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Yoga: The Iyengar Way

The New Definitive Illustrated Guide

By: Silva Mehta,Mira Mehta,Shyam Mehta

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Yoga: The Iyengar Way

The New Definitive Illustrated Guide

By: Silva Mehta,Mira Mehta,Shyam Mehta

A comprehensive illustrated guide to the famed yoga method developed by B. K. S. Iyengar. Featuring one hundred key postures with detailed step-by-step instructions and photographs—from Silva Mehta, a disciple of Iyengar and cofounder of the the Iyengar Yoga Institute in Maida Vale, London; and Mira Mehta, founder of and teacher at The Yogic Path in London, who studied with Iyengar from childhood.

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0679722874

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9780679722878

India in the 21st Century

What Everyone Needs to Know®

By: Mira Kamdar

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India in the 21st Century

What Everyone Needs to Know®

By: Mira Kamdar

India is fast overtaking China to become the most populous country on Earth. By mid-century, its 1.7 billion people will live in what is projected to become the world's second-largest economy after China. While a democracy and an open society compared to China, assertive Hindu nationalism is posing new challenges to India's democratic freedoms and institutions at a time when illiberal democracies and autocratic leaders are on the rise worldwide. How India's destiny plays out in the coming decades will matter deeply to a world where the West's influence in shaping the 21st century will decline as that of these two Asian giants and other emerging economies in Africa and Latin America rise. In India in the 21st Century, Mira Kamdar, a former member of the New York Times Editorial Board and an award-winning author, offers readers an introduction to India today in all its complexity. In a concise question-and-answer format, Kamdar addresses India's history, including its ancient civilization and kingdoms; its religious plurality; its colonial legacy and independence movement; the political and social structures in place today; its rapidly growing economy and financial system; India's place in the geopolitical landscape of the 21st century; the challenge to India posed by climate change and dwindling global resources; wealth concentration and stark social inequalities; the rise of big data and robotics; the role of social media and more. She explores India's contradictions and complications, while celebrating the merging of India's multicultural landscape and deep artistic and intellectual heritage with the Information Age and the expansion of mass media. With clarity and balance, Kamdar brings her in-depth knowledge of India and eloquent writing style to bear in this focused and incisive addition to Oxford's highly successful What Everyone Needs to Know series.

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Oxford University Press

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019997361X

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9780199973613

Planet India

The Turbulent Rise of the World's Largest Democracy

By: Mira Kamdar

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Planet India

The Turbulent Rise of the World's Largest Democracy

By: Mira Kamdar

India is everywhere - Indian studios produce animated features and special effects for Hollywood movies; Indian software manages our health records; and Indian customer service centres answer our calls. A country of English speakers and a free-market democracy, with the youngest population on Earth, India is not only the fastest growing market for the next new thing, but a source for the technological innovation that will drive the global economy. Yet, India is also in a race against time to bring the benefits of the twenty-first century to the 800 million Indians who live on less than £1 per day, and it must do so in a way that is environmentally sustainable and politically viable on a scale never before achieved. If India succeeds, it will not only save itself, it may save us all. If it fails, we will all suffer. As goes India, so goes the world. Like CHINA, INC, published in 2006 by S&S, PLANET INDIA will capture and catalyze the growing interest in this rising power. With in-depth research, interviews and provocative analysis, Mira Kamdar offers a penetrating view of India and its cultural and economic impact on the world. From Bollywood to the Indian diaspora to India's effect on global politics she reports on the people, companies and places shaping the new India. Kamdar examines the challenges India faces while celebrating India's tremendous vitality and the opportunities this Asian democracy has to shape its own and all of our destinies.

