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9 flamin’ hot and spicy recipe book recommendations ?

Posted on by amisra

Looking for a mouthwatering meal to celebrate International Hot and Spicy Food Day? We’ve curated just the perfect recipe book recommendations for you that will make you want to cook your heart out! Pick up your favourite one from the list – they’re sure to tingle your taste buds.

On the Pickle Trail by Monish Gujral

On the Pickle Trail front cover
On the Pickle Trail||Monish Gujral

In this book, Monish Gujral brings together a collection of 100 pickles to start you on your journey of pickling. These recipes are not only simple and easy to make, each also has health benefits. From the Italian Giardiniera (pickled vegetables) to the Israeli Torshi Left (white turnip pickle), from the Gari (Japanese ginger pickle) to the Cebollas Encurtidas (pickled onions from Ecuador), this book is a treasure trove of some of the best pickles from around the world. Start your lip-smacking journey today!

Degh to Dastarkhwan by Tarana Husain Khan

front cover degh to dastarkhwan
Degh to Dastarkhwan || Tarana Husain Khan

Originally indifferent eater and cook, Tarana Husain Khan, stumbled upon a nineteenth-century Persian cookbook at Rampur’s renowned Raza Library, that instantaneously set her on a voyage into the history of Rampur cuisine and the legends surrounding it. 

Degh to Dastarkhwan revolves around the question of what truly sets Rampur’s cuisine apart from others. Each chapter is a metaphor for a sentiment, a festival. The variety of Rampuri cuisine, from the lavish royal cuisine to the straightforward everyday meal, lays the groundwork for the expression of love, sorrow, healing, and spirituality. 

 

The Rana Cookbook by Rohini Rana

front cover the rana cookbook
The Rana Cookbook || Rohini Rana

The elegant palaces of Nepal were not only renowned for their glitz and architecture but their lavish feasts as well. Only the palace cooks were fortunate enough to have acquired these delicious recipes. For the first time ever, the doors to the palace kitchens are opened in this gorgeous book, giving us a look into the delectable royal cuisine.

Rohini Rana has compiled and documented the dishes that are cherished by each Rana prime minister’s family in this phenomenal book. This premium, exquisitely designed cookbook tries to preserve these recipes for future generations by showcasing delicious meals from the palaces.

 

This Handmade Life by Nandita Iyer

front cover this handmade life
This Handmade Life || Nandita Iyer

This Handmade Life is all about discovering your passion and mastering it. Divided into seven sections on baking, fermenting, self-care, kitchen gardening, soap-making, spices, and needlework, encourages us to take our time and engage in straightforward hobbies that bring us pure delight.

The book is about hands-on activities that can be contemplative and restorative for the body, mind, and spirit. It is written in Iyer’s trademark lyrical and approachable style. Iyer has succeeded in serving up a book that is inspirational and motivational at a time when both are in short supply by taking the reader through a variety of personal and transforming interests.

 

What’s Cooking in India?

front cover whats cooking in india
What’s Cooking In India?

The books On the Kebab Trail and On the Dessert Trail by Monish Gujral are ideal for anyone who wants to explore the world through food! With over a hundred Kashmiri recipes, P. Krishna Dar’s Kashmiri Cooking is a gorgeously illustrated edition of a well-known classic. Highway on My Plate: The Indian Guide to Roadside Eating by Rocky Singh and Mayur Sharma is a must-have travel companion!

 

The Essential Sindhi Cookbook by Reejhsinghani Aroona

front cover the essential sindhi cookbook
The Essential Sindhi Cookbook || Aroona Reejhsinghani

The Sindhi community may trace its origins back to the Harappan civilization and claims a unique continuity of tradition and lifestyle in the Indian subcontinent. Cuisine, as explained in the opening to this book, is a crucial component of this continuity. While Sindhi cuisine has absorbed components from other cuisines, particularly Mughlai and Punjabi, it has always maintained its own distinct blend of flavours and scents. The answers to all questions relating to the preparation and serving of Sindhi food are all here in this comprehensive guide to a distinctive culture.

