An indispensable book for all leaders and professionals, Sing, Dance and Lead expertly combines ancient Indian philosophy and wisdom with modern management principles to deliver insightful lessons on life and leadership. It brings alive pioneering ideas of leadership from one of the most impactful spiritual leaders in history. Srila Prabhupada founded ISKCON, known as the Hare Krishna movement, which has become a respected global organization. This book not only looks at his leadership in the light of existing theories and knowledge systems but also how his profound teachings went far beyond.
Srila Prabhupada’s divine aura, scholarship, genuineness and humility attracted people from all walks of life, especially the youth, to him. His unique leadership legacy has left a lasting imprint, inspiring his followers
to continue his mission and strive for the welfare of humanity even today.
This book will broaden your horizons and enable you to view leadership from a whole new perspective. This pioneering work is undoubtedly essential reading to help you understand the timeless Indian guru-shishya parampara as a vital source for leadership development.
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Public Speaking with Confidence
You’ve probably tried to speak in public a few times before. Maybe your heart started racing, you had difficulty breathing, or you forgot what you wanted to say. It sucks, right?
For years, speaking in public was the single thing I was most afraid of. Until I discovered the techniques you’re about to learn. In this book, you’ll master the techniques that have helped me overcome my fear of public speaking and feel excited to speak in public. They are the same techniques I used to prepare for my TEDx talk and that I taught in my workshops with companies including Google, Oracle, ASICS, Visa, Salesforce, Metlife, and E.ON.
Some of the exercises are a bit unconventional. Some are weird. But they’re also the most effective in helping you feel confident about speaking in public. So are you ready to overcome your anxiety and feel excited to speak in public?
Unlimited Abundance: Align Your Life with the Unseen Forces of Success (Includes a Free Meditation Audio Download)
A revised edition of the New York Time bestseller, now featuring additional success techniques and free meditation downloads.
Discover the scientifically proven information and dynamic strategies you need to align with the Universe and manifest abundance and happiness.
What would you do if you could really achieve all that you desire? This revealing look at the science of success will show you how to do just that!
This formula for abundant living is based in the principles of quantum physics, and you can tap into these powerful forces to make your dreams come true. Sandra Anne Taylor, international speaker, counselor, and corporate consultant, has been teaching these principles and techniques around the world with amazing results. Quantum Success is filled with eye-opening information and dynamic strategies that put the real keys to wealth and abundance at your fingertips. Don’t wait a moment longer to unlock that Universal door. By understanding the science of attraction and manifestation, you can take a quantum leap into a life of unparalleled prosperity and happiness.
The Deccan Sun
The Urdu writer, Zeenath Sajida dominated the literary and intellectual circles of Hyderabad for half a century. Often compared with Ismat Chughtai for her boldness, defiance and verbal craft, Zeenath wrote a number of popular short stories. But she was best known for her humorous khaake (pen portraits) and inshaaiye (light sketches). Yet, her work has rarely been curated and translated for an English reader.
Nazia Akhtar’s nuanced translation brings Zeenath’s sparkling wit and eloquent prose to a new readership and reminds us of the neglected legacy of Hyderabadi women writers. Through The Deccan Sun we celebrate Zeenath Sajida’s place in a larger tradition of Urdu writing and culture, while also specifically enriching and diversifying perspectives on women’s writing in Urdu.’
Students Etched In Memory
Students Etched in Memory is a remarkable collection of forty essays by Perumal Murugan, translated with sensitivity and grace by V. Iswarya. While Murugan is widely acclaimed for his novels such as One Part Woman and Pyre, this collection reveals another facet of his work—as a teacher, mentor and keen observer of young minds.
In these deeply personal essays, Murugan offers an intimate look into the lives of college students from small-town Tamil Nadu. Each is a portrait of youth, where the pursuit of education becomes a journey not just of academic growth, but of self-discovery. Through his sharp yet compassionate observations, Murugan captures the delicate balance between the quest for knowledge and the search for identity, belonging and purpose.
With profound empathy for his students, Murugan recognizes that education is far more than textbooks and exams. Against the backdrop of contemporary India, the essays reflect the broader challenges facing students—pressures of family expectations, class, caste and the tension between tradition and modernity. Yet, they carry a sense of hope—of education as a pathway to change, upward mobility and the possibility of personal transformation.
Once again, Perumal Murugan demonstrates his mastery in capturing the lived experiences of individuals navigating the shifting currents of change.
