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The Extraordinary Life of Rifleman Aurangzeb

What was so unusual about a young boy from Salani, Poonch deciding to join the Indian Armed Forces? It was that when Rifleman Aurangzeb enlisted, militancy was at its peak. While his district was the breeding ground for infiltrators and locals were scared of even associating with India, here was a man who openly declared that he would follow in his father’s footsteps and don the olive green.
Aurangzeb had witnessed multiple encounters as a young boy where Lashkar militants would barge into their homes and threaten to kill his father because of his solidarity with India. Yet, he stood his ground and joined the forces.

Aurangzeb was amongst the many who wore the uniform and yet, he was different! Never hesitating to voice his opinion on the functioning of the administration in his district, he was a fearless man who always followed his heart. That heart also led him to a beautiful woman he had promised to marry, a promise that remained unfulfilled.

This is the story of a man who was ready to fight his people for his country.
It is the story of a man who is the reason behind there being at least one person in the forces in every home in Salani.

A braveheart who was kidnapped by the Lashkar, Aurangzeb was tortured, recorded and brutally murdered—the militants still lost because there was no fear in his eyes and he died with his head held high.

Isa /ईसा

ईसा, यीशू मसीह या जीजस क्राइस्ट इस्लाम के अजीम तरीन पैगंबरों में से एक हैं और ईसाई धर्म के प्रवर्तक माने जाते हैं। ईसाई लोग उन्हें परमपिता का पुत्र और ईसाई त्रिमूर्ति का तृतीय सदस्य मानते हैं। इसमें बाइबिल के नए नियम भी दिए गए हैं। प्रस्तुत पुस्तक में ईसा की जीवनी के साथ-साथ उनके शुभ संदेशों को भी उत्कृष्ट ढंग से प्रस्तुत किया गया है, ताकि पाठक मानवता के इस मसीहा की जीवन गाथा और संदेश से रू-ब-रू हो सकें। इस पुस्तक की लेखिका लंबे समय तक शिक्षण कार्य से जुड़ी हुई हैं। धर्म और दर्शन पर इनकी अच्छी पकड़ है। यह पुस्तक प्रामाणिक स्रोतों के आधार पर लिखी गई है, इसलिए हर किसी के लिए पठनीय है।

When Breath Becomes Air (Hindi) / Jab Hawa Bein Basi Saans/जब हवा में बसी साँस

छत्तीस साल की उम्र में, न्यूरोसर्जन के रूप में एक दशक का प्रशिक्षण पूरा करने के करीब पॉल कलानिधि को फेफड़ों के चौथी स्टेज के कैंसर का पता चला। एक दिन वह मरते हुए लोगों का इलाज करने वाले डॉक्टर थे और अगले दिन वह जीने के लिए संघर्ष कर रहे एक मरीज थे। व्हेन ब्रेथ बिकम्स एयर कलानिधि के एक भोले-भाले मेडिकल छात्र से मानव पहचान के लिए सबसे महत्वपूर्ण स्थान स्टैनफोर्ड में मस्तिष्क के क्षेत्र में काम करने वाले एक ‘शानदार’ न्यूरोसर्जन और अंततः एक रोगी और उस नए पिता के रूप में परिवर्तन का वर्णन करती है, जो अपनी मृत्यु का सामना कर रहा है। व्हेन ब्रेथ बिकम्स एयर मौत का सामना करने की चुनौती और डॉक्टर और मरीज़ के बीच के रिश्ते पर एक प्रतिभाशाली लेखक का एक अविस्मरणीय, जीवन-पुष्टि करने वाला प्रतिबिंब है, जो दोनों ही बन गया था।

Transformed by India: A Life

How on earth did Stephen Huyler find himself pedaling a bicycle rickshaw through the Indian border on his twentieth birthday?

Intriguing stories like this define Huyler’s life and his metamorphosis into a leading documentarian of the cultures and peoples of India.

In the fifty-two years since his unusual first entry, Stephen has traversed the subcontinent dozens of times by a wide variety of transportation in order to conduct a detailed survey of India’s village and other subcultures.

His innate friendliness has always opened doors, while his skills as a writer and photographer have allowed him to create books and museum exhibitions of material never before recorded.

Transformed By India invites the reader to join Dr. Huyler as he navigates this remarkable nation. The chapters revolve around tributes to the individuals he has known from maharajahs to musicians, Dalits to Brahmins, politicians to potters. Tying all the many stories together is the innate strength and creative capacity for improvement expressed everywhere in the subcontinent.

Early in his career as an anthropologist and art historian, Stephen Huyler recognized that most of the world had little access to feeling the pulse of the peoples of South Asia.

