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Om Books International 2023

This definitive volume brings together all the short stories Gajra Kottary has written so far. These women-centric stories encompass a range of situations: a new bride’s fantasy, the existential frustrations of a crusader’s wife, an award-winning journalist who helplessly watches her campaign go awry; and many more. Always engaging, delightfully unpredictable, these stories provide a fascinating portrait of urban women in contemporary India.

Hay House Publishers India 2021

Feeling depressed after losing your job? Has your girlfriend ditched you? Has your brother grabbed your share of property? Here is a book which finds answers to our share of woes through the reels of Indian cinema. Delve through its pages and discover how the finest creative minds have examined issues that have plagued us. Find yourself in its pages and also kindle your love for Indian cinema. So, what are you waiting for?

HarperCollins India 2017

Young advertising professional Amala walks the tightrope between her big-city dreams and small-town roots. Having broken up with her possessive live-in Mumbaikar boyfriend, she returns to Jalandhar in time for her grandfather’s funeral. Back home, she is barely on talking terms with her mother Disha. Girls Don’t Cry parses the lives of three generations of women and the choices they make as they navigate a man’s world.

HarperCollins India 2014

Simran, a former actress is out of shape and down in the dumps. Her in-laws dote on her but can’t seem to dissuade their son from spending his days and nights with Sia. Their only daughter Ashima has walked out of an unhappy marriage and returned home… to be an actor. Once Upon A Star is a compelling saga of love and betrayal in the world of Cinema.

HarperCollins India 2012

Niyati’s world is clouded by parental conflict, the hypocrisies of a philandering musician father and the seething silences of her mother. Her only solace, Niyati’s touchstone for everything in life, is elder sister Nisha. Nisha remains the sole constant in Niyati’s life until a revelation sends her beliefs into a spin. Broken Melodies is as much about a troubled childhood in a broken household as it is about chasing happiness and restoring beauty to one’s life.

HarperCollins India 2015

नियति का मन अनगिनत सपनों और आशाओं से भरा है। लेकिन एक टूटते हुए घर में बड़ा होना दिन-ब-दिन मुश्किल होता जा रहा है। उसके दिन घुटते हैं व्यभिचारी पिता के ढ़़ोंग, माँ की खौलती ख़ामोशियों और निजी अनिश्चितता के सायों तले जहाँ अपने पड़ोसी ढीठ चंदन की उपिस्थिति उसे परेशान करती है| दस साल बड़ी निशा उसके जीवन का पारस पत्थर है। पर निशा के एक राज़ के खुलते ही नियति का विश्वास पलट जाता हैे और वह निकल पड़ती है अपने आप को ढ़ूँढने। बिखरे सुर हमारी जि़न्दगियों में खूबसूरती की तलाश की एक बेहद संवेदनशील कहानी है।

Prabhat Prakashan 2013

जीवन तो कोरा कागज है। चाहें तो इसमें खुशियों की कविता लिखें या लिख दें दुःखों के गीत। और अकसर ऐसा भी होता है कि एक अधूरी कविता को पूरा करने के लिए बस जरूरत होती है तो उस एक शख्स की, जो पन्ना पलटने की काबिलियत रखता हो।
घर वह एक ही था, पर उसके एक सिरे में प्रेम-बंधन आखिरी साँसें ले रहा था तो दूसरे सिरे में एक दोस्ती प्रेम की सीढ़ी चढ़ने को आतुर थी।
क्या माँ-बाप के बिखरते रिश्ते की निराशा निष्ठा के प्रेम को ग्रहण लगा देगी? या फिर उसका वह नया सकारात्मक जुड़ाव ही उसके टूटते परिवार के रिश्तों में आस्था लौटाएगा?

Jaico Publishing House 2005
This collection of short stories is inspired by the ‘twist-in-the tail’ style of Roald Dahl, though the tales are not as macabre! They are a delightful mix. A new bride’s fantasy, the existential frustrations of a crusader’s wife, the dilemma of a chic MBA in publicly recognising her homespun parents, an award-winning journalist who finds her campaign gone awry…these are some of the experiences encountered by the protagonists in these stories.

Har-Anand 1996

A collection of 12 women-centred short stories that detail these women’s distinctive orientations and philosophies. They cover the entire spectrum of human emotion; from revenge to repentance, strength to vulnerability, optimism to bitterness, dreams to reality and victory to defeat. And in the process of arriving, the protagonists meander through journeys of self-discovery. Whether these women won or lost, depends on your perception.