Lanka’s Princess
By: Kavita Kane
Publisher: Rupa
Price: Rs 295
Pages: 280
Surpanakha, Ravan’s infamous sister—ugly and untamed, brutal and brazen. This is how she is mostly perceived. One whose nose was sliced off by Lakshman and the one who started a war, but was she really just perpetrator of war? Or was she a victim? Was she Lanka’s princess? Or was she the reason for its destruction?
13 Steps to Bloody Good Wealth
By: Ashwin Sanghi, Sunil Dalal
Publisher: Westland
Price: Rs 150
Pages: 218
Through the book, bestselling author Ashwin Sanghi and co-author Sunil Dalal explore how one can become wealthy even if one is not blessed with a silver spoon. Taking a radically fresh view of wealth, they show that the journey to becoming wealthy is difficult, but not impossible.
Dream it. Live it
By: Harshika Daryanani
Publisher: Notion Press
Price: Rs 150
Pages: 92
With dekha jayega as her life’s motto, Harshika turns her life around, to discover that being herself makes her most happy—despite the fact that who she is may not have everyone around her clapping in applause. The author reveals how she dealt with life’s vagaries to turn them into positives that make her happy.
The Dashing Ladies of Shiv Sena: Political Matronage in Urbanizing India
By: Tarini Bedi
Publisher: Aleph
Price: Rs 699
Pages: 318
The book explores the activities and political strategies of women workers and leaders of Shiv Sena. Based on over 10 years of in-depth ethnographic fieldwork, the work shows how they conjure political authority through the inventive, dangerous, and transgressive political personas known as dashing ladies.