ‘other woman’ and a love child after her diplomat husband’s violent death. A middle-aged woman ‘disappears’ while answering her inner calling. The Second Wife & Other Stories deals with love, war, caste and class divides. The stories in this collection are contemporary yet timeless. They ask probing questions on gender issues, explore queer relationships, and boldly re-tell the epics. The woman and her story remain the focal point as the author delves deep into women’s lives and raises provocative questions.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 184 Genre/Categories : Fiction / Short Stories Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : Nandini C Sen Language : English Publish Date : 7Feb2022 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

Soumitra Chatterjee : A Film- Maker Remembers by Suman Ghosh - Om BooksAbout the Book :Despite performances that mesmerized the world for close to fifty years, Soumitra Chatterjee won his first National Award for Best Actor only in 2006. The film: Podokkhep. The director: Suman Ghosh. It marked the beginning of a professional relationship that resulted in some of the best films of the legendary actor’s final phase. And a personal bonding whereby the veteran thespian went on to become a friend, philosopher and guide to the young film-maker. In Soumitra Chatterjee: A Film-maker Remembers, Suman Ghosh goes down memory lane to provide a fascinating insight into his interactions with the actor. From the time he first met Soumitra Chatterjee on the sets of Goutam Ghose’s Dekha, where Suman was an observer, to creating remarkable cinematic moments in their five films together, to engaging with the actor on numerous addas on myriad subjects, the author paints a remarkable portrait of a relationship. How did Soumitra Chatterjee prepare for his role of an old man who becomes childlike in Podokkhep? What were his inputs that elevated the climaxes of Peace Haven and Basu Poribar? How did Soumitra Chatterjee and Mithun Chakraborty collaborate in Nobel Chor to overcome the problem the director faced with impending rain threatening to upset the day’s schedule? What was a typical adda session with the legend like? What triggered the bizarre idea around a film on death that both wanted to work on but which never materialized? As much a perceptive account of the dynamics of an actor-director association as a story of the friendship between two creative individuals, this is a heart-warming tribute to a legend of Indian cinema.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 176 Genre/Categories : Non-Fiction Memoir Size(W x H) MM : 185 x 180 mm Author : Suman Ghosh Language : English Publish Date : 7Jan2022 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

Lakshmila : The Eternal Love Story by Shubhi Agarwal - Om BooksAbout the Book :“Don’t you question his love for me. I know what it is.When he resides in me how can you say he left me? Nothing can break the bond between two souls who are connected to each other. No matter how long they are apart, no matter what happens, they are always connected.” Urmila Set against the backdrop of the Ramayana, Lakshmila narrates the story of the selfless love between Lakshman and Urmila without whom the Ramayana would have been incomplete. But Lakshmila – the united entities of Lakhsman and Urmila – does not tell the world about their sacrifices; instead they speak of their love that becomes the cornerstone of their powerful and supreme sacrifice. Urmila is as important as Lakshman in the story. It lingers on the significant pauses in their relationship, unknown to the world, and gently drives home the unsung truth that the love between Lakshman and Urmila was unusual, divine, subtle and yet potent, carrying across lifetimes. Their love was a silent and selfless commitment, more of a spiritual connection. Lakshmila provides a detailed insight into the ‘what, how, when and why’ of every incident that took place during the Treta Yug in the Suryavanshi family, based on detailed research from the Valmiki Ramayana, Kamban Ramayana, Puranas and the different versions of the Ramayana.The fictional narrative is set in the context of a retelling of the epic from Lakshman and Urmila’s perspective of the events that went on to build the timeless tale.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 318 Genre/Categories : Fiction / Mythology Size(W x H) MM : 138 x 215 mm Author : Shubhi Agarwal Language : English Publish Date : 8Aug2022 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Counterfeiter : Abdul Karim Telgi and the Stamp Scam by Bhaswar Mukherjee - Om BooksAbout the Book :Telgi and the stamp scam? Didn’t that happen a quarter of a century ago? Why now? Because the complete story of the counterfeiter and scamster has never been told before. Because the story of the sheer innovation and audacity of an underdog needs to be told. Because the complex web of corruption involving lawmakers and law-keepers continues. Because the crime has all the overtones of a Bollywood potboiler, replete with chases, corrupt government officials and policemen, political chicanery, bar dancers and yes, a murder too! Because of the many unanswered questions that remain, so many years after the crime and the death of Abdul Karim Ladsaab Telgi in 2017. How was it possible for a man like Telgi to establish a pan-India ‘business’ in 74 cities and reach such dizzying heights of power and pelf, amassing a personal wealth of over Rs 17,000 crore while swindling the economy to the tune of Rs 25,000 crore? How did he manage to undermine the hallowed institutions of India? What was the size of the scam? How did CBI peg the figure at a mere fraction of the guesstimated amount? The Counterfeiter chronicles the audacious swindle by the flamboyant mastermind in a blow-by-blow account of its execution, investigation, charge sheets, legal developments, Telgi’s incarceration, trial, death – and finally exoneration. An unputdownable true-crime dossier!About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 224 Genre/Categories : True Crime Size(W x H) MM : 138 x 215 mm Author : Bhaswar Mukherjee Language : English Publish Date : 11Jan2022 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Oldest Love Story : A Motherhood Anthology by Rinki Roy Bhattacharya &Maithili Rao - Om BooksAbout the Book :Popular culture the world over refers to motherhood as the ultimate destination for women. Amma, maa, mata, ammi, mom, mother, maa-ji, aai, mummy – call her by any of these names, she is expected to respond immediately … with love, concern, care. Schooled by tradition, internalized conditioning and familial expectation, she hardly departs from this expected response. What does this word mean to people who have gone through the experience? Is motherhood really the gold standard for women it is assumed to be? Apart from being the most glorified and celebrated word in our cultural history, is mother also the most abused?The Oldest Love Story, a collection of essays, addresses motherhood through the prism of personal experiences. Some of India’s celebrated writers – Kamala Das, Shashi Deshpande, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, C.S. Lakshmi, Vaidehi and a rare gem by Mannu Bhandari – star in this extraordinary collage. These writers introspect with admirable honestytheir experience of mothering and the price demanded by years of giving. Many others – including Shabana Azmi, Chitra Palekar and Saeed Mirza – explore their relationship with their mothers to provide a holistic understanding of the complex phenomenon of motherhood.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 285 Genre/Categories : Anthology/Non-fiction Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : Rinki Roy Bhattacharya &Maithili Rao Language : English Publish Date : 20Apr2022 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Originals Vardaan by Munshi Premchand - Om BooksAbout the Book :One of the most celebrated Indian writers of the early 20th century, and regarded as ‘up any as SA Mr at’, Munshi Premchand was born on July 31, 1880. He began his writing career when the Indian Independence movement was at its peak. Through his early writings, he expressed his support for the cause of freedom. In 1910, his collection, soz-e-watan, was labelled rebellious on account of its message, which provoked Indians to overthrow the British Empire and gain independence. Some of Premchand’s seminal works include sevasadan, rangbhoomi, Nirmala, kaayakalp, Gaban and God a an, among others. His last published story was ‘cricket match’, which appeared in Zamana in 1938, posthumously. Munshi Premchand.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 176 Genre/Categories : Classic Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 198 x 129 mm Author : Munshi Premchand Language : Hindi Publish Date : 20Mar2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

