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9 flamin’ hot and spicy recipe book recommendations ?

Posted on by amisra

Looking for a mouthwatering meal to celebrate International Hot and Spicy Food Day? We’ve curated just the perfect recipe book recommendations for you that will make you want to cook your heart out! Pick up your favourite one from the list – they’re sure to tingle your taste buds.

On the Pickle Trail by Monish Gujral

On the Pickle Trail front cover
On the Pickle Trail||Monish Gujral

In this book, Monish Gujral brings together a collection of 100 pickles to start you on your journey of pickling. These recipes are not only simple and easy to make, each also has health benefits. From the Italian Giardiniera (pickled vegetables) to the Israeli Torshi Left (white turnip pickle), from the Gari (Japanese ginger pickle) to the Cebollas Encurtidas (pickled onions from Ecuador), this book is a treasure trove of some of the best pickles from around the world. Start your lip-smacking journey today!

Degh to Dastarkhwan by Tarana Husain Khan

front cover degh to dastarkhwan
Degh to Dastarkhwan || Tarana Husain Khan

Originally indifferent eater and cook, Tarana Husain Khan, stumbled upon a nineteenth-century Persian cookbook at Rampur’s renowned Raza Library, that instantaneously set her on a voyage into the history of Rampur cuisine and the legends surrounding it. 

Degh to Dastarkhwan revolves around the question of what truly sets Rampur’s cuisine apart from others. Each chapter is a metaphor for a sentiment, a festival. The variety of Rampuri cuisine, from the lavish royal cuisine to the straightforward everyday meal, lays the groundwork for the expression of love, sorrow, healing, and spirituality. 

 

The Rana Cookbook by Rohini Rana

front cover the rana cookbook
The Rana Cookbook || Rohini Rana

The elegant palaces of Nepal were not only renowned for their glitz and architecture but their lavish feasts as well. Only the palace cooks were fortunate enough to have acquired these delicious recipes. For the first time ever, the doors to the palace kitchens are opened in this gorgeous book, giving us a look into the delectable royal cuisine.

Rohini Rana has compiled and documented the dishes that are cherished by each Rana prime minister’s family in this phenomenal book. This premium, exquisitely designed cookbook tries to preserve these recipes for future generations by showcasing delicious meals from the palaces.

 

This Handmade Life by Nandita Iyer

front cover this handmade life
This Handmade Life || Nandita Iyer

This Handmade Life is all about discovering your passion and mastering it. Divided into seven sections on baking, fermenting, self-care, kitchen gardening, soap-making, spices, and needlework, encourages us to take our time and engage in straightforward hobbies that bring us pure delight.

The book is about hands-on activities that can be contemplative and restorative for the body, mind, and spirit. It is written in Iyer’s trademark lyrical and approachable style. Iyer has succeeded in serving up a book that is inspirational and motivational at a time when both are in short supply by taking the reader through a variety of personal and transforming interests.

 

What’s Cooking in India?

front cover whats cooking in india
What’s Cooking In India?

The books On the Kebab Trail and On the Dessert Trail by Monish Gujral are ideal for anyone who wants to explore the world through food! With over a hundred Kashmiri recipes, P. Krishna Dar’s Kashmiri Cooking is a gorgeously illustrated edition of a well-known classic. Highway on My Plate: The Indian Guide to Roadside Eating by Rocky Singh and Mayur Sharma is a must-have travel companion!

 

The Essential Sindhi Cookbook by Reejhsinghani Aroona

front cover the essential sindhi cookbook
The Essential Sindhi Cookbook || Aroona Reejhsinghani

The Sindhi community may trace its origins back to the Harappan civilization and claims a unique continuity of tradition and lifestyle in the Indian subcontinent. Cuisine, as explained in the opening to this book, is a crucial component of this continuity. While Sindhi cuisine has absorbed components from other cuisines, particularly Mughlai and Punjabi, it has always maintained its own distinct blend of flavours and scents. The answers to all questions relating to the preparation and serving of Sindhi food are all here in this comprehensive guide to a distinctive culture.

 

The Essential Delhi Cookbook by Priti Narain

front cover the essential delhi cookbook
The Essential Delhi Cookbook || Priti Narain

The Penguin Essential Cookbooks are a pioneering endeavour to preserve the art of traditional Indian cooking. Each book is prepared by a skilled chef who combines regional or community-specific recipes with a lengthy introduction that details the rituals and customs associated with eating and presenting food. Recipes in the Essential Delhi Cookbook are gathered from the various communities that have made Delhi their home, including the Khatris and Kayasths, as well as Mughlai and Punjabi foods. Raan, Bheja, Methi Dal ki Pakori, Muthanjan Pulao, Mathri, Papri, Chaat, and Sharbat-e-Ghulab are among the recipes.

