In Vishwa Shastra, Dhruva Jaishankar provides a comprehensive overview of India’s interactions with the world—from ancient times to the present day. He describes a long tradition of Indian statecraft and strategic thinking on international affairs, charts early India’s relations with a vast geography from the Mediterranean and Africa to Southeast and Northeast Asia, and captures the costs and consequences of European colonialism. Jaishankar also describes India’s territorial, economic and governance challenges upon Independence and the origins of India’s rivalries with Pakistan and China.
Speaking to a wide audience that includes policymakers, scholars and especially students, Vishwa Shastra offers both rich historical context and forward-looking strategies for India. Highlighting India’s transition from Cold War non-alignment to post-Cold War realignment, Jaishankar outlines India’s strategic objectives: bolstering national power, securing the neighbourhood, maintaining a balance of power in the Indo-Pacific, and leading at international institutions.
Balanced, comprehensive and rigorous, Vishwa Shastra goes beyond shedding light on how India can maneuver in a challenging geopolitical landscape and advance its interests in an interconnected world: it gives us a clear-eyed perspective on how India might actually define the emerging world order.
The book you are holding is a unique cookbook about Indian spices, specifically focusing on the intricate
world of spice blends. What is fascinating about spice blends, you ask? Well, a garam masala may
contain anywhere between four and fifteen varied spices; a pickle masala may have a different recipe
in Andhra Pradesh than it does in Delhi; a chai masala may have a distinctive recipe in the winter
than it does in the summer.
In Masalamandi, the author sets out on a quest to unravel how a single dish can be prepared with
multiple spice blends, all created from the same whole spices yet resulting in distinct flavours! While
sharing his own experiences and interactions with these spice blends, he also offers a comprehensive
exploration of the history, mythology and cultural significance that surrounds each of them.
This is a spice trail like no other.
Something strange is happening in the heart of the British Empire.
Nineteenth-century Calcutta is abuzz with social reforms, especially with regard to womens’ rights and education. And in this time, Kadambini Ganguly dreams of going to university—and in the ultimate audacious hope—wants to become a doctor.
But for many people, the idea of girls studying is anathema. And a school full of unmarried girls and widows getting an education, in an environment where caste is disregarded and every student treated as an equal, leads to charges of immorality. And the battle to get the right to a college education is against overwhelming odds.
The fictionalised story of Kadambini, one of the first women graduates of the British Empire and the first woman to get a degree from an Indian medical college, is rivetingly told by Madhurima Vidyarthi, in a fascinating portrait of nineteenth century life, society and its arbitrary mores.
Before Shankuntala Devi was world-renowned as the human computer, she was a girl to whom numbers were her friends and playmates.
How to Suffer Well: Timeless Knowledge on Dealing with Hardship and Becoming Anguish-Proof.
Life is tough, so you better get a helmet. You’ll run into pain, anguish, and obstacles. But who says that they need to affect you?
If you’re able to build immunity to emotional, mental, and physical discomfort and suffering, then your mind can be trained to flourish despite life’s challenges.
How to Suffer Well is a literal guidebook to learn how to defeat the voices in your head that tell you to give up. Instead, they’ll be replaced with voices that tell you it’ll be okay, this will pass, and life can be happy despite the suffering; only if you know how to suffer well.
In this book, you’ll learn to –
- Face your sufferings with a zen-like rationality and objective perspective
- Experience the positive side of emotions
- Discover how to tolerate life’s rigors without collapsing
- Increase your mental pain tolerance to superhuman levels
- Greatly expand your comfort zone and build layers of mental armor to ensure your happiness.
Tatum Comes Home by the TikTok and Instagram sensation hi.this.is. is a feel-good adventure about a charismatic and cuddly pet, his human family, and how love heals.
It’s late May, and Maine is blooming with the crispness of pine in air and the rich scents of spring. In this fairytale woodland city lives Tatum, a sweet rust-colored rescue dog, who is enjoying a trip to the hardware store with his dad when a heavy thunderstorm blows in. Frightened, Tatum scampers off to hide—and buries himself beneath a blanket on a nearby truck.
When Tatum wakes, hungry and confused, he’s hours from home and his family franticly searching for him. But as fate would have it, Tatum’s presence is the anchor this kind truck owner needs, who promises to get him back to his family. Will seeking help from an old vet friend help the truck owner find the love he has been evading for so long?