Lockdown Love : A Tale of Commitment and Duty by Rakesh Kumar Singh - Om BooksAbout the Book :When Colonel Vikram Rathode of the Indian Army calls Dr Nisha Garg in New Delhi from Drass after 13 years, his carefully-constructed world of ‘missions impossible’ and honour stripes crumbles. Vikram has to make a choice between love and duty. And, with the virus pandemic raging across the world and threatening to bear down on India, Vikram stakes his career to leave his post to pull Nisha out of the mire into which she was sinking at the isolation ward in Delhi’s prestigious Safdarjung Hospital. Vikram elopes with Nisha from the hospital, braving the lockdown – for he cannot go wrong in life again. He had made a mistake 13 years ago when he left her for the Army. He has to make it up to her.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 224 Genre/Categories : Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 138 x 215 mm Author : Rakesh Kumar Singh Language : English Publish Date : 30Jan2022 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

Monkeys in My Garden : Reflections from a Life in Isolation by Sharika Esther Sharma - Om BooksAbout the Book :Monkeys in My Garden: Reflections from a Life in Isolation is a daily journal written by a woman hunkered down with her two pubescent sons in a farmhouse overrun by monkeys.What must it be like for this woman separated from her husband and locked down at her parental home, having to navigate through complicated family dynamics, trying to create a positive bubble of existence for herself and her children? In pointing out similarities between people’s reactions to the present crisis and crises of the past, the writer shines a light on our collective human nature. She reflects on how populist leaders around the globe are mishandling the crisis in their respective nations. She reflects on dealing with social isolation and loneliness and ways of overcoming the destructive emotions they can stir.This book will give readers a sense of comradeship: to get a glimpse into a single person’s experience will remind every reader that, even if they’re living alone, they are not alone; we are all in this together. We are all struggling with our own demons and also the demon lurking at the gate.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Genre/Categories : Non-Fiction Memoir Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : Sharika Esther Sharma Language : English Publish Date : 2Feb2022 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

Let Them Fly : My Tryst with Kids by Nisha Peshin - Om BooksAbout the Book :Raising a child is a tough job. The job has two major components, parenting and teaching. It is an onerous task and the two communities in the forefront of it are the parents and teachers. The efforts of the two groups run complementary to each other, as both are well-wishers of children and share a common objective.There is, therefore, need for a strong partnership between the two communities.They have to share each other’s stories and concerns about the child. Let Them Fly has 25 stories, each based on true-life experiences about raising a child and attending to its psychological and academic needs in the contemporary social and scholastic milieu.The book contains no abstract theories but actual case studies.This makes it a unique presentation.The stories are drawn from a diverse set of geographies and social strata.The experiences shared in this book are from sleepy rural centres, as also from boisterous metros.Yet, typical of a parent or teacher from any background, their concerns could be the same.The stories are written in simple and easy language.The book does not nit-pick either the teachers or parents, but brings out the sensitivity on issues about growing up. Each story ends with a conclusion, suggesting a more appropriate alternate course.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 191 Genre/Categories : Anthology/Non-fiction Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : Nisha Peshin Language : English Publish Date : 20Mar2022 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

Satyajit Ray : The Man Who Knew too Much by Barun Chanda - Om BooksAbout the Book :Satyajit Ray’s Seemabaddha (1971), a stinging indictment of the corporate rat race, remains one of the iconic film-maker’s most feted works. It starred debutant Barun Chanda, who won a special prize for his performance. Now, fifty years later, Barun Chanda documents his memorable experience of working with Ray. Satyajit Ray: The Man Who Knew Too Much is more than just an account of the making of a film. The author also presents a detailed and informative study of the various avatars of Ray as a film-maker: his sense of script and ear for dialogue, his instinctive grasp of the nuances of music, his penchant for casting non-actors and ability to get the perfect face for a role, his genius in designing a film’s title sequence. Insightful and informed by a rare understanding of the master’s works, this is an invaluable addition to the corpus of work on Satyajit Ray.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 328 Genre/Categories : Non-Fiction / Film Size(W x H) MM : 138 x 216 mm Author : Barun Chanda Language : English Publish Date : 15May2022 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

Commit to Yourself : Break Free by Nancy Katyal - Om BooksAbout the Book :Life is a circus and you are doing a tough balancing act all the time. The only way to be what you want, do what you want, have what you want is to change—change your mindset, your attitude, your actions. If only change was that easy... Commit to Yourself makes embracing change a cakewalk, not a tightrope one. It offers no dense philosophy, no gyaan. It lays out simple but time-tested ways based on pioneering studies in behavioural science and the author’s many years of experience in mentoring thousands of people from all walks of life to change yourself first because all changes—personal or professional— you desire to bring in your life depend on it.The author explains why your current approach of handling things does not work, makes you understand and overcome your biases and thus create the much-needed mental shift to get you out of your comfort zone. Committing to yourself is not a selfish act, it takes courage. The author helps you take the first step in that direction by breaking free from what no longer serves you—toxic relationships, and self-destructive thinking and habits. She shows you how to live by your core values; discusses strategies to beat odds, handle regrets and failures; build your muscle of courage and find your authentic self. The various self-reflective exercises in the book help you to accept yourself, love yourself and improve yourself, not just your self-image.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 248 Genre/Categories : Non- Fiction/ Self-Help Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : Nancy Katyal Language : English Publish Date : 30Nov 2022 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Originals The Odyssey by Homer - Om BooksAbout the Book :“Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this.” The Odyssey by Homer is one of the most famous literary works from Greek antiquity. This epic poem, divided into 24 books, tells the tale of the return journey of Odysseus to the island of Ithaca after the Trojan war. The war lasts ten years and Odysseus then has to spend ten more years returning home, overcoming many challenges along the way, including the wrath of Poseidon, God of Earth and Sea. Odysseus is a heroic figure imbued with astute intelligence and unlimited reserves of courage. On his return, he vanquishes his wife’s suitors with the blessings of Athena, Goddess of Wisdom and War. This triumph of love for home and family over fear and hatred is a common theme in Greek mythology. The Odyssey has resonated with readers across the years and countless re-tellings of the epic in a modern context continue to enthrall both readers and movie-goers.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 472 Genre/Categories : Classic Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : Homer Language : English Publish Date : 5Jan2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