 

The Essential Delhi Cookbook by Priti Narain

front cover the essential delhi cookbook
The Essential Delhi Cookbook || Priti Narain

The Penguin Essential Cookbooks are a pioneering endeavour to preserve the art of traditional Indian cooking. Each book is prepared by a skilled chef who combines regional or community-specific recipes with a lengthy introduction that details the rituals and customs associated with eating and presenting food. Recipes in the Essential Delhi Cookbook are gathered from the various communities that have made Delhi their home, including the Khatris and Kayasths, as well as Mughlai and Punjabi foods. Raan, Bheja, Methi Dal ki Pakori, Muthanjan Pulao, Mathri, Papri, Chaat, and Sharbat-e-Ghulab are among the recipes.

 

The Essential North-East Cookbook by Hoihnu Hauzel

front cover The Essential North – East Cookbook
The Essential North – East Cookbook || Hoihnu Hauzel

If there is one section of our country that has yet to be explored, it is the North East, at least in terms of its food. Those who live in or have visited the seven sister states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura will tell you that the North East’s chefs produce an incredible variety of cuisines that combine tradition and innovation in surprising ways.

 

The Essential Andhra Cookbook by Bilkees Latif

front cover Essential Andhra Cookbook
The Essential Andhra Cookbook || Bilkees Latif

 

Enjoy the enticing flavours of Andhra cuisine. While Hyderabadi cuisine is well-known for its distinct Mughlai flavour, food from other parts of Andhra, one of India’s largest and most culturally varied states, is relatively obscure. The author brings together for the first time the various tastes of Andhra cooking, from the simple idli-sambar to spicy seafood specialties, in this contribution to the Penguin series on Indian food and customs.

How to convert an idea into a venture; Become A Junior Entrepreneur

Posted on by vidhi

Entrepreneurs are bringing education online, connecting families at the touch of a button and revolutionizing the shopping experience-in short, they’re changing the way we live.

Following the success of Become a Junior Inventor, Vrunda Bansode gives every kid a hands-on crash course in entrepreneurship in her new book, Become a Junior Entrepreneur. Here is a checklist on how you can convert an idea into a venture, from the book.

Think of all the things that you can build on to develop your business as an entrepreneur and note them down. Right now, do not think of constraints. Just think of all that you would like to do. Innovate. Invent. Dream big! Now comes the reality check. Let us think of what you can actually work towards and have a good chance of succeeding at. How does one figure that out? Try to answer these questions for each of the businesses you have listed:

  • Do I myself have the skill of making this product or delivering this service?

(Hint: If you want to start a baking business but do not know how to bake, the answer would be No. If you want to start a web design service and are good at using design softwares yourself, your answer is Yes.)

  • Do I know who might be the customers for my business and can I reach them easily?

(Hint: If you are developing a book-trading app and know that many of your friends will use the service, your answer is Yes. But let’s say you are considering starting a garden clean-up service and don’t have any houses with gardens around you, the answer is No.)

  • Do many people need this product or service?

(Hint: Everybody needs and buys toothbrushes regularly, so the market is large. But not everyone needs dental braces, so the market is much smaller.)

  • Roughly how much money is needed to start this business and will I be able to get it through my savings, allowances and borrowings from family and friends?
  • Can I start working towards this right away – at least within a few months?

For any idea that you end up with more No-s than Yes-es, mark it as a passion to be pursued later. Where your Yes-es are more than the No-s, get going! If you have a Yes for all five questions, that’s a great place to start. But if you had to scrap all of your ideas, don’t be hassled. Just start again or see if you can modify an idea you like even a little until you get all five Yes-es.

Another great way to start is to team up with your friends. You will have more helping hands and great ideas on board, and there’s nothing wrong with having a little bit of fun on the side. Many great start-ups started with a team of founders rather than a single founder.

