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Almost overnight with a stroke of the pen, Cyril Radcliffe who sat in his office in New Delhi in 1947, at the behest of his masters, drew a line across the map of undivided India. He created India and Pakistan, and it came as an overnight shock to predominantly Hindu Samudra Bagh to be allotted to...

This book will give you information about day-to-day life in a remote tea garden of Assam. I was born in a garden and saw the livelihood of the people of the garden. My father had served as a clerk in that garden for more than three decades, and then we shifted to a little town called Sivasagar in...

The foundation of this collection of stories and essays is set close to Arunachala Mountain in Tamil Nadu. The stories explore aspects of life and landscape: e.g. local culture, ecology, personal relationships, community politics, womens issues - all told from the perspective of an outsider living on the inside.

The independence of India with its cursed partition lies at the background of the novel. The book is a family story of Sushila, a forced migrant from erstwhile East Pakistan. The shocking declaration of partition at once made them alien to their motherland. The eight-membered family, forced by circumstances...

Being blessed to wander in some of the most fascinating hills and valleys of nature, I have been endeavoring for long to put these stories together. I offer here the elements that appeal most to me during my wanderings in the jungles, meadows, villages and towns, especially in the abode of gods and...

This fictionAll that Glitters Is Not Godis the readers own story because, while reading, youll realize that you yourself are the writer and the reader, creator and creation, hero and villain. The climax occurs in your period of living, in your native place where youre the hot and the cold, beautiful...

When Manu came into the world, the family astrologer told his mother that he was a boy gifted with extraordinary vision. But he said no more, even though he could see that this boy would go far and wideand that there was something unsettled about his life. He could also see that the boy was endowed...

Encapsulating the enigma of cities in a couple of lines, this book encompasses a tiny Earth in it. A few personal anecdotes topped with a sudden bout of lame jokes and some poems to make you sniffle, fill you with nostalgia. Jump along with the Sharma Family, to visit half the world.

This book is based on life challenges we found ourselves in. This book is written for everyone, especially the youth. Its not an easy journey to work toward your dreams, but with God, everything becomes possible. With this book, its aims is to engage everyone who is in the darkness and thinks that...

This book will equip you with the necessary wisdom you need in order to succeed beyond your expectations and come to a point where you truly understand your worth. And if you understand your worth and you learn the value of your talents and gifts and the value of your time, you will understand what...

First and foremost, this is a love story, although the multiple endings fragment the romance into a tragedy and a comedy as well. It is a true story, autobiographical. But it doesnt mention any names. No one is really sure exactly what happened. We may never know. When we do, a sequel could be on...

Does fate or free will determine the course of your life? What is the purpose of life? Why do only a handful of people in any given society could make it big? And, why do some successful people feel something is missing in their lives? In Success without Fulfilment, author Au Yong Chee Tuck explores...

This is a collection of poetry, feelings made physical with words. Every poem or verse written in this book has a story behind it. Every sensation felt is a voice waiting to be heard. Some of these poems written are five years apart. It is incredible how one can read something that is many years old...

Armed with four academic degrees, including an MBA, Tito worked in banking and never worried about money. His comfortable lifestyle included traveling around the world, from the Florida Keys to Tokyo. Ultimately, though, he trusted the wrong people when he decided to start his own business, despite...