The Indian tradition shows us that positive, radiant happiness is our birthright, and Dr Rekha Shetty outlines a programme in this book to achieve it. The Happiness Quotient (HQ) is a concept that measures approximately the amount of happiness each person has achieved in their life. It then provides a blueprint to increase one’s HQ. It starts by describing the creation of a positive mind space, one that nurtures the positive emotions that increase happiness. It also discusses the impact of negative fields and how to avoid them.
Anti-happiness traps, too, find a special place in this book. They require special identification as they can be very misleading, like a comforting golden cage full of fruit to a free-flying parrot. Whatever the external circumstances may be, the individual is responsible for his inner state. This book is an investment in Life’s greatest prize-Happiness.
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The 6 PM Slot
Tania has a dream job as supervising producer at YTV, a leading entertainment channel. But things are not what they seem-YTV’s ratings and fortunes are dipping, and Tania is the one assigned to resurrect the 6 p.m. slot with a new talk show and a scantily clad host. But when a dying girl calls on the show, the fun and games come to a screeching halt. This turn of events gives Rajneesh Tiwari, the demi god of Indian news television, one of his most explosive ‘human interest’ stories of the year. Will life ever be the same for Tania or anyone involved in the doomed 6 p.m. slot?
Secrets of Amber
Secrets of Amber is a voyage of discovery to Amber, the royal walled city of Rajasthan, through twelve walks in and around the heritage heart of the town. Away from the unusual crowded tourist trail, delight in the magical dialogue with the landscape and the living heritage while scaling a soaring battlement wall, strolling through a medieval lane or exploring the wooded royal hunting grounds. This intimate visual anthem to one of India’s greatest historical landscapes will lead you to unearth an unprecedented treasure trove of delights and vistas.
Daily Inspiration from His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Chronologically arranged for each calendar day, this book is a source of courage, compassion, wisdom and inspiration from His Holiness The Dalai Lama
The Big Book of Malice
‘Good people can be crashing bores. Evil men who combine evil-doing with drunkenness, debauchery and making illicit money make more interesting characters because they pack their lives with action. They do what most of us would like to do but do not have the guts to.’-Khushwant Singh
Malice. The word is synonymous with Khushwant Singh; his pen has spared no one. For over four decades as India’s most widely read columnist, he has commented on just about everything: religion, politics, our future, our past, prohibition, impotency, presidents, politicians, cricket, dog-haters, astrologers, the banning of books, the secret of 1ongevity … the list is endless.
Candid to the point of being outrageous, Khushwant Singh makes both his reader and subject wince. He writes unabashedly on nose picking, wife bashing, bribing journalists, gender wars and the desires of an octogenarian; on Nehru and Edwina, Lalu, Bal Thackeray, Chandraswami and Sonia Gandhi, among host of others.
Khushwant Singh’s Big Book of Malice brings together some of his nastiest and most irreverent pieces. Witty, sharp and brutally honest, this collection is certain to delight and provoke readers of all ages.
Uparwali Chai
WINNER OF THE GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARD 2019
The ultimate teatime cookbook, with an Indian twist
When Pamela Timms moved to Delhi over a decade ago, she realized how different baking in India was. She started roaming the gallis of Old Delhi, curious to know what baking traditions were born out of our tandoors and tawas. One thing she couldn’t avoid was the Indian obsession with tea and, more importantly, teatime snacks. Inspired by the local produce and flavours, she started experimenting and developed a repository of recipes tailored to suit the desi kitchen. She knew she had hit gold when she found a way to marry her traditional Scottish taste with the warm Indian palate.
From Saffron and Chocolate Macarons to Apricot and Jaggery Upside Down Cake to a Rooh Afza Layer Cake, Uparwali Chai is an original mix of classic and contemporary desserts and savouries, reinvented and infused throughout with an utterly Indian flavour. A beautifully curated set of recipes full of nostalgic flavours and stories, this is a book every home cook will be referring to for generations to come.
Maila Aanchal/मैला आंचल
‘मैला आंचल’ का नायक एक युवा डॉक्टर है जो अपनी शिक्षा पूरी करने के बाद पिछड़े गाँव को अपने कार्य-क्षेत्र के रूप में चुनता है, तथा इसी क्रम में ग्रामीण जीवन के पिछड़ेपन, दुःख-दैन्य, अभाव, अज्ञान, अन्धविश्वास के साथ-साथ तरह-तरह के सामाजिक शोषण-चक्रों में फँसी हुई जनता की पीड़ाओं और संघर्षों से भी उसका साक्षात्कार होता है। कथा का अन्त इस आशामय संकेत के साथ होता है कि युगों से सोई हुई ग्राम-चेतना तेजी से जाग रही है।
Fearless Freedom
‘Safety’ for women in India is, more often than not, coded as curtailment of autonomy. To be ‘safe’, women are told they must allow themselves to be kept under constant surveillance. Their movement is restricted to specific spaces, often homes and hostels. Extreme levels of control are exercised to confine their mobility.
But is freedom really incompatible with safety? In this ground-breaking and radical book, Kavita Krishnan locates the personal and political repercussions of erasing women from public spaces. She argues that many real and violent threats to female autonomy are, in fact, hidden in plain sight. Often challenging conventional wisdom, this is a blazing, fiery manifesto for greater equality, political and economic independence, and, most of all, personal freedom.
Discovering the Heritage of Assam
The book Discovering the Heritage of Assam takes a comprehensive look at the nature, culture and traditions that symbolize the true essence of the Indian state of Assam. The history of the state, beginning from the Paleolithic age to the British era, is well supported by innumerable ruins, interesting shrines, incredible wildlife, and a variety of living heritage, some of which are now part of the UNESCO’s list of world heritage sites.
The Ahoms, who ruled over Assam for 600 years, has had a significant imprint on its history. Neo-Vaishnavism popularized by the great saint Srimanta Sankardeva and venerated institutions like the Namghars and Satras constitute the prime components the state’s heritage.
This coffee table book is divided into five broad chapters-Ancient Period Heritage, Medieval Period Heritage, Modern Heritage, Natural Heritage and Living Heritage – and contains beautiful photographs and informative illustrations of the various heritage sites of Assam.
The Delhi 6 Box Set
This six-book Delhi 6 set-three anthologies, two city biographies and one history-seeks explore this fascinating city which has stood on the banks of the Yamuna since time immemorial. A long list of authors-including the legendary Delhi chronicler Khushwant Singh-map the city’s different worlds, its extraordinary aspirations, its unique relationship with power and its glorious past and rambunctious present.