It?s no secret that certain social groups have predominated India?s business and trading history, with business traditionally being the preserve of particular `Bania? communities. However, the past four or so decades have seen a widening of the social base of Indian capital, such that the social profile of Indian business has expanded beyond recognition, and entrepreneurship and commerce in India are no longer the exclusive bastion of the old mercantile castes. In this meticulously researched book ? acclaimed for being the first social history to document and understand India?s new entrepreneurial groups ? Harish Damodaran looks to answer who the new `wealth creators? are, as he traces the transitional entry of India?s middle and lower peasant castes into the business world. Combining analytical rigour with journalistic flair, India?s New Capitalists is an essential read for anyone seeking to understand the culture and evolution of business in contemporary South Asia.
By the term, 'New Science' I mean, the physical science that developed during the dawn of the twentieth century. The era is marked by a number of epoch-making discoveries that shook the very foundations of the deterministic, Newtonian Science. They include the works of Bohr, Einstein, de Broglie, Schrödinger, Heisenberg etc. The era is characterized by two new fields of inquiry: Quantum Mechanics and the Theory of Relativity. The former threatened the deterministic nature of Science in the micro world whereas; the other challenged it in the macro Universe. Obviously, Science has been changing. Changing for a new beginning; a new trend that makes today's Science a New Science, whose future is, even today, too early to infer or even to predict. This book, I intend, is to take the reader for a ride through the realms of wonders that the New Science unveils to us.
Advaita Vedanta is one of the most influential Schools of Philosophy in India. It reached its zenith of glory with its main proponent Jagat Guru Adi Sri Sankaracharya, a sage who lived for just 32 years but worked miracles like commenting on important texts of Vedanta, conducting arguments with scholars, and traveling all over India establishing the unity of the Nation. Advaita Vedanta has thousands of books written on its various topics. However, there are not many that may be of some help to the beginners who are interested in Indian Philosophy, religion and culture. This book in an attempt to introduce Advaita Vedanta to beginners especially, non-Indians.
Saiva Siddhanta is a special philosophy of Saivism. Saivism is a general name used to denote a number of Indian schools of thought that regard Lord Siva or Paramesvara as the supreme deity. Saivism is one of oldest schools of thought in the world. Even today, it is alive as an inspiring and inviting way of philosophizing and practiced as a religion by millions of people, not only in India, but all over the world. It stretches out across the sea to Farther India and the Archipelago and the mountain to central Asia. No other single religion, alive or extinct, in the entire world can boast of such an antiquity, as Saivism owns. This book is but an attempt to introduce the Philosophy of Saiva Siddhanta in order to serve the purpose of beginners- a work for the beginner and of course, by the beginner.
A unique feature of all the different schools of Indian philosophy is that, irrespective of being orthodox or heterodox, they always struggle to answer the problem of the bondage and the liberation. Both the philosophies; Advaita and Saiva Siddhanta are no exceptions. Together they accept the existence of the bondage that keeps the individual self away from the realization of the absolute self and strive to find the most probable way of breaking down the bonds for gaining the ultimate freedom. This book is a critical approach to compare the ways in which both the schools of Saiva Siddhanta and Advaita attempt to solve the vital problem of bondage and liberation.
Sixty years ago, journalism wasn't a glamorous profession in India. There were only a few reporters driven by a sense of adventure and the willingness to travel the world in search of news.Harish Chandola was one such young man who moved from the Garhwal hills to start out as an editorial assistant with the Hindustan Times in Delhi in 1950. Not content with staying in the newsroom, he used his annual leave to journey through Tibet on foot--just when China was beginning its 'incursion' into the region--and was detained by Chinese soldiers for three months.In a major scoop, he became the first journalist to notice 'a new kind of Chinese army in Tibet' in 1954. Prime Minister Nehru dismissed the report as a figment of Chandola's imagination, but it was later discovered that the men were constructing a 1,700-km highway from Lhasa to the Chinese mainland.What followed thereafter was a six-decade-long career in journalism which took him to the frontlines of conflicts in Kenya and Cambodia, the Algerian War of Independence and the middle of a military coup in Indonesia. Back home, he played a role in sensitive negotiations with underground Naga leaders on Lal Bahadur Shastri's request, and was a trusted adviser on some key political issues to Indira Gandhi.At Large in the World tells the stories behind the headlines and makes startling disclosures as it paints a compelling and honest portrait of India in eventful times over the last half-century.
Autobiography of Harish Chander Mathur - IRS Retired. This book talks about the struggle he had to undergo while his father expired when he was in college, his job in Customs etc. He has lived for others and supported/uplifted his close family in every way possible. This book is an ode to his parents.
