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As he did in the award-winning One Part Woman, in his newest novel, The Story of a Goat, Perumal Murugan explores a side of India that is rarely considered in the West: the rural lives of the country’s farming community. He paints a bucolic yet sometimes menacing portrait, showing movingly how danger and deception can threaten the lives of the weakest through the story of a helpless young animal lost in a world it naively misunderstands.

Most people believe that the Khandavaprastha forest was burned down to build Indraprastha. But this belief is wrong. According to the Mahabharata, Indraprastha was built before Khandavaprastha forest was destroyed and only seven creatures survived the massacre and conflagration. So, what is the truth about the burning of the Khandavaprastha forest by Agni, aided by Lord Krishna and Arjuna?

Jaasoosee upanyaas kee duniya mein James Hadley Chase ka koee jawaab nahin hai. Pooree duniya mein chase ke upanyaas kaa jabardast craze hai. Unke anek upanyaason par film bhee banaayee gayee hai. Diamond Books mein prakaashit hindi upanyaason mein rahasy, Romance, Sex, aur sansaneekhej daastaan ka adbhut mishran hota hai. Inke lekhan kee ek khaas baat yah hai ki jaise hee aap kisee upanyaas ko apane haathon mein lete hain to uske sammohan mein aise bandh jaate hain ki use ant tak padhe bagair nahin rah paate.

The sheer volume of commentaries on the Mahabharata is awe-inspiring. So, what is it in the Mahabharata that gives it its timeless magic? Is it the mythical characters with which it is replete that makes the epic so enchanting? Or is it the great wealth of philosophical and metaphysical ideas in it that dazzles its audiences? Or could it be a combination of all these that makes it ever-fascinating to scholars and audiences around the world? And, most of all, what accounts for its incredible effect on the subconscious of millions of Indians through several generations?

James Headley Chase is an incomparable crime-thriller novelist, and the whole world is crazy about his novels. Chase's characters are generally globetrotters who mentally take listeners along with them in their movements in various continents! Suspense built in them is so overpowering that unless you learn the cause of the mystery you feel restless. Now, the latest Chase audiobook: Maut Ka Safar is available to enjoy!

Gayatri has found the love of her life. He is what she needs - a sharp sense of humour and a heart of gold. She can’t wait to spend her life with him! But is he the one? In a world where love is confusing and friendship treacherous, Gayatri has to face her own imperfections head-on. Her preconceived notions mock her in her quest for happiness. Love Inc is Gayatri’s story as she discovers that it’s easier living with a bruised heart than to risk giving it to someone who may trample all over it with his arrogance and indifference.

Thousands of years ago, one of the shrewdest economists, thinker and philosopher Chanakya, wrote a policy manual that helped groom Chandragupta Maurya to power. This treatise, called Chanakya Neeti, dealt with a variety of subjects, including war, strategy, international relations, fiscal policies and life in general. Best-selling author Virender Kapoor unravels the secret to living a successful life by interpreting Chanakya’s lessons for a 21st-century listener.

Through a seeming act of providence, an old couple receives a day-old female goat kid as a gift from the cosmos. Thus begins the story of Poonachi, the little orphan goat. As you follow her story from forest to habitation, independence to motherhood, you recognise in its significant moments the depth and magnitude of your own fears and longings, fuelled by the instinct for survival that animates all life. Masterly and nuanced, Perumal Murugan’s tale forces us reflect on our own responses to hierarchy and ownership, selflessness and appetite, love and desire, living and dying.

What happens when businesses and their customers don't share the same values? Or, for that matter, when employees of a company don't share the same values as their executives? Welcome to the world of Brand Activism.

Vikram Oberoi is found dead in his penthouse. A few hours ago, his involvement in a sex scandal in NexGen Technologies made headlines across the world. Who is behind the sinister conspiracy that destroyed Vikram Oberoi, the philandering India Head of NexGen? Rivals within and outside the firm? One of his many jilted lovers or the miffed wife? A mysterious conspirator laying out honey traps to sabotage his plans? Or is it the ghost of a sinful past that continues to haunt the Oberois?

Anjuri Bhar is an eight-part story series, written with such sensitivity and sincerity that the listener identifies her/his shadow in each protagonist or relates to the story as being of someone she/he knows. The protagonists, through their pains, joys and daily struggles, keep listeners engaged and bound to the story lines throughout. Besides being of a high literary calibre, the language used in each story is simple, easy to comprehend and entertaining. While each story is riveting in its own way, each story forces the listener to ruminate on and digest itself.