Description
Harry Woodstock is a lazy but amiable criminal who would rather live by fraud than by working .He is very comfortable in Albany Prison, Isle of Wight where a clergyman visits him in an attempt to reform his character. When he is out of prison he stays with a friend in Albany, Piccadilly and tries to avoid a violent criminal who is convinced Harry defrauded him out of £60,000. Understandably, Harry feels safer in prison so, when not dodging his enemy, he spends his time thinking up ways to get himself inside again. His amusing story ends with an ingenious solution for them all.
Specification
- Product Code : BK8700
- Publisher : Rupa Publications India
- Edition : January 1, 2003
- Pages : 228
- Weight : 200 gm.
- Size : 7.7 x 5 x 0.6 inches
- Binding : Paperback
- Author : Henry Cecil
- Language : English
- ISBN-10: 8129102897
ISBN-13: 978-8129102898
Description
A selection from Dale Carnegie’s bestsellers, How to Win Friends and Influence People and How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, How to Enjoy your Life and Your Job helps you get the best out of your job and live a fulfilling life. This book will show you how to:
• Achieve job satisfaction in your current job
• Build on your strengths
• Overcome boredom and frustration
• Achieve a work-life balance
A life-changing book that has helped people around the world, How to Enjoy your Life and Your Job is your key to achieving success in your professional and personal life.
Specification
- Product Code : BK8704
- Publisher : Rupa Publications India
- Edition : 20 May 2016
- Pages : 210
- Weight : 120 gm.
- Size : 6.8 x 4.3 x 0.6 inches
- Binding : Paperback
- Author : Dale Carnegie
- Language : English
- ISBN-10: 8129140217
ISBN-13: 978-8129140210
Description
Things get broken. We repair them. They get a new shape. Perhaps a new identity. This applies to love as well. Because, you are yours before you are someone else’s. But what happens when we fall or fail in love?
After two heartbreaks, Adrika, a fiercely independent career-girl, changes her hashtag on Instagram to #HappyGoLucky and dreams become her priority. Arjun, workaholic and socially inept, struggles with his weakness for Dimpy Aunty’s daughter Anushka, and his hesitation in sharing heartaches and emotional baggage. Into this mess, steps in Dimpy Aunty, an unlikely saviour, with all her quirks and jauntiness, steering them through rough patches in unlikely ways as only she can.
Insightful, bold and witty, I Tagged Her in My Heart is based on a true story that will inspire many to look at the sunny side of life when faced with darkness.
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Anuj Tiwari is India’s most popular writer of inspirational stories, and author of bestselling novels—Journey of Two Hearts, It Had to Be You and It’s Not Right…but It’s Okay. He is a motivational speaker and an IT professional. His books are based on real life incidents that he has come across over the years. He gives guest lectures at various colleges and universities.He is based in Mumbai, India.
Specification
- Product Code : BK8706
- Publisher : Rupa Publications India
- Edition : January 12, 2017
- Pages : 248
- Weight : 190 gm.
- Size : 5.1 x 0.6 x 7.8 inches
- Binding : Paperback
- Author : Anuj Tiwari
- Language : English
- ISBN-10: 8129149567
ISBN-13: 978-8129149565
Description
Anuj, a young professional, is just getting by from day to day when the beautiful and vivacious Pakhi walks into his life and turns it upside down. Love blossoms and Anuj is convinced that she is the one for him. But when all is going well Pakhi leaves unexpectedly, and shatters Anuj’s faith in love and happy endings.
To shake off his depression and restart his life, he heads to Mumbai where he meets new people—the stunning Meera; rom-com specialist Vishal; the man of reasons, Rahim Chacha; and the lovely Anushka. With their help, he begins to put his past behind, but Fate intervenes. Will Anuj be able to find the answers he desperately seeks and finally find closure? Or does life have other plans?
It Had to Be You is a story that, in its simplicity, shows us the importance of love, life, family and friendship.
