What if your greatest breakthroughs came from the challenges you chose, not the ones life threw at you?
Bring Your Own Shark is a story-driven guide to personal transformation, using different “sharks” as lessons for various aspects of growth: speed, clarity, courage, patience, adaptability, and more!
Through gripping fictional moments, real-world examples, and powerful exercises, Navinder Narang shows how to take control of one’s trajectory and propel oneself out of stagnation. And sometimes, the secret lies in the power of empathy and trust.
After diving in, readers will be able to:
• Identify the catalysts accelerating growth
• Break hesitation and act with clarity and purpose
• Build resilience, grit, and emotional intelligence
• Understand when to push and when to seek support
The Shark You Fear Might Be the Growth You Need
When Potnis, a captain in the Indian Army, meets Pansy during Operation Blue Star, he knows he has found the love of his life. Their passionate romance leads them to the altar and blossoms into a beautiful child, Rihana.
Decades later, history repeats itself with Rihana: Advik, an Air Force pilot, catapults into her heart, as smoothly as he conquers the skies. Where will their unbridled love lead them? Will Rihanna remain a mistress to Advik, for whom the love for his country comes first, or will she be able to make a place in his heart that is second to none?
This heart-breaking saga of love, courage, sacrifice, and a soldier’s constant conflict between home and duty, will leave you asking for more.
‘Can I be her, the Bhadra Kali?’ Tara asked innocently.
‘Of course! If you so choose,’ Father assured her and continued, ‘Shivrai says, vanquishing your enemy’s mind, hacking their belief that they are the most powerful, is far better than merely killing them on the battlefields.’
From the ashes of defeat, a spark caught—faint, furious and unyielding; it leapt from forts to forests, to the river basins. A woman rose to meet the challenge—Tara, literally a radiant star. She galvanized the resistance, crafted brilliant, unorthodox strategies, and fought with unyielding courage.
Aurangzeb threw the full weight of his empire at them—over a million men, endless wealth, two decades of relentless war—and yet, the Maratha spirit refused to break. What the empire could not foresee was that the soil of the Deccan does not forget her children, nor forgive the desecration of her womb. Once again, military thunder rose from the Sahyadris’ spines. A widowed queen, wounded warriors and wilted minds—all became weapons, all became fire.
This is the story of the indestructible Maratha queen, Tara of the Deccan.
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones, is the screenplay of the 1989 film directed by Pradip Krishen. It was written by Arundhati Roy. The film was shown just once on national television in a late-night slot. It lived on as a sort of underground cult film, screened by students in campuses across the country. Set in a not-so-fictional school of architecture in the year 1974, it is the story of dope-smoking, bellbottom-wearing, vaguely idealistic final-year students in the run up to the submission of their theses. After thirty-eight years, the damaged negative of the film was recovered and restored by the Film Heritage Foundation. This new edition of the screenplay has introductions by Arundhati Roy, Pradip Krishen and Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, founder of the Film Heritage Foundation.
The Shiva Purana is the fifth book in an eighteen-part series on the sacred Hindu texts known collectively as the Puranas. Translated with great rigor and precision, Bibek Debroy recounts the tales of creation and the many myths that surround Lord Shiva in twenty-four thousand shlokas and an introduction that simplifies the myth and history of the Puranas.
Brimming with insight and clarity, this translation presents readers with an opportunity to truly understand classical Indian texts. Previous translations by Bibek Debroy include the Bhagavata Purana, the Markandeya Purana, the Brahma Purana, and the Vishnu Purana.
What we can learn from a country where Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross Domestic Product?
In clear, simple prose, and with poetic turns of phrase, this inspirational collection of quotations—apart from being funny and quirky—reflects the values of the unique country of Bhutan, and its universal embrace of compassion, understanding and kindness. This remarkable little kingdom in the Eastern Himalayas may just hold the secret to lifelong happiness.
The Bhutanese grounding in Buddhist ideals suggests that material and spiritual development should occur side by side- something we can forget too often.
So dive into this inspiring collection of wisdom, proverbs and general sage advice to help you along your own road to happiness-or at least put a smile on your face.
Geet Chaturvedi’s book Pink Slip Daddy that won Hindi literature’s prestigious ‘Krishna Pratap Katha Samman’ award for fiction. In this translation of his well-known story from Pink Slip Daddy, the oft-repeated banal existence of the ‘common man in India’ takes a leap.
An unnamed lower middle-class protagonist resides in a small flat in Mumbai with his wife and young daughter living the rather un-ambitious life of an office clerk. Until one day, he discovers the magical world of a credit card. As his life slowly spirals out of control due to this new acquisition, the common man grabs for air—he asks questions on spirituality, the free market, and even politics to make sense of his financial disarray.
A scathing, psychoanalytical commentary on urban economic life, this short and pithy novel is both satire and critique.
Kalidasa is the greatest poet and playwright in classical Sanskrit literature and one of the greatest in world literature. Kalidasa is said to have lived and composed his work at the close of the first millennium BC though his dates have not been conclusively established. In all, seven of his works have survived: three plays, three long poems and an incomplete epic. Of these, this volume offers, in a brilliant new translation, his two most famous works-the play Sakuntala, a beautiful blend of romance and fairy tale with elements of comedy; and Meghadutam (The Cloud Messenger), the many-layered poem of longing and separation. Also included is Rtusamharam (The Gathering of the Seasons), a much-neglected poem that celebrates the fulfillment of love and deserves to be known better. Taken together, these works provide a window to the remarkable world and work of a poet of whom it was said: ‘Once, when poets were counted, Kalidasa occupied the little finger; the ring finger remains unnamed true to its name; for his second has not been found.’
A seamless blend of fable and philosophy, the Bhagavata Purana is perhaps the most revered text in the Vaishnava tradition. It brings to life the legends of gods, asuras, sages and kings-all the while articulating the crucial ethical and philosophical tenets that underpin Hindu spiritualism.
The narrative unfolds through a series of conversations and interconnected stories. We are told how the sage Vyasa was inspired by Narada to compose the Bhagavata Purana as a means to illumine the path to a spiritual life. We learn of the devotion of Prahlada, the austerity of Dhruva, and the blinding conceit of Daksha. Also recounted are tales of the many incarnations of Vishnu, especially Krishna, whom we see grow from a beloved and playful child to a fierce protector of the faithful.
True well-being begins when we understand our bodies, nourish them consciously, and let go of shame, confusion and misinformation. This powerful three-book box set brings together leading voices in holistic health, nutrition and body literacy to help you do exactly that.
In Heal Your Gut, health coach Dimple Jangda reveals how gut health governs physical, mental and emotional vitality, blending ancient Ayurvedic wisdom with modern nutrition science to show how food can prevent and even reverse disease.
With warmth, humour and science-backed clarity, Dr Cuterus dismantles shame and stigma around our bodies, offering an honest, inclusive and empowering guide to everything you’ve ever wondered about your ‘private’ bits—and much more.
Completing the journey, The Satvic Revolution presents a practical, sustainable lifestyle framework built on seven transformative habits that address not just physical health, but also mental calm and spiritual well-being.
Together, these three bestselling guides form a holistic wellness library—designed to help you heal deeply, understand yourself fully, and live with energy, confidence and balance.
