Harper Xxi imprint: 35 books

An essay written in 2008 when major uprisings broke out all over the Tibetan plateau and when China was hosting the Beijing Olympics. Though Tibetan activists world-over staged dramatic and large-scale non-violent events to draw international attention to the Tibetan struggle, the exile leadership...

There are many ways to make a quick buck, and there are things on YouTube you shouldn't try at home. A dark, dangerous, wryly humorous story from the author of The Angel's Share.

The boarding school is closed for vacations. Two girls, the last two, wait nervously for their parents to come and take them back home. One of the girls, now an adult who has lost those parents, receives an odd phone call, which brings back memories of that troubling wait. Mridula Koshy's captivating story teases out the particular kind of heaviness of the heart that only a child can feel.

A collection of intriguing, illuminating tales about contemporary Pakistan and the people who inhabit the country A Talibanized mujahideen's love child with his Christian lover is being brought up by a Hindu vegetable vendor. A globetrotting professor and a mushaira-loving Urdu editor cope with cultural...

A searing story about a young woman's struggle to overcome the effects of a violent acid attack, Najma asks some tough questions about the way gender operates in modern India. In a society where men seem to feel entitled to a woman's body and mind, and where criminals get away with the most inhuman of acts, what can a woman do to keep her sanity and find the motivation to live?

His wife has a new car, a new man and a new baby. He knows he's not useful to a new underworld that relies too heavily on guns. He doesn't have a reason to live, but Noora is alive. And while she lives, he cannot bring himself to die. Between running errands for the Boss and drinking endless cups...

It is the 1970s, pre-liberalization Delhi. Sanju, a shy ten-year-old boy, lives with his grandparents in a Delhi Colony while his parents work abroad. A close relative, Uncle Musto, begins a love affair that leads to division and discord in the family. Long-suppressed secrets come to light, and Sanju sees and hears things that change him forever.

In his delightful childhood account 'Love, Kiss, Mary, Fac', Pankaj Butalia vividly describes his hilarious but innocent sexual encounters as a child growing up in the small town of Ambala in north India. Unscathed by these brushes with the world of sex, Butalia lived to tell the tale. And how well...

When you start your own company, you plan it all: product development, customer acquisition, investments, operating expenses, resources, hiring, marketing, technology, variable pay and a hundred other things. You probably spend a lot of your time in planning, which is just as it should be. A well-planned...

The first interview. Handling a difficult boss. The power of words. Networking. Small talk. Dressing for a cocktail dinner. Holding chopsticks. Drinking wine. Twitter etiquette. Sexual harassment in office. Remembering names. Receiving compliments. Women travelling alone. Thank you notes. The opportunities...

With terrifying standards in everything from personal hygiene to financial probity, Indian democracy is gravely imperilled. But is that the debate you hear? Is that what resonates across campaign speeches? Assailed by the question of who are we to vote for, we are forgetting the other vital question-what...

You've tried every diet, spent thousands of rupees on gym memberships, but nothing's worked. Are you about to give up? Celebrity nutritionist Pooja Makhija, author of the bestselling Eat Delete, helps you answer 21 questions about your health and figure out the right approach to losing weight. Read this before you decide to give up on you.

A book-length prose-poem about that dangerous creature with the sting in its tail, the most passionate sign in the Zodiac, and the complicated nature of human desire.

A tribal poet, charged with treason, creates a code language for Naxalites while in jail.