IN 1842, POORLY EQUIPPED AFGHANS ROUTED THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL MILITARY NATION
S O WHAT if you haven't read all the books you bought last year. Today kicks off a whole new year of book-buying. Take a (very small) peek at what's in store.
FICTION The Trylle trilogy and the Watersong series by Amanda Hocking: Amanda Hocking is one of the highest-selling ebook writers in the world.
Now her books are available in the traditional format.
Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer: The next book in the series Sins of the Father.
Jaal: The Web by Sangeeta Bahadur: The first in the Kaal trilogy, set in a world reminiscent of India in the immediate post Vedic era.
When Loss is Gain by Pavan K Varma: The first novel by the author of The Great Indian Middle Class.
The Aryavarta Chronicles: Govinda by Krishna Udaysankar: The first of a trilogy, the story of Govinda Shauri, before he became the god of legend.
The Extras by Kiran Nagarkar: In the sequel to Ravan and Eddie, the boys have grown up.
I Am an Executioner: Love Stories by Rajesh Parameshwaram: Short stories by a new writer.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo: In a Mumbai slum called Annawadi, Abdul the teenaged garbage sorter is falsely accused in a shocking tragedy. Sethji by Shobhaa De: A novel about the nexus between politics, big business and Bollywood.
The Tranquebar Book of Erotic Stories: Edited by Sheba Karim. BIOGRAPHY Worth Fighting For by Lisa Niemi Swayze: Lisa Niemi and Patrick Swayze met as teenagers at his mother's dance studio. It didn't take long for them to fall in love.
Now, Lisa will share what it was like to care for her husband as he battled Stage IV pancreatic cancer Rajnikanth by Naman Ramachandran: A new biography of Indian cinema's superstar.
INDIA The Butterfly Generation: A Personal Journey into the Passions and Follies of STORY TIME Books by new talent Rajesh Parameshwaram and Katherine Boo India's Technicolour Youth by Palash Krishna Mehrotra: A portrait of a generation that remembers the old, socialist India but exults in the new liberalised India.
India Grows at Night by Gurcharan Das: What has worked in India and what hasn't since liberalisation.
Portraits from Ayodhya by Scharada Dubey: Almost two decades after the demolition of the Babri Masjid, Scharada Dubey studies the Ram Janmabhoomi site and visits the residents, ordinary and prominent, of a town that has known no peace.
The Pink Sari Revolution by Amana Fontanella-Khan: In Uttar Pradesh in 2006, a group of poor women wearing pink saris and carrying pink READING FILM Lord Meghnad Desai takes a look at the movie classic, Pakeezah sticks started taking on men who abused their wives. Soon they were fighting all evil.
INSPIRATIONAL . A Little Book of Life by Ruskin Bond: Aphorisms.
Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World by His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Reflections on values that could become the basis of a universalism beyond specific relations
BUSINESS The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen: The first look at the intersection of technology, geopolitics and world events.
The Wave Rider by Ajit Balakrishnan: The founder of Rediff.com describes the transition of the world from the Industrial Age to the Information Age.
HISTORY Ashoka by Charles Allen: Ashoka Maurya was forgotten for 2,000 years. How he was resurrected.
The Return of a King by William Dalrymple: In 1842, the Afghan people rose against the British and an army of what was then the most powerful military nation in the world was utterly routed by poorly equipped tribesmen.
WELLNESS Wow@Sixty by Namita Jain: Is it possible to be sexy at sixty? Yes, says the fitness expert.
Exercise (title undecided) by Rujuta Diwekar: The author of Don't Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight demystifies workouts.
FILM Pakeezah by Meghnad Desai, Amar Akbar Anthony by Sidharth Bhatia and Chashm-e-Badoor by Harneet Singh: The authors give their own takes on these famous movies.
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