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Secrets and Leaks

The Dilemma of State Secrecy

By: Rahul Sagar

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Secrets and Leaks

The Dilemma of State Secrecy

By: Rahul Sagar

Secrets and Leaks examines the complex relationships among executive power, national security, and secrecy. State secrecy is vital for national security, but it can also be used to conceal wrongdoing. How then can we ensure that this power is used responsibly? Typically, the onus is put on lawmakers and judges, who are expected to oversee the executive. Yet because these actors lack access to the relevant information and the ability to determine the harm likely to be caused by its disclosure, they often defer to the executive's claims about the need for secrecy. As a result, potential abuses are more often exposed by unauthorized disclosures published in the press. But should such disclosures, which violate the law, be condoned? Drawing on several cases, Rahul Sagar argues that though whistleblowing can be morally justified, the fear of retaliation usually prompts officials to act anonymously--that is, to "leak" information. As a result, it becomes difficult for the public to discern when an unauthorized disclosure is intended to further partisan interests. Because such disclosures are the only credible means of checking the executive, Sagar writes, they must be tolerated, and, at times, even celebrated. However, the public should treat such disclosures skeptically and subject irresponsible journalism to concerted criticism.

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Princeton University Press

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0691168180

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To Raise a Fallen People

The Nineteenth-Century Origins of Indian Views on International Politics

By: Rahul Sagar

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To Raise a Fallen People

The Nineteenth-Century Origins of Indian Views on International Politics

By: Rahul Sagar

To Raise a Fallen People brings to light pioneering writing on international politics from nineteenth-century India. Drawing on extensive archival research, it unearths essays, speeches, and pamphlets that address fundamental questions about India’s place in the world. In these texts, prominent public figures urge their compatriots to learn English and travel abroad to study, debate whether to boycott foreign goods, differ over British imperialism in Afghanistan and China, demand that foreign policy toward the Middle East and South Africa account for religious and ethnic bonds, and query whether to adopt Western values or champion their own civilizational ethos. Rahul Sagar’s detailed introduction contextualizes these documents and shows how they fostered competing visions of the role that India ought to play on the world stage. This landmark book is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the sources of Indian conduct in international politics.

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Columbia University Press

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0231556489

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9780231556484

Talk of the Town

By: Edited By Jerry Pinto & Rahul Srivastava

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Talk of the Town

By: Edited By Jerry Pinto & Rahul Srivastava

Here&Rsquo;S A Quiz. If You Answer All The Questions Right, You Do Not Need This Book. 1.When King Charles Ii Received The City Of Bombay As His Dowry, He Thought It Was In A) India&Nbsp; B) Brazil&Nbsp;&Nbsp; C) Portugal&Nbsp; D) Brighton&Nbsp; &Nbsp; 2. Every Resident Of This City Speaks Only One Language. That City Is &Nbsp;A) Patna&Nbsp; B) Thiruvananthapuram&Nbsp;&Nbsp; C) Panjim&Nbsp; D) Diu 3. Mamola Bai Ruled From This City, For Almost Fifty Years. Of Course, She Did It In Purdah, But She Ruled It Nevertheless. A) Patna&Nbsp; B) Tangiers C) Lalalajpatnagarameshwar&Nbsp; D) Bhopal 4. With Which Indian City Is Marks &Amp; Spencer, The Famous Department Store, Associated? A) Madras&Nbsp; B) Kolkata C) Shillong&Nbsp; D)Frootinagar Answers At The Bottom Of This Page. Okay, So You Need This Book. In This Book You Will Find A Lot Of Info On Twelve Indian Cities. There Is Also Some Fun Stuff Like A Begum Slapping A British Officer, A Dead Body Swinging About And Telling The Future, A Man Who Made Art Out Of Stuff People Threw Away, And A Bowl Of Boiled Beans. And If That&Rsquo;S Not Enough, Then There&Rsquo;S A Whole Bunch Of Writers Who Have Written About Their Favourite Cities. Thank You, And Here Come The Names In Alphabetical Order: Alexander Frater, Amit Chaudhuri, Amitava Kumar, Anita Nair, Ashok Vajpeyi, C.S. Lakshmi, H. Masud Taj, Kaumudi Marathe, Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih, Nayantara Sahgal, Vinod Mehta, William Dalrymple. Answers 1 Z 2 &Amp; 4 * 5 U Ha. Like We&Rsquo;Re Going To Give You The Answers. If You Want To Know What They Are, You Buy A Book, Read It And Find Out. Warning: You Will Develop Itchy Feet After Reading This Book. Do Not Wash With Antiseptic. Just Plan Your Next Holiday To One Of These Cities And Explore It With This Book In Hand. Age Group: 12+ &Nbsp;

