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About the Book A SENSITIVE AND EYE-OPENING ACCOUNT OF THE LIVES OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND THOSE AROUND THEM 'I am the mother of a child who did not fit the school system, a child who was disabled by it. She was a child who made "errors", "mistakes" that the school system was unforgiving of. We were told by the principal of an alternative school that they could not possibly admit "this kind of child". My daughter went from being a child ...

About the Book DISCOVER THE SECRETS FOR BEING TRULY HAPPY WITH 101 MANTRAS THAT LEAD TO UNLIMITED HAPPINESS. What is happiness? What makes a person happy? What makes a life truly joyful and meaningful? There are as many conceivable responses to these questions as there are people in this world. While happiness is a very individual concept, it is most often seen as containing a measure of health, prosperity, social status, professional or creat...

7 Secrets of the Hindu Pantheon brings together four bestsellers by Devdutt Pattanaik--7 Secrets of the Goddess, 7 Secrets of Shiva, 7 Secrets of Vishnu, 7 Secrets from Hindu Calendar Art. 7 Secrets of the Goddess is a classic guide to the lives and the legends of the many goddesses who inhabit the Hindu imagination. 7 Secrets of Shiva offers wonderfully creative insights into the legend and symbolism of Shiva as a god and his role in the Hind...

Tells a story about fractured identities, about loosing yourself in the media frenzy, after painstakingly building a career in TV news.

The only way to become wealthy is by being born wealthy. Right? Wrong! In this second book in the 13 Steps series, bestselling author Ashwin Sanghi and co-author Sunil Dalal explore how one can become wealthy even if one is not blessed with the proverbial silver spoon. Taking a radically fresh view of wealth, they show that the journey to becoming wealthy is difficult, but not impossible. With some thought and work, wealth is well within anyon...

Edited by bestselling author, Paritosh Uttam, this is an anthology of 29 urban tales by 13 young writers. Each of these fresh, vivid and deceptively simple stories focuses on an epiphany. The stories are set with the backdrop of our urban metros with their bright lights, sky rises, glitzy malls, tenements, crowds and the chaos that comes with it. A woman tries to come to terms with loss of a lost baby, two strangers, a young man and a young wo...

A fortnight ago, she would have not only settled for, but embraced a violent death. Today, death is a colossal inconvenience, holding her back from enjoying her newly-acquired fridge-sized boyfriend. Death hath no fury like a woman dead, she thinks, plotting an explosive vengeance upon death's ethereal masters for the loss of her love. A vengeance delayed, as she's labelled a Wednesday Soul, carried off by a monstrous Eledactyl (an Elephant-Pt...

The world is in the midst of a perfect storm. Climate change, technological disruption and rising inequalities have all upset traditional ways of doing business. This changing world is bringing in new expections for business where prot-making responsibility need equal emphasis.

A champion of the causes of the working classes and deprived people, he effectively articulated their issues in the highest centres of power.

For Hindus, Vishnu is God who inspires man to discover humanity by engaging with the world. Artists have visualized him with as curlyhaired, dark complexioned man with a smile on his lips and a sparkle in his eyes. Draped in yellow silk, garlanded with forest flowers, bedecked with dolphinshaped earrings, anointed with sandal paste, he reclines on a thousandhooded serpent that floats on the ocean of milk and rides a golden hawk bearing in his ...

About the Book 'Two classrooms in this school double up as a night hostel for students whose parents migrate seasonally so that they do not miss school.' For a large majority of Indian children, their only chance of an education is the government school. For nearly two decades, S. Giridhar has been crisscrossing the country in the course of his work with the Azim Premji Foundation, travelling to remote corners and observing the public educatio...

Every story ends with ten prompts that are designed to make you stop and think about the way you manage your own work and business.

Through a seeming act of providence, an old couple receives a day-old female goat kid as a gift from the cosmos. Thus begins the story of Poonachi, the little orphan goat, who survives against the odds and carries the burden of being different all her life long. As you follow her story from forest to habitation, independence to motherhood, you recognise in its significant moments the depth and magnitude of your own fears and longings, fuelled ...

We live to be happy, but the few moments of happiness we experience are fleeting gone like dew drops in the morning sun. Art of Living teachers Khurshed and Dinesh have spent the greater part of their lives being happy and coaching others to be happy. In Happiness Express they share the secrets behind their smiles. This warm and funny book, which abounds in personal anecdotes and practical tips for everyday well-being, will make Happiness a mo...

It was an era when the wisdom of yoga had been buried under years of ritual practices, when religion outweighed human values, when games were becoming wars and wars were being played like games. It was at such time that, in a quaint village in South India, a small child was found in deep meditation. He would say, 'I have family everywhere. People are waiting for me'. Nobody believed him then. Time would reveal the destiny of the millions who w...

Happily ever afters are easier said than done. How do we choose the right partner, and how do we sustain that relationship so it lasts a lifetime? Spiritual life coach Shubha Vilas tells you how, with the help of six beautiful love stories from the scriptures. Nala and Damayanti, Krishna and Rukmini, Shakuntala and Dushyanta, Udayana and Vasavadatta, Satyavan and Savitri, Draupadi and the five Pandava brothers these are accounts we may have he...

Do you ever get the feeling that girls have it less easy than boys? Have you been told to behave 'like a girl ? That you should learn to cook and be nice and keep your legs crossed? Well, here are the stories of fifty-six women who broke the rules to forge new paths for themselves and others. Adventurous and ambitious, they fought battles and * cases. They won elections and matches. They climbed mountains and mastered science. Best of all, the...

Hindu mythology abounds with fascinating gods, goddesses and characters whose visual representations - through calendar art - are equally colourful. Hindu calendar art may seem fantastic and kitsch, but it is in fact the most democratic expression of a mythic imagery that was once restricted to temple walls and palm leaf manuscripts. These portraits of the Hindu pantheon of gods and the stories that surround them can be found on the walls and ...

In a government school classroom in Delhi, young Indira Thapa is set an unusual assignment by her favourite teacher: to write an essay around her name. Who was Indira Priyadarshini, the person after whom her grandfather named her? And why her? What is her legacy as Indira's first - and only - woman prime minister ?

Dr Yusuf Doc Merchant presents a unique approach to dealing with what may well be the greatest social problem. Providing a wealth of information and practical advice, Happyness is an informative and curative book which busts a mountain of myths. Amitabh Bachchan, actor This book offers a riveting, transformative experience. Dr Merchant has captured the magic of positive energy, a never-give-up spirit, love, and positive intention. This will ma...