Akhilesh Yadav is one of the most significant and closely followed political leaders in contemporary India. As former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and the current president of the Samajwadi Party, he represents a generation of politicians attempting to balance legacy politics with the aspirations of a younger, rapidly changing India.
Socialism on the Horizon takes a close and critical look at his leadership, political journey, and evolving understanding of socialism in the context of Indian parliamentary democracy. It explores how Akhilesh Yadav has sought to redefine socialist politics at a time shaped by economic change, identity debates, media-driven narratives, and shifting voter expectations. At the same time, the book places his politics within the larger story of the Global South in the twenty-first century, examining questions of governance, social justice, democracy, and opposition politics in an increasingly complex world.
More than a political study, this book will interest policymakers, researchers, journalists, students and scholars of social science and general readers interested in exploring contemporary Indian democracy. It offers an accessible yet insightful examination of one of India’s most influential political leaders of our times.
One evening, a group of young people gathers before a Sadhvi in a Jain Sthanak. Their questions are simple, though difficult to answer: how to live well, how to deal with anger and attachment, how to make sense of suffering, how to stay honest in the middle of ordinary life.
What follows is a series of conversations in which the teachings of the Tirthankars are slowly understood in today’s context. Ahimsa, karma, aparigraha, dhyana, kaivalya, and the householder’s path are seen afresh as part of everyday life.
In The Heart of Jainism, Daaji brings Jain wisdom into everyday life through stories, conversations, and reflections.
‘Mahatma’ Ayyankali’s (1863–1941) social interventions were radical, secular and fundamental, aimed at ensuring dignity, social justice and economic equality for Dalits. Few people know that his famous ‘Leave the fields fallow’ call to Dalits was aimed not at securing better wages, but for ensuring their right to education. His shrewd and practical political foresight is best evidenced in the manner in which he orchestrated the events that led to the rejection of the kallayum malayum—symbols of Dalit female enslavement.
M.R. Renukumar’s biography of the reformer was first published in Malayalam in 2017. In Catherine Thankamma’s translation, Ayyankali’s life and work now comes to readers across the world.
A Quest for the Perfect Rice is not a cookbook—it’s a cultural epic served on a plate
This is biryani as you’ve never encountered it before: not a recipe, but a civilization in a pot. Blending history, food writing and storytelling, the book takes you on a richly layered journey through the origins of biryani, khichadi, pulao, tehari and India’s enduring rice traditions.
Framed as a surreal midnight conversation with the spirit of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, the last ruler of Awadh, the narrative unfolds like a grand, ghost-hosted durbar. As the night deepens, legendary figures from history arrive—bringing with them stories of royal kitchens, forgotten rituals, culinary rivalries and the evolution of India’s most beloved dish.
Part food history, part cultural anthropology and part whimsical storytelling, this book traces over 5000 years of culinary evolution—exploring Persian influences, regional adaptations and the emotional role rice plays in Indian homes and celebrations. From Muradabadi to Anglo-Indian variations, each chapter reveals how geography, memory and identity shape what ends up on our plates.
Witty, immersive and deeply researched, A Quest for the Perfect Rice is a feast of stories where flavour meets folklore. If you love biryani, food history, Indian culture or simply a great story well told, this book will change the way you see every grain of rice.
A flat tire at the worst moment. A passive-aggressive email from your boss. A stranger’s sneer that somehow gets under your skin for the rest of the afternoon.
None of it is catastrophic. And yet—there goes your day.
How To Be Unbothered isn’t a wellness manual or a scripted pep talk. It’s an honest appraisal of a simple, uncomfortable truth: the chaos isn’t going anywhere. Neither are the difficult people or the relentless low-grade noise of modern life.
What can change is your relationship to it all.
Drawing on Stoic philosophy, positive psychology, and behavioral science, Nick Trenton shows you how to:
• Stop reacting to criticism and start responding with clarity
• Use negative visualization to drain fear of its power
• Cut the clutter—mental, digital, and otherwise—before it cuts you
• Catch your own spiraling thoughts before they gather momentum
The objective isn’t about becoming emotionally numb or pretending problems don’t exist. It’s about knowing with focus what actually deserves your attention—and being able to ignore the rest.
