Today, we are confronted with a lot of compelling career options, but with little guidance. The new age engagement models, such as working-from-home, freelancing, gig-workforce, moonlighting, co-working spaces, solopreneur and entrepreneur-in-residence, have ushered significant flux in both the formal and informal work settings. There are opportunities galore, and the democratization of technology has only exacerbated our quest for the most suitable career.
Design Your Career is the distillation of Pavan’s 550 workshops at over 175 organizations across five countries where he infers that human talent is grossly underutilized. This book is a humble attempt in offering hope and clarity to individuals who feel helpless amid all the chaos and to give them the appropriate tools and frameworks to guide their careers towards fulfilment.
As cliched as it may sound, the world is rapidly changing. Preparing our children for the challenges that these changes may bring in their wake is non-negotiable. Preparation isn’t just about acquiring specific knowledge or skills, as we can’t predict the challenges ahead. What is essential is cultivating attitudes and mindsets that enable us to confront whatever obstacles lie ahead.
To Every Parent, To Every School addresses the challenges posed by our swiftly changing VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) world. It goes beyond mere knowledge acquisition or curriculum revisions, which are necessary and continuous processes; nor is it about swapping topics in and out of curricula. While these adjustments are necessary, they aren’t sufficient. What is crucial is empowering our children with the capacity to anticipate and adapt to rapid changes as they occur.
The authors, both veteran educators and thought leaders, offer a variety of insights and action points making this book a valuable addition to the library of every parent and school.
शब्दों के साथ-साथ 2, भाषा और शब्द प्रयोग के रहस्यों को खोजने की दिशा में एक महत्त्वपूर्ण कदम है। लेखक इस पुस्तक में आम तौर पर प्रयोग में आने वाले शब्दों की ही नहीं, बल्कि उनके प्रचलन के पीछे छिपी कहानियों, भावनाओं और उनकी अर्थ छटाओं की खोज करता चलता है। यह एक नीरस-से लगने वाले विषय को सरस बनाने की ऐसी साहित्यिक यात्रा है, जो पाठकों को भाषा प्रयोग की बारीकियों को समझाते हुए उन्हें भाषा की संवेदनशीलता की ओर ले चलती है।
यह एक साहित्यिक अन्वेषण है, जो पाठकों को शब्दों की गहराइयों में ले जाता है और अधिक-से-अधिक समझने के लिए प्रेरित करता है। ‘शब्दों के साथ-साथ 2’ भाषा रहस्यों के खज़ाने को खोलने की एक चाबी है जो हिंदी के सामान्य जिज्ञासु पाठकों के अतिरिक्त मीडिया कर्मियों, अनुवादकों, अध्यापकों, शिक्षार्थियों के लिए समान रूप से उपयोगी सिद्ध होगी।
भाषा के रहस्यों को खोलने वाली और भाषा के शब्द भंडार और शब्द विवेक को समझाने वाली एक उत्कृष्ट रचना, जो हिंदी को बरतने वालों के लिए नित्य काम में आने वाली संदर्भ पुस्तक है।
Discover insightful guidance, tools and techniques to become a skilled writer and learn how to share your work with the world.
How do you sustain your ideas and overcome self-doubt in your talents? How do you transmit your ideas so that the world will take notice? What techniques can you use to create discipline and make your writing sessions a joy?
We live in exciting times: anyone with an idea can reach a worldwide audience, but how do you separate yourself from the thousands competing to be heard? This is a warm, comforting guide to stepping into your new life as an empowered author. You’ll learn how to generate more ideas, build confidence in your writing and take your manuscript to completion.
Studies have shown it takes just 21 days to establish a new habit. If there’s a skill you’ve always wanted to take advantage of, the answer is only a few weeks away with Hay House’s 21 Days series.
This first definitive biography of Agha Shahid Ali offers a rich portrait of the poet and the world he inhabited.
“A scintillating portrait of one of the finest poets of the late 20th century”-Ranjit Hoskote
“Manan Kapoor’s immersive study returns the poet to his roots, which are inescapably Indian-there’s no other word for the syncretic mastery of the Hindi, Urdu and English traditions that shaped his work.”-Jeet Thayil
Shahid is widely regarded as one of the finest poets from the Indian subcontinent, and his works are read across the world, touching millions of lives. A pioneer of ghazal writing in English, he wrote extensively about loss, nostalgia and home. A witness to the conflict that ravaged his homeland Kashmir, a loss he lamented in his collection The Country without a Post Office, Shahid has today become a symbol of hope in a violent world.
In this biography, Manan Kapoor explores the concerns that shaped Shahid’s life and works, following in the footsteps of the ‘Beloved Witness’ from Kashmir to New Delhi and finally to the United States. He charts Shahid’s friendships with figures like Begum Akhtar and James Merrill, and looks at the lives the poet touched with his compassion and love. He also traces the complex evolution of Shahid’s evocative verses, which mapped various cultures and geographies, and mourned injustice and loss, both personal and political. Drawing on various unpublished materials and in-depth interviews with Shahid’s family, friends, students and acquaintances, Kapoor narrates the riveting story of a major literary voice and presents Shahid’s poetic vision, revealing not just what he wrote but also how he taught the world to live.
