Specification:

• Publisher : Penguin Global
• By : A.N.D. Haksar
• Cover : Paperback
• Language : English
• Edition : 2007
• Pages : 208 pages
• Weight : 210 gm.
• Size :   0.4 x 5.1 x 7.8 inches
• ISBN-10 : 9780143101369
• ISBN-13 : 978-0143101369

Description:

The subhashita verse is a popular feature of Sanskrit literature. Composed in isolation or as part of a larger work, it is essentially a miniature poem which encapsulates a complete thought, mood or image in a single stanza. These verse epigrams have a wide range of themes. This selection from the Subhashitavali, a celebrated verse anthology compiled by Vallabhadeva in c. fifteenth-century Kashmir, offers a rich variety of erotic poetry and a wealth of lyrical and gnomic verse. One section is given to earthy humour and cynical satire seldom available in English renditions. Also included are invocations and allegories, panegyrics and pen-pictures, sage observations and stark musings. The sweep of these verses is matched by the eclectic array of contributors from illustrious poets like Vyasa and Valmiki, Kalidasa and Bana to others now mostly forgotten. These verses of jollity and wit, ribaldry and bawdiness, snide sarcasm and wry comment showcase the fact that Sanskrit literature, generally perceived as staid and serious, can also be flippant and fun.

Specification:

• Publisher :  Penguin
• By : H. S. Shiva Prakash
• Cover : Paperback
• Language : English
• Edition : 2010
• Pages : 252 pages
• Weight : 190 gm.
• Size : 5.1 x 0.6 x 7.8 inches
• ISBN-10 : 9780143063575
• ISBN-13 : 978-0143063575

Description:

One of the only collections of Vachana poetry in translation—a must read for all poetry lovers. Here I come, a ferryman without a body To the great flowing river. If you pay the price– Your mind That grasps and lets go, I shall take you across” Vachana poetry in Kannada literature attained its zenith in the twelfth century. Passionate, intensely personal, and ahead of their times, these free-verse poems speak eloquently of the futility of formal learning, the vanity of wealth and the evils of social divisions. The vachanas stress on the worship of Shiva, through love, labour and devotion, as the only worthwhile life-goal for the vachanakara—the vachana poet. This collection offers a selection of vachanas composed by a wide range of vachanakaras from different walks of life writing during that period. While some of these poets are well known even today, most have been forgotten. Translated fluidly and with great skill by H.S. Shivaprakash, I Keep Vigil of Rudra is not only an important addition to Vachana literature, but also a must read for lovers of poetry everywhere.

Specification:

• Publisher : Penguin India (25 November 2011)
• By :  Muddupalani & Sandhya Mulchandani (Tr) 
• Cover : Paperback
• Language : English
• Edition : 2011
• Pages : 200 pages
• Weight : 160 gm.
• Size : 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• ISBN-10 : 9780143417439
• ISBN-13 : 978-0143417439

Description:

An erotic classic and the most recognized work of an celebrated nineteenth-century poet and courtesan 'Last night, I dreamt of Hari With that melodious-voiced woman. He seemed impatient with me, And now even The song of the nightingale seems shrill.' An erotic narrative poem that explores desire and jealousy, love experienced and love lost, Radhika Santawanam is the most recognized work of nineteenth-century poet and courtesan Muddupalani. Celebrated as a literary masterpiece in Muddupalani's lifetime, Radhika Santawanam was banned by the British in 1910 when it was published again, a century and a half later, with critics panning its graphic descriptions of lovemaking. And, after another hundred years, this epic is now available in its entirety for the first time in English translation.

Specification:

• Publisher : Vakils Feffer & Simons
  
• by : Devdutt Pattanaik
  
• Cover : Paperback
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2012
  
• Pages : x, 126p.
  
• Weight : 550gm.
  
• Size : 10.9 x 8 x 0.4 inches
  
• ISBN-13: 978-8187111917
  
• ASIN: 8187111917

Description:

This 126 page book attempts to unravel the mysteries behind Goddess worship. With stories on Adi-Maya-Shakti, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Parvati, Kali, Durga, it speaks of India’s long association with female deities, and the relevance of Shakti in these modern times. Drawing from a rich tradition of Shakta imagery, Indian philosophy, history, folklore and myth, Devi is one of the finest introductions to feminist theology.

