Despite its gentle idealism, this is certainly not a children’s book because many of the references will be unfamiliar to the average child and also because some of the endings are not happy....

What makes the book essential reading is that, as opposed to encyclopaedia- style collectible books for nerds, Sen adopts a research-oriented narrative format that makes for gripping reading

The Longest Kiss is as much a story of the setting up of Indian cinema as it is the story of the actress who became a studio head

The book is a time capsule, an extraordinary book about an extraordinary moment in the history of the Indian subcontinent

The book introduces the readers to ancient India that has been beautifully preserved in the art, architecture and cultural traditions China, Japan, Korea and Mongolia

Desi Delicacies has a deeper purpose behind it – to record culinary memories, local food heritage and forgotten grains

At the end of it, who is Daniel?

Dunlop writes from first-hand experience, with a finely sharpened cleaver in hand as it were, and her own journey has been no less engrossing

The journey is through one of the most stunning landscapes on the planet

Proudly inauthentic recipes from an immigrant kitchen

Land of the Dawn-Lit Mountains is an honest and incisive portrayal of a land and people in transition, buffeted by winds of change

Wrapped in layers of history and mystery, the travelogue will make you fall in and out of love with Delhi

Roopa Gulati is back on the block with her latest book

The great wild outdoors holds deep secrets

A tale of four women on the adventure of a lifetime