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Indian Icon: A Cult Called Royal Enfield

By: Amrit Raj

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Indian Icon: A Cult Called Royal Enfield

By: Amrit Raj

About the Book THE BUSINESS HISTORY OF THE CULT BRAND CALLED ROYAL ENFIELD, Royal Enfield. More than just the brand name of a legendary bike! Few brands inspire the kind of devotion that an Enfield does. Its distinctive look and feel, the sound of its engine and the image that it creates of its rider have all contributed to putting the brand on the kind of pedestal that others could only dream of. From the beginning of the brand’s journey in India in the early 1950s, the Enfield bikes have had quite a ride. Initial success and acceptance notwithstanding, by the 1980s, the brand was considered an underachiever and a basket case. Enter Vikram Lal of Eicher in 1990. Lal’s enthusiasm for the brand gave it a new lease of life. Later, his son Siddhartha’s time at the helm saw marketing, product and vision all come together to catapult the bike to iconic status. In the past few years, Enfield has come to represent successful business turnarounds even as its bikes have found newer and newer converts. Indian Icon: A Cult Called Royal Enfield by former Mint journalist Amrit Raj maps the trail-blazing story of the brand, the company and, most of all, the individuals who have made it what it is. It is also the story of the clash of the old guard with the new leading to dramatic changes in the business. In a first, the book bares the behind-the-scenes takeover dramas and the bare-knuckled battle to create a premium homegrown consumer brand for the global markets. Extensively researched and expertly narrated, the book takes you to the heart of the Royal Enfield story. A worthy addition to the shelf of both business readers as well as Royal Enfield aficionados.

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Westland Business

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9395073489

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Nandanar's Children

The Paraiyans' Tryst with Destiny, Tamil Nadu 1850 - 1956

By: Raj Sekhar Basu

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Nandanar's Children

The Paraiyans' Tryst with Destiny, Tamil Nadu 1850 - 1956

By: Raj Sekhar Basu

The narrative of this book is built around the historical experiences of the Paraiyars of Tamil Nadu. The author traces the transformation of the Paraiyars from an ‘untouchable’ and socially despised community to one that came to acquire prominence in the political scene of Tamil Nadu, especially in early 20th century. Through this framework, the book studies a number of issues: subaltern history, colonial ethnography, agrarian systems, agrarian bondage, land legislations, and the interventions by missionaries and social and political organizations.

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SAGE Publications

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8132105141

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Yogini's Stilettos

The Book of Life

By: Stutee Bhandari Raj

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Yogini's Stilettos

The Book of Life

By: Stutee Bhandari Raj

Namo Stutee to all. This is a quick pick me up self-help book to collectively unite and evolve humanity verbally, physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually so that no pandemic ever shakes the balance of the coronial race in this era. We rise to the occasion by wearing the right shoes. Sometimes the circumstances of life call for a change of shoe and sometimes it calls for a change of path. By changing our stance and gait, we open ourselves up to a sea of exciting opportunities. You, wearing your fancy stilettos, will end up twisting and hurting your feet walking on a path laden with gravel and stones. If you walk on the path with the appropriate shoes then you can seamlessly and effortlessly tread the path laid out by your destiny. Changing your shoes or your path requires an immense amount of self-confidence, courage, and faith. Once I knew my path, the next obvious step for me was to slip into my stilettos to rise to the occasion. Time has come for you to change into your happy shoes or ideal stilettos and transition to a state of unbound exuberance with balance, positivity, and ease. Each of us is divinely gifted with a unique pair of magical shoes. The fitting of the shoe decides the right choice you make. I present to you this self-help book empowering you to make healthy choices and to get rooted. It gives you healing tips to celebrate yourself and others. This way you too can realize your true potential and elegantly allow the energy to flow through your feet on the royal path carved out for you with universal love, gratefulness, and grace. If you believe you are ready to evenly restore and walk in perfect alignment on the holy grounds where sacred seas and the sky mingle then this book is just the right fit for you.