If it is not just you, but you and a group of friends who want to start a business together, then do the above as a group exercise. The group together will then have the skill of ideation, knowledge, access to prospective customers and the ability to get the money or seed capital—as it is called in the business world—to start your new business.

From sifting through ideas to running a business, Become a Junior Entrepreneur accompanies the reader through every stage of turning a nascent dream into a commercially viable start-up.

 

Re-opened bookstores in India to get your next read from!

Posted on by Penguin India

Books have become our closest companions and sources of comfort (and often, refuge from the world) in these times. However, readers around the country have been affected by the closure of bookstores.

We are happy to see that some of our book stores are back, within the required social distancing norms of course.

As we collectively follow the developments, we thought to compile a list of returning bookshops to help further with your quarantine reading.  We would strongly suggest getting in touch with the bookstores for more up-to-date information on their pickup/delivery processes, given the dynamic situation.

A Note Before You Scroll Further

Since times are still uncertain and safety is paramount, we would request all our readers to continue following strict social distancing measures, whether you are going to the bookstores or getting deliveries. Avoid human contact as much as possible. Have all your details handy to ensure a faster process.

If you are going to the store, wear a mask and preferably carry a sanitizer with you. If you are getting a delivery – consider asking the delivery staff to put the package on your doorstep and stepping back while you pick it up. Try to make contactless payments as much as possible. Also do consider offering to sanitize their hands.

As storytellers and publishers, we would like to send out an earnest request to support these bookstores wherever and however you can.

As aversive as we need to be to physical contact these days, do ensure that you are not being dismissive towards staff and/or customers. There is also a fair chance of limitations and constraints for many of these bookshops, depending on circumstances and staff availability; we would urge everyone to be accommodating of those. Above all – a smile and a thank you are still very much needed in this world!

Delhi

Midland Book Shop, (Hauz Khas and South Extension)

1100 AM to 630 PM (Hauz Khas)Home Delivery/Visit9818282497midlandbookshop@gmail.com
1100 AM to 630 PM (South Extension)Home Delivery/Visit011-24653881midlandbook@yahoo.com

 

Faqir Chand & Sons, Khan Market

1000 AM to 630 PMPickup011-24618810faqirchandandson@gmail.com

 

Amrit Book Company, Connaught Place

1000 AM to 600 PMVisits only011-23317331·         amritbookco@hotmail.com

 

Bahrison Booksellers (Saket and Khan Market)

1030 AM to 500 PM (Khan Market)Home Delivery/Visit9968457200bahrisons@outlook.com
1030 AM to 500 PM(Bahrisons Kids)Home Delivery/Visit011-24694611bahrisons@outlook.com
930 AM to 500 PM (Saket)Home Delivery/Visit8860301939bahripurchase@gmail.com

 

Oxford Bookstores, Connaught Place

1000 AM to 600 PMVisit011-49192092oxforddel@apeejaygroup.com

 

The Bookshop, Jor Bagh

1100 AM to 500 PMHome Delivery/Visit011-24697102thebookshop@hotmail.com

 

Teksons Book Shop, South Extension

1100 AM to 500 PMVisit7838592282teksons@teksons.com

 

Vandana Book Shop, Hauz Khas

1000 AM to 630 PMVisit011-26514975vandanabookshop@gmail.com

 

Jain Book Depot, Connaught Place

1000 AM to 600 PMVisit8929107101 sales@jainbookdepot.com

 

Jain Book Agency, Connaught Place

1000 AM to 600 PMVisit011-44556677sales@jainbookagency.com

 

Haryana

Bahrisons Booksellers, Galleria

1000 AM to 400 PMHome Delivery/Visit7678609336bahrisonsgurgaon@gmail.com

 

KoolSkool, Qutub Plaza

1000 AM to 600 PMHome Delivery/Visit9899710452amit@koolskool.co.in

 

