1947. Amritsar. Guru Ram Das Serai near the Golden Temple has become a temporary refuge for Hindu and Sikh families fleeing the communal terror and bloodbath of Partition. One of the legions of volunteers providing succour to the new arrivals is Satnam Singh, the leader of the local Unity Council. He is struck by the extraordinary calm of an erudite-looking old man with a long flowing beard, and his companion, a resolute young woman, whose eyes seem haunted by the tragedies they have witnessed.Taking the story of the Partition forward from Hymns in Blood, A Game of Fire follows Satnam as he observes the rising tide of communal violence threaten his beloved Amritsar. His own friends abandon their beliefs to join the relentless cycle of revenge and retribution, determined to purge the city of its large Muslim population.
This is is a collection of short biographies of thirty such trailblazing Indian women who have broken the glass ceiling, and done it in style. Read about Durgabai Kamat, Amrit Kaur, Amrita Pritam, Fatima Beevi and many other such inspiring women of India.
Sandhya Mary''s novel masterfully translated by the award-winning Jayasree Kalathil - is an insightful and humorous take on ideas like normal-abnormal, natural-human, love-hate, that define contemporary society, and the exuberant and moving story of a woman trying to find her place in this world.
Aiyar maps how Aadhaar''s application expanded beyond its original intent. He researches its ups, downs, and turnarounds; discusses the concerns of activists and bureaucrats on potential misuse of the database for state surveillance; raises the urgent need for a data-protection and privacy law.
But as their opposing prophecies slowly become true and real feelings begin to cloud their experiment, Madhuri will have to decide if charting her own destiny is worth breaking Arjun''s heart -- and her own.
An astonishing feat of the imagination, The Illuminated is as sophisticated in the quality of its prose as it is provocative in its thematic focus on questions of identity. A remarkable novel of ideas, it marks the arrival of a tremendous new literary talent.
Here she tells their story, relating it to Mukti, the eldest of their three grandsons.Never before published, Habib''s letters provide a unique insight into the heart and mind of a renowned and multi-talented artist at a seminal period of his life.
In this section of the book, we are introduced to Nabhanya, a lively 7-year-old girl with a deep love for outdoor activities. As her summer holidays approach, she yearns for an exciting destination. Her mother, Nila, suggests visiting her grandparents' farmhouse in Lachen, a snowy town in Sikkim. Nabhanya's excitement soars, and she rushes to seek approval from her father, Neeraj, who is well-acquainted with Lachen's climate due to his travels. With her father's blessing, Nabhanya eagerly prepares for the trip. The next day, they embark on their journey to Lachen, leaving her mother behind due to work commitments. Upon arrival, Nabhanya meets her grandparents, Ajja and Ajji, and begins to explore the picturesque surroundings. She also learns that she will meet her cousin, Nihil, during her stay. Nabhanya and Nihil quickly become best friends, bonding over their shared love for outdoor adventures and exploring the beautiful landscapes around the farmhouse. As the story unfolds, they stumble upon a mysterious secret passage that leads to a hidden chamber filled with ancient artifacts. This discovery sets in motion a thrilling adventure as they seek to uncover the secrets of this hidden place. The section also introduces Nabhanya to a group of new friends in the nearby village and hints at the unfolding mysteries and adventures that await her. As the children work alongside a team of experts to excavate the secrets of the hidden chamber, they uncover clues that lead them on an exciting journey of exploration and discovery. This section sets the stage for Nabhanya's exciting adventures and her quest to uncover the mysteries hidden within the secret passage, promising an engaging and thrilling story to come.
CP Gurnani, CEO and Managing Director of Tech Mahindra, spearheaded the leading Business Engineering and Technology Services giant, growing its revenue from under $ 200 million in 2004 to $7 billion in 2023. Corporate Hermes tells the story of a remarkable man's rise to the top, his legendary leadership and visionary business achievements, including the landmark Satyam merger. Much like the winged-sandaled mythological Greek god Hermes, Gurnani traversed the globe with his boundless energy and enthusiasm, building an international enterprise with seemingly athletic prowess. In this book, Author Manish Vyas invites colleagues and industry executives to pay tribute to Gurnani's exceptional personal and professional traits. Lessons abound by studying Gurnani and how he led Tech Mahindra to be one of the top global industry companies today. Tech and non-tech readers will learn from his strengths in salesmanship, leadership, his talent for working toward mutual and beneficial agreement and so much more about this fascinating man.Gurnani was conferred with the CEO's Choice "Lifetime Achievement Award" 2021 - India's highest independent civilian honor. He has been featured in a Harvard Case Study "Tech Mahindra and the Acquisition of Satyam Computers." The Satyam merger is often compared to the 1979 Chrysler bailout in the USA. Gurnani is the recipient of many prestigious awards throughout his brilliant tenure at Tech Mahindra. Gurnani's departure from TechM (December 2023) is only a transition to new and exciting endeavors ahead.Manish Vyas recently served as Global President and COO of Tech Mahindra leading many strategic business areas.