 

The Essential North-East Cookbook by Hoihnu Hauzel

front cover The Essential North – East Cookbook
The Essential North – East Cookbook || Hoihnu Hauzel

If there is one section of our country that has yet to be explored, it is the North East, at least in terms of its food. Those who live in or have visited the seven sister states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura will tell you that the North East’s chefs produce an incredible variety of cuisines that combine tradition and innovation in surprising ways.

 

The Essential Andhra Cookbook by Bilkees Latif

front cover Essential Andhra Cookbook
The Essential Andhra Cookbook || Bilkees Latif

 

Enjoy the enticing flavours of Andhra cuisine. While Hyderabadi cuisine is well-known for its distinct Mughlai flavour, food from other parts of Andhra, one of India’s largest and most culturally varied states, is relatively obscure. The author brings together for the first time the various tastes of Andhra cooking, from the simple idli-sambar to spicy seafood specialties, in this contribution to the Penguin series on Indian food and customs.

How to convert an idea into a venture; Become A Junior Entrepreneur

Posted on by vidhi

Entrepreneurs are bringing education online, connecting families at the touch of a button and revolutionizing the shopping experience-in short, they’re changing the way we live.

Following the success of Become a Junior Inventor, Vrunda Bansode gives every kid a hands-on crash course in entrepreneurship in her new book, Become a Junior Entrepreneur. Here is a checklist on how you can convert an idea into a venture, from the book.

Think of all the things that you can build on to develop your business as an entrepreneur and note them down. Right now, do not think of constraints. Just think of all that you would like to do. Innovate. Invent. Dream big! Now comes the reality check. Let us think of what you can actually work towards and have a good chance of succeeding at. How does one figure that out? Try to answer these questions for each of the businesses you have listed:

  • Do I myself have the skill of making this product or delivering this service?

(Hint: If you want to start a baking business but do not know how to bake, the answer would be No. If you want to start a web design service and are good at using design softwares yourself, your answer is Yes.)

  • Do I know who might be the customers for my business and can I reach them easily?

(Hint: If you are developing a book-trading app and know that many of your friends will use the service, your answer is Yes. But let’s say you are considering starting a garden clean-up service and don’t have any houses with gardens around you, the answer is No.)

  • Do many people need this product or service?

(Hint: Everybody needs and buys toothbrushes regularly, so the market is large. But not everyone needs dental braces, so the market is much smaller.)

  • Roughly how much money is needed to start this business and will I be able to get it through my savings, allowances and borrowings from family and friends?
  • Can I start working towards this right away – at least within a few months?

For any idea that you end up with more No-s than Yes-es, mark it as a passion to be pursued later. Where your Yes-es are more than the No-s, get going! If you have a Yes for all five questions, that’s a great place to start. But if you had to scrap all of your ideas, don’t be hassled. Just start again or see if you can modify an idea you like even a little until you get all five Yes-es.

Another great way to start is to team up with your friends. You will have more helping hands and great ideas on board, and there’s nothing wrong with having a little bit of fun on the side. Many great start-ups started with a team of founders rather than a single founder.

If it is not just you, but you and a group of friends who want to start a business together, then do the above as a group exercise. The group together will then have the skill of ideation, knowledge, access to prospective customers and the ability to get the money or seed capital—as it is called in the business world—to start your new business.

From sifting through ideas to running a business, Become a Junior Entrepreneur accompanies the reader through every stage of turning a nascent dream into a commercially viable start-up.

 

Re-opened bookstores in India to get your next read from!

Posted on by Penguin India

Books have become our closest companions and sources of comfort (and often, refuge from the world) in these times. However, readers around the country have been affected by the closure of bookstores.

We are happy to see that some of our book stores are back, within the required social distancing norms of course.

As we collectively follow the developments, we thought to compile a list of returning bookshops to help further with your quarantine reading.  We would strongly suggest getting in touch with the bookstores for more up-to-date information on their pickup/delivery processes, given the dynamic situation.

