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The Yoga Sutras for Children
What are the Yoga Sutras? Instructions for bearded rishis who lived in the forests of ancient India? Or the complete manual of asanas? Neither! In fact, the text may well have been called 'Maharishi P's Ultimate Handbook of Mind Control', for it is really a set of techniques to help us - all of us - awaken and harness the explosive power of our minds, through our actions, our attitudes and our awareness. And not through asanas? That too, but not in the way you imagined it. In this surprising, sparkling book, Roopa Pai unravels the secrets of Patanjali's compact 2,000-year-old text in ways both fun and accessible. Walk down the well-marked paths into a dazzling world where a whole new version of yourself - self-assured, fearless and free - awaits you.
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Bhagvatgita (भगवद्गीता)
ऐन रणांगणात समोर आप्तस्वकीयांना पाहिल्यावर युद्धापासून परावृत्त होऊ पाहणाऱ्या अर्जुनाला कृष्णाने केलेला उपदेश म्हणजे भगवद्गीता...आज हजारो वर्षांनंतरही ही गीता जीवन कसं जगावं याचं मार्गदर्शन करते आहे...हे मार्गदर्शन सगळ्यांपर्यंत पोचवणे हा उद्देश आहे...गीता सांगते...आपल्या सद्सद्विवेकबुद्धीशी बोला...जे काही आहे, ते आपल्यामध्ये आहे आणि ते कधीही नष्ट पावत नाही(आत्मा)...कोणतंही काम मनापासून करा...काम-क्रोधावर नियंत्रण ठेवा...सन्मार्गाची कास धरा...श्रद्धा ठेवा...जबाबदारी घ्या...समानतेने वागा...स्वत:ला शिस्त लावा...ध्येयाचा पाठपुरावा करा...चांगला माणूस म्हणून जगा...स्वभावधर्माशी मैत्री करा... इ. मुद्दे या पुस्तकात उदाहरणांसह स्पष्ट केले आहेत...आवश्यक तिथे चित्रांचीहीR जोड दिली आहे...त्यामुळे हे पुस्तक सगळ्यांसाठीच खऱ्या अर्थाने मार्गदर्शक असं आहे.
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So You Want to Know About Economics
"If you never had the time to plow through dreary Economics textbooks, but still want a flavor of its key concepts, illustrated with examples from daily life, this is the book for you. Raghuram Rajan, former Governor, Reserve Bank of India. Why doesnt the government simply print more money so that everyone has enough? Who decides that seventy Indian rupees equal one American dollar? How do you figure out what to price a glass of lemonade at the Diwali mela? Are economists really as boring as they look? For answers to these and other mystifying questions, look no further than this fun book!
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The Gita For Children
Roopa Pai is a computer engineer who always knew she was going to write for children. She is the author of Taranauts, India’s first complete fantasy-adventure series for children, and has several other published books to her credit. She brings together three other loves – history, working with young people, and her home town Bengaluru – in her day job as a guide with BangaloreWalks, a history and heritage walks and tours company. She is currently hard at work trying to earn the right to this epitaph: She was often content.