THE MAHABHARATA ENDURES AS THE GREAT EPIC OF INDIA. While Jaya is the story of the Pandavas, told from the perspective of the victors of Kurukshetra, Ajaya is the tale of the Kauravas, who were decimated to the last man. From the pen of the author who gave voice to Ravana in the national bestseller, ASURA, comes the riveting narrative which compels us to question the truth behind the Mahabharata. THE DARK AGE OF KALI IS RISING and every man and woman must choose between duty and conscience, honour and shame, life and death… o The Pandavas, banished to the forest following the disastrous games of dice, return to Hastinapura. o Draupadi has vowed not to bind her hair till she washes it in the blood of the Kauravas. o Karna must choose between loyalty and gratitude, friend and Guru. o Aswathama undertakes a perilous mission to the mountains of Gandhara, in search of the Evil One. o Kunti must decide between her firstborn and her other sons. o Guru Drona has to stand with either his favourite disciple or his beloved son. o Balarama, having failed to convince his brother about the adharma of violence, walks the streets of Bharatavarsha, spreading the message of peace. o Ekalavya is called to make the ultimate sacrifice to uphold a woman’s honour. o Jara, the beggar, sings of Krishna’s love while his blind dog, Dharma, follows. o Shakuni can almost see the realization of his dream to destroy India. As the Pandavas stake their claim to the Hastinapura throne, the Kaurava Crown Prince, Suyodhana, rises to challenge Krishna. As great minds debate dharma and adharma, power hungry men prepare for an apocalyptic war. The women, highborn and humble, helplessly watch the unfolding disaster with deep foreboding. And greedy merchants and unscrupulous priests lie in wait like vultures. Both sides know that beyond the agony and carnage the winner will take all. But even as gods conspire and men’s destinies unfold, a far greater truth awaits. ***** One of the six most remarkable writers of India. DNA An Amazing read. The WEEK Unique voice of a rebellious author telling the story from the other side, a feat a few have dared or managed so well. Bihar Times
An evolved civilization existed in India, much before the advent of Roman, Greek, Egyptian or Chinese civilizations in this world. And, yet, India is the only country among them, which went into subjugation, in the last millennium. This book gives an insight into its reasons. It also brings out, why Indians are brilliant individually, but collectively, they belong to a third world country. It dwells on their strength and weaknesses developed over 6000 years, which remain unspoken or spoken in disguise. Also, it reflects on the reasons why great men like Shiv, Ganesh, Hanuman and Krishna, who were born just like Christ, Mohammed and Buddha were consigned into mythology. The readers may find much rationality in its bold attempt to reveal the harsh truth. It also provides thought-provoking solutions, to ponder and act.
In the age of Kali, you need a new path to achieve all that you dream of. What if someone told you that those age-old lessons on which you’ve based your whole life are ineffective today? What if they also told you that you could live a better, more fulfilling life by following the path of the Asuras? Is it not worth investigating what made the Asuras so successful against even the gods and trying to learn from them in this age of strife, chaos, and discord? In his first nonfiction work, Anand Neelakantan, the national bestselling author of Asura: Tale of the Vanquished, explores a contrarian way of living that makes more sense in this Kali Yuga. With great skill and logic, Anand shatters the myths associated with the so-called six enemies of the mind—anger, passion, greed, infatuation, pride, and competitive spirit. He explains how following conventional advice holds you back from achieving success and happiness in life. Using riveting examples from mythology, he demonstrates how these same six qualities can propel you in the direction of success and help you achieve your goals.
