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Behind A Billion Screens

What is happening to India's television industry? How is it adapting to the rapid changes in the country? And what does India's television programming tell us about the state of the nation? Television touches almost everyone. It is rapidly expanding and becoming socially ever-more powerful, but is simultaneously facing a crisis of credibility. In Behind a Billion Screens, Nalin Mehta looks closely at how television works in India, how TV channels make their money or not and what this means for the cacophony that appears on our screens. Given that television is a strategically vital social gateway for power, he also probes the ownership of television networks politicians, corporations, real-estate tycoons and tells us why this matters. Based on extensive research and wide-ranging conversations with industry leaders, channel heads, policy makers and politicians, this is a comprehensive report on the state of the Indian television industry, how it is shape shifting in response to the ferment of mobiles and social media and its vital role in the wider Indian story. Everybody watches television, everybody has an opinion on it and everybody claims to have solutions, but Mehta brings new research and understanding to illuminate a topic that often raises a lot of heat and smoke but little light.

The 13th Disciple

The New York Times bestselling author of Buddha and Jesus weaves together masterful storytelling, historical narrative, mystery and intrigue, to reveal surprising discoveries about the unknown last disciple of Christ, offering a new understanding of who Jesus really was in his final days. A missing nun, a distressed young woman who wants to take back an obituary from the local newspaper and a solid gold reliquary missing from a church in Belgium that suddenly resurfaces in America. These are the ingredients that set off Deepak Chopra's new novel, The 13th Disciple. When a young newspaper man begins to investigate the lost reliquary, at first it seems like another case of a treasure stolen during the chaos of World War II. But it soon becomes apparent that much more is at stake. Inside the medieval reliquary is a sacred relic - a single finger bone - from an anonymous saint. Why should an anonymous person's remains be considered holy? It turns out that a secret is hidden inside the gold box and a small band of people know what it is - by touching the reliquary, they have received mental images and sometimes verbal messages. These point to a figure far more remote than the Middle Ages. It's a young girl who had a chance encounter with Jesus just before he was crucified. The few people who have had visions of her have banded together as a mystery school, a closed society who preserve sacred wisdom so that it won't be lost. As The 13th Disciple unfolds, we discover that the secrets inside the reliquary are at once fascinating and controversial, because the young girl went on a quest to discover who Jesus really was and the answers she came up with are at times far different from the accepted gospels. Did she become the last and truest disciple of Christ?

In Search Of Freedom

In search of freedom is a journey through India, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Burma searching for the forgotten freedom fighters of India. Sagari Chhabra's travels across these regions and her encounters, reveal what it means to be oppressed and what true freedom implies. Both personal and political, historical and contemporary, the author's intrepid excursions across the region and extraordinary interviews provide a valuable account of what it was to fight for the freedom of India and yet to remain largely in oblivion.

ISIS- The State Of Terror

Drawing on their unusual access to intelligence sources and material, law enforcement, and groundbreaking research into open source intelligence, Jessica Stern and J M Berger outline the origins of ISIS (known variously as ISIL and IS) as the formidable terrorist group it has quickly become.ISIS: The State of Terror delves into the ghoulish pornography of pro-jihadi videos, the seductive appeal of jihadi chic and the startling effectiveness of the Islamic States use of social media as a means of luring and recruiting citizens from countries such as the United States, Great Britain, and Franceusing recent examples such as Douglas McCain, the American citizen from Minnesota who joined ISIS and died in combat fighting on the side of the Islamic State. Although the picture Stern and Berger paint is bleak, State of Terror also offers well-informed thoughts on potential government responses to ISIS most importantly, emphasizing that we must alter our present conceptions of terrorism and react to the rapidly changing jihadi landscape, both online and off, as quickly as the terrorists do.ISIS: The State of Terror is not only a compelling account of the evolution of a terrorist organization, but also a necessary book that attempts to answer the question of what our next move as a country, as a government, as the world should be.