A Note Before You Scroll Further

Since times are still uncertain and safety is paramount, we would request all our readers to continue following strict social distancing measures, whether you are going to the bookstores or getting deliveries. Avoid human contact as much as possible. Have all your details handy to ensure a faster process.

If you are going to the store, wear a mask and preferably carry a sanitizer with you. If you are getting a delivery – consider asking the delivery staff to put the package on your doorstep and stepping back while you pick it up. Try to make contactless payments as much as possible. Also do consider offering to sanitize their hands.

As storytellers and publishers, we would like to send out an earnest request to support these bookstores wherever and however you can.

As aversive as we need to be to physical contact these days, do ensure that you are not being dismissive towards staff and/or customers. There is also a fair chance of limitations and constraints for many of these bookshops, depending on circumstances and staff availability; we would urge everyone to be accommodating of those. Above all – a smile and a thank you are still very much needed in this world!

Delhi

Midland Book Shop, (Hauz Khas and South Extension)

1100 AM to 630 PM (Hauz Khas) Home Delivery/Visit 9818282497 midlandbookshop@gmail.com
1100 AM to 630 PM (South Extension) Home Delivery/Visit 011-24653881 midlandbook@yahoo.com

 

Faqir Chand & Sons, Khan Market

1000 AM to 630 PM Pickup 011-24618810 faqirchandandson@gmail.com

 

Amrit Book Company, Connaught Place

1000 AM to 600 PM Visits only 011-23317331 ·         amritbookco@hotmail.com

 

Bahrison Booksellers (Saket and Khan Market)

1030 AM to 500 PM (Khan Market) Home Delivery/Visit 9968457200 bahrisons@outlook.com
1030 AM to 500 PM(Bahrisons Kids) Home Delivery/Visit 011-24694611 bahrisons@outlook.com
930 AM to 500 PM (Saket) Home Delivery/Visit 8860301939 bahripurchase@gmail.com

 

Oxford Bookstores, Connaught Place

1000 AM to 600 PM Visit 011-49192092 oxforddel@apeejaygroup.com

 

The Bookshop, Jor Bagh

1100 AM to 500 PM Home Delivery/Visit 011-24697102 thebookshop@hotmail.com

 

Teksons Book Shop, South Extension

1100 AM to 500 PM Visit 7838592282 teksons@teksons.com

 

Vandana Book Shop, Hauz Khas

1000 AM to 630 PM Visit 011-26514975 vandanabookshop@gmail.com

 

Jain Book Depot, Connaught Place

1000 AM to 600 PM Visit 8929107101  sales@jainbookdepot.com

 

Jain Book Agency, Connaught Place

1000 AM to 600 PM Visit 011-44556677 sales@jainbookagency.com

 

Haryana

Bahrisons Booksellers, Galleria

1000 AM to 400 PM Home Delivery/Visit 7678609336 bahrisonsgurgaon@gmail.com

 

KoolSkool, Qutub Plaza

1000 AM to 600 PM Home Delivery/Visit 9899710452 amit@koolskool.co.in

 

New Midland Bookshop, Gurugram 

1100 AM to 630 PM Home Delivery/Visit 9310523999 newmidlandbookshop@hotmail.com

 

Anamika Trading Co., Panchkula

1030 AM to 500 PM Visit 0172-2579143

 

 

Maharashtra

Granth The Book, Kolhapur

10:00 AM To 05:00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 8975766682

 

Mehta Book Shop, Kolhapur

10:00 AM To 05:00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 9823015319

 

Title Waves, Bandra

10:00 AM To 03:00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 8369039934 trushant@titlewaves.in

 

Happy Book Stall, Bandra

10:00 AM To 02:00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 9820812338 krjworldofbook@gmail.com

 

Kitab Khana, Fort

11:00 TO TO 5: 00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 8879540538 jagat@somaiya.com

 

Granth The Book Shop, Juhu

11:00 T0 6:00Vi Visit 022-26609327 info.juhu@granth.com

 

Venus Book Centre, Nagpur

11:00 AM To 03:00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 7773952341

 

City Book Shop, Nagpur

11:00 AM To 03:00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 9422825447 citybook12@gmail.com

 

Western Book Depot, Nagpur

11:00 AM To 03:00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 9823162383

 

Grand Book Bazaar, Nashik

11:00 AM To 03:00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 9890083155

 

Crossword, Aundh

11:00 AM To 06:00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 9767024101 crosswordaundh@yahoo.co.in

 

Solanki Book Seller, Pune

11:00 AM To 06:00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 9422515882 solankibooksellers@gmail.com