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198226425X

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Plantation Crisis

Ruptures of Dalit life in the Indian tea belt

By: Jayaseelan Raj

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Plantation Crisis

Ruptures of Dalit life in the Indian tea belt

By: Jayaseelan Raj

What does the collapse of India’s tea industry mean for Dalit workers who have lived, worked and died on the plantations since the colonial era? Plantation Crisis offers a complex understanding of how processes of social and political alienation unfold in moments of economic rupture. Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork in the Peermade and Munnar tea belts, Jayaseelan Raj – himself a product of the plantation system – offers a unique and richly detailed analysis of the profound, multi-dimensional sense of crisis felt by those who are at the bottom of global plantation capitalism and caste hierarchy. Tea production in India accounts for 25 per cent of global output. The colonial era planation system – and its two million strong workforce – has, since the mid-1990s, faced a series of ruptures due to neoliberal economic globalisation. In the South Indian state of Kerala, otherwise known for its labour-centric development initiatives, the Tamil speaking Dalit workforce, whose ancestors were brought to the plantations in the 19th century, are at the forefront of this crisis, which has profound impacts on their social identity and economic wellbeing. Out of the colonial history of racial capitalism and indentured migration, Plantation Crisis opens our eyes to the collapse of the plantation system and the rupturing of Dalit lives in India's tea belt.

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UCL Press

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1800082274

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Kidney

By: R K Raj

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Kidney

By: R K Raj

Inder Jeet, a ragpicker in the slum of a landfill area of Ghazipur in Delhi, miraculously becomes an audience member in an international conference held in Montreal, Canada, after his unpublished research paper Orphan Nephrons Observation: Red Kidneys Are Blue to Green the Environment. Like kidneys in an animals body, they filter the reusable items from waste to give back into the bloody money circulation system, where economic disparity and deprivation are to constitute their fate. Their lots, in an entire nation, contribute in sharing the responsibility with municipalities of Indian cities but only to go unnoticed. After the conference, he landed back in Delhi to end up with a new set of problems, where kids from his lot toil their lives in a scrap settlement in Jain Disposals in Ghazipur instead of being in schools. The organization Uttar Daani, involved in Ranchits organ donation for transplants, fails to provide the promised job to Jhihari because of his ill-fated cousin Niranjan. Niranjan murders a cop in order to rescue a poor rickshaw puller who wanted to have his meal before he could drop the cop to the next crossing on the highway. Eventualities with Niranjan bring turmoil in Inders life and jail for himself, where he gets a new motto in life from the mercenaries of Jail Raho Aandolan.

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Partridge Publishing

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1482817411

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The Great Encounter

A Study of Indo-American Literature and Cultural Relations

By: Raj Kumar Gupta

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The Great Encounter

A Study of Indo-American Literature and Cultural Relations

By: Raj Kumar Gupta

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Abhinav Publications

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817017211X

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Book of Indian Beauty

By: Mulk Raj Anand,Krishna Nehru Hutheesing

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Book of Indian Beauty

By: Mulk Raj Anand,Krishna Nehru Hutheesing

Learn the sensual secretes of Eastern beauty practices with this informative and readable guide. The beauty rituals of the East have long been legendary--the use of oils and unguents, lotions of rose leaves and vinegar, the juice of ripe strawberries and plums, milk baths, honey, and myrrh. The very names evoke an aura of romance, a world where woman pamper and prepare their bodies. Such is the world of Indian beauty as introduced in this exquisite volume of beauty recipes handed down verbally through the ages.

