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Where did the name Radha come from? When did Christianity first come to India? What is the connection between sanskar and dharma? After the enormous success of the first two seasons of EPIC Channel’s Devlok with Devdutt Pattanaik, India’s favourite mythologist is back with a third instalment to answer these questions and more, this time delving deeper into Hinduism and other religions as well!

It is a lesson new policemen in India learn early on: they are in charge of everything except perhaps the weather. Their duties range from maintaining law and order and investigating crime to rounding up beggars and disposing of unclaimed bodies. This situation has come about because the responsibility for internal security in India is fragmented and lies with the different state police forces without a substantive role for the Centre.

"Dveshdrohi" is a poignant exploration of the modern-day distances created by career moves, political debates, and the trivial arguments of social media. It reflects on how countless friendships have been tethered and torn apart by the demands of jobs in far-off cities, and how cherished relationships have unraveled amidst heated discussions. Unnoticed, we drift further from the people around us, losing ourselves in a world of religious, caste-based, and ideological divides, with tweets, memes, reels, and the relentless quest for virality.

Allahabad Diary: An Uncommon Tale delves into the struggles of Hindi-medium students aspiring to clear the Civil Services Examination and become IAS officers. Parallel to this narrative is the poignant story of Shanti, a young widow grappling with the pain of her husband’s loss, the loneliness of her son leaving for a foreign land, and the isolation that ensues. Shanti’s journey raises critical questions about today’s society, viewed through the lens of her suffering and resilience.

Sudhir Kohli 'the lucky bastard', one of Surender Mohan Pathak's iconic detectives has perhaps the most difficult case of his life to solve. Love of his life, Manjula, returns from the ruins of the past to his arms but soaked in blood, dying.

सन् 1962 की हार ने पूरे भारत को हताशा की गर्त में डाल दिया था। लोग इतने हताश थे कि उन्होंने इस युद्ध में भाग लेने वाले सैनिकों के परिवार वालों को निशाना बनाना शुरू कर दिया था। उनका सामूहिक बहिष्कार किया जाने लगा था। लोगों के इस आक्रोश का सबसे ज़्यादा शिकार रेवाड़ी और आस-पास के गाँवों के वो परिवार थे जिनके घर से कोई सेना में था। ख़ासतौर से अहीर जाति के लोग। लोगों का मानना था कि इस जाति के लोगो ने युद्ध के दौरान देश के साथ गद्दारी की और अपनी जान बचाकर बिना लड़े ही भाग आए और अब कहीं छुपकर अपना जीवन जी रहे हैं।

छाया एक प्रोग्रामर है और साथ ही साथ हैकिंग एक्सपर्ट। एक लड़का अपूर्व उसकी एक छोटी-सी मदद करता है और वह पहली ही नज़र में उसे पसंद आ जाता है। स्वभाव से इंट्रोवर्ट होने की वजह से छाया उससे कभी कुछ कह नहीं पाती, लेकिन इंट्रोवर्ट होना छाया को अपूर्व के साथ एक ख़ास रिलेशनशिप में आने से नहीं रोक पाता। छाया अपूर्व का लैपटॉप और मोबाइल हैक कर लेती है। वह जब भी घर पर होता है वह उसे देखती है। उसके डेली रूटीन को ऑब्सर्व करती है। छाया की अपूर्व को लेकर जो ख़्वाहिशें हैं वो उसे अपने लैपटॉप और फ़ोन पर देखते हुए ही पूरा करती है। छाया परेशान उस दिन होती है जब अपूर्व अपने कमरे पर अपनी गर्लफ्रेंड को ले आता है।

ग़ाज़ीपुर के अम्बिका यादव बड़े ठेकेदार हैं। इस बार सेटिंग बैठी है तो सैदपुर घाट से गंगा बालू निकालने का ठेका मिला है। लेकिन इस खेल के माहिर जयनाथ यादव को अम्बिका यादव का यह ठेका पचता नहीं। कारण कि सैदपुर में गंगा बालू का ठेका घोषित/अघोषित रूप से उनके ही पास रहता है। इसी तनातनी में अम्बिका यादव की हत्या हो जाती है, जिसका इल्जाम लगता है जयनाथ यादव पर।