Escape from Pakistan : A War Hero's Chronicle by Dara Phiroze Chinoy - Om BooksAbout the Book :As a young fighter pilot with the Indian Air Force, Dara Phiroze Chinoy found himself in the midst of the raging India–Pakistan War of 1965. The war may have ended in a stalemate but Chinoy emerged victorious when he escaped unhurt from the enemy territory, after his fighter-bomber aircraft was shot down by the Pakistan Army. He is the only Indian officer to ever do so in India’s recorded military history. His daring and death-defying escape from the clutches of the Pakistani forces is the stuff of legend. For this courageous act, he was presented the Vishisht Seva Medal by none other than Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh. Escape from Pakistan is a chronicle of an officer and a gentleman and the various challenges he faced and overcame in the Air Force and later in the corporate sector when he was flying for the Tatas and the Ambanis. From training of Iraqi pilots in Saddam Hussein’s hometown in Tikrit, to his wife’s battle with schizophrenia, to dealing with his elder son’s drug addiction, Chinoy has seen it all. As Chinoy reflects upon his rather action-packed life, and an illustrious career of around 49 years, many facets of his personality are revealed—a devoted son, a loving husband, a doting father and an eternal crisis manager. As life threw one curveball after another his way, his never-say-die attitude, humility and sense of duty helped him to dodge all and expertly craft his destiny, and set an example for all of us to emulate.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 200 Genre/Categories : Non-Fiction/ Memoir Size(W x H) MM : 138 x 215 mm Author : Dara Phiroze Chinoy Language : English Publish Date : 28Feb2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Originals Othello by William Shakespeare - Om BooksAbout the Book :“Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see: She has deceived her father, and may thee.” Othello (The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice) by English dramatist and national poet, William Shakespeare, was written in 1603–1604 and published in the First Folio of 1623. This five-act tragedy begins when the celebrated black general of Venice, Othello, appoints Cassio as his chief lieutenant instead of the soldier, Iago. Blinded by jealousy and resentment, Iago plots Othello’s downfall. He falsely accuses Othello’s wife Desdemona and Cassio of having a love affair. Iago gets ample help from Roderigo, who resents Othello’s fame as much as Iago, to carry out his evil plan. The villainous Iago manipulates everyone around him and exploits Othello’s sexual jealousy for his own gains. Because of the play’s enduring themes of racism, love, jealousy, betrayal, revenge, and repentance, Othello has been widely performed. It continues to appeal to theatre-goers across the world and has been adapted for the opera and the screen several times.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 136 Genre/Categories : Classic Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : William Shakespeare Language : English Publish Date : 5Jan2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

Monkey, Shakespeare, Typewriter, Cybersecurity for Everyone by Chaitanya Kunthe - Om BooksAbout the Book :"Imagine this. You reach for your phone to check what your friends have been up to on Facebook and Instagram. You see too many alerts on your WhatsApp. You realise, to your horror, that there are some nasty pictures of you on a social media site you have not even heard of. Every day, hundreds of people face these situations. People’s money gets stolen and their digital identities robbed. Some have their public image maligned. Kids and young adults suffer depression from cyber bullying. People are cajoled into doing stuff they don’t want to do...all from the big bad Internet. The Internet is an integral part of our lives now. We cannot do away with it. We can, however, learn to navigate it. Monkey, Shakespeare, Typewriter: Cybersecurity for Everyone is a handy guide for anyone who uses the Internet. It strips the subject of jargon and provides the average person with knowledge, practical tips, and tools to stay safe online. Chaitanya Kunthe, an expert in the domain, busts the myths about hacking and hackers and lays down the facts clearly, providing a step-by-step approach to identify readers’ exposure to the digital world and the risks lurking there. The suggestions he offers will enable readers to take the necessary steps to protect their digital assets and have a safe voyage across the Internet."About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 192 Genre/Categories : Non - Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 216 x 138 mm Author : Chaitanya Kunthe Language : English Publish Date : 8Jun2022 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

Devi & the Battle of Meghadhanush : A Rasa Bhugola Story by Gayatri - Om BooksAbout the Book :This book recounts the adventures of 11-year-old Devi, as she is transposed to a whole new world of the nine Rasa sisters: the Rasa Bhugola, or the world of emotions. In this strange and fascinating dimension that maps her emotional state of being, she encounters new facets of her real life and soon realises there is a definite connection between them. Navigating the chaos that marks both the worlds, she is seton a quest to find a balance that would save her world from collapsing. The book encourages young adults to sort their internal lives, deal with grief, anger, depression, or loneliness that threaten to destabilise them. It advocates emotional selfregulation, balance, self-awareness, and mindfulness while prodding readers towards an inward journey. It actually takes you on a journey into the mind of Devi, and serves as a reminder that the tools we need to come to balance are right there in the palms of our hands!About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 242 Genre/Categories : Young Adult Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : Gayatri Language : English Publish Date : 16Jan2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

Win over Everyday Battles: The Gita Way by Shantanu Agrahari and Bhuvnesh Pratap Singh - Om BooksAbout the Book :Best friends Akhil and Nikhil set out with grand plans and idealism of youth to change the world. But as the fresh graduates navigate the corridors of power, they find themselves battling moral and ethical dilemmas and are left grappling with larger questions of life: Does the end justify the means? How to perform one’s duties despite all odds? How to engage with the world with a sense of detachment? And why? How to overcome the fear of failure, self- doubts and disappointments? In the epic Mahabharata, when Arjuna stood reluctant and indecisive on the battleground of Kurukshetra, struggling with similar issues, Lord Krishna’s sage counsel helped him emerge victorious.Will the Bhagavad Gita help the youth of today to find the right answers and the courage and conviction that they lack? Win over Everyday Battles: The Gita Way helps answer these questions and more by using the trope of conversations and deliberations between Akhil and Nikhil, who share a passion for the teachings of the scripture.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 295 Genre/Categories : Spiritual Self-Help Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : Shantanu Agrahari and Bhuvnesh Pratap Singh Language : English Publish Date : 1Feb23 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Originals The Devils by Fyodor Dostoevsky - Om BooksAbout the Book :I think the devil doesn’t exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness. The Devils, a novel by renowned Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky, was first published in the journal The Russian Messenger in 1871–72. This classic was written after Dostoevsky returned from Siberian exile. Dark and violent, this political satire shines the light on the nihilism rampant in Russia in the 1860s. The drama begins when a fictional town becomes the site of a botched revolution set off by master conspirator Pyotr Verkhovensky. A mysterious aristocratic figure called Nikolai Stavrogin plays a major role in the plot, exercising a great deal of influence over the thoughts and actions of all the characters. The idealistic generation of the 1840s, influenced by Western thought is represented by a character called Stephan Verkhovensky (Verkhovensky’s father and Nikolai Stavrogin’s childhood teacher). These idealists are labelled the creators as well as helpless accomplices of the dark forces that take control of the town.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 676 Genre/Categories : Classic Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : Fyodor Dostoevsky Language : English Publish Date : 6Jan2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

Hop, Skip and Jump: Peregrinations of a Diplomat's Wife by Reba Som - Om BooksAbout the Book :Reba Som has been an acclaimed author, academic, historian, singer, and a cultural ambassador. In Hop, Skip and Jump, she harnesses her multidisciplinary skills to narrate the many-layered story of her experiences as the wife of an IFS officer.Travelling abroad for the first time with her career diplomat husband, Himachal Som, as a twenty-two-year-old bride fresh out of college, Reba Som was thrust headlong into an alien universe. Over the next forty years she travelled all over the world with Himachal, negotiating the perks of diplomatic life along with its confounding challenges. Multiple postings, bringing up children, housekeeping, paltry allowances, being part of an incipient rebelliousness that brewed among spouses against the blanket ban imposed by the Ministry of External Affairs on their working abroad, anecdotes and trivia from travel in many countries, observations about multiple societies and cultures – there is little that escapes Reba Som’s keen eye and keener imagination.At the same time this is also an ardent ‘feminist’ enterprise. She narrates with admirable candour her striving for self-actualization in the shadow of her husband’s career, the tensions within a marriage when partners evolve with their separate identities and interests, and how her academic interests, writing and singing, helped create a discrete space of her own.A memoir, a travelogue and a potted sociocultural history of an India finding its place in the world all rolled into one, this is an unforgettable chronicle of a remarkable life.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 240 Genre/Categories : Memoir Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : Reba Som Language : English Publish Date : 25Jul2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Originals The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde : With The Merry Men and Other Stories and Fables by R.L. Stevenson - Om BooksAbout the Book :“It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.” In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll’s search for self-discovery leads him to his evil inner monster. First published in 1886, this novel by Scottish writer, Robert Louis Stevenson, explores the dual nature of man. This Gothic thriller won critical and popular acclaim as soon as it was published, endearing Stevenson to readers across the world. This book also includes Stevenson’s collection of short stories, The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables (1887). Full of suspense and intrigue, these stories cover an exciting range of themes. Merry Men tells the tale of shipwrecked people and their peculiar madness, Markheim deftly explores the psyche of a murderer. Thrawn Janet, a dark story about demonic possession, is guaranteed to keep readers on the edge of their seats. Olalla grapples with vampirism in the Spanish mountains, Will O’ the Mill, a fable, dissects the rhythms of a mountain inn-keeper’s life. The Treasure of Franchard gives readers a delightful taste of French bourgeois life.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 292 Genre/Categories : Classic Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : R.L. Stevenson Language : English Publish Date : 11Jan2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

