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1857 – The Real Story Of The Great Uprising

1857 The Real Story Of The Great Uprising is a first hand account of India's First War of Independence. In 1857, a mutiny by the sepoys of the East India Company lead to the dissolution of the organization, and India came to be governed by the British crown. This book is Vishnu Bhatt Godshe Versaikar’s eye-witness account of the 1857 war. Bhatt, a poor Marathi Brahmin boy, travels to the north with his uncle to make a living by performing in religious rituals. However, the two of them are absolutely unaware of the bloody revolution unfolding in the rest of India. Expecting to face the usual travel issues like bad accommodation, pick pocketing, diarrhea, and bad roads, the Brahmins are shocked to learn that the army is planning a revolt over the use of cartridges greased with cow and pig fat. They try their best to steer clear of clashes, but are caught up in the Bundelkhand rising, and Rani Lakshmi Bai’s fight to defend Jhansi. 1857 The Real Story Of The Great Uprising, writing in the form of a travelogue, tells the tale of ordinary people caught in the middle of complex situations. The simple language used makes it easy to understand the author’s experiences. This book is not burdened with statistics and dates, thus giving readers an opportunity to understand the 1857 revolt from a new perspective. Bhatt’s stories are not what is found in official records or textbooks, instead it is a vibrant account of his first hand experiences of one of India’s most historic years. 1857 The Real Story Of The Great Uprising was written in Marathi, and titled Majhaa Pravaas- 1857 Chya Bandachi Hakikat. It was published in 1903, four years after the death of Bhatt. It has now been translated into English by Mrinal Pande, who deserves credit for having made Bhatt’s travelogue reachable to a much larger audience. She has also added the fascinating tale behind the publication of this book.

25 Strokes of Kindness

Witnessing an act of kindess will always warm any person's heart. This book collects twenty five chosen stories, with an act of kindness worth telling.

The Backbenchers - 3 Days of Summer

Ananya has never been to Summer camp before and that's exactly what school seems to be offering this time. And not just that they are offered the chance to undergo a hands on workshop with India's leading authority on digital photography. Natasha eager to rediscover herself, signs up too. The boys join in on the fun and the expedition is led by a young, vibrant new teacher. They come across two new pals. A dusky brainy-nerdy-rebel girl from Ooty and an up-top performer from Doon. But things never are what they appear to be and it soon turns out that their teacher has her own hidden agenda behind the workshop. An eccentric genius photographer tries to play the kids against each other and they find themselves square in the face of danger, in a tropical rainforest, nonetheless. In the midst of that action, Yuvraj and Ananya cross a new threshold in their relationship. Will it last? Will they prove their mettle when their ability to work as a team is questioned? Join the unbeatable, indomitable backbenchers in a trip right across the country and gaze into the wild through their docile, yet remarkably vivid lenses.

A School Counsellor's Diary

A School Counsellors Diary aims to bridge the gap in the modern Indian parent-adolescent relationship. Aimed at parents and written in an easy-to-understand style, with numerous reallife examples, this book illustrates the genuine problems faced by modern adolescents in the classroom, family sphere and wider world. Presented through thirty-four case studies spanning a wide range of problems faced by the new generation, the book includes seldomspoken- about issues such as masturbation, homosexuality, sexual abuse, self-cutting and even attempted suicide. A School Counsellors Diary guides parents towards imparting the skills and confidence that adolescents need to protect themselves in the new world. Each chapter gently eases the reader into a new issue through anecdotes, stories and even technical knowledge presented in an easy-to-understand way. Once the reader is familiar with the topic, several case studies are reproduced as if the author and the reader are sharing a chat over coffee. Written in the first person, the accounts are refreshingly compelling because they are presented as honest, easy-toread conversational transcripts as they happened without the frills of text-bookish or technical language. They show the pain behind various problems, their manifestation and ultimately, how the problem was solved/handled through weeks or months of counselling. Each chapter ends with a list of red flags to watch out for and possible courses of action to follow in case of problems. Since there is no preaching narrative or one-size-fits-all recommendations, it is hoped that discerning parents will use the book to understand the pitfalls facing their adolescents and initiate a better connection.

