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Dear
Readers, Speaking
Tiger News Digest, October 2015 We bring to you an interesting variety of fiction
and non-fiction across genres, written by some of the best writers from India
and around the world, including works of Ruskin Bond, Mahesh Bhatt, Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, Jerry Pinto, Harsh Mander,
Nazes Afroz, Nayantara
Sahgal, Wendy Doniger, Nandita
Haksar, Marion Molteno,
Jack Andraka, Frank Smythe,
and Giulia Enders. Speaking Tiger titles have received outstanding media reviews
and appreciation in ‘Outlook’, ‘The Telegraph’, ‘The Tribune’, ‘The
Indian Express’, ‘The Times of India’, ‘First Post’, ‘The Pioneer’ and websites
such as ‘Daily O’, ‘Women’s
Web’ and ‘Kitaab.org’, etc. We thank you for all your support and encouragement and hope to keep
you engrossed and entertained with our forthcoming titles. Please
visit our website www.speakingtigerbooks.com to know
more about our new releases, other titles and discount offers. We
look forward to your views and comments, please write to us at contact@speakingtiger.com or
follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Thank you, The
Speaking Tiger Team |
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Books of the MONTH |
October
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The Hindus Wendy Doniger ISBN: 9789385288661 Price: ₹799
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‘[Doniger’s] book
is no ordinary trek through inscriptions and chronicles. It is more like a
psychedelic pilgrimage to sites, ritual moments, and beloved texts scattered
over three millennia.’ —David
Shulman, The New York Review of Books The
classic, best-selling study of Hinduism, now back in print in an elegant new
edition. Spanning over six millennia, this
monumental and thoroughly engrossing narrative account of Indian history and
myth offers a new way of understanding one of the world’s oldest and most
fascinating religions. Hinduism does not lend itself easily to
a strictly chronological account: many of its texts cannot be reliably dated
even within a century; its central tenets—karma and dharma, to name only
two—arise at particular moments in Indian history and often differ in each
era, between genders, and from region to region, caste to caste; and what is
shared among Hindus is overwhelmingly outnumbered by the things that are
unique to one group or another. Yet the greatness of Hinduism—its vitality,
earthiness and vividness—lies precisely in many of these idiosyncratic
qualities that continue to inspire debate and devotion today. With immense skill Wendy Doniger illuminates those moments within the Hindu
tradition that resist forces that would standardize or establish a canon. She
brings a multiplicity of actors and stories to the stage to show how
brilliant, creative—and often subversive—thinkers have kept Hinduism alive
and dynamic through the ages. She reveals how Sanskrit and vernacular sources
are rich in knowledge of and compassion toward women and the lower castes;
how they debate tensions surrounding ritual, faith, violence and tolerance;
and how animals are key to important shifts in attitudes toward different
social classes. A groundbreaking work by one of the
world’s foremost scholars of Hinduism, already acclaimed for its
extraordinary insight and analysis, The
Hindus is destined to become a classic. |
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The Adivasi Will Not Dance: Stories Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar ISBN: 9789385288647 Price: ₹399
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‘We
are like toys—someone presses our “ON” button, or turns a key in our
backsides, and we Santhals start beating rhythms on
our tamak and tumdak, or
blowing tunes on our tiriyo while someone snatches
away our very dancing grounds. Tell me, am I wrong?’ In this collection of stories, set in the fecund,
mineral-rich hinterland and the ever-expanding, squalid towns of Jharkhand, Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar breathes life into a set of characters who are as
robustly flesh and blood as the soil from which they spring, where they live,
and into which they must sometimes bleed. Troupe-master Mangal Murmu refuses to perform for the President of India and
is beaten down; Suren and Gita, a love-blind couple, wait with quiet
desperation outside a neonatal ward, hoping—for different reasons—that their
blue baby will turn pink; Panmuni and Biram Soren move to Vadodara in the autumn of their
lives, only to find that they must stop eating meat to be accepted as
citizens; Baso-jhi is the life of the village of Sarjomdih but, when people begin to die for no apparent
reason, a ghastly accusation from her past comes back to haunt her; and Talamai Kisku of the Santhal Pargana, migrating to
West Bengal in search of work, must sleep with a policeman for fifty rupees
and two cold bread pakoras. The Adivasi Will Not Dance is a mature, passionate, intensely political book of
stories, made up of the very stuff of life. It establishes Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar as one of our most important contemporary
writers. |
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The Naked Surgeon Samer Nashef ISBN:
9789385288814 Price:
₹350 |
‘Nashef’s
writing is lucid, free of medical jargon and, unlike many academic books, it
is not dry, being strewn with anecdotes and jokes... An essential book for
anyone contemplating surgery, medical treatment, or a career in medicine.’ — Independent on Sunday We are not meant to
touch hearts. We all have one, but most of us will never see one. The heart
surgeon now has that privilege but, for centuries, the heart was out of reach
even for surgeons. So when a surgeon nowadays opens up a ribcage and mends a
heart, it remains something of a miracle, even if, to some, it is merely
plumbing. As with plumbers, the quality of surgeons’ work varies. As
with plumbers, surgeons’ opinion of their own prowess and their own attitude
to risk are not always reliable. Measurement is key. We’ve had a century of
effective evidence-based medicine. We’ve had barely a decade of thorough
