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Supercommunicators

From the bestselling author of The Power of Habit, a fascinating exploration of what makes conversations work—and how we can all learn to be supercommunicators at work and in life

“A winning combination of stories, studies, and guidance that might well transform the worst communicators you know into some of the best.”—Adam Grant, author of Think Again and Hidden Potential

Come inside a jury room as one juror leads a starkly divided room to consensus. Join a young CIA officer as he recruits a reluctant foreign agent. And sit with an accomplished surgeon as he tries, and fails, to convince yet another cancer patient to opt for the less risky course of treatment. In Supercommunicators, Charles Duhigg blends deep research and his trademark storytelling skills to show how we can all learn to identify and leverage the hidden layers that lurk beneath every conversation.

Communication is a superpower and the best communicators understand that whenever we speak, we’re actually participating in one of three conversations: practical (What’s this really about?), emotional (How do we feel?), and social (Who are we?). If you don’t know what kind of conversation you’re having, you’re unlikely to connect.

Supercommunicators know the importance of recognizing—and then matching—each kind of conversation, and how to hear the complex emotions, subtle negotiations, and deeply held beliefs that color so much of what we say and how we listen. Our experiences, our values, our emotional lives—and how we see ourselves, and others—shape every discussion, from who will pick up the kids to how we want to be treated at work. In this book, you will learn why some people are able to make themselves heard, and to hear others, so clearly.

With his storytelling that takes us from the writers’ room of The Big Bang Theory to the couches of leading marriage counselors, Duhigg shows readers how to recognize these three conversations—and teaches us the tips and skills we need to navigate them more successfully.

In the end, he delivers a simple but powerful lesson: With the right tools, we can connect with anyone.

We, The Citizens

… the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.

Walt Whitman

What is a republic? How do markets work? What is the role of society in bringing about change? These may be abstract questions, but they have a concrete impact on all of us.

We, the citizens, live at the intersection of the Indian state, market and society. Yet, many of us are unaware of what these entities stand for, how they interact with each other, and how they touch our lives.

We, The Citizens, by Khyati Pathak, Anupam Manur and Pranay Kotasthane, decodes public policy in the Indian context in a graphical narrative format relatable to readers of all ages. If you want to be an engaged citizen, aspire to be a positive change-maker, or wish to understand our sociopolitical environment, this book is for you.

The idea of India was an audacious dream. The fulfilment of this dream lies upon We, the citizens.

Ma is Scared

An anxious mother waits for her daughter to return from work, while deflecting comments from judgmental neighbours. A chance encounter with an old college friend triggers the memory of a cruel trap once set for a young student, just because of her caste. In the middle of a lecture on the legacies of sexual abuse, a woman feels the weight of a whole lifetime suddenly pressing down on her.

The stories in Anjali Kajal’s debut collection draw us into the lives of ordinary women in Northern India, making us realise quite how rarely we witness these experiences from Dalit points of view.
Whether combating the caste-based disdain of colleagues at work or in the classroom or enduring the new blows that the pandemic landed on Dalit communities, Anjali’s characters find a resilience and a
dignity that we can all learn from.

The Rumbling Earth

The renowned seismologists C.P. Rajendran and Kusala Rajendran offer a riveting story of the Indian earthquakes, their science, history and impact. Like all other natural phenomena, earthquakes are part of life-sustaining forces—the creators of the mountains, valleys and springs or even deserts on Earth—a theatre where the show never ends.

The book takes the readers to some exciting parts of India to show how earthquakes change the topography where a sea existed not far in the past—now a salt marsh, affecting the social life, trade and livelihood. The book discusses the likelihood of the next big earthquake in the Himalayas against the backdrop of the devastating earlier ones revealed by archaeology, history and geology. It probes the causes and aftermath of the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 and gives a glimpse of the past.

The high-impact earthquakes will happen, but they need not always end up as human catastrophes. The authors have spent much of their professional lives studying the earthquakes in India and abroad. They tell us from their vast experience how to negotiate the impacts of earthquakes and related hazards by following science-based strategies.