THE MAHABHARATA ENDURES AS THE GREAT EPIC OF INDIA. But while Jaya is the story of the Pandavas, told from the perspective of the victors of Kurukshetra; Ajaya is the narrative of the ÔunconquerableÕ Kauravas, who were decimated to the last man. At the heart of IndiaÕs most powerful empire, a revolution is brewing. Bhishma, the noble patriarch of Hastinapura, is struggling to maintain the unity of his empire. On the throne sits Dhritarashtra, the blind King, and his foreign-born Queen Ð Gandhari. In the shadow of the throne stands Kunti, the Dowager-Queen, burning with ambition to see her firstborn become the ruler, acknowledged by all. And in the wings: Parashurama, the enigmatic Guru of the powerful Southern Confederate, bides his time to take over and impose his will from mountains to ocean. Ekalavya, a young Nishada, yearns to break free of caste restrictions and become a warrior. Karna, son of a humble charioteer, travels to the South to study under the foremost Guru of the day and become the greatest archer in the land. Balarama, the charismatic leader of the Yadavas, dreams of building the perfect city by the sea and seeing his people prosperous and proud once more. Takshaka, guerilla leader of the Nagas, foments a revolution by the downtrodden as he lies in wait in the jungles of India, where survival is the only dharma. Jara, the beggar, and his blind dog Dharma, walk the dusty streets of India, witness to people and events far greater than they, as the Pandavas and the Kauravas confront their searing destinies. Amidst the chaos, Prince Suyodhana, heir of Hastinapura, stands tall, determined to claim his birthright and act according to his conscience. He is the maker of his own destiny Ð or so he believes. While in the corridors of the Hastinapura palace, a foreign Prince plots to destroy India. And the dice fallsÉ
From the internationally acclaimed and bestselling historians William Dalrymple and Anita Anand, the first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i-Noor diamond, arguably the most celebrated jewel in the world. On March 29, 1849, the ten-year-old leader of the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab was ushered into the magnificent Mirrored Hall at the center of the British fort in Lahore, India. There, in a formal Act of Submission, the frightened but dignified child handed over to the British East India Company swathes of the richest land in India and the single most valuable object in the subcontinent: the celebrated Koh-i-Noor diamond, otherwise known as the Mountain of Light. To celebrate the acquisition, the British East India Company commissioned a history of the diamond woven together from the gossip of the Delhi Bazaars. From that moment forward, the Koh-i-Noor became the most famous and mythological diamond in history, with thousands of people coming to see it at the 1851 Great Exhibition and still more thousands repeating the largely fictitious account of its passage through history. Using original eyewitness accounts and chronicles never before translated into English, Dalrymple and Anand trace the true history of the diamond and disperse the myths and fantastic tales that have long surrounded this awe-inspiring jewel. The resulting history of south and central Asia tells a true tale of greed, conquest, murder, torture, colonialism, and appropriation that shaped a continent and the Koh-i-Noor itself.
The book Tattvagyan by Yogi Anand Ji is an outstanding book on this complex subject. Owing to his complete mastery over the subject he unfolds the mystery in an easy to grasp manner. His lucid style with added clarity creates a mesmerizing effect on the reader. The author has nicely captured different aspects of Tattvagyan which is otherwise largely unavailable for spiritual seekers.
Having spent a good amount of time in Hollywood and Himalayas, Rakesh Anand has seen the extremes of both the Worlds - materialistic as well as spiritual - he knows about all of their secrets' inside out. he Author lost his mother when he was hardly thirteen years old. For months together, he kept on wondering as to where his mother had suddenly disappeared and why. Well it took quite a long time for him to finally understand the “reality' – he was in a state of indefinable grief but not exactly grief-stricken.Suddenly, everything had changed in his life and though he kept on going with the flow of life like the rest but deep inside, he was always ‘restless'. To figure out the ‘truth of life', he started doing his own study and research while also consulting with various religious scholars and kept on penning down his thoughts and experiences - over a period of more than two decades.Finally, he came up with this Visionary Novel, based on reality - and not false notions. The best part – it's not one of those routine, theoretical type books on 'God' but a page-turner character-driven Novel, having various elements – heavy dose of philosophy and romance, sacrifice, tragedy, satire, relationship conflicts, hilarious episodes, etc etc – thanks to the Author's broad experience as an Actor and Script Writer.The essence of this Novel: Anand's vision to create a heaven-like place - ‘City of Humans' - World's 1st Godless Commune of its own kind meant exclusively for the victims of global religious terrorism; Anand's earnest message to the fellow Humans to convert the 'Houses of Gods' into 'Homes for the needy Living Beings'; propagation of the highly ignored 'anti-natalism' philosophy to encourage people to abstain from procreation since it's morally wrong to bring ‘someone' in this imperfect world instead one can adopt Orphans and make their life better; introduction of Anand's newly invented 'Stethoscopic Meditation Technique' for the overall development of Human Consciousness’.his is what really makes this Novel truly exceptional and visionary - something never ever conceived by a ‘Human Being’.!