monitoring of clinical outcomes. Thanks to the ground-breaking risk modelling
of pioneering surgeons like Samer Nashef, we at last know how to judge whether an operation
is in a patient’s best interest, which hospital and surgeon would be best for
that operation, when it might best be performed and what the exact level of
risk is. We have at last made what is important in surgery measurable. But
how should surgeons, and their patients, use these newfound insights? Ever
since his days as a medical student, Samer Nashef has challenged the medical profession to be more
open and more accurate about the success of surgical procedures, for the sake
of the patients. In The Naked Surgeon, he
unclothes his own profession to demonstrate to his reader (and prospective
patient) many revelations, such as the paradox at the heart of the cardiac
surgeon’s craft: the more an operation is likely to kill you, the better it
is for you. And he does so with absolute clarity, fluency and not a little
wit. |
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Asian Absences: Searching for Shangri-La Wolfgang Büscher ISBN:
9789385288821 Price:
₹350 |
‘You will not find a
more beautiful travelogue in contemporary literature.’ —Deutschlandfunk Asian Absences is
the contemplative and lyrical narrative of Wolfgang Büscher’s
travels across India, Singapore, Nepal, Cambodia and Japan. While in India,
he visits an opulent palace and a fever forces him to take refuge in an
abandoned hospital for lepers. Later, he embarks on an industrial oil tanker
sailing from Dubai to Singapore. On a stormy day, a rickety boat takes him
from Thailand to Phnom Penh. In Kathmandu, he joins a group of shamans on
their way to the annual sacrificial feast on a mountaintop. He then examines
the ‘beautifully odd’ curiosities of Tokyo’s metropolis, before arriving at
his final destination, the elusive and mythical city of Shangri-La. Büscher
vividly captures the conflicting emotional and intellectual responses of a
stranger in distant lands, evoking both the exotic wonder and threatening
otherness of unfamiliar cultures, that repeatedly
challenge mythic assumptions about the East. Asian Absences is
a subtle and compelling investigation into the perils and rewards of leaving
one’s comfort zone and journeying to unknown lands. By evading simple
conclusions, Büscher impels the reader on a journey
of enlightenment that is both troubling and beautiful. |
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Animal Madness: How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive
Parrots and Elephants in Recovery help us Understand Ourselves Laurel
Braitman ISBN:
9789385288845 Price:
₹450 |
Science historian
Laurel Braitman draws on evidence from across the
world to show, for the first time, how astonishingly similar humans and other
animals are when it comes to their emotional wellbeing. Charles Darwin developed his evolutionary theories by
studying Galapagos finches and fancy pigeons; Alfred Russel Wallace
investigated creatures in the Malay Archipelago. Laurel Braitman
got her lessons closer to home—by watching her dog. Oliver snapped at flies
that only he could see, suffered from debilitating separation anxiety, was
prone to aggression, and may even have attempted suicide. Braitman’s
experiences with Oliver made her acknowledge a startling connection:
non-human animals can lose their minds. And when they do, it often looks a
lot like human mental illness. Thankfully,
all of us can heal. Braitman spent three years
travelling the world in search of emotionally disturbed animals and the
people who care for them, finding numerous stories of recovery: parrots that
learn how to stop plucking their feathers, dogs that cease licking their
tails raw, polar bears that stop swimming in compulsive circles, and great
apes that benefit from the help of human psychiatrists. How do these animals
recover? The same way we do: with love, medicine, and above all, the
knowledge that someone understands why we suffer and what can make us feel
better. |
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The End of Plenty: The Race to Feed a Crowded
World Joel
K. Bourne Jr ISBN:
9789385288838 Price:
₹499 |
An award-winning
environmental journalist introduces a new generation of farmers and
scientists on the frontlines of the next revolution. When Malthus famously outlined the brutal relationship
between food and population, he never imagined the success of modern
agriculture. New seeds, chemicals and irrigation, coupled with free trade,
drove the greatest global population boom in history—but left ecological
devastation and an unsustainable agro-economic status quo in their wake. Now,
with a greater number of mouths to feed than ever before, tightening global food
supplies have spurred riots and reform around the world. Joel
K. Bourne Jr takes readers from his family farm to international agricultural
hotspots, searching for new solutions that can sustainably feed us all. He
visits young corporate farmers trying to restore Ukraine as Europe’s
breadbasket, a Canadian aquaculturist channelling ancient Chinese traditions, the agronomist
behind the world’s largest organic sugar-cane plantation, and many other
people and groups, large and small, who are racing to stave off a Malthusian
catastrophe. Part history, part reportage, part advocacy, The End of Plenty is a wake-up call
for anyone concerned with what the coming decades will hold for our planet
and its inhabitants if we don’t take action. |
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Beyond the Village Pond: Reflections on the Culture
of Punjab Shivdev Singh ISBN: 9789385288890 Price: ₹599.00 |
For centuries, Punjab has been famed for the robust, life-affirming
spirit of its people—their industriousness, fortitude, vitality and joie de
vivre. It is a spirit and an attitude that informs everyday life in Punjab
today—despite all its challenges—as it did in the past. In Beyond the Village Pond, Shivdev
Singh draws upon memories of his childhood and early youth to paint an
affectionate and idyllic picture of life in Punjab, especially rural Punjab.
