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वेद – ऋग्वेद, सामवेद, यजुर्वेद, अथर्ववेद – सबसे प्राचीन और पवित्र हिन्दू धर्मग्रंथ हैं। ये कालातीत ग्रंथ भारतीय धार्मिक, सामाजिक और सांस्कृतिक भावनाओं को आकार देते आए हैं और इनके प्रभाव भारतीय जीवन के लगभग हर पहलू में दृष्टिगोचर होते हैं। गायत्री मंत्र का जाप और पवित्र प्रतीक ओम्, ज्यामिति का विकास, शून्य का आविष्कार, छंदशास्त्र का विकास, और बहुत कुछ, सीधे वेदों से संबंधित हैं।इस स्थायी धरोहर के बावजूद, हम में से बहुत कम लोग कभी वेद पढ़ते हैं, या उनके संपर्क में आते हैं। अधिकांश विद्यमान (अक्सर गलत व्याख्यायित) विद्वत्ता पश्चिमी विद्वानों के कारण है। वेद विहंगम: वेदों का सार में, हिन्दू संन्यासी और शिक्षक समर्पण वेदों के इस महान संग्रह की विशालता और तत्काल प्रासंगिकता को उजागर करते हैं। वे चुनिंदा मंत्रों और स्तोत्रों को हमारे ध्यान में लाते हैं और उन्हें स्पष्ट रूप से समझाते हैं। महान सायणाचार्य की वेदों पर की गई टिप्पणी से प्रेरणा लेकर, समर्पण वेदांत आध्यात्मिक विचारधारा को समकालीन दुनिया के साथ संरेखित करते हैं।सरल और आसानी से समझने वाली भाषा में लिखी गई, वेद विहंगम एक अनमोल संग्रह है और सभी के लिए अवश्य पढ़ने योग्य पुस्तक है।

Ahalya, Draupadi, Kunti, Tara, Mandodari – each of the Pancha Kanyas is fascinating ... Koral Dasgupta's wonderful retelling adds to this corpus with a lyrical and poetic quality' BIBEK DEBROY'A must for those wishing to know about our past and the dialectics of gender within it' PAVAN K. VARMA'Magical and thought-provoking' CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI'Enigmatic' NAMITA GOKHALEIn the Sati series, Koral Dasgupta explores the lives of the Pancha Kanyas from the Hindu epics and reinvents them with a feminist consciousness.

WINNER OF THE GAJA CAPITAL BUSINESS BOOK PRIZE & THE CK PRAHALAD BEST BUSINESS BOOK AWARDThe definitive account of India’s biggest startup that redefined e-commerce, entrepreneurship and the way we shop and live.IIT graduates Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal founded out of a Bangalore apartment what would become India’s biggest e-commerce startup. Established in October 2007, Flipkart began as an online bookstore and soon came to be known for its ‘customer obsession’. As the startup’s reputation grew, so did its value, with venture capitalists in India and abroad lining up to invest heavily in the company that stood for bold ambition, unabashed consumerism and the virtues of technology.Investigative journalist Mihir Dalal recounts the astounding story of how the Bansals built Flipkart into a multi-billion-dollar powerhouse in the span of a few years and made internet entrepreneurship a desirable occupation. But it is also a story of big money, power and hubris, as both business and interpersonal complexities weakened the founders’ control over their creation and forced them to sell out to a retailer whose dominance they had once dreamt of emulating. Flipkart’s auction involved some of the corporate world’s biggest names, from Jeff Bezos, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai to Masayoshi Son and Doug McMillon, an ironic testimony to the strength of what the Bansals had forged.Based on extraordinary research, extensive interviews and deep access to key characters in the Flipkart story, Big Billion Startup is the riveting and revealing account of how Sachin and Binny Bansal built and sold India’s largest internet company.