Advaita Vedanta is one of the most influential Schools of Philosophy in India. It reached its zenith of glory with its main proponent Jagat Guru Adi Sri Sankaracharya, a sage who lived for just 32 years but worked miracles like commenting on important texts of Vedanta, conducting arguments with scholars, and traveling all over India establishing the unity of the Nation. Advaita Vedanta has thousands of books written on its various topics. However, there are not many that may be of some help to the beginners who are interested in Indian Philosophy, religion and culture. This book in an attempt to introduce Advaita Vedanta to beginners especially, non-Indians.
It?s no secret that certain social groups have predominated India?s business and trading history, with business traditionally being the preserve of particular `Bania? communities. However, the past four or so decades have seen a widening of the social base of Indian capital, such that the social profile of Indian business has expanded beyond recognition, and entrepreneurship and commerce in India are no longer the exclusive bastion of the old mercantile castes. In this meticulously researched book ? acclaimed for being the first social history to document and understand India?s new entrepreneurial groups ? Harish Damodaran looks to answer who the new `wealth creators? are, as he traces the transitional entry of India?s middle and lower peasant castes into the business world. Combining analytical rigour with journalistic flair, India?s New Capitalists is an essential read for anyone seeking to understand the culture and evolution of business in contemporary South Asia.
Saiva Siddhanta is a special philosophy of Saivism. Saivism is a general name used to denote a number of Indian schools of thought that regard Lord Siva or Paramesvara as the supreme deity. Saivism is one of oldest schools of thought in the world. Even today, it is alive as an inspiring and inviting way of philosophizing and practiced as a religion by millions of people, not only in India, but all over the world. It stretches out across the sea to Farther India and the Archipelago and the mountain to central Asia. No other single religion, alive or extinct, in the entire world can boast of such an antiquity, as Saivism owns. This book is but an attempt to introduce the Philosophy of Saiva Siddhanta in order to serve the purpose of beginners- a work for the beginner and of course, by the beginner.
A unique feature of all the different schools of Indian philosophy is that, irrespective of being orthodox or heterodox, they always struggle to answer the problem of the bondage and the liberation. Both the philosophies; Advaita and Saiva Siddhanta are no exceptions. Together they accept the existence of the bondage that keeps the individual self away from the realization of the absolute self and strive to find the most probable way of breaking down the bonds for gaining the ultimate freedom. This book is a critical approach to compare the ways in which both the schools of Saiva Siddhanta and Advaita attempt to solve the vital problem of bondage and liberation.
By the term, 'New Science' I mean, the physical science that developed during the dawn of the twentieth century. The era is marked by a number of epoch-making discoveries that shook the very foundations of the deterministic, Newtonian Science. They include the works of Bohr, Einstein, de Broglie, Schrödinger, Heisenberg etc. The era is characterized by two new fields of inquiry: Quantum Mechanics and the Theory of Relativity. The former threatened the deterministic nature of Science in the micro world whereas; the other challenged it in the macro Universe. Obviously, Science has been changing. Changing for a new beginning; a new trend that makes today's Science a New Science, whose future is, even today, too early to infer or even to predict. This book, I intend, is to take the reader for a ride through the realms of wonders that the New Science unveils to us.
About the Book Ready Reckoner for Valuers is strived to equip the readers with meaning of valuation, purpose of valuation and selection of appropriate valuation approaches and methods. This book also explains various formulas to be applied in valuations such as Ratio Analysis, Computation of Present Value, Discount Rate, Computation of Beta, Computation of Terminal Value, Computation of IRR and Computation of Option Valuation, etc. It covers the valuation of Equity shares, Preference shares, Convertible instruments, ESOP, Sweat Equity, Trade Mark, Brand, Customer relationship along with Specimen of Valuation Reports, Specimen Engagement Letters and Specimen of Management Representation Letter. The book has a dedicated chapter on Start-ups' Valuation which has been curated looking at the budding entrepreneurial talent in the recent times. A separate chapter discussing the potential impact of Environment, Governance and Social (EGC) on valuation has also been made part of this book. Extracts of relevant provisions of the statutes, Guidance Note on Share Based Payments 2020 issued by ICAI, FIMMDA guidelines, Beta by Professor Damodaran etc forms part of a comprehensive List of Annexures appearing at the end of this book.
The book is on the Prime Ministers of India since Jawaharlal Nehru. A chapter is devoted to each of them with a focus on their foreign policies. The broad organisational framework, designed and deployed in this publication, begins with a brief analysis of their formative years, their perceptions of the international system, and the architecture of their foreign policies, before delving into their decisional process, and before concluding with an evaluation of their role. All the Prime Ministers were obviously not interested in international affairs. Though the dimensional size of the country had unavoidably pushed all of them to deal with foreign affairs, their role was variegated and their performance was unequal. While the Nehru-Gandhi family were the icons of Indian diplomacy, there were others like Morarji Desai, V.P.Singh, H.D.Deve Gowda, Chandra Shekar, etc. who were really marginal either because their mandate was limited by time or by interest. The uniqueness of the book lies in the fact that the author has dealt with all the Prime Ministers, including the ones for whom foreign policy was not crucial.
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