Monalisa No Longer Smiles : An Anthology of Writings from across the World by Mitali Chakravarty - Om BooksAbout the Book :In quest of a world without borders As nations redraw borders to undo imagined past wrongs or reclaim past glory, the world remains a silent witness to conflicts that are as old as history—the struggle between the weak and the powerful; the oppressed and the oppressor; the right and the wrong.While politics often invents a vocabulary that insists on differences, the arts expand the borders of our minds. Ideas and imagination, like stories, are borderless. Over the past few years, the Borderless Journal has been bringing together distinct voices from different social and cultural milieus.This anthology showcases a few of them. The stories, poems, essays lay bare the conflicts between religions, classes, genders, ideologies, the old and the new, and also the conflicts within us. These narratives by literary stalwarts like Rabindranath Tagore, Kazi Nazrul Islam and Louis Couperus, and several emerging voices, including Aditya Shankar and Bibek Adhikari, offer an insight into human conditions. It is important to read and share them. At the heart of this collection are conversations with writers, poets, thinkers, like Aruna Chakravarti, Arundhathi Subramaniam, Devaki Jain, Goutam Ghose, who not only share their personal journey in writing, but also reflect on the role of translations in building bridges between people and cultures.These conversations entertain us, nourish us, stir us, unsettle us and centre on values that Borderless Journal hopes to nurture—syncretism, truth, courage, love, forgiveness and kindness. Monalisa No Longer Smiles will definitely bring a smile to your face because it is a celebration of the human spirit.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 360 Genre/Categories : Anthology Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : Mitali Chakravarty Language : English Publish Date : 21Nov 2022 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

Who Wants to Marry Kai Juicewalla: One Life, Many Loves, Endless (Mis)adventures by Kainaz Jussawalla - Om BooksAbout the Book :How many toads should a girl kiss before she finds her Prince Charming? Kai Juicewalla. Foodie. Sucker for Shah Rukh Khan movies and everything about him. A romantic feminist (no, that is not an oxymoron). Parsi by birth, so crazy by right. Likes making rules but keeps forgetting them. Is unconventional in the most conventional sense. Has ample curves but still rough around the edges. And loves to exercise—her opinions only. Who Wants to Marry Kai Juicewalla? is her racy, candid and juicy chronicle where she battles bullies, bulges and badmash company in a classy, sassy and bad assy way. An unending list of losers seems to be the bane of her life—a gold digger, a social climber, an unrequited love interest, an Italian Adonis, an identity thief (in the closet), a confused hot therapist, a raging narcissist. For this singleton, the global hunt for the perfect man always seems to crash and burn. Her life comes a full circle when she discovers the most important relationship of her life—her relationship with herself. This no-holds-barred assault on your funny bone upholds the universal truth that the journey is more important than the destination.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 408 Genre/Categories : Humour Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : Kainaz Jussawalla Language : English Publish Date : 10Mar2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

Until I Find You by Kanchana Banerjee - Om BooksAbout the Book :When Jenny sees the picture of a boy in a travel magazine, she is stunned. He is a dead ringer for her friend Rubina. But the boy is supposed to be dead. Ten years ago, Jenny had failed to save Rubina and the infant from the clutches of the charming leader of a dangerous cult who led his flock to a mass suicide.Jenny’s journey to find the boy leads her to a sleepy village in Rajasthan, where she comes across Virat, a police officer investigating the discovery of a decomposed leg from a construction site. Are the two cases linked? As her past threatens to catch up with her, Virat and Jenny get involved in a cat-and mouse game that leads to a diabolical climax.Taking off from the notorious Peoples Temple mass suicide murder led by the charismatic Jim Jones, and told from multiple points of view, Until I Find You is a grim and brutal thriller where the arid landscape of Rajasthan is as much a character as the shadowy dramatis personae.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 268 Genre/Categories : Thriller book Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : Kanchana Banerjee Language : English Publish Date : 15Apr2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

Battlefield Brothers : Four Siblings, Two Wars, One Valiant Family by Karan B. OberoiNirvan SinghKirandeep Singh - Om BooksAbout the Book :Having witnessed the horrors of the 1965 War, Captain Manjit Singh Oberoi sided with his mother against the decision of sending a young Avinder to serve in the armed forces, much against the wish of his elder brother, Captain Bhupinder Jit Singh Oberoi, and father, retired SSP Sardar Tarlok Singh, who consider serving the nation a clan vocation. For Bhupinder, it was also a shot at redemption for his personal defeat in the war. Sandwiched between their divided views, Avinder Jeet Singh Oberoi joins the armed forces. But when he goes missing in action during the 1971 War, Manjit accuses Bhupinder for putting their brother in harm’s way. While Bhupinder embarks on a personal quest to find and save Avinder, Manjit finds himself in a situation on the western border where only infinite courage can save him. What will be the ultimate fate of the Oberoi brothers? Read this story of extraordinary soldiering, unparalleled brotherhood and deep-rooted family values, and witness how the Oberoi brothers, divided by the 1965 War, find themselves united after the war of 1971.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 315 Genre/Categories : Non - Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : Karan B. OberoiNirvan SinghKirandeep Singh Language : English Publish Date : 17Jun2022 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Originals The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories (Unabridged Classics) by Leo Tolstoy - Om BooksAbout the Book :"Russian writer Leo Tolstoy (1828−1910) is revered for both his novels and his brilliantly crafted short stories. This collection features some of the master’s finest short stories in translation. The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a long, lyrical, and poignant exploration of a man’s arduous journey towards the acceptance of his own mortality. It is also an incisive comment on the hypocritical modern middle-class lifestyle and its limitations. By confronting death, the hero of the story contemplates the meaning of life and man’s place in the world. The Death of Ivan Ilyich is considered one of the masterpieces of Tolstoy’s later fiction and it was written soon after his religious conversion in the 1870s. The Kreutzer Sonata is an unflinching portrayal of marital discord and breakdown and The Devil traces the complex trajectory of sexual temptation and desire.Tolstoy’s short stories dissect familial bonds, romantic love, the irrationality of human impulses as well as significant social and political churnings in 19th- century Russia."About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 264 Genre/Categories : Classic Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 198 x 129 mm Author : Leo Tolstoy Language : English Publish Date : 22Aug2022 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Originals A Room of One's Own - Unabridged Classics by Virginia Woolf - Om BooksAbout the Book :A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction. A Room of One’s Own, among Virginia Woolf’s best- known works, is an extended essay, based on two lectures that she delivered in October 1928 at Newnham College and Girton College, women’s constituent colleges at the University of Cambridge. First published in September 1929 as a book, this seminal feminist text makes a case for a literal and figurative space for women writers within a literary tradition dominated by men. Woolf feels strongly that the argument that women produce inferior works of literature must be analysed against the backdrop of their existence and circumstances—unlike men, historically and socially, women are denied the time, space and economic independence to produce artistic and creative works. Nearly a century after the publication of A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf’s observation still seems to ring true.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 96 Genre/Categories : Classic Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 198 x 129 mm Author : Virginia Woolf Language : English Publish Date : 20Sep2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

