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The Philippine Lady’s Slipper Orchid is considered one of the rarest and most striking native orchids in the country. Its long twisting petals, striped sepals, and slipper shaped golden pouch make it appear almost otherworldly. Found growing on limestone hills and coastal forests from Luzon to Mindanao, this remarkable species is now threatened in the wild.

Featured in Flowers of the Philippines, this illustration forms part of our continuing celebration of Philippine botanical heritage through art and storytelling.

We are pleased to announce that Gurdwaras: Abodes of the Guru is now available across North America.

The book is available in leading bookstores throughout the United States and Canada, as well as via our exclusive distribution partner Simon & Schuster.

Sat Sri Akal!

After taking the time it asked for, Gurdwaras: Abodes of the Guru has finally reached India.

It now rests in bookstores across the country. Not as something to move through quickly, but as something that asks you to slow down the moment you open it. What Roopinder brings is not written from a distance. It comes from within a living faith. What Allan Jay offers is not there to decorate, but to hold, quietly, what cannot always be said.

So yes, it has gone home.

We often think about the moment it reaches you. The first time it rests in your hands. The first page you turn without urgency. We hope it meets you gently. That it asks nothing of you except your presence. That, even for a little while, it frees you from the need to rush.

If it makes you pause, it has begun.
If it makes you stay, it has done enough.
If it makes you forget your phone exists, even briefly, we will consider that a rare grace.

“Bani Guru, Guru Hai Bani, Vich Bani Amrit Saare.”
(The Word is the Guru, and the Guru is the Word; within it flows the nectar of all life.)
— Sri Guru Granth Sahib (Ang 982)

The book is now available across all major retailers. We encourage you to visit your local bookshop. Go see it. Spend a moment with it before you take it home. Alternatively, you can order it online.

For readers and bookstores across India, copies are available through Simon & Schuster IN.

Take your time with it. Let it meet you where you are.

Some books are finished.

This one stays.