New Midland Bookshop, Gurugram 

1100 AM to 630 PMHome Delivery/Visit9310523999newmidlandbookshop@hotmail.com

 

Anamika Trading Co., Panchkula

1030 AM to 500 PMVisit0172-2579143

 

 

Maharashtra

Granth The Book, Kolhapur

10:00 AM To 05:00 PMHome Delivery/Visit8975766682

 

Mehta Book Shop, Kolhapur

10:00 AM To 05:00 PMHome Delivery/Visit9823015319

 

Title Waves, Bandra

10:00 AM To 03:00 PMHome Delivery/Visit8369039934trushant@titlewaves.in

 

Happy Book Stall, Bandra

10:00 AM To 02:00 PMHome Delivery/Visit9820812338krjworldofbook@gmail.com

 

Kitab Khana, Fort

11:00 TO TO 5: 00 PMHome Delivery/Visit8879540538jagat@somaiya.com

 

Granth The Book Shop, Juhu

11:00 T0 6:00ViVisit022-26609327info.juhu@granth.com

 

Venus Book Centre, Nagpur

11:00 AM To 03:00 PMHome Delivery/Visit7773952341

 

City Book Shop, Nagpur

11:00 AM To 03:00 PMHome Delivery/Visit9422825447citybook12@gmail.com

 

Western Book Depot, Nagpur

11:00 AM To 03:00 PMHome Delivery/Visit9823162383

 

Grand Book Bazaar, Nashik

11:00 AM To 03:00 PMHome Delivery/Visit9890083155

 

Crossword, Aundh

11:00 AM To 06:00 PMHome Delivery/Visit9767024101crosswordaundh@yahoo.co.in

 

Solanki Book Seller, Pune

11:00 AM To 06:00 PMHome Delivery/Visit9422515882solankibooksellers@gmail.com

 

Rohit Enterprises, Pune

11:00 AM To 05:30 PMHome Delivery/Visit9822026389rohitexpress@yahoo.com

 

Pagdandi, Baner

11:00 AM To 05:30 PMHome Delivery/Visit9890992470contactus@pagdandi.org

 

Punjab

Book Lovers Retreat, Amritsar

1000 AM to 600 PMVisit0183-2545666

 

Books Punch, Amritsar

1000 AM to 600 PMHome Delivery/Visit9878648612jsk.publishers@gmail.com

 

Capital Book Depot, Chandigarh

1030 AM to 600 PMHome Delivery/Visit0172-2702260capitalbookdepot@gmail.com

 

English Book Shop, Chandigarh

1100 AM to 630 PMVisit0172-2702542rajivebs@hotmail.com

 

The Browser, Chandigarh

10:00AM to 6:00PMHome Delivery/Visit9878799100service@thebrowser.org

 

Omsul, Chandigarh

1000 AM to 600 PMVisit7889175846omsulpublishers@gmail.com 

 

Pal Book Depot, Ludhiana

1100 AM to 400 PMVisit9814178314
0161-4067691		palbookldh@gmail.com

 

Reader Paradise, Patiala

830 AM to 630 PMHome Delivery/Visit9780137487readersparadise.ptl@gmail.com

 

Gujarat

Himanshu Book Company, Ahmedabad

10:00 AM To 5:00 PMVisit079-26579685orders@himanshubook.com

 

Crossword Book Store, Mithakali

10:00 AM To 5:00 PMVisit079-26468031gaurav.shah.1964@gmail.com

 

Astha Books, Ahmedabad

10:00 AM To 5:00 PMVisit079-40056914asthabookagency@yahoo.com

 

Book India, Ahmedabad

10:00 AM To 5:00 PMVisit9824016112bookind@gmail.com

 

Toycra, Ahmedabad

10:00 AM To 04:00 PMHome Delivery/Visit096389 93429tan.shah8@gmail.com

 

Alpha Book Shop, Ahmedabad

10:00 AM To 4:00 PMVisit9898400431alphabookcoahmedabad@gmail.com

 