‘Koral Dasgupta writes with verve, emotion and passion ... [Kunti] is a must for those wishing to know about our past and the dialectics of gender within it’ PAVAN K. VARMAKunti, a rare matriarch in the Mahabharata and one of the revered Pancha Satis, holds an unforgettable position in the Indian literary imagination. Yet, little is known about the fateful events that shaped her early life.Taking on the intricate task, Koral Dasgupta unravels the lesser-known strands of Kunti’s story: through a childhood of scholarly pursuits to unwanted motherhood at adolescence, a detached marriage and her ambitious love for the king of the devas.After the remarkable success of Ahalya, the first book in the Sati series, Kunti presents a brilliant and tender retelling of a story at the heart of our culture and mythology.*In the Sati series, Koral Dasgupta explores the lives of the Pancha Kanyas from Indian mythology and reinvents them in the modern context with a feminist consciousness.*Praise for Ahalya‘Koral Dasgupta gives voice, character and agency to an enigmatic and fascinating female figure from ancient Hindu lore’ PHILIP LUTGENDORF

DELICIOUS SUGAR-FREE TREATS FOR DESSERT PEOPLEDiagnosed with diabetes at age fifteen, Harsh Kedia spent the next few years of his life having to forego all of his most-loved desserts. Deprived of birthday cakes, laddus and all things sweet as a teenager, he decided to create recipes that would allow everyone suffering from diabetes to have their favourite foods again.In Ultimate Sugar-free Desserts, Kedia, popularly known as ‘A Diabetic Chef’ on social media, shares more than 50 recipes to whip up delectable treats using stevia, a plant-based sugar substitute. With home cooks in mind, he covers an astonishing variety of some of our favourite desserts, from indigenous sweets such as gajar ka halwa, rasmalai and sandesh to gourmet delicacies like strawberry custard tarts, éclairs and peanut butter cookies, along with a mouth-watering array of healthy smoothies and lip-smacking beverages. It’s time to have your cake and eat it too!

Jay Singh is the best defence lawyer in New Delhi that money can buy. But he is also a closet alcoholic with a dark and ominous past. His mother has been accused and convicted of killing his father ... something he finds hard to accept even after twenty years.Flamboyant, wicked, lethal, Jay Singh never loses a case, though his methods might not always be lawful. If the law is after you – guilty or not – there is only one man who can save you. If Jay Singh takes your case, witnesses for the prosecution disappear or turn hostile, evidence evaporates, technology and science fail to provide any cogent support. What's more – Jay Singh can even provide you with an ironclad alibi.And then Jay gets a case that could completely destroy him ...If he loses the high-profile case, he can kiss his career goodbye; if he wins, he better keep his obituary ready. Will Jay Singh remain unbeatable or be his own undoing?

Draupadi is immortalized in legend and myth as the beloved princess of Panchal and the queen of Indraprastha, who wrested her fate into her own hands and demanded justice against the men who sought to humiliate her. In this searing new retelling, Koral Dasgupta, author of the successful Sati series, untangles the tale of Draupadi further – a tale of a powerful, unconventional woman from the Mahabharat, who dreamt of war and revenge, underscoring why she remains one of the most unforgettable heroines in Indian mythology.***In the Sati series, Koral Dasgupta explores the lives of the Pancha Kanyas from Indian mythology and reinvents them in the modern context with a feminist consciousness.***Praise for Ahalya and Kunti‘Koral Dasgupta writes with verve, emotion and passion ...' PAVAN K. VARMA‘Lyrical and poetic ... enthralling’ BIBEK DEBROY‘[M]agical and thought-provoking’ CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI‘An enigmatic tale about purity, chastity, seduction and redemption’ NAMITA GOKHALE‘Brilliant and intriguing’ ANAND NEELAKANTAN‘Koral Dasgupta gives voice, character and agency to an enigmatic and fascinating female figure from ancient Hindu lore’ PHILIP LUTGENDORF

Insightful, interesting and a lot of fun' Ravi Subramanian‘An honest and extremely detailed recounting of the evolution of the market’ BusinessLine‘A delightful book on the stock markets’ Free Press JournalWith a new Foreword by Sanjay Bakshi and an Epilogue by the author.The wise, wily Lalchand Gupta takes you on an exciting journey through Dalal Street in this brief history of the Indian stock market post liberalization. From tech booms and tax evasion to banks and money laundering; scams and crashes to fixers and investors, Lala has seen it all. A comprehensive account of the stock market over the last 25 years, it tells you what to watch out for while investing. It also looks at policies that the government needs to revise if the country is to harness domestic capital more effectively. Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts is a must-read for all interested in the financial health of the country as well as those who want to know about the sensational events that led up to the far more sterile stock-market operations of the present day.

