Jagmandir on Lake Pichola (The City within a City, Volume I)

Literature & Fiction

Topsfield, Andrew

Khera, Dipti

Mansukhani, Raju

Contemporary

Viking India

R.K. Laxman, cartoonist par excellence, is also one of the country's most entertaining writers. The Distorted Mirror brings together some of his best short stories, essays and travelogues. The collection begins with 'An Accident', a most unusual mystery story where the murder weapon is a newspaper. In other stories, we are introduced to Gopal, a schoolboy in an ordinary small town that is transformed one day when the Viceroy visits; Shantha, a little girl who makes an interesting discovery in the midst of a wedding; and Bhasker, a writer who is suddenly confronted by his past. Each story is marked by Laxman's ability to delineate a character or a moment with a few deft strokes and imbued with his trademark wit. No less fascinating are the travelogues-about the United States, Australia, the Andamans, Darjeeling, Mauritius and Kathmandu-which are brought to life by Laxman's vivid descriptions and his inimitable way of looking at the world around him. The collection is rounded off with a few rare and delightful anecdotes about Laxman's cartooning career, a subject on which he is usually reticent. Accompanied by Laxman's illustrations, the pieces in The Distorted Mirror will amuse and entertain every fan of R.K. Laxman's.

The Distorted Mirror

R.K., Laxman

Short Stories & Anthologies

Going to School in India

Lisa Heydlauff

How Did They Manage?: Leadership Secret of History

Politics & Social Sciences

Mark Donnelly

Daniel Diehl

Social Sciences

The Book of Kali

Seema Mohanty

History

Sun After Dark

PICO IYER

Travel

The Book of Hanuman

Parvez Dewwan

Religion & Spirituality

On Gandhi and Madeline Slade, renamed Mira. on their relationshi, events surrounding them. a bold, fictionalized exploration of a complex and tumultuous relationship. Based on history and documents, but Kakar also bridges gaps in the story with the emotions and interactions that he feels were occurring.

Mira and the Mahatma

Kakar, Sudhir

The Greatest Stories Ever Told

Sampurna Chattarji

Mythology & Folk Tales

The Future of India

Bilan Jalan

Asia

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