The One You Cannot Have

How long does it take to heal a broken heart? Can you ever forget that one perfect relationship you had? Anjali knows who she wants, she wants Aman. Aman too knows who he wants, he wants Shruti. Shruti and Aman were once inseparable. Theirs was a love that would last forever and more. Then, out of the blue, Shruti left Aman. A devastated Aman moved abroad in the hope of forgetting Shruti and to heal. Shruti married Rishabh. Now Aman is back in India and looking for a fresh start. But he is still haunted by memories of his love. Can he ever break free from it? His head tells him to move on, to find love with Anjali, but his heart wont listen. No matter what he does, Shrutis shadow looms large. Can there be a happily-ever-after for any of them? A straight-from-the-heart modern-day romance of unrequited love, of complicated relationships and about moving on when you realise that there will always be the one you cannot have.

The Secret Hero

From Rhonda Byrne, creator of the international bestselling movie and book, The Secret, comes Hero, her latest world-changing project and the most important to date. Hero brings together the wisdom and insight of twelve of the most successful people living in the world today. By following their seemingly impossible journeys to success, Hero reveals that each of us was born with everything we need to live our greatest dream and that by doing so we will fulfill our mission and literally change the world. No matter where you are in your life today, no matter what age you are, it is never too late to follow your dream. And when you do, you will make the greatest discovery any human being can make the discovery of who you really are and why you are here. Once, there was a hero.

Past Perfect To Aditi

Cricketer Anna Varughese was only four when she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, a serious chronic abdominal disease. From then on, her life was dominated by severe food restrictions, doctors and hospitals. Despite all that, encouraged by her incredibly strong mother, Anna never gave up. She went on to do her MBA, marry her college mate and best friend TC and have a daughter, Aditi. When Anna was thirty one came a grim verdict, her liver was so badly damaged that a transplant was her only hope of survival. By 2002, Anna, who had spent nine months in a small London apartment with her mother, waiting for a donor, had almost given up hope. It was then that Past Perfect took shape. If she couldnt live to tell Aditi the tale, Anna was determined that her daughter would still read her story that of a wonderful past and an ordinary but lovely life. Here is that captivating story, full of humour and laughter, of a Kerala childhood packed with family, cousins playing ever ending games, gatherings around tables groaning with food and celebrations of weddings, festivals and ordinary days with equal gusto. Anna found her donor in September 2002. Her refusal to let the disease define her or destroy her love for life, will bring hope to anyone faced with a life threatening condition and to their families who fight the battle with them.

A White Trail :A Journey Into The Heart Of Pakista

he formation of Pakistan and the search for an Islamic identity are inextricably interlinked, says journalist Haroon Khalid. Of the wider issue of global politics, he reasons, the rise of Islamic fundamentalism has been a side effect. And religious intolerance places the minority communities of the country in a precarious position. They have to come to terms with a rapidly changing situation. A White Trail is an ethnographic study of these communities and the changes they are having to face. At a time when almost all accounts of religious minorities in the country focus on the persecution and discrimination they experience, A White Trail delves deeper into their lives, using the occasion of religious festivals to gain a deeper insight into the psyche of Pakistani Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Zoroastrians and Bahais. It seeks to understand, through the oral testimonies of the members of these communities, larger socio-political issues arising from the situation. A White Trail originally began as a series of newspaper articles written by Lahore - based Haroon Khalid for Pakistans widely - circulated weekly, The Friday Times.

Skyserpents

One day they were here and the next day they were gone. The world is in great danger. Kali, the powerful god, has a new weapon the deadly Skyserpents and the avatar, Bilal and his twin, Anya are the only ones who can save Earth from complete destruction. Hope exists; and if they succeed, more than one world can be saved. In the second book of The Wordkeepers Trilogy, the twins journey takes them from the prison towers of Vishasha to Victorian London to the idyllic world of Alkapuri, where Anya learns a staggering secret.

Ramayan 3392 AD (Volume - 2)

A story thousands of years in the making. A re-imagining of one of the greatest tales ever. Retold in the post-apocalyptic future. Mankind has been devastated and in its wake the monstrous being Ravan and his dark hordes threaten to wipe out what little is left of humanity. But hope is alive in the form of mighty warrior Prince Ram. Along with his brother Lakshman and the lovely Seeta, daughter of Mother Earth, Rama sets out on a perilous journey to end Ravans bloody grip on the world. Ramayan 3392 AD is an epic adventure which has been called Indias answer to Lord of the Rings by the Times of India and features a surreal cast of fantastical creatures and spectacular battles, all within an astonishing quest to save humanity from a darker evil that the world has ever encountered before.

