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Homemaker-CEOs can teach MBAs, corporate managers and businesses much more than you ever imagined. Doesn't managing a home's finances, nurturing the family's nutritional and emotional needs and planning the workflow of everyday activities of different family members count as management? Every Mother Is a CEO answers these questions and more. In a breezy, conversational style, the author Dhanjit Vadra-Managing Director, Allen & Alvan Pvt. Ltd and CEO, Allen & Alvan Defence & Aerospace-recounts the ways in which his mother Urmil Vadra worked tirelessly towards managing a large household, raising a family and assisting his father build a hardware manufacturing empire from scratch. Through her common-sense management techniques, knack for organizational efficiency and most of all, compassion for family and staff, she not only brought up extremely successful and well-settled children, but also created a team of dedicated personnel to look after both family and business. In achieving all this and more, she proves yet again how homemakers are caregivers, supervisors of finances and inventory, educators and HR managers. In fact, they are anchors of the whole family unit and the wheel that makes everything run. Filled with anecdotes, tips, inspiring stories of business pioneers like Ford and Godrej, and common business scenarios, this is a riveting and informative read for managers, employees and students alike. It opens our eyes to the often overlooked, vital management skills of homemakers.

Mujhse pehli si mohabbat meri mahbuub n maang ('My dearest, don't ask for the love we once had) This line from Faiz's first poetry collection deeply touched the public consciousness, and it signalled the arrival of a new kind of poet who not only wrote about agonies of love but at the same time confronted the issues of daily struggles, including poverty, hunger, injustice and the oppressive colonial regime. He fused his lyrical compositions with the grammar of revolution and resistance that was needed while not giving up on alluring descriptions of the beloved's tresses and ruby lips. There was the beloved, he said, but there was also the struggle of attaining freedom, and these two things were not separate. He brought these two themes together, and they became one. Jahaan par ham tum khare hain dono sahar ka raushan ufq yahien hai ('The place where both of us are standing is dawn's bright horizon') As a secular humanist, Faiz was not willing to accept the idea that people should be separated based on their religious identities. All human beings yearn, he emphasized, for peace and harmony. National boundaries can separate people, but they cannot divide the emotional affinity they have for one another. To understand the importance of this cosmic vision, one had to look at the earth from the sky and see the planet as the home for all its inhabitants. This book traces the evolution of the poet's work from its early days to the time of its full fruition. A poet's life is not different from the words that he writes and that is why in this book, poetry and biography are meshed in presenting a rich portrait of an exceptional poet.

The Greatest Assamese Stories Ever Told spans more than a century of work by some of the finest writers of short fiction in the language. The storytellers range from literary masters such as Lakhminath Bezbaroa, Mamoni Raisom Goswami, Saurav Kumar Chaliha, Birendra Kumar Bhattacharyya, and Homen Borgohain to contemporary writers like Harekrishna Deka, Debabrata Das, and Kuladhar Saikia. Among the gems to be found in this selection are Lakhminath Bezbaroa's 'Patmugi' which is a searing portrayal of the injustices of society, especially towards women; Mamoni Raisom Goswami's 'Values', an unforgettable depiction of a destitute woman, for whom her Brahmin ancestry is the only thing that she can take pride in; Harekrishna Deka's 'The Captive', a poignant account of the relationship between a kidnapper and his victim; Homen Borgohain's well-known story 'Looking for Ismael Sheikh', which deals with the effects of religious violence on a community; and Sheelabhadra's 'Sweet Acacia', a romance as evocative as the delicate fragrance of the flower that permeates it. Selected and edited by Mitra Phukan, these and the other stories in this volume offer a fascinating glimpse of a culture and a people that will resonate with readers everywhere.

When Dita Roy is appointed as an English lecturer in a college in the sleepy little village of Phulpukur, she puts aside all her doubts about the institution's dubious credentials and accepts the position. In Phulpukur College, she meets the mysterious Raja, a tall, handsome man with startling grey eyes, who serves her tea on her first day on the job. For Raja, Dita is a breath of fresh air in an otherwise claustrophobic environment. What the two do not know is that their chance encounter will soon gain them, and Phulpukur College, lifelong notoriety.... A comic, hilarious tale about romance tangled up in the complex politics of rural Bengal, The Shotgun Wedding is a sparkling debut showing us, once again, the power of love.

In India, kingdoms and dynasties have come and gone, religious sects have formed and dissolved, schools of philosophy have come together and subsequently been replaced by others, yet the Mahabharata has never ceased to excite the Indian imagination.

