John Masters First published in 1951, The Nightrunners of Bengal is one of John Masters' series of seven novels which followed several generations of the Savage family serving in the...

Chetan Bhagat This is a comedy of romance and crossed lines. Six friends are selling home appliances to the US from a call centre in India. Each one has an...

Mohammed Hanif Mohammed Hanif delivers a shockingly funny new novel set in steaming Karachi, about second chances, thwarted ambitions and love found in the most unlikely places.The patients of the...

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Chosen by The New York Times Book Review as one of the best books of 1986, this volume of stories, selected by the author from her own...

Bill Emmott The world is changing, as political and economic power shift further towards Asia. In this penetrating book Bill Emmott shows the ways in which our future will be...

CA Bayly This volume traces the evolution of north Indian towns and merchant communities from the decline of Moghul dominion to the consolidation of Britain's empire in India following the...

Shashi Tharoor On-screen fiction and off-screen reality intertwine in a story of the glitz, glamour, egos, and double standards found in the Hollywoodesque Indian film world September 20, 1993 by...

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni   From the award-winning author of Mistress of Spices, the bestselling novel about the extraordinary bond between two women, and the family secrets and romantic jealousies that...

Manohar Malgonkar In the eerie silence of the Ragyabas monastery, nestled in the icy splendour of the Himalayas, a riveting drama unfolds. Fearing Chinese intrusion, the Head Lama of the...

Rohinton Mistry It is Bombay in 1971, the year India went to war over what was to become Bangladesh. A hard-working bank clerk, Gustad Noble is a devoted family man...

Balraj Khanna Author of Nation of Fools - A wickedly humorous portrayal of India Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd.

Tarquin Hall Early one morning, on the lawns of a grand boulevard in central Delhi, a group of professionals are attending their therapeutic Laughing Club when a 20-foot apparition of...