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Simon and Schuster

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1847396003

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9781847396006

The Book of Chai

History, stories and more than 60 recipes

By: Mira Manek

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The Book of Chai

History, stories and more than 60 recipes

By: Mira Manek

The ritual of chai offers a moment to stop, to inhale, to feel awakened by the heady concoction of tea leaves and spices, to look out of the window and observe, to sit and let thoughts waft into thin air like the steam from the chai, a moment to breathe and sigh, to feel the heat of the spices absorb into the body, to feel the senses awaken from the tea, and for the sweetness to send a rush of energy to the brain. This book is a celebration of chai, the delicious, spicy drink that is woven into the fabric of life in India, now rapidly growing in popularity and enjoyed across the world. The Book of Chai presents 65 delicious recipes for chai, including recipes using chai spices and dishes to accompany chai. As well as explaining the health benefits and different techniques for making chai, this book contains chais for different seasons, times of day and moods. There are chais to wake you up, chais to soothe you after a stressful day and chais to help you sleep, as well as dirty chai, chocolate chai, and chais mixed with citrus and rosewater. More delicious recipes include lassis, chai spiced carrot cake, crispy pakoras and warming crumbles. The Book of Chai also explores the fascinating history of the beverage and its role in Indian life and culture. Evocative 'chai stories' of the author's personal chai memories are blended throughout, bringing to life the importance of this drink and the way it brings family, history and culture together.

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Headline Home

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1035402246

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9781035402243

Caught By The Police: The Life Story of Dr Anandswarup Gupta

By: Anandswarup Gupta,Ranjit Gupta,Harsh Gupta,Mira Yog,Madhukar Gupta,Deepak Gupta

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Caught By The Police: The Life Story of Dr Anandswarup Gupta

By: Anandswarup Gupta,Ranjit Gupta,Harsh Gupta,Mira Yog,Madhukar Gupta,Deepak Gupta

Caught by the Police is the story of a talented, public-spirited and erudite man, with a multidimensional personality, a republican bent of mind, Indian values and English sensibilities. After a brilliant academic career, he joined the Royal Air Force in 1934 at the age of 19; unfortunately, he was forced to leave on contrived medical grounds. He got into the Indian Police due to a providential combination of circumstances and events, somewhat against his inclination. But once in it, he gave his all to his profession. A brave and intrepid police officer, he went on to become a celebrated police historian. He also wrote spiritual poetry, which forms a part of the book and, interestingly, could recite Shakespeare, Ghalib and the Bhagvad Gita with equal facility. Spanning a century of changing times, this book provides a unique account of the last decades of British Rule and the emergence of a new India, woven into the story of an extraordinary life lived in ordinary places, and a compelling family chronicle.

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Roli Books Private Limited

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9351941817

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9789351941811

Shields of the Republic

The Triumph and Peril of America’s Alliances

By: Mira Rapp-Hooper

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Shields of the Republic

The Triumph and Peril of America’s Alliances

By: Mira Rapp-Hooper

Is America’s alliance system so quietly effective that politicians and voters fail to appreciate its importance in delivering the security they take for granted? For the first century and a half of its existence, the United States had just one alliance—a valuable but highly controversial military arrangement with France. Largely out of deference to George Washington’s warnings against the dangers of “entangling alliances,” subsequent American presidents did not consider entering another until the Second World War. Then everything suddenly changed. Between 1948 and 1955, US leaders extended defensive security guarantees to twenty-three countries in Europe and Asia. Seventy years later, the United States had allied with thirty-seven. In Shields of the Republic, Mira Rapp-Hooper reveals the remarkable success of America’s unprecedented system of alliances. During the Cold War, a grand strategy focused on allied defense, deterrence, and assurance helped to keep the peace at far lower material and political costs than its critics allege. When the Soviet Union collapsed, however, the United States lost the adversary the system was designed to combat. Its alliances remained without a core strategic logic, leaving them newly vulnerable. Today the alliance system is threatened from without and within. China and Russia seek to break America’s alliances through conflict and non-military erosion. Meanwhile, US politicians and voters are increasingly skeptical of alliances’ costs and benefits and believe we may be better off without them. But what if the alliance system is a victim of its own quiet success? Rapp-Hooper argues that America’s national security requires alliances that deter and defend against military and non-military conflict alike. The alliance system is past due for a post–Cold War overhaul, but it remains critical to the country’s safety and prosperity in the 21st century.

