Meet Me In Mumbai

From the author of The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali and Zara Hossain Is Here. Ayesha is on her own, far from home, when she's faced with a choice that will change her life forever. Ayesha is a world away from home when she meets the boy of her dreams. Like her, Suresh is from India but going to high school in Illinois. Once they get together, they are inseparable... until a twist of fate takes Suresh back to India right when Ayesha discovers she's pregnant. Suddenly she feels she's on her own, navigating the biggest decision she'll ever make. Seventeen years later, Ayesha's daughter Mira finds an old box with letters addressed to her from her birth mother. Although Mira loves the moms who adopted her, she's intrigued to discover something more about her history. In one letter, Ayesha writes that if Mira can forgive her for what she had to do, she should find a way to travel to India for her eighteenth birthday and meet her. Mira knows she'll always regret it if she doesn't go. But is she actually ready for what she will learn? From the author of the "heart-wrenching yet hopeful" (Samira Ahmed) novel, The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali, comes a timely story about two teenage girls forced to understand the power and consequences of their choices.

What can possibly go wrong when Jesse asks the universe to get her out of the rut her life has become? MEET ME IN MUMBAI chronicles the unexpected journey of a sophisticated 62-year-old American woman who longs to escape small-town life. She falls in love with an Englishman who loves wild camping, and he dares her to meet him in Mumbai. Knit yourself a seatbelt for the misadventures of the couple who travel on a shoestring through India and SE Asia like twenty-year-olds on a gap year. Set in India, Cornwall and SE Asia over three years, the novel recounts the ways in which Jesse's experiences change her worldview.

All he needs is to find her. First, he must remember who she is. Jenny Ashcroft's "Meet Me in Bombay is a powerful, poignant and deeply emotional tale of love, mystery, loss and joy." –Kate Furnivall, New York Times bestselling author It's New Year's Eve in Bombay, 1913, and Madeline Bright, new to the sweltering heat of colonial India, is yearning for all she has left behind in England. Then, at the stroke of midnight, Maddy meets Luke Devereaux, and as the year changes so do both their lives. Bold and charismatic, Luke opens her eyes to the wonders of Bombay, while Maddy's beauty and vivacity captures his heart. Only her mother disapproves, preferring the devoted Guy Bowen as a match for her daughter. But while Maddy and Luke are falling in love, the world is falling apart. World War I is on the horizon, and Luke will be given no choice but to fight. They will be continents apart, separated by danger and devastating loss, but bound by Luke's promise that they will meet again in Bombay.

An extraordinarily moving memoir from an iconoclastic new talent—an artist, cook, and illustrator whose adventures at home and abroad reveal the importance of living life with your eyes wide open. Best known for her witty illustrations, and as a cook beside her mischievous father in her family’s legendary Manhattan restaurant, in Mumbai New York Scranton, Tamara Shopsin offers a brilliantly inventive, spare, and elegant chronicle of a year in her life characterized by impermanence. In a refreshingly original voice alternating between tender and brazen, Shopsin recounts a trip to the Far East with her sidekick husband and the harrowing adventure that unfolds when she comes home. Entire worlds, deep relationships, and indelible experiences are portrayed in Shopsin’s deceptively simple and sparse language and drawings. Blending humor, love, suspense—and featuring photographs by Jason Fulford—Mumbai New York Scranton inspires a kaleidoscope of emotions. Shopsin’s surprising and affecting tale will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Following the Bombay Communal Riots of 1992 which saw neighbour pitched against neighbour in fierce bouts of internecine violence, came the retaliatory bomb blasts of 1993 and the name change to Mumbai in 1995. Mumbai Noir captures the essence of a city dominated by wealth and the lack of it, where the shadowy aspects of life are never far from the ordinary person. Psychopath Romeos stalk ordinary women, men flirt with death in dance bars and families fall through the cracks of communal living in this phenomenal collection of noir literature.

“Now look at the person in the mirror and tell her that you love her.” Sanjaneka stared and stared, unable to utter the simple words aloud. Why is Sanjaneka unable to love herself? What past is she running away from? How does an Uber ride help Samar to save his marriage? Why does the dull moonlight of a gibbous moon trouble Varun so much? Three lives. One Utopian centre. The Total Holistic Centre (The THC) welcomes the broken and those looking for closure through its doors and works its magic to return them to the world fulfilled. This is the story of these three troubled souls who seek solace at the centre, indulge in its unusual treatment and find the cures to their ailments in surprising places. A book on loss, longing and changing circumstances, The THC dives into uncomfortable topics that are usually swept under the rug: fragile relationships, deteriorating marriages, addictions, impotence, and the delicate bond between fathers and sons. Welcome to the THC

September 19, 2006 Dear diary, I keep having flashbacks of that night. It was raining heavily. I was being dragged in the darkness, my left arm in the grip of a man whose face I couldn't see. I tried screaming, but my voice was choked already. I could feel mud all over me, and my eyelids were heavy, as though I was on drugs. He dragged me further into the tunnel and threw me on the ground. I tried to catch hold of something, but it was too slippery. I couldn’t move. He was screaming at me and kicking me, attacking me from different sides as he paced up and down. The last thing I remember was looking up as he brought a huge rock crashing down on my head. I’m still terrified. I’m safe and happy now, but the vision always comes back. I don’t know what to do…

Sharon grew up in an orphanage in Mumbai amidst extreme deprivation. The glitter of money was too strong for her to resist. She delved into the world of crime for the sake of a luxurious life style. The bank heist was executed successfully. But her partners in crime fell into the hands of law. Then, she met Ramesh, a police officer. She could not remain indifferent to him. What happened next? About the Author Sunil Mohan Gera is an upcoming novelist of Diamond Books. His unique narrative style has put him at the forefront of the crime thriller authors of the present era. He has woven an intricate set of events into a smoothly flowing plot. Much more is expected from his mighty pen...

By the time he was thirteen, Alok Kejriwal had begun to have profound spiritual experiences. Separated from his parents at birth, he was raised under the loving care of his Nana and Nani. During the course of these life-altering events, Alok realized that his life was not going to be a usual one. Over the next few years, Alok met unusual and blessed holy men who uplifted him. He visited temples and sacred places where he had transformative experiences. In November 2011, Alok visited a remote cave near Ranikhet in Uttarakhand that changed him forever. The Cave is an insightful, honest and deeply personal account of Alok's spiritual journey. With characteristic candour, he shares intimate aspects of his life that bring meaning and balance to his journey as a successful digital entrepreneur. A playbook of the principles of success that Alok has acquired over the years, The Cave details the amazing opportunities that are available to us all, if only we follow our heart as much as we follow our mind.

Pashmina Sambyal, a young, flamboyant social media influencer, married to her childhood love, Dr. Arjun Mani, happens to meet Rinzing Lepcha, a shy, fine art photographer by chance and finds her life turned upside down to the extent that she begins to question the way that she had been living her life till then. A soul-searching journey ensues for the two of them as they navigate their way through the labyrinth of conflicting emotions and societal norms. Are they star-crossed beloveds, or the chosen lucky ones? What lies ahead for them? A lifetime of togetherness or perpetual longing?