Have you been trying to grow plants at home?
Do you want to be able to eat fresh, organic produce and herbs grown in your balcony?
Do you want beautiful plants around your home to add that extra love and warmth to your space?
YouTube sensation Ekta Chaudhary has been teaching gardening to her millions of followers, and for the first time, she is putting it all down in an easy-to-use, fun and simple beginner’s guide to growing plants at home. Rich in information on the amount of light plants need, the kind of soil to use and plants that can thrive indoors and outdoors, with answers to all ‘silly’ questions, Garden Up will gift anyone a green thumb.
The Partition of India in 1947 was one of the most horrific events of decolonization in the twentieth century. The geographical divide brought displacement and death, rape and plunder, benefiting the few at the expense of the very many. In The Great Partition, Yasmin Khan exposes the widespread obliviousness to what Partition would entail in practice as well as the haste and recklessness with which it was completed. Moreover, she powerfully underscores the catastrophic human cost and shows why the repercussions of Partition resound even now, some sixty years later. Drawing on fresh information from an array of sources, Khan provides an authoritative and accessible analysis of Partition, and the damaging legacy left in its wake.
TheBharatiyaJanataPartyisanideathatwas seededintothemindsof nationalist Jana Sangh leaders when they began to envision India after Independence.Muchliketheverycorethefreedomstrugglewasbuilton, theysawIndiaasademographically,culturallyandhistoricallycohesiveand unifiednation-asBharat.Inthisbook,seniorBJPleaderandcabinetminister Bhupender Yadav and leading economist Ila Patnaik come together totrace
the BJP’s journey from its humble roots, through ups and downs and to eventuallygetting303seatsinLokSabhain2019andbecomingtheworld’s largest political party. While focusing on the larger economics and political story, the book encapsulates many smaller, yet hugely significant stories of individualsandincidents,whichbrought theBJPtowhereitstandsnow.For thefirsttimeever,TheRiseoftheBJP,tellsustheinsidestoryofhowoneofthe most powerful political parties makes decisions, implements ideas and executespolicy.Meticulouslyresearchedandimmenselyreadable,thebook shows us how the BJP fought competing ideologies, political assaults and catapultedtothecentrestageofnationalpolitics.
The Worlds Within You tells the story of Ami Shekar, who has decided to take a break from her first year of university in the UK and return to her home in Chennai. Ami is stuck, and finds herself fretting, overthinking and retreating into her own head. But she knows that whatever it is that makes her feel ‘weird’ all the time must have a name to it. And so, Ami is back home, to come to terms with many things: her mental health, her own identity, memories of her grandfather and, finally, herself.
Set over the course of seven writing classes, this is an unconventional and melancholic take on what it means to be alive and finding your own emotional support system-no matter how flawed the people within your system might be.
In the summer of 1942, thirteen-year-old Anne Frank found herself hiding with her family in the cramped attic of an old office building in Amsterdam. Outside, Jews all over Europe were being thrown into concentration camps.
Exiled from the outside world, the Frankfurt family battled hunger, boredom, confinement, and the ever-looming threat of discovery and death. As the second World War continued to rage, Anne turned to her diary and documented everything. The diary was accidentally discovered in the attic shortly after the family was arrested. In 1947, it was formally published in Dutch.
Since then, Anne Frank’s phenomenal diary has become a world classic, offering a terrifying glimpse of what it was like being a Jew in a war-ridden Europe. Honest, vulnerable, and tragic, Anne Frank’s story serves as a powerful reminder of the horrors of war, and as an eloquent testament to the indestructible nature of human spirit.
Travel far and wide with an Indian sailor and his endless love for the sea!
Imagine an infinite blue ocean and somewhere in the middle of it, tossed by wind and wave-a single boat. In it a solitary sailor.
