Bulbul Sharma

The tranquillity at the Happy Home for the Aged is shattered when a body is found hanging in the garden. The inhabitants of the home are first perplexed, then decide to come together to solve the murder that has suddenly brought the violence of the world into their Goan arcadia. Each of them-reflective Rosie, sharp-tongued Prema, analytical Devan, action-man Cyrilo and artistic Yuri-bring different skills to the task of unravelling the crime. Their detective work is watched over by gentle, pretty Maria, the owner of the home. Set in the lush landscape of Goa, where tourists flock from all over the world, where the rich set come to play, bringing in their wake fortune-hunters and other predators, the cast of possible murderers is infinite. But patiently, and with flashes of inspiration, the unlikely detectives follow the clues and in doing so emerge from the isolated and separate worlds they had inhabited for so long.

Murder at the Happy Home for the Aged

Food as a passion, a gift, a means of revenge, even a source of power -- these are the themes Bulbal Sharma explores in her collection of stories. Women weigh up the loss of a lover or the loss of weight; they consider whether hunger and the thought of higher things are inextricably linked; they feast and crave and die for their insatiable appetites.

Stories of Women and Food

The Anger of Aubergines

Janice Pariat

Mitra Phukan

Paro Anand

Manjula Padmanabhan

Uddipana Goswami

Pratyaksha

Venita Coelho.

Bulbul Sharma, Janice Pariat, Manjula Padmanabhan, Mitra Phukan, Paro Anand, Pratyaksha, Uddipana Goswami, Venita Coelho. Eight of India's best fiction writers come together to produce a book of intrigue and murders most foul.
In Mitra Phukan's story that opens this edge-of-the-seat anthology, She Stoops to Kill: Stories of Crime and Passion, a singing diva chokes to death onstage. The weapon is a poisoned paan--but who would want her dead? And Pratyaksha follows Mitra's entrée with the murder of an equally glamorous victim--air hostess Ginny Kalra. Bulbul Sharma, in 'Murder in the Wedding Season', creates a cosy setting for a wedding in Shimla; but the guests include a politician and a timorous widow whose past will disrupt the party in ways no one had imagined. And in Uddipana Goswami's 'Beloved of Flowers', a folktale about a girl reborn as a lotus leads young Dino to the truth behind a mysterious disappearance.
Manjula Padmanabhan's 'Serial Killer' brilliantly explores what it is like to be a perfectly normal person--except that you enjoy the act of murder. While Janice Pariat's delicately nuanced 'The Nurse' shows us another side of death altogether. In the penultimate story by Venita Coelho, Sister, a vigilante eunuch, helps the police solve a gruesome killing in a city slum. And Paro Anand brings the collection to a grand finale with a story that begins with lust and ends with a murder--or two--that may or may not have happened.
By turns chilling, horrific and morbidly fascinating, She Stoops to Kill: Stories of Crime and Passion, is a steaming witches' cauldron of stories that will keep you riveted, page after page.

Stories of Crime and Passion

She Stoops To Kill

Il sarto di Giripul

Garam masala

Funny, poignant, macabre — a delicious spread, showcasing bestselling author Bulbul Sharma’s mastery of the stories of small actors and the drama and richness of women’s everyday lives. 'Bulbul Sharma’s stories make for entertaining reading, but, be warned, they will whet the appetite and inflame the senses.’— Grass Roots ‘Lovers of food and fine literature... will relish the journey through the tempestuous nature of cookery, the struggle for the perfect pakora, and the aftermath of a divine meal.’ — The Melbourne Times Published by Zubaan.

Eating Women, Telling Tales

One of the best-known epics in the world, the Ramayana chronicles the tale of Rama, the prince of Ayodhya, who exiles himself to the forest for fourteen years to honour his father's word. There, Rama, his wife Sita and his brother Lakshmana meet new friends and unusual foes, with each day bringing in new challenges and adventures. But one day, when Ravana of Lanka, the king of demons, abducts Sita, it leads to an inevitable war. With the help of Hanuman and his monkey army, Rama charges into the final battle where many heroes die and new ones are born. In this fast-moving version for children, the ancient saga-with infinite stories woven in-takes on new life. With the perfect mix of drama and excitement, gods and princes, and love and war, this contemporary retelling makes for an ideal read for young readers. Told with simplicity, freshness and great vitality by Bulbul Sharma, this book has remained a perennial classic for decades.