 

Rohit Enterprises, Pune

11:00 AM To 05:30 PM Home Delivery/Visit 9822026389 rohitexpress@yahoo.com

 

Pagdandi, Baner

11:00 AM To 05:30 PM Home Delivery/Visit 9890992470 contactus@pagdandi.org

 

Punjab

Book Lovers Retreat, Amritsar

1000 AM to 600 PM Visit 0183-2545666

 

Books Punch, Amritsar

1000 AM to 600 PM Home Delivery/Visit 9878648612 jsk.publishers@gmail.com

 

Capital Book Depot, Chandigarh

1030 AM to 600 PM Home Delivery/Visit 0172-2702260 capitalbookdepot@gmail.com

 

English Book Shop, Chandigarh

1100 AM to 630 PM Visit 0172-2702542 rajivebs@hotmail.com

 

The Browser, Chandigarh

10:00AM to 6:00PM Home Delivery/Visit 9878799100 service@thebrowser.org

 

Omsul, Chandigarh

1000 AM to 600 PM Visit 7889175846 omsulpublishers@gmail.com 

 

Pal Book Depot, Ludhiana

1100 AM to 400 PM Visit 9814178314
0161-4067691		 palbookldh@gmail.com

 

Reader Paradise, Patiala

830 AM to 630 PM Home Delivery/Visit 9780137487 readersparadise.ptl@gmail.com

 

Gujarat

Himanshu Book Company, Ahmedabad

10:00 AM To 5:00 PM Visit 079-26579685 orders@himanshubook.com

 

Crossword Book Store, Mithakali

10:00 AM To 5:00 PM Visit 079-26468031 gaurav.shah.1964@gmail.com

 

Astha Books, Ahmedabad

10:00 AM To 5:00 PM Visit 079-40056914 asthabookagency@yahoo.com

 

Book India, Ahmedabad

10:00 AM To 5:00 PM Visit 9824016112 bookind@gmail.com

 

Toycra, Ahmedabad

10:00 AM To 04:00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 096389 93429 tan.shah8@gmail.com

 

Alpha Book Shop, Ahmedabad

10:00 AM To 4:00 PM Visit 9898400431 alphabookcoahmedabad@gmail.com

 

Natraj Book Shop, Ahmedabad

10:00 AM To 4:00 PM Visit 079-26587930 natraj1963@gmail.com

 

Hasu Traders, Ahmedabad

11:00 AM To 4:00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 079-26587104 hasutraders01@gmail.com

 

Book Plaza, Ahmedabad

08:30 AM To 02:30 PM Home Delivery/Visit 079-26430386 mail@bookplazaindia.com

 

Sanskar Books, Ahmedabad

09:30 AM To 04:00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 9152154760 sanskaarbooks@yahoo.com

 

Ashok Prakashan, Ahmedabad

10:00 AM To 7:00 PM Visit 9825052617 hareshshah42@yahoo.co.in

 

Ajay Book Stall, Anand

08:00 AM To 6:00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 02692-238237 ajaybookstall@gmail.com

 

Crossword Book Store, Surat

08:00 AM To 04:00 PM Visit 9924233933 cwdsuratA@gmail.com

 

Pages Book Centre, Vadodara

09:30 AM To 6:00 PM Home Delivery 0265-2780168 stejash@gmail.com

 

Maneesh Book Shop, Vadodara

10:00 AM To 6:00 PM Visit 9898522447 maneeshbookshop@gmail.com

 

Baroda Book Corporation, Vadodara

10:00 AM To 6:00 PM Visit 0265-2325712 bbcorpo@gmail.com

 

Crossword Book Store (Inorbit Mall), Vadodara

10:00 PM TO 7:00 PM Visit cwbaroda@gmail.com

 

Crossword Book Store, Vadodara

9:30 TO 7:00 PM Visit 0265-2342657 cwbaroda@gmail.com

 

You And Book World, Rajkot

11:00 AM TO 7:00 Pm Visit 9624673177 younbooksworld@gmail.com

 

Chirag Book Distributors, Vadodara

10:00 AM To 7:00 PM Visit 0265-2489003 dilchirag@yahoo.com

 

Uttar Pradesh

Unviersal Book Company Allahabad

1000 AM to 600 PM Visit 8874599611

 

Universal Book Distributing Company, Lucknow

930 AM to 530 PM Visit 0522-2329641 ubdc@airtelmail.in

 

