SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass
- By : Thomas A. Kochumuttom
- Cover : Hardcover
- Language : English
- Edition : 2017
- Pages : 287
- Weight : 500
- Size : 5.75 x 0.75 x 9 inches
- ISBN-10 : 812080662X
- ISBN-13 : 978-8120806627
DESCRIPTION:
Giving a new translation and interpretation of the basic works of Vasubandhu the yogacarin, the author shows that Yogacarin metaphysics is basically the same as that of the early Buddhism. He contends that the Yogacara writings are open to interpretation in terms of realistic pluralism, and thus challenges their traditional interpretation in terms of idealistic monism. His translation is faithful to the original, arguments convincing and consistent, and presentation clear and readable. The texts translated and interpreted are (i) Madhyanta-vibhago-karika-bhasya, (ii) Trisvabhava-nirdesa, (iii) Trimsatika and (iv) Vimsatika. The doctrine of experience presented by these texts may be summarised in the words of the author as follow: The experience of samsara consists basically in one's being forced to view oneself as the grasper (grahaka), the enjoyer (bhoktr), knower (jnatr) of all beings, which are then viewed as the graspable (grahya), the enjoyable (bhojya), the knowable (jneya). There one cannot help mentally constructing the distinction between the subject and the object, the grasper and the graspable, the enjoyer and the enjoyable..."
ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)
DR. THOMAS A. KOCHUMUTTOM presently teaching Philosophy and comparative Religion at the Dharmaram Pontifical Institute, Bangalore, and is the Director of the Centre for the Study of World Religions of the same Institute. He has published quite a few articles in Comparative Religion.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Speaking Tiger Publishing
- By : Ruskin Bond
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2018
- Pages : 208 pages
- Weight : 295 g
- Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9386338297
- ISBN-13 : 978-9386338297
DESCRIPTION:
‘If you live in the hills of India, it is only a matter of time before you meet a ghost…’Vintage storyteller Ruskin Bond has created some unforgettable characters in his novels and stories, but perhaps the most memorable and unusual among them are the ghosts and spirits he has encountered. These ghosts are not always horrific; they are mysterious and often benevolent, or lonely creatures looking for company among humans. Collected in these pages are new stories written specifically for this volume—including Captain Young’s Ghost—and classics such as A Face in the Dark and The Haunted Bicycle. Here you will find the spirit of a captain from the British army who returns to the town he founded and rues the lack of Irish whisky; a little boy, long dead, who continues to guide passers-by on treacherous mountain routes; a heartbroken young girl of long ago who seduces young men with her song, and another who longs for a family and some friends.Set in the hills and foothills of North India—the perfect haunt for ghosts and spirits—this collection by the master storyteller will leave you spellbound.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Aleph Book Company
- By : Ruskin Bond
- Cover : Hardcover
- Language : English
- Edition : 2015
- Pages : 256 pages
- Weight : 270 g
- Size : 13.97 x 2.06 x 21.59 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9789383064793
- ISBN-13 : 978-9383064793
DESCRIPTION:
The twenty-one stories in the book are the greatest pieces of fiction written by Ruskin Bond. Chosen by the author himself, from a body of work built over fifty years (starting with his award-winning first novel, The Room on the Roof, and ending with Tales of Fosterganj) this collection includes well-known masterpieces like 'The Night Train at Deoli', 'The Woman on Platform No 8', 'Rusty Plays Holi' (from The Room on the Roof), 'Angry River', 'The Blue Umbrella', 'The Eyes Have It', 'Most Beautiful', 'Panther's Moon', as well as newer stories like 'An Evening at the Savoy with H.H.' (from Maharani) and 'Dinner with Foster' (from Tales of Fosterganj). Taken together, the stories in A Gathering of Friends show why Ruskin Bond has long been regarded as one of the pillars of Indian literature. This is a book that will delight his legions of fans as well as those lucky few who are new to his fiction.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Harper Collins India
- By : Nikita Singh
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2021
- Pages : 268 pages
- Weight : 500 gm
- ISBN-10 : 9354223346
- ISBN-13 : 978-9354223341
DESCRIPTION:
A young couple decides to die together when they are old, but when it's time, one of them isn't done living. A child fosters plants in a month-long challenge. A woman makes a desperate attempt to rescue her brother from his demons. A groom-to-be meets a green-eyed fairy the night before the wedding. A son vows to connect with his father after his mother's death.In this dazzling collection of short fiction, bestselling author Nikita Singh explores the secret inner lives of her characters as they grapple with love, loss, grief and mental health.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Fingerprint! Publishing
- By : Aesop
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2019
- Pages : 248 pages
- Weight : 295 g
- Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9389567661
- ISBN-13 : 978-9389567663
DESCRIPTION:
“Much wants more and loses all.” Once upon a time, long long ago There were mischievous Dogs and crafty Cats, Wise Mice and greedy Men, Hungry Wolves and innocent Lambs, Clever Frogs and cunning Foxes, Wily Lions and overconfident Hares . . . Each had a lesson to teach. Each had a moral to share. Timeless and enlightening, Aesop’s Fables have been enchanting children for more than centuries now. They continue to remain the best bedtime stories. This classic edition is a translation by V. S. Vernon Jones. It includes two hundred and eighty-four fables illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Rupa Publications India
- By : Ruskin Bond
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2018
- Pages : 212 pages
- Weight : 148 g
- Size : 12.7 x 1.24 x 20.32 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9789353043537
- ISBN-13 : 978-9353043537
DESCRIPTION:
The morgue had no electricity, just a kerosene lamp… I had not been sitting there for long when the lamp…went out, and something moved very softly and quietly past me… Something cold and icy touched one of my hands and felt its way up towards my neck and throat. It was behind me, then it was before me. Then it was over me. I was in the arms of the corpse!’With The House of Strange Stories, celebrated writer Ruskin Bond brings forth a collection of some of the most blood-curdling tales ever written. Featuring Stacy Marie Belloc Lowndes’ ‘The Lodger’, Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘The Red-Headed League’, Wilkie Collins’ ‘The Duel’, Bram Stoker’s ‘The Sqaw’, Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Cask of Amontillado’, and several of Bond’s own, these tales of macabre, suspense, vampires, and haunted houses will leave even horror fans terrified.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Rupa
- By : Ruskin Bond
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2003
- Pages : 144 pages
- Weight : 140 g
- Size : 20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm
- ISBN-10 : 8129101440
- ISBN-13 : 978-8129101440
DESCRIPTION:
The Rupa Book of Ruskin Bond's Himalayan Tales is a collection of short stories, essays and poems set in the Indian Himalayas. With his keen spirit of observation as he sets his eyes upon people, places and wildlife, Ruskin Bind deftly captures the adventure and joy of life in the hills. With this compelling blend of fiction and non-fiction, Ruskin Bond treats us to another endearing Rupa collection.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Om Books International
- By : Ashapurana Debi
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2018
- Pages : 288 pages
- Weight : 295 g
- Size : 20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9789383202126
- ISBN-13 : 978-9383202126
DESCRIPTION:
Ashapurna Debi gazed into the heart of the domestic life of the Indian woman as no other writer in the world has done. In one story after another, numbering into thousands by the time she was done, she examined the imprisonment of the women within their homes and their responses to the power play, pressures and hypocrisies lying beneath the surface of the apparent solidity of the middle-class urban family. Nobody has written as relentlessly, with as much insight and yet with as light a touch, of the darkness of both the interior and the behavioural life within the four walls of the home. Over more than 70 years of a writing career, she created an extraordinary oeuvre, whose depths will be mined for generations.Twenty-one of Ashapurna Debi’s most shocking stories, cherry-picked from over a thousand, have been brought together in this collection. Each of them unravels an unexpected, even dreadful, side to the personalities of the women who feature in them. In every story, a deceptively quiet but potentially explosive act of revolt takes place – or comes close to taking place. Far from the sweet and submissive stereotype of wife/mother/daughter/woman of the house that familial structures have enforced, it is the rebellious side of the woman, often forced to emerge through cruelty, viciousness and even hatred, that stands revealed. these are scandalous stories, each one of them.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publications Department
- By : Janina Stroka
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 1998
- Pages : 106 pages
- Weight : 505
- ISBN-10 : 8170585201
- ISBN-13 : 978-8170585206
DESCRIPTION:
Collection of letters, poems, and paintings by a Polish disciple of Aurobindo Ghose, 1872-1950 and a member of Sri Aurobindo Ashram.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Sri Aurobindo Society
- By : Vijay, Sri Aurobindo, The Mother
- Cover: Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 1999
- Pages : 96 pages
- Weight : 505 gm
- ISBN-10 : 8170600774
- ISBN-13 : 978-8170600770
DESCRIPTION:
Compiled from his speeches and writings, these passages show how Sri Aurobindo not only inspired those who fought for India's freedom from the British in the first half of the 20th century but also outline his vision of India's future after independence. The spirit of nationalism evoked here calls upon the youth of India, whose hands will shape and determine her destiny, to gather and "organise her scattered strengths into a single and irresistible whole". A few relevant quotations of the Mother have been added.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Divine Life society
- By : Swami Chidananda
- Cover: Hardcover
- Language : English
- Edition : 2005
- Pages : 484 pages
- Weight : 567 g
- ISBN-10 : 8170521378