Tatum, with his deep golden eyes and trusting gaze, has a knack for making friends—and for letting humans know exactly what’s on his mind. Everyone Tatum meets on his journey are eager to do their part to get him home. And in turn, Tatum has a way of nudging everyone he encounters to overcome hurdles, seek out second chances, and find—or make—the families they need.
The millions of Tiktok and Instagram fans who love Tatum’s distinctive quirks and hilarious voice are in for a treat with this warm, emotional adventure.
Unlock the extraordinary within!
Are you tired of feeling stuck, as if your dreams are just distant mirages on the horizon? Do you long to break free from the chains of self-doubt and anxiety, and step into a life brimming with purpose and joy?
The Mindful Revival is your guide to transforming your life from the inside out. This interactive 50-day programme is designed to lead you out of the shadows and into the radiant light of self-worth and fulfilment. Each day, you’ll dive into a simple yet powerful activity that encourages deep introspection. These practices may seem small, but they hold the power to light the way to a more vibrant, joyful life.
Here’s what awaits you inside:
• 50 Daily Activities:Thoughtfully crafted exercises to shift your mindset and nurture self-compassion.
• Reflective Prompts: Invitation to explore your inner world and discover your hidden strengths.
• Engaging Dialogue: A guided journey of self-improvement that feels like a supportive friend by your side in a warm, engaging, and encouraging conversation.
• Online Community: A space to share your experiences and connect with fellow travellers on this transformative journey.
The Mindful Revival isn’t just another self-help book—it’s a gentle yet powerful push towards a life filled with passion and purpose.
Unlock the true power of your AI-generated content with AI to A+. Packed with practical strategies and proven techniques, this book equips you with the tools to elevate your writing to new heights. Each chapter presents a carefully crafted rubric designed to transform your drafts into polished, compelling narratives.
Whether you are a seasoned content creator or just beginning to explore the world of generative AI, this guide offers actionable insights to make your work stand out. With a handy checklist and key takeaways included, applying these principles becomes a seamless part of your writing routine.
More than just a manual, AI to A+ is your strategic partner in mastering the art of AI content editing. So, start your journey towards content excellence today and discover how to make every word count.
Imagine a world without bias
Imagine a world where all human beings can truly belong, just as they are, and unleash their full potential.
Take a moment to imagine how you feel in such a world. Not what you think about it, or whether you believe it’s possible, but how you feel.
This is the proposition that opens Breaking Bias. It’s your invitation to embark on an experiential journey with the power to radically change your daily life and, by extension, the world we share. Anu Gupta offers a page-turning deep dive into how bias is learned—and a strikingly original and highly effective set of tools to un-learn it. Breaking Bias is one of the few books that go beyond examining the history of bias to offer actual training in how to reduce bias. It’s also the only book of its kind written by an author with Anu’s unique intersectional identities: a gay brown immigrant with Buddhist, Christian, and Hindu roots who is also an American lawyer and scholar of bias with two decades’ worth of research and teaching experience and lived experiences that span the globe.
Anu takes you on a deep-time journey to explore human identities and to recognize that breaking bias is the key to unlocking multiple crises in our world, from racism, sexism, and classism to burnout, loneliness, and climate change. Then he offers his signature PRISM toolkit—a set of contemplative tools grounded in Buddhist wisdom and backed by science—to help you dismantle learned bias within yourself and in the world around you, moment by moment.
A perennially popular book by a beloved author—now in an updated package with a new preface—sheds light on what the next life may have in store.
“A book about living that will help readers see more beauty, feel more power, and know more love.” — don Miguel Ruiz, international best-selling author of The Four Agreements
If the dead could speak, don’t you wonder what they would say to those of us they’ve left behind? What would they tell us to soothe our sorrow for their loss, calm our fears of what happens when we die, and fire us up to live the best possible lives we can right now? These are the questions New York Times best-selling author Mike Dooley seeks to answer in The Top Ten Things Dead People Want to Tell YOU—and ten years after its initial release, it’s still one of Mike’s most popular and beloved books. In pages filled with wisdom, humor, and, yes, joy, Mike explores our most pressing and profound questions about the afterlife—and this life—by adopting the perspective of those who have made the transition to the next phase. Among the revelations and insights they share:
• We were ready; you are not.
• There’s no such thing as a devil or hell.
• We’re sorry for any pain we may have caused.
• Your pets are just as crazy, brilliant, and loving here as they were there.
• Nothing we say can prepare you for the beauty of the moment you arrive.
New readers are discovering The Top Ten Things Dead People Want to Tell YOU all the time—and this anniversary release gives the book a fresh new package and new preface from the author to frame its invaluable insights for the times we live in now.