Strategy Rules

Between 1968 and 1976, Bill Gates, Andy Grove and Steve Jobs, founded three companies that would define the world of technology and redefine our personal and business lives for the next half-century. At their peaks, their three companies - Microsoft, Apple and Intel were collectively worth some $1.5 trillion. While much has been written about these individuals and their companies, this book examines these three individuals collectively, for the first time, revealing the business strategies and practices they pioneered while building their firms. Examining both successes and failures, commonalities and differences, this book will appeal to entrepreneurs and executives in all sectors and industries. In Strategy Rules, readers will discover that Gates, Grove and Jobs approached strategy and execution in remarkably similar ways and yet markedly differently from so many of their erstwhile competitors by keeping their focus on five most strategic principles

Great Soul- Mahatma Gandhi And His Struggle With I

A highly original, stirring book on Mahatma Gandhi that deepens our sense of his achievements and disappointments-his success in seizing India's imagination and shaping its independence struggle as a mass movement, his recognition late in life that few of his followers paid more than lip service to his ambitious goals of social justice for the country's minorities, outcasts and rural poor. Pulitzer Prize-winner Joseph Lelyveld shows in vivid, unmatched detail how Gandhi's sense of mission, social values and philosophy of non-violent resistance were shaped on another subcontinent - during two decades in South Africa - and then tested by an India that quickly learned to revere him as a Mahatma, or "Great Soul", while following him only a small part of the way to the social transformation he envisioned. The man himself emerges as one of history's most remarkable self-creations, a prosperous lawyer who became an ascetic in a loincloth wholly dedicated to political and social action. Lelyveld leads us step-by-step through the heroic - and tragic - last months of this selfless leader's long campaign when his non-violent efforts culminated in the partition of India, the creation of Pakistan and a bloodbath of ethnic cleansing that ended only with his assassination. Here is a vital, brilliant reconsideration of Gandhi's extraordinary struggles on two continents, of his fierce but, finally, unfulfilled hopes and of his ever-evolving legacy, which more than six decades after his death, still ensures that he occupies a key position in India's social conscience and not just India's.

Smart And Human-Builiding Cities Of Wisdom

The 20th century changed the way we live. Human population went up from 1.5 billion in 1900 to 7 billion in 2010. The hope of a better life drove and continues to drive people to urban areas, leading to the growth of mega-cities around the world. Between 2015 and 2030, India's GDP is expected to multiply five times, with over 70 per cent of new employment generated in cities. Close to 800 million square meters of commercial and residential space needs to be built to serve this population. That is roughly the equivalent of building a new Chicago every year and amounts to over $1.2 trillion in investments. Does India have a new model of urban development to cope? Can the quality of urban life be improved? Can cities become places that promote happiness?Smart and Human argues that these are not unreachable, utopian dreams. The 21st century could change the way we live yet again - A Smart India powered by its Smart Cities.

The Pearl That Broke Its Shell

Kabul, 2009 - Growing up in a family of with five daughters and no sons, Rahima and her sisters can only sporadically attend school and then, as they grow older, can rarely leave the house. Their mother struggles to support the family as their father becomes increasingly addicted to drugs. But one day their aunt, Khala Shaima, makes a suggestion-as a bacha posh, Rahima can dress and be treated as a boy-until she is of marriageable age. She will be able to attend school. It's an old custom, but one that most of society turns a blind eye to when girls are young. And then Khala Shaima begins to tell a story that transforms Rahima's life - the story of her great great-grandmother, Shekiba. Kabul, 1909 - Shekiba, the daughter of a rural farming family, is disfigured in an accident as a child. When her parents and siblings die in a cholera epidemic, she has no one left to support her and is treated as little better than a slave in a relative's home until she is able to escape her life of drudgery by dressing as a man. Through a rare stroke of luck, she becomes one of the guards of the king's harem in a lavish palace in the capital city and eventually manages to make a life for herself one that ultimately includes a husband and children. This is the entwined stories of two Afghan women separated by a century who find freedom in the tradition of bacha posh.

