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Balasaheb Kher (बाळासाहेब खेर)
एक सज्जन मुख्यमंत्री... बालासाहेब खेर हे मुंबई राज्याचे लोकप्रिय सरकारचे पाहिले मुख्यमंत्री होते.
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Gandhi - A Spiritual Journey
Beginning with his childhood and early years in South Africa, Gandhi: A Spiritual Journey explores the search for truth and the spiritual transformation of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Influenced by western thought in his youth, Gandhi underwent a deep inner conflict that drew him to the study of comparative religion. His experiments with spiritual ideas, derived from a living faith in God, led him to propagate the principles of ahimsa and satyagraha. Gandhi was as much in politics as he was in search of God and the desire for God-realisation was the mainspring of all his actions, both political and social. Could Gandhi have internalised his quest for God and still remained a leader of the masses? What is Gandhi's spiritual legacy that continues to inspire so many leaders across cultures? Can Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence address the ills of today's strife-torn world? This book examines Gandhi's spiritual ideology and traces his life-long journey in quest of truth that led him to conclude that Truth is God.
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Corruption And the Lokpal Bill
Its recent times there has been outrage at the brazen corruption, impunity and economic imbalance in our society. It has been marked by an expression of public anger against those in power. The Lokpal movement has seen, for the first time, India's people on the streets, in the courts, and inside the Parliament, working man issue that aims to make India a better place. The middle classes, so far fairly silent on the episodes of corruption, have become Incite outspoken. If corruption has to be tackled effectively; a lot depends on the pressure that the people are able to bring to beacon the political class. This book takes a look at corruption from the times of Kautilya and traces its history in our times. It assesses the journey of a measure intended to fight corruption and what happens to it in the power play of politics. Which way will this go? The Lokpal movement is just the beginning. Are we, as responsible citizens, fully aware of what the struggle against corruption involves? The outcome of this struggle concerns us all. Are we doing enough to cage the monster of corruption ? Or will we let it continue to overwhelm us with its sheer size and brutal presence? About The Author M. V. Kamath eminent writer, columnist and journalist, is the author of over 45 books. Born in 1921, he started his career in journalism in 1946. He was the correspondent at the United Nations for the Press Trust of India, and in Bonn. Paris and Washington for the Times of India. He was also editor of free press Journal and later of the Illustrated Weekly of India. A prolific writer, Mr. Kamath is the author of numerous biographes and books , which include The pursuit of Excellence, B.G. Kher: The Gentleman premier, sai Baba of shirdi: A Unique Saint, and Nani A. Palkbirala: A life. In 2004, Mr. Kamath was awarded the padma Bhushan by the Government of India. He has been given a D.Lit. (Honris Causa) by Mangalore University in 2007. He has been chairman of Vigyan Prasar. He was chairman of Prasar Bharathi, and is currently honorary director of the Manipal Institute of Communications. He lives in Manipal,Karnataka. Gayatri Pagdi is a full-time writer, translator, editor and professional ghostwriter of books. A published author in the UK, her work has also been included in The South Asian Literary Review brought out by the University of Pittsburgh, USA, as promising contemporary south Asian writer and poet. She has received an acknowledgment front the prestigious Sahitya Akademi in India. Pagdi has worked on several biographies of historical and spiritual figures as also books on Indian culture, belief and history. Her areas of interest are culture & history; anthropology of belief and practices and the esoterics. She is based in Mumbai.
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Jaico Book of Baby Names
Naming a child is an art by itself. The more culturally sophisticated the parents, the more fanciful would be the names they pick up for their children. Jaico Book of Baby Names is an exercise in getting down to names. It is the first book of its kind which provides the etymology of words and gives brief biographical sketches of individuals who bear distinguished names. Invaluable to every home where eternal problem of naming a new arrival arises. This book contains over five thousand names arranged alphabetically and phonetically.
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Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi, chief minister of Gujarat, is one of the most misunderstood chief ministers that India has seen ever since Independence. He has frequently been criticised following the torching of the coaches of the Sabarmati Express at Godhra and the riots that occurred as a result. The book encapsulates the journey of this man from the time when he was an RSS pracharak, always ready and willing to give up power to serve his country. By channelising government revenue and understanding the landscape and people of Gujarat more closely, Modi has made a place in the hearts of many. The book traces Narendra Modi’s career and the manner in which he has turned the state into India’s number one industrial state in the bare space of about half-a-decade.