Negotiate or Satgnate

This book, written by an internationally renowned negotiation expert, is about the art of negotiation. It deals with the use of negotiation not only in business but also in our day-to-day life: how to negotiate a better salary; how to negotiate a promotion; how to negotiate a job; how to negotiate with your parnets, colleagues and friends, among other.

Ebrahim Alkazi

Amal Allana’s compelling biography of her father is the first carefully researched, full-length account of the life, work and times of Ebrahim Alkazi, one of the giants of twentieth-century theatre and a key promoter of the visual arts movement in India. Evoking the excitement of Alkazi’s student years in England, the controversies that surrounded his provocative ideas to transform the theatre movement in Bombay and later in Delhi, as the director of the National School of Drama (NSD), this book charts Alkazi’s meteoric rise to the top, with his modernist staging of plays and his aim of putting Hindi theatre on the map.

It was at the Sangeet Natak Akademi that Alkazi first confronted resistance to his ideas on the role of tradition in the making of a new ‘national’ culture. By the 1970s, disillusioned with the curtailing of civil liberties and a dysfunctional bureaucracy, he ultimately resigned from the NSD, developing his own independent institutions for the promotion of the visual arts in India as well as abroad. Staging the cultural history of India between the 1940s and 2000s, and featuring a galaxy of artists and actors as the dramatis personae—including M.F. Husain, F.N. Souza, Akbar Padamsee, Gieve Patel, Nissim Ezekiel, Alyque Padamsee, Girish Karnad, Manohar Singh, Vijaya Mehta, Kusum Haidar and Gerson da Cunha—Allana’s chronicle is charged with their fierce energy and commitment as contributors to a vibrant new India.

The author’s personal perspective as Alkazi’s daughter brings to the narrative an added dimension of veracity and sensitivity. With objective candour, Allana shares details of her parents’ relationship as they examine their marriage on entirely new terms, as a partnership of equals. Holding Time Captive shows a dynamic Alkazi in his quest to bring about an inclusive, international, intercultural and interdisciplinary thinking in artistic expressions that is transformative and liberating. This book offers unique glimpses into an enigmatic personality whose emotionally charged life closely reflected and ran parallel to the growth and evolution of his startlingly fresh ideas and vision for a modern cultural movement in India.

Transform Your Life with Sadguru (Hindi) Box Set /Sadhguru Ke Sath Badlen Apana Jeevan (Box Set)/सद्गुरु के साथ बदलें अपना जीवन

“सद्गुरु की पुस्तक ‘इनर इंजीनियरिंग’ एक अद्वितीय आत्मा संवाद का स्रोत है जो मन, शरीर, और आत्मा के संबंध को समझाती है। यह पुस्तक अद्भुत तकनीकों, योगाभ्यासों, और आध्यात्मिक सिद्धांतों के माध्यम से जीवन को सुधारने का मार्गदर्शन करती है।
“सद्गुरु की पुस्तक ‘कर्म’ मनुष्य के कर्मों और उनके जीवन को परिभाषित करने में मदद करती है। पुस्तक विवेकपूर्ण रूप से कर्मफल की अद्वितीयता और स्वाभाविकता की महत्ता को समझाती है, जो एक आत्मा के साथ गहरा संबंध बनाता है।
“सद्गुरु की पुस्तक ‘मृत्यु’ महत्त्वपूर्ण विचारशीलता के माध्यम से मृत्यु के असली अर्थ को समझाती है और जीवन के इस प्राकृतिक प्रक्रिया को एक नए परिचय में प्रस्तुत करती है। यह आत्मा के अनंत चरित्र की महत्त्वपूर्ण शिक्षाएँ देती है, जो हमें मृत्यु के परिप्रेक्ष्य में समझदार बनाती हैं।” 