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Anuj Tiwari is the author of the bestselling novel Journey of Two Hearts, a motivational speaker and an IT professional. His books are based on real life incidents that he jotted down over the years. He gives lectures at colleges and universities, and lives in Mumbai.
Specification
- Product Code : BK8707
- Publisher : Rupa Publications India
- Edition : March 1, 2014
- Pages : 208
- Weight : 630 gm.
- Size : 5.1 x 0.5 x 7.8 inches
- Binding : Paperback
- Author : Anuj Tiwari
- Language : English
- ISBN-10: 8129131072
ISBN-13: 978-8129131072
Description
Everyone has a past. But what if it becomes daunting baggage and spills over into the future? A fiercely independent, career-driven girl, Angira, has recently changed her Facebook status to 'single in Mumbai'. While work has been her only priority, a twist of fate brings Ved-a strikingly handsome footballer, the heart-throb of the college-into her life. He seems genuine and fun-loving, but based on past experiences, Angira knows better than to trust him! Despite their contrasting personalities, the two develop an unexpected bond-a link for which they are about to risk everything they have. A riveting tale about incorrigible lovers with a dark past, It's Not Right. . .but It's Okay is a true story about finding friendship and love again.
Specification
- Product Code : BK8708
- Publisher : Rupa Publications India
- Edition : January 1, 2016
- Pages : 226
- Weight : 160 gm.
- Size : 5.1 x 0.5 x 7.8 inches
- Binding : Paperback
- Author : Anuj Tiwari
- Language : English
- ISBN-10: 8129137321
ISBN-13: 978-8129137326
Description
When the residents of Meraupatnam’s posh Dormeth Lane start getting picked off by mysterious snipers, the mayor has no choice but to call in the celebrated detective Juni Dagger. With the aid of his assistant, Monroe, and a stranger-turned-ally, Cameron, Dagger must find the link between the murders and find the mastermind, a mysterious man who goes by the name Veron.
Interspersed with his sleuthing, are Dagger’s culinary adventures, which often throw up clues to his case. Soon, Dagger discovers that Veron is now targeting him, and his desire to be rid of the detective can only be matched by Dagger’s desire to enjoy a good meal (or two or three!).
Perfect for readers who like their mystery with a generous side of comedy, Juni Dagger is sure to leave you wanting more, both from the detective, and your meals
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Sixteen-year-old Arjun Chandra Kathpalia is an accomplished piano player and a photographer from Delhi. His works have featured in online photography magazines. He is also a gamer, a computer buff, a graphic designer and a gourmand. This is his first novel.
Specification
- Product Code : BK8711
- Publisher : Rupa Publications India
- Edition : September 20, 2017
- Pages : 168
- Weight : 100 gm.
- Size : 5.9 x 0.9 x 8.3 inches
- Binding : Paperback
- Author : Arjun Chandra Kathpalia
- Language : English
- ISBN-10: 8129148692
ISBN-13: 978-8129148698
Description
The Junior Classics series, comprising twenty titles, introduces young readers to literary masterpieces by celebrated authors, ranging from Charles Dickens and R.L. Stevenson to Louisa M. Alcott and H.G. Wells. The all-time popular novels packed with colourful illustrations bring alive the lovable characters and can keep children entertained for hours. Each book in the series has a collection of four stories from diverse genres and by different writers, which makes reading a lot of fun. Thoughtfully abridged and told in simple language, this engaging series will kindle the love for reading in children. This treasure trove of eighty stories, ranging from adventure, fantasy, satire to mystery and romance, will be a welcome addition to any child?s personal library.
Specification
- Product Code : BK8712
- Publisher : Rupa Publications India
- Edition : March 1, 2016
- Pages : 128
- Weight : 160 gm.
