Harper Xxi imprint: 35 books

Expert advice is crucial to building a successful career. And who better than business leaders R. Gopalakrishnan and Partha S. Basu to speak on how to navigate the complex and tricky corporate world. Valuable lessons in business and people management from two of the most respected names in the business....

Path-breaking films have phenomenal behind-the-scenes stories. Read about two of the most iconic movies of our times, and combine it with the journey of the woman, as actor and character, in Hindi cinema. Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro: In the 1980s, an unheralded Hindi movie, made on a budget of less than Rs...

Love is timeless, so are love stories. Three modern, quirky tales of love in one romance-charged e-book. I Do! Do I?: Kasturi Shukla is all set to marry the man of her dreams. Time to stop doing silly things and start living happily ever after, right? Well, then maybe someone should tell Kasturi that....

Once seen by Jawaharlal Nehru as a microcosm of Indian culture - and in the 2000s by both US President Bill Clinton and Bill Gates of Microsoft as a focal point of India's booming IT industry - the southern city of Hyderabad is now a symbol of India's worst crony capitalism. This is the capital of...

From the bestselling author of The Price You Pay comes a new story of grit, determination and hope set in the Kargil Mountains during the war of 1999. Captain Samir Singh Rathore and his men are posted on the treacherous heights of the Himalayas to rebuff the encroaching Pakistani army. As they camp...

The incredible story of what makes Narendra Modi a potential prime ministerial candidate. As he overcomes resistance from within his own party, from various factions of the Sangh Parivar and from his political opponents. A fascinating account of what it takes to be mass leader.

Mahant Digvijai Nath was a key player in the appearance of the Rama idol in Babri Masjid, but little is known about him. While it is known that the Hindu Mahasabha had a role in placing the idol in the mosque, the larger plot and the chain of events that led to that act have never been subject to...

'With unforgettable performances... Gangs has a certain rawness that we haven't seen in Hindi cinema in the recent past. This... should be an interesting read for anyone who enjoyed the films, as the authors take you through what went on in the director's mind and life during the making of this epic'...

'Thackeray worked to precision to raise an army - you cannot ask questions of senior officers in the army and you have to just do and/or die. In the civilian atmosphere, encouraging them to study, educate themselves or seek more than just jobs as turners and fitters would also mean that they would...

This perceptive essay on Satyajit Ray, India's most well-know film-maker internationally, analysis the auteur's oeuvre, focusing on his early cinema which broke the rules of film-making prevalent in the country at the time. At the same time, it also focuses on how Ray took on a moral stand on issues...

Patna is not a nice place to be. It is home to me and I cannot stop wanting to go back every once in a while, wanting to be a part of its life. I say this even so: Patna is not a nice place to be. In this masterful portrait of Patna, Sankarshan Thakur chronicles the way the city has changed-or not-under...

Throughout history, women have walked the spiritual path despite thorns placed in their way by patriarchy, discrimination and unequal opportunities. This is the story of one such woman, Sri Anandamayi Ma, a dutiful housewife in early twentieth-century India who went on to become a beloved mystic and...

For millions of South Africans, Nelson Mandela's passing signalled the end of an era. Returning home to cover the story, journalist Azad Essa finds his countrymen looking a little lost, insecure of the future, even as they celebrate the life of a great man. Essa travelled around his native South Africa...

Some journeys exist in the mind. Bir Bahadur Singh is haunted by the longing to return. Forced to leave his village in Pakistan during Partition in traumatic circumstances, he makes the journey back, fifty-four years later, to pick up the connections from that long past time. In that wrenching journey,...