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This is a retelling of the classic tales of ‘Vetala Panchavimshati’. Drawing from multiple sources — including the versions of Shivadasa and Jambhaladatta, Somadeva’s ‘Kathasaritsagara’, and Lallu Lal’s ‘Baital Pachisi’ — the author weaves together 24 curveball tales, probing subjects like life, love, sexuality, human desire, the vagaries of human nature and death, narrated by the Vetala. These blend suspense, wit, and philosophical enquiry.

The book explores the practical management techniques embedded in Indic wisdom, with dharma as its foundational framework. It demonstrates how contemporary management practices can be enriched by the strategic and operational guidance found in ancient texts. The author insists that these sources offer actionable insights into leadership, accountability, and human resource management.

Accused in the Bhima-Koregaon case, the author spent 31 months in Taloja Central Jail (Maharashtra). Partly based on his jail diary, this memoir seeks to bridge the chasm between the incarcerated and the free. It chronicles not only his personal struggles but also those of his co-accused. It gives an intimate view of prison life, its lingo, relationships, human bonds and hierarchies. The author aims to provoke readers to rethink about a system that thrives on the pain and suffering of people and perpetuating injustice in the name of justice.

After vanishing without a trace, India’s former president Ranjeeth returns — not to power, but to the people. Wordless and barefoot, he walks the length of a country ravaged by climate chaos: scorched fields and forests, swamped slums, forgotten histories and ghost towns abandoned to time and tide. As nature’s fury looms and the nation aches with gaping wounds, Ranjeeth’s journey becomes a mirror to our own — a call to notice what we’ve ignored, to feel what we’ve numbed, to mend what we’ve plundered.