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The epic tale of victory and defeatƒ The story of the Ramayana had been told innumerable times. The enthralling story of Rama, the incarnation of God, who slew Ravana, the evil demon of darkness, is known to every Indian. And in the pages of history, as always, it is the version told by the victors,...

Abdul Taufiq, an escaped terrorist from Bangalore Central Prison, is on the run attempting to cross into Pakistan to rejoin his handlers. The Difa-e-Kashmir, a brutal group of terrorists hold a bus load of Peaceniks hostage at the Wagah-Attari border checkpoint, demanding unimpeded passage for Abdul...

“If I want to marry you, then I must court you, not my parents. I will woo you; I will sweep you off your feet; I will take you in my arms and kiss you passionately, will gift you an engagement ring in privacy and then only my parents would come into the picture. This is what is termed as love match,”...

Eleven-year-old Champa lives with her family in a little village on the banks of a river in Punjab. A dreamer, she longs to see the world beyond her little village. On a holiday, Champa goes to visit her friend Meera in Lucknow, the City of Nawabs. It is her very first train journey! She expriences the...

ïConversations of An Intelligent Kind' deals with some of the deeply personal questions we ask ourselves but rarely find answers to : Does it help to pray? Is violence justified? Should you give alms to a beggar? If your spouse is cheating on you, what should you do? Does it matter if you are good or...

Spiritual seeking is part of the Indian ethos. People of all ages and stations journey in utter faith and devotion to places of worship - all seeking the elusive grail of inner peace, support in their earthy struggles, and eventual release from this mortal existence. Temples direct believers along the...

Eleven-year-old Champa lives with her family in a village on the banks of a river in Punjab. She is a dreamer, obsessed with the idea of seeing the world beyond her little village of Chanderpur. One day she has the opportunity to visit her Masi (Aunt), in Jaipur. With her Aunt and Uncle,...

Town-bred and much-travelled, ten-year-old twins, Sharat and Shishir, are most unhappy when they are sent to their grandparent's home in their ancestral village while their parents are away in Africa for a year. Nor do they think much of their young cousin, Varsha. But, in spite of Varsha's needling...

The Vaani of Naam Avatara Sitaramdas Omkarnath provides every spiritual aspirant with a lifetime of succor and guidanceƒ These blazing and fear-dispelling words areƒfull of assurance and solemnity, an ultimate antidote for the poisons of the world, a genuine friend of the householder, student, professional...

A child has to face the trauma of being separated from her family and left in a boarding house when her parents, siblings leave for Africa for an assignment. The indifference of rich girls in the hostel, the ill-treatment of relations, failure in studies, later as an adult parental anger over refusal...

The future isn't what it used to be...Expect the unexpected... because for mankind, the future and the past may hold no meaning...Welcome to a fascinating collection of sci-fi short stories that will spark your imagination. Each story is unique and the outcome unexpected. Many are the hazards hiding...

If anyone offers me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, and water, I receive that, offered in devotion by the persons whose soul is disciplined. ~ Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita. The various religions of world have different rituals and objects used in worship. Offerings to the Divine vary...

The long, hot days of the summer vacation have arrived and Kuttan finds himself at a loose end. But then, while running a quick errand next door for his mother, Kuttan is drawn into a perplexing chain of events. In trying to resolve the dilemma he finds himself in, he learns deep truths about himself,...

Who were the Gods? Were they super-humans who came to Earth from somewhere outside our solar system? Were these aliens considered Gods by early Man because they arrived in illuminated spacecraft and possessed advanced knowledge? Were these ‘Gods’ responsible for establishing religion on Earth? What...