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0143330136

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9780143330134

The Life and Times of George Fernandes

By: Rahul Ramagundam

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The Life and Times of George Fernandes

By: Rahul Ramagundam

The Militant Trade Union Leader. The Dauntless Political Rebel. The Passionate Socialist Dreamer. This is a biography of India's George Fernandes. George Fernandes (1930-2019)-a firebrand trade union leader, socialist politician and incredibly powerful orator-is popularly known for leading the All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF) in May 1974 and calling upon its approximately 1.7 million employees to strike, which brought India to a halt for twenty days. Often described as a rebel, he pursued every cause he took up with passionate devotion, heedless of the many ups and downs in his life. From the early years of fighting for the rights of dock and municipal workers of Bombay (now Mumbai) through the Emergency, which he resisted by going underground, to his last private decade as a bed-ridden Alzheimer's patient, his fights were always persistent and single-handed. George could call Bombay to be shut down and rose from its streets to become India's Defence Minister. The Life and Times of George Fernandes chronicles the story of George, who rose from the streets of Bombay to stride the corridors of power. In this extraordinary biography, Rahul Ramagundam opens a window to George's political evolution and traces the course of the Socialist Party in India from its inception in 1930s to its dissolution into the Janata Party in the late 1970s. In the process, this book explores the trail of India's opposition parties that worked to displace the long-ruling Congress Party from its preeminent position. Comprehensive, evocative and fascinating, this first definitive biography of George Fernandes is an unputdownable tour de force.

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Penguin Random House India Private Limited

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9354925944

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9789354925948

Multifunctional Nanocomposites for Targeted Drug Delivery in Cancer Therapy

By: Awesh K. Yadav,Rahul Shukla,Rewati Raman Ujjwal

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Multifunctional Nanocomposites for Targeted Drug Delivery in Cancer Therapy

By: Awesh K. Yadav,Rahul Shukla,Rewati Raman Ujjwal

Multifunctional Nanocomposites for Targeted Drug Delivery in Cancer Therapy explores the design, synthesis, and application of different multifunctional nanocomposites drug delivery system for cancer treatment. It encompasses initial chapters discussing introductory information about cancer, followed by chapters focusing on the detailed information about various novel drug delivery systems for treatment of several organ site cancers such as prostate, skin, breast, lung, liver, pancreas, stomach, colon, blood, mouth and throat. It is a valuable resource for cancer researchers, oncologists, graduate students, and members of biomedical research who need to understand more about novel nanotechnologies applied to cancer treatment. Discusses a wide range of promising approaches for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer using the latest advancement in cutting-edge nanomedical technologies Presents chapters dedicated to each cancer type and the best nanocomposite therapies used, making the content easily discoverable by readers Written by world-renowned experts and researchers in the areas of nanomedicine, drug delivery and cancer research to explore thoroughly the topic with diverse perspectives

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Elsevier

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0323953042

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9780323953047

The Limits of Orientalism

Seventeenth-Century Representations of India

By: Rahul Sapra

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The Limits of Orientalism

Seventeenth-Century Representations of India

By: Rahul Sapra

The Limits of Orientalism: Seventeenth-Century Representations of India challenges recent postcolonial readings of European, and particularly English, representations of India in the seventeenth century. The book critiques Edward Said's discourse of 'Orientalism' by destabilizing the notion of a homogeneous 'West': the English interest was commercial, unlike the colonially and religiously motivated Portuguese, and therefore instead of representing Mughals as barbaric 'others,' the English travelers drew parallels between the Mughals and themselves in their writings, associating with them as partners in trade and potential allies in war. The Europeans praised Muslims' civility and religious tolerance, yet tended to be more conflicted with the Hindus, but eventually their negative views underwent a transformation, questioning the Orientalist notion of the homogeneous 'Indian.' By historicizing the European representations of India, the book undercuts postcolonial analyses by critics such as Kate Teltscher, Jyotsna Singh, Nandini Bhattacharya, Balachandra Rajan, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Shankar Raman and others.