The Ramayana for Children

Barwy natury

Naturen er full av vakre farger - bli med og se selv!

Colours of nature

Naturens farger

Manu's father and grandfather are potters, and Manu is learning the craft. This lively story depicts both the simple joys and the hardships of a potter's life, from gathering clay and making pots to selling them in the city markets. Bulbul Sharma's enchanting story is illustrated by Shanti Devi in the Madhubani style. Each book in this series of four, created by the Dastkari Haat Samiti, looks at the life of a child in a rural artisan family from different parts of India. Local forms of painting and craftwork have been used to illustrate the stories so that children can enjoy and appreciate varied cultural expressions.

Manu Mixes Clay and Sunshine

The most fun rendition of the deities and demons found in our epics! Did you know that a celestial elephant oncehid in the ocean after causing mischief ? What happened when Rama and Lakshmana encountered a one-eyed headless demon? Why did Ilvala turn his brother Vatapi into a goat and serve him to passers-by? Find answers to these and meet many strange andwonderful creatures in this hand-picked collectionof legends. Delve into the exploits of gods who took on magical avatars, birds and animals with superpowers, and demons and demonesses who were once good souls. Bestselling children's author Bulbul Sharma's deft prose accompanied by bewitching illustrations will transport you to the fantastical realms inhabited by the Hindu pantheon.This book is sure to leave you spellbound!

Fantastic Creatures In Mythology

Who could be here? This is a jungle. There are no street-lights, no houses, no shops,' said my daughter. My son, aged six, looked out of the car window and announced, 'I'll stay in the car for the next fifteen days.' When Bulbul Sharma first sees Shaya, she sees it at its worst. So what makes her return to the tiny, hidden hamlet in the hills again and again until she finally makes it her home? Is it the incredible beauty of the changing seasons and the birds and beasts they usher in? Is it the convivial company of robust hill folk, like Thakur, the conspicuously hands-off handyman, and Bua, who ages before our eyes and grows younger and younger in her outlook, and the lives they lead unspoilt by urban sophistication? Or the sheer flavour of Shaya, embodied in its rhododendron wine and apricot chutney on hot chapattis? Sharma whips out her famous sketch pad and writing paper to record all things bright and beautiful in Shaya. Hers is a keen but humorous eye, and reading the observations she makes from a simple two-roomed cottage in the mountains, it is easy to believe that paradise resides there.

Shaya Tales

When Bulbul Sharma first sees Shaya, he sees her at her worst. So what makes her return to the tiny, hidden hamlet in the hills again and again until he finally makes it her home?

Stories from a Himalayan Village

Birds in My Garden and Beyond

Short Stories

The Perfect Woman

The Ramayana Is One Of The Best-Known Epics In The World, The Tale Of Rama, The Prince Of Ayodhya. In This Vividly Told, Brilliantly Funny Version For Children, This Ancient Story Takes On A New Life. The Traditional Ingredients Are All There Adventure And Excitement, Love, War And Monkeys, Shape-Changing Demons And Monsters, Crossing Oceans And Carrying Mountains, And An Infinite Number Of Stories Within Stories. But It Is Rendered Contemporary By The Freshness And Vitality Of Bulbul S Retelling, And By Vivid And Dramatic Illustrations By K.P. Sudesh, One Of The Most Compelling Young Artists Of Today

The day Mayadevi turned sixty-eight, seventy or seventy-five years old (her date of birth was an ever-changing fact linked to her moods), she decided to go to London.' Thus begins Bulbul Sharma's delightful collection of stories about her aunts, young and old, tetchy and unpredictable, brave and exasperating. One aunt thinks nothing of leaving her village to walk up high mountains in search of peace and shelter, another ends up with a husband who cannnot cope with the daily humiliation of having to look up a his tall wife, and a third enters service in a palace that every day sinks a little deeper into the pond beneath its foundation. Illuminated by a vast compassion for the travails of women struggling to cope with changing lifestyles and traditions, My Sainted Aunts is as much an insight into the lif of a lost generation as it is a rollicking read.

My Sainted Aunts

Rama, the prince of Ayodha, is exiled to the forest, but after many adventures he discovers that his wife has been abducted by Ravana, the king of demons, and Rama needs the help of Hanuman and his army of monkeys to rescue her.

The Ramayana

An eminent artist plays with the colors of nature. A lovely offering for early readers.

Bulbul Sharma

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