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An anthology of horror stories in verse, prose and art with varying degrees of darkness by multi-genre writer and illustrator Harjit Singh Sagoo...

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Pekuliar Town is a peculiar place with a population of 666. This illustrated book of darkish humour, written in verse, introduces nearly 100 of its peculiar residents which includes a hazardous clown, merman doorman, arthritic werewolf, good/bad conjoined twins, 5th dimensional slipper swiper, a snail ghost and many others.

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A battle-hardened Nihang Singh (traditional Sikh warrior) with a dastaar bunga (tower turban) adorning a gajga (a martial iron ornament) and traditional body armour. He seems in better shape than the younger and modern Sikh soldiers surrounding him

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Book cover of "Shastra Vidya: The Ancient Indian Martial Art of the Hindu Kshatriyas" ⚔️ 🏹 This book uses textual evidence from a variety of ancient Indian scriptures, treatises and epics, such as the Mahabharat, Ramayan, Shukraniti, Dhanurved Samhit, Nitiprakashik, Agni Puran, etc. Also illustrated. It details the history of Shastar Vidya ('weapons science'), the warrior traditions of the Kshatriyas, battle mantras, how the Kshatriyas used their traditional weapons such as the sword, mace, vajra, bhindipal (throwing club), trident, spear, bladed discus, etc. It's the first book of its kind.

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Book cover of "The Lost Warfare of India" book cover ⚔️ 🏹 This book is primarily based on the warfare sections of the nearly-2,400 year old Arthashastra text of scholar Chanakya. The first book of its kind. There's battle formations, strategy, spy classes, stealth, assassination tactics, weapons, battlefield black magic, etc. Illustrations too. Chanakya wrote this text long before the Japanese Shinobi-no-mono (aka Ninja) were even formed.