A gripping story of romance, that takes quirky turns. A series of baffling murder attempts, each with its queer murder mystery. A tryst with horrendous personal trauma, as an unforeseen incidental of the doings of a dynast. Integrated into the story are revealing, hilarious and interesting takes and discussions on 'Does God Exist?', 'Left=NOT Right and India's Debilitating Socialism', 'Babudom and Kafka's Metamorphosis in the Current Context', 'Corruption and Team-Anna Agitation', 'AAP (Aam Aadmi Party) & NaMo (Narendra Modi)', and 'India's Dynacracy, that is, Dynastic Democracy'. An unputdownable, engrossing story of romance, revenge and murder mysteries. A tale that would hook you from the very first paragraph.
દેશી રડવાડાંઓના વિલીનીકરણનો પ્રશ્ન એટલો બધો પેચીદો છે કે તેનું નિરાકરણ માત્ર તમારા જ હાથમાં છે. ગાંધી સરદાર પટેલને બાપુએ કહ્યું છે કે જેઓ રાજકારણમાં હોય તેમની પાસે કોઈપણ પ્રકારની માલ-મિલકત હોવી ન જોઈએ અને મારી પાસે કશું જ નથી. સરદાર પટેલ તે સમયે (1946માં) મને એવું લાગ્યું કે જવાહરલાલ કૉંગ્રેસ અધ્યક્ષ (અને તેથી ભારતના પ્રથમ વડાપ્રધાન) બનવા જોઈએ. મેં મારા પક્ષે શ્રેષ્ઠ નિર્ણય લેવા પ્રયત્ન કર્યો પણ ત્યાર પછી જે રીતે પરિસ્થિતિમાં બદલાવ આવ્યો તે જોઈને મને ભાન થયું કે મારી રાજકીય કારકિર્દીની કદાચ સૌથી મોટી ભૂલ હતી… મારી બીજી ભૂલ એ, કે જ્યારે મેં મને પોતાને ટેકો ન આપવાનું વિચાર્યું ત્યારે મેં સરદાર પટેલને સાથ ન આપ્યો. અબુલ કલામ આઝાદ પટેલ બિસ્માર્ક જેવી આયોજન-ક્ષમતા, ચાણક્ય જેવી તેજ આગેવાની અને દેશમાં એકતા સ્થાપવાની અબ્રાહમ લિંકન જેવી પ્રતિબદ્ધતા ધરાવતા હતા. વી. વી. ગિરી, ભારતના પૂર્વ રાષ્ટ્રપતિ સરદાર એક એવા મહાનુભાવ હતા જે પોતાની તીક્ષ્ણ બુદ્ધિથી સમસ્યાની જડમાં જઈને તેનું સમાધાન શોધી લાવતા. ફ્રેન્ક એન્ટની નહેરુથી તદ્દન વિરુદ્ધ, સરદાર પટેલ સગાવાદથી જોજનો દૂર હતા. આઝાદી પછી સરદારને દિલ્હીમાં હૃદયરોગનો હુમલો આવ્યો હતો અને ડાહ્યાભાઈ - તેમના દીકરા સરદારને મળવા ગયેલા ત્યારે સરદારે તેમની કહેલું, “જ્યાં સુધી હું આ ખુરશી પર છું ત્યાં સુધી મારી મુલાકાત ન લેવી; હું બહુ બીમાર હોઉં કે તમારે મારું બહુ જરૂરી કામ હોય તો જ આવવું. બધા જ પ્રકારના લોકો તમારો સંપર્ક કરશે. ધ્યાન રાખજો.” સરદારના અંગત સચિવ વી. શંકરે લખ્યું છેઃ ‘હૈદરાબાદની પરિસ્થિતિ પરાકાષ્ઠા તરફ આગળ વધી રહી હતી. સરદારના સતત દબાવને કારણે, પંડિત નહેરુ અને રાજાજીનો વિરોધ હોવા છતાંય, હૈદરાબાદ તરફ કૂચ કરવાનો નિર્ણય લેવામાં આવ્યો હતો. નહેરુ અને રાજાજીની અસંમતિના સંદર્ભે સરદારે એવી પ્રતિક્રિયા આપી કે ‘અહિંસાના હિમાયતી (અહીં ગાંધીજી)ની આ બે વિધવાઓ આ પરિસ્થિતિમાં વિલાપ કરી રહી હતી.’’