Universal Book Sellers, Lucknow

930 AM to 530 PM Visit 9838204366 universallko@gmail.com

 

Scholar Shopee, Lucknow

1030 AM to 530 PM Visit 9839008787 scholar.shoppe@gmail.com

 

Universal Book Company, Varanasi

1100 AM to 400 PM Visit 0542-2450042 universalvns@gmail.com 

 

Rajasthan

Kaul Kraft, Jaipur

1100 AM to 500 PM Visit 9734620536 kaulkraftsjpr@gmail.com

 

Crossword Book Store, Jaipur

11:00 AM To 06:00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 9928279023 crosswordjpr@gmail.com

 

Rajat Book Corner, Jaipur

1100 AM to 400 PM Home Delivery/Visit 9829069797 rajatbooks@sify.com

 

Kerala

DC Books (Banerji Road, Convent Jn, Kottayam, Thiruvananthapuram, and Tiruvalla)

 Unsure  (Banerji Road) Home Delivery/Visit 0487-2444322 info.cdc@dcbookshop.in
 Unsure (Convent Jn) Home Delivery/Visit 0484-3021590 info.cdc@dcbookshop.in
9.30 AM TO 7 PM (Kottayam) Home Delivery/Visit 0481-2563114 info.cdc@dcbookshop.in
9.30 AM TO 7 PM

(Thiruvananthapuram)

 Home Delivery/Visit 0471-2453379 info.cdc@dcbookshop.in
10 AM TO 7 PM  (Tiruvalla) Home Delivery/Visit 9946109653 info.cdc@dcbookshop.in

 

Mathrubhumi Books (Kochi, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram, Trichur)

10 AM TO 7 PM (Kochi) Home Delivery/Visit 8589934747 georgey@mpp.co.in
10 AM TO 7 PM (Kozhikode) Home Delivery/Visit 9447486186 booksclt@mpp.co.in
10 AM TO 7 PM
(Thiruvananthapuram)		 Home Delivery/Visit bookstvpm@mpp.co.in
10 AM TO 7 PM (Trichur) Home Delivery/Visit 9895103060 bookstrsr@mpp.co.in

 

Modern Book Centre, Thiruvananthapuram

9.30 AM TO 7 PM Home Delivery/Visit 9633795091 info@modernbookcentre.com

 

TBS (Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram)

10 AM TO 7 PM (Kozhikode) Home Delivery/Visit 0495-2721025 ‘tbsbooksclt@gmail.com’
9.30 AM TO 7 PM
(Thiruvananthapuram)		 Home Delivery/Visit 0471-2570504 tbsbooksstatue@gmail.com

 

H& C Books (Kochi, Kollam)

9.30 AM TO 7 PM (Kochi)  Unsure 0484-2352133 handctdm@gmail.com
10 AM TO 7 PM (Kollam)  Unsure 8089339479 handcklm@gmail.com

 

Crossword, Kochi

10 AM TO 7 PM 0484-4039988 crossword.cok@syamadynamic.com

 

Kochi Books, Kochi

10 AM TO 7 PM Home Delivery/Visit 9447576865 vimalgkumar@gmail.com

 

Calicut Books, Kozhikode

10 AM TO 7 PM 8589055051 info@calicutbooks.com

 

Cosmo Books, Trichur

10 AM TO 7 PM 9847601768 bookstrsr@mpp.co.in

 

Green Books, Trichur

10 AM TO 7 PM info@greenbooksindia.com

 

Karanataka

Gangarams (Domlur, Church Street), Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM (Domlur) Home Delivery/Visit 98806 58078 bhujbooks@gmail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM (Church Street) Home Delivery/Visit 97414 95610 gangaramsmgroad@gmail.com

 

The Bookworm, Church Street, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 98450 76757 kris.bookworm@gmail.com

 

Goobe’s Book Store, Church Street, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 99450 93095 goobesbookrepublic@gmail.com

 

Higginbothams, MG Road, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 96202 14348 ananda.c@higginbothams.co.in

 

Blossom Book House, Church Street, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 94482 20202 mayigowda@yahoo.com

 

Landmark, Forum Mall, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 080 4240 4888 lms024@trent-tata.com

 

Crossword (Forum Value Mall, JP Nagar, White Field, Banerghatta, Mantri Mall), Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Forum Value Mall)

 Home Delivery/Visit cwforumvaluemallbglr@gmail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(JP Nagar)

