The 65 Lakh Heist
Title | The 65 Lakh Heist PDF eBook |
Author | Surender Mohan Pathak |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | English fiction |
ISBN | 9788190605656 |
Vimal never wanted to get involved in the heist. Now that he's been roped in, he just hopes he can finish the job without getting caught. His partners have other plans, however, and soon Vimal finds himself playing a deadly game with the kingpin of the Punjab underworld... First published in 1977 and reprinted over fifteen times, Painsath Lakh ki Dakaiti is the fourth book in Surender Mohan Pathak's hugely popular 'Vimal' series, the book that launched a whole genre of anti-hero Hindi crime fiction. This is the first time SMP's work has been translated into English.
The Case of the Love Commandos
Title | The Case of the Love Commandos PDF eBook |
Author | Tarquin Hall |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2013-10-08 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1451613261 |
Krimi. When a young Indian couple - Ram and Deepa - fall in love, the young woman's parents are dead set against the union. She's from a high caste family. Her boyfriend is an Untouchable, a member of society traditionally doomed from birth to sweep the streets or worse. Deepa's father locks her up and promises to hunt down and kill the "loverboy dog." Fortunately, India's Love Commandos, a group of volunteers dedicated to assisting mixed caste couples, come to their rescue
Daylight Robbery
Title | Daylight Robbery PDF eBook |
Author | Surendra Mohana Pāṭhaka |
Publisher | Blaft Publications Pvt Limited |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2010-10-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9788190605694 |
The Cambridge Companion to World Crime Fiction
Title | The Cambridge Companion to World Crime Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Stewart King |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 331 |
Release | 2022-04-21 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 110848459X |
The first systematic account of crime fiction as a global genre, offering unprecedented coverage of distinct traditions across the world.
Indian Popular Fiction
Title | Indian Popular Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Gitanjali Chawla |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 143 |
Release | 2021-10-14 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 100048372X |
This anthology explores and validate the nuances of Indian popular fiction which has hitherto been hounded by its ubiquitous 'commerical' success. It uncoverspopular in its socio-political and cultural contexts. Furthermore, it investigates the vitality embedded in theory and praxis of popular forms and their insurrections in mutants and new age oeuvres and looks to examine the symbiotic bonds between the reader and the author, as the latter articulates and perpetuates the needs of the former whose demands need continual fulfilment. This constant metamorphosis of the popular fueled by neoliberalism and postmodernity along with the shifts in the publishing industry to more democratic 'reader' driven genres is taken up here along with the millenial's fetish for romance, humanized mythical retellings and the evergreen whodunnits. As its natural soulmates, the anthology delves into the interstices of Indian Popular with desi (local) traditions, folk lore, community consciousness and nation building. Please note: This title is co-published with Aakar Books, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Consumable Texts in Contemporary India
Title | Consumable Texts in Contemporary India PDF eBook |
Author | S. Gupta |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2015-02-23 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1137489294 |
Through what he terms "bibliographical sociology", Suman Gupta explores the presence of English-language publications in the contemporary Indian context – their productions, circulations and readerships – to understand current social trends.
Fragments against My Ruin
Title | Fragments against My Ruin PDF eBook |
Author | Farrukh Dhondy |
Publisher | Verso Books |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2024-07-16 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1804295248 |
The rebellious life of a novelist, screenwriter and revolutionary activist Born in Poona, India, Farrukh Dhondy came to England in 1964 and immersed himself in radical politics and the counterculture. He kicked off a career in journalism interviewing Pink Floyd and Allen Ginsberg and covering the first meeting between the Beatles and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Dhondy was soon drawn into political activism. He joined the Indian Workers Association and the British Black Panther Movement. Within the radical activist collective Race Today, he worked alongside Darcus Howe and C. L. R. James. An award-winning writer, he co-wrote the ground-breaking sit-com Tandoori Nights. In 1984 he became Channel 4’s Commissioning Editor for multicultural programming and was a driving force behind Desmond’s, Salaam Bombay!, and the trailblazing Bandung File. In Fragments against My Ruin, Dhondy explores a life to salvage precious moments against the inevitable decay of age. The result is a fascinating social and historical document of the late twentieth century, addressing politics, culture, friendship, and the determination to break down boundaries. It is an autobiography packed with compelling anecdotes, such as an insightful take on Jeffrey Archer’s conviction, as well as portraits of Richard Attenborough, Arundhati Roy, V. S. Naipaul, Charles Sobhraj, and many others.