Shivani: 15 books

When did we stop loving ourselves? Throughout their lives, women have been told to put others first and to judge themselves based on what others think. Too many women race desperately through life, trying to please others. Author Shivani once lived that life. She became an engineer, but that...

“Imaginative, informed, at times brash, Anis Shivani will go far.”—The Brooklyn RailIn these eleven stories of novelistic breadth and ambition, global tensions and harmonies come alive as rarely seen in contemporary fiction.  Shivani takes the measure of the fallout from globalization as well...

Shivani always knew that the day would come where her parents would choose her husband for her. What she didnt expect was to fall in love with Marley; a young black West African single parent. This brought Shivani to a painful crossroad where both routes led to a deep loss and no going back. Where...

All we hear about are lawlessness and violence, without social history or political context to fill out the picture. THE FIFTH LASH AND OTHER STORIES gives us a portrait of Pakistan, and Muslims in general, struggling to reason their way into a better future. Paranoia, self-hatred, delusion, insecurity,...

In this practical and generous book, Shivani tells her story of leaving the corporate world and climbing her own ladder of success in small business.

And how is one to extract Karachi from oneself? The city gathers wanderers and dreamers into its bosom, contradictory, impenetrable, endlessly jostling its subjects to make room for new ones. And in this city of subterranean terrors and surprising bouts of goodness, a brother and a sister grow into...

This collection of eleven essays is designed to highlight some important new voices who have been doing research on the general subject areas of the history and culture of the Caribbean. The essays in this volume also address a number of themes which are critical to developing an understanding of...

From Scout Media comes A Flash of Words—the fifth volume in an ongoing short story anthology series featuring authors from all over the world, but the first in which the stories are exclusively flash-fiction pieces. In this installation, no limits were set on genre, allowing the authors to...

This is not a gun. Or a letter from your ex. This is not news of war or a court summon for noon tomorrow. This is a book that might make you feel too much and make you spontaneously combust. As does Poetry and all its friends. It also might make you see colors brighter and greet people with a dash...

The captivating and enchanting beauty of the Kumaon and Garhwal Himalayas is beautifully captured by the author as she takes you on a tour to some beautiful and spiritual destinations. Right from a frightening tryst with the merciless and unforgiving coldness of the mountains to the sights and sounds...

Musings of a Lost Heart . . . is a rendition of abstract thoughts. It is realistic and has engaging splashes on everyday feelings and experiences, relatable to one and all.

Then suddenly, there was a blast from the TV. When I woke up, it felt like Ive been sleeping for a 100 years. I looked all around and then to my surprise, the place where I was; it was really weird. Joan and Ryan are set for a reckless and adventurous ride in Zalactagar. With their Zalactagar friend,...

Kavita was a bubbly and intelligent kid in preschool.Life was quite idyllic till she fell ill…As a side-effect of her illness, Kavita ended up stammering such that even introducing herself became an uphill task for her!Was she able to overcome her problem?How did this affect her personal and professional life?Was she able to lead a normal life despite being challenged verbally?

A millionaire is dead. A lot of people benefit from it. Past is unraveled as things appear more intertwined than before. And it gets ugly. Detectives from Walmtop Police Department set out to investigate the death of Adam Lancer, owner of the Royal Plaza Casino, only to find out that this death has...