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Harvard University Press

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0674982959

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9780674982956

Empire and Imperial Ambition

Liberty, Englishness and Anti-imperialism in Late Victorian Britain

By: Mira Matikkala

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Empire and Imperial Ambition

Liberty, Englishness and Anti-imperialism in Late Victorian Britain

By: Mira Matikkala

The late nineteenth century is generally thought of as a period of imperial enthusiasm and fervour, however, beneath the surface there were currents of disquiet and discontent. In this book Mira Matikkala examines the modes of thought that were described as anti-imperialist in the period 1878-1901. She argues that the common ground between the various critics of imperialism was that they all declared to represent 'true Englishness' in contrast to what they regarded as a 'distorted' imperial identity. Previous research has largely embraced the imperialist conception and definition of British imperialism as 'empire patriotism' and general 'empire pride'. This has led to a failure to understand the fact that late-Victorian anti-imperialists comprehended imperialism differently. They drew a clear distinction between the empire and imperialism, the empire signifying mainly emigration, colonisation, and the spontaneous spread of English liberal values in the form of the settler empire; whereas imperialism, as British authoritarian rule in the dependencies, was regarded as the negation of the same liberal spirit which the colonies propounded. Unlike colonisation, imperialism was seen as a new departure in British politics, representing anti-constitutionalism, 'distorted' imperial patriotism, militarism, aggression, and irrational jingoism. In contrast to these imperialist manifestations the anti-imperialists emphasised 'the long line from 1688': liberty and constitutional rights in the form of 'industry and freedom at home, and peace, fair dealing, and moderation abroad'. In their view these 'traditional English values' constituted 'true' Englishness and any 'true' patriotism would be founded on them. The late-Victorian debate on imperialism can be loosely grouped into three main categories, discussed in the three main parts of the book: economy and imperial expansion; ethics and the nature of progress; and practical politics. 'Empire and the Imperial Ambition' will be a significant contribution to the fields of British intellectual history and political thought.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857718959

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9780857718952

Television and Cultural Crisis

An Analysis of Transnational Television in India

By: Mira K. Desai,Binod C. Agrawal

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Television and Cultural Crisis

An Analysis of Transnational Television in India

By: Mira K. Desai,Binod C. Agrawal

Study with special references to Gujaratis and Maratha Indic people in Bombay, India.

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Concept Publishing Company

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818069609X

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9788180696091

Yoga: The Iyengar Way

The New Definitive Illustrated Guide

By: Silva Mehta,Mira Mehta,Shyam Mehta

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Yoga: The Iyengar Way

The New Definitive Illustrated Guide

By: Silva Mehta,Mira Mehta,Shyam Mehta

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The Encyclopedia of Aromatherapy, Massage and Yoga

By: Carole McGilvery,Jimi Reed,Mira Mehta

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The Encyclopedia of Aromatherapy, Massage and Yoga

By: Carole McGilvery,Jimi Reed,Mira Mehta

This is a comprehensive, practical guide to achieving mental and physical well-being, relieving stress and discovering new vitality using natural, therapuetic techniques.

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Lorenz Books

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1859678424

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9781859678428

Book's by Mira Mehta

Yoga: The Iyengar Way

Yoga: The Iyengar Way

India in the 21st Century

India in the 21st Century

Planet India

Planet India

The Book of Chai

The Book of Chai

Caught By The Police: The Life Story of Dr Anandswarup Gupta

Caught By The Police: The Life Story of Dr Anandswarup Gupta

Shields of the Republic

Shields of the Republic

Empire and Imperial Ambition

Empire and Imperial Ambition

Television and Cultural Crisis

Television and Cultural Crisis

Yoga: The Iyengar Way

Yoga: The Iyengar Way

The Encyclopedia of Aromatherapy, Massage and Yoga

The Encyclopedia of Aromatherapy, Massage and Yoga

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