At the turn of the century and the beginning of the new Millennium, India has made extraordinary industrial and economic progress. At the same time the sub-continent is faced with innumerable problems in the area of basic social services. Religion plays an important role in the interpersonal relationship and social interaction of the people. Religion is not only worship and prayer, but dictates such factors as who could come in physical contact with the other and who has the right to draw water from a well and who is deprived of it. Because of these factors it is necessary to look at the perception of disability in the soteriologies of India. This study confines itself to Hinduism as the major religion of India, that is based on the achievement of salvation and thus to escape the cycle of birth-, death- and rebirth and Christianity, on the other hand, that is involved in trying to improve the conditions of the poor and the needy and its main precept is the love of neighbours. It would be interesting to pursue these distinctions in reviewing the perception of disability in both these religions.
Seven Summers, first drafted when Mulk Raj anand was a student at London University but not published till 1951, recreates teh events and feelings of the first seven years of the writer's life, or what he called his 'half unconcious and half conscious childhood'. first of the seven volumes of autobiographical fiction that Anand conceptualized but never completed, this book is full of memorable scenes and people observed through the eyes of a child. the most impressive of them all being the Coronation Durbar in Delhi to which our young hero is smuggled wrapped in a blanket so that the Sahibs might not object to the presence of 'so discordant an element into so gorgeous a ceremony'. this edition of Seven Summers is a special reissue of the classic autobiography to commemorate Anand's birth centenary.
An Indian engineer discovers his personal and professional potential in the heart of Texas. An Indian in Cowboy Country is more than a fictional tale of an India-born engineer who overcomes cultural differences to succeed in America. It shares the challenges anyone might experience in life and in business and looks at important lessons learned along the way. Satish Sharma, an engineering graduate from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, is an immigrant who comes to America seeking a better life. From Bombay, India, where he was born and raised, to Houston, Texas, where he is called “an Indian in cowboy country,” Sharma feels out of place. He faces personal, professional, and romantic challenges on both shores, but he eventually flourishes in the United States – the land of universal inclusion.
Dr. Radhakrishnan Is An All Time Favourite Of Academicians And Philosophers And Deemed The Most Trustworthy Friend Of The Common Man. The Present Book Fulfils The Need Of All Those Who Are In Quest Of Testing The Nectar Of Radhakrishnan S Wisdom In A Condensed Form. His Book On Gandhi, That Awakens Our Conscience And Infuses With Love For Gandhi, Has Been Particularly Studied. Written In A Style Which Appeals To The Intellectual And The Layman Alike, This Book Is Bound To Be A Great Source Of Intellectual Enrichment As Well As Spiritual Enjoyment For Those Who Recognize That Mind Must Always Remain Above Matter. Aptly Remarked By Justice Gulab Gupta, Ex-Vice Chancellor, Rani Durgawati University, Jabalpur,It Is An Extraordinary Work Of Understanding And Expression And Would Promote Respect For Spirituality, Morality And Noble Thoughts... Ms. Mamta Anand S Analysis And Interpretation Of Gandhiji S Prabhamandal Reinterpretes Gandhiji S Evolution As A Mahatma.
One of the classical book on yogic philosophy with practical wisdom on day to day practice of yoga. Author, Yogi shri Anandji has provided finer details of meditative visions and experiences which works as a guiding light for spiritual seekers of all genre. Instead of bookish knowledge author has kindly provided his direct experiences for the benefit of society. A must read practical manual for spiritual seekers!
