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Corruption How To Deal With Its Impact On Buss. &
Corrupt behavior is causing problems for our communities, not because laws are weak or because we are insufficiently diligent, but because it is so pervasive. While most noticeable in government and business, corruption is also found among religious organizations, non-profit groups, sports teams and individual families. Because corrupt behavior is not restricted to illegal activities, it hampers society s progress whenever rules are bent, boundaries are trespassed and standards are lowered. Although no culture in history has yet ended corruption, this book shows how its impact and spread can be effectively limited by adopting new attitudes and approaches for its control. Some topics and quotes from corruption the difficulty of defining corruption the fact that corruption is sometimes hard to discern does not make it any less despicable or suggest that it needs to be eradicated from society any less diligently. Why corruption continues to grow when incentives money, position, rewards are high enough and the chance of detection or the level of punishment low enough, corruption abounds. The solution to corruption a complete cure for corruption is probably a fantasy; controlling [it] to the point of limiting the damage it does to society seems very possible. Take this quiz do you think corruption taints this situation you have two cows. You do an initial public offering. You force the two cows to produce the milk of four. One cow drops dead. Not to worry. You tell the brokers you have downsized to reduce expenses. Your stock goes up. Was your statement to the brokers an act of corruption yes? No?.
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The Politics Of Meaning Restoring Hope And Possibi
Drawing on ideas presented in the Bible, Jewish teachings, and his experience as a psychotherapist, Lerner examines the roots of the vague discontent felt by so many Americans about our political system and explains how values can be put back into these broken politics.
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We The People
Nani A. Palkhivala's name is a byword in India's legal world. A man of many and varied parts, he has crossed with ease the law's narrow confines and has gone beyond into numerous other fields. Palkhivala discusses many subjects - education and democracy; economic growth and social justice; socialism and taxation; crucial constitutional issues and memorable judgements; personalities and the law; nuclear proliferation and apartheid; and his experiences as the Ambassador of India to the U.S.A.
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40 Minutes With God
Prayer and a strong faith in God are the keys to our healing in this world and he next. 40 Minutes with God will help you with both. Harold G. Koenig MD Author of best seller "The Healing Power of Faith" Dr. Vinod Nigam's splendid book is a window onto the medicine of the future. -Larry Dossey, MD, Dallas, Texas, USA Author of Healing Words and The Power of Premonitions ???you sound like me. I know several patients who prayed or left their troubles to god and healed their cancers. -Bernic Siegel, MD, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Author of Love, Medicine and Miracles Prayer has tremendous power to heal. Dr. V.K. Nigam, a surgeon, prays to alleviate his patient's sufferings and cure them of chronic illnesses. In 40 Minutes With God, he shares his meditation techniques and shows how spirituality can breach the boundaries that limit traditiional medicine. He does not rely on his skills with the scalpel alone, he prays for his patients. He is one of the few Indian doctors who has a medical technique patent to his name, that is "Window Operation" for Hydrocele. The Times of India Dr. Vinod Kumar Nigam, a laparoscopic surgeon prays for his patients for forty minutes every morning and has found it quite fruitful. He is not alone as researchers substantiate the belief that prayers possess miraculous powers. Hindustan Times This is really a how-to-book that goes beyond talking about spirituality and prayer and tells you how to make science and spirituality a part of your life. The two concepts are not at war, but actually complement each other. Mankind can truly progress only when spirituality and science learn to co-exist. Science and spirituality are both essential for one's well being. Examples mentioned in the course of this book are real case histories, but names of those involved have been changed to keep their identites confidential. These are meant to open the connecting door between spirituality and science for the reader. Prayer is a universal phenomenon and advocat
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The Guru Of Joy Sri Sri Ravi Shankar And The Art O
This is the authorised biography of one of the founders of the international Art of Living Foundation, with centers in over 140 countries. This insightful volume offers you hitherto unpublished material about his childhood, his adolescence and growth. Read about his organization, the Healing Breath Workshop he has devised, and the Sudershan Kriya.
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Vedantic Truth Revealed
Vedanta is the end of Vedas - Veda meaning knowledge (to know), and anta means the end. What is life? What is death? What is the reality of pain and pleasure, truth and God.
