We are happy to announce that our 19-volume Mahabharata project is now completed, close to 13 years after Professor P. Lal passed away. The Anuśāsana Parva (Volume XIII), translated by Dr Pradip Bhattacharya, was released in October 2023, marking the end of this massive undertaking. “At the request of Ananda Lal, I was able to […]
Translator: Pradip Bhattacharya Pages: 1256 Year of Publication: 2023 Price: Rs 3000 ISBN: 978-81-961291-3-2 (9788196129132) About the Book In 1968, Prof. P. Lal began his sloka-by-sloka English transcreation of the full Mahābhārata. After his passing in 2010, his student Pradip Bhattacharya took up the Parvas left unfinished. The last volume, the Anuśāsana Parva, has come out in October. […]
It has come to our attention that a pirated edition of our publication, Mrityunjaya ~ The Death Conqueror, is being sold on sites like Amazon and Flipkart, and in a few bookstores too. Please go through the images in this post. The first image on the right will show you the back and front covers […]
Author: Shivaji Sawant (Translated by P. Lal and Nandini Nopany) Pages: 698 Year of Publication: First published 1989, Seventh edition 2019 Price: ₹1250, Reprint ₹1400 ISBN: 978-93-5045-190-8 (9789350451908) About the Book Our bestselling English translation of Shivaji Sawant’s Marathi classic inspired by the story of Karna in Vyasa’s Mahabharata. Professor P. Lal and Nandini Nopany, […]
The Mahabharata of Vyasa is a cornucopious treasure house of stories. These 11 books are a series of kathās from the mahā-epic, in the śloka-by-śloka English transcreation by P. Lal. Each volume carries a brief synopsis of the tale and information about its protagonists. Eight of the volumes have introductions by Dr Pradip Bhattacharya, two by […]
Shantanu Datta writes: “Don’t judge a book by its cover, we have been told. Yet there are those whose mission it has been to turn that adage on its head. Even if separated not so much by time – barely a decade and a half – as by geography – one ocean and two seas […]
Transcreator: P. Lal Pages: 400 (a pocketbook edition) Year of Publication: First published 1965, first pocketbook edition 1995, twelfth edition 2010, updated edition 2016 Price: Rs 200 ISBN: 978-93-5045-142-7 (9789350451427) About the Book An updated edition of Professor P. Lal’s final, revised transcreation of the Gītā – what he referred to as the “definitive” edition. […]
Translator: Pradip Bhattacharya Pages: 1112 Year of Publication: 2016 Price: Rs 2000 ISBN: 978-93-5045-122-9 (9789350451229) About the Translator Pradip Bhattacharya retired from the Indian Administrative Service as Additional Chief Secretary (Development and Planning) to the Government of West Bengal. He graduated with Honours in English from St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta, where he was later Lecturer in English for two years. He […]
Author: Shivaji Sawant (Translated by P. Lal and Nandini Nopany) Pages: 698 Year of Publication: First published 1989, Sixth edition 2015 Price: Rs 1000 ISBN: 978-93-5045-110-6 (9789350451106) About the Book: Our bestselling English translation of Shivaji Sawant’s Marathi classic inspired by the story of Karna in Vyasa’s Mahabharata. Professor P. Lal and Nandini Nopany, with […]
Author: P. Lal Pages: 84 Price: HB Rs 100, FB Rs 80 Year of Publication: 2005
