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“Dreaming of joining an IIT? This book is your step-by-step guide to cracking the JEE exams.
Although fewer than 500 students from Tamil Nadu make it to IITs each year, success isn’t about privilege—it’s about persistence. With practical tips and proven strategies, this book shows how anyone can achieve their IIT dream.”

Everything that happens in life teaches us something. You just have to have an eye for the details. When that observation sharpens there are so many lessons that unfold. Some that change our core for good.

Everything you read in this book is my personal experiences and as you run through the pages I am sanguine that your personal lessons will unfold too. Looking forward to your lessons from you to you.

Author: Sujatha.V
Genre: Non-Fiction
Publishing House: Zero Degree Publishing
No. Of Pages: 122
Language: English

Beginning with Timur, Sultan Ghazni who invaded India seventeen times at the head of a large army, plundering the country of its great wealth, to the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah, banished from the country by the British – details and descriptions of every incident and each king astonish and exhilarate us.

The approach is direct, simple and unambiguous. From Timur to Bahadur Shah it is one engaging account. The book should find a place in every household, as an authentic account of ourselves. A flawless portrait.

–THE HINDU

Madhan while explaining historical events uses modern similes…

In spite of being a cartoonist in his previous avatar, Madhan did not caricature the Moghul Emperors and their subjects. I am so pleased he did not sit on judgement as a south Indian non-Muslim writer.

–KAMAL HAASAN

Author: Madhan
Genre: History, Non-Fiction
Publishing House: Zero Degree Publishing
No. Of Pages: 396
Language: English

The ideal combination of satirical ammunition launched at political powers, vivid descriptions of travels in Paris, witty movie reviews, appreciation of dogs and the under-appreciation of the Tamil writer, Unfaithfully Yours, is the very essence of Charu Nivedita’s raw perception of this world. A collection of articles, essays, blogs and interviews, the book presents Charu’s bold and unapologetic take on various subjects, at a single glance to the reader.

Author: Charu Nivedita
Genre: Non-Fiction
Publishing House: Zero Degree Publishing
No. Of Pages: 218
Language: English

Fifty Parsi portraits include:
The city father assassinated in broad daylight.
The aristocratic sisters owing allegiance to the British Monarchy, fifty years after independence.
The principal who bent all his principles for a masseuse.
The accountant who organised tax raids on his own clients.
The Thumri humming high priest of Navsari.
The magician who was stripped by his maid.
The con-man who met Marlyn Monroe through time travel.
The renowned forensic expert who hypnotised roosters.
The stud who fathered half a village in Pune.
The serpent avatars with their Bollywood glitz.
The serial philanderer who seduced countless domestics behind a water tank.
include The City Father assassinated in broad daylight
The Aristocratic Sisters owing allegiance to the British monarchy, fifty years after Independence
The Principal who bent all his principles for a masseuse
The Accountant who organised tax raids on his own clients
The thumri humming High Priest of Navsari
The Magician who was tricked by his maid
The Conman who met Marilyn Monroe through time travel
The renowned Forensic Expert who hypnotised roosters
The Stud who fathered half a village in Pune
The Serpent Avatars with their Bollywood glitz
The Serial Philanderer who seduced countless
domestics behind a water tank
RAUNCHILY RAMBUNCTIOUS

BIZZARELY BAWDY REAL LIFE TALES MORE FANTASTIC THAN ARABIAN NIGHTSSECRET LIVES OF UNFORGETTABLE BAWAS
“Desai is a master of comic delivery.”HINDUSTAN TIMES

“His articles laced with subtle wit, wisdom and affection,
offer deep insight into the Parsi way of life which is rapidly disappearing.”
INDIAN EXPRESS

Author: Berjis Desai
Genre: Non-Fiction
Publishing House: Zero Degree Publishing
No. Of Pages: 232
Language: English

In this A to Z on Parsis: How Parsis convert the dirtiest swear words into terms of endearment
Pesi, who got the Pope himself to intercede to reduce the volume of bells rung at St.Joseph’s Church, Dadar
Maku Macbeth’s OCD which compelled her to change her undergarments five times a day.
The inside story of famous Parsi murderers
Men who believe why have a wife when you have your Mummy.
Parsi mediums communicating with the dead to obtain indigestion remedies

Author: Berjis Desai
Genre: Non-Fiction
Publishing House: Zero Degree Publishing
No. Of Pages: 294
Language: English

Man Manqué is a memoir and social commentary detailing the life of a Parsi-American man who grew up in post-independence Bombay and migrated to the United States at the turn of the twenty-first century. In the opening scene, the protagonist begins his ascent up Lone Mountain in Las Vegas, Nevada, contemplating the lifetime of disabling mishaps and toxic relationships that have driven him to undertake his solitary climb to the top of the mountain where he is resolved to answer what Camus deemed the “only one really serious philosophical question.” In the chapters that follow, he recounts a series of vivid stories about his childhood in the Parsi colony of Homiyar Baug, adolescence rife with sexual angst, and, finally, adulthood in which he faces the perfect storm of personal and professional betrayal, financial ruin, disillusionment with Parsi culture and Zoroastrian religion, and unresolved trauma from the past. The memoir is characterized by ironic overtones, and, at times, unfiltered dialogue that captures the raw human emotion of the characters. What sets this book apart from other written accounts of everyday Parsi life—and what sets the man, himself, apart from quite possibly all of Parsi society—is an unapologetic disregard bordering on intellectual contempt for all people and institutions that shroud malicious intention with social prudence. As author and storyteller, Lakdavala wields his dual cultural identity as a unique vantage point from which to adroitly paint an unapologetic and bitingly cynical picture of both Parsi and American culture and politics. And much else.

Author: Zend Lakdavala
Genre: Non-Fiction
Publishing House: Zero Degree Publishing
No. Of Pages: 184
Language: English

On a misty morning nearly half a century ago, Baskaran watched in awe as a skein of Bar-headed geese landed in Devarayan lake near Tiruchi. Their honking calls through the surrounding fog rendered the moment with a certain magic. That morning sparked the beginning of Baskarans nature writing.
The articles he wrote over the years, published mostly in The Hindu, examined wildlife, ecology and conservation, reflecting his enduring concerns with environmental issues. His writing based on personal observation has a sense of immediacy that draws readers to the lived experiences of nature. The essays in this anthology range from an account of the stream-dwelling Brown dipper to a search for the lost orchid of courtallam.
As Peter Matthiessen said, ” one way to grasp the main perspectives of biodiversity is to understand the precious nature of a single living form, a single manifestation of the miracle of existence; if one has to truly understand a crane- or a leaf or a cloud or a frog- one has understood everything.”
The articles anthologised in this volume represent a lifetime’s pursuit of such an understanding.

Author: Theodore Baskaran
Genre: Non-Fiction
Publishing House: Zero Degree Publishing
No. Of Pages: 244
Language: English