यह पुस्तक भारत में पर्यावरण आंदोलन की जड़ों को समझने का एक महत्त्वपूर्ण प्रयास है। रामचंद्र गुहा इसमें दिखाते हैं कि कैसे भारत में प्रकृति के प्रति संवेदनशीलता केवल आधुनिक विचार नहीं, बल्कि सदियों पुरानी सामाजिक, सांस्कृतिक और आर्थिक परंपराओं से जुड़ी हुई है। पुस्तक में भारतीय इतिहास से जुड़े नौ पर्यावरणविदों के माध्यम से यह बताया गया है कि आम लोगों—विशेषकर ग्रामीण समुदायों—ने अपने जीवन और आजीविका की रक्षा के लिए पर्यावरण संरक्षण को एक संघर्ष के रूप में अपनाया। गुहा यह भी स्पष्ट करते हैं कि भारतीय पर्यावरणवाद पश्चिमी मॉडल से अलग है, क्योंकि यह केवल प्रकृति की रक्षा नहीं, बल्कि सामाजिक न्याय और संसाधनों के समान वितरण से भी जुड़ा है।
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Make it Happen Hindi / Man Ke Jeete Jeet / मन के जीते जीत
मैनिफ़ेस्टिंग कोई जादू न होकर एक ऐसी प्रक्रिया है, जिसकी मदद से आप अपने स्पष्ट फ़ोकस, विश्वास, व सोच-समझकर किए गए कार्यों के माध्यम से, अपने लक्ष्यों व विचारों को हकीकत में बदल सकते हैं।
अकसर हम अपने आस-पास के माहौल और लोगों के दबाव में आ जाते हैं। हमें अपनी असली ताकत का अंदाज़ा नहीं होता, इसलिए हम ख़ुद पर भरोसा नहीं कर पाते। यह किताब आपको दो तरीकों से आगे बढ़ना सिखाएगी।
मानसिकता : सबसे पहले यह साफ करें कि आपको असल में क्या चाहिए। अपना विज़न स्पष्ट करें व आम मानसिक बाधाओं; जैसे अपने मन से डर, शक और नेगेटिव विचारों को निकाल फेंकें, जो आपको आगे बढ़ने से रोकते हैं।
क्रियान्वयन : सिर्फ सोचने से कुछ नहीं होगा, काम करना ज़रूरी है। सही मौकों को पहचानें, उनका लाभ उठाएँ और चाहे कितनी भी मुश्किलें आएँ, अपने रास्ते पर डटे रहें।
मैनिफ़ेस्टिंग का मतलब हाथ-पर-हाथ रखकर बैठना नहीं है। यह एक सक्रिय प्रक्रिया है—जब आप सही सोच के साथ मेहनत करते हैं, तभी आपको रिजल्ट मिलते हैं।
Ghost on Peepal Tree Hindi / Peepal Ki Chhanw Mein / पीपल की छाँव में
एक ऐसी पुस्तक है जो पर्यावरण, आध्यात्म और मानवीय संवेदनाओं को एक सूत्र में पिरोती है। यह केवल वृक्षों की कहानी नहीं, बल्कि उस गहरे संबंध की खोज है जो मनुष्य और प्रकृति के बीच सदियों से मौजूद है। इस पुस्तक में पीपल बाबा ने अपने जीवन के अनुभवों, संस्मरणों और विचारों के माध्यम से यह दिखाया है कि पीपल का वृक्ष केवल एक प्राकृतिक इकाई नहीं, बल्कि ऊर्जा, चेतना और आध्यात्मिकता का प्रतीक है। भारतीय संस्कृति में इसकी विशेष महत्ता को लेखक ने आधुनिक दृष्टिकोण के साथ प्रस्तुत किया है। यह पाठकों को न केवल पर्यावरण संरक्षण के प्रति जागरूक करती है, बल्कि उन्हें अपने भीतर और प्रकृति के साथ गहरे जुड़ाव को महसूस करने के लिए प्रेरित करती है।
Greatest Ghost Stories | Spooky Thrillers and Supernatural Adventures Written by India’s Beloved Authors | Ruskin Bond, Paro Anand & More | Perfect for Ages 9+
From a creepy spirit lurking in a deserted bungalow and a goddess reborn demanding blood, to a haunted school, sinister wind chimes and a possessed doll, this spine-tingling collection is filled with eerie encounters and chilling mysteries.
