Biplop is a very busy bumblebee. When he isn’t collecting nectar, he is off on rollicking adventures to save his garden with the help of his friends, farmer Balram and the flowers. From harvesting water to saving baby plants from a dangerous infection, join Biplob in The Adventures of Biplob the Bumblebee as he comes…
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Meet the Author of The Beauty of the Moment
Tanaz Bhathena’s The Beauty of the Moment is the story of Susan and Malcolm, and how despite being so different from one another they find themselves irrevocably in love with each other. Despite her parents’ impending divorce Susan is sincere and is driven towards making her parents proud. On the other hand, ever since his…
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A Gujarat Here, A Gujarat Here – an excerpt about the author
Part novel, part memoir, part feminist anthem, A Gujarat Here, A Gujarat There by Krishna Sobti is not only a powerful tale of Partition loss and dislocation but also charts the odyssey of a spirited young woman determined to build a new identity for herself on her own terms. Translated from Gujarat Pakistan Se, Gujarat Hindustan Tak by Daisy Rockwell, the introduction…
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Eight Steps to Hacking your Corporation with Jugaad 3.0
Dr. Simone Ahuja – consultant, author, speaker and entrepreneur, is the CEO of Blood Orange where her mission is to empower innovators in large organizations and mobilize them with entrepreneurial tools for a single purpose: to transform the corporate culture from the inside out using design and lean principles. In Jugaad 3.0 Hacking the Corporation,…
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Books to Read this Navroz!
In celebration of the Parsi New Year, we put some of our books together that will be perfect for you to read this Navroz, from authors Tanaz Bhathena, Sujata Massey, Bapsi Sidhwa, Rohinton Mistry and Roshen Dalal! The Beauty of the Moment by Tanaz Bhathena Love is messy and families are messier, but in spite of their…
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Why Taxes? Understanding the Role of Government in an Economy – an excerpt
On 1 July 2017, Goods and Services Tax (GST) became a reality. The government hailed it as the biggest tax reform of independent India which would herald a new freedom for the nation and unify it with ‘One Nation One Tax’. But why taxes? Here is an excerpt from the first chapter of Arun Kumar’s…
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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Krishna Sobti
A Gujarat Here, A Gujarat There by Krishna Sobti is a tale of young Krishna and her journey of making an identity for herself in the state of Delhi in 1947. Krishna applies for a position at a preschool in the princely state of Sirohi, which is beginning to transition into the republic of India.…
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Sophie Kinsella on her New Book, Writing, and More!
Fixie, the protagonist in Sophie Kinsella’s new standalone, I Owe You One, can’t help herself from fixing things…she just has to put things right. It’s how she got her nickname, after all. After saving a stranger’s laptop from certain disaster, he scribbles her an IOU, as a thank you. Soon the pair are caught up in…
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Know All About The New Silk Road in ‘Belt And Road’
China’s Belt and Road strategy is acknowledged to be the most ambitious geopolitical initiative of the age. Covering almost seventy countries by land and sea, it will affect every element of global society from shipping to agriculture, digital economy to tourism and politics to culture. Most importantly, it symbolizes a new phase in China’s ambitions…
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Eight Things you need to know about the Delusional Politics of Brexit and its Aftermath
Hardeep Singh Puri’s forty years of professional life as a senior diplomat, India’s permanent representative to the UN and Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs in New Delhi has given him a unique vantage point to see the fault-lines in political narratives and the ‘delusional’ idiosyncrasies of politicians. Many democratically elected leaders…
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