Wanderers,All

Wanderers, All, by Janhavi Achrekar, is an experimental novel that blends the elements of historical fiction, memoir, and travelogue. It depicts the story of Murlidhar Khedekar, an actor-turned-police-officer whose life is deeply affected by the birth of a new nation. Summary of the Book Set against the background of colonial rule and the foundational years of the Indian police, this book traces the tale of an aspiring actor whose failure to acquire a role in the flourishing Marathi theater scene of the early 1900s leads to a job in the Bombay city police department. Also, his great-granddaughter traces her own kindred through modern Goa and the Konkan regions. The book alternates between the past and the present and blends migration with travel. It delves into themes of divided loyalty, belonging, ownership, borders between humans and nations, and the colonizer and the colonized. About Janhavi Achrekar Janhavi Achrekar is a freelance writer. She has also worked as a journalist, wine-seller, art researcher and curator of literary festivals and advertising copywriter. She has authored Window Seat: Rush hour stories from the city, which is an anthology of short stories. Achrekar has also compiled Moon Mumbai & Goa, the first Indian destination guide in the American travel book series, Moon Handbooks.

Pluto Poems

Pluto lost its status as a planet only recently. Seeing Pluto sad on being rejected thus, my heart sinks. It is so far away, so tiny, so all my teeny-weeny poems. I gift to it, says Gulzar. In this wonderful collection of short poems, Gulzar addresses his pet themes relationships, God or his absence, nature and the nature of time itself, with characteristic wit and brevity. Beautifully rendered into English by Nirupama Dutt, this is a collection to savour and treasure. About the Author Gulzar is arguably Indias most well-known poet writing in Hindustani today. An acclaimed film-maker, lyricist and author, he is the recipient of a number of Filmfare and National Awards, the Oscar for best lyricist and the Dadasaheb Phalke award. Nirupama Dutt is a poet, journalist, literary and art critic and translator of many seasons. She writes in both Punjabi and English. She received the Punjabi Akademi award for her anthology of poems, Ik Nadi Sanwali Jahi.

All The Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr is the author of four books, The Shell Collector, About Grace, Four Seasons in Rome and Memory Wall. Doerr's short fiction has won three O’ Henry Prizes and has been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories, The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories, and The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Fiction. He has won the Rome Prize,and shared the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award with Jonathan Safran Foer.

Cult Of Chaos-An Anantya Tantrist Mystery

A 23-year-old woman from Delhi prowls the nights, solving macabre mysteries that involve monsters straight out of a nightmare. Cult of Chaos is an Anantya Tantrist Mystery by Shweta Taneja. Authors’ Reviews 'An author with an impressive imagination and terrific storytelling skills.' - Ashwin Sanghi 'Cult of Chaos is racy, rousing, rambunctious and rakshas-ful. Read immediately.' - Samit Basu Summary of the Book The age of the Tantriks has dawned. They operate openly with their own council, police and judiciary. Of all their creeds, the Kaula Ashram’s white tantriks are the most powerful. The men of the ashram are powerful tantriks, and the women are intimate collaborators. Anantya has forsaken the Kaula path. She doesn’t see the need for official seals. She is more concerned with saving the world than with badges or honours. However, the world is heading straight to hell. Young girls are being sacrificed in a tantrik ritual in Delhi. Someone is summoning the God of Chaos. A daeva seeks to blackmail Anantya for some desperate cause, and a giant, three-headed Cobra shows up in Old Delhi. The Red tantriks are facing the White in conflict, and there is at least one Black tantrik who is messing with perilous shakti. Anantya is caught amidst the conflict, and to add to her problems, the supernatural netherworld comes alive with its ensemble of creatures. About Shweta Taneja Shweta Taneja is an Indian writer and journalist based in Bangalore. This book is the first title in her debut series. Shweta also enjoys reading, watching movies and hiking.

Cavendon Hall

Two entwined families : the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them. The earl and countess rely on their faithful retainers alice and walter swann as their young family grows up. One stately home : cavendon hall, a grand imposing house nestled in the beautiful yorkshire dales a society beauty : lady daphne ingham is the most beautiful of the Earls four daughters. Being presented at court and making a glittering marriage is her destiny. But in the summer of 1913, a devastating event changes her future forever and threatens the Ingham name. Yet life as the families of cavendon hall know it-Royal Ascot, supper dances, grouse season feasts and a full servants hall-is about to alter beyond recognition as the storm clouds of war gather.

