Books of The Week: Saturday, 26th of July 2025

Ten Times Calmer:Beat Anxiety and Change Your Life by Dr Kirren Schnack

ABOUT THE BOOK

Feeling better starts now. Dr Kirren Schnack is here to tell you that your anxiety isn’t here to stay. Whether you’re going through something and need support to feel like yourself again, or if you have been dealing with anxious thoughts for a long time, Ten Times Calmer has the help you’ve been looking for. Dr Kirren is an Oxford-trained and practising NHS clinical psychologist with twenty years’ experience and half a million social media followers. In Ten Times Calmer she offers a first aid kit of tools to help you understand what you’re going through and change how you’re feeling – and it might just be easier than you think. Not everyone has access to therapy and not everyone needs it, but we could all do with a little more calm in our lives. The ten chapters cover everything from dealing with anxious thoughts and stress to managing uncertainty and safely tackling trauma, each taking you a step closer to an anxiety-free life. Inside you’ll find short anxiety-busting exercises with a big impact and a toolkit of well-researched and clinically proven tips that will help you find calm each and every day. ‘The help you need is in this book, and I'm going to show you how simply and clearly you can beat anxiety and change your life.’ - Dr Kirren

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ellen Jones is an award-winning campaigner, writer & speaker in LGBTQ+ rights, and was awarded Stonewall's Young Campaigner Of The Year by Sir Ian McKellen, as well as the first-ever MTV EMA Generation Change Award in recognition of her work campaigning for LGBTQ+ & disability inclusion. She has been named as one of the world's most prominent Gen-Z activists by the Observer, one of London's most influential people by the Evening Standard two years running, and one of Attitude Magazine's 101 LGBTQ Trailblazers in their inaugural global list. Ellen has written for, amongst others, The Guardian and HuffPost and provided comments for the BBC, Sky News, LBC, Vogue Business, MTV, Cosmopolitan & Stylist Magazines and is a prominent speaker on LGBTQ+ inclusion and culture, including for the Cambridge Speaker's Union, the BFI and Stylist Live.

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BOOKS OF THE WEEK - 11TH AUGUST,2018

Between the Great Divide: 

A Journey into Pakistan-administered Kashmir

By - Anam Zakaria 

About the Book

Seventy years ago, as India and Pakistan gained their independence, the region of Jammu & Kashmir also found itself divided, with parts of the territory administered by Pakistan ever since. Located by the volatile Line of Control and caught in the middle of artillery barrages from both ends, Pakistan-administered Kashmir was until over a decade ago one of the most closed-off territories of the world. In a first book of its kind, award-winning Pakistani writer Anam Zakaria travels through Pakistan-administered Kashmir to hear its people - their sufferings, hopes and aspirations. She talks to women and children living near the Line of Control, bearing the brunt of ceasefire violations; journalists and writers braving all odds to document events in remote areas; political and military representatives championing the cause of Kashmir; former militants still committed to the cause; nationalists struggling for a united independent Kashmir; and refugees yearning to reunite with their families on the other side. In the process, Zakaria breaks the silence surrounding a people who are often ignored in discussions on the present and future of Jammu & Kashmir even though they are important stakeholders in what happens in the region. What she unearths during her deeply empathetic journeys is critical to understanding the Kashmir conflict and will surprise and enlighten Indians and Pakistanis alike.

About the Author

Anam Zakaria is a researcher, development professional and educationist with a special interest in oral histories and identity politics. She has a particular interest in trauma and healing in conflict zones. Her first book, The Footprints of Partition: Narratives of Four Generations of Pakistanis and Indians, won the KLF-German Peace Prize 2017.

ISBN : 9789352779475   Price : Rs. 599.00

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BOOKS OF THE WEEK - 03, MARCH 2017

Captain Amarinder Singh: 

The People's Maharaja 

An Authorized Biography

By - Khushwant Singh  

About the book : 

An authentic, definitive and no‐holds‐barred narrative – packed with fascinating incidents and anecdotes – that brings alive the life and times of one of the most prominent and striking individuals (a former royal) in the sphere of Punjab politics.

Beginning with a historical background of how the Patiala kingdom came to be established and ruled over the centuries, the author moves on to describe the early years of Amarinder Singh (a scion of that kingdom). He then portrays the Indo‒Pak war zone of 1965 (where the protagonist earned his spurs) and finally focuses on the combative arenas of Punjab politics, where numerous electoral and other battles have been (and continue to be) fought.

