Indian Society

The three novels that make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the ebbing social power of the commercial upper-middle class Forsyte family through three generations, beginning in Victorian London during the 1880s and ending in the early 1920s. Galsworthy's masterly narrative examines not only their fortunes but also the wider developments within society, particularly the changing position of women.

Violinist Vijay Gupta’s searing memoir of prodigy, ambition, collapse, and renewal reveals how music is not just performance but also survival, a lifeline of human connection—for readers of Jeremy Denk's Every Good Boy Does Fine, Hua Hsu's Stay True, and Patrick Bringley’s All the Beauty...

A runaway bride. A humiliated billionaire. And the fiery sister forced to take her place at the altar. Diksha Sharma’s life is beautifully simple: teach literature, read poetry, and avoid the toxic high-society drama her family desperately craves. But when her perfect older sister elopes minutes before her lavish Jaipur wedding, Diksha is thrust directly into the fire to save her father from total ruin. Her penance? Marrying the man left stranded at the mandap. Nilesh Rathore is a billionaire with a heart of pure ice. Known for his ruthless control and emotional distance, he makes it ...

Knives Out meets Never Have I Ever in this hilarious and twisty young adult mystery-comedy about an Indian American teen whose family reunion at a lavish manor falls into chaos after her grandma is attacked. Nothings brings family together like attempted murder. There are three things Jayshree...

He wanted a convenient wife. She just wanted a cage to hide in. Charvi Sharma is high society’s favorite scandal. Branded a manipulative gold-digger after a highly publicized broken engagement, her reputation is in ashes. To save her father from financial ruin, she agrees to the ultimate transaction: an arranged marriage with Ajmer’s most ruthless billionaire. Aryan Rathore doesn't do love. He does contracts. He needs a quiet, undemanding bride to secure a political alliance, and the shattered girl with the ruined name fits the bill perfectly. His rules for their marriage are absolute: ...

Uncover the historical and social roots of caste discrimination in Who Were the Shudras? by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. This groundbreaking work challenges the traditional narratives of Hindu society, offering a meticulous examination of the origins and status of the Shudra caste. Ambedkar's critical analysis and visionary insights call for a re-evaluation of social hierarchies and advocate for equality and justice.

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AND MODERN CLASSIC: NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES 'A phenomenon, a prodigy, a marvel' Evening Standard ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD A modern classic, this epic tale of families, romance and political intrigue, set in India, never loses its power to...

A shocking betrayal at the wedding. A ruthless billionaire who always gets what he wants. A bride who refuses to break. Dhruvi Mehra has spent her entire life playing the perfect, graceful daughter of Delhi’s elite. But when a scandalous video exposes her picture-perfect groom as a cheating fraud right in the middle of their wedding, Dhruvi’s world goes up in flames. Before the high-society whispers can even start, Shashank Rathore steps out of the shadows. He is the city's most terrifying, notoriously private billionaire, and he has a chilling demand: “Marry me. Right now.” What ...

"So funny, smart, sophisticated, and captivating, you just want to spend your whole life with it."--Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians In this modern reimagining of Jane Austen's Emma, Delhi's polite society is often anything but polite. Beautiful, clever, and more than a little bored, Ania...

“I married a ghost. A terrifying, beautiful, silent ghost.” As the daughter of a ruthless Indian politician, I always knew my marriage would be a transaction. I just didn't expect to be sold to Milind Raichand. To New York’s elite, he is the "Ghost of Wall Street", a billionaire logistics mogul who commands rooms without uttering a single syllable. Cold. Untouchable. Maddeningly unreadable. Trapped in a loveless arrangement and confined to a sprawling Manhattan penthouse, I refuse to be just another piece of quiet property. I want to provoke him. I want to make him crack. But poking a...

He wanted a silent shadow. He got a queen made of steel. Sunidhi Verma is the most despised woman in the city. Dragged through the mud by a hotel scandal she refuses to explain, she has survived the destruction of her reputation by turning her heart to ice. But when her family faces complete financial ruin, she is forced to make a deal with the devil himself. Rishi Singhania is the cold, calculating king of the corporate world. To secure his position as Chairman, he needs a stable public image. He buys Sunidhi’s debts in exchange for a strict contract marriage. He doesn't want love, he ...