Unbroken

Seabiscuit

The true story of three men and their dreams for a racehorse -- Seabiscuit -- that symbolised a pivotal moment in American history, as the 20th-century's greatest nation found the courage to bet on itself to win against the odds. Now a major motion picture directed by Gary Ross and starring Toby Maguire and Jeff Daniels. In 1936 the habits of 19th-century America were finally consigned to history, just as Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" was published. In their place, modern America was born. But what defined this new era? Nothing more than the story of Seabiscuit, a stunted colt with asymmetrical knees that had for two years been hacked around no-good race tracks leading to permanent leg damage. Yet by 1937 Seabiscuit could draw crowds of 60,000 and had more newspaper column inches devoted to him than Mussolini, Hitler or Roosevelt, his popularity peaking during his appearances at the Santa Anita Handicap. America had gone to the races for the first time since the Depression and fallen in love with a misshapen colt of great character. Now it wanted a winner. 'Seabiscuit' is also the story of three men: Tom Smith, a former Wild West showman was the trainer; Red Pollard, abandoned by his poverty-stricken family at a race track became the rider; and Charles Howard, a pioneer car manufacturer in San Francisco in the 1920s was the owner and financier. These three combined to create the legend of Seabiscuit and epitomise a dream for the emerging new America.

Flash And Blood

Its chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpettas birthday and while shes enjoying a leisurely morning, a man is shot dead five minutes from her house. The bullet tore through him as he unloaded groceries from his car. Yet nobody heard or saw a thing. It looks like the work of a serial sniper-one who leaves no trace except for tiny copper fragments and whose seemingly impossible shots cause instant death. As Scarpetta investigates, uncovering details that only she can analyze, she begins to suspect that the killer is sending her a message. Adding to Scarpettas growing unease is the sense that those closest to her are keeping secrets. And when her pursuit of the sniper takes Scarpetta to a shipwreck off the Florida coast, she comes face to face with shocking evidence that implicates her niece Lucy - Scarpettas very own flesh and blood.

Awful Auntie

The screechingly funny new novel from the Number One bestselling author a page-turning, rollicking romp of a read, sparkling with Williams' most eccentric characters yet and full of humor and heart. From larger than life, tiddlywinks obsessed Awful Aunt Alberta to her pet owl, Wagnerthis is an adventure with a difference. Aunt Alberta is on a mission to cheat the young lady Stella Sax by out of her inheritance - sax by hall. But with mischievous and irrepressible soot, the cockney ghost of a chimney sweep, alongside her Stella is determined to fight back and sometimes a special friend, however different, is all you need to win through.

Buried Angels

Fifty Shades Of Gay

Meeting his celebrity crush was one thing, but even Hollywood could not have written what happened next. Inspired by E. L. Jamess international phenomenon, fifty shades of Grey, Jeffery Selfs fifty shades of gay tells the story of a young celebrity blogger, Alex Kirby, who interviews Taylor Grayson, a superstar in Hollywood blockbuster films. Grayson also happens to be a closet gay with a passion for BDSM. When Grayson draws the younger man into his private orbit and initiates him into his sexual world, the younger man can tell that kinky sex has shielded Grayson from having a real emotional connection with another man. But he is head over heels in love with the older, powerful, gorgeous man who has selected him for the pleasures of submission. Ultimately, Alex decides to experiment with the power differential between them and see if he can break through the Armour that Grayson and his layers of Hollywood handlers have imprisoned him in. Will he be able to open Grayson up to real intimacy or will he cause Grayson to end the relationship and cut himself off yet again?