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Tuttle Publishing

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1462911463

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Before the Big Bang

By: Raj Jain

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Before the Big Bang

By: Raj Jain

This fiction narrates how the ever slow development of Kadampur, a dusty railway town, which was condemned to remain stagnant, suddenly takes a dive into a cataclysmic event which shook it as nothing did it before. It was the historic wild cat strike by railway workers. Barbarous police torture followed instantly. The Communist Party of India and an ambitious leader emerged out of the ashes of this blast which changed the complexion of this no-hopers' paradise . Kadampur College was the human face of this smoky town. It was a political and cultural barometer of happenings inside the working class zone. This became a platform for mingling of young boys and girls coming from progressive and conservative families which facilitated a new culture. What women could do, if pressed, is incredible. When the information reached them that their menfolk were being mercilessly beaten inside the locked gate of the workshop they could not resist their impulse to rescue them from attackers and rushed to the workshop gate in hundreds with broomsticks and kitchen utensils. They - no Belindas -revealed their ferocity in breaking the gate and fighting the mighty railway armed guards and succeeded in their operation The two protaganists, Harinarayan Mishra and Ratnakar, worked in different fields: Com. Mishra worked among common people, and Ratnakar? Well, he was the moving spirit in the college and a tower of strength to student movements outside.

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1482817977

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Relocating Modern Science

Circulation and the Construction of Knowledge in South Asia and Europe, 1650-1900

By: K. Raj

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Relocating Modern Science

Circulation and the Construction of Knowledge in South Asia and Europe, 1650-1900

By: K. Raj

Relocating Modern Science challenges the belief that modern science was created uniquely in the West and was subsequently diffused elsewhere. Through a detailed analysis of key moments in the history of science, it demonstrates the crucial roles of circulation and intercultural encounter for their emergence.

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0230625312

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Subaltern Public Theology

Dalits and the Indian Public Sphere

By: Raj Bharat Patta

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Subaltern Public Theology

Dalits and the Indian Public Sphere

By: Raj Bharat Patta

This book delves into the public character of public theology from the sites of subalternity, the excluded Dalit (non) public in the Indian public sphere. Raj Bharat Patta employs a decolonial methodology and explores the topic in three parts: First, he engages with ‘theological contexts,’ by mapping global and Indian public theologies and critically analysing them. Next, he discusses ‘theological companions,’ and explains ‘theological subalternity’ and ‘subaltern public’ as companions for a subaltern public theology for India. Finally, Patta explains ‘theological contours’ by discussing subaltern liturgy as a theological account of the subaltern public and explores a subaltern public theology for India.

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3031238982

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The Goddess and the King in Indian Myth

Ring Composition, Royal Power and The Dharmic Double Helix

By: Raj Balkaran

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The Goddess and the King in Indian Myth

Ring Composition, Royal Power and The Dharmic Double Helix

By: Raj Balkaran

The Sanskrit narrative text Devī Māhātmya, “The Greatness of The Goddess,” extols the triumphs of an all-powerful Goddess, Durgā, over universe-imperiling demons. These exploits are embedded in an intriguing frame narrative: a deposed king solicits the counsel of a forest-dwelling ascetic, who narrates the tripartite acts of Durgā which comprise the main body of the text. It is a centrally important early text about the Great Goddess, which has significance to the broader field of Purāṇic Studies. This book analyzes the Devī Māhātmya and argues that its frame narrative cleverly engages a dichotomy at the heart of Hinduism: the opposing ideals of asceticism and kingship. These ideals comprise two strands of what is referred to herein as the dharmic double helix. It decodes the symbolism of encounters between forest hermits and exiled kings through the lens of the dharmic double helix, demonstrating the extent to which this common narrative trope masterfully encodes the ambivalence of brāhmaṇic ideology. Engaging the tension between the moral necessity for nonviolence and the sociopolitical necessity for violence, the book deconstructs the ideological ambivalence throughout the Devī Māhātmya to demonstrate that its frame narrative invariably sheds light on its core content. Its very structure serves to emphasize a theme that prevails throughout the text, one inalienable to the rubric of the episodes themselves: sovereignty on both cosmic and mundane scales. The book sheds new light on the content of the Devī Māhātmya and contextualizes it within the framework of important debates within early Hinduism. It will be of interest to academics in the fields of Asian Religion, Hindu Studies, Goddess Studies, South Asian Studies, Narrative Studies and comparative literature.