- Size : 8 x 0.4 x 5.2 inches
- Binding : Paperback
- Author : Terry O'Brien
- Language : English
- ISBN-10: 8129138956
ISBN-13: 978-8129138958
Description
If you see Orwell and Kafka together walking down a street, you are in the world of Samrat Upadhyay's Mad Country. The editor of an investigative magazine contends with the trauma of a disappeared colleague, a political tragedy that vies for her attention with a more domestic crisis: a friend who’s suicidal over a divorce. An American hippie in Kathmandu in the 1980s undergoes a drastic identity change, only to discover that the metamorphosis brings its own heartbreak. A young man forms a bond with an African woman who has inexplicably appeared on the streets of the city. A wealthy Nepali boy—a Richie Rich—finds himself pretending to be a beggar to understand why his mother abandoned him. These eight stories are from the master chronicler of our modern-day anxieties, globalization and exile. Mad Country takes you to places that you have always yearned to go but were always afraid to.
Specification
- Product Code : BK8719
- Publisher : Rupa Publications India
- Edition : October 1, 2017
- Pages : 262
- Weight : 200 gm.
- Size : 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
- Binding : Paperback
- Author : Samrat Upadhyay
- Language : English
- ISBN-10: 8129148919
ISBN-13: 978-8129148919
Description
What is Maharashtra? What has been the contribution of various communities and castes in making the Maharashtra of today? What makes Mumbai a centre of political power? Why is it that rampage can be unleashed if the city is called by its old name, Bombay? Who is a Maharashtrian? Sujata Anandan delves into history to unravel multiple layers that explain the complexity of Maharashtrian politics and its impact on the Indian State.
About the Author: Sujata Anandan
Sujata Anandan has an experience of more than three decades as a journalist through which she has mapped the length and breadth of Maharashtra, fine toothcomb in hand. She has closely observed the states society and the rise and decline of its political parties and leaders in their most potent as well as humdrum years in politics.
She has worked for leading newspapers and magazines like Hindustan Times, The Indian Express, Outlook and a wire service, United News of India. While a versatile writer, she has mostly distinguished herself as a noted political analyst.
Sujata is currently a columnist with Hindustan Times. She has also written occasionally for Mint, The Hindu, The Wire, Scroll.in and National Herald, and writes on national issues for Lokmat Times. She lives in Mumbai.
Specification
- Product Code : BK8720
- Publisher : Rupa Publications India
- Edition : 20 January 2018
- Pages : 256
- Weight :
- Size : 8.7 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
- Binding : Paperback
- Author : Sujata Anandan
- Language : English
- ISBN-10: 8129149990
ISBN-13: 978-8129149992
Description
We make love and leave. That is our motto. Live by it, Menaka or you shall suffer untold, unnecessary grief. Born during the churning of the ocean, Menaka is the most beautiful of all the apsaras in the world, with quick intelligence and innate talent. However, she craves for the one thing she can never havefamily. Elsewhere, after severe austerities, a man, now blessed with the name Vishwamitra, challenges the gods and dares to create another heaven. Fearing his growing powers, Indra, the king of gods, decides to put a stop to his ambitions by making Menaka seduce him.What will happen when Menaka and Vishwamitra meet each other? Will Menaka finally find what she really wished for? Or will she again be forced to surrender to her destiny? Find out in this fascinating portrait of one of the most enduring mythological figures
Specification
- Product Code : BK8725
- Publisher : Rupa Publications India
- Edition : December 1, 2015
- Pages : 304
- Weight : 240 gm.
- Size : 5.1 x 0.8 x 7.8 inches
- Cover : Paperback
- Author : Kavita Kane
- Language : English
- ISBN-10: 812913733X
ISBN-13: 978-8129137333
Description
Nandu wants to go to his school fancy-dress competition dressed as a king, but his mother makes him wear a foolish-looking watermelon costume instead.
Dolly and Sunny are leading a happy life as a pair of genius twins, till they wish for their clones.
All Poonam wants is the perfect pair of blue and white slippers, and she finds them too, except that they belong to someone else.
Sher and Samandar are best friends till a piece of mysterious rock turns them into sworn enemies.