This book "PURAVAZHICHCHAALAI" is a sincere attempt to provide a lingual shape to some of the author's creative expressions and to compile few of his real life incidents under various categories such as poems, short stories, travelogues, opinion posts etc. It not only promises to keep the readers engaged but also offers them an exciting experience throughout.
Mihirā- mere hī dvārā aangrejī mean likhī gayī pustak "rūmi- the ring, the holy fire, and the the scared vows" kā hiandī mean kavitāoan, panktiyoan mean rūpāantaraṇ hai। rūmi asal mean do shabdoan kā ekarūp hai, ('rūdra' kā 'ru' evan 'mihirā' kā 'mi'), 'rūdra' merī aangrejī kitāb kā mukhya kiradār hai, aur 'mihirā' usakī jīvanasāthī, kahānī bahut sādī hai, aur merā andaza hai ki har ghar kī kahānī hai, jahā abhī bhī mātā-pitā kī marzī se, ghar vāloan kī marzī se shādī-byāh hote hai। Do padhe-likhe yuvā, ghar vāloan kī marzī se vivāh ke lie taiyār hote hai, shuruāt mean donoan kī zijhaka, fir dhīre-dhīre phone par ghanṭo bātean, eka-dūsare ko samajhane kī koshisha, thodā-sā jhagadā, rūṭhanā-manānā, sagāī, haldī, shādī-byāha, samāroha, byāpāra, alag honā, sasurāla, pīhar aur un dono kā eka-dūsare ke lie pāgaloan jaisā pyāra।
Elpu and the Time Machine' is a fictional story about the adventure of a baby elephant named Elpu Hustae. Elpu and his mother find a time machine and they decide to use the machine to go to the Cretaceous period of dinosaurs. When they enter the cretaceous period, they find a baby Brachiosaurus from the Jurassic period! The book narrates the journey of Elpu and his mother in helping the baby Brachiosaurus return to the Jurassic period. The book is an interesting read for parents and children who love adventures.
This book is an encyclopedia to practicing Managers of any business. It guides from starting an industry to managing it. It is a wonder that Thiruvalluvar has written as how to run today's business 2000 years ago. He deals on HR, Marketing, R&D, Finance, communication, motivation and Over all management of a business.
The book "Thank You Life!" is a self help that motivates & helps us to face the realities of today, moreover it outlines the best kind of self care & self learning one can do for his or herself.
The Sadhaks of Gita Gyan often find it difficult to understand the Sanskrit shlokas of Shriamdbhagvad Gita. They are, therefore, not able to go deep into this ocean of valuable knowledge. With the help of Hindi dohas, Gita Pravaah - Kavyroop attempts to present the divine message of Gita in simple language. The author of this book is fully confident that this book will benefit the readers immensely.
Time to time, waves of thoughts touches the inner surface of my mind. These are so personal spaces of mine. Evoving out of moments of joy and sadness, they were in deep slumber at the farthest corner of my senses. Now I set them free amidst the universe. I have no expectations about their acceptance as a literary form. If somehow, any of them touches someone even a bit....that will be my moment of honor.
It is 1985. Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet, cosmologist, author, and teacher, living in the Palani hills of South India, begins a correspondence with a new student residing in New York City. Some years prior, after 18 years as a Catholic nun, the student left the religious life. She went on to become a psychotherapist, and explored many of the 'New Age' spiritual teachings gaining popularity in the West. Patrizia asks the student why none of these pursuits has provided the answers she was seeking. Why has she turned to Patrizia for answers? These letters reveal an entirely New Way of approaching the desire for inner peace, the pursuit of Truth, as well as the limits of 'personal enlightenment'. Heeding her teacher's advice that she make a big leap into the unknown, the new student begins her studies. She finds that our mental race is 'in transition' to a Supramental consciousness now descending to earth: a new species is being born. Her old spiritual path and psychotherapy cannot 'fill the void' because humankind is moving up the evolutionary ladder. It is Sri Aurobindo's yoga that offers a way to transform human nature; Patrizia's contribution to his new vision is The Gnostic Circle. This diagram displaces the old astrology by offering a cosmology to help the student get the correct balance. No longer will her individual development be the central focus, Patrizia informs (25 August letter); rather all three aspects of the Divine reality become synthesised in the spiritual quest: God, cosmos and her own soul. 'Mind you, this has never been done before', she exclaims, 'it has always been one or the other.'
From a cottage in the suburbs of the town Bellasor, Loen Eoman has lived a simple, modest life along with his godfather, Haenor, and his best friends, Latem and Audriel. When an old friend visits their cottage, Loen learns that Rregnos itself is in great peril, and he may be the key to saving his planet. Tremors, storms, and a death-defying adventure await Loen and his friends in search of an ancient, legendary artefact believed to be the key to saving Rregnos. Will Loen succumb to the burden he bears, or will he discover his potential as the warrior that Rregnos needs?
