The one question that always comes with being a parent is, ‘Am I doing this right?’. Yet, the love we feel for our child is irrevocable. Parenting is probably the only relationship we’ll never walk out of. We are in it forever.
But today, somewhere in the rigmarole of life and material achievements, we forget these precious moments and start chasing that first place on the victory stand for our kids.
Featuring interviews conducted by Mansi Zaveri, the founder of the award-winning parenting platform Kidsstoppress.com, The Parents I Met is an anthology of her authentic conversations with parents of successful individuals who made it big against all odds. What was it that they did right while raising their kids to create the person their child is today? This is what she set out to find.
The challenges faced by each new generation may be unique, but the fundamental principles to overcome them remain the same. We hope that in these stories, you will find answers, advice or simply validation.
MT, as he is popularly known, is one of the most illustrious writers and film-makers from modern Kerala. His life’s work has won him the Jnanpith Award, the Sahitya Akademi Award, the National Film Award and the Padma Bhushan, among others.
MT grew up in the village of Kudallur in Kerala and his writings constantly evoke the landscape of the years he spent there. Many of the characters in his stories are based on people who lived in this region and the stories themselves often retell incidents that happened there.
The memoirs as well as the stories in this volume were chosen by MT himself. They pay homage to his childhood, his craft and most importantly, his Amma, whose restful presence they beautifully and poignantly capture.
How to Thrive in the New World of Work
The old model of learn, earn and retire is no longer viable. We are living longer, working longer and facing constant changes in the skills and industries that demand them. We need a new approach to navigate the complex and uncertain landscape of work.
What does it mean to have a career in the 21st century?
We need to master the rules of Career 3.0.
In this book, Abhijit Bhaduri, a renowned expert on talent and leadership, shows you how to develop the six key skills that will make you future-ready and successful in Career 3.0. Whether you work for an organization, run your own business or do both, you will discover how to adapt to change, learn new skills, and lead with impact.
Career 3.0 is a guide that will help you stay relevant. The book is filled with inspiring stories that will challenge you to rethink your career vision, strategy and action. It will give you the tools and techniques to thrive in the new world of work.
You may be surprised to find out that you already have a Career 3.0 mindset. Now you know what it is called.
Is it possible to win and still keep one’s soul? The Mahabharat tells us we can.
The ancient epic, which flourishes in the hearts and minds of many even today, deals with profound normative questions of (and advice on) morality, duty, virtue, law, justice and war. The text also does not shy away from pragmatic and strategic issues of negotiation, alliances, training and education, leadership, and more. Its unflinching look at bleak realities makes the Mahabharat a text uniquely applicable to our current times.
Drawing on the timeless stories of the Mahabharat, this book applies its practical wisdom to questions of our personal lives. It explores winning strategies that are suited to the modern day and work together with ethical choices.
Written for a broader audience of scholars, practitioners and other avid readers, Strategic Choices, Ethical Dilemmas will be useful for all those seeking to put the world to rights and provide some tasty food for thought for those who enjoy paradoxes and squared circles.
Winston Churchill was closely connected with India from 1896, when he landed in Bombay with his regiment, until 1947, when Independence was finally achieved. No other British statesman had such a long association with the subcontinent—or interfered in its politics so consistently and harmfully.
Churchill strove to sabotage any moves towards Independence, crippling the Government of India Act over five years of dogged opposition to its passage in the 1930s. As prime minister during the Second World War, Churchill frustrated the freedom struggle from behind the scenes, delaying Independence by a decade. To this day for Indians, he is the imperialist villain, held personally responsible for the Bengal Famine of 1943.
This book reveals Churchill at his worst: cruel, obstructive and selfish. However, the same man was outstandingly liberal at the Colonial Office, risking his career with his generosity to the Boers, the Irish and the Middle East. Why was he so strangely hostile towards India?
Do you dream of changing the world?
Here are ten tales of some exceptional girls and boys who dared to dream the impossible, and their first steps towards greatness in diverse fields.
They are Mahasweta Devi, Satyajit Ray, J.R.D. Tata, Bachendri Pal, Janaki Ammal, Salim Ali, P. T. Usha, R. K. Laxman and R. K. Narayan, P.C. Sorcar and Teejan Bai.
Illustrated in a style unique to each book, these are ten tales to inspire the Dreamer in you.
The box set has 10 books:
- The Girl Who Loved to Sing: Teejan Bai
- The Boy Who Played with Light: Satyajit Ray
- The Girl Who Was a Forest: Janaki Ammal
- The Boys Who Created Malgudi: R.K. Narayan and R.K. Laxman
- The Girl Who Climbed Mountains: Bachendri Pal
- The Boy Who Loved Birds: Salim Ali
- The Girl Who Loved Words: Mahasweta Devi
- The Girl Who Wanted to Run: P.T. Usha
- The Boy Who Wanted to Fly: J.R.D. Tata
- The Boy Who Built a Secret Garden: Nek Chand
Why should you buy this boxset?
- Discover the remarkable stories of ten extraordinary individuals who transformed their dreams into reality, from pioneering scientists to celebrated artists.
- Each tale is brought to life with a distinct art style, making every story visually engaging and memorable.
- Perfect for young readers and aspiring dreamers, this collection serves as a motivational tool to encourage perseverance and creativity.