On the Trail of Thugs and Thieves: True Accounts of Crime from the Hindi Heartland by Aloke Lal and Manas Lal - Om BooksAbout the Book :• A train wreck becomes an opportunity for thievery.• A young woman thwarts a burglary attempt but is robbed of the dignity to exercise her choice because of her impoverished background.• An indigent village is looted to feed the nexus between the authorities and the criminals.Crimes against humanity hold a universal truth: poverty is the worst form of violence. Its wounds run deep as they violate basic human rights and dignity. On the Trail of Thugs and Thieves firmly belongs to the genre of truth being stranger than fiction as it traces the footsteps of former Director-General of Police Aloke Lal through thirty-seven years of adorning the khaki. The gripping accounts of sensational larcenies from the yellowing pages of police records reveal that while it is easy for the police to deal with crimes as per the law, it is onerous to heal the social malaise that causes them. Though the larger implications of solving these crimes are priceless because lives are saved, reformed and dignified.The human narratives recounted with wit, humour and a great deal of sensitivity by the decorated IPS officer not only expose inhumanity of the gross kind, but also evoke moral outrage and shake our collective conscience.‘Set in the Hindi heartland, these intricate investigations into different types of crime make for a riveting read...The Lals are truly gifted storytellers.’- K. Vijay Kumar, former Director-General CRPF, author of Veerappan: Chasing the BrigandAbout the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 155 Genre/Categories : Non - Fiction/True Crime Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : Aloke Lal and Manas Lal Language : English Publish Date : 10Jul2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Ex Factor by Harini Srinivasan - Om BooksAbout the Book :Oindrilla Roy, also known by her friends as Oinks among several other nicknames, is having a lousy week. Cook, maid, driver, all (help) have deserted her. At work, her boss, Hawkeye, is making her life miserable. Her cousin Ankita seems to have got involved in some mess at college and needs her intervention. Her best friend Sweety Chopra is running amok with her own set of shenanigans inadvertently involving Oinks.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 200 Genre/Categories : Novel Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : Harini Srinivasan Language : English Publish Date : 30Jun2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Originals The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare - Om BooksAbout the Book :“I to the world am like a drop of water that in the ocean seeks another drop.” English playwright and national poet William Shakespeare’s five-act comedy, The Comedy of Errors was written between 1589 and 1594, and first published in the First Folio from Shakespeare’s manuscript in 1623. It was based on Menaechmi by Plautus, with additional material from Plautus’s Amphitruo and the story of Apollonius of Tyre. After both being separated from their twins in a shipwreck, Antipholus and his slave Dromio head to Ephesus to find them. The other set of twins lives in Ephesus, and the new arrivals cause a series of incidents of mistaken identity. The twins eventually manage to find each other and their parents, and resolve all their earlier troubles. The play’s comedy springs from the presence of twin brothers, unknown to each other, in the same town. The plot twists regale readers with suspense, surprise, humour, and excitement. Superbly constructed and flawlessly executed, The Comedy of Errors reveals Shakespeare’s mastery of the dramatic form.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 80 Genre/Categories : Classic Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : William Shakespeare Language : English Publish Date : 5Jan2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Originals The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche - Om BooksAbout the Book :In this sense the Dionysian man resembles Hamlet: both have once looked truly into the essence of things, they have gained knowledge, and nausea inhibits action. Celebrated German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s The Birth ofTragedy from the Spirit of Music was first published in 1872.The book was reissued in 1886 as The Birth of Tragedy, Or: Hellenism and Pessimism, prefaced by an essay titled An Attempt at Self-Criticism. In this seminal work of dramatic theory, which is divided into 25 chapters, Nietzsche explores the history of the tragic form as well as the nature of Greek tragedy and its development. He holds up Athenian tragedy as an art form that transcends the meaninglessness, nihilism, and disorder of the chaotic world. By watching tragedies and celebrating them, Greek audiences experienced fear and suffering and confronted life head-on.Tragedies helped them to find the deeper meaning of human existence. Nietzsche also shines a light on the differences between the Dionysian and the Apollonian in The Birth of Tragedy, emphasising that these two elements are constantly at war for control of human lives.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 158 Genre/Categories : Classic Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : Friedrich Nietzsche Language : English Publish Date : 2Jan2022 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Great Indian Tamasha: Adventures of a Wedding Planner by Rasika Bhatia - Om BooksAbout the Book :Reception ho yah inflation...shaadiyaan toh honi hai.The band, baaja, baraat have got louder. With destination weddings, experiential events, curated guestlists gaining popularity, the wedding planner has become a permanent fixture on the shaadi scene not just as the event organiser but as the friend, philosopher, and guide to the entire khandaan.The Great Indian Tamasha makes us realize that saying yes to the proposal is probably the easiest part. As we immerse ourselves in the chaos of the stories laced with black humour, we are exposed to the dark underbelly of the weddings of the affluent and the influential. These weddings are more than just a glamorous return to traditions or celebration of new kinship bonds; they have come to epitomize conspicuous consumption and a show of strength.Well-known wedding planner Rasika Bhatia’s incisive portrayal of spirited brides, hesitant grooms, controlling parents, greedy in-laws, fraudulent clients, and conniving competitors aptly depicts the behind-the-scenes shenanigans of the modern big, fat Indian wedding that has indeed become a tamasha.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 184 Genre/Categories : Humour Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : Rasika Bhatia Language : English Publish Date : 10May2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Originals Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare - Om BooksAbout the Book :Thus with a kiss I die. Romeo and Juliet, written by English dramatist William Shakespeare during 1594–1596 is one of the bard’s most popular and frequently performed plays. It was first published in an unauthorised quarto in 1597. An authorised longer quarto was published in 1599. A third quarto, based on the second, was used by the editors of the First Folio of 1623. Shakespeare’s main source for the play’s plot was English poet Arthur Brooke’s narrative poem The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet (1562). In the play, Romeo and Juliet, the young hero and heroine fall in love knowing fully well that their families, the Montagues and the Capulets, respectively, are bitter enemies. The star-crossed lovers are secretly married by Friar Lawrence.When Romeo killsTybalt to avenge the death of a dear friend, he is banished to Mantua. Juliet’s father, unaware that his daughter has wedded Romeo, fixes up her marriage. A desperate Juliet seeks Friar Lawrence’s help, but his plan to reunite Romeo and Juliet falls apart and ends in unspeakable tragedy.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 120 Genre/Categories : Classic Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : William Shakespeare Language : English Publish Date : 2Jan2022 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Originals The Communist Manifesto: Unabridged Classics by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels - Om BooksAbout the Book :The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels was first published in 1848. The text, commissioned by the Communist League in London, was originally published in German and later translated into English. The Manifesto, which became a political rallying cry for the communist movement in Europe at the time, created a furore in Germany and led to Marx’s expulsion from his country. An incisive critique of capitalism and its social and cultural ramifications, The Manifesto has garnered a wide readership across the globe since the 1870s. It continues to serve as a seminal text calling for social, economic, and political systems based on fairness and democracy, rather than the ruthless exploitation of the working class by the bourgeoisie. In The Manifesto, Marx and Engels clearly state the goals of the Communist Party, one of which is to overthrow the rule of the bourgeoisie, redistribute political power, and create a classless society through the abolition of private property. The Manifesto also offers fullthroated support to revolutionary movements everywhere that challenge the existing order, and exhorts working people of all countries to uniteAbout the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 96 Genre/Categories : Politics Size(W x H) MM : 198 x 129 mm Author : Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels Language : English Publish Date : 3Apr2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Fire Ant's Sting: Desire Diaries by Kamalini Natesan - Om BooksAbout the Book :The road to perdition is paved with desires An expat couple resort to illicit means to hoard wealth. A small- town author yearns for fame and laurels at the risk of alienating his family.A widowed woman is desperate to preserve her youthful looks and turn the clock back. An eager-to-please, do-gooder mother seeks respect and reciprocation of her efforts.The common thread weaving through these stories is a pulsating and addictive desire to attain what one craves for at any cost. In Fire-Ant’s Sting: Desire Diaries, Kamalini Natesan explores, through twelve varied characters, the different facets of desire—a primal human emotion—and how its pursuit blinds one to reason. Alternately wry and full of pathos, daring and evocative, this is a delectable diary of desires that will leave you asking for more.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 240 Genre/Categories : Family & Relationships Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : Kamalini Natesan Language : English Publish Date : 5Feb2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Original The Lost Jewels and other stories by Rabindranath Tagore - Om BooksAbout the Book :Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) was a prolific writer during the colonial period and is acclaimed for his lyricism, colloquialism and naturalism. His stories explored socio-political hypocrisies, ethnical prejudices, class-based discrimination, stereotypical characters in a domestic set-up, and more in a largely conventional society. Through his work, he resisted the rigid linguistic moulds and modernised Bengali art. Be it the yearning to belong in ‘Kabuliwala,’ the supernatural mystery in ‘The Living and the Dead,’ the ways in which class affects humanity in‘The Postmaster’ or the impact of materialism in ‘The Lost Jewels’ — Tagore’s stories reflect a kaleidoscope of human emotions, firmly etched on a sensitive landscape. Withstanding societal evolution, his stories created a profound association between his characters and the readers. While almost eighty years have passed since his last contribution to literature, few names manage to evoke emotions as acute as Tagore’s. The Lost Jewels and Other Stories is a celebration of one of India’s greatest writers, with some of his most emblematic stories, in his inimitable style, language and humour including ‘The Home-Coming,’ ‘The Skeleton,’ ‘Giribala,’ and ‘The River Stairs.’About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 487 Genre/Categories : Classic Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : Rabindranath Tagore Language : English Publish Date : 16Jul2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