The Deras
More than a decade ago, intrigued by his encounter with a few people and a chance discussion about their religious beliefs, Santosh K. Singh began delving deeper into the phenomenon of the dera. What followed thereafter was an extensive engagement with this belief system.
The dera culture in Punjab has an ancient history and stands on philosophically rich terrain. Deras are reflective of South Asia’s fluid, sacred geography and its propensity to constantly and seamlessly engage in multiple conversations within itself.
Be it the hugely influential Dera Sachkhand Ballan, the controversial Dera Sacha Sauda or the many other deras dotting the landscape—all of these are complex institutions. They have a rich diversity of histories of time, people and communities that both draw from the past and negotiate with the present to carve out a new future.
The Deras is an effort to discuss this fascinating and emancipatory realm, and prevent it from getting boxed in a narrow, sectarian and parochial framework.
The World With Its Mouth Open
In eleven stories, The World With Its Mouth Open maps the inner lives of the people of Kashmir as they walk the uncertain terrain of their days, fractured from years of war. From a shopkeeper’s encounter with a mannequin, to an expectant mother walking on a precarious road, to a young boy wavering between dreams and reality, to two dogs wandering the city, these stories weave in larger, devastating themes of loss, grief, violence, longing, and injustice with the threads of smaller, everyday realities that confront the characters’ lives in profound ways. Although the stories circle the darker aspects of life, they are—at the same time—an attempt to run into life, into humor, into beauty, into another person who can offer refuge, if momentarily.
Zahid Rafiq’s The World With Its Mouth Open is a powerful collection announcing the arrival of a new voice that bears witness to the human condition with nuance, heart, humor, and incredible insight.
Hindi Ke Shringar Geet/हिन्दी के शृंगार गीत
अस्सी से अधिक लोकप्रिय कवियों के चुने हुए शृंगार गीतों का यह संकल नीरज जी ने प्रस्तुत किया है। हरेक गीत ऐसा है कि आप पढ़कर झूम उठेंगे और उसे बार-बार गुनगुनाएँगे।
रस, रूप और रंग से ओत-प्रोत ये गीत आप भूल नहीं पाएँगे।
इनमें से अधिकांश गीतों पर मधुर संगीत भी कंपोज हो चुके हैं और कई गीत फिल्मों में भी नज़र आ चुके हैं। ये गीत अपने आप में बहुत ही अद्भुत हैं।
Gandhi Vadh Aur Main/गांधी वध और मैं
साहित्य दृष्टि से ‘गांधी-वध और मैं’ जीवनी,आत्मकथा तथा संस्मरण विधाओं का संगम है। गांधी वध करनेवाले नाथूराम गोडसे के भाई गोपाल गोडसे ने इसे लिखा है। इतिहास की दृष्टि से यह पुस्तक कांग्रेस, गांधी और भारत-विभाजन का ऐतिहासिक विवरण प्रस्तुत करती है। इतिहास की सच्चाई को प्रकट करती है। भारत में प्रचारित झूठे तथा मनगढंत तथ्यों को उजागर करती है।
गांधी जी की हत्या से जुड़ी तमाम रोमांचक बातें इस पुस्तक में दी गई हैं, जिन्हें पढ़कर गांधीजी से घृणा भी की जा सकती है और इसे इस रूप में भी देखा जा सकता है कि. . . प्रार्थना के लिए जाते समय गोडसे की तीन गोलियों ने गांधीजी को नहीं रोका. . . बल्कि गांधीजी ने ही उन तीन गोलियों को रोका, ताकि वे और न फैलें, किसी और पर न पड़ें और घृणा का उसी क्षण अंत हो जाए!
Indira/इंदिरा
इंदिरा बंकिमचन्द्र का एक अत्यंत लोकप्रिय उपन्यास है। इसमें सुहाग से बिछुड़ी एक नवयौवना की व्यथा भरी कथा है। नारी के जिस पक्ष का चित्रण यहाँ हुआ है, वह अद्वितीय है। इसके अनुवादक श्रीरामनाथ सुमन ने इसे इस शैली में अनुवाद किया है कि पाठक को यह उपन्यास मूलत: हिंदी भाषा में लिखा गया ही प्रतीत होता है।
पाठक का मनोरंजन करने के अलावा, यह उपन्यास पाठक को उस समय के दौरान बंगाल समाज के सामाजिक मानदंडों और परंपराओं के बारे में अद्भुत जानकारी भी देती है, जब किताब लिखी गई थी; प्यार और रिश्तों के बारे में और जिस तरह से समाज उन्हें आकार देता है, यह सब इस उपन्यास में उकेरा गया है।