Meet these kids and many others like them in this very delightful collection, Moongphali. Funny, adventurous, smart and mischievous, these are children from all parts of India. They speak different languages, eat all kinds of food, live in homes that look totally unlike each other—yet you will find a bit of yourself in each one of them.
Relish these stories and relive your childhood with your kids.
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Mukesh Chhabra is a leading casting director in the Indian film Industry. He has a special penchant for casting for children’s films and has worked in Chillar Party, Nil Battey Sannata, Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Dangal. When Mukesh is not busy making films, he can be found reading and writingchildren’s stories, eating Punjabi cuisine or playing gully cricket.
Neha Singh loves telling stories, using books, theatre and films as different mediums. She has authored two picture books for children—The Wednesday Bazaar and Bela Missed Her Train—published by Karadi Tales. She also helps children and adults rekindle their imagination through her drama-based workshops.
Sonal Gupta Vaswani is an artist, illustrator and an animator, based in Mumbai. She has illustrated several books for children for Fisher Price, Karadi Tales, UNICEF and Pratham.
Specification
- Product Code : BK8726
- Publisher : Rupa Publications India
- Edition : September 29, 2017
- Pages : 156
- Weight : 230 gm.
- Size : 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
- Binding : Paperback
- Author : Mukesh Chhabra, Neha Singh, Sonal Gupta Vaswani
- Language : English
- ISBN-10: 8129148137
ISBN-13: 978-8129148131
Description
Your beloved superhero Mighty Raju is back. Set out on exciting adventures with him and also learn something new with this unique series of sixteen books created keeping young learners in mind.
Parents today face great difficulty in making their children study and/or understand concepts. This series is an amalgamation of learning and fun for children through their favourite character, Mighty Raju, a four-year-old superhero. These books have topics ranging from colours and shapes, maths lessons to fun-filled adventure stories to learning about festivals of India and much more. The series will encourage them to learn a variety of concepts in an interactive and engaging manner with the right amount of learning, fun and adventure all packed together.
Specification
- Product Code : BK8730
- Publisher : Rupa Publications India
- Edition : 2017
- Pages : 32
- Weight : 130 gm.
- Size : 10.2 x 7.4 x 0.4 inches
- Binding : Paperback
- Author : Mighty Raju
- Language : English
- ISBN-10: 8129145111
ISBN-13: 978-8129145116
Navigating India is a non-preachy, non-prescriptive and unbiased account of the possibilities that define India amidst magnificent paradoxes. It provides an experiential compass through first-hand accounts and insights from some of India’s most respected names in business, public governance, diplomacy and intelligentsia. It lucidly explains the frequent and vital intersections between the government and business, culture and modernity, demographics and democracy—all of which are vital to understanding India. The book postulates the heights India might reach by harnessing technology and with a collaborative political, regulatory and business response to the rapidly evolving needs and aspirations of young, impatient Indians. Bharat Joshi offers a candid, accessible and objective guide to a complex, albeit compelling, economy.
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Bharat Joshi is the CEO of JCurve Ventures Pvt. Ltd. Prior to founding JCurve, Bharat has worked and trained with leading multinational and Indian companies in Malaysia, Denmark and India. He regularly writes for various print and online publications, including The Wall Street Journal, CNN IBN and Economic Times, and is visiting faculty at Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi.
He lives in New Delhi, India.
Poems are like mirrors; they reflect thoughts when you read them. When you close your eyes, they speak to you. They also connect with you in your own frame and then draw you out to think beyond.
Sandeep Kishore’s poems will draw you out from the normal world to a different realm. They will talk to your heart and also challenge your mind to seek higher, different altitudes.
Conflicts between the heart and mind have perhaps existed ever since the beginning of human civilization. Whether in love or in pain, to seek or to give, to understand or to imbibe, to teach or to learn, Sandeep Kishore’s poems will connect with you in your own way.
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Sandeep is the CEO & MD of Zensar Technologies, a leading digital solutions and technology services company. He is also a Management Board Member at RPG Enterprises.