- ISBN-13 : 978-8170521372
DESCRIPTION:
Swami Chidanandaji,successor to Swami Sivananda is well known for his morning meditation talks. Seekers through out the world will find within this book answers to many of their un-resolved questions. Seekers all over the world will probably compare Divine Life Society to an "artesian well" ever quenching the thirst of the spirtual seeker.Draw from it and be benefitted.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Juggernaut
- By : Devdutt Pattanaik
- Cover : Hardcover
- Language : English
- Edition : 2021
- Pages : 184 pages
- Weight : 190 g
- Size : 17.8 x 11.1 x 1.8 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9391165524
- ISBN-13 : 978-9391165529
DESCRIPTION:
The pandemic crisis has seen many of us lose family, friends, colleagues. How can you recover from this devastating loss? You are surrounded by anger and violence everywhere. Bad news hits you – a failing economy, climate change – every day. Do you want to run away? Are you anxious about money, your family, and your future? In this book, the author helps you to unravel your emotions and find a way to move from darkness into light. Using stories from our epics and concepts from Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain thought, he shows you a new way to look at your life and gives you the tools to find hope again. Simple yet profound, moving and stimulating, Hope will change the way you view the world and help you find your path again.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Niyogi Books
- By : C.V. Balakrishnan
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2021
- Pages : 232 pages
- Weight : 220 g
- Size : 14.1 x 1.6 x 21.7 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9389136822
- ISBN-13 : 978-9389136821
DESCRIPTION:
Set in a Malabar village of Christian settlers, The Book of Passing Shadows, translated from the Malayalam original Aayusinte Pusthakam, tells the story of a family’s fall from grace, and their journey to redemption.As the narrative unravels against the wider inner conflict between bodily temptations and spiritual aspirations, the sins of one generation seem to visit ominously upon the next. Through his journey from an innocent childhood to a ruined adolescence, Yohannan loses everyone he knows as ‘family’—a father who is a convicted felon, a grieving mother who passes away while her husband is in prison, an elder sister with prospects who elopes to build a better life, a grandfather who embraces death after committing a sin, and a best friend and lover who chooses religion over a domestic life. The only solace he finds is in the loving companionship of a grieving widow, Sara, who has been equally wronged by fate and unbundles her woes with him.Faith plays a pivotal role—provides a mythical, ethical, and moral scaffolding of this heart-rending novel, which resonates with the agony and pathos of the human spirit caught in the travails of earthly life.Written in a sublime style made lyrical with a biblical cadence and rich in scriptural allusions, this passionate and visionary narrative has remained popular with readers since it was first published in 1984.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Speaking Tiger Publishing
- By : Ruskin Bond
- Cover : Hardcover
- Language : English
- Edition : 2018
- Pages : 160 pages
- Weight : 159 g
- Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9789388070065
- ISBN-13 : 978-9388070065
DESCRIPTION:
Ruskin Bond, India’s favourite writer, draws from his own experiences, and those of some of the world’s greatest thinkers and doers, to offer words of inspiration and wisdom. A Little Book of Courage is the perfect guide—to dip into and to gift—for the good times, and the tough.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Speaking Tiger Publishing
- By : Ruskin Bond
- Cover : Hardcover
- Language : English
- Edition : 2018
- Pages : 160 pages
- Weight : 170 g
- Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9789387693722
- ISBN-13 : 978-9387693722
DESCRIPTION:
The new title in the best-selling ‘Little Book’ series by India’s most beloved writer, Ruskin Bond. Where does beauty live? Where should we travel to find it? Is a dawn without birdsong still beautiful? What might we see through the branches of a cherry tree at night? Can we crave the rose if we fear its thorns? What does the heart have to do with beauty?Few writers anywhere have celebrated the beauty of the world, of all creatures great and small, as magically as Ruskin Bond has done. This little anthology brings together his own ideas and images of beauty and those of writers and thinkers he has read and liked. This pocketbook is a thing of quiet beauty.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Rupa & Co
- By : Ruskin Bond
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2013
- Pages : 118 pages
- Weight : 172 g
- Size : 11.43 x 0.94 x 16.51 cm
- ISBN-10 : 8129124947
- ISBN-13 : 978-8129124944
DESCRIPTION:
'There is no greater desert or wilderness than to be without true friends.' In this beautiful collection, Ruskin Bond puts together his favourite sayings on friends and friendship. From his own observations, recorded over the years in his diaries, to famous sayings by celebrated writers, poets and philosophers, this is a delightful compilation of thoughts on love, friendship and family. Told with the heartwarming simplicity that characterizes Ruskin Bond, this book, much like a good friend, is one you can turn to at any time, for comfort and company.."