यह ऑडियो शो 1606 में मेवाड़ और मुग़लों के बीच हुए दिवेर के युद्ध की एक काल्पनिक, लेकिन ऐतिहासिक घटनाओं से प्रेरित कहानी है। यह हल्दीघाटी की हार और अरावली के जंगलों में महाराणा प्रताप के संघर्ष के बाद उनके बेटे अमर सिंह प्रथम की नायक और राजनयिक बनने की यात्रा को दिखाती है।

Zero Period is a window between two worlds—one where school kids, buried under the mountain of textbooks like “nerd-Krishna,” endure the dreams of their Yashoda-Vasudev parents, and the other where they roam carefree as “macho-makhanchor” in their Vrindavan.

Ekantika Pakrashi has just lost the love of her life. Preliminary reports suggest it was no accident. Her boyfriend was murdered in cold blood and the modus operandi resembles that of India's most notorious serial killer of the 1990s: the Cellotape Killer. He was never caught, and if this indeed was him, then he had resurfaced after twenty-one years.

334 BC: Alexander the great begins his conquest of the Persian empire. But his plans for everlasting glory do not end there, and the young king marches towards the Ends of the Earth—the lands of the Indus—on a secret quest. It will lead him to an ancient secret concealed in the myths of the Mahabharata; a secret that is powerful enough to transform him into a god....

Such has been the transformative effect of the Covid-19 pandemic globally that, today, we have begun to describe events in the world as pre-Covid and post-Covid. As we brace ourselves for life in the new world order, cultivating conducive and sustainable habits has become more important than ever before.

This is the story of a tiger. Once a helpless ball of fur, Genghis emerges as a mighty predator, the king of the forest. But the jungle isn’t just his kingdom. Soon, Genghis finds himself fighting for his skin against equally powerful predators of a different kind–humans. The very same ones that Vikram and Aditya get embroiled with when they attempt to lay their hands on a diary that belongs to a ruthless tiger poacher. Worlds collide when one ill-fated encounter plunges the boys and their friend Aarti into a thrilling chase that takes them deep into the magnificent game park of Ranthambore.

Written by an eminent economist, Bimal Jalan, Emerging India: Economics, Politics and Reforms talks about India's growth from the post-reform 1991 era to the modern days and the various challenges plaguing various arms of the government. In this book, Jalan praises the democratic setup that runs this complex and diverse country. Jalan produces a detailed account of the Indian economy and the way it has functioned and the various obstacles in front of it.

विलियम अमेरिका के एक करोड़पति घराने में जन्म लेता है और एबल पोलैंड से आये गरीब शरणार्थी के घर में। नाम भिन्न, जन्म की परिस्थितियाँ भिन्न - लेकिन दोनों की महत्त्वाकांक्षा एक ही - पैसा कमाना और दुनियाभर में अपना साम्राज्य खड़ा करना। इस होड़ में दोनों की राहें कई बार आपस में टकराती हैं। इस टकराव और प्रतिद्वंद्विता से पैदा होती है नफ़रत, ईर्ष्या और एक दूसरे को मात देने का जुनून।

Bal Gangadhar Tilak was considered to be the biggest threat to the British hegemony. He was prosecuted thrice for sedition. Was termed ‘the father of Indian unrest.’ He was convicted for his fiery writings in his nationalist daily Kesari. Tilak, the first definitive biography of the man who raised the slogan that ‘freedom is my birthright and I shall have it.’

The Azad Hind Fauj plans to set up the Azad Hind Bank at Port Blair, after the liberation of the Andaman and Nicobar islands from the British. However, the treasure and men sent to open the branch are mysteriously lost. A British police officer is on a dangerous mission to acquire a mysterious weapon in a forbidden island on Nicobar, which can help them win the WWII. The clue to finding this liquid is hidden in a poem.