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Routledge

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0429880685

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PROXY WAR

ALONG THE KHUKHRI TRAIL

By: Raj Pal Singh

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PROXY WAR

ALONG THE KHUKHRI TRAIL

By: Raj Pal Singh

Iqbal was squatting in front of Major Kushagra; his AK47 and knife were within reach. Kushagra’s mission was not yet over. He could not let Iqbal go scot free. He had to eliminate him quietly. “You killed Major Thakur with your knife from behind, you coward!” Kushagra had a khukhri in his hands and the sniper covered him. The khukhri kills without a sound….

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Notion Press

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164587074X

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Yangsila

Love Across the Himalayas

By: Hari Raj Bhattarai

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Yangsila

Love Across the Himalayas

By: Hari Raj Bhattarai

Yangsila: Love across the Himalayas is a fiction that picks up a historical event from a medieval setting and renders it new, tuning it up with contemporary socio-cultural issues in Nepal. The protagonist Panchashar is modeled after medieval Nepali sculptor Arniko, who had been invited by the Chinese Emperor Kublai Khan to build pagodas and stupas in his kingdom. The novel beautifully depicts socio-cultural, including marital relations, dependency and migration among people of eastern Nepali hills with people in China, basically Tibet. It also makes a passing note on the gradual loss of unity and cultural sovereignty of the Kirats living in the eastern hills of Nepal, and the possible danger of external cultural intervention thereof. By giving the novel a positive resolution, the author suggests an amicable solution to the cultural crisis through familial understanding and closer interactions, despite cultural and geographical differences among the people on the two sides of the Himalayas. The novel also gives an allegorical rendering to the latest crisis and uncertainty in the history of Nepal, and its symbolic negation by creative people through an escape into a mythical, imaginary and bucolic setting.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1796081396

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Schopenhauer: A Guide for the Perplexed

By: R. Raj Singh

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Schopenhauer: A Guide for the Perplexed

By: R. Raj Singh

Arthur Schopenhauer is a widely read, admired and intriguing philosopher whose ideas have had a profound impact on some of the greatest minds of the last two centuries. He is known for his powerful but simple prose-style and a philosophy that tackles everyday life. Yet even the most sympathetic and intelligent reader of his works is likely to be perplexed by seeming inconsistencies and unconventional tone of a number of his major claims. Schopenhauer: A Guide for the Perplexed is a clear and thorough account of Schopenhauer's philosophy, his major works and ideas, providing an ideal guide to the important and complex thought of this key philosopher. The book explores arguments that he offers for his pessimistic worldview that have long been misunderstood. Geared towards the specific requirements of students who need to reach a sound understanding of Schopenhauer contributions to philosophy, this book also presents an in-depth analysis of his western as well as his hitherto neglected eastern sources and influences.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1441128255

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The Healing Organization

Awakening the Conscience of Business to Help Save the World

By: Raj Sisodia,Michael J. Gelb

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The Healing Organization

Awakening the Conscience of Business to Help Save the World

By: Raj Sisodia,Michael J. Gelb

The image of modern corporations has been shaped by a profits over people approach, but we are at a point where business must take the lead in healing the crises of our time. The Healing Organization shows how corporations can become healing forces. Conscious Capitalism pioneer Raj Sisodia and organizational innovation expert Michael J. Gelb were inspired to write this book because of the epidemic of unnecessary suffering connected with business, including the destruction of the environment; increasing numbers living paycheck-to-paycheck and barely surviving; and rising rates of depression and stress leading to chronic health problems. Based on extensive in-depth interviews and inspiring case studies, Sisodia and Gelb show how companies such as Shake Shack, Hyatt, KIND Healthy Snacks, Eileen Fisher, H-E-B, FIFCO, Jaipur Rugs and DTE Energy are healing their employees, customers, communities and other stakeholders. They represent a diverse sampling of industries and geographies, but they all have significant elements in common, besides being profitable enterprises: Their employees love coming to work. They have passionately loyal customers. They make a significant positive difference to the communities they serve. They preserve and restore the ecosystems in which they operate. The enmity and dividedness between those who champion unfettered capitalism and those who advocate socialism is exacerbating rather than solving our problems. In a world that urgently needs healing on many levels, this is a movement whose time has come. The Healing Organization shows how it can be done, how it is being done, and how you can begin to do it too.