This informative work unravels the subterfuges of politicians and others (including religious leaders) in trying to ensure their dominance. The pages reveal behind‐the‐scenes intrigues, plots and counter‐plots even as Punjab was in the vice‐like grip of terrorism in the late twentieth century. Operation Bluestar (June 1984) and its consequences have been objectively recorded.

Besides tracing the career graph of Amarinder Singh, who reached his pinnacle when he became the chief minister of Punjab in February 2002, the author provides useful insights into crucial events that have made an immense impact on that state and the neighbouring areas over the past few decades. The text also throws light on Amarinder Singh’s five‐year tenure as chief minister (marked by both positive and negative aspects) and on the following period, when Parkash Singh Badal regained that post. The contents are rounded off with an update on the Punjab situation even as all the political parties in the state are gearing up for the rough and tumble of the forthcoming assembly elections in early 2017. Through this book, Khushwant Singh highlights those factors that set apart Amarinder Singh from his adversaries, besides taking an occasional peek into his private life and idiosyncrasies. Here’s a saga that records history in the making in Punjab.

About the Author : 

Khushwant Singh is the author of three books: the bestselling Sikhs Unlimited (2007), a travelogue featuring extraordinary Sikhs; the gripping Turbaned Tornado: The Oldest Marathon Runner Fauja Singh (2011) and the widely acclaimed novel Maharaja in Denims (2014), a story set in Chandigarh. Khushwant Singh’s works on the Punjabi, especially Sikh, diaspora are used extensively as research material by Western universities. His column, ‘Punjabi by Nature’ in the Hindustan Times (Chandigarh), has a huge readership, earning him the title of ‘a chronicler of stories of contemporary Punjab’. He lives in Chandigarh with his family.

                            ISBN : 9789385827433    Price : Rs.699.00                            

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BOOKS OF THE WEEK - 16Th October 2015

Delhi through the Seasons

By : Khushwant Singh, Suddhasattwa Basu

About the Book :

This is the diary of a nature lover, patterned like the traditional Baramasi of Indian poets. It speaks of trees, flowers, fruits, birds, snakes, insects and animals that populate Delhi and its surroundings through the twelve months of the year. It is a book of wonder, noting the beauty of the many fairs and festivals celebrated in the country; telling the story of clouds, of what their shapes and movements mean; investigating why hailstorms come in spring and early summer and not in winter; writing about how birds communicate with each other and why their calls vary with the seasons. Woven into the text are poems by Kalidasa, Guru Nanak, Meer Taqi Meer, Mirza Ghalib, Akbar AIlahabadi, Rabindranath Tagore, Rudyard Kipling and many others. Delhi through the Seasons is Khushwant Singh's collaboration with Suddhasattwa Basu, one of India's finest painters of natural phenomena. A rare treasure..

About the Author : 

Khushwant Slngh (1915-2014) authored over fifty books including A Train to Pakistan, a two-volume History and Religion of the Sikhs, which is still considered the most authoritative writing on the subject, innumerable collections of short stories and articles as well as translations of Urdu and Punjabi works. He was also the editor of The Illustrated Weekly of India, a Times of India publication. His acerbic pen, his wit and humour, and, most of all, his ability to laugh at himself made him immensely popular. Suddhasattwa Basu is a painter, illustrator and animator. Graduate of the Government College of Art and Craft, Calcutta, he has worked in the Design Unit of Thomson Press and has been closely associated with Target, the children's magazine. His love and keen observation of nature and landscape also find expression in To Live in Magic, a book of nature poems and prayers for children by Ruskin Bond. His cartoon character Ghayab will be seen shortly in a television serial on Doordarshan.

   ISBN No. : 9789350294369         Price : Rs.999.00    

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BOOKS OF THE WEEK

99 : Unforgettable Fiction, Non- Fiction, Poetry & Humour Description

By - Khushwant Singh

About the Book :

