Military biographies often struggle with balance and lean too heavily into battlefield detail and the human being disappears and usually they focus only on heroism and the soldier turns into a symbol rather than a person. Para Commando , Deepak Surana’s account of Captain Arun Singh Jasrotia of 9 Para (Special Forces), avoids both traps by keeping its attention firmly on character, discipline, and the quiet choices that define leadership under pressure. Set during counter-ter

What gives Puja Mukherjee Khattri’s Play To Kill its hold on the reader is not loud action but the steady discomfort that comes from watching everyday routines shift in ways the characters cannot explain. Delhi becomes the ideal setting for this kind of story—crowded, fast-moving, and full of places where people disappear into one another’s blind spots. The novel begins with incidents that seem unrelated: a child disappearing inside a supermarket, a break-in that leaves no v

Relationship advice is often delivered in sweeping statements, yet most people struggle not because they lack theory but because they lack clarity. Debotosh Chatterjee approaches this familiar terrain with a different temperament. His book is rooted in everyday behavior—the silences we let grow, the boundaries we fail to set, and the assumptions that settle in unnoticed. Instead of treating relationships as grand emotional undertakings, he breaks them down into habits that de

Fiction set in hospitals often leans on urgency, but Mayank Gupta chooses a different entry point. His debut turns its attention to the quieter corners of a U.S. medical center, observing five Indian doctors who move through the same space while carrying questions they never quite voice. The book isn’t driven by events as much as by the private weight these characters try to balance behind practiced composure. Dr. Silva stands at the center, steady on the surface, until a ban

Reading Behind the Cancer Ribbon , one doesn’t simply turn pages—one accompanies Rinaa Peter on an intimate­ly told journey through...

Some crimes are so bold and silly that they almost seem made up. But they did happen. Sourabh Mukherjee's The Great Indian Heists is not...

Some kidnappings happen in public view; others vanish into silence. Chhimi Tenduf-La’s latest novel, A Hiding to Nothing , thrives in...

Despite being heavily influenced by the knowledge found in ancient writings such as the Bhagavat Purana, Acharya Pundarik Goswami's...