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HarperCollins Leadership

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0814439829

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Liposuction – The big fat story

By: Sunitha Raj

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Liposuction – The big fat story

By: Sunitha Raj

Every time you look in the mirror, all you see is blubber camouflaging your true personality. You want that irritating fat gone so you can shine. Is Liposuction really the answer to all your fat woes? If it is, who is the right Cosmetic Surgeon for you? A nagging fear of the unknown grips your mind. And more questions come up… Find out the real truth – uncensored and hard hitting, with true stories of successes and failures complete with ‘Before’ and ‘After’ pictures. Liposuction: The Big Fat Story busts many Liposuction myths and captures the plain truth behind the procedure. Cutting out the medical jargon, it has easy-to-read chapters. Questions you may or may not think of are answered in the Q&A section. Each chapter makes logical sense by itself, yet forms a concise part of The Big Fat Story. Liposuction: The Big Fat Story is a book about making informed choices and includes indications of approximate costs.

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Notion Press

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194639095X

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The Hay House Book of Cinema that Heals

By: Ashok Raj

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The Hay House Book of Cinema that Heals

By: Ashok Raj

A unique volume that highlights – tellingly and poignantly – how the impact of the Hindi film over the decades has played a significant role in trying to bring together people belonging to different faiths and different strata of society. Covering a vast time span from the silent era to the present, this work focuses on Hindi cinema’s attempts at promoting harmony and trust among various religions, communities and ethnic groups, while performing its basic function of entertaining the viewers. It identifies appropriate situations and characters in select films – such as Padosi (1941), Hum Ek Hain (1946), Mughal-e-Azam (1960), Dharamputra (1961), Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), Ghulam-e-Musthafa (1997), Lagaan (2001) and Veer-Zara (2004) – and describes how positive messages have been articulated through them. It also examines the response of the film makers to the changes that have been taking place over the years in society vis-à-vis the communal milieu in the country and their contribution towards making a cinema that heals. Ever since its inception a century ago, Indian cinema, far more than other popular cultural medium, has consistently taken up highly appealing and socially relevant interpretations of popular religious beliefs and customs. It has often attempted to ensure that the audiences identified themselves with the characters as they enacted their roles on screen. This cinema, though dominated by love stories and romantic escapism, has, occasionally, sent out a powerful message against age-old religious orthodoxy and outdated traditions by emphasizing that such factors have caused tremendous social tensions and suffering. In a very significant way, Indian cinema has tried to systematically break down religious and other barriers (say, ethnic, language, caste and class) and has endeavoured to engender an egalitarian society despite numerous obstacles. Here is a work that all readers, film buffs or not, will find stimulating, engrossing and informative.

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Hay House, Inc

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9384544140

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Chronicles of a Reluctant Immigrant

A Cross Cultural Journey

By: Raj Pandya

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Chronicles of a Reluctant Immigrant

A Cross Cultural Journey

By: Raj Pandya

This autobiographical journey is a multi-dimensioned narrative encompassing a number of distinct though interwoven themes. It is a coming of age story of a boy (Raj) from an obscure small town in India born and raised in an orthodox Hindu family. It is a love story that spans distant continents and different cultures. It is a story of a mixed race and cross-cultural marriage played out in the East and the West. It is a commentary about the history and culture of the people and places the protagonist encounters over the journey and the times he lives through. Finally, it is the story of a well-educated man who is frustrated and disheartened because he is unable to find professional fulfillment in his country of birth, and reluctantly looks to the West for better opportunities, where he finally succeeds in salvaging his moribund professional career and in earning the recognition he deserves. The narrative would tickle the imagination of readers; it would enhance their understanding of diverse cultures and it would nudge them to empathize with the protagonists dilemmas as he navigates through the social and cultural landscapes of the East and the West.

