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‘This book has a remarkable set of essays that very powerfully capture the impact of the lockdown on the lives of ordinary people for whom even a small disruption of daily routine can entail profound consequences. A must read for those wanting to understand what happened in those awful summer months of 2020.’

“Dinesh Sharma takes on the big management gurus, drawing our attention back to the forgotten innovators, pathbreakers and their ideas that helped shape contemporary India. This is, quite simply, unlike any book on Indian innovation out there.”

“Rejecting the cynical view that ‘jugaad’ has been India’s idea of innovation, Dinesh Sharma has put together an impressive list of very Indian innovation in the fields of science, technology, health care, governance and management that should boost national morale and motivate us to aspire to do more.”

“Immersive and powerfully written. This is an exceptional book that everyone needs to read to better understand India.”

“Rich and insightful, this is the most definitive and exhaustive history of innovations in postindependence India.”

Qaraar Ali is a young craftsman in love with the beautiful Abeerah, cherished daughter of a General in the Mughal army. A wanderer, he seeks the company of poets and spends his time visiting the shrines of 18th century Delhi. Trouble is brewing as Persia’s Nadir Shah is gathering a large army and heading towards Delhi. In a few catastrophic moments, Qaraar’s life will be

I wish I could meet Qarar Ali, the protagonist of Moin Mir’s historical romance, The Lost Fragrance of Infinity . Mir’s debut fiction is brilliant, honest, sunny, and filled with Marquezian details about the life and times of his lead character. Mir paints a large canvas and the thread running through it all is love — love for life, self, others and humanity at large.

Using symbolism and metaphors, Moin Mir traces his protagonist’s inward journey from the destruction of his ego to self-analysis and the eventual realisation that the journey is about bettering one’s life through deeds of kindness.  

INdia has been a land of mystique and exoticism, attracting many travellers and writers to its way of life, its religions, textiles, culture, history, arts and crafts. From the east to the west, it has been a major influence on the world of design, spanning many centuries. The new book by Phyllida Jay details this aspect. The ease with which she shifts from history to

THE BOOK, SPLENDORS of Punjab Heritage, is by all standards an extraordinary journey into the past of the Sikh community aided by art and artefacts, which define the history of the Sikhs collected by the family of Dr Parvinderjit Singh Khanuja, an oncologist who has been living in Phoenix Arizona, US for the last 30 years. There is now a permanent Sikh Art gallery at