नौकरी बाज़ार और साक्षात्कार प्रक्रिया कैसे काम करती है, इसकी समझ की कमी के कारण हजारों प्रतिभाशाली लोग योग्य नौकरियों के लिए संघर्ष करते हैं। इसलिए यह पुस्तक अत्यंत प्रासंगिक हो जाती है – पहली बार नौकरी के बाज़ार में प्रवेश करने वालों के लिए और जो लोग मध्य-कैरियर स्विच करना चाहते हैं उनके लिए भी। इस पुस्तक का विषय ही कुछ ऐसा है कि अधिक से अधिक लोग पुस्तक को पढ़ना चाहेंगे, ताकि वे इन नौकरी खोजने के रहस्यों को तोड़ सकें और अपनी वास्तविक क्षमता प्राप्त कर सकें। विश्लेषकों का कहना है कि यह पुस्तक किसी भी नौकरी चाहने वाले के लिए आज और कल अवश्य पढ़ी जानी चाहिए।
26 November 1949 marks the date when the longest constitution in the world was formally adopted to guide the largest democracy in the world. It effectively transformed the British Dominion of India into one nation—the independent Republic of India. The supreme law of the land set forth the workings of Indian democracy and polity, and its provisions aimed to secure justice, liberty, equality, and fraternity for the people of India. As drafted and as conceived, the constitution makes provision for a functioning democracy and not an electoral autocracy, and this is how it has to be worked. It is therefore imperative for all citizens to familiarise themselves with its provisions.
In this definitive tome, the author (who commenced his legal practice in the year the constitution was enacted) presents his comments in a style that is comprehensive, lucid, and systematic. The book traces the history and the origins of India’s document of governance and explains its provisions. Some of the salient features of the book include:
• An educative and informative exposition of the different parts of the Indian Constitution, including a bird’s-eye view of—and with comments on—all the three hundred and ninety-five articles of the constitution and additions made by constitutional amendments.
• Provides references of critical cases and prominent constitutional developments up to 31 July 2023.
• Insightfully describes the structure, powers, and directive principles of government institutions.
• Contains updated judicial pronouncements and legislative and constitutional amendments.
In essence, You Must Know Your Constitution is an immensely readable and insightful compendium, inter alia, for judiciary aspirants, academicians, legal and administrative authorities, policymakers, research scholars, and students as well as for general readers who are interested in exploring the manifold facets of India’s core document of governance.
“स्वर्णा या “न’दीदी” यानि स्वर्णकुमारी देवी, जीवनपर्यंत साहित्यिक और सामाजिक प्रतिबद्धताओं के प्रति समर्पित रहीं। उन्होंने उपन्यास, कहानियाँ, व्यंग्य, नाटक, वैज्ञानिक लेख जैसी विविध विधाओं में लिखा। यह जीवनी ऐसी विलक्षण महिला के कार्यकलापों को जानने, चुनौतीपूर्ण समय में उनके रचनात्मक योगदानों को रेखाँकित कर, भारतीय समाज में, विशेषकर महिलाओं के उत्थान की गतिविधियों को सामने लाने का एक प्रयास है।
स्त्री दाय को अपनी पैनी दृष्टि से पहचानकर बांग्ला की इस विदुषी से हिन्दी संसार को परिचित करवाने का सम्भवत: यह पहला प्रयास राजगोपाल सिंह वर्मा द्वारा इस शोधपरक जीवनी स्वर्णा के माध्यम से किया गया। इस दृष्टि से यह एक महत्वपूर्ण पुस्तक है। इसकी पठनीयता और धाराप्रवाहता से सहज उनके जीवन का परिदृश्य सामने उभरकर आ जाता है।
‘बंगाल की अपने समय की सबसे विलक्षण महिला जिसने वहाँ की स्त्री जाति के उत्थान के लिए वह सब किया जो उससे बन पड़ा’ —अमृत बाजार पत्रिका, स्वर्णकुमारी देवी को श्रद्धाँजलि देते हुए”
Leadership Chronicles decodes some of the deep secrets of leadership. It tells the story of a lifetime of teaching, learning and institution-building like never before. This book is a voyage of discovery of those unseen facets and mysteries of a maverick teacher’s life.
Debashis Chatterjee shares authentic insights from his personal and professional journey of nearly three
decades. The perspectives, stories and anecdotes reframe and shed light on the global application of classical Indian thought. This work presents transformative wisdom in a way that would stimulate your mind.
Told with candour, sensitivity and humour, the chronicles present a rich harvest of insights and ideas on the making of a leader.
The story of a decade-1947 to 1957-that made and unmade India
The first decade after India’s independence, 1947-1957, was probably the most crucial in the nation’s history. Opening a window to this period, this book weaves a story out of the complex ideas and events that have largely remained beneath the surface of public discourse. The transfer of power, the framing of the Constitution and the formation of the governance machinery; the clash of ideas and ideologies among parties and personalities; the beginning of the disintegration of the Congress and the consolidation of political forces in the opposition; Nehru’s grappling with existential problems at home and his quest for global peace; the interplay between democratic ideals and ruthless power play-all these factors impinged on each other and shaped the new republic in its formative decade.
Thought-provoking, argumentative and unputdownable, 1947-1957, India: The Birth of a Republic is a must-read for anyone interested in Indian political history.
