Deeply personal and intimate, this absolutely magical culinary memoir by Tabinda Jalil-Burney combines recipes and memories from the idyllic summers of her childhood which she spent with her grandparents in Aligarh. There, presided over by Amma—her formidable grandmother—the extended clan gathered and as the women concocted delicious dishes, they exchanged family stories and lore, embroidered, knitted and crocheted, while the children played games free of distractions.
Family entertainment included bait bazi, involving people reciting couplets in a chain. Some family dishes were prepared by talented home cooks and some by the women from extended family. Over the years, recipes began to be associated with a particular aunt or grand aunt. No one used a recipe book or measured quantities when cooking. They cooked with the seasonal produce available at home and measurements were by andaaza. Everyone would eat sitting cross-legged by a courtyard with tamarind and guava trees and the large thorny bushes of the sour kakronda berries.
In here are family secrets for the best shami kebabs, qormas, chuquandar gosht and desserts. This richly textured, densely peopled memoir conjures the vanished world of an Aligarh family in the sixties and seventies through food and cooking, and of India long gone.
Have you woken up one day and noticed that your knee is suddenly hurting? Do you go through days managing spasms and sprains that you can’t really explain? All of this, even though you exercise regularly and have a fitness schedule?
The problem might be in how you move or how you sit, says popular rehab and movement coach, Shikha Puri Arora. In this practical and timely book, the Mumbai-based expert argues that the way we move, sit, stand, walk and carry ourselves reveals a lot about the quality of our health.
However, one doesn’t have to tolerate this discomfort anymore. This book—with its specially formulated Move Better course—offers easy, tried and tested solutions that are designed to make you pain-free in ten days.
Living at the peak of our well-being is the birthright of every individual. So, what are we waiting for? It’s time to move better.
Don’t risk the dire consequences of your work processes becoming obsolete—discover a powerful model for constant, ongoing, enterprise-wide process evolution and optimization.
If you have a great product, but don’t have the operations in place to efficiently and effectively support it—production, manufacturing, sales, finance, human resources, etc.—you won’t succeed. Product innovation is seen as flashier and so gets far more attention, but you can create an enduring competitive advantage by revolutionizing business operations.
The problem is most attempts to improve business operations are reactive, sporadic, and siloed. Tony Saldanha and Filippo Passerini’s Dynamic Process Transformation model provides a living model for constant, ongoing process evolution and optimization.
The authors focus on maximizing three drivers of change. First, “open market rules”—each business process must be run as a separate business, instead of via monolithic mandates coming down from on high. Second, there must be “unified accountability”— outcomes must be clear and consistent across the company, instead of being siloed within departments. And third, there needs to be a “dynamic operating engine,” a methodology to convert the constantly changing business process goals into tactical day-to-day employee actions.
With numerous examples from leading companies, this book shows how to proactively keep business processes across the company from becoming obsolete and take advantage of a neglected key to success.
One of Thinkers50’s Ten Best Management Books of 2023
“A timely, actionable book on the virtues that every great leader needs to learn.”
—ADAM GRANT, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the TED podcast WorkLife
Leadership is simply a series of moments, and this book gives you the tools to turn each moment into an opportunity to leave a positive legacy for those you lead.
In this ground-breaking book, award-winning leadership expert and business leader Kirstin Ferguson has written a much-needed practical guide for every modern leader. Whether you are the head of one of the largest companies in the world, supervising a small team, or guiding your family, it will be your ability to integrate your head and heart that will influence your success in leading others and navigating our complex world.
Combining studies from leading thinkers in the field with her own research, and more than three decades of personal experience, Kirstin explains the 8 key attributes of a head and heart leader and provides the tools to measure your own approach. Along the way, she shares her conversations with modern leaders from a broad range of backgrounds whose stories will surprise you, challenge your thinking and inspire you to be the type of leader the world needs.
Think Smarter. Solve Better. Make Decisions Like an Expert—Even If You’re Not One (Yet).
Mental models are like treasure maps for your mind—offering clarity, direction, and the tools to navigate any challenge. Instead of stumbling through problems, you’ll know exactly what lens to use and what tool to reach for.
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. This book equips you with the full toolkit: saws, drills, levels, and more—so you’re never stuck with a one-size-fits-all mindset.
Whether you’re trying to boost productivity, make better life decisions, think more critically, or simply understand the world more clearly, Mental Models: 30 Thinking Tools gives you the frameworks that high performers use every day.
- Learn how to think in frameworks, not fragments
- Use mental models to simplify decisions and reduce overthinking
- Tackle complex problems with proven cognitive tools
- Make faster, smarter choices in work and life
- Train your brain for clarity, focus, and better outcomes
Written by bestselling author and human performance expert Peter Hollins, this book distills over a decade of research into clear, practical tools anyone can apply.
The Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was voted to power in the year 2014. That election was to prove to be a consequential one for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and for India. The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc had since declared the 2024 election as the last opportunity to stop the rise of Modi and his idea of India. That project didn’t succeed. The NDA won even though the BJP fell short of the majority mark on its own. The setback hasn’t deterred Prime Minister Modi from proceeding with the BJP’s ideological agenda.
In line with that objective, PM Modi has worked to position Bharat as a ‘Vishwa Guru’—an exemplar of moral righteousness, a pluralistic democracy led by dharma and drawing sustenance from the wellspring of an eternal Hindu universalism. But this shift towards India’s Hindu ethos has forced the Opposition and many allied commentators to fear the rise of a second republic—a ‘Hindu Rajya’—moored to an implacable ultra-nationalist and majoritarian dogma. But is that really the case?
Evocative, anecdotal, argumentative and deeply researched, Modi and India: The Battle for Bharat chronicles the emergence of, and the battle for, a new republic in the making.
Fifty Toughest Questions of Life by Deepak Ramola
Fifty Toughest Questions of Life invites people to have a conversation about themselves, with themselves.
Over the years, Deepak has amassed life lessons from inspirational sources across the world. Strikingly fresh, tender, yet searing, these questions will make you reflect and inspire you to push beyond your boundaries.
Catalyst by Chandramouli Venkatesan
What are the catalysts required to become successful? Chandramouli answers that and more in this accessible, engaging and easy-to-follow book. Written by someone who has experienced all this in real life and not in theory, Catalyst will arm you with the right tools to succeed at your workplace and get
the most out of every moment, every day.
Glow by Vasudha Rai
From basic garden-variety fruit and vegetables to potent Ayurvedic herbs, this book tells you what to eat to ensure beauty inside and out. Build strength and immunity, brighten and clarify your skin, and obtain peace of mind with these powerful Indian remedies. These combinations, recipes, home-made face masks, oils and morning infusions will transform not just your skin but also your body and mind.
Everyday Ayurveda by Dr Bhaswati Bhattacharya
Everyday Ayurveda is the perfect lifestyle guide designed to maximize health, longevity and happiness the natural way. Taking us through a day in the life of Ayurvedic living, Dr Bhaswati Bhattacharya illustrates the core principles of Ayurveda and shows us how to incorporate these in our routine.
Now in paperback, a deep dive into the underlying cellular cause of chronic fatigue, burnout, and brain fog, with a framework for restoring cognitive function, alertness, and an abundance of energy.
Chronic fatigue, burnout, brain fog—no matter what we call it, our constant feeling of being drained affects all that we hold dear. But the real cause of our fatigue doesn’t lie in our preconceived notions of caffeine intake or adrenal fatigue. Instead, the core underlying cause lies in our cells, specifically in the cellular energy generators called our mitochondria.
Ari Whitten, M.S., functional health practitioner and founder of The Energy Blueprint, takes a deep dive into our cellular energy centers and the holistic workings of our body systems and provides the clear nutritional methodologies and specific foods, supplements, and compounds you can use to:
• Reclaim your youthful energy levels
• Get better sleep
• Improve your resilience to stress
• Reverse insulin resistance and stabilize your blood sugar levels
• Lose excess weight
• Improve your mood and brain performance
Get your body out of defense mode and into a state of optimal performance.
Spiritual teacher Dr. David R. Hawkins offers practical advice for readers to reach advanced states of consciousness in their everyday lives, so that they can enjoy being in the world, but not of it.
It seems the further the world advances the harder it becomes to lead a life that is centered in love, grace, and compassion. That is, until now . . .
In this book, based on the popular audio program of the same name, Dr. Hawkins shares his timeless insights on why certain spiritual experiences only provide temporary enlightenment. In the process, he explains how to turn normal activities into your spiritual practice.
Readers will learn:
• How to help raise the consciousness of the world
• Why being accountable for choices and actions is central to one’s spiritual evolution
• How to make sure that you’re taking responsibility for your life and choices
• What to embrace—and what to avoid—in our technologically advanced world
• How to avoid getting overly stressed by change
• And much more
This extraordinary program captures Dr. Hawkins’s startling brilliance, infectious humor, and deep understanding of walking the awakened path as a citizen of the world.
Elegant guided journal based on the work of Louise Hay, packed with affirmations and inspirational prompts on confidence, self-love, and compassion.
“How to love yourself”—this evocative prompt has led millions of people to Louise Hay’s work. Now, this modern, beautifully designed guided journal based on Louise’s inspiring teachings will take you through the powerful exercises and uplifting affirmations you need to help you remember that at the very center of your being you are safe, you are whole, and you are perfect exactly as you are.
This journal pairs Louise’s writings and affirmations on self-love with time-honored exercises, such as how to craft your own affirmations, do mirror work, effectively visualize, forgive and release, heal dis-ease, recognize the inner child, and recognize your inner strength and true beauty every day.
