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Diptakirti Chaudhuri is the author of Cricket! All You Wanted to Know About The World Cup and Kitnay Aadmi Thay.  After an interview with IndiaBookStore last month (in case you missed it, catch it in the Authors Exclusive at Bookish), Diptakirti graciously agreed to share with our readers as to what went into scripting those two great books of his while hanging onto his day job! Read on as to what the "Salesman by day, writer by night" has to say…

Author: Anuja Chandramouli
Publisher: Platinum Press
Year: 2013
ISBN: 9789381576397
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This 360-page dedication to Veda Vyasa, truly the finest storyteller ever, is solely a retelling of the tale of Arjuna, the valiant warrior of Hindu mythology, and his role in Mahabharata. Mahabharata is by itself a tale with a magical mix of emotions which renders any reader mesmerized.

Author: Arundhati Roy
Publisher: IndiaInk
Year: 1997
ISBN: 0-06-097749-3
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The God of Small Things is a clever book, but what makes it exceptional is that it is both beautiful and crafty, a rare combination. This book has structure. Lots of it. She creates a language of her own, a lucid language that complements the wistful mood of the book beautifully.

Author: Chitra Divakaruni
Publisher: Picador
Year: 2009
ISBN: 9780330458535
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Popular perception states that Draupadi was a kritya, a woman brought forth into the world to destroy, the ill-fated one who was the cause of the ruin of a whole clan. She was a bad omen; a dark stain on the history of Bharat.

Author: Manju Kapur

Publisher: Random House India

Year: 2011

ISBN: 9788184001549

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In ‘Custody’ Manju Kapur has tried to explore the finer nuances of a divorce – both pre and post. Not only are we taken through the journey of what leads up to one, but also the repercussions of this as well.

Author: Salman Rushdie
Publisher: Random House
Year: 2010
ISBN: 9780099542254
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“The word 'translation' comes, etymologically, from the Latin for 'bearing across'. Having been borne across the world, we are translated men.” Salman Rushdie compares migration to translation- some things get carried across while others are left behind.