“rohini chowdhury”

Poet, philosopher and merchant, Banarasidas had no precedent in literature or tradition that might have inspired him to write his life’s story or guided him in his task. His motivation to write his story was simple: ‘Let me tell my story to all.’ Completed in the winter of 1641, in... More

Twenty fabulous tales of young heroes from around the worldMyths, they say, are the dreams of mankind, at once utterly strange and hauntingly familiar. They tell of beginnings and ends, creation and destruction, life and death... The twenty myths in this book come from many different cultures all ov... More

A man-eating tigress, a ghost tiger and three children in a thrilling forest adventure When Dev, Diti and Avi are sent to live with their father’s friend in Ratnapur, a remote village by a forest, they find themselves in a whole new world. They make new friends, sight their first tiger and explore... More

Orient Longman’s Ahead series of School textbooks command tremendous respect among teachers and students because of their emphasis on: • concept formation rather than on merely providing information. • up-to-date knowledge and stimulation of the thinking process. • relevance and practical ap... More

Orient Longman’s Ahead series of School textbooks command tremendous respect among teachers and students because of their emphasis on: • concept formation rather than on merely providing information. • up-to-date knowledge and stimulation of the thinking process. • relevance and practical ap... More

‘The foetus was suspended in a wide-mouthed dusty glass bottle with an aluminium seal... Neglected, vulnerable, ashamed. A dead human being... Stillborn.’ Recovering in a Bangalore hospital from a road accident, Poorva Pandit, a journalist, overhears a bizarre story about a contraceptive vaccine... More