This is the gritty, glorious and true adventure of Commander Abhilash Tomy, a former officer of the Indian Navy, who in 2012 set off on the journey of a lifetime. Without once stopping by land, he circumnavigated the world alone for 151 days, encountering deathly perils on choppy waters! No other Indian had sailed like this before. When he finally returned to India, Abhilash was awarded the Kirti Chakra for his heroism.
Dive right into this rousing tale of a real-life hero whose ambition, courage, and determination to circle the world on his little boat, will fire up your imagination. And as you travel with Abhilash across the ocean, learn about famous ships and sailors, legends and maps, winds and currents, and a score and more fascinating stories about our world of water.
‘Chahe Chir Gayan So Jaye,
Aur Hriday Murda ho Jaye,
Kintu Mujhe ab Jeena Hi Hai–
Baith Chita Ki Chhati Par Bui, Madak Geet Suna Lunga Main!
Har Na Apni Manunga Main!’
Padmshree Gopal Das Neeraj’s Name comes in front of the veteran poet of India. He has been a successful lyrics in films for many years. Today also remember his song ‘Karwan Guzar Gaya..’
His son Milan Prabhat ‘Gunjan’ is doing unveil many un-known and un-touching aspects of his father. He tells how the childhood life of Neeraj Ji’s was lackluster and struggling under his father’s shadow and how his poetry reading spread slowly and in such a way he started getting offers for films.
His astrology knowledge was so strong that he predicted correctly the death time of Late Shri Atal Bihari Bajpayee and himself.
50 transformative acts of kindness.
For the self. For others. For nature.
Aimed at mobilizing the world’s youth to create a positive culture of kindness, the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) launched the #KindnessMatters global campaign to gather proof that kindness could drive scalable, positive and sustainable change. In the process, they were met with narratives so deeply moving, it confirmed what they knew all along-that kindness wasn’t defined by lofty tales; it had always existed all around us, what we needed was to celebrate it in every moment of life because #KindnessMatters every day. Inspiring and thought-provoking, #KindnessMatters documents stories and poems of kindness from across the world, featuring voices and journeys of people who have dedicated their lives to making the world a kinder place. This book proves that small actions often have the biggest impact.
Women of Influence is a compilation of the untold stories of ten women IAS officers who have walked the extra mile and made a difference despite facing major pressures in governance. Having worked in the civil services for thirty-seven years, Rajni Sekhri Sibal has been in a unique position to see things at close quarters, which is why she is able to present narratives that provide an insight into the challenges of being a woman IAS officer, and also highlight episodes where the protagonist displays immense courage and commitment during the most difficult of times.
The narratives span many generations-the oldest narrative is set at the Bikaner border during the 1965 Indo-Pak War and the latest recounts events that occured fifty years later in UP in 2015. They also deal with varied subjects and geographies, ranging from a panchayat election in Punjab during the height of militancy in the eighties, to Naxal-prone Chandrapur in Maharashtra, to joyful learning in Karnataka and right across to the orchid plantations in Arunachal. The book relates accounts of how different protagonists responded to threats of violence post a death in police custody, to illegal mining by a sand mafia and to resistance to the introduction of technology in a government organization. Strategies adopted for making India Polio-free in 2011 and interventions to deal with the scrouge of human trafficking also provide interesting insights in the book. The narratives are inspiring tales of ten strong and efficient women of substance, and their extraordinary careers wherein they made a difference.
Are you ‘Ruddy’ for adventure?
In the forests of central India, where teak meets sal and plateaus meet hills, natural history meets detective fiction in an inquisitive Ruddy Mongoose’s investigations. Join Naturalist Ruddy as he unearths some of nature’s most fascinating mysteries in this one-of-a-kind comic book set across India’s various natural habitats.
Dig to the bottom of nature’s ‘crime scenes’ with this one-of-a-kind, edge-of-your-seat comic book!
Learn more about lesser-known animals, insects and organisms of India, and how they interact with their environment
Includes cases that the readers can assist Ruddy in solving.