Veil Of Shadows by Siddharth Maheshwari - Om BooksAbout the Book :‘Takes the reader on an adrenaline-pumping roller-coaster ride!’Mid-DayWith the arrest of a local arms dealer, Keshav Thakur, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), India’s external intelligence agency, is alerted about a plot to abduct the country’s top nuclear scientist, Hamid Ansari, who is in possession of a unique nuclear fusion formula.Meanwhile, a military coup topples the democratic government of Myanmar. And a novel overriding device called Vita, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), India’s top defence agency, is stolen.And so begins a race against time for R&AW’s top agents, Vikram Aditya Singh and Ranbir Roy, through the power centre of the country, Delhi; the labyrinthine markets of Kathmandu; the failed state of Myanmar; the historic town of Multan, Pakistan; and the verdant coffee estates of south India.With the dice loaded against them and time fast running out, Vikram and Ranbir will need to pull out all stops to get to the bottom of seemingly disparate mysteries: Who is the shadowy figure pulling the strings and just how far does his reach extend? Is Hamid Ansari truly what he seems? What deep conspiracy is Pakistan’s finance minister involved in?Fasten your seatbelts for Siddharth Maheshwari’s thrilling ride through the shadowy world of power and espionage.‘A spectacular book that is a sure-shot bestseller!’The New Indian ExpressAbout the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 295 Genre/Categories : Fiction/ Thriller Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : Siddharth Maheshwari Language : English Publish Date : 25Jul2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Originals The Collected Poems of John Keats by John Keats - Om BooksAbout the Book :“You are a good young man,” she said. “But I do not like husbands. I will never have another.” British novelist George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans) painted a rich and vivid portrait of a small 19th-century town in her acclaimed novel, Middlemarch. Published in eight parts in 1871–72 and also published in four volumes in 1872, Eliot’s magnum opus delves into the lives of people belonging to various classes in Middlemarch—the landed gentry, clergy, farmers, labourers, and professionals. The narrative revolves around two central characters—Dorothea Brooke, an intelligent woman who marries the wrong man, and Tertius Lydgate, an ambitious, progressive doctor who also makes a costly mistake when choosing a mate. Eliot refused to bow to the dictates of tradition and ended her novel on a happy note as women writers of the time were expected to do. Rich in insight and layered with moral ambiguity, Middlemarch boldly lays bare the reality of matrimony.This quintessentially modern novel was hailed by pioneering modernist author Virginia Woolf as “one of the few English novels written for grown-up people.”About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 804 Genre/Categories : Classic Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 198 x 129 mm Author : John Keats Language : English Publish Date : 15May2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Originals Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence - Om BooksAbout the Book :“She had borne so long this cruelty of belonging to him and not being claimed by him.” Sons and Lovers (1913) is a semi-autobiographical novel by renowned English writer D.H. Lawrence.This story of a working-class family revolves around Paul Morel, a young artist who is deeply attached to his mother, Gertrude. His relationship with his mother towers over his romances with Miriam Leivers, his repressed, religious girlfriend, and Clara Dawes, a mature and free-spirited woman.The characters of the alcoholic miner father, and the mother, who resists him in the novel, are said to be modelled on Lawrence’s parents.The older brother,William, who dies young in the novel mirrors Lawrence’s brother Ernest, who passed away. Sons and Lovers is an astute and impactful psychological study of familial bonds, passion, love, and desire. Many critics consider it an Oedipal novel whose theme has been influenced by Sigmund Freud’s controversial theory of sexual desire and the Oedipus complex.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 444 Genre/Categories : Classic Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : D.H. Lawrence Language : English Publish Date : 2Jan2022 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Originals The Pickwick Papers - Unabridged English Classics by Charles Dickens - Om BooksAbout the Book :“There are very few moments in a man’s existence when he experiences so much ludicrous distress, or meets with so little charitable commiseration, as when he is in pursuit of his own hat.” Acclaimed British writer Charles Dickens was commissioned to write the accompanying text for a series of comic engravings by Robert Seymour in February 1836. Dickens’s witty accounts of Samuel Pickwick and his friends in the London-based Pickwick Club became an instant success and he gained an immense fan following. The Pickwick Papers (1836–37), Dickens’s first and arguably funniest novel, was published in monthly instalments by Chapman & Hall. The eccentric cast of characters in The Pickwick Papers are typical Dickensian creations, caricatured in speech, body language, and temperament. Mr. Pickwick, the central character, remains a perennial favourite of readers across the globe. Painting a vivid account of Mr. Pickwick and his fellow club members (Nathaniel Winkle, Augustus Snodgrass, and Tracy Tupman), as they set out on their mission to observe some specimens of the human race at close quarters, the novel grapples with the themes of class, money, social inequality, incarceration, and parenting.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 864 Genre/Categories : Classic Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 198 x 129 mm Author : Charles Dickens Language : English Publish Date : 10May2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Originals Gora by Rabindranath Tagore - Om BooksAbout the Book :At present our only task is to infuse in the unbelievers our own unhesitating and unflinching confidence in all that belongs to our country.Through our constant habit of being ashamed of our country, the poison of servility has overpowered our minds. If each one of us will by example counteract that poison, then we shall soon find our field of service. Iconic Bengali writer Rabindranath Tagore’s fifth novel, Gora, is set in 1880s Calcutta, in the time of the British Raj. This is Tagore’s longest novel.The narrative revolves around the parallel love stories of two pairs of lovers: Gora and Sucharita, Binoy and Lolita. Gora contains in-depth philosophical debates on politics and religion and it highlights social and political upheavals in 19th-century India. Other themes Tagore grapples with in Gora are freedom, feminism, caste, class, the collision between tradition and modernity, urbanites versus peasants, colonial rule, nationalism and the Brahmo Samaj. Over the years, the novel has been adapted for film and television successfully.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 544 Genre/Categories : Classic Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 198 x 129 mm Author : Rabindranath Tagore Language : English Publish Date : 2Jan2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

