Amitabha Bagchi’s Half The Night Is Gone is a must read for us. We’ll let reader reviews say why its a must read for you! Here is what The Book Elf thinks about this book: “Rarely do you come across a book that leaves you with a feeling of being complete. Half the Night is Gone by Amitabha Bagchi is one such book, a...
A story about a boy wizard was written twenty years ago, and the world was never quite the same again. Harry Potter is now one of the biggest brands in the world, with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone being one of the nine books in the world which have sold more than a hundred million copies. But what is it...
Ancient tales of wisdom, kingship and honour Why did the gods and the asuras churn the ocean? How did Vishwamitra and Vasishtha become enemies for life? Who brought the heavenly river Ganga down to earth? Why did King Trishanku end up hanging upside down? How did Kacha emerge from his teacher’s stomach? For the...
It was an awesome time reading all the entries of the ‘Think Like a Queen’ writing contest, and choosing is always hard, as talent is everywhere! But after great deliberation, our judges have finally settled upon one entry which triumphed over all the others to rise as the winning entry of the contest. The...
Swapna is an army kid, which gave her the opportunity to travel the length and breadth of the country in her growing up years. This sparked her curiosity in people and their cultures and behaviors. She moved to the US three years ago and is a new mother to her beautiful daughter. All this spare time in a new country...
So you have finished your first draft. You have given it your all. Now is the time to self-edit. Why? Because you get no more than a few minutes to woo a commissioning editor. Because it is your responsibility to present a neat, smooth and strong manuscript. Because even if you plan to hire someone to edit your work,...
It was an awesome time reading all the entries of the ‘Dad I’m Gay’ writing contest, and choosing is always hard, as talent is everywhere! But after great deliberation, our judges have finally settled upon one entry which triumphed over all the others to rise as the winning entry of the contest. The winning...
Rebel Sultans: The Deccan from Khilji to Shivaji is Manu Pillai’s second book. Pillai won the 2017 Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for his book The Ivory Throne. His book Rebel Sultans is a riveting narrative of the Deccan from the end of the 13th century to the dawn of the 18th. The book travels through time from the...
The National Project for Instilling Fear has reached completion in India. Before new highways and jobs, everybody has been unfailingly given one thing — fear. For every individual — whether a journalist or anyone else — fear is now a daily reality and we are all experiencing it in many different ways. From the...
जगरनॉट बुक्स के राइटिंग प्लेटफार्म पर “ प्रेम कथा ”( कहानी ) प्रतियोगिता में हमें अनेक कहानियां प्राप्त हुई, जिनमें आशीष...