Frances ChaA debut novel set in contemporary Seoul, Korea, about four young women making their way in a world defined by impossibly high standards of beauty, secret room salons catering...

Amitav Ghosh   In an Antique Land is the story of two Indians in Egypt: Bomma, a slave brought there by his Jewish master who came to India in the...

Vaddey Ratner Displaying the author's extraordinary gift for language, In the Shadow of the Banyan is testament to the transcendent power of narrative and a brilliantly wrought tale of human...

VS Naipaul This book provides a critical evaluation of the successes and failures of Indian government at many levels. Jayanta Kumar Ray argues that India cannot claim to have reached...

Nirmalya Kumar and Phanish Puranam Thanks to its ability to innovate, the developed world will always have a distinct advantage over the developing world, right? Not according to leading management...

Doranne Jacobson Publisher ‏ : ‎ New Line BooksPublication date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 2006

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Alex von Tunzelmann An extraordinary story of romance, history, and divided loyalties -- set against the backdrop of one of the most dramatic events of the twentieth centuryThe stroke of...

Sudhir Kakar and Katharina Kakar In this bold, illuminating and superbly readable study, India’s foremost psychoanalyst and cultural commentator Sudhir Kakar and anthropologist Katharina Kakar investigate the nature of ‘Indian-ness’....

Srinath Raghavan The gripping story of Indira Gandhi’s premiership—and the profound influence she had on India Indira Gandhi’s ascent as prime minister of India in 1966 was entirely unforeseen. But she...

Pupul Jayakar Indira Gandhi's life spanned over two-thirds of a century. By the time of her brutal assassination in 1984, she had established herself as the most significant political leader...

KK Birla By an Indian industrialist and politician; includes reminiscences on Sanjay Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, and Jawaharlal Nehru.