Prakash Shenoy's Diary

  A peaceful land of plenty, built on hard work and a strong sense of community. Except, it wasn't always so, and once the chosen few have discovered the truth of their past, will they be able to go back to it ever? Will wars have to be fought again to keep the peace? Discover the beginning of a stunning new dystopia by bestselling author Ashwin Sanghi. The book takes you to a dystopian world where the present civilization that we are already in is destroyed completely by the man-made hazards and havocs. And the story begins with four individuals (children), two boys and two girls, who accidentally come across a magical pendant each with a unique gemstone from their workplace. And somehow one night while having a look at the pendant they are transported to an alternate dimension which is a magical land and it belongs to Shantiputra, the protector of the different realms of the universe. Shantiputra endows all these individuals with extraordinary powers and makes them...

  In Rebel Sultans, Manu S. Pillai narrates the story of the Deccan from the close of the thirteenth century to the dawn of the eighteenth. Packed with riveting tales and compelling characters, this book takes us from the age of Alauddin Khilji to the ascent of Shivaji. We witness the dramatic rise and fall of the Vijayanagar empire, even as we negotiate intrigues at the courts of the Bahmani kings and the Rebel Sultans who overthrew them. From Chand Bibi, a valorous queen stabbed to death, and Ibrahim II of Bijapur, a Muslim prince who venerated Hindu gods, to Malik Ambar, the Ethiopian warlord, and Krishnadeva Raya on Vijayanagar’s Diamond Throne – they all appear in these pages as we journey through one of the most arresting sweeps of Indian history. A good and concise book about medieval Deccan and its rulers. The history is viewed through congress lens where they try to see a secular India and both Hindu and Muslim rulers at par with each other. The author was as...