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Shubhojit Singh is at the pinnacle of his career as a civil servant, having won the Prime Minister’s Award twice; however, his personal life is in a shambles. His wife has left him and he has become a stranger to his own children. When a sudden health crisis brings the whole family together, Shubhojit is left reminiscing about his younger days in the village—of the times spent with friends, splashing in the village pond and climbing trees and of meaningful relationships. Just four years short of his retirement, Shubhojit decides to go back to his roots, to live with nature, to a life which is not dictated by structures—a life where he is free and unencumbered.

Will he succeed? Will his family approve? Or, will it prove to be an impulsive and hasty decision?

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

Suchita Malik, an alumnus of Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi, has earned her PhD from Panjab University, Chandigarh. A keen academic, she has taught English Literature for more than three decades. Besides contributing middles, feature articles and travelogues to national newspapers, she has authored three novels, titled Indian Memsahib, Memsahib’s Chronicles and Women Extraordinaire.

SPECIFICATION:

• Publisher : Krishnamurti Foundation India
• By : J. Krishnamurti
• Cover : Paperback
• Language : English
• Edition : 2016
• Pages : 221
• Weight : 300 g.
• Size : 7.9 x 5.5 x 1.6 inches
• ISBN-10: 8187326948
• ISBN-13: 978-8187326946

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The dialogues in this book "School Without Fear" are being published sixty years after Krishnamurti held at Rajghat Besant School, which he founded on the banks of the Ganga in the early 1930s. From Dec 1954 to Feb 1955, he stayed on the campus and talked to the teachers and parents. ranging from atriculating his most sublime vision of life to thrashing out practicalities of running a boarding school, he covers every conveiviable aspect of education. The result of these 26 dialogues, whichform the logest serices of dialogues on education in the entire Krishnamurti reportoire.

Specification:

• Publisher : Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers
• By :  Stephen Cross 
• Cover : Hardcover
• Language : English
• Edition : 2014
• Pages :
• Weight : 750 gm.
• Size :
• ISBN-10 : 8121512794
• ISBN-13 : 978-8121512794

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Schopenhauer is widely recognized as the Western philosopher who has shown the greatest openness to Indian thought and whose own ideas approach most closely to it. This book examines his encounter with important schools of Hindu and Buddhist philosophy and subjects the principal apparent affinities to a careful analysis. Initial chapters describe Schopenhauer's encounter with Indian thought in the context of intellectual climate of early nineteenth-century Europe. For the first time, Indian texts and ideas were becoming available and the belief that they could bring about a second Renaissance-an "Oriental Renaissance"-was widespread. Schopenhauer shared in this enthusiasm and for the rest of his life assiduously kept abreast of the new knowledge of India. Principal sections of the book consider the two main pillars of Schopenhauer's system in relation to broadly comparable ideas found, in the case of Hindu thought, in Advaita Vedanta, and within Buddhism in the Madhyamika and Yogacara schools. Schopenhauer's doctrine of the world as representation, or a flow of impressions appearing in the consciousness of living beings, is first considered. The convergence between this teaching and India idealism, especially the doctrine of illusory appearance (maya), has long been recognized. Schopenhauer himself was aware of it, emphasizing that it was the result not of influence but of a remarkable convergence between Eastern and Western thought. This convergence is subjected to a much more detailed examination than has previously been carried out, undertaken in the light of twentieth-century Indology and recent studies of Schopenhauer. The second main pillar of Schopenhauer's system, the doctrine of the world as will, is then examined and its relationship to Indian thought explored.

Specification:

• Publisher : Indica Books
• By :  Mehrdad M. Zarandi
• Cover : Paperback
• Edition : December 1, 2006
• Pages : 331
• Weight : 450 gm..
• Size : 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Language : English
• ISBN-10 : 8186569634
• ISBN-13 : 978-8186569634
• Product Code : BK14225

Description:

Can the knowledge provided by modern science satisfy our need to know the most profound nature of reality and of humanity?
“The great advantage of this book is that it puts together texts of authors (scientists, philosophers and theologians) whose lucidity about modern science goes far beyond emotional reaction and moralist subjectivity; and this ‘tour de force’ is accomplished from within the point of view of the main traditional religions. Here, Science and Faith are reconciled in an unexpected way: scientific objectivity is not an issue; but the real issue, where one sees no proof of progress, is whether man is capable of using modern science properly. A must for the reader who wants to sharpen his or her discernment about modern science.”
—Jean Pierre Lafouge, Marquette Univerity
“Writing as an active research scientist, living in the present Culture of Disbelief created (partly unwittingly) by the science establishment, I can think of no Research and Development project more significant to the future of humanity than putting ‘science’ back into its proper place as a part of culture, but not its religion. This book is an excellent contribution to that paramount goal.”
—Rustum Roy, Evan Pugh Professor of the Solid State, Emeritus, Pennsylvania State University

SPECIFICATION:

• Publisher : Theosophical Publishing House Adyar, Chennai
• By : Ravi Ravindra
• Cover : Paperback
• Language : English
• Edition : 2000
• Pages : 359
• Weight : 500 gm.
• Size : 6 x 4 x 0.5 inches
• ISBN-10: 8170593816
• ISBN-13: 978-8170593812

DESCRIPTION:

' I personally find this book captivating and mesmerizing. It is very important because it speaks not only to the spiritual and psychological health of humankind, but to the survival of our planet. It is refreshing to read the opinions of a first-rate mind who is willing to unabashedly speak out about the primacy of spirit and to call into question many of the assumptions western scientists make about the world, most of which go unchallenged in our culture.'