Gripping' SHASHI THAROOR'First-rate' AAKAR PATEL'Illuminating' RUPAM ISLAM‘Documents the unravelling of the communist experiment in the state’ BUSINESSLINE‘An insider’s account … of what led to the undoing of the once mighty left front’ INDIAN EXPRESS'Gangster State stands apart because it's an exercise in self-criticism undertaken by someone from the party itself' MALAYALA MANORAMA'Gangster State reminds us about the pitfalls of a political party extending its hegemony to produce state-party fusion’ NEWSLAUNDRYAfter reigning supreme in West Bengal for thirty-four years, how did the Communist Party of India (Marxist) end up on the fringes of the political arena?Allured by the unrestricted power of the CPI(M), Presidency College scholar Rajat Lahiri joins its student wing, the Students’ Federation of India, and trains to become one of its foot soldiers. On achieving full-fledged membership, he does not hesitate in getting his hands dirty for a regime inherited by Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee from an ailing Jyoti Basu, and marred by corruption and violence.This change in leadership, prompted by the arrival of a strong contender in Mamata Banerjee, sustains the existing nexus of crime and politics and paves the way for fervid protests and their brutal suppression by the state. With the situation spiralling out of control and public support fading, the stage is set for the Singur movement and violence in Nandigram.After witnessing the party’s historic defeat in the 2011 Legislative Assembly election, a disillusioned Rajat leaves Calcutta, only to return as a journalist covering the gradual and thorough decimation of the CPI(M) over the following decade.In this compulsive work of creative non-fiction, political journalist Sourjya Bhowmick explores the burning question: Will the CPI(M) ever recover from the 2021 Assembly election, or will it be pushed into permanent oblivion by the formidable Trinamool Congress and the relentless BJP?

In Veda Vihangam, **Samarpan **elucidates the core beliefs, stories and a selection of passages from the four Vedas – the Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda and presents their central ideas in a simplified, lucid manner. He brings together the teachings of the Vedas and advices people on their application in the modern world.This is a religious manifesto for anyone who wants to deeply understand and internalize the ancient teachings of our religious texts.

After Ahalya, Kunti and Draupadi, Koral Dasgupta brings us Mandodari, the fourth of the Pancha Kanyas in the Sati series. Narrated in Koral’s signature style, the exchanges of Mandodari and Sita (and their implications for Ravan and Ram) are absolutely fascinating. Imaginative, intense and insightful Ashwin SanghiMandodari, the queen-consort of King Ravan of Lanka, has long been a forgotten figure in the Ramayan. Her beauty, piety, and righteousness have been extolled, but her pivotal role in the epic battle between Ram and Ravana has been overlooked. Until now.In this fourth book of the bestselling Sati series, Koral Dasgupta offers readers a rare glimpse into the heart and mind of one of the most enigmatic characters in our epics. Through the twists and turns of this gripping tale of power, love, and loyalty, Mandodari is forced to navigate her frustration with Sita's presence in Ashok Vatika, deal with her wily sister-in-law’s lies that will lead their kingdom to war, and firm up her position in Lanka, as the daughter of the divine architect Mayasur, by re-building the magical kingdom of Lanka.In this masterful retelling of her story, Mandodari's formidable inner mastermind is unleashed, revealing a leader who is willing to go to any lengths to protect her family and her people.

The Vedas – Ṛk, Sāma, Yajuḥ, Atharva – are the oldest and most sacred Hindu scriptures. While these timeless texts have shaped Indian religious, social and cultural sentiments, their footprints are visible in practically every aspect of the Indian way of life. The chant of Gāyatrī and the sacred symbol Oṃ, the growth of geometry, the invention of zero, the development of prosody, and much more, are directly related to the Vedas.Despite this enduring legacy, very few of us ever read, or even chance upon the Vedas and most of the existing, albeit misinterpreted, scholarship is courtesy of Western scholars. In Veda Vihangam: The Essential Veda, Hindu monk and teacher Samarpan unravels the majestic scope and immediate relevance of this set of religious texts by bringing to our attention and elucidating select mantras and hymns. Drawing from the great Sāyaṇācārya’s commentary on the Vedas, Samarpan aligns the Vedic spiritual thought process with the contemporary world.Told in a lucid, easy-to-understand manner, Veda Vihangam is a true collectible and a must-read for all.