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Partridge Publishing

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1482840871

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Essays on Indian Renaissance

By: Raj Kumar

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Essays on Indian Renaissance

By: Raj Kumar

Contents: Introduction, Hindu Renaissance in Middle Ages, India s Religious Renaissance, Influence of Renaissance and Reformation, The Renaissance in British India and its Effect, Swami Dayanand Saraswati and Indian Renaissance, The Bengal Renaissance and Rabindranath Tagore, The Roots of Indian Nationalism, Delhi in the Nineteenth Century, The English Positives and India, Social and Cultural Reconstruction, British Paramountcy and Indian Renaissance, Renaissance of Tamil Culture, Premchand: And Indian Resurgence.

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Discovery Publishing House

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8171416896

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Evaluation Of Man And The Modern Society In Sikkim

By: Jash Raj Subba

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Evaluation Of Man And The Modern Society In Sikkim

By: Jash Raj Subba

The book provides an insight into the scientific evolution of mankind, food production, writing system, modern society and their spread in Sikkim. It also provides in brief about the technological framework guidelines for appropriated development interventions and suggestions to overcome weaknesses of SARD in mountainous Sikkim.

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Gyan Publishing House

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8121210097

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9788121210096

The Myth of the Shrinking State

Globalization and the State in India

By: Baldev Raj Nayar

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The Myth of the Shrinking State

Globalization and the State in India

By: Baldev Raj Nayar

This study investigates the nature of the impact of globalization on the Indian state. It takes as its point of departure the thesis, set out in the introductory essay, that globalization has resulted in the erosion of the economic and welfare roles of the state. According to the author, the shift to liberalization, the resurgence of the private sector, and the acceleration of growth rate paradoxically 'empowered' and 'enabled' the state. He argues that the examination of the quantitative data strongly points to the continued expansion of the economic and welfare roles of the state, rather than decline. Therefore, the retrenchment of the state does not have much merit. He emphasizes on the fundamental continuity in the key functions of the state. He concludes by saying that the state is lagging behind in the areas of internal security, education and health, and makes suggestions for institutional reforms.

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Oxford University Press

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0199088063

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India and China in Africa

A comparative perspective of the oil industry

By: Raj Verma

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India and China in Africa

A comparative perspective of the oil industry

By: Raj Verma

With their phenomenal growth rates, India and China are surging ahead as world economic powers. Due to increasing instability in the Middle East, they have turned to Africa to procure oil to fuel their industrialisation process. Africa’s economy stands to be impacted in various ways due to the increasing interaction with these ‘Asian Giants’. This book analyses the acquisition of oil blocks by Indian and Chinese oil corporations in eleven West African countries. It describes the differences in how India and China mobilise oil externally to meet their respective goals and objectives. The book examines the rate of return on capital, rate of interest on loans and the ease of availability of loans, the difference in the level of technology and ability to acquire technology, project management skills, risk aversion, valuation of the asset and the difference in the economic, political and diplomatic support received by the Chinese and Indian oil companies from their respective governments. It is argued that the difference in the relative economic and political power of India and China accounts for the ability of Chinese oil companies to outbid their Indian competitors and/or be preferred as partners by international oil companies. Containing interviews from Indian and Chinese oil company executives, government officials, industry officials, former diplomats and scholars and academics from India, China and the UK, this book makes a valuable contribution to existing literature on India, China and the oil industry in West Africa. It will be a valuable resource for academics in the field of International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis, Asian Business and Economics.

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Taylor & Francis

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1317307755

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Seeing the Beat Generation

Entering the Literature through Film

By: Raj Chandarlapaty

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Seeing the Beat Generation

Entering the Literature through Film

By: Raj Chandarlapaty

Beat generation writers dismantled mainstream America. They wrote under the influence of psychedelic drugs; they crossed and navigated multicultural boundaries and questioned the American dream; and they explored homosexuality, feminism and hyper-masculinity, redefining America's marital and familial codes. Teaching such a history can be daunting, but film adaptations of Beat literature have proven to engage students. This book looks closely at the film adaptations of works by such authors as Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Gary Snyder, Carolyn Cassady, Amiri Baraka and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, as they relate to American history and literary studies.