Natraj Book Shop, Ahmedabad

10:00 AM To 4:00 PMVisit079-26587930natraj1963@gmail.com

 

Hasu Traders, Ahmedabad

11:00 AM To 4:00 PMHome Delivery/Visit079-26587104hasutraders01@gmail.com

 

Book Plaza, Ahmedabad

08:30 AM To 02:30 PMHome Delivery/Visit079-26430386mail@bookplazaindia.com

 

Sanskar Books, Ahmedabad

09:30 AM To 04:00 PMHome Delivery/Visit9152154760sanskaarbooks@yahoo.com

 

Ashok Prakashan, Ahmedabad

10:00 AM To 7:00 PMVisit9825052617hareshshah42@yahoo.co.in

 

Ajay Book Stall, Anand

08:00 AM To 6:00 PMHome Delivery/Visit02692-238237ajaybookstall@gmail.com

 

Crossword Book Store, Surat

08:00 AM To 04:00 PMVisit9924233933cwdsuratA@gmail.com

 

Pages Book Centre, Vadodara

09:30 AM To 6:00 PMHome Delivery0265-2780168stejash@gmail.com

 

Maneesh Book Shop, Vadodara

10:00 AM To 6:00 PMVisit9898522447maneeshbookshop@gmail.com

 

Baroda Book Corporation, Vadodara

10:00 AM To 6:00 PMVisit0265-2325712bbcorpo@gmail.com

 

Crossword Book Store (Inorbit Mall), Vadodara

10:00 PM TO 7:00 PMVisitcwbaroda@gmail.com

 

Crossword Book Store, Vadodara

9:30 TO 7:00 PMVisit0265-2342657cwbaroda@gmail.com

 

You And Book World, Rajkot

11:00 AM TO 7:00 PmVisit9624673177younbooksworld@gmail.com

 

Chirag Book Distributors, Vadodara

10:00 AM To 7:00 PMVisit0265-2489003dilchirag@yahoo.com

 

Uttar Pradesh

Unviersal Book Company Allahabad

1000 AM to 600 PMVisit8874599611

 

Universal Book Distributing Company, Lucknow

930 AM to 530 PMVisit0522-2329641ubdc@airtelmail.in

 

Universal Book Sellers, Lucknow

930 AM to 530 PMVisit9838204366universallko@gmail.com

 

Scholar Shopee, Lucknow

1030 AM to 530 PMVisit9839008787scholar.shoppe@gmail.com

 

Universal Book Company, Varanasi

1100 AM to 400 PMVisit0542-2450042universalvns@gmail.com 

 

Rajasthan

Kaul Kraft, Jaipur

1100 AM to 500 PMVisit9734620536kaulkraftsjpr@gmail.com

 

Crossword Book Store, Jaipur

11:00 AM To 06:00 PMHome Delivery/Visit9928279023crosswordjpr@gmail.com

 

Rajat Book Corner, Jaipur

1100 AM to 400 PMHome Delivery/Visit9829069797rajatbooks@sify.com

 

Kerala

DC Books (Banerji Road, Convent Jn, Kottayam, Thiruvananthapuram, and Tiruvalla)

 Unsure  (Banerji Road)Home Delivery/Visit0487-2444322info.cdc@dcbookshop.in
 Unsure (Convent Jn)Home Delivery/Visit0484-3021590info.cdc@dcbookshop.in
9.30 AM TO 7 PM (Kottayam)Home Delivery/Visit0481-2563114info.cdc@dcbookshop.in
9.30 AM TO 7 PM

(Thiruvananthapuram)

Home Delivery/Visit0471-2453379info.cdc@dcbookshop.in
10 AM TO 7 PM  (Tiruvalla)Home Delivery/Visit9946109653info.cdc@dcbookshop.in

 

Mathrubhumi Books (Kochi, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram, Trichur)