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University of Delaware

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1611490154

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9781611490152

Techniques in Life Science

By: Rahul Pandey

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Techniques in Life Science

By: Rahul Pandey

This book has been written to provide an introduction to key experimental techniques from across the biosciences. The upcoming global challenges for organisms demand a lot of researches to increase our knowledge to cope up with any adverse environmental situation. The basic research in life sciences needs to understand the biological techniques properly. Considering these requirements, the book uniquely integrates the theories and practices that drive the field of molecular biology, cell biology, biochemistry, biotechnology etc. It comprehensively covers both the methods student will encounter in lab classes and those that underpin recent advances and discoveries. The older technical details like Gel-electrophoresis, Chromatography, Centrifugation, Spectroscopy etc will be helpful to grow the initial basic concepts for all type of biological researches while the modern techniques like CRISPRS, Biosensors, DNA sequencing etc will be helpful to develop skills about these upcoming technologies. Our goal is to develop the skills at degree level students in basic biological research that they will be able to plan successfully their own experiments and examine the results obtained.

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BFC Publications

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9390675103

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9789390675104

Modi & India

2024 and the Battle for Bharat

By: Rahul Shivshankar,Siddhartha Talya

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Modi & India

2024 and the Battle for Bharat

By: Rahul Shivshankar,Siddhartha Talya

Focuses on how dharma provides the foundation for a new republic—Bibek Debroy Intensely researched argument about an alternative idea of India—Salman Khurshid The year 2014 was a consequential one for the Bharatiya Janata Party and for India. Will 2024 also be so? Is this election about stopping the rise of Narendra Modi and his alleged distortion of the ‘idea of India’ as conceived by its founders, or the beginning of a dharma-inspired ‘second republic?’ In 2014, the BJP, under the leadership of Modi, won a clear majority in the Lok Sabha elections. The National Democratic Alliance’s triumph ended a nearly two-and-a-half-decade run of mostly messy coalition governments. In 2019, the BJP further improved its tally, cementing its parliamentary majority and its ability to ring in transformational laws and policies. Most of the initiatives taken by the Modi-led NDA have been aimed at positioning Bharat as a ‘Vishwa Guru’—an exemplar of moral righteousness, a pluralistic democracy led by dharma and drawing sustenance from the wellspring of an eternal Hindu universalism. But this shift towards India’s Hindu ethos has prompted the Opposition and many allied commentators to fear the rise of a second republic—a ‘Hindu Rashtra’—moored to an implacable ultra-nationalist and majoritarian dogma. The INDIA bloc has declared the 2024 election as the last opportunity to stop the rise of Modi and his idea of India. Evocative, anecdotal, argumentative and deeply researched, Modi and India: 2024 and the Battle for Bharat chronicles the emergence of, and the battle for, a new republic in the making.

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Penguin Random House India Private Limited

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9357089667

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9789357089661

The Political Life of Memory

Birsa Munda in Contemporary India

By: Rahul Ranjan

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The Political Life of Memory

Birsa Munda in Contemporary India

By: Rahul Ranjan

This book examines the representation of Birsa's political life, memory politics and the making of anticolonialism in contemporary Jharkhand. It offers contrasting features of political imaginations deployed in developing memorial landscapes. Framing of Birsa in the heroic narrative through a grand scale of memorialisation, often in the form of the built environment, curates a selective version. This isolates the scope of elaborating his political ideas outside the confines of atypical historical records and their relevance in the contemporary context. The book argues that everyday politics through affective sites such as memorials and statues produce political visions, emotions, and opportunities. It shows how such symbolic sites are often strategically placed and politically motivated to inscribe ideologies. This process outlines how the state and Adivasi use memory as a political tool to lay claims to the past of the Birsa Movement.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009358588

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9781009358583

Vishwadharmi Prof. Dr. Vishwanath D. Karad – A Great Visionary Philosopher Scientist

An Account of His Life Journey and Exemplary Achievements

By: Rahul Vishwanath Karad

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Vishwadharmi Prof. Dr. Vishwanath D. Karad – A Great Visionary Philosopher Scientist