Sandeep is a transformational, people-oriented and results-driven leader. He is a global business leader with experience across the US, Europe and Asia. A key interface at the Board, CXO and Governance levels to drive strategic business imperatives and outcomes across the company, he leads the strategy with external stakeholders, most notably with strategic customers, industry and financial analysts, and technology leaders.
Sandeep is a well-regarded thought leader and is regularly invited to speak at several industry events, analyst forums, leading management schools, World Trade Associations, Confederation of Indian Industry, IBEF, TiE, CSIA, JATES and other global technology events.
Sandeep is an alumnus of IIT Bombay, India, and based at Zensar’s US headquarters in Silicon Valley, California, USA.
Apart from his technology career he is a published author. He has written two bilingual books of Hindi-English poems, Your Shadow Wants to Walk Alone and Old Seeds of a New Tree. The net proceeds from his books are donated to the cause of skill development and vocational training programs through the non-profit organization that he co-founded, Har Asha Foundation.
The colour black loses its grandeur the moment it is used in the context of corruption. In the last few decades, the spectre of corruption in India has only increased, and has become a reality so grim that most of us have accepted it as fait accompli. Further, the abuse of power, position and privilege for personal gain is rampant. Corruption and black money are festering sores that are holding us back in the race towards development.
Since 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has displayed strong political intent and an unambiguous resolve to uproot this menace. November 2016 witnessed the bold and radical exercise of demonetization that strengthened the hands of the common man in the fight against corruption.
On the Trail of the Black traces the cross-sectoral prevalence of corruption—from agriculture and real estate to education and electoral finances—in a comprehensive manner giving readers a ringside view of its cumulative and cascading impact on the common citizen. Further, concrete steps to uproot corruption are also suggested. This action agenda follows a consistent, fact-based diagnostic and analytical approach.
Leveraging the practical experience of senior government officials and the passion of young professionals, this book presents a systematic enquiry on corruption. Given the richness, diversity and depth of the subject, this authoritative volume is a valuable reference to every citizen who dreams of a corruption-free India.
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Bibek Debroy is an eminent economist and is presently the Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and Member of NITI Aayog, Government of India. He has authored and edited several books, papers and popular articles and has also been a consulting/contributing editor with several newspapers.
Kishore Arun Desai is an Officer on Special Duty at NITI Aayog with Bibek Debroy. He has, along with Debroy, co-authored analytical policy papers on subjects such as simultaneous elections and changing India’s financial year.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Rupa Publications
- By : Jamal Merchant
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2017
- Pages : 280
- Weight : 198 gm
- Size : 5 x 0.6 x 7.8 inches
- ISBN-10 : 812914767X
- ISBN-13 : 978-8129147677
DESCRIPTION:
'Give me your money, or I will kill you!' 'Please. . .' I gasped. 'I've come from England to study!' 'Well, let this be your first lesson, English boy. . .' Eager to start a new phase in life, Rahul Saxena, 27, a half-Indian British citizen, recently out of job and rejected in love, lands in Mumbai from London to study filmmaking. But little does he know that Mumbai, the city of dreams, will turn his life inside out. From the dark corners of the streets as a professional rat killer to the vermin-infested confines of a jail, from shady dance clubs to the homes of Mumbai's rich women where he is paid to provide pleasure-fate takes him on a roller-coaster ride that challenges his very will and determination to survive. When his secret life threatens to destroy even the love that he finds, Rahul seeks recourse in spirituality. Inspired by India's synergetic religious traditions, Rahul fights back internal and external demons to write his own destiny. One Enduring Lesson is a tale of the undying human spirit of survival against all odds.
Description
Hi, I’m Radhika Mehta and I’m getting married this week. I work at Goldman Sachs, an investment bank. Thank you for reading my story. However, let me warn you. You may not like me too much.
One, I make a lot of money.
Two, I have an opinion on everything.
Three, I have had a boyfriend before. Okay, maybe two.