Specification:

• Publisher : Zen Publications
  
• by : Clifford W DeSilva
  
• Cover : Paperback
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2015
  
• Pages : 120
  
• Weight : 150 gm.
  
• Size : 5.5 x 0.3 x 8 inches
  
• ISBN-10: 9384363952
  
• ISBN-13: 978-9384363956

Description:

Enlightenment. What is it? Much has been written about it. Many have tried to describe it or show how to attain it.
Does one get enlightenment from reading about how to get it? Or listening to a guru who is enlightened? Or spending years in solitude? Or contemplation? Or does it just come one day all by itself to the true seeker?
Apparently in any or all of these ways. Or none of them.
If the seeker gets hung up on the book, or the guru, or the practice, or the solitude then no enlightenment. That would be like travelling on a journey to a specific destination and then clinging to a beautiful signpost that points the way.
One must desire enlightenment passionately and not desire it. One must search for it and remain unperturbed at not having got it.
Enlightenment will come. In its time. Can the seeker wait? In patience? In silence?
‘Not a Serpent, Not a Rope’ is a collection of tales that emerge from the collective wisdom of this world. The Introduction in the beginning of the book suffices to explain why it was written.

Specification:

• Publisher : Zen Publications
  
• by : Kyla Plaxton
  
• Cover : Paperback
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2013
  
• Pages : 169
  
• Weight : 250 gm.
  
• Size : 15.2 x 1 x 22.9 cm
  
• ISBN-10: 9351265315
  
• ISBN-13: 978-9351265313

Description:

Have you started your period and are finding it painful and uncomfortable?
Do you have questions about your period and cannot find the answers?
Do you wonder why you have your period every single month and wish it was some other way?

If you have your period and can’t seem to find it in you to raise your hands in the air and shout "Hooray!" then l'm going to show you how and this book is a must read!
With this step by step handbook you will learn how to turn your menstruation into the biggest blessing of your life and the secret of how to own your personal power through your period!

Specification:

• Publisher : Zen Publications
  
• By : Randy Kaneen
  
• Cover : Paperback
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2017
  
• Pages : 362
  
• Weight : 500 gm.
  
• Size : 5.2 x 0.9 x 8 inches
  
• ISBN-10 : 1927559200
  
• ISBN-13 : 978-1927559208

Description:

In Search of Sticks simultaneously challenges the intellect while surfacing raw emotional response. James, by the standards one generally uses to measure a life, is accomplished. Still, he twists. What if, in the final analysis, it ends up being as much about that which wasn't done rather than just what was acted upon? Paths are chosen. Steps are taken.
A compelling parallel story unfolds - Hope's African existence. It was emphatically stated that "God does not have favourites." But is this true? A picture is painted and its canvas is littered with the likenesses of disease and poverty and the images of those trapped in the geography of violence. Despite the forms of tragedy that present themselves, this story is full of hope. The victories are told in the small tales and the sheer numbers who do not sell their souls.

Specification:

• Publisher : Zen Publications
  
• By : Kimsuka Narsimhan
  
• Cover : Paperback
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2015
  
• Pages : 210
  
• Weight : 300 gm.
  
• Size : 5.5 x 2 x 8.5 inches
  
• ISBN-10 : 9384363723
  
• ISBN-13 : 978-9384363727
  

Description:

Specification:

• Publisher : Zen Publications
  
• By : Shakuntala Hawoldar
  
• Cover : Paperback
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2015
  
• Pages : 198
  
• Weight : 270 gm.
  
• Size : 5.5 x 2 x 8.5 inches
  
• ISBN-10 : 9384363308
  
• ISBN-13 : 978-9384363307
  

Description:

If you are looking for an explosive book by some kind of nerd, delving into abstract symbols, or a spiritual pundit floating in a metaphysical haze, then this book is not meant for you.