When Swami, a true-blue aficionado of Harry Potter, is stuck with distant relatives on a two-week vacation that stretches into months, he is at wit's end trying to endure his loneliness. To his rescue comes Paati, who attempts to enthuse him in countless ways but fails. But then Swami is intrigued by the resonant mystical music score of the Mahabharata as it plays on the screen that Paati avidly watches. Thus dawns a beautiful friendship between a granny and her grandson. More surprisingly, Swami's fertile and inquisitive mind twirls with Paati's age-old wisdom to draw incredible parallels between the two timeless epics. What striking comparisons do Swami, an eight-year-old hard-core Potter head and Paati, a sixty-eight-year-old Mahabharata enthusiast, unravel? How is the ‘double’ generation gap between Paati and Swami not only bridged but also cemented into an enviable bond of friendship… fastened together by the penchant for narratives? Look no further; read 'Wand meets Flute' to learn more!
The role of markets in linking local communities to larger networks of commerce, culture, and political power is the central element in Anand A. Yang's provocative and original study. Yang uses bazaars in the northeast Indian state of Bihar during the colonial period as the site of his investigation. The bazaar provides a distinctive locale for posing fundamental questions regarding indigenous societies under colonialism and for highlighting less familiar aspects of colonial India. At one level, Yang reconstructs Bihar's marketing system, from its central place in the city of Patna down to the lowest rung of the periodic markets. But he also concentrates on the dynamics of exchanges and negotiations between different groups and on what can be learned through the "voices" of people in the bazaar: landholders, peasants, traders, and merchants. Along the way, Yang uncovers a wealth of details on the functioning of rural trade, markets, fairs, and pilgrimages in Bihar. A key contribution of Bazaar India is its many-stranded narrative history of some of South Asia's primary actors over the past two centuries. But Yang's approach is not that of a detached observer; rather, his own voice is engaged with the voices of the past and with present-day historians. By focusing on the world beyond the mud walls of the village, he widens the imaginative geography of South Asian history. Readers with an interest in markets, social history, culture, colonialism, British India, and historiographic methods will welcome his book.
The Fourth edition of this well-received text continues to provide coherent and comprehensive coverage of digital circuits. It is designed for the undergraduate students pursuing courses in areas of engineering disciplines such as Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communication, Electronics and Instrumentation, Telecommunications, Medical Electronics, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics, and Computers and Information Technology. It is also useful as a text for MCA, M.Sc. (Electronics) and M.Sc. (Computer Science) students. Appropriate for self study, the book is useful even for AMIE and grad IETE students. Written in a student-friendly style, the book provides an excellent introduction to digital concepts and basic design techniques of digital circuits. It discusses Boolean algebra concepts and their application to digital circuitry, and elaborates on both combinational and sequential circuits. It provides numerous fully worked-out, laboratory tested examples to give students a solid grounding in the related design concepts. It includes a number of short questions with answers, review questions, fill in the blanks with answers, multiple choice questions with answers and exercise problems at the end of each chapter. As the book requires only an elementary knowledge of electronics to understand most of the topics, it can also serve as a textbook for the students of polytechnics, B.Sc. (Electronics) and B.Sc. (Computer Science). NEW TO THIS EDITION Now, based on the readers’ demand, this new edition incorporates VERILOG programs in addition to VHDL programs at the end of each chapter.
This book, first published in 1933, was the first text on the general Hindu attitude to art. It sums up under the wider title of the Hindu view of art all such considerations – religious, philosophic, sociological, aesthetic and technical – as might be helpful for the understanding of Indian art.
The Bhagavad Gita, often known as the Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture. It is a portion of the Mahabharata, a longer Indian epic. The Gita is a highly influential philosophical work in Hinduism that profoundly impacted Indian culture and thought. Its lessons continue to be studied globally and have impacted global philosophy. Philosophical, cultural, and historical elements all converge in the Bhagavad Gita. Its teachings, rooted in antiquated Indian customs, provide ageless guidance on leading a healthy and meaningful life. Giving answers to the age-old concerns of responsibility, ethics, and the meaning of existence, it is still as relevant today as it was when it was first written as a spiritual and philosophical manual. The Gita continues to hold great cultural significance in India, where it is frequently read aloud at religious events, taught in classrooms and brought up in philosophical and ethical debates. Millions of people are still inspired and informed by this live literature, which provides a road map for overcoming the challenges of modern life while staying true to spiritual principles.