Kayakalp (Hindi)- Prem Chand by Munshi Premchand - Om BooksAbout the Book :The novel Kayakalp by Munshi Premchand has been written keeping in mind, social, political, communal and family problems in an Indian setting. Along with the social anomalies, not only have the Hindu-Muslim communal riots been depicted in it, the example of communal harmony has also been set through the friendship of Yashodanandan, a Hindu, and Khwaja Mehmood, a Muslim. The idealism of Kayakalp soon begins to transform into realism and eventually experimentalism. This is a very interesting and experimental novel.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 488 Genre/Categories : Classic Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 198 x 129 mm Author : Munshi Premchand Language : Hindi Publish Date : 28Jul2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Originals Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life - Unabridged Classics by George Eliot - Om BooksAbout the Book :“You are a good young man,” she said. “But I do not like husbands. I will never have another.” British novelist George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans) painted a rich and vivid portrait of a small 19th-century town in her acclaimed novel, Middlemarch. Published in eight parts in 1871–72 and also published in four volumes in 1872, Eliot’s magnum opus delves into the lives of people belonging to various classes in Middlemarch—the landed gentry, clergy, farmers, labourers, and professionals. The narrative revolves around two central characters—Dorothea Brooke, an intelligent woman who marries the wrong man, and Tertius Lydgate, an ambitious, progressive doctor who also makes a costly mistake when choosing a mate. Eliot refused to bow to the dictates of tradition and ended her novel on a happy note as women writers of the time were expected to do. Rich in insight and layered with moral ambiguity, Middlemarch boldly lays bare the reality of matrimony.This quintessentially modern novel was hailed by pioneering modernist author Virginia Woolf as “one of the few English novels written for grown-up people.”About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 804 Genre/Categories : Classic Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 198 x 129 mm Author : George Eliot Language : English Publish Date : 30Jan2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Originals Henry VI Part 1 by William Shakespeare - Om BooksAbout the Book :“Fight till the last gasp.” King Henry VI, Part 1 is the first in a sequence of four history plays written by renowned English playwright and national poet, William Shakespeare, between 1589 and 1592. The four plays are collectively called The First Tetralogy. The other three plays in the sequence are King Henry VI, Part 2; King Henry VI, Part 3; and King Richard III. All four plays focus on the Wars of the Roses between the houses of Lancaster and York. King Henry VI, Part 1 covers the early years of King Henry’s reign. It includes the famous scene in which Richard Plantagenet (later Duke of York), chooses a white rose and John Beaufort, Earl (and later Duke) of Somerset, picks a red rose, respectively, as the emblem of the houses of York and Lancaster. The scenes in the play flit between the power struggles at the English court and the war in France in detail. Towards the end of King Henry VI, Part I, the Earl of Suffolk, who persuades King Henry to marry Margaret of Anjou, plans to use the matrimonial union to grab power for himself.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 104 Genre/Categories : Classic Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 198 x 129 mm Author : William Shakespeare Language : English Publish Date : 20Mar2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Originals A Room with a view by E.M. Forster - Om BooksAbout the Book :It makes a difference doesn’t it, whether we fully fence ourselves in, or whether we are fenced out by the barriers of others? British writer E.M. Forster’s novel, A Room with a View (1908) revolves around Lucy Honeychurch, a young woman who lives in socially conservative Edwardian England. The story, set in Italy and England, is both a romance and a critique of English society in the early 1900s, when upper-middle class English women were starting to dream of leading more independent lives. Lucy’s journey to Italy with her prim and proper cousin, Charlotte Bartlett, is packed with adventure, romance, encounters with people from other cultures, and epiphanies. She falls in love with George Emerson during her stay in Italy, but back home in England, her fiancée is eagerly waiting for her return. Freedom and a whole range of possibilities beckon as Lucy tries to resolve the dilemma and build a new life for herself.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 192 Genre/Categories : Classic Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 198 x 129 mm Author : E.M. Forster Language : English Publish Date : 10Apr2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Originals Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard - Unabridged Classics by Joseph Conrad - Om BooksAbout the Book :“Government in general, any government anywhere, is a thing of exquisite comicality to a discerning mind.” Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard (1904) is set in Costaguana, a fictional South American republic with a troubled past. Both repression and revolution are written into the lives of the residents of Costaguana. When wealthy businessman Charles Gould offers his support to a ruthless Latin American dictator in the hope of advancing his own business interests, his actions trigger more chaos in Costaguana. Gould turns to the incorruptible Nostromo for help. Though Nostromo heroically saves his city from the deadly advances of revolution, a dark secret threatens to destroy his life and reputation forever. Seeped in drama and spectacle, vivid in description, and incisive in terms of social and political commentary, Nostromo is one of Conrad’s most ambitious novels. The winner of both popular and critical acclaim, this novel remains a topical read because of Conrad’s foresight, political acumen, and his gift for crafting a moving, human story set against the churnings of history.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 430 Genre/Categories : Classic Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 198 x 129 mm Author : Joseph Conrad Language : English Publish Date : 30Jan2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

The Originals Far from the Madding Crowd - Unabridged Classics by Thomas Hardy - Om BooksAbout the Book :“Love is a possible strength in an actual weakness.” British novelist Thomas Hardy’s popular novel, Far From the Madding Crowd was published anonymously in serialized form in The Cornhill Magazine in 1874 and in book form under Hardy’s name the same year. Set in Wessex, the story revolves around Bathsheba Everdene, the owner of a small farm, and her relationships with three suitors–the handsome and flighty soldier, Sergeant Troy whom Everdene marries; the obsessive farmer, William Boldwood; and the steadfast and loving shepherd, Gabriel Oak who eventually becomes Everdene’s second husband. Imbued with an authentic sense of place, the novel brings the pastoral setting of Wessex alive. Hardy manages to weave together strands of comedy, melodrama, and tragedy with consummate skill while tracing the trajectory of Everdene’s tempestuous life and loves. The novel’s sensitive exploration of the many shades of love–selfless, loyal, fleeting, abusive, darkly obsessive– has endeared itself to readers over the years. It has been adapted for both the stage and screen with phenomenal success.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 380 Genre/Categories : Classic Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 198 x 129 mm Author : Thomas Hardy Language : English Publish Date : 30Jan2023 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