An Account of His Life Journey and Exemplary Achievements

By: Rahul Vishwanath Karad

Early in 1981, the visionary in Dr Vishwanath D Karad saw the need for unaided engineering colleges, to cater to the demand of India that was rapidly rising in aspirations. In the subsequent years, the state of Maharashtra, and indeed the entire nation, put brick and mortar to this vision to the point that today, India produces 1.5 million engineering graduates per year, the majority of them from unaided institutions. This has helped India to be the biggest exporter of white-collar jobs globally, since the turn of the century. The educationist, scientist, spiritualist, philanthropist, education builder, humanist and peace ambassador put all his experiences together in recent years to make the world's largest dome (the dome at Vatican City, Rome, Italy, is now second-placed) and the world's first peace dome which will likely end up being the eighth wonder of the world. This book is a collection of testimonials written by esteemed personalities of our society for this living jewel of India.

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Notion Press

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1685233341

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9781685233341

Machine Learning Quick Reference

Quick and essential machine learning hacks for training smart data models

By: Rahul Kumar

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Machine Learning Quick Reference

Quick and essential machine learning hacks for training smart data models

By: Rahul Kumar

Your hands-on reference guide to developing, training, and optimizing your machine learning models Key FeaturesYour guide to learning efficient machine learning processes from scratchExplore expert techniques and hacks for a variety of machine learning conceptsWrite effective code in R, Python, Scala, and Spark to solve all your machine learning problemsBook Description Machine learning makes it possible to learn about the unknowns and gain hidden insights into your datasets by mastering many tools and techniques. This book guides you to do just that in a very compact manner. After giving a quick overview of what machine learning is all about, Machine Learning Quick Reference jumps right into its core algorithms and demonstrates how they can be applied to real-world scenarios. From model evaluation to optimizing their performance, this book will introduce you to the best practices in machine learning. Furthermore, you will also look at the more advanced aspects such as training neural networks and work with different kinds of data, such as text, time-series, and sequential data. Advanced methods and techniques such as causal inference, deep Gaussian processes, and more are also covered. By the end of this book, you will be able to train fast, accurate machine learning models at your fingertips, which you can easily use as a point of reference. What you will learnGet a quick rundown of model selection, statistical modeling, and cross-validationChoose the best machine learning algorithm to solve your problemExplore kernel learning, neural networks, and time-series analysisTrain deep learning models and optimize them for maximum performanceBriefly cover Bayesian techniques and sentiment analysis in your NLP solutionImplement probabilistic graphical models and causal inferencesMeasure and optimize the performance of your machine learning modelsWho this book is for If you’re a machine learning practitioner, data scientist, machine learning developer, or engineer, this book will serve as a reference point in building machine learning solutions. You will also find this book useful if you’re an intermediate machine learning developer or data scientist looking for a quick, handy reference to all the concepts of machine learning. You’ll need some exposure to machine learning to get the best out of this book.

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Packt Publishing Ltd

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1788831616

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9781788831611

Easy English

By: Rahul Kumar

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Easy English

By: Rahul Kumar

This book has been prepared chapter wise on the basis of questions asked in English in various competitive exams. It's very useful for candidates which preparing competition exams like : Bank PO, Clerk, MBA, SSC, MAT, LIC, GIC, RBI, and others competitive Examinations.

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S. Chand Publishing

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9353388910

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9789353388911

The Game Changers

20 extraordinary success stories of entrepreneurs from IIT Kharagpur

By: Yuvnesh Modi,Rahul Kumar,Alok Kothari

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The Game Changers

20 extraordinary success stories of entrepreneurs from IIT Kharagpur

By: Yuvnesh Modi,Rahul Kumar,Alok Kothari

Entrepreneurship is not about breaking free from the 9 to 5 humdrum, not about being your own boss, and definitely not glorious. The entrepreneur shuns the comfort of a cushy corporate job and six figure salaries to set sail on unchartered waters with a single minded zeal and only an idea as an anchor. But it is this idea and passion that makes all the difference and catapults them into a world of infinite possibilities. The Game Changers brings to you 20 success stories of IITians who went on to live the big dream. These include: Suhas Patil, Vijay Kumar, Vinod Gupta, Sam Dalal, Sridhar Mitta, Arjun Malhotra, Kiran Seth, Prabhakant Sinha, Ranbir Singh Gupta, Bikram Dasgupta founder of Globsyn, Praful Kulkarni, Sunil Gaitonde, Anand Deshpande, Arvind Kejriwal, Harish Hande, Anuradha Acharya, Venkata Subramanian, Bikash Barai, Vikram Kumar, and Krishna Mehra. With a foreword by Dr Duvvuri Subbarao, Governor, Reserve Bank of India, and introduction by Damodar Acharya, Director, IIT Karagpur, this book marks the 60 golden years of India’s finest institute. Come, be a part of their journey, get inspired to dream and make your own story.