Dorothy Gale and her faithful dog Toto are swallowed by a cyclone in the heart of Kansas farmland and end up in the wonderous, magical land of Oz. Dorothy begins her journey to see the magnificent Wizard and meets a fascinating collection of characters on her way. Join Dorothy as she journeys down the Yellow Brick Road, making new friends such as the Scarecrow, who desires for himself a brain, the rusty Tin Woodman, who desires a heart and the Cowardly Lion, who desires courage. Together, the friends encounter several challenges on their way to the Emerald City, including flying monkeys, wicked witches and the elusive enigma that is the Wizard of Oz. Will Dorothy ever be able to return home? The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, one of America's greatest and most beloved fairy tales, speaks poignantly about what every child needs: Scarecrow's wisdom, Tin Woodman's compassion, Lion's courage and the kindness of a friend like Dorothy.

Peter Pan, a mischievous little boy who doesn't grow up, sits outside Wendy, John and Michael Darling's window, eager to hear bedtime stories. When Peter invites Wendy to join him on an adventure, the Darling children take flight and land in Neverland-a world of magical fairies, enchanting mermaids and the Lost Boys. But Neverland is not without danger: the wicked Captain Hook is eager for vengeance! J.M. Barrie's moving and unforgettable tale is one of the best works of children's literature from the twentieth century. Imaginative, sensitive, wildly funny and full of vibrant characters, this book will delight both adults and children. Take flight with Peter, Wendy, Tinkerbell and the Lost Boys as you travel to the wonderful island of Neverland-an enchanted adventure for readers of all ages-all you need is your imagination and a sprinkle of fairy dust!

Our destiny is nothing but the result of our own actions of innumerable past lives as well as the present one'.In this simply written, well-researched book the author provides the key to unlock the secrets of the zodiac and know the future.

With his trademark wit and unique narrative style, journalist Saket Suman delivers an illuminating account of modern India, tracing the consolidation, evolution and contestation of patriotism from the first war of independence to the pandemic.This is a reporter's chronicle spanning three generations, backed by first-hand accounts of luminaries, peppered with numerous anecdotes and a passionate examination of his own beliefs. It is as scathing in its takedown of bigotry as it is lucid in chartin

Set in pre-Partition Lahore, from the turn of the century to the time of Independence, this is the story of two women, both strong and willing to challenge the limits of the acceptable, but in their own way and under very different circumstances.Harjeet, belonging to a well-respected landlord family of Punjab, is married to Gautam, from an equally prominent Khatri family of Lahore. Deeply dissatisfied with her life, Harjeet enters into a passionate affair with Haider, a Muslim. The book explores their relationship against the backdrop of the growing Hindu-Muslim divide, and the politically turbulent times they are living in. The other protagonist, Amiya, born out of wedlock to a British army officer and a Brahmin girl,is married at nineteen to Ishwar Chand, a clerk at the postal department in Lahore. The narrative follows her troubled marriage, and struggle to become financially independent, her coming of age as a writer, and the unlikely friendship she develops with Gautam. It chronicles the choices she must make, and the secret she must live with. Author Anuradha Jain offers a powerful account of desire, love, society and politics, and takes a probing look at the struggles and aspirations of a nation and its people.

Death in Colaba Bay is a thrilling tale of Victorian Bombay, a city where dreams arerealized, and nightmares are lived.BOMBAY 1898.In the bustling and modern port city of Bombay-home to great wealth and greatdeprivation-crime is ever present.Three young girls go missing from a prominent 'native' school in the city. Their familiesare frantic with worry.Tara Bai, a young widow and heiress, with strong social connections, is an alumnus ofthe school. Intrigued and alarmed by the case, at the behest of the school founder andprincipal, she agrees to help the grieving parents.

So are you ready to delve into a dark, twisted mind? Yes? Well then, let's get started... shall we? Murder came easy; merely an opening gambit. A mesmerizingly erotic snuff film, the perfect mix of domination and seduction, sizzles across the secret screens of a chosen few across the globe. Then disappears as though it never existed. The unknown killer, an alpha woman of beauty and incredible skills, rakes in millions. She has turned murder into an art. She is an elite brand with devout followers. A raptor who rises out of the dark web and seems to dissipate back into it. A hound is let loose after her, a cop. He watches hardened professionals daydream of becoming her next target. Each somehow believes he will better her. He realizes he is no different. Even as the cop craves to be her target, she puts him in the cross-hair. Little does she know that he too is a raptor waiting to rise from the dark. The duel is on.