 Home Delivery/Visit 78921 89627 velu.s@shoppersstop.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(White Field)

 Home Delivery/Visit 90085 64647 / 82176 71684 mahantesh.bh@shoppersstop.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Banerghatta)

 Home Delivery/Visit 86189 57558
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Mantri Mall)

 Home Delivery/Visit 96867 44998 Murthy.Narasimha@Shoppersstop.com

 

Nagasri Book House, Jayangar, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 98459 44559 nagasribook@gmail.com

 

Sri Book World, Gandhibazaar, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM Home Delivery/Visit  080 2662 4904 sribookworld@gmail.com

 

Tata Book House, IISC, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 98451 24944 campusbookhouse@gmail.com

 

Bookstop , Koramangala

10.00 – 6.00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 99868 31737 bookstop.india@gmail.com

 

Tata Book House, IISC

10.00 – 6.00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 98451 24944 campusbookhouse@gmail.com

 

Paperback Inc, Kamanahalli, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 99000 49156 paperbackindia@gmail.com

 

The Bookhive, Vijaynagar, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 95354 40445 keshav.bookhive@gmail.com

 

Sapna Books House (Gandhinagar, Sadashivnagar, Jayanagar, Indiranagar, Koramangala, Residency Road, Royal Meenakshi Mall, Elements Mall, RMZ Mall), Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM
(Gandhinagar)		 Home Delivery/Visit 080 – 4011 4455 info@sapnaonline.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Sadashivnagar)

 Home Delivery/Visit 080 – 4123 6271 / 2344 64442 sapna.sdn@sapnaretail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Jayanagar)

 Home Delivery/Visit 080 – 4906 6700 sapna.jyn@sapnaretail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Indiranagar)

 Home Delivery/Visit 080 – 4045 5999 sapna.ind@sapnaretail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Koramangala)

 Home Delivery/Visit 080 – 4083 9999 sapna.krm@sapnaretail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Residency Road)

 Home Delivery/Visit 080 – 4916 6999 sapna.res@sapnaretail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Royal Meenakshi Mall)

 Home Delivery/Visit 080 – 4256 6299 sapna.rmm@sapnaretail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Elements Mall)

 Home Delivery/Visit 080 – 6729 4151 sapnar.elm@sapnaretail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(RMZ Mall)

 Home Delivery/Visit 9606014561 | 9606014562 sapna.rmz@sapnaretail.com

 

Lightroom Bookstore, Cook Town, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 98806 86495 lightroombookstore@gmail.com

 

Kids 2Day, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 95355 73051 kids2dayintl@gmail.com

 

Atta Galatta Bookstore, Koramangala, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 080 4160 0677 thebookstore@attagalatta.com

 

OM Book Store, Phoenix Mall, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM Home Delivery/Visit  94818 10158 purushotham@ombooks.com

 

Buzzword, Sahkarnagar

10.00 – 6.00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 95381 23111 buzzwordblr@gmail.com

 

Walking BookFairs, JP Nagar, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 70081 47255 walkingbookfairs@gmail.com

 

Ameya Law Agency, Gandhinagar, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM 98441 15016 ameyalawagencybangalore@gmail.com

 

Aakruti Books, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM 98866 94580

 

Champaca, Cunningham Road, Bengaluru

10.00 – 6.00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 99165 41965 team@champaca.in

 

Sapna Book House (P) Ltd (Belgaum, Hubli, Kalburgi, Mangalore, Mysore)

10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Belgaum)

 Home Delivery/Visit 0831 – 425 5499 sapna.bgm@sapnaretail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Hubli)

 Home Delivery/Visit 0836 – 424 9999 sapna.hub@sapnaretail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Kalburgi)

 Home Delivery/Visit 08472 – 275599 / 11 sapna.klb@sapnaretail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Mangalore)

 Home Delivery/Visit 0824 – 423 2800 sapna.mlr@sapnaretail.com
10.00 – 6.00 PM

(Mysore)

 Home Delivery/Visit 0821 – 400 4499 sapna.mys@sapnaretail.com
Andhra Pradesh

Ashok Book Centre, Vijyawada

9:30 a.m to 6:00 p.m Home Delivery/Visit 0866 247 2096 abcbooksvj@gmail.com

 

Pages Book Shop, Vizag               

8:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m Home Delivery/Visit 089125 28627 dhimant@reem.co.in

 

Jyoti Book Depot, Vizag               

8:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m Home Delivery/Visit 0891 664 5858 dhimant@reem.co.in

 

Goa

The Dogears Bookshop, Madgoan

11:00 AM To 06:00 PM Home Delivery/Visit 9850398530 Leonard.fernandes@gmail.com

 

Literati, Calangute

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Crossword Bookstores, Panjim

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Imphal

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Sikkim

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A green-skinned zombie limping toward us…what happens next?

