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Author: Malti Bhojwani
Publisher: Om Books International
Year: 2012
ISBN: 9789381607152
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Don’t Think of a Blue ball is life-coach Malti Bhojwani’s second novel. Founder of Multi Coaching International, a certified Life Coach with the International Coach Federation (ICF) and an NLP practitioner, Bhojwani’s credentials are incentive enough to pick up the book. The simple yet arresting book jacket featuring a brightly coloured hot air balloon against a lovely blue sky doesn’t hurt the case, either.

In ‘Waiting for the Mahatma’, RK Narayan manages to combine the magic of Malgudi with the heady atmosphere of the Indian freedom movement.

Author: Eleanor Catton
Publisher: Granta
Year: 2013
ISBN: 9781847084316
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It is these devices that make us realize what Catton is attempting (and succeeds at): redefining the genre, kneading and tweaking it, and teasing us at the same time, while holding us in her thrall – in a ‘real’ novel written in Victorian England, the judge’s well-meant, hypocritical euphemisms would likely be used by the author himself.

Author: Jim Crace
Publisher: Picador
Year: 2013
ISBN: 9780385520775
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Harvest by Jim Crace, a contemporary British author, tells the story of the lives of villagers surrounding a remote farm and their struggle in adapting to changing times. The powerlessness of common peasants against the cruel and reckless behaviour of both nature and landowners is the central theme of the story.

Author: Ruth Ozeki
Publisher: Viking Adult
Year: 2013
ISBN: 9780670026630
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A Tale for the Time Being tells the fascinating story of Nao who has confided to her diary after giving up on her life and family altogether.

Author: NoViolet Bulawayo
Publisher: Random House
Year: 2013
ISBN: 9780701188047
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We Need New Name is about a Zimbabwean girl and her perspective on living in country which is suffering from hunger,unemployment, inflation, and AIDS.

Author: Anita Desai
Publisher: Mariner Books
Year: 2000
ISBN: 9780618065820
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This is one of Anita Desai’s most acclaimed books, and was shortlisted for the Booker prize in 1999. The characters in Fasting,Feasting exist within the typical set up of an Indian family.  The book is written by an Indian author, which makes the plot very relatable for Indian readers. 

The love story is the background in which the author cooks a tragic tale of separation. The journey of the narrator takes us towards finding the answer to one of the most difficult questions in human life – how to cope up with the loss of a loved one?

Author: Mahasweta Devi
Translated by: Anjum Katyal
Publisher: Seagull Books Pvt Ltd
Year: 2005
ISBN: 9788170462910
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“After Kurukshetra” is a collection of three stories, each of which centers around women in the aftermath of the Kurukshetra war from the Mahabharat. Read it to gain new and surprising perspectives on this famous episode in Indian history.

Author: Chetan Bhagat
Publisher: Rupa & Co.
Year: 2009
ISBN: 9788129115300
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In country like India, a love affair converted into marriage is no less than a battle won. When the two halves of the couple are from two opposite regions, things are set to get tricky. Chetan Bhagat’s fourth novel, 2 States, revolves around this theme – way before Chennai Express was in the works!