Packed with deliciously spooky tales, this much-loved collection now returns as Greatest Ghost Stories, perfect for readers who love a good fright. Featuring stories by some of the finest voices in children’s literature, including: • Adithi Rao • Anita Vachharajani • Asha Nehemiah • Chatura Rao • Deepa Agarwal • Jerry Pinto • Paro Anand • Payal Dhar • Ranjit Lal • Ruskin Bond • Satyajit Ray • Shashi Warrier • Subhadra Sen Gupta
INSIDE THIS BOOK:
- Spine-tingling tales packed with mystery and suspense
- Eerie encounters, haunted places and unforgettable twists
- Engaging stories that keeps readers hooked till the last page
- A deliciously spooky reading experience for thrill-seekers
Why you’ll love it:
- PERFECT FOR AGES 9+: Just the right amount of scare and suspense
- THRILLING PAGE-TURNERS: Stories that keep readers coming back for more
- BY MUCH-LOVED AUTHORS: Featuring some of the finest voices in children’s literature
- PERFECT FOR SPOOKY READS: Great for late-night reading or sharing with friends
- A GREAT GIFT: For every young reader who loves a good fright
We Were Making History… (Zubaan Classics)
In the early 1980s, members of Stree Shakti Sanghatana, a Hyderabad women’s collective, set out to talk to women who had been part of the legendary Telangana People’s Struggle (1946-51), a rebellion which began in the erstwhile Hyderabad state and was put down by the newly inaugurated republic. The group interviewed more than 50 women, from well-known figures like Mallu Swarajyam, Chityala Ailamma and Jamalunnisa Baji to women across caste and class whose lives had been transformed by the struggle, like Kamalamma, Pramilatai, and Dudala Salamma. Sixteen of these interviews were published in Telugu as Manaku Teliyani Mana Charitra (1986) and translated into English as ‘We Were Making History…’: Life Stories of Women in the Telangana People’s Struggle (1989). This reprint presents that classic for a new generation of readers.
Your Perfect Dream Girl
Fifteen years ago, Sukhnidh Kaur became an influencer. Now twenty-seven, she sits down to analyse every DM, selfie, and insecurity collected over a decade—and reckons with what happened to her girlhood.
Written as twenty-five letters to a faceless man, Kaur’s generation-defining debut traces what shapes young urban women’s lives online—filters, followers, snark forums that turn girls into bloodsport, dating apps, deepfakes, AI girlfriends—and stares down the churning abyss of how we got here.
A dossier of real stories, journal entries, love letters men sent her growing up, and interviews with industry insiders, Your Perfect Dream Girl builds a single argument: women are the most lucrative product of every technological revolution, and AI is about to industrialise every broken part of how we consume them.
A Revolution in the Valley (Chronicles of Courage)
A novel of the Silent Valley Movement of 1973–1984
It is 1978 and letters are flying from Jenny in Palakkad to Teesta in Bombay and back. Jenny lives near the Silent Valley forest in Kerala and loves her life in general (except for Pushkin). Teesta wants to be a journalist and lives in a house that smells of biscuits. When they become pen pals, their worlds opens up—Teesta brings the city to Jenny and Jenny nudges Teesta to express herself freely.
When the government gives permission for a dam that will submerge half of Silent Valley, and urban expansion threatens the coastal mangroves of Bombay, Jenny and Teesta must inspire each other as they fight their own battles against those who seek to destroy nature.
Award-winning author Bijal Vachharajani writes of nature and change and celebrates the wild in this delightful novel.
The Chronicles of Courage series looks at moments and movements in India after independence that have shaped the life of the nation.
The Second Orbit
Not merely a space story. A mindset upgrade.
From doubt ? discipline ? destiny
What if your dream wasn’t yours alone?
In The Second Orbit, Shubhanshu Shukla strips away the spectacle of space travel to reveal something far more powerful, the inner battle to keep believing when everything pushes you to stop.
Behind every launch is a thousand silent breakdowns. Behind every orbit is a moment where quitting feels easier. This is that story.
From brutal training modules to the stillness of space, Shubhanshu captures what it means to carry not just ambition, but expectation, the hopes of 1.4 billion people riding on one fragile human resolve.
This is not a victory lap. A mindset. A mirror.
Because the real question isn’t how far you can go,
it’s how long you can hold on when things get hard.
And maybe, just maybe …
your second orbit is waiting.
Mountain Mammals of the World
There are several books available on the wildlife of different countries and continents, of animal and bird species, even of habitats and ecotypes such as the rainforests, wetlands and deserts. However, one does not find a comprehensive work on the larger mountain mammals of the world.
In this book, M.K. Ranjitsinh, who has been one of the foremost conservationists and spearheaded several programmes for the protection of wildlife, brings alive the world of mammals with his insightful writing.
With breathtaking photographs and maps to show the distribution of each species—their status, behaviour,
ecology and other aspects, Mountain Mammals of the World is a mammoth compendium of fifty-eight species and a total of 119 mountain mammal taxa of the world, making it a def initive guide to understanding the most spectacular animals on earth, against the backdrop of some of the world’s most
splendid scenery.
This is Fascism: A Wake-up Call
‘Excellent’ Timothy Snyder
‘Definitive’ Jason Stanley
‘Masterful and chilling’ Paul Mason
‘A distress signal … Read this book’ Rutger Bregman
Fascism is back. This time no swastikas, Nazi flags, or deadly bureaucracy, but MAGA hats, right-wing extremist memes, and a triumphant fist held high. For the first time in modern history, far right parties in some European countries have won a larger share of the votes than the Conservatives and the Social Democrats.
Fascism hollows out democracies from within. It starts with language, not tanks. With democratic elections, not a coup.
But how do fascists mobilise citizens? How has fascism become normalised in Europe again? And how do we stop it?