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Random House India

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818400284X

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9788184002843

Hello Bastar

The Untold Story of India's Maoist Movement

By: Rahul Pandita

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Hello Bastar

The Untold Story of India's Maoist Movement

By: Rahul Pandita

With direct access to the top Maoist leadership, Rahul Pandita provides an authoritative account of how a handful of men and women, who believed in the idea of revolution, entered Bastar in Central India in 1980 and created a powerful movement that New Delhi now terms as India's biggest internal security threat. It traces the circumstances due to which the Maoist movement entrenched itself in about 10 states of India, carrying out deadly attacks against the Indian establishment in the name of the poor and the marginalised. It offers rare insight into the lives of Maoist guerillas and also of the Adivasi tribals living in the Red zone. Based on extensive on-ground reportage and exhaustive interviews with Maoist leaders including their supreme commander Ganapathi, Kobad Ghandy and others who are jailed or have been killed in police encounters, this book is a combination of firsthand storytelling and intrepid analysis.

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Penguin Random House India Private Limited

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9354927890

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9789354927898

Countering Transnational Terrorism

By: Brig (Retd) Rahul K Bhonsle

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Countering Transnational Terrorism

By: Brig (Retd) Rahul K Bhonsle

Transnational terrorism is the central security challenge of the Post Cold War World, the defining moments of which were 9/11 in New York and 26/11 in Mumbai. Just as the United States carried out a comprehensive review of counter terrorism threats and capabilities immediately after the deadly multiple strikes in September 2001, India has undertaken an appraisal of transnational terrorism over the past two years and has commenced a process of transformation of the internal security establishment post Mumbai. Keeping in view the significance of the issue to Indian security, USI had undertaken a study focused on “National Security –Countering Transnational Terrorism,” this year, organizing a series of seminars, lectures and studies on the subject. This book is a result of the study carried out by USI and has covered the entire range of the phenomenon examining geo political, regional and internal security facets to suggest strategies for security cooperation, capacity building and societal responses.

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Vij Books India Pvt Ltd

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9381411832

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9789381411834

Hymn of the Heart

By: Rahul Nachhiketa

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Hymn of the Heart

By: Rahul Nachhiketa

Hymn of the Heart" is voice of heart knitted beautifully in verse. The words come out from deep channels of the core depicting varied human emotions and character complexities. The book talks of Romance, pristine love and questions status quo in Indian society almost in Autobiographical way. The book is a reaction to the world, it is not a knee-jerk, impulsive or reactive reaction, but subtle, quite response mechanism to the world in pearls of philosophical words and wisdom. The Book epitomises life and is sattirical to janus faced segment of the society.

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Partridge Publishing

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1482844664

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You Know The Glory, Not The Story!: 25 Journeys Towards Ikigai

By: Rahul Singh,Naresh Kumar Agarwal

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You Know The Glory, Not The Story!: 25 Journeys Towards Ikigai

By: Rahul Singh,Naresh Kumar Agarwal

The Japanese word, Ikigai means 'reason for being'. Think of what you love, what you are good at, what you can be paid for, and what the world needs. When these come together, you get your Ikigai. However, Ikigai can be beyond these four components and doesn't have to include any or all of them. The moments each day where you live fully — engaging in a hobby or pursuit, learning, connecting with people, being useful, choosing empathy over apathy, and being in the present — and the small joys that inhabit those moments make your Ikigai. You can have more than one Ikigai and it can change with time. You already have your Ikigai and just need to discover it!The book unveils the life journeys of 25 teens that left India for the uncharted waters of Singapore in the 1990s and early 2000s. Each story started with engineering and took the person to one's calling — dance, filmmaking, entrepreneurship, mountaineering, philanthropy, research, and even monkhood. Did they find their Ikigai? Uncover the pages to find out!