Around The World With The Tadka Girls

From the bylanes of Shanghai to the farmers markets of Santa Monica, Ranjini Rao & Ruchira Ramanujam have been there, done that and picked up a motley of aromas, tastes and inspirations for their culinary experiments over the years. Around the World with The Tadka Girls is a diary of the authors culinary travels and experiments together, recorded and fine-tuned after several trials and errors. It brings to you fresh, imaginative recipes, inspired by innumerable culinary quests and experiments in different cuisines, all blended with the inimitable Indian Tadka style of the authors own kitchens. Ranging from breakfast options that borrow flavours from Mexican kitchens and American B&B spreads, to soups and salads that smack of Polish and tropical tastes, the book conveys a world of flavours and unexpected quirky tastes. The Tadka authors own signature dishes will transport you to train journeys of yore and visits to summer fairs, while their cakes and bakes are inspired by classic French and Mediterranean recipes. Every recipe is accompanied by real-life stories, be they visits to a school potluck, or a drive down a wine trail in a Midwestern American town. The authors share these intimate moments, as well as the fruits of their labours, for you to savour and serve to your families, much as they have been doing for years.

The Monkeys And The Mango Tree

The Mahabharata Secret

244 BC Asoka the Great discovers an ancient and terrible secret a secret buried deep in the Mahabharata a secret that could destroy the world, a secret hidden away for over 2300 years. Present day a retired nuclear scientist is murdered. He leaves only e mails with clues for his nephew. He and his friends follow a trail through ciphers and 2000 year old ruins. Pursued by powerful dark forces, caught between the secrets of the past and the intrigues of the present, can they unravel the mystery before an unspeakable horror is unleashed on the world.

The Science of Getting Rich

In his bestelling book D.Wattles explains that "universal mind" underlies and permeates all creation. Through the process of visulization, we can engage the law of attraction impressing our thoughts upon "formless substace" and bringing the desireed object or circumstances into material form. The author emphasizes the critical importance of attitude: only by aligning ourselves with positive forces of natural law can we again unlimited access to the creative mind and its abundant rewards.

Cooking Italian Food in India

Chef Roberta has lived in India for seventeen years, working in restaurants in Manali where she quickly became the stuff of legend amongst travellers to the region. The Italian food that she serves is light and healthy and what make her dishes so special are the use of local ingredients and her understanding of the Indian palate, which she so successfully combines with her own culinary upbringing in Naples, where spice and fresh ingredients play a huge role. Now, in Cooking Italian Food in India, Roberta has put together the recipes that make her restaurant such a success. The book combines a range of appetisers, soups, sauces, main dishes and desserts. It also includes her tips on how to use herbs, choosing the right pasta for a sauce and the best wine to pair with your dish. A fabulous, easy-to-follow guide to making Italian food in India.

Devi

Between the divine and the diabolical, there is . . . The power of the Goddess is unrivalled. Forged by the strength of the Gods, Devi retains a force meant to bring balance among Gods and men. But the current Devi incarnate s different. Her female host, Tara Mehta, is still alive and struggles to comprehend the awesome responsibility she now faces. Humanity is threatened by the fallen Lord Bala and salvation rests in the hands of a Goddess-torn in two. Devi wields the power of the Gods, as well as the virtue that makes the female entity so distinct, yet so vulnerable: compassion. The Divine and the Diabolical collide in an epic battle, culminating in a night of reckoning in Devi: Samarva, the exciting sequel to the premier volume!

Let the Old Dreams Die

A woman finds a dead body and decides to keep it for herself; a customs officer has a mysterious gift that enables her to see what others hide; and a woman believes he know how to deceive death. These are the products of John Ajvide Lindqvist's rich imagination. They are about love and death and what we do when the two collide and monsters emerge.