- An ideal gift for anyone who needs a boost of inspiration and motivation in their journey toward achieving their dreams.
The news is a public good and needs to be handled with care and integrity. Even though lies and misinformation campaigns have been around for years—maybe since the dawn of journalism—the rate at which fake news is being spread these days is both alarming and preposterous. Almost every institution—public or private—uses fake news to further its own agenda. Governments and corporate houses spread fake news either through their own agencies or by influencing the popular media. In the business sector, fake news manifests itself in the form of exaggerated company returns and false data.
This book analyses the impact of fake news both on products and personalities. Foregrounded in rigorous research, it examines how fake news is used by companies, political parties, and leaders to create, amplify, and even tarnish a brand’s image and equity. It emphasizes how the customers’ perception of a brand impacts and influences its reputation, and acts as a decisive force in them gaining or losing competitive advantages. Elucidating how brands can interact both directly and indirectly with fake news, it brings to the readers’ notice how sometimes brands are the victims of fake news and other times, the purveyors.
“There is plenty of room at the top, just not enough to sit down.” – Zig Ziglar
In the world of sales, motivation, public speaking and personal development, there will never be another Zig Ziglar. With an infectious sense of humor, his masterful story-telling skills, his uncanny ability to inspire, and his downhome Southern charm mean that his legacy is one that will last forever.
Goals Take You to the Top! features some of Zig’s most classic ideas on goal setting and goal achievement, guaranteed to produce measurable results in your life. Furthermore, this all new edition includes an appendix of The Ziglar Goal Setting System©, which includes goal planning sheets and procedures for setting and reaching your goals, and features an introduction by Tom Ziglar.
In this book, learn three specific benefits from your journey to the top. The book features call outs for an easy to read experience.
Here are Zig Ziglar’s ideas, which still hold true in today’s modern world of technology and rapid change on how to reach your goals and live your dreams.
This book features Zig’s unforgettable lessons on how to get more of the things that money will buy and all of the things that money won’t buy. They are “truths which never change.”
Here’s just a sampling of what you’ll learn:
• You and Your Goals Program
• The Specifics of Goal Setting
• Reaching Your Goals in Life
• Motivation Plus Information Equals Inspiration
• The Foundations for Greatness
• Overcoming Adversity to Live Your Dreams
Discover the Secrets to Higher Living in One Volume
Power Without Apologies
“I believe that the last thing the mature seeker needs in literature or talks today are chin-stroking ideas or ‘insights.’ The seeker requires power. Power—not force—to see through self-expressive wishes. Force dissipates and dies with its user. True power is generative: it creates and builds.”
With this trenchant introduction, scholar of esotericism Mitch Horowitz presents some of the most important and practical works, from history and today, on attaining and wielding ethical power. The Book of Power includes:
• The Art of War by Sun Tzu, translated by British sinologist Lionel Giles
• Crystalizing Public Opinion by Edward Bernays
• The Science of Being Great by Wallace D. Wattles
• The Power of Sex Transmutation by Mitch Horowitz
• Your Invisible Power by Geneviève Behrend
• At Your Command by Neville Goddard
• The Magic Story by Frederick van Rensselaer Dey
• The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, abridgement based on the translation by Renaissance scholar N.H. Thomson
Here is a collection that brings methods and actionable ideas into focus for how to increase your command of life.
Discover the secrets of true leadership, including stealth, self-sufficiency, even-temper, training strategies, and justice. You will learn how to lead from those who actually did.
WHAT MAKES A LEADER?
“Leadership is an elusive concept. Nearly everyone is certain that he or she would like the mantle of leadership—whether at home, at work, in competitive events, or all three—but we rarely think through the implications. One of the first questions that requires asking is: Who do you seek to lead and why?”
With the opening words of his introduction, popular voice of alternative spiri¬tuality Mitch Horowitz begins his journey into some of history’s greatest ideas and insights about what makes a leader—and what is required of you to earn that appellation. These works are designed to help you distinguish between function¬ing as a mere boss and being a true leader, a title to which many aspire but few understand. The insights in The Leadership Bible help place you among the few. In this collection, Mitch assembles:
•“LEADERSHIP” by Major C.A. Bach
•THE ART OF WAR by Sun Tzu, translated by British sinologist Lionel Giles
•“THE LIFE OF CAESAR” by Plutarch, translated by classics scholar Bernadotte Perrin
•THE PRINCE by Niccolò Machiavelli, abridgement based on the translation by Renaissance scholar N.H. Thomson
•“RULES OF CIVILITY” by George Washington
•“POWER” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
•“INITIATIVE AND LEADERSHIP” by Napoleon Hill
•“DECISION” by Napoleon Hill
•THE SCIENCE OF BEING GREAT by Wallace D. Wattles
•A MESSAGE TO GARCIA by Elbert Hubbard
•“THE MAJOR ATTRIBUTES OF LEADERSHIP” by Napoleon Hill
•“THE SURPRISINGLY NOBLE PATH TO POWER” by Mitch Horowitz
MITCH HOROWITZ is a PEN Award-winning historian whose books include Occult America, One Simple Idea, The Miracle Club, Daydream Believer, and Uncertain Places. His work has been translated into Italian, Korean, Chinese, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. He is censored in China.