10 AM TO 7 PM (Kochi)Home Delivery/Visit8589934747georgey@mpp.co.in
10 AM TO 7 PM (Kozhikode)Home Delivery/Visit9447486186booksclt@mpp.co.in
10 AM TO 7 PM
(Thiruvananthapuram)		Home Delivery/Visitbookstvpm@mpp.co.in
10 AM TO 7 PM (Trichur)Home Delivery/Visit9895103060bookstrsr@mpp.co.in

 

Modern Book Centre, Thiruvananthapuram

9.30 AM TO 7 PMHome Delivery/Visit9633795091info@modernbookcentre.com

 

TBS (Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram)

10 AM TO 7 PM (Kozhikode)Home Delivery/Visit0495-2721025‘tbsbooksclt@gmail.com’
9.30 AM TO 7 PM
(Thiruvananthapuram)		Home Delivery/Visit0471-2570504tbsbooksstatue@gmail.com

 

H& C Books (Kochi, Kollam)

9.30 AM TO 7 PM (Kochi) Unsure0484-2352133handctdm@gmail.com
10 AM TO 7 PM (Kollam) Unsure8089339479handcklm@gmail.com

 

Crossword, Kochi

10 AM TO 7 PM0484-4039988crossword.cok@syamadynamic.com

 

Kochi Books, Kochi

10 AM TO 7 PMHome Delivery/Visit9447576865vimalgkumar@gmail.com

 

Calicut Books, Kozhikode

10 AM TO 7 PM8589055051info@calicutbooks.com

 

Cosmo Books, Trichur

10 AM TO 7 PM9847601768bookstrsr@mpp.co.in

 

Green Books, Trichur

10 AM TO 7 PMinfo@greenbooksindia.com

 

Karanataka

Gangarams (Domlur, Church Street), Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM (Domlur)Home Delivery/Visit98806 58078bhujbooks@gmail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM (Church Street)Home Delivery/Visit97414 95610gangaramsmgroad@gmail.com

 

The Bookworm, Church Street, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PMHome Delivery/Visit98450 76757kris.bookworm@gmail.com

 

Goobe’s Book Store, Church Street, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PMHome Delivery/Visit99450 93095goobesbookrepublic@gmail.com

 

Higginbothams, MG Road, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PMHome Delivery/Visit96202 14348ananda.c@higginbothams.co.in

 

Blossom Book House, Church Street, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PMHome Delivery/Visit94482 20202mayigowda@yahoo.com

 

Landmark, Forum Mall, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PMHome Delivery/Visit080 4240 4888lms024@trent-tata.com

 

Crossword (Forum Value Mall, JP Nagar, White Field, Banerghatta, Mantri Mall), Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Forum Value Mall)

Home Delivery/Visitcwforumvaluemallbglr@gmail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(JP Nagar)

Home Delivery/Visit78921 89627velu.s@shoppersstop.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(White Field)

Home Delivery/Visit90085 64647 / 82176 71684mahantesh.bh@shoppersstop.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Banerghatta)

Home Delivery/Visit86189 57558
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Mantri Mall)

Home Delivery/Visit96867 44998Murthy.Narasimha@Shoppersstop.com

 

Nagasri Book House, Jayangar, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PMHome Delivery/Visit98459 44559nagasribook@gmail.com

 

Sri Book World, Gandhibazaar, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PMHome Delivery/Visit 080 2662 4904sribookworld@gmail.com

 

Tata Book House, IISC, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PMHome Delivery/Visit98451 24944campusbookhouse@gmail.com

 

Bookstop , Koramangala

10.00 – 6.00 PMHome Delivery/Visit99868 31737bookstop.india@gmail.com

 

Tata Book House, IISC

10.00 – 6.00 PMHome Delivery/Visit98451 24944campusbookhouse@gmail.com

 

Paperback Inc, Kamanahalli, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PMHome Delivery/Visit99000 49156paperbackindia@gmail.com

 

The Bookhive, Vijaynagar, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PMHome Delivery/Visit95354 40445keshav.bookhive@gmail.com

