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Shortlisted for The British in India Book Prize 2025 'A spellbinding account of the first forgotten half of the English encounter with India with a fascinating history of the Mughal Empire' JOSEPHINE QUINN, author of How the World Made the West 'Compelling, highly readable' NANDINI DAS, author...

Yoga is so prevalent in the modern world - practiced by pop stars, taught in schools, and offered in yoga centers, health clubs, and even shopping malls - that we take its presence, and its meaning, for granted. But how did the current yoga boom happen? And is it really rooted in ancient Indian practices, as many of its adherents claim? In this groundbreaking book, Mark Singleton calls into question many commonly held beliefs about the nature and origins of postural yoga (asana) and suggests a radically new way of understanding the meaning of yoga as it is practiced by millions today.

Indian cuisine has a rich legacy of myriad faiths, history, food invasions, cultural landscapes and rituals. This book is richly spiced with the author's memories and personal stories bringing the flavors of India alive. The narrative is peppered with food stories of India, the place of food in sacred worship, food etiquette, and taste memory. When the author travels through diverse regions, she explores food rituals, myths and traditions.

The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Its trading empire encircled the globe, importing Asian luxuries such as spices, textiles and teas. But it also conquered much of India with its private army and broke open China's markets with opium. The Company’s practices shocked its contemporaries and still reverberate today. This expanded edition explores how the four forces of scale, technology, finance and regulation drove its spectacular rise and fall.

मावळा बोर्ड-गेममधील ‘स्वराज्याच्या पाऊलखुणा’ या माहितीपुस्तकेमधील ‘रायरेश्वरावर स्वराज्य शपथ’ या विषयावरील...

मावळा बोर्ड-गेममधील ‘स्वराज्याच्या पाऊलखुणा’ या माहितीपुस्तकातील ‘शिवजन्म’ या विषयावरील ऐतिहासिक माहिती...

मावळा बोर्ड-गेममधील ‘स्वराज्याच्या पाऊलखुणा’ या माहितीपुस्तकेमधील ‘तोरणा स्वराज्यात’ या विषयावरील ऐतिहासिक...

मावळा बोर्ड-गेममधील 'स्वराज्याच्या पाऊलखुणा' या माहितीपुस्तकेमधील 'संभाजीराजे जन्म' या विषयावरील ऐतिहासिक...

14-ാം നൂറ്റാണ്ടിന്റെ പൂര്‍വ്വാര്‍ദ്ധത്തില്‍ കേരളം സന്ദര്‍ശിച്ച ലോകപ്രശസ്ത സഞ്ചാരി ഇബ്‌നു ബത്തൂത്തയുടെ...

So many of our country’s heroes from the past remain unsung. Murarirao Ghorpade is one such. He was a valiant warrior, an articulate statesman and a descendant of the Maratha clan, committed to Hindavi Swaraj.Murarirao independently built a strong and highly efficient military force. He...

This unique biography provides an authentic historical account of the life of the founder of Pakistan, the prominent and well-regarded personality Muhammad Ali Jinnah, also known as Quaid-e-Azam. It is written by his beloved sister, Fatima Jinnah, also known as Madr-e-Millat. A production...

मावळा बोर्ड-गेममधील 'स्वराज्याच्या पाऊलखुणा' या माहितीपुस्तकेमधील 'जावळी जिंकली' या विषयावरील ऐतिहासिक माहिती...

मावळा बोर्ड-गेममधील 'स्वराज्याच्या पाऊलखुणा' या माहितीपुस्तकेमधील 'दुर्गबांधणीत मिळाला खजिना' या विषयावरील...

ആചാരങ്ങളിലും അനാചാരങ്ങളിലും കുടുങ്ങിക്കിടന്ന ഭൂതകാലത്തേയും അതിന്റെ പിന്തുടര്‍ച്ചകളേയും കുറിച്ച്...

El nacimiento de una nación y la caída de un imperio chocan en esta tensa historia política sobre la partición de 1947. Ideal para quienes buscan expandir su conocimiento histórico durante su trayecto diario, este relato sumerge al oyente en las fracturas del colonialismo. A través de un...

A fascinating new volume of messages about motherhood, from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collections. In Letters of Note: Mothers, Shaun Usher gathers together exceptional missives by and about mothers, celebrating the joy and grief, humour and frustration, wisdom and sacrifice...

Uncover an ancient history mystery where a thriving lost civilization built advanced megacities, then completely vanished. Perfect for your morning commute, this captivating historical deep dive transports you four thousand years into the past along the rivers of modern-day Pakistan and India...

For readers of Caste and Radical Dharma, an urgent call to action to end caste apartheid, grounded in Dalit feminist abolition and engaged Buddhism. “Dalit” is the name that we chose for ourselves when Brahminism declared us “untouchable.” Dalit means broken. Broken by suffering. Broken...

Punjab was the arena of one of the first major armed conflicts of postcolonial India. During its deadliest decade, as many as 250,000 people were killed. This audiobook makes an urgent intervention in the history of the conflict, which to date has been characterized by a fixation on sensational violence - or ignored altogether. Mallika Kaur unearths the stories of three people who found themselves at the center of Punjab’s human rights movement.

Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. The central character, Bimala, is torn between the duties owed to her husband, Nikhil, and the demands made on her by the radical leader, Sandip. Her attempts to resolve the irreconciliable...