The growing uncertainty of the economic climate and ever-increasing anxieties about our health and wellness have made it more urgent than ever before to seek a life of stillness, balance, and perspective. As we adjust to a new reality, our inner world is cracked open to reveal the state of our spiritual health. We are now left questioning the fragility of our egos that crumble in the face of a threat to our assumed identities of work and relationships.
The market for spirituality is an endless warren of complex pathways, with each path offering a differently worded routine to reach the same destination. Seekers are enticed with milestones to cross in the form of courses and levels often under the tutelage of a guru. This book shares wisdom on how to wade through the labyrinth of pathways that make up the journey to a more conscious spiritual lifestyle.
Rich with anecdotes from the author’s own experiences and fellow seekers, The Inner Light is a handy guide to prepare readers—aspirants and sceptics alike—for what to expect when they set out to integrate spirituality into everyday life. This book is for beginners looking to dip their toes, and then some, into the waters of spirituality without getting caught in the whirlpool of spiritual consumerism. It answers these important questions:
What is spirituality? Where do I even start?
How can I walk this path with awareness?
How can I improve my understanding of life?
दिल्ली मॉडल ने स्वतंत्र भारत में पहली बार सार्वजनिक शिक्षा और स्वास्थ्य सेवा में बदलाव के मुद्दे को हाशिये से निकालकर भारतीय राजनीति के केंद्र में ला दिया। यह मानव पूँजी विकास में निवेश और सभी नागरिकों के लिए बेहतर सेवा वितरण को प्राथमिकता देता है, जबकि सबसे कमज़ोर लोगों के लिए एक सामाजिक सुरक्षा जाल सुनिश्चित करता है। यह पुस्तक दिल्ली मॉडल के वास्तविक स्वरूप के बारे में पहली ऐसी पुस्तक है, जिसमें इसके आर्थिक आधार और भारत में अन्य शासन मॉडलों, विशेष रूप से गुजरात मॉडल के साथ इसकी तुलना के बारे में विस्तार से बताया गया है। जस्मीन शाह ने इस प्रामाणिक और शोध-समर्थित पुस्तक में दिल्ली में आम आदमी पार्टी सरकार द्वारा छह प्रमुख क्षेत्रों—शिक्षा, स्वास्थ्य, वायु प्रदूषण, परिवहन, बिजली और पानी में किए गए सुधारों और उनके परिणामों का खुलासा किया है। पिछले दशक में निर्धारित नीतियों और सुधारों का विश्लेषण करते हुए, जैस्मीन ने दिल्ली मॉडल के सिद्धांतों का लाभ उठाकर एक विकसित भारत के निर्माण के लिए एक महत्त्वाकांक्षी रोड मैप तैयार किया है।
बाज़ारवादी युग में दरकते इंसानी रिश्तों पर लिखी आलोक श्रीवास्तव की ग़ज़लें उनके निजी अनुभवों का आईना हैं। आसान की कई रचनाओं में सामाजिक सरोकार के सबूत मिलते हैं। यह पुस्तक पन्नों के कैनवास पर शब्दों के रंग बिखेरने का एहसास कराती है, जिसमें पाठक काव्य की हर विधा में निपुणता के साथ किसी सूफ़ियाना ख़्याल को सिर्फ एक दोहे में समेट देने के हुनर से रू-ब-रू होते हैं। पुस्तक की रचनाएँ पाठकों के मनोभाव में ऐसे प्रवेश करती हैं, जैसे वह उनकी ही भावनाएँ हों। विद्वान रावण द्वारा विरचित ‘शिव तांडव स्त्रोत’ और गोस्वामी तुलसीदास के लिखे ‘रुद्राष्टक’ का हिंदी भावानुवाद भी आसान में समाहित है।
Limited-Edition with a Handwritten Note from the Author
When love will not let you find a way out
In World’s Worst Best Girlfriend, Daksh and Aanchal met under improbable circumstances and were strangely drawn to each other. Their paths diverged, but when they reconnected, they couldn’t deny the spark they had. Yet, they chose to move on. Then, time added its layers and ambition blinded their journey.
After all, it’s not necessary to be together even if you love each other to the moon and back—or so they believed.
Wrong.
Not being with the one you love means that there is always this heart-shaped hole in your life, a pain you can’t understand, a longing that refuses to go away.
What happens when the Band-Aid on this relationship is ripped and they are pushed together to see what life for them would be like? What happens when they let go of their ambitions and emotions to finally look at filling the hole?
World’s Best Ex-Girlfriend is a romance that will take the reader through the wringer of love.
A collection as unprecedented as it is captivating, Lapbah—a title inspired by Lapbah Sohra, Sohra’s monsoon deluge—is a magnificent anthology in two volumes that brings together fifty-seven compelling tales by fifty-two of the finest writers from the North-east. It presents, for the first time, voices from all eight states of the region, seamlessly blending original works in English with masterful translations of those written in the regional languages.
The collection offers a rich tapestry of themes and styles through writing by the likes of Easterine Kire, Janice Pariat, Bhabendra Nath Saikia, Mitra Phukan and Arupa Patangia Kalita. The stories, emanating from the many different linguistic, literary and ethnic cultures, range from the traditionally heart-rending tales of Arup Kumar Dutta and Rashmi Narzary to the darkly humorous social and political satires of S.J. Duncan and Wan Kharkrang and the fantastical worlds of Jahnavi Barua and Harekrishna Deka, where reality mixes freely with the surreality of dream and fantasy.
Lapbah, compiled and edited by Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih and Rimi Nath, is a celebration of voices as diverse and multifaceted as the region itself, offering readers a profound and moving literary experience.