In lyrical prose he shows us villages where dawn breaks to the song of a
farmer walking to his fields, and dusk falls softly to the sound of cattle
coming home for the night; where elderly friends spend long hours reminiscing
in the winter sun, and young lovers spar playfully in springtime fairs. Beautifully illustrated, and containing sparkling
translations of Punjabi folk songs, this charming book is a nostalgic tribute
to all that is worth cherishing in the timeless heritage of the Land of Five
Rivers. |
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Into the Hidden Valley: A Novel Stuart Blackburn ISBN: 9789385288906 Price:
₹350 |
The Scenes We Made: A History of Bombay's
Experimental Theatre Shanta Gokhale (ed.) ISBN: 9789385288968 Price:
₹599 |
Friends in Wild Places: Birds, Beasts and Other
Companions Ruskin Bond ISBN: 9789385755002 Price:
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The Light of His Clan Chetan Raj Shreshta ISBN: 9789385755026 Price:
₹399 |
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Like a Pinprick to the Heart Shujoy Dutta ISBN: 9789385288449 Price:
₹299 |
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A Book of Simple Living: Brief
Notes from the Hills Ruskin Bond ISBN:
9788193071007 Price:
₹350 |
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Looking Away: Inequality, Prejudice
and Indifference in New India Harsh Mander ISBN:
9789385288005 Price:
₹495 |
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All That Could Have Been Mahesh Bhatt ISBN:
9788193071014 Price:
₹195 |
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In a Land Far From Home: A Bengali
in Afghanistan {Deshe Bideshe} Syed Mujtaba Ali ISBN:
9789385288029 Price:
₹350 |
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Nehru’s India—Essays on the Maker of a Nation Edited and with an Introduction by Nayantara Sahgal ISBN:
9789385288265 Price:
₹399 |
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BALUTA Daya Pawar
(Translated by Jerry Pinto) ISBN:
9789385288203 Price:
₹350 |
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In the Court of the Ranee of Jhansi and Other Travels in India John Lang ISBN: 9789385288227 Price:
₹250 |
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The Himalaya Club John
Lang ISBN:
9789385288166 Price:
₹199 |
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The Many Faces of Kashmiri
Nationalism Nandita Haksar ISBN: 9789385288180 Price: ₹350 |
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The Valley of Flowers: An Adventure in the Upper Himalaya Frank S.