In The Business of Life, Enso Group MD Vaibhav Maloo ponders over 101 important questions that have remained unanswered by the thought leaders of the world for lack of universal perspective.Here, he tries to offer his take on some of life's most pertinent questions. His opinions on these topics are formed as a result his varied and rich experience in the fields of education and business. The questions are well thought of and curated to hit the reader's sweet spot with a little introduction to the author's life peppered throughout. Divided into seven categories, the book offers insights on business, society, culture, religion, lifestyle, futuristic trends, success secrets, and social empowerment.Laid out in the style of an entrepreneur's journal, The Business of Life is for the global citizen, ever curious and ever learning.

आध्यात्मिक यात्रा तब शुरू होती है जब व्यक्ति बाहरी उपार्जन से मुख मोड़कर आंतरिक अन्वेषण की ओर मुड़ता है।संसार में नारी-पुरुष समान हैं। वेद उल्लेख करते हैं कि कैसे ऋषिकाओं ने ऋषियों के साथ अध्ययन किया तथा मंत्रों की रचना की।केवल इश्वर ही सत्य है। संसार उनकी शक्ति या माया का खेल है, और पूर्ण नहीं है। पूर्णता केवल इश्वर में है।

‘प्रामाणिक, सक्षम, निष्पक्ष योद्धा’ ज्युलिओ रिबेरो‘लक्षवेधक’ ट्रिब्यून‘सिस्टीम समोर धडाडीने उभी राहिलेली पहिली महिला पोलीस अधिकारी’ शोभा दे‘एक अद्भुत, निराळी कथा’ सायरस ब्रोचा‘वाचायलाच हवे, असे महत्त्वाचे पुस्तक’ इंडियन एक्सप्रेसभारतातील सर्वांत प्रामाणिक, निडर पोलीस अधिकाऱ्यांपैकी एकाची अतुलनीय गाथाभारताच्या राष्ट्रीय पोलीस अकादमीमधून पदवी प्राप्त करणाऱ्या मीरां चढ्ढा बोरवणकर या १९८१च्या बॅचमधील एकमेव महिला. अकादमीतून बाहेर पडल्यावर आपल्या कारकिर्दीत कित्येक संवेदनशील आणि वादग्रस्त प्रकरणांची एक लांबलचक मालिका त्यांनी अनुभवली. भ्रष्टाचार आणि भेदभाव यांना तोंड देत, विविध गुन्ह्यांसाठी एकत्रितपणे लढा देत असताना त्यांनी आपल्या आंतरिक सचोटीशी कधीही तडजोड केली नाही. अंगभूत कौशल्यांबरोबरच सातत्यपूर्वक प्रयत्नांमुळे त्या महाराष्ट्राच्या पहिल्या महिला जिल्हा पोलीस प्रमुख, तसेच पहिल्या महिला पोलीस आयुक्त बनल्या. त्यांनी ‘सेंट्रल ब्युरो ऑफ इन्व्हेस्टिगेशन’ आणि मुंबईच्या क्राईम ब्रँचमध्ये वरिष्ठ भूमिकाही सांभाळल्या. अखेरीस ‘ब्युरो ऑफ पोलीस रिसर्च अँड डेव्हलपमेंट’, ‘नॅशनल क्राईम अँड रेकॉर्ड ब्युरो’च्या महासंचालक म्हणून त्या निवृत्त झाल्या. कायद्याचे राज्य स्थापन करण्याच्या ध्येयाने प्रेरित असलेल्या मीरां, या देशाच्या गुन्हेगारी न्याय व्यवस्थेवर टीका करण्यास कधीही डगमगल्या नाहीत; प्रसंगी देशातील वरिष्ठ पदांवरील व्यक्तींनाही त्यांनी थेट आव्हान दिले. भारतीय कायद्याची अंमलबजावणी करणाऱ्या आपल्या छत्तीस वर्षांच्या कारकिर्दीत मीरां यांनी कित्येक खळबळजनक प्रकरणांचा पर्दाफाश केला आहे. जळगाव सेक्स स्कँडल, दागिन्यांच्या पेढीवरील लूट, महामार्गावरील दरोडे, जातीय दंगली, क्रूर हत्या, सामूहिक बलात्कार, बंदरातील चोरी, आर्थिक फसवणूक, इथपासून ते छोटा राजन, दाऊद इब्राहिमची बहीण हसीना पारकर यांसारख्या कुख्यात गुन्हेगारांशी त्यांची चकमक झडली. राज्य कारागृह प्रमुख या नात्याने, संजय दत्तचा तुरुंगवास, तसेच अजमल कसाब आणि याकुब मेमन यांच्या फाशीची देखरेख करताना त्यांनी आक्रमक प्रसारमाध्यमे आणि सरकारी दबाव यांचा अविचलपणे सामना केला आणि त्याद्वारे खाकी परिधान करण्याचे महत्त्व आणि त्यातील आव्हाने, दोन्ही अधोरेखित केले. चित्तथरारक अनुभूती देणाऱ्या, अंतर्मुख होऊन विचार करायला लावणाऱ्या आणि अखंड प्रेरणा देणाऱ्या या प्रामाणिक ‘मॅडम कमिशनर’चा हा जीवनपट म्हणजे भारतीय पोलीस सेवेतील एका महिला अधिकाऱ्याची संस्मरणीय यात्रा आहे. युनिफॉर्ममध्ये स्वारस्य असलेल्या सर्वांनी, तसेच कायदा-सुव्यवस्थेबद्दल आस्था असणाऱ्या प्रत्येक सुजाण नागरिकाने हे पुस्तक वाचणे आवश्यक आहे.

