News

There is a particular kind of quiet that settles over a room when someone who has spent forty years in disciplined spiritual practice finally puts pen to paper. Leaves from a Yogi's Life, by K.V. Raghupathi, is exactly that kind of book: 99 essays that are unhurried, honest, and deeply lived-in. For readers searching...

Mumbai in the 1980s and 90s was a city living in fear. Gang wars, extortion calls, and kidnappings had become part of daily life, and ordinary citizens had little faith that law and order would ever return. Prahaar Brahmastracha tells the real story of how that fear was broken, and it's one of the...

Picking up your first history book can feel daunting: thick spines, dense footnotes, and a price tag that makes you hesitate at the counter. Ebooks remove nearly all of that friction. They let you sample, skim, and settle into Indian non-fiction at your own pace, which is exactly why more readers are turning to...

Long before television debates and viral clips, the spoken word shaped India's destiny. Speechmaking and oratory in India were not mere performances; they were the engine that turned colonial subjects into citizens with a voice. Priyadarshi Dutta's The Microphone Men, published by Indus Source Books, traces exactly how that transformation happened. The Birth of Public...

There was a time when non-fiction sat quietly on the "serious reading" shelf, overshadowed by fast-paced fiction and thrillers. That's changing. Readers today are hungry for real stories, real history and real ideas, and this shift has put every genuine non-fiction publisher in Mumbai back in the spotlight. This piece looks at why the genre...

Long before he became the "Iron Man of India," Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was just a farmer's son in a small Gujarati village, milking cattle and ploughing fields under the sun. His journey from rural obscurity to national leadership is one of the most compelling stories in India's freedom struggle. If you want to understand...

Few names stir as much pride and emotion in India as Bhagat Singh. At just 23, he had already shaken the foundations of British colonial rule through courage, revolutionary action, political ideas, and sacrifice that continued to inspire generations after his death. If you've ever wondered how one young man became a symbol of...

Long before Mumbai became a city of skyscrapers and local trains, it was a scattering of seven marshy islands dotted with fishing hamlets. One of those islands was Mazagon, a name that today conjures images of docks, warships and busy streets, but which began its life as a quiet settlement of Koli fishermen casting...

Long before India won its independence, one slim book dared to ask what freedom actually meant. Written in just ten days aboard a ship in 1909, Mahatma Gandhi's Hind Swaraj remains one of the most debated texts in Indian political thought. If you've ever wondered why a book this short still shapes conversations about...

Ask any Indian household about food, and you'll get a dozen opinions before breakfast is even served. Ghee is good, ghee is bad, millets are the future, protein is the answer, and the noise around nutrition never really stops. That's exactly why a well-researched book, written with an Indian kitchen and an Indian body...