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
- By : Sadhguru
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2011
- Pages : 216 pages
- Weight : 240 g
- Size : 22 x 1.4 x 14.6 cm
- ISBN-10 : 8184952007
- ISBN-13 : 978-8184952001
DESCRIPTION:
The persistent questions of seekers fill this book. It's all here -the pain, the confusion, the raging gut-level thirst, all that it means to be human and alive and wanting and through it all are the clear, strong, unwavering tones of a master who reminds us that the only thing that lies between the human and the divine, the finite and the boundless, the seeking and the finding, is choice. What does that choice entail? Not the acquisition of any path-breaking wisdom, but a determined refusal to strengthen one's ignorance, to reinforce one's deceptions, to 'gold-plate one's limitations'. The danger, Sad guru tells us, does not lie in being in the dark -that can be dispelled for anyone who genuinely desires it -but in settling for an easy brilliance, a spurious radiance. The danger does not lie in seeking urgently, but in arriving cheaply. "Don't polish your ignorance," he warns aphoristically, unforgettably, recurrently in the course of this book. "It may shine
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Harper Collins
- By : Shubhangi Swarup
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2019
- Pages : 344 pages
- Weight : 500 g
- Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9353574749
- ISBN-13 : 978-9353574741
DESCRIPTION:
This is a remarkable debut.' - Jeet ThayilAn astounding exploration of intense longings, Shubhangi Swarup's novel begins in the depths of the Andaman Sea, and follows geological and emotional faultlines through the Irrawaddy delta and the tourist-trap of Thamel, to end amidst the highest glaciers and passes of the Karakorams.The story sweeps through worlds and times that are inhabited by: a scientist who studies trees and a clairvoyant who talks to them; Lord Goodenough who travels around the furthest reaches of the Raj, giving names to nameless places; a geologist working towards ending futile wars over a glacier; octogenarian lovers; a superstitious dictator and a mother struggling to get her revolutionary son released; a yeti who seeks human companionship; a turtle who turns first into a boat and then a woman; and the ghost of an evaporated ocean as restless as the continents. Binding them all together is a vision of life as vast as the universe itself. Richly imaginative and irresistible in its storytelling, Latitudes of Longing announces the arrival of an incredible new literary talent.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Hind Yugm
- By : Manav Kaul
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : Hindi
- Edition : 2020
- Pages : 224 pages
- Weight : 190 g
- Size : 19.8 x 1.6 x 12.9 cm
- ISBN-10 : 8194653851
- ISBN-13 : 978-8194653851
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Rupa Publications India
- By : Supratim Sarkar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2019
- Pages : 248 pages
- Weight : 160 g
- Size : 13.97 x 1.35 x 21.59 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9353333482
- ISBN-13 : 978-9353333485
DESCRIPTION:
The Detective Diaries presents the most sensational post-Independence cases of Kolkata Police, the oldest police commissionerate in Asia.Writer Supratim Sarkar, a serving additional commissioner of Kolkata Police, captures the different aspects of criminal investigation in a style that is rare among India’s true-crime writers. Starting from 1948 and coming right down to 2010, every case is a trendsetter, either owing to the nature of the crime, or the manner in which it was solved. From cold-blooded, psychopathic murderers to those who killed purely for money, from crimes of passion to conmen who made masterful use of technology, the selection is as varied as it is fascinating.No matter what the context, each crime made headlines. The man who mercilessly killed his pregnant wife, or the killer who wiped out his entire family, are as easily identifiable as the man who decided that big ticket robberies is the path to happiness. The highlight of the book is a case that caught the attention of the nation—the stoneman murders of 1989, a series of killings that terrorized Kolkata for months, and gave rise to an entire pantheon of urban legends. For the first time, this book presents the police version of this unsolved case.A glimpse into Kolkata's dark underbelly, guided by an author whose job takes him there every day, this book will shock and amaze in equal measure.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Rupa Publications India
- By : Rupa Bhullar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2021
- Pages : 264 pages
- Weight : 200 g
- Size : 12.9 x 1.68 x 19.8 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9390547547
- ISBN-13 : 978-9390547548
DESCRIPTION:
Don’t try to predict life, try to explore it instead. Even the roughest, most crooked trails can sometimes lead to magnificent places. After suffering public humiliation at the hands of her husband on what would have otherwise been a memorable evening, Tara Grewal, a homemaker and mother of two, finds herself thrust onto a crossroads. She cannot readily go back to the life she once knew, nor can she move forward without a career or life skills to sustain her. As she transitions from questioning her choices to surrendering to the flow of life, an unfamiliar journey leads her to her grandmother village in Punjab. Amid the simple joys of rural life, and heart-wrenching struggles of daily survival, Tara unknowingly kindle a Spark of hope. A hope that eventually lights her own fire. As she casts off the reins of the predictable and embraces change, Tara unravels her fears and motivations, reaffirming her belief in what she knew to be true—about people, about life, about relationships, and most importantly, about love. In her challenges, she finds her strength. In her escape, she finds her home. Poignant, insightful, and deeply relatable, when the wildflowers Bloom weaves together the complexities of human emotions and societal norms with beauty, sensitivity, and unfailing optimism.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Embassy Books
- By : Jim Stovall
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2003
- Pages : 137 pages
- Weight : 170 g
- Size : 21.6 x 14 x 0.8 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9788188452040
- ISBN-13 : 978-8188452040
DESCRIPTION:
Jason Stevens is about to find out in Jim Stovall's The Ultimate Gift. Red Stevens has died, and the older members of his family receive their millions with greedy anticipation. But a different fate awaits young Jason, whom Stevens, his great-uncle, believes may be the last vestige of hope in the family. "Although to date your life seems to be a sorry excuse for anything I would call promising, there does seem to be a spark of something in you that I hope we can fan into a flame. For that reason, I am not making you an instant millionaire." What Stevens does give Jason leads to The Ultimate Gift. Young and old will take this timeless motivational story to heart.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Harper
- By : Sidney Sheldon
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2005
- Pages : 384 pages
- Weight : 160 g
- Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
- ISBN-10 : 8172234856
- ISBN-13 : 978-8172234850
DESCRIPTION:
Nothing Lasts Forever is a thrilling fictional account of the trials and tribulations of three doctors, trying to do their best in a large corporate hospital in San Francisco. In this hospital every decision or diagnosis has to be analyzed and processed in a hurry to save a life. These three young women are out to prove their worth as medical professionals.Things begin to change and take a turn for the worst for each of them, exposing the dark sides of their personalities and they turn from lovers to betrayers and even to possible killers. for one of life changes from the crazy and chaotic hospital, to the tension gripping stage of a murder trial.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Harper Collins
- By : Sidney Sheldon
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2005
- Pages : 592 pages
- Weight : 290 g
- Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9788172234881
- ISBN-13 : 978-8172234881
DESCRIPTION:
This 1985 crime fiction novel is the story of an ordinary woman who faces tough circumstances and metamorphoses into a different persona altogether. Tracy has a new job at a banking firm, a wealthy fiancé whose child she is carrying and high hopes from life. Just when everything appears seamless, her life takes a drastic turn.Tracy?s mother commits suicide and she soon discovers that her mother was in a lot of debt after being tricked by New Orleans Mafia. She decides forthrightly to take vengeance on the mob. However, she ends up getting raped. With his influences, the Mafia boss Orsatti charges Tracy with attempt to murder and theft. Betrayed by her lawyer, who leads her to believe that pleading guilty would shorten her sentence, Tracy lands in prison with a 15 year sentence to serve.Brutalized in the prison, she loses her baby and is deserted by her fiancé, too. All alone, Tracy decides to toughen up, she makes friends with an influential prisoner Enristine, who supports her through her tough time.When Tracy gets paroled, she starts plotting the downfall of every man who led her life this way. After taking revenge of her mother?s death and her prison sentence, Tracy finds redemption in becoming a con-artist. She now steals from those that she believes deserve to be stolen from. With her newly gained talents and a haunting criminal record, Tracy?s life is now a colorful crime bender.