Maya's Revenge

Wacky, witty, zippy and playful, yet also sharply knowing and well observed, Mayas Revenge reads like the wayward love child of an unholy three-way clinch between Indiana Jones, Shobhaa De and James Tod, trained in courtly arts by Vatsyayana then sent to a polo-playing finishing school by Jilly Cooper. Its a law unto itself, completely unpredictable and the greatest fun.William Dalrymple When the young orphan Bindy enters the palace of oil-rich Sheerpur as personal assistant to Princess Riddhima, she is entranced and repulsed by the glamorous lives of twenty-first-century royalty, with their vast privileges and gleaming excesses, their swanky cars and priceless jewels, and retinues of obsequious, immoral servitors.Conspiracy theorist Adam Addison introduces Bindy to the legend of an ancient order of beautiful assassin yoginis who, it seems, have been contracted to murder the crown prince, Riddhiraj. This handsome rake, whose seductions are as numerous as they are uncaring, has nevertheless cast a thrall over hapless Bindy, and stars prominently in her erotic dreams ...Set in an India that is a federation of princely and republican states, where khadi-clad politicians conspire with glittering princes, and khaki-clad policemen chase vaporous assassins, Mayas Revenge is a dark fantasy shot through with the piquancy of political drama.

Insurgent

I have done bad things. I can’t take them back, and they are part of who I am. Tris has survived a brutal attack on her former home and family. But she has paid a terrible price. Wracked by grief and guilt, she becomes ever more reckless as she struggles to accept her new future. Yet if Tris wants to uncover the truth about her world, she must be stronger than ever … because more shocking choices and sacrifices lie ahead.

Richer Than God

Richer Than God is an authoritative, emotional, provocative account of Manchester Citys takeover by Sheikh Mansour, culminating in their remarkable last minute Premier League title victory in May 2012. By placing the clubs extraordinary current rise in the wider context of its patchy modern history, this is also the story of English footballs transformation from the battlegrounds of the 1980s to todays moneyed, seated, global entertainment. Conn is led to question the very nature of football clubs and being a supporter, the underlying values and running of what used to be called the peoples game. A labour of love, this powerfully told account of Manchester Citys fall and rise, based on meticulous research over many years, and exclusive access and interviews with key figures, is written in the gripping, revelatory style Conn has made his trademark.

The Winds of Hastinapur

My hair is white and thin, now. In a few moons, the Goddess will claim me and I do not have a fresh young virgin by my side to absorb my knowledge and take my place once I am gone. The Mysteries of Ganga and her sight will vanish with me and the great river will become nothing more than a body of life lesswater. It is my intention, therefore to tell you the story as it happened, as I saw it happen. The Mahabharata is the story of women, even though men have focused far too much on the Great Battle. It is women who have set events in motion, guided the action and measured the men. The Winds of Hastinapur begins at the point that Ganga was cursed and sent to Earth. She lives among the mortals and bears Shantanu, the King of Hastinapur, seven children, all of whom she kills. With the eighth, she leaves. That boy, who returns to Earth, will prove to be the key to the future of Hastinapur. The story, as told through the lives of his mother ganga and step mother Satyavati, is violent, fraught with conflict and touched with magic. A lady of the river who has no virgin daughter to carry on her legacy, Celestials who partake of a mysterious lake they guard with their very lives, sages overcome by lust, a randy fisher princess these and other characters lend a startling new dimension to a familiar tale. Sharath Komarraju does not retell the epic as rewrite it.

Being Me

After - Noon Girl : My Khushwant Memoirs

A brief encounter between a young gynaecologist and aspiring writer and one of the most celebrated and enigmatic authors of her time sows the seeds for an unusual friendship which is fuelled as much by their meetings over a few dacades as the letters and ribald jokes they exchange. Afternoon Girl celebrates a friendship that swings between love and loathing, adoration and indifference, support and abandonment, but stood the test of time and circumstances. It looks back on a world where nurturing a friendship took much more effort than putting fingers to screen or keyboard, she shares with him her most intimate secrets, he writes to her about his preoccupation with growing old and possibly infirm. With disarming honesty, the book builds and busts a few myths and offers unexpected insights into Khushwant Singh: good and sometimes ill-humoured mentor, garrulous yet grumply friend and saintly but outspoken old man. About Author Amrinder Bajaj is currently a gynaecologist with AIIMS Hospital, New Delhi. She writes in her capacity as a gynaecologist and has several columns, short stories and books to her credit.

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