Your peace isn’t something the world owes you.
It’s something you take back.
The Ultimate Guide to Peak Performance is your practical roadmap to consistently putting your best foot forward—at the office, at home, and everywhere in between—without burning out in the process.
If you’re ready to stop feeling stuck, scattered, or stretched thin, this guide will show you how to unlock your focus by ditching the multitasking myth, build real resilience so pressure fuels you instead of flattening you, tap into your peak state on demand, and lead with clarity that brings out the best in everything around you.
Peak performance isn’t constant intensity. It isn’t outpacing everyone around you. It’s the ability to access your highest level of clarity, focus, and effectiveness—persistently, sustainably, and when it matters most.
Your outlook is your edge—Develop the mindset that separates steady performers from standout achievers.
Despite forward planning and the best intentions, how do we still end up making bad decisions—and can we stop?
The answer lies in game theory: the science of strategic decision making used by Nobel Prize winners, world-class CEOs, and elite sportsmen. Until now, it’s been locked behind dense textbooks and academic jargon.
The Art of Game Theory changes that in watertight goals, helping you:
• Read any room to spot hidden dynamics before anyone else does
• Win negotiations knowing when to push and when to walk away
• Stay one step ahead to build strategies that work in the real world
• Turn setbacks into advantages by mastering the art of tactical retreat
From the kindergarten playground to the corporate boardroom, the same strategies determine the outcomes. Drawing on decades of cutting-edge research, learn how winners think.
The world is always making its next move.
It’s time we started making ours.
Sincerely began as a private proposal: a collection of poems tucked under a shirt, carried to a gazebo along with a heart beating out of its cage, and finally read by its muse on a sunny July afternoon.
By compiling them in this collection, F. S. Yousaf is sharing a dream with the readers, compelling them to knit and manifest their own miracle.
He manages to capture something extraordinary in this slim volume: the small, sacred moments between two people that make up a lifetime. The dreams they are afraid to name, the hands brushing under the table, the way one person can feel like home, like destiny, like the horizon’s yearning for the sky.
Yousaf’s musings on love and companionship are a reminder that the act of love is always healing irrespective of changing sensibilities. There is transformative and grounding magic in the pursuit of loving someone and allowing to be loved.
Read it, and allow yourself to manifest a love like that!
Modern leadership has a paradox at its heart, we rush to manage others before we have learned to govern ourselves. The Inner Charioteer turns to the Gita to address this, not as a distant text, but as a practical operating manual for human existence.
The dialogue between Arjuna and Krishna mirrors the dilemmas every leader faces – the paralysis of responsibility, the fog of doubt, the pull of temptation, the hunger for visibility, and the struggle to act ethically in uncertainty. The Gita does not soften these struggles; it illuminates a path through them.
Born from four decades of questions lived out in the field, among tribal communities in the Western Ghats, in policy corridors, in the slow discipline of institution-building, this book explores the foundations that anchor leaders when outcomes fail and ego threatens judgment. Each chapter engages with the Gita’s themes through provocations, stories, and practical tips. It is both personal and universal, connecting ancient insight with today’s business and leadership challenges.
For public figures, corporate leaders, educators, activists, and anyone in search of purpose, The Inner Charioteer offers a way of becoming inwardly anchored while remaining outwardly accountable.
Some events don’t just make history—they redefine a Republic.
Democracies are not tested during peaceful times. They are tested during fear, anger, division and uncertainty. India’s journey is no exception.
In this book, Priya Jain, founder of Finology Legal—a platform dedicated to making law and constitutional issues accessible to everyday Indians—examines ten defining moments that reshaped the relationship between the Indian state and its citizens and changed the course of the Republic itself.
From the framing of the Constitution and the first general election to the trauma of the Emergency, the Republic has repeatedly been forced to confront its own limits. Later events, such as the 1991 economic reforms, changed India’s economic direction, while tragedies like 26/11 and the Nirbhaya case exposed deep failures in security and criminal justice. The book also explores moments where law collided with faith, identity and federal power, including the Ram Janmabhoomi–Babri Masjid dispute and the abrogation of Article 370.