Once Upon A Star

There is much unrest in Vardaan, home to one of the most important film families. Raj, the superstar, has decided to leave his wife Simran for the reigning queen of Bollywood, Sia. Simran, former actress but homebody now, is out of shape and down in the dumps. Her in-laws dote on her but cant seem to dissuade their son. Besides, their only daughter, Ashima, has walked out of an unhappy marriage and returned home to announce she wants to be an actor. They have their hands full and in the midst of all this, Raj and Simrans children suffer as news of their fathers alleged affair trickles in relentlessly. How is Simran ever going to seek out happiness and perhaps love as well, in this dark maize of rejection? A saga of love and betrayal and the quest for ones true identity, Gajra Kottarys new novel gives us an insiders view of the world of cinema and the many faces of an industry where fame is fleeting and everything is as real as it is dramatic. About the Author Gajra Kottary is a multi-media writer. Her first collection of women-centric short stories, Fragile Victories, was published in 1996. It was followed by another collection, 'The Last Laugh', in 2003. Her debut novel 'Broken Melodies' was published by HarperCollins Publishers India in 2011 to critical acclaim, simultaneously with its Hindi translation Bikhre Sur. Gajra has written television serials like Hamare Tumhare, Astitva - Ek Prem Kahani, the nations most popular daily soap Balika Vadhu and more recently, Buddha and Veera. She has won many awards for her TV scripts / stories, among them are the 'Indian Television Academys best Teleplay Award', the 'Indian Telly Award', the 'Apsara Award' and the 'Global Indian Television Award'. She was also the script associate with Mahesh Bhatt on the film 'Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar' directed by Tanuja Chandra. This is her second novel.

Feel Fit Look Fantastic 3-2-1

Ever wonder how Hollywoods fittest stars, including Jessica Alba, Halle Berry, Anne Hathaway, Scarlett Johansson and Kate Beckinsale achieved their amazing bodies? Look no further than this book! Now, after years of teaching her exercise and diet secrets to Hollywoods elite, celebrity trainer Ramona Braganza reveals to all of us the secret weapons to their success. By combining her fitness secrets from the West in her signature 3-2-1 training method with the healthy foods from the east in her 3-2-1 nutrition plan, she provides a 3-2-1 countdown of practical tools and motivational tips that are sure to get you feeling fit and looking fantastic! This step-by-step guide is a call to action. Start right now to lay down the foundation to a healthier and happier you. What are you waiting for? About the Author Hollywood celebrity trainer Ramona Braganza is best known for sculpting fit A-list bodies like those of Jessica Alba, Halle Berry, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel, Kate Beckinsale, Amanda Seyfried, Eva Mendez and Scarlett Johansson, as well as many famous male clients like Zac Effron, Ryan Reynolds and Bradley Cooper. Along with teaching courses, speaking internationally and holding fitness retreats, Ramona is not slowing down her deep passion to spread the fitness and health message continues to everyone she meets including new moms in India! Her post-partum programme, 3 - 2 - 1 Baby Bugle Be Gone, is now offered at Fortis Hospitals Mamma Mia Programme.

The Year I Met You

Matt and Jasmine have been neighbours for long and meet on New Years Eve. To their surprise, they hit it off instantly. Summary of the Book Many of us hope that New Years Eve might be that special time when we find that special someone. The idea of it is dreamy and romantic. In The Year I Met You, Jasmine and Matt meet on New Years Eve and love is in the air. They are both at their homes with nothing to do, and Jasmine has many reasons to dislike Matt. Though, she is proved wrong when she meets Matt. They start off as friends, and as time goes on, this relationship grows into something more deep and meaningful. Will their feelings for each other lead to a ‘happily ever after’? About Cecilia Ahern Cecelia Ahern wrote her first novel, PS. I Love You, when she was only twenty-one years old. The novel became a bestseller in Ireland for 19 weeks and was sold in almost forty countries. Her second book was called Where Rainbows End, which won the German CORINE Award in 2005. She is also the co-creator and producer of the ABC comedy

Haider

Chasing Tomorrow

Tracy Whitney returns in this sequel to If Tomorrow Comes. Now, rich from all the heists she has pulled with her partner, Jeff Stevens, Tracy has all the money she needs. However, there is one thing her heart desires: a baby. She tries to settle down and stop all the adventure, but that hasn’t helped her chances of getting pregnant. When a stranger enters their lives, Jeff and Tracy’s relationship explodes, and Tracy vanishes. For more than ten years, Tracy has been gone, assumed dead. However, someone begins a series of murders, seeking to find and kill her. Can Jeff find her before the killers do? About the Authors Sidney Sheldon was an American writer. He has also written Master of the Game, The Other Side of Midnight and Rage of Angels. He has also created the TV series, I Dream of Jeannie. Tilly Bagshawe is a British freelance journalist and writer. She has also written Sidney Sheldon's Mistress of the Game and Sidney Sheldon's After the Darkness.