The “compelling [and] vivid” (The New York Times Book Review) true story of a man who claimed to be a survivor of a 1919 British massacre in India, his elaborate twenty-year plan for revenge, and the mix of truth and legend that made him a hero to hundreds of millions. When Sir Michael O’Dwyer, the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab, ordered Brigadier General Reginald Dyer to Amritsar, he wanted Dyer to bring the troublesome city to heel. Sir Michael had become increasingly alarmed at the effect Gandhi was having on his province, as well as recent demonstrations, strikes, and shows of Hindu-Muslim unity. All these things, to Sir Michael, were a precursor to a second Indian revolt. What happened next shocked the world. An unauthorized gathering in the Jallianwallah Bagh in Amritsar in April 1919 became the focal point for Sir Michael’s law enforcers. Dyer marched his soldiers into the walled public park, blocking the only exit. Then, without issuing any order to disperse, he instructed his men to open fire, turning their guns on the crowd, which numbered in the thousands and included women and children. The soldiers continued firing for ten minutes, stopping only when they ran out of ammunition. According to legend, nineteen-year-old Sikh orphan Udham Singh was injured in the attack, and remained surrounded by the dead and dying until he was able to move the next morning. Then, he supposedly picked up a handful of blood-soaked earth, smeared it across his forehead, and vowed to kill the men responsible. The truth, as the author has discovered, is more complex—but no less dramatic. Award-winning journalist Anita Anand traced Singh’s journey through Africa, the United States, and across Europe until, in March 1940, the young man finally arrived in front of O’Dwyer himself in a London hall ready to shoot him down. The Patient Assassin “mixes Tom Ripley’s con-man-for-all-seasons versatility with Edmond Dantès’s persistence” (The Wall Street Journal) and reveals the incredible but true story behind a legend that still endures today.
This book, on Tratak, has remarkable significance over other books on the subject. Unlike unusual books on the subject, it explains spiritual aspects of tratak as well. It has been observed that common people are exposed to physical and materialistic benefits of tratak only. Able master Yogi Shree Anand Ji, a gifted expert of tratak, has revealed several unknown secret details on the subject. It includes use of tratak by ancient sages, recent examples of use of tratak, how to develop complete mastery in tratak sadhana spiritual development by tratak etc. In fact, Yogi Shree Anand Ji has presented rare secret wisdom of Sanatan dharma, with respect to tratak, owing to his great compassion towards seekers of spiritual path.
Spectral-domain Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging of the Eye is the first case-based atlas in its class: - Covering over 120 clinical entities from the anterior to the posterior segment of the eye, from the most common to the rarest conditions - Over 1000 descriptive high-resolution OCT images with clinical correlation - Case report format for 'easy reading' - Over 100 Internationally reputed contributors - Separate sections on Cornea, Lens, Glaucoma, Retina, Pediatric Retina, and Uvea
Life is a sweet journey, woven with threads of love and companionship. In the early chapters, our parents guide us through the labyrinth of childhood, imparting wisdom and showering us with unconditional love. Their nurturing presence forms the foundation upon which we build our dreams and aspirations. As we mature, the narrative takes a romantic turn, introducing a love partner who becomes our со- author in this delightful story. Together, we navigate the highs and lows, creating a tapestry of shared experiences, laughter, and support. The love between partners adds depth and color to our journey, transforming it into a symphony of emotions. In the sweet journey of life, the roles of parents and love partners intertwine, creating a harmonious melody that resonates through the years. Through the ups and downs, the presence of these cherished individuals turns the ordinary into extraordinarу, making every moment a treasure in the grand tapestry of our existence.
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