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'Exile was not new for Narasimha Rao,' says 'Half-Lion', new biography on former PM

“Half-Lion: How PV Narasimha Rao transformed India”looks at the former's PM's rise to power, and subsequent fall

Exclusive: Excerpt from Margaret Atwood's The Heart Goes Last

Margaret Atwood's gone back to the future again with her new novel, The Heart Goes Last.

Book Excerpt: They eat meat! The pursuit of an illicit egg in Gujarat

Cooking more than one egg at the same time was the same as getting caught.

Book excerpt from The Oath of the Vayuputras: The son of Neelkanth vs the rhinoceros

In this excerpt from the final book of the trilogy, The Oath of the Vayuputras, we can get a sense of the action sequences that have made the trilogy a thrilling read for legions of fans.

Book excerpt from The Secret of the Nagas: Where the hell have you been, Neelkanth?

In this excerpt from The Secret of the Nagas (Westland Books), Amish gives his readers a taste of how difficult it is to be the much-anticipated saviour, repository of a people's hopes.

Book excerpt from 'The Immortals of Meluha': He has come - How Shiva became Neelkanth

The Immortals of Meluha marked the arrival of Amish and the beginning of his Shiva trilogy. The book had faced rejection from many publishing houses but went on to become a sensation.

Book Excerpt: Boys will be boys. Talking girls with Ram Chandra and Bharat

Amish follows the adventures of young Ram Chandra and his brothers but in his own fashion makes them relatable to a modern generation.

Book Excerpt: Sriram Karri's 'Autobiography of a Mad Nation'

As the nuclear scientist President of India tries to figure out if this young man is indeed guilty of an apparently senseless murder, the book unfolds against a political canvas of modern India.

Book Excerpt: The 'bhaiya' and the Mizo - a tale of unlikely brothers in the Northeast

Anand Ranganathan’s novel For Love and Honour (Bloomsbury) is set in the northeast in the jungles of Mizoram with its Mizo National Front camps as well as more genteel tea estates.

Ma and Samiran Uncle were in bed: An excerpt from The Firebird