Mohammed Saifuddin's book "Saif-o-Qalam" is a collection of his Urdu articles in which he critically analyzed the issues of international importance, especially Arab world and India.
Peer Ali Muhammad Rashidi has mentioned the personalities, buildings, history, politics and society of Karachi in a book named Karachi Ki Kahani.
This book "Sorry Wrong Number" by Aziz Zulfiqar is a distinctive humorous essay.
Want to fall into the tunnel and learn about the land of the Reptiles, Insects and Spiders? Every child needs a friend that can reach small places. Know the family tree of your bizarre friend. Know why they shed their skin or walk without feet. Let this book slither into your collection of the Fact-o-Pedia series.
My First book "Mujra of Life", Shayari book contains a set of 30 Shayari in Hindi about various situations in life as perceived by the author. This book has shayaris which are a combination of Covid Lockdown moments and funny, Hard Hitting Facts of Life. ChatGPT or any other A. I am not used to writing this book.
"In the quaint town of Deadwood, Neha's life takes a mysterious turn. Threatening notes, shadows, and a shocking revelation - her reality is an elaborate dream. As she grapples with the blurred lines between dream and waking life, Deadwood's ancient symbols hold the key. But the town's predicament persists. In a final, heart-pounding moment, Neha is left suspended between two worlds, the enigma of her existence unraveling. The thrilling conclusion awaits, where dreams and reality collide. Will Deadwood's secrets unfold, or will the enigma deepen? "Brace yourself for a twist that will leave you questioning everything."
Life sometimes takes unexpected turns. The twists and turns of one's life add up to the meaning and the very essence of life. But what when these twists and turns become a threat to life itself and when you are left gasping for your breath in absence of any solution. When there seems to be no respite from the havoc unleashed by the fear of the unknown. Corona, when it introduced itself to the humanity, made the whole world wind up itself and confine within the four walls to helplessly watch the dance of the death. Humanity when it seemed had surrendered to this fear, it rose up with all its might and the undying spirit of the eternity. Covid was finally defeated. But it left a never lasting impression on humanity. This book tries to highlight the ordeal faced by the not so ordinary spirit of the ordinary mankind, it's experiences and it's endeavours for the survival.
Dr Jehangir Anklesaria has come up the hard way. Having graduated from medical college in Bombay in 1914, he launches his medical career in Rangoon. Life is good until December 1941, when the Burmese city is bombed by the Japanese, and everything changes overnight. Duty-bound, he decides to stay back and join the war effort, working tirelessly to quell a cholera epidemic. Under relentless attack, the army falls back towards the Indian border, where Jehangir suffers an ambush, losing all he has to rogues at gunpoint. Now he is just one of thousands crawling their way up and down the 5,000-foot-high, jungle-clad mountains of Assam, his body ravaged by malaria, dysentery, blood-sucking leeches and starvation.
In 1998, Satya opened to widespread critical acclaim. At a time when Bollywood was still rediscovering romance, Ram Gopal Varma's film dared to imagine the ordinary life of a Mumbai gangster. It kicked off a new wave of Hindi gangster films that depicted a vital, gritty side of Mumbai, rarely shown in mainstream cinema until then.More than two decades later, it has become an iconic film. When it was released, the regular moviegoer would have been hard-pressed to recognise more than a couple of names in the film's credits. Today, it reads like an honour roll - Anurag Kashyap, Manoj Bajpayee, Vishal Bhardwaj, Saurabh Shukla.Speaking to the people who made Satya a landmark film, Uday Bhatia tells the incredible story of how it all came together, how it drew from the gangster and street film traditions, and why it went on to become a modern classic.
A Kashmiri Century is a powerful and rare compilation of human-interest stories. Spanning a full century, it throws a compassionate light on the innocent and hard-working people who live in the beautiful valley of Kashmir. The stories are all based on the author's personal experiences, and her intimate understanding of what it means to be a Kashmiri-speaking native. They cover the period from the late 19th century to the present day. None of the available political treatises have ever delved deeply into the sociological and the human sides of living in the valley. The author's intimate insights into Kashmiri society, its evolution in an enticing, remote valley, and how her people dealt with Kashmir's bitter and tempestuous history, are sprinkled liberally across the book.
In the months leading up to Independence, in Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhbhai Patel are engaged in deliberations with British Viceroy Dickie Mountbatten over the fate of the country. In Lahore, Sepoy Malik returns home from the Great War hoping to win his sweetheart Tara's hand in marriage, only to find divide-and-rule holding sway, and love, friendships, and familial bonds being tested.Set in parallel threads across these two cities, Lahore is a behind-the-scenes look into the negotiations and the political skulduggery that gave India its freedom, the price for which was batwara. As the men make the decisions and wield the swords, the women bear the brunt of the carnage that tears through India in the sticky hot months of its cruellest summer ever. Backed by astute research, The Partition Trilogy captures the frenzy of Indian independence, the Partition and the accession of the states, and takes readers back to a time of great upheaval and churn.
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