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We cannot talk about Indian literature without talking about its rich, impossible-to-capture, and all-fascinating canon of folktales. We bring together folktales from across nooks of India to show you how fascinating, and fundamentally shared, our cultural heritage is. Bonus points, you get to read amazing tales filled with magic and myth, virtue and vice, and absolute wonder.
The Purple Pencil Project started its first book club in July, aimed at reading through the books of one Indian author chronologically. This aim is
Zenith Denis reviews At Home in Two Worlds: Essays on Goa by Maria Aurora Couto (published by Speaking Tiger, 2024). Goa has borders, but in
Amritesh Mukherjee reviews नौकर की कमीज (The Servant’s Shirt) by विनोद कुमार शुक्ल (published by Rajkamal Prakashan, 2006). Before entering this baffling, mesmerising, stagnant, volatile
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The world we see is often not the only world there is. By extension, the India we see is often not the only India there
If you’ve ever searched for it, you’d quickly notice the scarcity of Indian chess books. Besides Vishwanathan Anand’s excellent memoir, they are rarer to find
Sports biographies and autobiographies are unique gateways to players you would otherwise just watch on your television sets or read about in newspapers and magazines.
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Amritesh Mukherjee from Team P3 was in conversation with Nilanjana Roy at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2024. Nilanjana Roy‘s love for books is evident in
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![Ratan Tata was a man loved not just for his achievements but also for his incredible kindness and empathy. Leading the Tata Group for many years, he remained an inspiration, dedicating himself to the work he loved right up to the end of his life.
His story, as captured in these books, is a great example of how to create a strong narrative. Even as the leader of a huge corporation, he focused on his values, vision, and giving back to society. His journey with the Tata Group is now a legendary tale of kindness and leadership. These books not only helped share this incredible life but also shows how good storytelling can build a lasting legacy.
Through these pages, his persona has become an inspiration for so many people!
Have you read any of these books? Let us know what are your thoughts on it!
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