No Presents PleaseWinner: DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019No Presents Please: Mumbai Stories is not about what Mumbai is, but what it enables. Here is a city where two young people decide to elope and then start nursing dreams of different futures, where film posters start talking to each other, where epiphanies are found in keychains and thermos flasks. From Irani cafes to chawls, old cinema houses to reform homes, Jayant Kaikini seeks out and illuminates

cultures around the world have been enchanted with cooking in clay and the juicy

scientist Sylvia Earle

Halevi offers a powerful framework for understanding:

The book also features interviews with John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)

through scientifically designed workouts

with a jacket printed with a matte

she is shocked todiscover an abandoned newborn in her barn

These are stories that will leave you feeling unsettled

as memory begets rage

This book was published in 2013

Thoughtfully curated and masterfully researched

Wabi Sabi teaches you find more joy and inspiration throughout your perfectly imperfect life