Now if I were a guy, you’d be cool with it. Since I am a girl, these things don’t make me likeable, do they?
Bestselling author Chetan Bhagat, writing for the first time in a female voice, brings to you One Indian Girl, the heart-warming story of a modern Indian girl.
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Chetan Bhagat is the author of eight blockbuster books. These include six novels—Five Point Someone (2004), One Night @ the Call Center (2005), The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008), 2 States (2009), Revolution 2020 (2011), Half Girlfriend (2014)—and the non-fiction titles, What Young India Wants (2012) and Making India Awesome (2015).
Chetan’s books have remained bestsellers since their release. Several of his novels have been adapted into successful Bollywood films.
The New York Times called him ‘the biggest-selling English language novelist in India’s history’. TIME magazine named him amongst the ‘100 most influential people in the world’ and Fast Company, USA, listed him as one of the world’s ‘100 most creative people in business’.
Chetan writes columns for leading English and Hindi newspapers, focusing on youth and national development issues. He is also a motivational speaker and screenplay writer.
Chetan quit his international investment banking career in 2009 to devote his entire time to writing and make change happen in the country. He lives in Mumbai with his wife, Anusha, an ex-classmate from IIM-A, and his twin boys, Shyam and Ishaan.
Specification
- Publisher : Rupa Publications India
- Edition : October 1, 2016
- Pages : 280
- Weight : 200 gm.
- Size : 5.1 x 0.6 x 7.8 inches
- Binding : Paperback
- Author : Chetan Bhagat
- Language : English
- ISBN-10: 8129142147
ISBN-13: 978-8129142146
One Night at the Call Centre is a witty, romantic and humorous story of six call center employees by India’s bestselling author, Chetan Bhagat.
Summary of the Book
One Night at the Call Center is set in one night in a call center in Gurgaon. The call center employees provide technical assistance to American consumers and help them run their lives smoothly. The six friends – Shyam, Priyanka, Esha, Vroom, Radhika, and Military Uncle somehow try to make it through the shift as tonight was no ordinary night. It is Thanksgiving in America and the phone lines are going crazy! Then one call, from a very special caller changes everything. This phone call is from God! One Night at the Call Center will make for an engaging and riveting read and is a must have for all Chetan Bhagat fans.
About Chetan Bhagat
Chetan Bhagat is an Indian writer and novelist. He has written several best-sellers including Five Point Someone, One Night at the Call Center, 2 States and What Young India Wants. Considered one of India's biggest English novelists, Chetan Bhagat is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Four of his books have been adapted into Bollywood movies, three of which went on to become hit movies:3 Idiots, 2 States and Kai Po Che!
'I had placed one owl on a branch of the mango tree, and was stooping to pick up the other, when I received quite a heavy blow on the back of my head. A second or two later, the mother owl swooped down at Grandfather, but he was agile enough to duck out of its way.
This is a collection of Ruskin Bonds 'small town stories. Meet Ranjis wonderful bat which is his lucky charm, along with wacky parrots, ostriches, owls and a number of idiosyncratic characters in other stories. Hold your breath as Romi cycles through a raging forest fire and follow the Boy Scouts on delightful adventures. Lose yourself in timeless romantic classics 'The Eyes Have It and 'Time Stops at Shamli and savour the bittersweetness of 'The Blue Umbrella.
Owls in the Family will take you on a journey through childhood and youth—through romance and thrill, leaving you enchanted with Bonds beautiful world.
It is very kind of people to invite me to their parties, especially as I do not throw parties myself, or invite anyone anywhere. At more than one party I have been known to throw things at people. In spite of this—or maybe because of it—I get invited to these affairs.
There’s nothing like being able to see the funny side of things in life. Whether it is a belt that decides to get hooked on to another passenger’s bag, or monkeys who visit and take refuge in the loo or even the omelettes that don’t turn out exactly the way they were intended, Ruskin Bond brings alive each of these situations with wry humour and a generous dose of wit. Party Time in Mussoorie is as much fun to read as it is to attend any of the weird and wonderful parties Ruskin Bond describes in this collection.
