Aisi Waisi Aurat (Hindi Edition)

Kulfi and Cappuccino is a trendsetter in the arena of new wave Hindi writing. It's an earnest attempt to celebrate youth, their life, aspirations, confusions and love stories. The novel is set in Jaipur. The plot of the story revolves around two central characters - Anurag and Neha. Anurag narrates the story. He is a middle class boy who comes to Jaipur to fulfill his father's dream (Mere Bete Ka Bhi Bada Package Hoga). He meets Neha. A series of exciting incidents and meetings later, Anurag and Neha to realize they are becoming more than just friends.

The story of Yayati is perhaps one of the most intriguing and fascinating episodes of Mahabharata. Yayati was a great scholar and one of the noblest rulers of olden times. He followed the shastras and was devoted to the welfare of his subjects. Even the king of gods, Indra, held him in high esteem. Married to seductively beautiful Devyani, in love with her maid Sharmishtha, and father of five sons from two women, Yayati unabashedly declared, 'My lust for pleasure is unsatisfied'. His quest for the carnal continued.

India’s most favourite news anchor, Naina Vashisht is murdered less than 500 metres from home when she goes for a jog in her neighbourhood park. As glamourous as she is ambitious, she is a name to reckon with in media and political circles, and crucial to the TRP of her channel. A lot of people admire her, and many more envy her - enough to want her to go away. Naturally, when she is found dead, suspects are many....

‘If you find my stories obscene or filthy, then the society you are living in is obscene and dirty,’ once said Manto. While Manto was time and again accused of obscenity, his stories addressed several social issues. With his astute understanding of the complexity of human nature and his ability to write griping stories, Manto was considered one of the most powerful voices of his time. This collection brings together some of Manto's finest stories including 'Chor', 'Mausam ki Shararat' and 'Paseena'.

UP 65 is Nikhil Sachan's third book after remarkable success of Namak Swadanusar and Zindagi Aais Pais. As Nikhil says, the book is a giveback to Banaras and BHU for all that these two places have given him. The story revolves around how Nishant, an IIT BHU student, finds his love, friends and purpose in his life.The book is a laugh riot and is a pause resistor. It promises to let you relive your best years of college, friendship and lost-and-found and love.

This story is about four friends who feel very differently about the notion of love. Eventually, when they do fall in love themselves, they realize that the world of college and the world outside are two very different things. And so their struggle begins - the struggle of love, of “practicals”, of assignments, of professors and of the society. 

As someone once rightly said, the one who never made real friends has never really lived. The central characters of this book are Geet and Shibani, who are best friends. Geet was one of the least popular girls in college, whereas Shibani was one of the most beautiful and popular girls. Since every guy in the college wanted to have a friendship with Shibani, Geet wished to be as popular and desired as was Shibani. For this purpose, Geet asked a guy from the college named Rudra to help her, and he agreed to act as her boyfriend in order to get closer to Shibani.  

Zindagi Aais Pais, a short story collection, is Nikhil's second book after the remarkable success of his debut book Namak Swadanusar. In this book, Nikhil continues taking his listeners along for a journey that tries to solve the riddles of basic human existence - riddles of love, of childhood's lost and found, of relationships and of our day-to-day trials.   

A collection of tales ranging from childhood fantasies to exploring the darkness of human existence, tales that will make you nostalgic, that will tell your story, that will shock you and those that will take you to your favorite places. Guiding these tales are a motley group of characters ranging from a side hero who daydreams about Mithun and Bacchan to kids who believe in the reality of Nagraj, Ajooba and Super Commando Dhruv. Namak Swadanusar, as the name suggests, will add salt to your plate and increase the taste of your literary collection.

It is an irony of fate that despite being an extremely important and immortal character in the saga of Mahabharata, Ashwatthama has always been neglected. There are other characters in puranic literature, including Ashwatthama, who are considered immortal. But where other characters have received immortality in the form of a boon, Ashwatthama received in the form of a curse! 

Five thousand years ago, there came to earth a magical being called Krishna, who brought about innumerable miracles for the good of mankind. Humanity despaired of its fate if the Blue God were to die but was reassured that he would return in a fresh avatar when needed in the eventual Dark Age - the Kaliyug. In modern times, a poor little rich boy grows up believing that he is that final avatar. Only, he is a serial killer.

This is the story of a toy that everyone yearned for. A toy that was found, caught, and caged. This is the story Mohit, the beloved of God. A love story you ask? Well, it could have been. But some stories are best left incomplete. This is a story of how a small spark led to the biggest fire ever. A story about love, passion, and obsession taken to the greatest heights possible. A story of a man’s love for a girl.

The story of Ravana and his people has been told innumerable times. This is the Hindi translation of the number one national best seller. This saga is of victory and defeat - a story that has been tainted by India's oppressed and exploited caste for 3,000 years. Unlike the Ramayana, the story of Ravana has never been told so far. But now it's time to speak for the dead and the defeated. 

First published in 1930, Kankal is among the only two completed novels by famous ‘Chhayavadi’ Hindi poet and playwright Jaishankar Prasad. Kankal is his exploration into the prevalent social issues of Indian society, as well as his critique of religious institutions, superstitions, and their role in the exploitation of women.  

Meri Priya Kahaniyaan contains the favourite stories by the fierce and celebrated poet Amrita Pritam, selected by her. Amrita Pritam, the first female Punjabi poet, novelist, and essayist, and the leading voice of 20th-century Indian literature, was awarded Jnanpith in the year 1982. She authored more than a hundred compositions and has left a special mark in the stories, just like her poems, which are about female sexuality, self-realisation and the pain of loss at a time when women mostly wrote on conservative themes.