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These poems move between the intimate and the cataclysmic — between the ache of desire and the violence of memory, the tremor of a sinking hillside and the hush of a single unanswered question. Across sections, this book moves from political meditation to ecological lament and then, towards a thin, persistent thread of hope. ‘Harvesting Gods’ gathers the fragments of a world undone by power, grief, and forgetting, and offers them back to us as invitation — towards clarity, conscience, and a more generous imagination.

The story of Ashok S Ganguly’s life is inextricably tied to the fate of what was then a fledgling nation. After his graduate studies in the United States, he chose to live and work in India instead of returning to pursue a career as a scientist. In this memoir, he relives the highs and lows of his career with Hindustan Lever, the multinational that introduced branded goods to India. But beyond a memoir, this book is a reflection on the importance of taking ownership of your own future.

Detective N Ramalingam is called in to investigate a seemingly straightforward case of a missing painting, but what unfolds is a convoluted plot involving love, lust, and murder. At the centre of the story is a happy couple. Then the husband wants to add some ‘spice’ to their married life, but something goes horribly wrong... Dive into this tale and more in this collection of psychological thrillers.