Books to Look Out for This Week

Author – Nigama Rv
Publisher – Chaaya Publications
Price – Rs.300/-
“Halo — Colors of Aura” by Nigama RV is a poignant poetry collection centered on love, lost love, and the spectrum of human emotions. Each poem captures the essence of deep affection, heartache, and the complexities of relationships. Nigama RV’s evocative language and vivid imagery invite readers into an intimate exploration of emotional landscapes. Through its heartfelt and reflective verses, “Halo” offers a compelling and relatable portrayal of the joys and sorrows that define the human experience.

Author: Shweta Mahendra
Publisher: Griffin Publications
Price: Rs.359/-
3 States is a Bilingual Travelogue of three unexplored jewels in the tapestry of India. Assam surprises the visitor with its sheer breadth of canvas and landscape. Arunachal Pradesh, the mystic North-eastern gateway of India, surprises the visitor with its rugged vastness. The Himalayan vastness and the cold mountain air add to the allure of this state. Manipur, the land of the jewel, is known the richness of its cultural heritage. This book is to motivate fellow Indians to visit these states, and to experience the sense of upliftment .

Author: Roshmila Bhattacharya
Publisher: Rupa Publications
Price: Rs.395/-
This book is an attempt to not just decode the blackguards of Hindi cinema but also understand the men behind the monsters, through the author’s personal interactions with the actors as well as conversations with their family, friends and colleagues.
Full of interesting anecdotes about iconic films, performances and dialogues, it proves that even Bad Men can make for a good read. Readers will certainly have great times while flipping through the pages of this book.

Author: Anukrti Upadhyay
Publisher: Harper Collins
Rs.399/-
A young girl who forms a curiously intimate friendship with a bat…
A man whose life is wrecked by an unsightly big toe…
A teenager who will go to any lengths to have her stepfather to herself…
The stories in The Blue Women paint vivid portraits of people’s lives as they encounter the strange and the enigmatic – whether it is other people, creatures, nature, the inanimate, or themselves. With rare insightfulness, Anukrti Upadhyay shines a light on the fractures and fears, the prejudices and wounds, the desires and memories that inhabit the deepest recesses of her characters’ psyches. Original and gripping, these are stories that will worm their way deep into your heart and mind.