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.
PREGNANCY is that wonderful occasion in life, too precious to be disrupted by irrational fears or unnecessary apprehensions caused by the lack of simple, reliable information. This book will tell you all about childbirth, answering questions about weight gain, proper diet, exercises, breathing patterns, positions to adopt during labour, and postnatal care of both yourself and the baby. Scientific and reliable, the book also offers invaluable, time-tested home remedies.
About the Author: Nutan Pandit
Nutan Panditis a graduate of sociology from Mumbai University and holds a diploma in journalism. She has visited Dr Michel Odent’s unit at Pithiviers, France, renowned for various unconventional methods of conduction childbirth. She now conducts such classes in New Delhi.
This book highlights the intellectual and diplomatic distinction of K. Natwar Singh. From a very young age he came into intimate contact with world-renowned personalities. As he reveals:’While working on this book,the thought struck me that the Natwar Singh of these letters was obviously someone that had been transmuted out of the indubitably common metal that he is, into a superior product by the alchemy of the minds of indulgent and warmhearted well-wishers. Indira Gandhi, R.K.Narayan, Han Suyin, E.M. Forster, Nargis Dutt et al figure in the list of these distinguished well-wishers. These letters tell us as much about the writers as they reflect on the engaging personality of the recipient.
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
K. Natwar Singh was born in 1931. He was educated at Mayo College, Ajmer, Scindia School, Gwalior, St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1953 and resigned from it in 1984, thereafter he joined the Congress Party. At present, he is a member of the Congress Working
Two women wait for him at two different ends of the crossroads. He knows which path is his, but he can’t walk that path till he has attended to the other.
One perfect couple. An obsessed seductress. A bharatnatyam show in Manhattan, New York. One hell of a love story.
Raj Shekhar Subramanian and Manasi, both Bharatanatyam dancers, are made for each other. Till an obsessed fan, Vatsala Pandit, enters their lives, testing the man’s character and his wife’s patience. But then why does Manasi invite Vatsala to her Bharatanatyam show, for a dance of passion with her husband—the very man Vatsala wants to take from her? Why did Shekhar agree to take in Vatsala as his student in the first place?
This singular love story deftly explores the many facets of love—mutual trust, obsessiveness, the arrogance of passion, the need for self-fulfillment , the yearning for the beloved, and the complexity of modern relationships.
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Koral Dasgupta is an author, columnist, academic and amateur painter. She runs a boutique storytelling platform, www.tellmeyourstory.in, which hosts short stories and poems written by people from all walks of life, across the world. Koral is also an advisory member for Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) Mumbai. She teaches Marketing Management to postgraduate students, branding and consumer behaviour being her focal areas. Rasia: The Dance of Desire is her third book.
Koral is based in Mumbai, India.
Along with quantum mechanics in the 1920s, Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity (1905) and General Theory of Relativity (1916) stand as the supreme achievements of twentieth-century physics.
In simplest terms, the theory of Relativity is an approach to the measurement and study of space and time. The theory assumes that findings are based upon the relation of the frame of reference to the objects measured. The Special Theory of Relativity is primarily concerned with electric and magnetic phenomena. The General Theory focuses on gravity—not as a force as Newton postulated—but as a curved field in the space-time continuum, created by the presence of mass.
Redesigned to present an easier reading, Relativity includes both explanatory illustrations and mathematical derivations of Einstein’s theories. This book brings out the great scientist’s remarkable ability to penetrate directly into the heart of the subject and yet remain lucid and accessible.
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Born in 1879 in Germany, Albert Einstein became an American citizen in 1940. Winning the 1941 Nobel Prize for Physics, Einstein is known for his famous Theory of Relativity. His theories have remarkably shaped the atomic age, especially during World War II. He died in 1955, leaving behind profound and far-reaching implications of his work.