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Shyam Benegal
Shyam Benegal is one of the most prolific contemporary filmmakers from India's New Cinema'. From his first film Ankur (1974) through to Zubeidaa (2000), he has explored the contradictions and tensions of a society in rapid transition, with a unique focus on the female protagonist. Sangeeta Datta's book traces his career with its beginnings in political cinema an a realist aesthetic. It shows how the struggles of the dispossessed and marginalised in Indian society find expression in films as diverse as Nishant, Bhumika, Mandi, Suraj Ka Satwan Ghoda and Kalyug. It traces Bengal's work with some of the biggest names in Indian cinema - Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Govind Nihalani and, more recently, Karishma Kapoor and A.R. Rahman - developing a style and ethos uniquely his. It also explains how the director's work presents both a stark contrast to Bollywood and yet contains creative continuities with commercial cinema and his distinguished predecessor Satyahit Ray. Perhaps no other director has come close to painting such a compelling and vivid portrait of modern India.
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History Of The Jews
In this critically acclaimed book, Paul Johnson delves deep into the 4,000-year history of the Jews: a race of awe-inspiring endurance, steadfast homogeneity and loyalty and, above all, the belief that history has a purpose and humanity a destiny. With exacting precision and enthusiasm, Paul Johnson has mapped the lives of these people from their early ancestors in the House of David, through great periods of creativity and enterprise, alienation in the ghettos, Adolf Hitler's obsession to obliterate the race, up until the present day. This book is a powerful argument about the nature of Jewish genius, its strengths and contradictions, which brilliantly presents the entire Jewish phenomenon. It makes incisive though-provoking sense of the whole.
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Sri Aurobindo For All Ages A Biography
A biography suitable for young as well as mature readers, sprinkled with wit & humour & written in an intimate style characteristic of a biographer who has had years of close, personal contact with Sri Aurobindo.
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Press And Media The Global Dimensions
Book Summary of Press And Media: The Global Dimensions Newspapers and journals have proved that setellite television and the telecommunications revolution have actually susbtantiated and reinforced the permanence of the printed word. The present publication serves to profile the international perspectives of the press and the media in a reading for both students and scribes, mass media professionals as well as journalists. About Author : Suhas Chakravarty (b. 150) obtained a Master's degree in Sociology from the University of Delhi and a Post-graduate diploma in creative arts from the J.J. School of Arts, Mumbai. He has taught film and television courses as well as communications and journalism students for over twelve years. He has written widely for professional communications journals and has also conducted workshops in folk and folk arts film production for several film and television academies. He is co-owner of Nexus Films, which have produced over thirty short films and documentaries for national networks. Contents : Preface Newspapers and the Process of Choice Journalistic Freedom and Ethics of Choice News Values and Reporters' Dilemma Merits and Drawbacks of Full Crime Reporting Newspaper Readership: Surveys and Polls Government and the Media World Press: Focus and Direction Journalims and Challenges of Change Media in Russian Context Press and Journalism in Asia and Pacific Minority Press and Democratic Dynamic: A Profile of Urdu Press in India American Press: New Challenges Home of Printed Word: Press in Germany Note on Functions of the Press Management and Structure of Japanese Newspapers Appendix Index
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Byline
Byline anthologizes MJ Akbar’s finest writings over the last decade, bringing together essays that reflect the author’s versatility and range. The book is divided into six seamless sections, each with its own identity, which are woven together by MJ Akbar’s delectably informal prose. The writings reflect the author’s interest in such diverse topics as travel, politics, history, cricket among others.
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Sri Aurobindo And The New Age Essays In Memory Of
'Sri Aurobindo and the New Age' is a volume of essays in memory of Professor Kishor Gandhi. Divided into five parts, the festschrift brings together extracts from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, essays on the vision of Sri Aurobindo by eminent exponents, reminiscences of Kishor Gandhi by students, colleagues and admirers, reviews of Professor Gandhi's work and finally extracts from some of the best of Kishor Gandhi.
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Creating Your Own Destiny How To Get Exactly What
Put your own fate exactly where it belongs-in your hands It is one of the great questions of life. Its a simple question, really, but it seems impossible for many to answer: Do we control our own destinies? 90 percent of people think and act as if their destiny is foreordained, while only about 10 percent believe in the capacity to change and act on it. Creating Your Own Destiny explains and demonstrates to the majority how to dream, plan, and execute a better future-despite the challenges of the economy and life circumstances. Based on time-honored principles, theories, and case studies Provides a Success Road Map for all those people who are seeking to achieve success but who aren't satisfied with their careers. Written in an easy and accessible tone by Patrick Snow, who has been dubbed "the Dean of Destiny" With the powerful and practical tools featured in this essential guide, you'll find yourself newly empowered and energized to achieve extraordinary results.