Posted on by Penguin India

Karma Tandin is a Monster Hunter.

All his life, Karma has defended his village from monsters and creatures and forces of Darkness. He’s not the bravest or the smartest kid, but he always tries to do what’s right. When one of his classmates shows up to school as a Zombie, Karma knows that he must stop him. After all, no one else can. But is this Zombie really bad? Is he dangerous, or is he just under the thrall of some horrible spell? Karma and his friends must work together to solve this mystery, discover the magical secrets of their town, and hope they find the answers before they too become victims of the undead.

 

Read below an excerpt from the book:

 

Life is totally  normal now
Last month, I defeated a shark monster. The week after, I was attacked by possessed trees. The week after that, I may have gotten into a very short, very embarrassing fist-fight with a vampire potato (don’t ask).
I’m a twelve-year-old monster hunter. It sounds cool, but it’s a lot of work.
See, my whole life has been a never-ending series of monster attacks. I live in a tiny valley in Bhutan, so I really shouldn’t have a monster problem. I should just hang out, practise some archery with my friends, and maybe do some chores. You know, normal stuff.
Instead, I’m constantly looking for horrible creatures. For some reason, I’m like a monster magnet. They find me. I fight them. I usually win, but sometimes I get hurt. Well, usually I get hurt. My arm is still sore from that potato attack (again, don’t ask).
It’s not the perfect situation. My mom is always freaking out, and my grades aren’t great. But I kind of like it, too. I like saving people. If I’m the only person who can protect my classmates from vegetables with teeth, then why not? It’s my duty.
I just wish that I could have a more normal life, sometimes. I wish I could have a monster-free holiday somewhere nice and boring. Like the dentist’s office. Last month, I’d stopped a shark monster from eating my classmates. She was the school librarian. She even wore a fake human head on top of her shark head. I’d scared her off thanks to my bravery (and dumb luck), but not before she (I think) ate one of my classmates.
His name was Tenzin, and he was the school bully. I didn’t like him too much, but that didn’t mean he deserved to get eaten. It was awful. Now, things were finally getting back to normal. I felt good. Spring was coming fast, the weather was warming up, and I hadn’t seen any monsters in days. Everything felt nice and safe and dentist-office boring.
As always, I walked to school with my best friend Chimmi. Our school was on the side of a mountain, so we took the shortcut—the hidden trail along the edge of a stream. It had some nice views of Jakar Town below.
Of course, neither of us was enjoying the view. Chimmi was staring at me again, trying to figure out what I was thinking about. And I was squeezing my face really tight, trying to hide the fact that I was thinking about Dawa again.
‘You’re thinking about Dawa again,’ he said.
I guess I didn’t squeeze my face tight enough.
‘No,’ I lied. ‘I was thinking about . . . mummies.’ Out of all the monsters I’ve had to fight, I’d never encountered any mummies.
Give it time, though.
‘How is she?’ he asked.
‘Dawa? What do you mean? Is she okay? I haven’t seen her?’ I said in one breath. For a moment, I was worried that she’d been captured by a troll and no one had bothered to tell me.
‘Um, I’m just asking,’ Chimmi said.
‘Oh. Yeah. She’s good.’
Dawa was my other best friend. She was the coolest kid in school, and I really, really liked her. She didn’t like it when I fought monsters, because she didn’t want to see me get hurt. During times like these—normal, boring times—she was always really happy.
I thought about Dawa a lot. Chimmi elbowed me in the side. ‘Stop thinking about her,’ he said. ‘I’m not!’ I said. ‘You’re dumb,’ he said. This was a typical Chimmi/ Karma conversation. I couldn’t help but smile, not because my friend called me dumb (I’m not), but because I wasn’t worried about anything. After all the craziness of the last month, I wasn’t thinking about shark monsters or vampires or any of that. I was thinking about school, and friends, and maybe-kinda-sorta having a crush.
It was all so normal. And I needed that. I needed normal. Of course, that happy-normal feeling lasted for about ten seconds before I saw a green-skinned zombie limping toward us.
Well, crap.

 

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