Diamonds in the Dust (Hindi)/Diamonds in the Dust/डायमंड्स इन द डस्ट

इस पुस्तक में कंपनियों के विश्लेषण की प्रक्रिया को व्यवस्थित और स्पष्ट रूप से समझाया गया है। लेखकगण निवेश के सबसे हानिकारक मिथकों को भी उजागर करते हैं। कुछ समय से भारतीयों को चल-अचल संपत्तियों समेत अपनी बचतों से पर्याप्त रिटर्न मिलने की सम्भावना नहीं रही। कॉर्पोरेट धोखाधड़ी, कमज़ोर व्यापार मॉडल, कम्पनियों द्वारा पूंजी के गलत आवंटन जैसे कई कारणों से काफी नुकसान हुए, जिनका ख़ामियाज़ा भुगता अदूरदर्शी निवेशकों ने, जिनकी बचतें लग गईं दांव पर। अब भारतीय बचतकर्ताओं के पास कौन-से विकल्प बचे हैं जिनमें निवेश और सम्पत्ति का निर्माण मुमकिन हो?
निराशा की इस गर्त में डायमंड्स इन द डस्ट आपको ईमानदार, अच्छी प्रबंधित भारतीय कम्पनियों की पहचान करने के लिए एक सरल और प्रभावी निवेश तकनीक दे रही है, जो निवेशकों के लिए बड़े पैमाने पर रिटर्न उत्पन्न करेगी।
यह एक बेहद ज़रूरी किताब है, जो निवेश पर किसी मैनुअल जैसे काम करेगी और पाठकों को उनके वित्तीय लक्ष्यों को पाने की व्यावहारिक सलाहें देगी। 

Kaam Zyada, Baatein Kam/काम ज़्यादा बातें कम

अब देखिए, बड़ों की दुनिया की रोज़मर्रा की ऐसी ख़ासी आवश्यक बातों का ज़िक्र तक हमें अपने स्कूली जीवन में कहाँ सुनने को मिलता है? स्कूल में हमें ये सब कहाँ सिखाया जाता है, जबकि इनके कारण ही बड़ी-बड़ी सफलताओं के जो किस्से गढ़े जाते हैं वो हमारी पहुँच से बाहर की बात लगते हैं; ऐसे में हम खुद को ही डंब समझने लगते हैं। लेकिन हम डंब नहीं, बस हमें पता नहीं कि यह सब करना कैसे है।
आपका जो स्कूल है वह यह तो सिखाता है कि दौड़ना कैसे है; लेकिन जीतना कैसे है, यह नहीं सिखाता। और यही काम है इस किताब का : दौड़ जीतने में आपकी मदद करने का। राज शमानी के ख़ुद के ही एक बेहद सफल आंत्रप्रेन्योर और कॉन्टेंट क्रिएटर बनने की यात्रा से प्रेरित उपयोगी और कारगर ढेरों एडवाइज़ हैं इसमें, जो बनाती हैं इस किताब को मस्ट-रीड! 

Shriramcharitmanas/श्रीरामचरितमानस

श्रीरामचरितमानस गोस्वामी तुलसीदास द्वारा 16वीं सदी में रचित प्रसिद्ध महाकाव्य है। इस ग्रंथ को अवधी (हिंदी साहित्य) की एक महान कृति माना जाता है। श्रीरामचरितमानस भारतीय संस्कृति में एक विशेष स्थान रखता है। रामचरितमानस की लोकप्रियता अद्वितीय है। भारत में यह ग्रंथ ’रामायण’ के रूप में बहुत से लोगों द्वारा प्रतिदिन पढ़ा जाता है।
श्रीरामचरितमानस के नायक राम हैं, जिन्हें मर्यादा पुरुषोत्तम के रूप में दर्शाया गया है, जोकि मान्यताओं के अनुसार अखिल ब्रह्मांड के स्वामी हरि नारायण भगवान के अवतार हैं। गोस्वामी जी ने रामचरित का अनुपम शैली में दोहों, चौपाइयों, सोरठों तथा छंद का आश्रय लेकर वर्णन किया है। इसमें 12,800 पंक्तियाँ हैं, जो 1,073 दोहों और सात कांड में विभाजित हैं। श्रीरामचरितमानस को विश्व के 100 सर्वश्रेष्ठ लोकप्रिय काव्यों में 46वाँ स्थान प्राप्त है।  

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