 

Sapna Books House (Gandhinagar, Sadashivnagar, Jayanagar, Indiranagar, Koramangala, Residency Road, Royal Meenakshi Mall, Elements Mall, RMZ Mall), Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM
(Gandhinagar)		Home Delivery/Visit080 – 4011 4455info@sapnaonline.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Sadashivnagar)

Home Delivery/Visit080 – 4123 6271 / 2344 64442sapna.sdn@sapnaretail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Jayanagar)

Home Delivery/Visit080 – 4906 6700sapna.jyn@sapnaretail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Indiranagar)

Home Delivery/Visit080 – 4045 5999sapna.ind@sapnaretail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Koramangala)

Home Delivery/Visit080 – 4083 9999sapna.krm@sapnaretail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Residency Road)

Home Delivery/Visit080 – 4916 6999sapna.res@sapnaretail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Royal Meenakshi Mall)

Home Delivery/Visit080 – 4256 6299sapna.rmm@sapnaretail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Elements Mall)

Home Delivery/Visit080 – 6729 4151sapnar.elm@sapnaretail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(RMZ Mall)

Home Delivery/Visit9606014561 | 9606014562sapna.rmz@sapnaretail.com

 

Lightroom Bookstore, Cook Town, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PMHome Delivery/Visit98806 86495lightroombookstore@gmail.com

 

Kids 2Day, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PMHome Delivery/Visit95355 73051kids2dayintl@gmail.com

 

Atta Galatta Bookstore, Koramangala, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PMHome Delivery/Visit080 4160 0677thebookstore@attagalatta.com

 

OM Book Store, Phoenix Mall, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PMHome Delivery/Visit 94818 10158purushotham@ombooks.com

 

Buzzword, Sahkarnagar

10.00 – 6.00 PMHome Delivery/Visit95381 23111buzzwordblr@gmail.com

 

Walking BookFairs, JP Nagar, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PMHome Delivery/Visit70081 47255walkingbookfairs@gmail.com

 

Ameya Law Agency, Gandhinagar, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM98441 15016ameyalawagencybangalore@gmail.com

 

Aakruti Books, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM98866 94580

 

Champaca, Cunningham Road, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PMHome Delivery/Visit99165 41965team@champaca.in

 

Sapna Book House (P) Ltd (Belgaum, Hubli, Kalburgi, Mangalore, Mysore)

10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Belgaum)

Home Delivery/Visit0831 – 425 5499sapna.bgm@sapnaretail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Hubli)

Home Delivery/Visit0836 – 424 9999sapna.hub@sapnaretail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Kalburgi)

Home Delivery/Visit08472 – 275599 / 11sapna.klb@sapnaretail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Mangalore)

Home Delivery/Visit0824 – 423 2800sapna.mlr@sapnaretail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Mysore)

Home Delivery/Visit0821 – 400 4499sapna.mys@sapnaretail.com
Andhra Pradesh

Ashok Book Centre, Vijyawada

9:30 a.m to 6:00 p.mHome Delivery/Visit0866 247 2096abcbooksvj@gmail.com

 

Pages Book Shop, Vizag               

8:00 a.m to 6:00 p.mHome Delivery/Visit089125 28627dhimant@reem.co.in

 

Jyoti Book Depot, Vizag               

8:00 a.m to 6:00 p.mHome Delivery/Visit0891 664 5858dhimant@reem.co.in

 

Goa

The Dogears Bookshop, Madgoan

11:00 AM To 06:00 PMHome Delivery/Visit9850398530Leonard.fernandes@gmail.com

 

Literati, Calangute

11:00 AM To 06:00 PMVisits9822682566books@literati-goa.com

 

Crossword Bookstores, Panjim

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A green-skinned zombie limping toward us…what happens next?

Posted on by Penguin India

Karma Tandin is a Monster Hunter.

