Speaking Tiger

The first book in the Mandala Purana series, The Pledge is a richly detailed fantasy adventure stretching across time and space. As much a story of evil and intolerance as of love and justice, it is an utterly compelling exploration of humanity.

Despite the systemic opposition, Chundawat continued the fight to save Panna’s tigers, collecting data and petitioning the government to intervene.

Through these personal accounts, Rauf reveals the state of environmental conservation in India and the complex relationship between locals, wildlife researchers and forest officials.

This book, the first to document the significant work carried out in these places, transports us back to a time of fearless experimentation in theatre.

On the broader canvas of India, other events are playing out. Indira Gandhi declares an Emergency; a new party, the Jana Sangh is formed.

This is the first comprehensive attempt to portray the life of the actor in all its facets. It traces Soumitra’s initial years of searching for identities to the final decades when he reached the pinnacle of his career as an actor and an artist.

Her experiences are not just a reflection of the challenges faced even by privileged women in the nineteenth century.