Nari explores the matrix of human sexual behaviour through the prism of abuse. And, makes you question what is right, what is wrong. Army man found dead in Banjara Hills. Only witnesses – wife and servant. Unconfirmed reports of rape. Can the truth be revealed? Nari is a chronicle of sexual abuse told from the points of view of the victim and the perpetrator. It is set in present-day Hyderabad, when Ramya Tirthankar, the young wife of a retired army man, and their seventeen-year-old servant, Narayana – lovingly called ‘Nari’ – accuse each other of rape. Layered and disturbingly lyrical, filled with shock, empathy and trauma, Nari uncovers questions related to human sexual behaviour, power play and how gender inequalities are built into our very genes.

The astonishing tale of an ordinary boy from Mysore who became one of the greatest rulers of India.It is the eighteenth century, and turmoil is brewing all over India. In the country's south, Hyder Ali, an ordinary soldier, rises through the ranks to take over Mysore, a small kingdom that is in danger of being swallowed by the Marathas and the Nizam of the Deccan. Despite overwhelming odds, Hyder Ali forges an empire right under their noses through tact, bravery and unparallelled military strategy. Before long, he holds sway over a kingdom that spans from the dry lands near the Krishna River to the lush forests of the Malabar. But the angry Marathas are thirsting for revenge, and the English are fast gaining ground. Will the Sultan of Mysore be able to crush these formidable enemies? Will his son Tipu come to his aid? Or will he be forced to surrender the vast and powerful kingdom he has so passionately built?

‘Exemplary … [Lesser Lives] will become a landmark in opening new debates on contemporary social issues’ Ravish Kumar'A wonderful selection ... These stories give a voice to the desires, longings and emotions of a marginalized section of the society’ Rana SafviFor generations, domestic servants in India have been subjected to neglect, apathy and cruelty. Though they are known nowadays as the domestic ‘help’, ‘aid’ or ‘staff’, often merely to meet the requirements of political correctness, their condition remains unchanged for the most part as the country’s privileged classes have failed to truly address one of the most pervasive inequalities in their households.In Lesser Lives, Nitin Sinha and Prabhat Kumar collect short fiction from the Hindi heartland that turns the gaze onto these continuing disparities. The eleven stories in the book, including Munshi Premchand’s ‘Maidservant’, Mahadevi Verma’s ‘Rama’, Saadat Hasan Manto’s ‘Blouse’, Amarkant’s ‘Bahadur’ and Shekhar Joshi’s ‘Dajyu’, offer both timeless classics and little-known literary gems, some of which have never been published in translation before. Altogether, this thoughtful collection brings into sharp focus the sobering realities of class and inequality in Indian homes and encourages a new engagement with one of the most pressing issues of our times.

Passionate tales of love, lust and other follies of the heart.A man on the verge of jumping out of his seventh-floor window; a woman’s intriguing encounter with a cab driver late at night; a young couple’s dilemma between marriage and infidelity; an eight-year-old girl struggling with the burden of abuse and trauma; two men attempting to come to terms with their love for each other. Among these and many more interlocking, interweaving stories, Cockatoo creates its own world of characters – painting an arresting picture of the fragility of emotions and the nuances of human relationships.