From the poisoned rivers, barren wells, and clear-cut forests, to the hundreds of thousands of farmers who have committed suicide to escape punishing debt, to the hundreds of millions of people who live on less than two dollars a day, there are ghosts nearly everywhere you look in India. India is a nation of 1.2 billion, but the country's 100 richest people own assets equivalent to one-fourth of India’s gross domestic product.

I signed a contract to marry a monster to save my brother's life. I never expected the Cold Boss to burn the world down to protect me. Maya Ahuja is completely out of time. With her younger brother needing a life-saving heart transplant in exactly seven days, she is desperate for a miracle. Enter Samaira Khurana, a billionaire heiress who shares Maya’s exact face and offers her a deadly deal: take my place, marry the most ruthless tycoon in Delhi for one year, and the money is yours. Vikrant Suryavanshi is sharp, terrifying, and strictly business. Known in elite circles as the "Cold Boss,...

Throughout the many years of Vedic culture, women have always been given the highest level of respect and honor, but also protection and safety. There is a Vedic saying, “Where women are worshiped, there the gods dwell.” This book is a focus on the Vedic references and views on the high regard for women as outlined in the Vedic literature, using such texts as the Manu-samhita, Rig-veda, Atharva-veda, and others to show what high regard women were expected to receive. Among the many societies that are in the world, some give greater regard for women than others, but we have seen that ...

Visit Ashok's official website meakalpa.com to read an exclusive excerpt from The Bombay Lovecraft Society! Membership comes at a price... From Bram Stoker and CWA nominated and Utopiales Nantes Award-winning author Ashok Banker comes a chilling new novel of occult horror set in 1980s Bombay A masterful fusion of Lovecraftian terror and Indian Gothic that will haunt your dreams long after you've turned the final page. In the shadows of 1980s Bombay lurks an ancient evil that makes the notorious Rockman serial killings pale in comparison. When a struggling artist is lured into the mysterious...

Saroo Brierley's journey home to a small village in India with the help of Google Earth became an internationally bestselling book and inspired the major motion picture LION. But the story of how his adoptive mother, Sue, came into his life half a world away in Tasmania is every bit as riveting...

Twelve-year-old Priya Patel wants to disappear. Between school bullies mocking her Indian heritage and a viral meme that calls her “CurryGirl12,” Priya feels invisible, or worse, like a joke. But everything changes when she discovers her late grandmother’s magical sewing machine, which opens a portal to the Loominary, a world where enchanted fabrics stitched from Indian folklore can heal hearts and protect joy. Joined by tech genius Harper and shy artist Lila, Priya enters the Secret Seamstress Society, battling Rakshasa-like villains called Threadbreakers who unravel happiness across...

Brought to you by Penguin. Good-natured but naïve, Mumbai party boy Ali Azeem is drifting through life. Then he meets the Khan sisters: pretty, marriage-material Maryam and sexy, unpredictable, off-the-rails Farhan. They are the daughters of Abbas Khan, the formidable immigrant patriarch of a...

Immerse yourself in epic world history and ancient empires to uncover the forces that built the modern subcontinent. Perfect for an engaging daily commute or deep focus learning, this sweeping narrative transports you from the first great cities of the Indus Valley to the bustling democracies of...

El derecho constitucional, fundamento de la gobernanza en cualquier sociedad democrática, se enfrenta constantemente a un aluvión de nuevos retos a medida que evolucionan las sociedades y avanza la tecnología. Estos retos ponen a prueba la resistencia y adaptabilidad de los principios constitucionales, exigiendo interpretaciones innovadoras y, en ocasiones, incluso enmiendas constitucionales. La era digital ha difuminado las fronteras entre las esferas pública y privada, planteando cuestiones complejas para derechos fundamentales como la intimidad y la libertad de expresión. Cuestiones...