The Collected Stories of Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury

Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury

Literature & Fiction

Aleph Book Company

Love Jihad and Other Fictions: Simple Facts to Counter Viral Falsehoods

Sreenivasan Jain

The Magical Mara

Jaisal Singh

<p>This is the story of Rukhsana, a savvy Afghan journalist, and someone accustomed to independence. But with the arrival of Taliban her freedoms have become severely curtailed. Unsurprisingly, she s desperate to flee Kabul, but is held back by an ailing mother and younger brother. Then, one day she s called to the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice to meet its head, the notorious Zorak Wahidi. He tells her that the winning team of the cricket match he s organizing will be sent to Pakistan for training to prepare for an international cricket match. On the face of it, though, the idea appears ridiculous: hardly anyone in Afghanistan understands cricket, and Taliban will never embrace a game rooted in civility, fairness and equality. Only Rukhsana knows how to play cricket through her time in Delhi. The tournament offers hope for an escape for herself and her cousins. So Rukhsana starts to work on a daring plan that might just give them all the escape route they so desperately crave.</p>

The Taliban Cricket Club

Timeri N. Murari

Literary

Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer

<p>Chronicle of A Corpse Bearer is the story of the practically unheard of and downtrodden community of corpse bearers of the Parsi community. These corpse bearers live in the densely populated city of Bombay, but are unknown to most people, except those of the Parsi community, who require their services to carry their dead to the Towers of Silence. This small group is looked down upon by society, making it very difficult for them to find life-partners who will accept them for who they are. This eventually gives rise to a lot of frustration among the members of this section of society. However, the story takes an unlikely turn when Phiroze Elchidana, who is the son of a highly respected Parsi priest, falls in love with Sepideh, who is the daughter of a very matured corpse bearer. How does society react to this uncommon love story? What fate do the young lovers meet? This story has been based on a real-life account and is a thought-provoking novel on the barriers that exist in society. It gives its readers a clear picture of the heart-wrenching situation of people such as the Parsi corpse bearers, who are not only miserably poor, but are also ostracized from society. Chronicle of A Corpse Bearer has been published by Aleph Book Company, in the year 2012 and is available in hardcover.</p>

Cyrus Mistry

History & Criticism

Manu Parekh: Recent Paintings

Manu Parekh

Rhododendrons In The Mist

Ruskin, Bond

My Son's Inheritance

Politics & Social Sciences

Aparna Vaidik

Sociology

Manto & I

Nandita Das

Superhuman Human River

Bidisha Banerjee

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