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Name: Create Your Own Calm:

A Journal for Quieting Anxiety Author: Meera Lee Patel Publisher: TarcherPer­igee

Price: `499

T he author presents a fresh approach to feeling better. Designed to help us better understand ourselves and dial down the everyday worries getting in our way, these thoughtful and beautifull­y illustrate­d journal pages are a safe space for reflection, self-acceptance, and the freedom to move forward with more clarity and joy.

Name: By My Own Rules: My

Story in My Own Words Author: Ma Anand Sheela Publisher: Penguin

Price: `499

F rom rebuilding her life from scratch in Switzerlan­d to an interview with Karan Johar on her grand return to India, she is adored and vilified by the world at the same time. In her memoirs, By My Own Rules, Ma Anand Sheela bares all-her life, her lessons, her beliefs, her inspiratio­n and what makes her live life on her own terms.

Name: Tongue-in-Cheek: The

Funny Side of Life

Author: Khyrunnisa A Publisher: Westland

Price: `299

A fun collection of short articles that deals with everyday experience­s in a humorous fashion, Tongue-inCheek has something for every reader. Each piece offers an entertaini­ng inside account of the experience­s and misadventu­res of an urban woman.

Name: A Spoonful of Curds Author: Bharati Jagannatha­n Publisher: HarperColl­ins India Price: `399

T he author brings together a dozen short stories that unfold around Tamilians — both in India and abroad. From negotiatin­g an arranged marriage and surviving the politics of the domestic realm, to love blossoming for the first time between newlyweds and empowering journeys of self-discovery — these stories bring out the curious, sometimes eccentric, singular world of their loveable characters.

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