Dr Larry Dossey, MD, author of Space, Time and Medicine, Beyond Illness and Recovering the Soul.

SPECIFICATION:

• Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
• By:Pranab Bhalla (Author)
• Binding : Paperback
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2017
• Pages :  252 pages
• Size : :14 x 1.4 x 21.6 cm
  
• ISBN-10 : 8184956703
  
• ISBN-13 : 978-8184956702

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A book to guide you in the most rewarding directions! Typically, the journey to becoming a master salesperson is long and painful, full of trial and error, requiring perseverance and constant self-motivation. But it doesn't have to be that way! While pundits may describe sales as an art form, the truth is that - like science - it is based on core principles and practices. In order to get better at sales, a salesperson need only improve on these individual building blocks. In the Science of Sales, author Pranab Bhalla builds a logical framework for budding professionals on the process of sales. Here you will find: - The right psychological approach - The building blocks of cold calling and business development - The art of questioning - The sales presentation - Understanding buying decisions - Dangling the bait And much, much more! Pranab Bhalla works in the Indian IT sales industry. Throughout his career, he has donned many roles in sales and business development. From selling insurance and telecom products door to door, to closing multimillion dollar transactions for large MNCs, Pranab has gone through the grind. He is based in Gurgaon and married with two children.

Specification:

• Publisher : Indica Books
• By :  Manoranjan Basu
• Cover : Paperback
• Edition : May 30, 2005
• Pages : 606
• Weight : 1 kg..
• Size : 8.5 x 5.1 x 1.7 inches
• Language : English
• ISBN-10 : 8186569510
• ISBN-13 : 978-8186569511
• Product Code : BK14226

Description:

The purpose of this work is to carve out a path for achieving the integration of man, a multi-dimensional being, in the background of the three worlds — physicality, psychicality and spirituality. These three worlds are the different facets of man as a multi-dimensional being. His body is an extended substance of the physical world, his mind or inner self belongs to the psychical and moral world, and when man rises above his body and mind to realize the ultimate truth, he enters into the spiritual world. Full-fledged evolution of all these facets makes a man perfect. He then realizes that the said three worlds are linked together like gems on a string. In this work the author has tried to analyse the said three worlds and bind them into an integrated whole.
“For this book the relevant question is: What is the universe and why? So far scientists engaged in this field of investigation occupied themselves seriously with the answering of the what part of the question and have just started to answer the why part, which should normally engage the philosophers. But the latter, barring a few, are not fully equipped to go deep into the what part revealed by the scientists. The gap has to be filled up. Sri Basu has taken courage to bring the what and why parts in one comprehensive volume, and try to answer both. In fact, modern science and philosophy are perhaps talking about the same thing but in different languages. The attempt to bridge the language gap is what is most important.”

About Author:

Sri Manoranjan Basu (1920-92), the author of this profound work, was not only a scholar of great attainments but also a researcher and sadhaka of no mean stature. Among his several learned publications are Gita Vahini; Tantras: A General Study; Ramakrishna’s Spiritual Practices: A Study; Ramakrishna Sadhan Parikrama (in Bengali), Paschatya Darsaner Itibas: Kant and Hegel (in Bengali) and, above all, Fundamentals of the Philosophy of Tantras.

"This book shows that it can be very fruitful for science to study other thought-systems than those in which we were born and raised. In our days we can make use of the entire heritage of the mind-created global mosaic of cultures. Much more of such type of research should be done by able philosophers and scientists. Ancient thinkers have come up with insights that lack us today - causing unnecessary ignorance and suffering. Probably no philosopher in the world would disagree with the statement that there is no knowledge higher than Truth-but that there are many ways for the mind to approach her.

Jainism is definitely more spiritual in its understanding than Western science and philosophy. It also covers subtle aspects of nature as yet unknown to or ill-understood by mainstream science.

The book contains so much information on the modern science, including, for example, the latest theories and speculations of physics, chemistry, cosmology and genetics, and other disciplines, that for this reason alone it could be used as a general textbook for science students. But the great extra value of it is the extensive exposure of Jain ideas laid down in scriptures throughout the last two millennia by scholars and Jain acharyas (ascetics, monks). Then both traditions-modern science and Jain science-are thoroughly compared."

