‘The body was the only truth she knew. It was the body alone that was left, even as she went beyond the body.’
Journeys form the leitmotif of these astonishing new stories by Ambai. Sometimes culminating in an unconventional love affair, some are extraordinary tales of loyalty and integrity; others touch on the almost fantastic, absurd aspect of Mumbai. Yet others explore the notion of a wholesome self, and its tragic absence at times. These stories are illuminated by vivid and unusual characters: from an eccentric, penurious singer-couple who adopt an ape as their son, to a male prostitute, who is battered by bimbos for not giving ‘full’ satisfaction.
Crucially, some of the stories, like the title one, engage uninhibitedly with a woman’s relationship to her body. For Ambai, feminist par excellence, the sensual body, experienced as a natural landscape changing with age, is at the same time, the only vehicle of life and tool for mapping the external world.
Are you a true professional? Would you like to become one? In The Professional, Subroto Bagchi showed how one can behave professionally-or otherwise-in diverse situations, and asked the key question: What does it mean to be a professional? Inspired by that game-changing book, many aspiring professionals wanted to test their mettle using Bagchi’s tools. The Professional Companion fulfils that need. In this do-it-yourself workbook that is meant as a companion volume to The Professional, Bagchi takes you through simple exercises that allow you to understand how professional your approach is in a given context, and helps you develop a wider skill set and a more committed outlook.The Professional Companion is your very own personalized guide to excelling in today’s world.
Looking slim isn’t the only marker of being fit. Fitness means having stamina, flexibility, and strength; being able to do your everyday tasks better; and being calm and focussed. Celebrity fitness trainer Abhishek Sharma shows you the perfect exercise regime that:
• Works on body and mind drawing elements from yoga, martial arts, and athletics
• Can be done anywhere and without machines and includes a range of exercises such as brisk walking, jogging, skipping, and cycling
• Helps you achieve a focussed mind through breathing and mind centring
• Is great for people on the move since the emphasis is on using your natural surroundings
• Will make you more confident, alert, and fearless, and is a great self defence tool
Fun, challenging, and for all age groups, Fitness on the Go has worked for celebrities such as Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, and Bollywood’s fittest actress, Deepika Padukone. Supplemented with photographs and celebrity secrets, it is the one stop solution for the modern warrior.
Our phones, computers and tablets are getting more powerful-but how many of us know the ways to get the most out of them? Bestselling author Ankit Fadia shows you how.
· Send an email in the future
· Fake an incoming call on your mobile phone
· Catch a cheating partner red-handed!
· Remember where you parked your car
· Block inappropriate websites from your kids
· Automate tasks on your mobile phone
· Hide files inside photographs!
Faster: 100 Ways to Improve Your Digital Life contains all the tips and tricks for you to stretch the limits of emails, computers, social networks, video sites and everything else digital. With easy-to-use examples and loads of screenshots, this edition, updated with all the latest information and apps, is the perfect digital companion for you.
The Delhi Sultanate period (1206-1526) is commonly portrayed as an age of chaos and violence – of rapacious, plundering kings, turbulent dynasties, and the aggressive imposition of Islam on India. But it was also the era that saw the creation of a pan-Indian empire, on the foundations of which the Mughals and the British later built their own Indian empires. The encounter between Islam and Hinduism also transformed, among other things, India’s architecture, literature, music and food. Abraham Eraly brings this fascinating period vividly alive, portraying the many kings-mad, brilliant, astute, cruel-who ruled during this period, and discussing the political, social and cultural developments that transformed India. Combining erudition with powerful storytelling, analysis with anecdote, The Age of Wrath is a superb book.
This is THE new happiness book
From Ralph Lazar and Lisa Swerling, famed illustrators and the authors of Me Without You, this adorable gift book illustrates 500 things to be happy about. Happiness is . . . an unexpected bouquet, cheese, fixing something, a good high-five, and so much more! The charming, make-you-smile illustrations hit just the right note-not too sappy, not too sweet-and remind us that there are dozens of things to be happy about every day.
An epic triple treat-stories from a civil servant, corporate captain and businessmanA trained lawyer who became an IAS officer, Jagdish Khattar has had an astonishinglydiverse career. He was an agent of change in Uttar Pradesh through his roles as districtmagistrate and head of the cement and transport corporations. He also helmed India’sTea Board in London and played a key role in the ministry of steel. Elevated to the postof managing director at Maruti Udyog, a firm that was on the verge of a steep decline,Khattar braved labour unions, foreign competition and politicians as he led Maruti toa very successful IPO. Finally, at the age of sixty-five, Khattar turned entrepreneur withCarnation, India’s first multi-brand car sales and servicing network.Driven spreads across a sweeping national canvas from drought-hit villages to theShakespearean intrigues of politicians and bureaucrats. Written with flair and liberallypeppered with frank anecdotes, it is filled with lessons about leadership, friendship, jugaadstyleinnovation, resilience and values.
Everyone is searching for happiness, but they are looking in the wrong place-outside. Real happiness, bliss, can only be found by going inside. Commenting on the ancient wisdom of the Shiva Sutras, Osho shows how to avoid the outside traps of desire and attachment. If you can learn the knack of dis-identifying with the mind, you will find that bliss is hidden within all of everyday experience. Being human happens when you get out of the vicious circle called mind.
Battles in the Mind provides a unique insight into the human spirit, the beauty of trials and tribulations, and the subsequent emergence of a positive self. In the book, author Anna Chandy, co-founder of the Live, Love, Laugh Foundation along with actress Deepika Padukone, shares her deeply moving personal story sprinkled with highs and lows, and how she found a way out of it. She also shares techniques of transactional analysis, and how mental health issues can be dealt with to bring about a difference in people’s lives. Battles in the Mind is a book about hope and a way to transition from pain to happiness and success.
‘We are warriors, Painda. The Khalsa does not think of war as entertainment; death is not a joke, killing men is no festival,’ said Gobind.
A boy grows up, suddenly, into adulthood when he is brought the severed head of his father. He is born to rule but never acts like a monarch. Invincible as a warrior, he has the soul of a mystic. Poetry fills his heart. Few men before or after him have used a bow as he does, few men mastered their sword like him. Guru Gobind Singh turned villagers into warriors, sent shivers up the spine of the army of Aurangzeb and set the foundation stone of the great Sikh empire. The Sacred Sword is a historical fiction based on his life and legend.
