About the Book: Vagh Pratap Singh, aka the Captain, is conman extraordinaire. From transporting illegal merchandise and stealing cars to breaking safes, he’s done it all. But now, in his …
Hot Off the Press – Hijabistan by Sabyn Javeri
A young kleptomaniac infuses thrill into her suffocating life by using her abaya to steal lipsticks and flash men. An office worker feels empowered through sex, shunning her inhibitions but …
Diary of a Malayali Madman by N.Prabhakaran
In the dimly lit yard of the arrack shop by the road, a small crowd had assembled, the men almost naked, the women in tattered dark saris and the shriveled …
Malala Yousafzai’s New Book We Are Displaced Out In India
Nobel Peace Prize winner and bestselling author Malala Yousafzai introduces some of the people behind the statistics and news stories we read or hear every day about the millions of …
Hot Off The Press: The Afflictions by Vikram Paralkar
The Encyclopaedia Medicine at the Central Library is the repository of a dizzying array of ailments, and Máximo is thrilled to get a peek at the obscure afflictions: Amnesia that …
Nightmarch: A Journey Into India’s Naxal Heartlands by Alpa Shah
In 2010, just as the Indian government was stepping up its counterinsurgency operations in the country’s Naxal-affected areas, Alpa Shah set out on a seven-night march with a guerrilla platoon …