This is simply an extraordinary book by an ordinary woman who has enjoyed and suffered the dual, roller-coaster life of her daily grind.
She now offers us her life experiences with a unique pair of lenses to see a different world orbiting in a parallel universe. This universe of sat-chit-anand (truth-consciousness-joy/bliss) or oneness has been revealed time and again by the masters and gurus who have escaped the snares of Maya or world as illusion. The author however, reminds us that the dual world where we are all born has sticky glue as its mysterious matrix. This matrix blinds us with our complex desires and tendencies which has taken us with our automated robotic mind bodies onto a push button escalator which has gone out of control.

This hypnotic maya which emasculates our very thinking and distorts our brains makes us believe that what is not IS! Grappling with and perceiving what IS itself involves a jump in consciousness to a higher vantage point which is no easy feat.

Self transformation which is the essence of this book is a break through to a new dimension. In this new approach we cannot have one set of ideas fighting with another set for supremacy because all of it constitutes conditioning and more conditioning. The real, however is hidden in our bodymind-layers and it will reveal its hidden splendour only when we break away from our robotic selves or egos.

On the other hand if you are firmly ensconced in the invisible and hypnotic nets of samsara or maya then don't bother with the new horizons, which welcomes you as the land of light and love. Drop the book where you found it since self transformation is no cake walk!
 
ffa kuntala Hawoldar was born in Bombay, India on September 15, 1944.

Specification:

• Publisher : Zen Publications
  
• By : Karl Renz
  
• Cover : Paperback
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2015
  
• Pages : 150
  
• Weight : 210 gm.
  
• Size : 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
  
• ISBN-10 : 9384363545
  
• ISBN-13 : 978-9384363543

Description:

The teachings of Karl Renz are a bit like Zen Koans — those short statements that stop the minds activity by contemplating their paradoxical meaning. But Karl takes you even further: pondering his words have the power to turn the mind back upon itself, toward our original awareness of Being.

A Little Bit of Nothingness is a unique juxtaposition between the dialogues of Karl Renz and the eighty-one verses of the Tao Te Ching. Here, the reality of the Tao — the unnameable, original cause of all that is — has the potential to become evident as our own reality, by the deep insights provided through Karl.

The search for happiness usually takes us on an outward journey where we find ourselves identifying with everything except "that which we truly are." What we really need is to taste a "a little bit of nothingness"— the absence of any kind of ideas that we have about ourselves.

No one sees this as well as Karl Renz, the German mystic-artist who, for the last ten years, has travelled around the world pulling the rug out from under our hallowed beliefs, leaving us blissfully wanting even less.

"Realization means that consciousness, which once was identified with an object, becomes boundry-less. It becomes conscious of being consciousness. But the Self is never realized nor not-realized. It is always prior to any ideas about enlightenment or non-enlightenment. Anything you can say about it is an idea."
  — Karl Renz

THE DEVOTIONAL POEMS OF MIRABAI offers the reader a sober English translation of two hundred of her Padas, based on the interpretative work of Indian scholars that has appeared during the last few decades. Three introductory essays deal with her life, her place in the Bhakti movement and the characteristics of her poetry. Terminal notes explain the mythological references to the non-Hindu reader, indicate some linguistic difficulties and record minor deviations from the fifteenth edition of Parashuram Chaturvedi`s MIRAMBAI KI PADAVALI, the basic text used.

Specification:

• Publisher : Chaukhamba Publications
• Author : Sri Shiv Prasad Dwivedi
• Cover : Paperback
• Edition : April , 2013
• Pages : 742
• Weight : 1 kg.
• Size : 8.5 x 5.5
• Language : Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation
• ISBI: 9382443835, 978-9382443834

Description:

Language: Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation Pages: 762

Description

As a novelist and storyteller, I have always drawn upon my memories of places that I have known and lived in over the years. More than most writers, perhaps, I find myself drawing inspiration from the past—my childhood, adolescence, youth, early manhood… The stories and the poems float in through my window, float in from the magic mountains, and the words appear on the page without much effort on my part.

Ruskin Bond has been writing for over sixty years, in the course of which he has come to be known for his simple and witty writing style. These twenty-five stories form a delightful collection of some of his non-fiction sketches, his interaction with the natural world, and his life in small towns that has given him some of his biggest stories.