Smythe ISBN: 9789385288418 Price:
₹299 |
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NINE: Poems Anupama
Raju ISBN: 9789385288623 Price:
₹199 |
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The Storyteller’s Tale Omair Ahmad ISBN:
9788193071021 Price:
₹295 |
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The Two-Year Mountain: A Nepal
Journey Phil Deutschle ISBN: 9788193071069 Price:
₹395 |
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A Glimpse of Eternal Snows: A Journey of Love and Loss in
the Himalayas Jane Wilson-Howarth ISBN: 9788193071076 Price:
₹395 |
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Jimmy the Terrorist Omair Ahmad ISBN:
9789385288043 Price:
₹250 |
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The Art of Hearing Heartbeats Jan-Philipp Sendker ISBN:
9789385288081 Price:
₹350 |
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A View from the Bund Ian Bedford ISBN:
9789385288128 Price:
₹299 |
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The Last Candles of the Night Ian Bedford ISBN:
9789385288142 Price:
₹299 |
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Srilanka Royston Ellis ISBN:
9789385288104 Price:
₹699 |
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The Mare’s Trap: Nature and Culture
in the Kamasutra Wendy Doniger ISBN:
9789385288067 Price: ₹399 |
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The Ends of the Earth Roger Willemsen ISBN:
9789385288500 Price:
₹450 |
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Rungli-Rungliot {Thus Far and No Further}: A Memoir Rumer Godden ISBN:
9789385288395 Price:
₹299 |
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GUT: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Under-Rated Organ Giulia Enders ISBN: 9789385288616 Price: ₹350 |
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The Edge of Another World Pepita Seth ISBN: 9789385288371 Price:
₹399 |
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Uncertain Light Marion
Molteno ISBN: 9789385288432 Price:
₹399 |
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Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex
Life Emily Nagoski ISBN: 9789385288739 Price:
₹450 |
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The Devil is a Black Dog: Stories of War and Revolution from the Middle
East and Beyond Sándor Jászberényi ISBN: 9789385288708 Price: ₹299 |
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Breakthrough: How One Teen
Innovator Is Changing the World Jack Andraka with Matthew Lysiak ISBN: 9789385288685 Price:
₹350 |
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FROM OUR DIARIES ·
Speaking Tiger made its
debut in the world’s largest Book Fair held in Frankfurt from the 14–18
October. The varied display of Speaking Tiger titles at Hall 4.0; Stand C 59 attracted
a lot of visitors to the stand, enquiring about our publications. Click here
for pictures. ·
It gives us great pleasure
to inform you that the Speaking Tiger title ‘Looking Away – Inequality,
Prejudice and Indifference in New India’ has been long-listed for the Tata
Literature Live! Awards. ·
Jerry
Pinto, author of our bestselling title ‘Baluta’
participated in a session in the ‘Indian Fiction Non Fiction Festival’
held on 15–16 September 2015. He also did a reading from ‘Baluta’ at the Social Communications Department, Sophia
Polytechnic in Mumbai. Click here for
pictures from the event. ·
We are pleased to inform
you that several of our authors are participating in the ‘Kindle LitfestX’, a virtual literary festival organised by
Amazon and Leapvault, from 23 October–1 November. ·
Nayantara Sahgal, author of
‘Nehru’s India’ was interviewed by
NDTV on 11 October, on her returning the Sahitya Akademi Award, and the
issue of Nehruvianism in the Modi regime. Click
here for the interview. ·
‘The Mare’s Trap: Nature and Culture in the
Kamasutra’ by Wendy Doniger has received excellent
media coverage in some of the leading newspapers as well as magazines like ‘Outlook
India’, ‘The
Telegraph’, among others. ·
‘The
Adivasi Will Not Dance: Stories’ by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar has been
extensively appreciated by the media, which
includes ‘Kitaab.org’, First
Post’, ‘Mail
Today’, ‘The Sunday
Guardian’, ‘The
Mint’, ‘Outlook’ etc. ·
‘Gut:
The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Under-Rated Organ’ by Guilia
Enders, the international bestseller which has sold over 2 million copies is
No. 1 bestseller in Non Fiction category in France and also a bestseller in the UK. ·
Several other Speaking Tiger titles have also
received widespread media coverages. Please find below the links for the same
Ø ‘Breakthrough: How One Teen
Innovator is Changing the World’ by Jack Andraka in ‘Mumbai Mirror’. Ø ‘The Valley of Flowers: An
Adventure in the Upper Himalaya’ by Frank Smythe in ‘The
Statesman’. Ø ‘The Devil is a Black Dog’ stories of war and
revolution from the Middle East and Beyond by Sándor Jászberényi in ‘The
Times of India’, ‘The
Telegraph’. Ø ‘Nine Poems’ by Anupama Raju in ‘The
Statesman’. Ø ‘Gut: The Inside Story of
Our Body’s Most Under-Rated Organ’ by Giulia Enders in ‘The Telegraph’. Ø ‘Come as You Are’ by Emily Nagoski in ‘Daily
O’. Ø ‘Baluta’ by Daya Pawar, translated by Jerry Pinto in ‘The
Asian Age’, ‘Tehelka’ Ø ‘In the
Court of Ranee of Jhansi’ by John Lang in ‘The
Indian Express’. Ø ‘Nehru’s India: Essays on the Maker of a Nation’ by
Nayantara Sahgal in ‘The
Telegraph’, ‘The
Indian Express’. Ø ‘The Many Faces of Kashmiri Nationalism: From
the Cold War to the Present Day’ by Nandita Haksar
in ‘The Hindu’. Ø ‘The Ends
of the Earth’ by Roger Willemsen in ‘Outlook
India’. ·
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