All his life, Karma has defended his village from monsters and creatures and forces of Darkness. He’s not the bravest or the smartest kid, but he always tries to do what’s right. When one of his classmates shows up to school as a Zombie, Karma knows that he must stop him. After all, no one else can. But is this Zombie really bad? Is he dangerous, or is he just under the thrall of some horrible spell? Karma and his friends must work together to solve this mystery, discover the magical secrets of their town, and hope they find the answers before they too become victims of the undead.

 

Read below an excerpt from the book:

 

Life is totally  normal now
Last month, I defeated a shark monster. The week after, I was attacked by possessed trees. The week after that, I may have gotten into a very short, very embarrassing fist-fight with a vampire potato (don’t ask).
I’m a twelve-year-old monster hunter. It sounds cool, but it’s a lot of work.
See, my whole life has been a never-ending series of monster attacks. I live in a tiny valley in Bhutan, so I really shouldn’t have a monster problem. I should just hang out, practise some archery with my friends, and maybe do some chores. You know, normal stuff.
Instead, I’m constantly looking for horrible creatures. For some reason, I’m like a monster magnet. They find me. I fight them. I usually win, but sometimes I get hurt. Well, usually I get hurt. My arm is still sore from that potato attack (again, don’t ask).
It’s not the perfect situation. My mom is always freaking out, and my grades aren’t great. But I kind of like it, too. I like saving people. If I’m the only person who can protect my classmates from vegetables with teeth, then why not? It’s my duty.
I just wish that I could have a more normal life, sometimes. I wish I could have a monster-free holiday somewhere nice and boring. Like the dentist’s office. Last month, I’d stopped a shark monster from eating my classmates. She was the school librarian. She even wore a fake human head on top of her shark head. I’d scared her off thanks to my bravery (and dumb luck), but not before she (I think) ate one of my classmates.
His name was Tenzin, and he was the school bully. I didn’t like him too much, but that didn’t mean he deserved to get eaten. It was awful. Now, things were finally getting back to normal. I felt good. Spring was coming fast, the weather was warming up, and I hadn’t seen any monsters in days. Everything felt nice and safe and dentist-office boring.
As always, I walked to school with my best friend Chimmi. Our school was on the side of a mountain, so we took the shortcut—the hidden trail along the edge of a stream. It had some nice views of Jakar Town below.
Of course, neither of us was enjoying the view. Chimmi was staring at me again, trying to figure out what I was thinking about. And I was squeezing my face really tight, trying to hide the fact that I was thinking about Dawa again.
‘You’re thinking about Dawa again,’ he said.
I guess I didn’t squeeze my face tight enough.
‘No,’ I lied. ‘I was thinking about . . . mummies.’ Out of all the monsters I’ve had to fight, I’d never encountered any mummies.
Give it time, though.
‘How is she?’ he asked.
‘Dawa? What do you mean? Is she okay? I haven’t seen her?’ I said in one breath. For a moment, I was worried that she’d been captured by a troll and no one had bothered to tell me.
‘Um, I’m just asking,’ Chimmi said.
‘Oh. Yeah. She’s good.’
Dawa was my other best friend. She was the coolest kid in school, and I really, really liked her. She didn’t like it when I fought monsters, because she didn’t want to see me get hurt. During times like these—normal, boring times—she was always really happy.
I thought about Dawa a lot. Chimmi elbowed me in the side. ‘Stop thinking about her,’ he said. ‘I’m not!’ I said. ‘You’re dumb,’ he said. This was a typical Chimmi/ Karma conversation. I couldn’t help but smile, not because my friend called me dumb (I’m not), but because I wasn’t worried about anything. After all the craziness of the last month, I wasn’t thinking about shark monsters or vampires or any of that. I was thinking about school, and friends, and maybe-kinda-sorta having a crush.
It was all so normal. And I needed that. I needed normal. Of course, that happy-normal feeling lasted for about ten seconds before I saw a green-skinned zombie limping toward us.
Well, crap.

 

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