His seven previous books and dozens of museum exhibitions build bridges of communication between India and countries beyond its boundaries.

stephenhuyler.com and www.pipparannbooks.com

Soumitra Chatterjee and His World

Sanghamitra Chakraborty’s biography covers the complete arc of Soumitra Chatterjee’s extraordinary life and captures the many facets of his talent as a creative artist and all-round icon of the Bengal cultural sphere. From his work as an actor of international renown and his long partnership with Satyajit Ray to his forays into poetry, editorship and art, Soumitra Chatterjee and His World captures the richness and complexity of his journey and explores the turbulent times that shaped him.

An essential book for legions of his fans, it introduces his legacy to a pan-India audience and a new generation of film lovers.

Rahul Bajaj (Hindi) / राहुल बजाज

साहसी, करिश्माई और नैतिक व्यक्तित्व वाले राहुल बजाज ने दुनिया की सबसे मूल्यवान दोपहिया कंपनी बजाज ऑटो और वित्तीय सेवाओं की पावरहाउस बजाज फिनसर्व का निर्माण किया। उन्होंने भारत के सबसे प्रभावशाली और सफल व्यावसायिक समूहों में से एक का नेतृत्व किया। एक प्रसिद्ध व्यवसायी नेता, पूर्व सांसद और एक प्रभावशाली राष्ट्रीय प्रतीक राहुल बजाज वस्तुतः भारत के स्वातंत्र्योत्तर युग के प्रतीक हैं। इस पुस्तक में, बेस्टसेलिंग लेखिका गीता पिरामल, बजाज और उनके उथल-पुथल भरे जीवन तक बेबाक रूप से पहुँचती हैं। कथा भारत के स्वतंत्रता संग्राम के दौरान उनकी माँ के कारावास के विवरण से शुरू होती है और एक महत्त्वाकांक्षी, उदारीकरण के बाद के देश में जीवन की झलकियाँ प्रदान करती है। स्टार्ट-अप के युग में, पिरामल ने ‘हमारा बजाज’ के पीछे के व्यक्ति की स्थायी विरासत का चित्रण किया है। सूक्ष्म अवलोकन और गहरी अंतर्दृष्टि से भरपूर यह जीवनी परिवार, व्यवसाय और सार्वजनिक जीवन के बारे में अतुलनीय सबक से भरपूर है और अंततः समाज के ताने-बाने पर एक अमिट छाप छोड़ती है।

Undaunted

9 May 2017. Lt Ummer Fayaz was brutally murdered by armed militants in Kashmir while he was back home, attending a wedding in the family. The death sent the nation into shock and immortalized the memory of a young man with conviction beyond his years.

In his brief, inspiring life, Ummer joined the Indian Army to set an example and galvanize fellow Kashmiris to move beyond the cycle of violence that unrest in the state had forced them into.

Deeply researched and told with feeling, Undaunted is the extraordinary story of an extraordinary life.

Building My World

Swraj Paul – The Lord Paul of Marylebone – is Labour peer in the House of Lords, Chairman of the £500 million Caparo Group, a philanthropist best known for saving the London Zoo from closure, and a prominent politician. Unusually for an NRI, he is also recipient of one of India’s highest awards, the Padma Bhushan. By any yardstick his has been a career crammed with incident and achievement. Raised in Jalandhar, Punjab, where his father ran a small foundry making steel buckets and farming equipment, he went to the US to read mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A thriving business career in India, taken up on his return home, was unexpectedly diverted into a heartbreaking battle to save the life of his fourth child, Ambika. The search for a cure led him to London in 1966, and it was there, eventually, as he emerged from the trauma of her death, that he set up Caparo, today the largest family-owned business in Britain.
In his memoir, Building My World, Lord Paul recounts the high points of a life well lived. Here are the details of his business career, including his run-in with DCM and Escorts, his encounters with the famous and the mighty, notably Indira Gandhi, Sanjay and Rajiv; and a distillation of his personal and business philosophy. Written with insight and candour, this memoir provides a glimpse into the making of one of the most outstanding success stories of our time.

You Turn

Dr A.V. Anoop, managing director of the AVA Group of Companies, has led the success story of the world’s largest-selling Ayurvedic bath soap, Medimix, for over four decades.
This book is Dr Anoop’s riveting memoir. Filled with uplifting anecdotes and guidance, the author has narrated his journey of the many upheavals, chance encounters and the actions he has taken as a prolific business leader, activist, philanthropist and filmmaker.
A.V. Anoop has been honoured with the Mahatma Gandhi Peace Foundation Award, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award and the Red Cross Award. In addition to his success in business, Dr Anoop is also a renowned philanthropist and a prominent figure in the film industry.

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