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1476636702

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Anesthesiology and Critical Care Morning Report - E-Book

By: Paul N Frank,Raj Dasgupta

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Anesthesiology and Critical Care Morning Report - E-Book

By: Paul N Frank,Raj Dasgupta

Anesthesiology and Critical Care Morning Report: Beyond the Pearls is a case-based reference that covers the key material included on the USMLE and end-of-rotation exams, with pearls for the Step 1, Step 2, and Step 3 exams. Focusing on the practical information you need to know, it teaches how to analyze a clinical vignette in the style of a morning report conference, sharpening your clinical decision-making skills and helping you formulate an evidence-based approach to realistic patient scenarios. - Each case has been carefully chosen and covers scenarios and questions frequently encountered on USMLE exams, shelf exams, and clinical practice, integrating both basic science and clinical pearls. - "Beyond the Pearls tips and secrets (all evidence-based with references) provide deep coverage of core material. - "Morning Report/Grand Rounds format begins with the chief complaints to the labs, relevant images, and includes a "pearl" at the end of the case. Questions are placed throughout the case to mimic practical decision making both in the hospital and on the board exam. - Includes step-by-step procedural guides for common anesthesia and critical care procedures and coverage of transthoracic and transesophageal echo procedures. - Written and edited by experienced teachers and clinicians; each case has been reviewed by board certified attending/practicing physicians.

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Biodiesel from Flowering Plants

By: Samuel Paul Raj,Pravin Raj Solomon,Baskar Thangaraj

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Biodiesel from Flowering Plants

By: Samuel Paul Raj,Pravin Raj Solomon,Baskar Thangaraj

This book offers an exhaustive coverage of process modifications in biodiesel production from oil drawn from 84 oleaginous plant species occurring in all parts of the world, thereby enlisting the scope and potential of many new and non-conventionally obscure plant sources. Biodiesel, now prepared from major vegetable oils, has become a compulsion to offset the dwindling reserve of petro-diesel, which naturally intrudes into the cooking oil demand. This has necessitated search for new sources. The book consolidates the biodiesel production from oils being extracted from conventional plants and also from a plethora of new and non-conventional plants along with their habit and habitats, history of biodiesel’s invention, explanation on species-wise biodiesel process variables, catalytic inclusions, global standards, fuel properties varying with species, blending benefits, cost effectiveness, shelf life, ignition characteristics, fuel consumption and engine performances with eco-friendly exhaust. This book is of immense use to teachers, researchers, scientists of climatology and carbon footprint, energy consultants, fuel chemists, students of agriculture and forestry, automobile engineering, industrial chemistry, environmental sciences and policy makers or anyone who wishes to scale up the biodiesel industry.

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Springer Nature

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9811647755

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Hero Vol.2

By: Ashok Raj

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Hero Vol.2

By: Ashok Raj

This volume focuses on the life and times of the ‘star of the millennium’, Amitabh Bachchan, and goes on to describe his contemporaries such as Shashi Kapoor, Dharmendra and Vinod Khanna, and also the next generation of heroes, including the Khans, Govinda, Hrithik Roshan and others who have followed. Ashok Raj is a research coordinator based in New Delhi. An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, he has served as a consultant to several national and international organizations and NGOs in various spheres such as science, culture and the media. His significant work is a sixteen-part series on cinema, which was published in Screen (in 1988).