I Hate Bollywood by Rohit Khilnani - Om BooksAbout the Book :"Born and brought up in Chembur, a Mumbai suburb, in the 80's, Raghu Kumar has his first brush with filmstars as a child. Ever since, he is intrigued by the workings of the film industry. He grows up to be a film journalist. In the 90's, Raghu is hired by popular film journalist Rajeev Mehra for the prestigious newspaper The News. His big story is an interview of yesteryear star Parveen Babi. Thus starts his tryst with journalism and he then moves on to reporting for news channels, where he has his own programme. But all is not hunky-dory. A trap is laid by a senior colleague to trip him up and he walks right into it. It takes him two years to bounce back. Despite doing well, hobnobbing with top filmstars and getting invited to the best parties in town, why does Raghu hate Bollywood?About the Author :Rohit Khilnani is the Entertainment Editor at Headlines Today. He specialises in Bollywood and has worked closely with the who’s who of the Hindi film industry. He started his career as a freelance writer for India’s leading newspapers, including The Times of India and Indian Express. He has previously worked for NDTV and CNN-IBN. He follows the box-office and does the requisite number crunching every week. This book comes after he has completed 15 years of film reporting. He knows about film stars and their whereabouts like the back of his hand! Rohit lives in Mumbai with his wife Yogita and his mother. He starts and ends his day by taking his dog, Pepper, for walks. I Hate Bollywood is his first book. Binding : Paperback Pages : 199 Genre/Categories : Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : Rohit Khilnani Language : English Publish Date : 1Jan2015Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

1984 by George Orwell - Om BooksAbout the Book :There are only four ways in which a ruling group can fall from power. Either it is conquered from without or it governs so inefficiently that the masses are stirred to revolt or it allows a strong and discontented Middle group to come into being or it loses its own self- confidence and willingness to govern. These causes do not operate singly and as a rule all four of them are present in some degree. A ruling class which could guard against all of them would remain in power permanently. Ultimately the determining factors is the mental attitude of the ruling class itself.About the Author :Eric Arthus Blair, (George Orwell), was born in 1903 Motihari, a British colony of India. He accompanied his mother to England at the age of one. He studied at St Cyprian's School, in Eastbourne, Sussex before earning scholarships to Wellington and Eton colleges. At Eton, he was a King's Scholar from 1917 to 1921. Thereafter, he joined the Indian Imperial Police in Burma in 1922. He returned to England in 1928 and wrote of his hatred of imperialism in Burmese Days. In 1933, he adopted Bengal, his pen name, George Orwell while writing for the New Adelphi Orwell lived for several years in poverty, as he recalled in Down and Out in Paris and London (1933). He eventually worked as a schoolteacher and a part-time assistant in a second-hand bookshop in Hampstead, an experience recounted in Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936). Soon after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Orwell fought for the Republicans against Franco's Nationalist uprising. Homage to Catalonia is Orwell's account of the civil war Orwell was shot in the neck on May 20, 1937, an experience he described in his short essay Wounded by a Fascist Sniper, as well as in Homage to Catalonia, and returned to England in 1938. Until 1940, Orwell wrote book reviews for the New English Weekly. During World War II he was a member of the Home Guard and in 1941 began working for the BBC Eastern Service. He resigned in 1943 to become literary editor of Tribune, in which he contributed a regular column entitled As I Please In 1945, Orwell's anti-Stalinist allegory Animal Farm was published to great critical acclaim. From 1945, Orwell was the Observers var correspondent and later contributed regularly to the Manchester Evening News. In 1949, his best-known work, the dystopian Nineteen Eighty-Four, was published. Orwell's writings straddled several genres: fiction, polemical journalism, literary criticism and poetry, essays on politics, literature, language and culture. Several of his neologisms are part of our everyday vocabulary today For the last three years of his life, Orwell was in and out of hospitals. He Died om 21st January, 1950 at the age of 46 from tuberculosis. Binding : Paperback Pages : 352 Genre/Categories : Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : George Orwell Language : English Publish Date : 1Jan2012 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

Two Mothers and Other Stories by Khalid Mohamed - Om BooksAbout the Book :"No right, no wrong. No destiny, no karma, no kismat. It's all there, the tide of circumstances, evensts and results. That impels him know more about his history if there was one of a cindered family tree. His father , somewhere on the other side of the border, Pakistan, didn't arouse his interest. Never never never. The two mothers do. Abba, father,was instructed by ma with steely resolve, never ever to see the boy. He attemped to it would have been abnormal if he hadn't. He was humiliated. Like those countless treaties between India and Pakistan- ineffectual. Maybe abba is dead now, may be he's lech with a merry- go- round of a family and mistresses in Lahore,Karachi, Islamabad, Whereverabad, Who cares.' Bravely personal with quantum leaps into the imagination, Two Mothers and Other Stories by film Critic, scriptwriter, playwright and director, Khalid Mohamed, explores a variety of themes ranging from familia bonds, the lingering indian royalty, and media stratagems to Mumbai's fast- vanishing Zorostrian irani cafe's and the bold new world of website sexual relationships. Unfailingly."About the Author :Khalid Mohamed started as a teenaged reviewer for the film society magazine Close-Up. He then covered crime, politics and the arts for Mumbai’s Times of India from the mid-1970s on. His reviews were feared for nearly two decades for their forthrightness. Appointed Media Editor of the paper, he was next Editor of Filmfare for nearly a decade. Simultaneously, he retained his portfolio as the daily’s film critic. During his 27 years with The Times of India, he reviewed television for Economic Times, besides contributing articles to the Illustrated Weekly of India and Femina. His writing has also featured in India Today, The Indian Express, Stardust, Society, international film weekly Variety and in London’s Sunday Observer. Subsequently, he was associated with television film programmes Movie Mahal on Britain’s Channel 4 and Portraits of Directors for Doordarshan. He was film critic for Mid-day, Senior Editor of DNA, the newspaper, and National Culture Editor and film critic for Hindustan Times. Currently, he is Consulting Editor to the Deccan Chronicle media group. He wrote To B or Not to B, a book on Amitabh Bachchan, five years ago, and translated eminent painter MF Husain’s autobiography from Hindustani to English. He has written the original stories and screenplays for three Shyam Benegal films: Mammo, Sardari Begum and Zubeidaa. He wrote the original stories and screenplays and also directed the films Fiza, Tehzeeb and Silsiilay. He debuted recently as a playwright and director of the stage play Kennedy Bridge. Binding : Paperback Pages : 264 Genre/Categories : Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 129 x 198 Author : Khalid Mohamed Language : English Publish Date : 1Jan2012Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.

Kale Sone ka Desh : Tintin in Hindi by Herge - Om BooksAbout the Book :Each Tintin comic has been translated into Hindi, taking care to keep its subtle nuances intact. The readers will be absolutely delighted to have this collection.About the Author : Binding : Paperback Pages : 64 Genre/Categories : Fiction Size(W x H) MM : 220 x 295 Author : Herge Language : Hindi Publish Date : 1Jan2012 Legal Disclaimer: Product images are for illustrative purposes only. Images/packaging/ labels may vary from time to time due to changes made by the manufacturer's manufacturing batch and location.