Bond’s journey as a writer has been a remarkable one and these stories show the master storyteller at his very best.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

Ruskin Bond has been writing for over sixty years, and now has over 120 titles in print—novels, collections of short stories, poetry, essays, anthologies and books for children. His first novel, The Room on the Roof, received the prestigious John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1957. He has also received the Padma Shri (1999), the Padma Bhushan (2014) and two awards from Sahitya Akademi—one for his short stories and another for his writings for children. In 2012, the Delhi government gave him its Lifetime Achievement Award.

Born in 1934, Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar, Shimla, New Delhi and Dehradun. Apart from three years in the UK, he has spent all his life in India, and now lives in Mussoorie with his adopted family.

Specification

• Product Code : BK8710
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : June 14, 2017
• Pages : 126
• Weight : 100 gm.
• Size : 4.9 x 0.3 x 7.6 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : Ruskin Bond
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8129147408
  ISBN-13: 978-8129147400

Description

English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World is an all-encompassing study of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the twentieth century. It interprets literature both biographically and historically by showing how each work reflects not just the writer’s life and thoughts but also the spirit of the age and the nation’s history. It also shows the development of the English literary canon in terms of complexity, from the earlier simple moral allegories to the complex issues addressed in twentieth-century writings. Along with works of literature, this book also analyses important events and social conditions in each period, the lives of important authors, as well as literary epochs. With helpful summaries, bibliographies and tables of chronological events, this book is the best possible guide for students to understand the vast pantheon of English literature.

Specification

• Product Code : BK8689
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : September 1, 2015
• Pages : 672
• Weight : 550 gm.
• Size : 5.5 x 8.5 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : William J. Long
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 817167772X
  ISBN-13: 978-8171677726

Description

Life is unpredictable and full of challenges. One wrong step and everything can come crashing down. In such a scenario, one often wishes for a roadmap of life, but how is that possible?

Bestselling author Radhakrishnan Pillai’s much-anticipated book, Chanakya in Daily Life, will help you navigate the rough seas of life and stay on course. Covering all aspects of life from the personal to the professional, it will tell you everything from how to begin your day to how to end it, how to choose the right job, stay financially secure, have a happy married life, raise your children the right way, achieve the perfect work-life balance and much more. Like always, Pillai decodes and simplifies the visionary king-maker Chanakya’s teachings from the Arthashastra and Chanakya Niti to provide solutions for any problem that might crop up in any aspect of your life.

Thus, Chanakya in Daily Life is the perfect guru who expects only one thing from the shishya—a willingness to learn.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Radhakrishnan Pillai is the bestselling author of Corporate Chanakya, among many other widely read books. In this book, Chanakya in Daily Life, Pillai simplifies the teachings of Chanakya and shows us how we can use them in daily life in an easy-to-follow manner.

Pillai is revered across the country not only as an author but also as a motivational speaker. This book is highly anticipated by all his followers as it is the first one that covers topics outside of one’s professional life and has a holistic approach towards helping the reader tackle problems that they face on every front.

Specification

• Product Code : BK8681
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : December 1, 2016
• Pages : 285
• Weight : 230 gm.
• Size : 5.1 x 0.7 x 7.8 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : Radhakrishnan Pillai
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8129144441
  ISBN-13: 978-8129144447

Specification:

• Publisher : Indica Books
• By : Gol
• Cover : Paperback
• Edition : December 31, 2003
• Pages : 58
• Weight : 150 gm.
• Size : 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.2 inches
• Language : English
• ISBN-13 : 978-8186569344
• ISBN-10 : 8186569340
• Product Code : BK14247

Description:

The Mughal dynasty of India began in the first half of the 16th century after the conquest of Delhi by Babar. After the death of Emperor Aurangzeb in 1707, the immense empire began to fall apart, while small hindu and muslim kingdoms came into ascendacy. Thus, speaking of the Mughals means speaking about that period of two scarce centuries that left a precious artistic and architectonic legacy for humanity, out of which the Taj Mahal stands out by its own right. Based on the history of the Mughal dynasty and the building of their most knowned monument, the Taj Mahal the imaginative artist Gol, specialist of historical comic and author of the comic book "A pilgrimage to Kashi" has created this great comic, mixing history and imagination. This comic book is not exclusively meant for children.