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Hay House, Inc

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9381398038

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Next Generation SOA

A Concise Introduction to Service Technology & Service-orientation

By: Thomas Erl,Clive Gee,Jürgen Kress,Hajo Normann,Pethuru Raj Chelliah,Berthold Maier,Leo Shuster,Bernd Trops,Clemens Utschig-Utschig,Torsten Winterberg,Philip Wik

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Next Generation SOA

A Concise Introduction to Service Technology & Service-orientation

By: Thomas Erl,Clive Gee,Jürgen Kress,Hajo Normann,Pethuru Raj Chelliah,Berthold Maier,Leo Shuster,Bernd Trops,Clemens Utschig-Utschig,Torsten Winterberg,Philip Wik

800x600 The Concise Introduction to Modern SOA: High-Value Approaches, Innovative Technologies, Proven Use Cases After a decade of innovation in technology and practice, SOA is now a mainstream computing discipline, capable of transforming IT enterprises and optimizing business automation. In Next Generation SOA, top-selling SOA author Thomas Erl and a team of experts present a plain-English tour of SOA, service-orientation, and the key service technologies being used to build sophisticated contemporary service-oriented solutions. The starting point for today's IT professionals, this concise guide distills the increasingly growing and diverse field of service-oriented architecture and the real-world practice of building powerful service-driven systems. Accessible and jargon-free, this book intentionally avoids technical details to provide easy-to-understand, introductory coverage of the following topics: Services, service-orientation, and service-oriented computing: what they are and how they have evolved How SOA and service-orientation change businesses and transform IT culture, priorities, and technology decisions How services are defined and composed to solve a wide spectrum of business problems Deep implications of the service-orientation paradigm--illuminated through an annotation of the classic SOA Manifesto Traditional and contemporary service technologies and architectures How clouds and virtualization support the scalability and reliability of services-based solutions SOA-based industry models, from enterprise service to global trader A detailed case study: how real enterprises bring together contemporary SOA practices, models, and technologies Next Generation SOA will be indispensable to wide audiences of business decision makers and technologists--including architects, developers, managers, executives, strategists, consultants, and researchers. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4

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Pearson Education

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0133859045

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Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes

Explaining the Phenomenon in South Asians Worldwide

By: Raj S. Bhopal

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Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes

Explaining the Phenomenon in South Asians Worldwide

By: Raj S. Bhopal

In people with South Asian ancestry, the cardiovascular diseases of stroke and coronary heart disease (CVD) are epidemic, and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) is pandemic. As South Asians comprise about 25% of the world's population their high susceptibility is of global public health and clinical importance. Eluding researchers across the globe, this phenomenon continues to be a subject of intensive enquiry. As Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations Secretary-General, points out, the epidemics of chronic diseases, which he describes as a public health emergency in slow motion, can be restrained but not stopped. With a focus on the global South Asian population, Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes: Explaining the Phenomenon in South Asians Worldwide is a critical review of current literature investigating the increase in cases of CVD and DM2, and the data underpinning them. The book argues that the high risk of CVD and DM2 in urbanised South Asians is not inevitable, genetic, or programmed in a fixed way. Rather, exposure to risk factors in childhood, adolescence, and most particularly in adulthood, is the key to unravelling its cause. Drawing on current scientific literature and discussions with 22 international scholars, the book presents a unique synthesis of theory, research, and public health practice under one cover - from tissue research to human intervention trials. It also addresses the challenge many health professionals face in developing countries: to produce focused, low cost and effective actions for combating CVD and DM2. The lessons contained within will have ramifications in healthcare across the globe Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes: Explaining the Phenomenon in South Asians Worldwide is ideal for scholars, researchers and health practitioners working towards understanding and preventing the epidemics of these modern chronic diseases across the world.

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Oxford University Press

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0192569945

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Reflections on a White Elephant

By: Mulk Raj Anand

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Reflections on a White Elephant

By: Mulk Raj Anand

Reflections On The White Elephant Is A Unique Novel By Mulk Raj Anand Which Shows Militant Hindutva On The Offensive Against Exalted Faith Of Sri Aurobindo. Author Suggests Reaffirmation Of Hinduism Other Than Idolatery As Way Towards Self-Realisation.

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8124108374

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9788124108376

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