The book is a comprehensive compedium of all aspects and techniques of software testing meant to educate both the intending buyers of software solutions as well as the software developers. It does not dweell in great depth about the theoritical aspects of Testing but acts as a quick reference. The user agency, particularly the banking industry in which the Author has extensive experience can take advantage of the book to realize the importance of software quality and the enormous efforts that are required to be taken while testing any software before risking its use for its customers
I am a humble but very earnest seeker after truth.Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.--Mahatma Gandhi"It seems presumptuous to pick holes in Gandhi's campaigns and strategies, and appear to belittle a man of epic dimensions, especially when the nationalist mythologies render it sacrilegious to re-evaluate his achievements. Great men of action, who perform great deeds, do commit great mistakes. And there is no harm in pointing these out. In one sense it is a Gandhian duty, as he equated truth with God." --S.S. Gill There is an ocean of books eulogising Gandhi. This book has consciously chosen not to be yet another drop in that ocean. This is also not a 'balanced' book. It does not attempt to offset good with the bad, or vice versa. This book looks hard, but only at the other side."Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained," said the 'Apostle of Truth' Gandhi; and this book looks hard at the truth about Gandhi.This book brings out the fact that most of the Gandhian thoughts and ideas were regressive, backward, irrational, illogical, impractical, and products of faulty comprehension. They were founded on very limited study, and on stubborn egoism born out of 'I know best'. No wonder the 'Mahatma' has no legacy worth the name! Most of his ideas were discarded soon after his death--actually, much before his death: from 1944 onwards he stood sidelined. His only visible relevance that we see today is in 'Swachh Bharat'. True, he advocated cleanliness, but then millions too have been advocating it!It was Gandhi who won us our freedom--so it is claimed. If it were true one would generously ignore all acts of omission and commission, and shortcomings of Gandhi. But, it is not true. Please refer to the chapter 'What Really Led to Freedom?' Gandhi had himself admitted: "I see it as clearly as I see my finger: British are leaving not because of any strength on our part but because of historical conditions and for many other reasons." Most likely, without Gandhi India would have won its freedom, or at least self-government, many years before 1947.Apart from the history of India's freedom struggle, and Gandhi's role in it, this book brings out Gandhi's detailed biography, his beliefs, and the principal aspects of his character and personality.
Far from claiming any credit for achievements of 1942 [Quit India], both Gandhi and the Congress offered apology and explanation for the 'madness' which seized the people participating in it." -Noted historian Dr RC Majumdar "I see it as clearly as I see my finger: British are leaving not because of any strength on our part but because of historical conditions and for many other reasons." -Mahatma Gandhi This book comprehensively covers all the factors that really led to the freedom of India from the British. Chapter-1 covers prominent international timelines, particularly that of World War-I and World War-II, that had major bearings on India's freedom. Chapter-2, a mega chapter, chronologically covers all timelines, events, and developments relevant to the Indian Freedom Movements-revolutionary, constitutional and Gandhian- right since 1600 CE. Chapter-3 covers the three major, once-in-a-decade Gandhian Movements-all of which, unfortunately, were major failures. Chapter-4 covers Netaji Subhas Bose, his INA, and the army mutinies that hugely contributed to winning freedom for India. Chapter-5 evaluates the Gandhian Movement, and compares it with the other freedom movements-revolutionary and constitutional. Chapter-6, the last chapter, analyses in detail 'What Really Led to Freedom'. Ambitious coverage of this book would have required over a thousand pages to do full justice to the topics. However, this project (book) is restricted to presenting a comprehensive yet compressed view of the relevant factors, events and timelines. It is a summarised work deliberately limited to as few pages as possible. www.rkpbooks.com
An unputdownable, engrossing story of romance, revenge and baffling murder mysteries, that takes quirky turns. A tale of tryst with horrendous personal trauma. A novel that would hook you from the very first paragraph.
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