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World Scientific

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9811230455

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9789811230455

The Story of the life of an unknown Indian

By: Rahul Dasgupta

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The Story of the life of an unknown Indian

By: Rahul Dasgupta

It's all in the mind

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Notion Press

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Future of Coal in India

Smooth Transition or Bumpy Road Ahead?

By: Rahul Tongia, Anurag Sehgal, Puneet Kamboj

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Future of Coal in India

Smooth Transition or Bumpy Road Ahead?

By: Rahul Tongia, Anurag Sehgal, Puneet Kamboj

Mark Twain observed, “I'm in favour of progress; it's change I don't like.” Coal dominates Indian energy because it’s available domestically and cheap (especially without a carbon tax). If the global focus is on the energy transition, how does India ensure a just transition? Managing winners and losers will be the single largest challenge for India’s energy policy. Coal is entrenched in a complex ecosystem. In some states, it’s amongst the largest contributors to state budgets. The Indian Railways, India’s largest civilian employer, is afloat because it overcharges coal to offset under-recovery from passengers. Coal India Limited, the public sector miner that produces 85% of domestic coal, is the world’s largest coal miner. But despite enormous reserves, India imports about a quarter of consumption. On the flip side, coal faces inevitable pressure from renewable energy, which is the cheapest option for new builds. However, there is significant coal-based power capacity already in place, some of which is underutilized, or even stranded. Low per-capita energy consumption means India must still grow its energy supply. Before India can phase out coal, it must first achieve a plateau of coal. How this happens cost-effectively and with least resistance isn’t just a technical or economic question, it depends on the political economy of coal and its alternatives. Some stakeholders want to kill coal. A wiser option may be to first clean it up, instead of wishing it away. Across 18 chapters, drawing from leading experts in the field, we examine all aspects of coal’s future in India. We find no easy answers, but attempt to combine the big picture with details, bringing them together to offer a range of policy options.

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1648288464

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Who Guards the Guardians - Secrecy in Government

By: Rahul Sagar

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Who Guards the Guardians - Secrecy in Government

By: Rahul Sagar

Secrets and Leaks examines the complex relationships among executive power, national security, and secrecy. State secrecy is vital for national security, but it can also be used to conceal wrongdoing. How then can we ensure that this power is used responsibly? Typically, the onus is put on lawmakers and judges, who are expected to oversee the executive. Yet because these actors lack access to the relevant information and the ability to determine the harm likely to be caused by its disclosure, they often defer to the executive's claims about the need for secrecy. As a result, potential abuses are more often exposed by unauthorized disclosures published in the press. But should such disclosures, which violate the law, be condoned? Drawing on several cases, Rahul Sagar argues that though whistleblowing can be morally justified, the fear of retaliation usually prompts officials to act anonymously--that is, to "leak" information. As a result, it becomes difficult for the public to discern when an unauthorized disclosure is intended to further partisan interests. Because such disclosures are the only credible means of checking the executive, Sagar writes, they must be tolerated. However, the public should treat such disclosures skeptically and subject irresponsible journalism to concerted criticism.

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Princeton University Press

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0691149879

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Who Guards the Guardians - Secrecy in Government

By: Rahul Sagar

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By: Rahul Sagar

Secrets and Leaks examines the complex relationships among executive power, national security, and secrecy. State secrecy is vital for national security, but it can also be used to conceal wrongdoing. How then can we ensure that this power is used responsibly? Typically, the onus is put on lawmakers and judges, who are expected to oversee the executive. Yet because these actors lack access to the relevant information and the ability to determine the harm likely to be caused by its disclosure, they often defer to the executive's claims about the need for secrecy. As a result, potential abuses are more often exposed by unauthorized disclosures published in the press. But should such disclosures, which violate the law, be condoned? Drawing on several cases, Rahul Sagar argues that though whistleblowing can be morally justified, the fear of retaliation usually prompts officials to act anonymously--that is, to "leak" information. As a result, it becomes difficult for the public to discern when an unauthorized disclosure is intended to further partisan interests. Because such disclosures are the only credible means of checking the executive, Sagar writes, they must be tolerated. However, the public should treat such disclosures skeptically and subject irresponsible journalism to concerted criticism.

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