This book deals about scientific investigation about mural art of Ajanta reflecting two decades of research. This discovery of Ajanta and measures adopted by various art lovers in early 19th Century at has direct impact on its conservation as detailed in the book. The ancient Indian painting recipe and mural art techniques employed at Ajanta has been incorporated in the book. Detailed studies about nature and characterization of mud mortar of Ajanta / Ellora which support the survival of mural art have been elaborated. The source of raw materials for the preparation of Ajanta / Ellora mud plaster, addition of various aggregates, proteinaceous adhesive and vegetal remains in the plaster for its preparation has been detailed in the book. An elaborative study about the discovery of Cannabis Sativa (Hemp or Bhang) in the mud plaster of Ellora has been discussed. The book also highlights the data for cross sectional study of painted plaster; the analytical data obtained through the instrumental analysis of the pigment and plaster layers using XRF, XRD, FTIR, Raman Spectroscopy, SEM, thermo – hygrograph, Lux meter, Protimeter, Carbon dioxide analyzer, noise meter etc, in details. This detailed investigation has helped in the preparation of matching mud / lime plaster at Ajanta / Ellora for restoration purpose. The impact of visitors on cave murals of Ajanta like variations of temperature, humidity, noise level, carbon dioxide level etc, within the caves besides impact of light on the painted plaster, degradation of murals caused by application shellac varnish, insect activity on the murals have been discussed. The scientific cleaning methods employed at Ajanta for the removal of 19th century shellac coating, soot, dust, dirt etc, from the painted surface has been discussed along with photograph of before / after cleaning activity. The recent cleaning efforts undertaken in the Hinayana cave of Ajanta has been specifically highlighted under unseen Ajanta.

This book also discuss about the application of saline technique for the consolidation of sculpture of Ajanta / Ellora.

About the Author:
Dr. Manager Singh, M. Sc, Ph.D, Superintending Archaeological Chemist, ArchaeologicalSurvey of India, Aurangabad has received his master degree in chemistry from Gorakhpur University and Ph.D in chemistry on “Scientific investigation of Ajanta Paintings and Performance evaluation of materials” from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra. He was associated with the preservation of Ajanta cave murals from 1997 – 2008 and carried out extensive research on the materials and technique of mural art of Ajanta / Ellora. He has published about four dozen research papers in the field of scientific conservation of our art works mostly in international journals. He has been covered extensively by Discovery channel, Japanese T.V and German print media for his innovative work on cleaning of hinayana painting of cave no. 10, Ajanta under unseen Ajanta. Prior to his service in Archaeological Survey of India, he has also served in Geological Survey of India, Bangalore and Naval Science & Technological laboratory, Visakhapatnam. He has been received three months ICCROM training on stone Conservation in Venice on stone conservation and visited many countries to deliver lectures on scientific conservation of Murals in India and characterization of ancient materials with the help of scientific analysis for synthesis of compatible restoration materials.

Specification:

• Publisher : Kaivalyadhama
  
• by : Swami Kuvalyananda
  
• Cover : Paperback
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2006
  
• Pages : 58
  
• Weight : 150 gm.
  
• Size : 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.2 inches
  
• ISBN-10: 8189485202
  
• ISBN-13: 978-8189485207

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SPECIFICATION:

• Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
• By : Justine Hardy (Author)
• Binding : Paperback
• Language : English  
  
• Edition : 2009
• Pages :  336 pages
• Size : :20 x 14 x 4 cm
  
• ISBN-13 :  978-8184950267
  

DESCRIPTION:

You should be writing on one of our great Indian papers, then you will really be starting to understand us'. A chance conversation with her greengrocer about the media's portrayal of India inspired journalist Justine Hardy to leave London and following in the footsteps of Rudyard Kipling, spend a year reporting for an Indian newspaper. Following the direction of her eccentric landlord -an erstwhile Rajput prince and an editor at The Indian Express, her new life takes her across the Himalayas, Assam tea gardens and city slums, exploring marriage, spirituality and the remnants of Empire in the heart of modern India.

SPECIFICATION:

• Publisher : Rajpal and Sons
• By:  I.K. GUJRAL(Author)
• Binding : Hardcover
• Language :  English
• Edition :2008
• Pages:134 pages
• Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
  
• ISBN-10: 8170287413
• ISBN-13 :9788170287414
  

DESCRIPTION: 

This is a scrap book. It is a collection of excerpts from some of my jumbled readings of books and journals that came my way at different occasions. I made a habit of keeping a scrap book long ago during my university days, inspired by an enlightened Principal of our college - J W Thomas, who was endowed with a bright mind and unbiased views of education even in the days of British rule. This is not the only reason for my habit of keeping the scrap book. The socio-diplomatic life in the Soviet Union was conducive to my reading a variety of books about the world and keeping notes for reference.' - I K Gujral