Friends, our gorgeous coloring journal Wanderlust, is up for pre-orders. The artwork is stunning and the coloring is oh-so-addictive. And to sweeten the deal, pre-orders receive a surprise gift! Pre-order your copy today at Kitaab World!
Ask anyone how his holiday was and he would invariably tell you about the food. It is true that many times if the food is sumptuous during our travel to new and exotic places, we rate our holiday as excellent. Our trip to Rajasthan some years ago brings back more vividly memories of the thalis, …
Download this tricky little puzzle by clicking on the image below. Print the page and solve it using a brightly-colored marker. Send us a snapshot of your answer by email at yalibooks@gmail.com or by private message on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Three winners will be chosen at random to receive a copy of Jaipur Jamboree. Hurry, …
Jaipur Jamboree is nearly ready for a spring launch! While we are busy crossing our t’s and dotting our i’s, we thought our friends might enjoy a sneak preview of artwork from the book. Say hello to old pals Pavan and Bijilee, and meet new ones – Bhupi, a friendly fellow with a million questions for …
Dear Yali fans, Yali has been in hibernation for a few months now and we do have good reason for being a bit quiet. It has been a busy end to 2014 with a long trip to India and some house-moving chaos around the holidays. We do have some big plans for the new year …
It was the year 1727. Twenty years have passed since the death of the Emperor Aurangazeb, the last of the Great Mughals and the Empire’s glory days are fading rapidly. After Bahadur Shah, Aurangazeb’s heir, monarchs come and go with the changing seasons. By 1719, the real power behind the throne are a scheming duo …
Young Jai Singh was quite pleased with himself. At the age of twenty, he had recaptured his kingdom from the Mughal Empire and symbolically declared his independence by performing the Vajpay Yagna, an ancient ritual reserved for absolute monarchs. Â In the eyes of the Rajputs, the House of Amber had regained much of its lost …
The first decade of the 18th century is drawing to a close. For the first time, in nearly 150 years, the House of Amber, in what is today North-Eastern Rajasthan, was free of the Mughal Empire. Its young ruler, ‘Sawai’ Jai Singh, the one-and-a-quarter king, was in a quandary. He knew that his position as …
Dear friends, over the course of a fortnight, I am going to narrate a fascinating story – a tale of ambition and trickery, of battles fought for pride and of alliances forged in secret – a historical saga that very few remember today. You will meet a wily king, one who was worth one and …
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