99 collects in a single volume the finest pieces Khushwant Singh published over the course of a long and prodigiously creative life. The essays, extracts, stories and poems (one for each year of his life) have been chosen for their excellence or because they represent an aspect of the author's versatility and range. Some of the selections are well known. Others have never been published in book form. The book is divided into fifteen sections and showcases his exceptional achievement as a writer. Family Matters contains extracts from his autobiography and some personal narratives; My Beloved Country has some extraordinary writing about India; The Sikhs comprises excerpts from his books A History of the Sikhs and Ranjit Singh, and essays on the community and translations of the Sikh hymns; The Uses and Abuses of Religion features his articles on the dangers of communalism, and a sublime meditation on religion; Khushwant Singh's accounts of Pakistan and Pakistanis (including one of the most dazzling examples of journalism in our time, The Hanging of Bhutto') are included in Passage to Pakistan; he wrote interestingly about famous people all his life, and twelve of his profiles feature in Singular People; a selftaught naturalist, he was passionate about the world of natureThe Ferocity & Flamboyance of Nature has writings on this theme; All About Sex contains some entertaining ruminations on sex, one of the subjects that he was most associated with in the popular imagination. As with sex, so with humoura few of his funniest jokes find a place in A Merry Heart. Enthusiasms, Rants & Soliloquies has a fair representation of his electrifying polemics on a variety of subjects. A wise and honest man, his most insightful pieces on life, dealing with adversity, ageing and death find a place in How to Live, How to Die. As a novelist, he was superlativeselections from the six novels he published are to be found in The Novels; Portrait of a Lady and Other Stories features the eponymous story along with a few others; a great admirer of writers in Urdu, Punjabi and Hindi, he translated many of their works, some of which can be found in Exchange of Lunatics: Fiction in Translation and A Passion for Poetry. Published on the anniversary of Khushwant Singh's birth, this is the definitive anthology of thework of one of our greatest and most entertaining writersit will offer the reader page after page of thoughtprovoking pleasure.

About the Author :

Born in Punjab's Hadali village (now in Pakistan) in 1915, Khushwant Singh was among India's bestknown and most widely read authors and journalists. He was foundereditor of Yojana, and editor of The Illustrated Weekly of India, National Herald and the Hindustan Times. He published six novels Train to Pakistan, I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale, Delhi, The Company of Women, Burial at Sea and The Sunset Club as well as several books of short stories which were published together as The Portrait of a Lady. His other booksare the twovolume A History of the Sikhs; an autobiography, Truth, Love and a Little Malice; a biography, Ranjit Singh: Maharaja of Punjab; and a book of nonfiction, The Return of Indira Gandhi. In addition, he published translations of Hindi and Urdu novels, short stories and poetry, notably Umrao Jan Ada by Mirza Hadi Ruswa, Rajinder Singh Bedi's I Take This Woman and Iqbal's Shikwa and JawabeShikwa. Enterprising publishers also put out dozens of anthologies of his journalism, columns and jokes at one time there were nearly one hundred of these in print. Khushwant Singh was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1980 to 1986. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1974; he returned the award in 1984 to protest the siege of the Golden Temple by the Indian Army. In 2007, he was awarded India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan. Khushwant Singh died on 20 March 2014. He is survived by his daughter, Mala Dayal, granddaughter, Naina Dayal, and his son, Rahul Singh.

  ISBN : 9789383064755                                                                Price : Rs. 699.00  

BOOKS OF THE WEEK

Their Language of Love

By - Bapsi Sidhwa

About the Book :

In this brand new collection of stories, Bapsi Sidhwa returns to chronicling the lives and loves of those on both sides of the Indo-Pak border.

A wife worries for her familys survival during the 1965 Indo-Pakwar. A mother is horrified when she learns that her daughter wants to marry her American boyfriend. An American housewife living in Lahore has a tempestuous affair with a Pakistani minister. An aged matriarch travels to the USA to discover she must confront atraumatic memory from her past.

Finely nuanced, and laced with Sidhwas sharply comic observations, this is a stellar collection of tales from one of the subcontinents most important and beloved writers.

About Author: 

Bapsi Sidhwa is an internationally acclaimed author. Raised in Lahore, Pakistan, she now lives in Houston, Texas. She has written five novels- Ice-Candy-Man, The Pakistani Bride, The Crow Eaters,An American Brat and Water-which have been translated and published in several languages. She has edited City of Sin and Splendour:Writings on Lahore, which was published in 2006.

Among her many honours Sidhwa received the Bunting Fellowship atRadcliffe/Harvard, the Lila Wallace-Readers Digest Writers Award,the Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Pakistans highest national honour in the arts,and the LiBeraturepreis in Germany and the 2007 Primo MondelloAward in Italy.

 ISBN : 9780670086566                                                                 PRICE : Rs. 499.00