Living on rent in a wealthy, religious house, Chintamoni spends her days holding together her ordinary, lower-class family. Nothing excites her in her marriage to an unremarkable man, while the shadow of her son’s heart disease looms over her austere life. When a secretive devotee of Ma Kali begins boarding in the house, Chintamoni realises that the man has been eyeing her. His arrival kindles her dormant desires, bringing her both love and money. But the events that should have changed her life for the better end up making it much worse. Hidden Treasure is the story of a woman—and of women—struggling to make something of their lives in a world run by men, money, and religion.
From the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Things We Left Behind
Riley Thorn and her hot, tattooed, private investigator boyfriend Nick Santiago are all moved in to their new fixer-upper. Not only do they finally have their own place, they also haven’t found any new dead bodies on the premises.
Yep. It looks like summer is over and so is Riley’s bad luck. Or is it?
When Nick gives up sleeping and showering to obsess over the cold case that still haunts him, his intrepid business partner Mrs. Penny is calling the investigative shots. It’s every bit as bad as you can imagine.
Meanwhile, Riley has her hands full fixing up the crumbling crime scene they call home and setting boundaries with the breaking-and-entering octogenarians next door. You know. Normal stuff.
But normal comes to a screeching halt when Riley is abducted by a stranger, and her psychic powers go on the fritz. To make matters worse, it becomes clear that Riley’s new house guests are either in trouble or are trouble after bad guys deliver a warning with a severed finger.
Can Nick and Riley solve the case the old-fashioned way before they all end up in pieces? Or will a surprise birthday party, a dog doody bandit, an accidental arson, and a blast from the past be too much for them to handle?
कैलाश खेर का संगीतमय संस्मरण कही जा सकने वाली यह पुस्तक तेरी दीवानी : शब्दों के पार पाठकों को उनके 50 प्रमुख गीतों के पीछे की कहानियों और प्रेरणाओं के माध्यम से एक अंतरंग यात्रा पर जाने के लिए आमंत्रित करती है। इस पुस्तक की हर रचना में निहित भावनात्मक और रचनात्मक प्रक्रियाओं की भावुकता से खोज साफ दिखती है। इसमें कैलाश एक कलाकार के रूप में अपने व्यक्तिगत विकास और अपने संगीत के शक्तिशाली प्रभाव को सामने लाए हैं, जिसके लिए वे जाने जाते हैं। महान संगीत को आकार देने वाले उपाख्यानों, भावनाओं और प्रेरणाओं को साझा करते हुए, कैलाश खेर ने ‘सैयां’, ‘तेरी दीवानी’ और .‘अल्लाह के बंदे’ जैसे अपने सबसे प्रिय गीतों की उत्पत्ति का विस्तार से विवरण दिया है। इसमें वे न केवल अपनी संगीत उपलब्धियों का जश्न मनाते नज़र आते हैं, बल्कि पाठकों को इन भावपूर्ण धुनों की गहरी समझ और अंतर्दृष्टि भी प्रदान करते हैं।
A collection as unprecedented as it is captivating, Lapbah—a title inspired by Lapbah Sohra, Sohra’s monsoon deluge—is a magnificent anthology in two volumes that brings together fifty-seven compelling tales by fifty-two of the finest writers from the North-east. It presents, for the first time, voices from all eight states of the region, seamlessly blending original works in English with masterful translations of those written in the regional languages.
The collection offers a rich tapestry of themes and styles through writing by the likes of Indira Goswami, Temsüla Ao, Mamang Dai, Anjum Hasan, Homen Borgohain, Saurabh Kumar Chaliha and Lummer Dai. The stories, emanating from the many different linguistic, literary and ethnic cultures, range from the traditionally heart-rending tales of Arup Kumar Dutta and Rashmi Narzary to the darkly humorous social and political satires of S.J. Duncan and Wan Kharkrang and the fantastical worlds of Jahnavi Barua and Harekrishna Deka, where reality mixes freely with the surreality of dream and fantasy.
Lapbah, compiled and edited by Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih and Rimi Nath, is a celebration of voices as diverse and multifaceted as the region itself, offering readers a profound and moving literary experience.
In sixteenth-century India, warrior Amar Singh, tracker Jingu, artist Qamaruz Zaman and fire-scarred scholar Ferdows travel through a land teeming with clans, languages and deities, stealthily rigging the emperor’s dominion over man, beast and demon.
The unlikely quartet prove adept at engineering spectacles reflecting the Great Moghul’s divine right to rule. Qamaruz Zaman and Jingu’s acting abilities are as sublime as their sketching and tracking; Amar Singh excels at violence; and Ferdows is a skilled linguist and healer. In a series of disguises, they intercept a rogue elephant attacking a riverside caravanserai, face a liger in a subterranean complex under a desert kingdom, and confront a demon in an animistic community in a remote mountain valley. The Great Moghul takes credit for each hunt, and this strategy of empire expansion seems to be working.
But there are challenges. Qamaruz Zaman is frail, hedonistic and allergic to fur. Jingu has dreams of transcending his caste but fears they will only ever be dreams. Ferdows is on a hunt but doesn’t like hurting things. And Amar Singh is a narcissist who cares only about honour and reclaiming lost glory. By the time the quartet reaches the harem city of Zikri to investigate a mysterious death during a symposium on metaphysics, the differences of temperament, belief and ambition between them are causing issues.
In Zikri, Jingu and Qamaruz Zaman are sidelined, Amar Singh learns there is an imperial hunter other than the Great Moghul, and Ferdows the storyteller becomes the story.