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How To Change The World
What business entrepreneurs are to the economy, social entrepreneurs are to social change. They are, writes David Bornstein, the driven, creative individuals who question the status quo, exploit new opportunities, refuse to give up--and remake the world for the better. How to Change the World tells the fascinating stories of these remarkable individuals--many in the United States, others in countries from Brazil to Hungary--providing an In Search of Excellence for the nonprofit sector. In America, one man, J.B. Schramm, has helped thousands of low-income high school students get into college. In South Africa, one woman, Veronica Khosa, developed a home-based care model for AIDS patients that changed government health policy. In Brazil, Fabio Rosa helped bring electricity to hundreds of thousands of remote rural residents. Another American, James Grant, is credited with saving 25 million lives by leading and 'marketing' a global campaign for immunization. Yet another, Bill Drayton, created a pioneering foundation, Ashoka, that has funded and supported these social entrepreneurs and over a thousand like them, leveraging the power of their ideas across the globe. These extraordinary stories highlight a massive transformation that is going largely unreported by the media: Around the world, the fastest-growing segment of society is the nonprofit sector, as millions of ordinary people--social entrepreneurs--are increasingly stepping in to solve the problems where governments and bureaucracies have failed. How to Change the World shows, as its title suggests, that with determination and innovation, even a single person can make a surprising difference. For anyone seeking to make a positive mark on the world, this will be both an inspiring read and an invaluable handbook.
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Built For Growth Expanding Your Business Around Th
If there's one thing that's consistent in today's business world, it's rapid change. So how do you not only stay steady but actually grow'and quickly enough to stay safely ahead of your competitors? Built for Growth delivers specific solutions to create a brand and presence that generates true customer passion, as you lay a solid foundation for long-term success. Author Arthur Rubinfeld was a major driver in Starbucks' unprecedented retail expansion from 100 stores to more than 4000-- and its transformation into one of the world's most recognized brands. Here he draws on his singular expertise to present a proven, holistic approach to conceiving, designing, and executing your business plan: creating exciting concepts, growing them to fruition in local markets, expanding rapidly, and keeping your brand fresh and relevant as it matures. His revolutionary approach to business strategy embodies strong personal values, promotes exceptional creativity, leverages scientific methodology in finance and market analysis, and brings it all together with 'old-time' customer service.
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The Gandhi Reader A Sourcebook Of His Life And Wri
The Gandhi Reader collects the significant writings by and about Mahatma Gandhi, culled form 500 volumes, newspapers, and magazines. Here is Gandhi in his own words and those of his closest associates, including selections from his autobiography; descriptions of Gandhi by Romain Rollard, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rabindranath Tagore, Louis Fischer; Gandhi's letters to Roosevelt, Hitler, Chiang Kai-shek; and many of his most famous addresses.
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Brushes With History An Autobiography
Krishna Kumar Birla (1918-2008) was the chairman of several companies in areas as diverse as textiles, sugar, engineering, shipping, fertilizers and information technology. He was also the chairperson of HT Media, which publishes the Hindustan Times, an English daily with the largest circulation in north India, besides newspapers and magazines in Hindi. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha for three successive terms from 1984 to 2002, served on several committees of Parliament and was on the central board of the State Bank of India and ICICI. He was appointed twice, in 1980 and 2004, as a member of the National Integration Council chaired by the prime minister. Born in Pilani, a village in Rajasthan, in 1918, K.K. Birla got a bachelor's degree (honours) from Lahore University in 1939, and in 1997 was conferred the degree of Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) by Pondicherry University. He was chairman/chancellor of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. He set up the K.K. Birla Foundation, which confers annual awards for excellence in literature, scientific research, Indian philosophy, art and culture and sports. He also established the K.K. Birla Academy, which undertakes research on scientific, historical and cultural subjects
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Atheist Manifesto The Case Against Christianity Ju
This hugely controversial work demonstrates convincingly how the world’s three major monotheistic religions—Christianity, Judaism, and Islam—have attempted to suppress knowledge, science, pleasure, and desire, condemning nonbelievers often to death. Not since Nietzsche has a work so groundbreaking and explosive questioned the role of the world’s three major monotheistic religions. If Nietzsche proclaimed the death of God, Onfray insists that not only is God still very much alive but also increasingly controlled by fundamentalists who pose a danger to the nature of human morality. Documenting the ravages of religious intolerance over the centuries, the author makes a strong case against the three religions for their obsession with purity and their contempt for reason and intelligence, individual freedom, desire, and the human body, as well as their disdain for women, sexuality, and pleasure. In their place, all three demand faith and belief, obedience and submission, extolling the “next life” to the detriment of the here and now. Tightly argued, this is a work that is sure to stir debate on the role of religion in American society—and politics.