On 31 August 2008, Sister Jesme left the Congregation of Mother of Carmel. The authorities repeated attempts to have her declared insane, she says, left her no other option. This book, a first of its kind in India, is an outpouring of her experiences as a nun for thirty-three years.
Spirited and fun-loving, from a good family, deeply-rooted in Catholicism, Jesme was drawn to religious life at seventeen after a Retreat at junior college. As a nun, seven years later, she felt distressed at the many ills growing inside the convent and being forced to remain silent about them. There was corruption, by way of donations for college seats; sexual relations between some priests and nuns, and between nuns; class distinctions whereby the cheduthies, or poorer and less-educated sisters, did menial jobs; and a wide gap between comforts and facilities enjoyed by the priests and nuns.
Jesme was permitted to complete her doctorate in English Literature, to pursue her passion for literature, cinema and teaching college students. She exposed them to classic films, believing that aesthetics enhances spirituality. But these joys were clouded by the troubles she faced.
Searing, sincere, and sensitive, Amen is a plea for a reformation of the Church and comes at a time of its growing concern about nuns and priests. It affirms Jesme’s unbroken spirit and faith in Jesus and the Church, living like a nun, but outside the Four Walls of the convent.
From the bestselling author of Faster: 100 Ways to Improve Your Digital Life
This time Ankit Fadia expands his expertise beyond computers and digital devices. He gives away technology tips and general advice on how you can enhance your professional life. This book includes applications that help plan your day, communicate effectively and manage finances.
• Does your resume have trouble getting noticed?
• What’s the most effective way to do your homework on people before you meet them?
• How can an app help you get more out of conferences?
• Can de-cluttering your Inbox really save you a lot of time?
• How to get more work done on flights?
• Should you hire a public relations firm?
Social puts you on the path that takes you being an employee to creating your own personal brand.
Want to learn to lose weight in a controlled, easy and scientifically sound way and keep it off? Then it’s time to junk the latest trends and go back to the basics with The Diet Doctor.
Ishi Khosla, who has worked with the Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre as well as food majors advising them on nutrition, now tells you what and how much to eat to lose the weight you want-just as a nutritionist would.
Learn why the Indian body type might have more trouble losing weight and how you need to tailor your diet
Plan your eating with the help of detailed meal plans for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks
Choose the exact quantity for your weight using the food group charts
Get inspired by the creative recipes
How did Tata transform itself from a family-owned business to one of the most professionally managed enterprises in the world? How did it become a world leader in an array of unrelated businesses-from steel and automobile manufacturing to hotels and IT consulting? What exactly is the ‘Tata Way’, which has earned it so much admiration and respect?
This brief history of the Tatas charts the contribution of every Tata chairman-from Jamsetji Tata, who set up the company in 1868, to Ratan Tata and Cyrus Mistry-and explores the values at the heart of the Tata Group, as well as the role played in its development by the philanthropic trusts that own two-thirds of the company.
For anyone curious about this Indian company that has become a leading global player, this book is the perfect introduction.
Our phones, computers and tablets are getting more powerful-but how many of us know the ways to get the most out of them? Bestselling author Ankit Fadia shows you how.
· Send an email in the future
· Fake an incoming call on your mobile phone
· Catch a cheating partner red-handed!
· Remember where you parked your car
· Block inappropriate websites from your kids
· Automate tasks on your mobile phone
· Hide files inside photographs!
Faster: 100 Ways to Improve Your Digital Life contains all the tips and tricks for you to stretch the limits of emails, computers, social networks, video sites and everything else digital. With easy-to-use examples and loads of screenshots, this edition, updated with all the latest information and apps, is the perfect digital companion for you.
What every woman (and most men) should know about Indian men… Best-selling novelist and columnist Shobha De gives us a provocative, no-holds-barred guide to the Indian man. Among the questions she asks and answers are the following: Are men worth the time women spend on them? Is it possible to actually love a man? Are men any good in bed? Do men have real feelings? What are men most anxious about? What do men like about women? What do women like about men? How does a woman train a man? What are the most hateful things about men? Can men and women ever be friends? Candid and controversial, witty and wise, Surviving Men is the first and last word on the Indian male.
He is Eka-vachani, a king who always keeps his word; Eka-bani, an archer who strikes his target with the first arrow; and Eka-patni, a husband who is eternally and absolutely devoted to a single wife. He is maryada purushottam Ram, the supreme upholder of social values, the scion of the Raghu clan, jewel of the solar dynasty, the seventh avatar of Vishnu, God who establishes order in worldly life. Hindus believe that in stressful and tumultuous times chanting Ram’s name and hearing his tale, the Ramayan, brings stability, hope, peace and prosperity. Reviled by feminists, appropriated by politicians, Ram remains serene in his majesty, the only Hindu deity to be worshipped as a king.
If you hate mathematics
If you have always struggled to solve your maths problems in time
If you are scared of complex calculations
If you are attempting competitive or board exams
Or if you would just like to improve your maths skills
This book is for you!
Based on the sixteen sutras, vedic maths is practically the only magical principle you need to tackle anything from simple arithmetic to algebra, algorithms, square roots, cube roots, trigonometry and many more mathematical concepts.
In this book you will find easy methodology that will help you solve complex questions, and practice exercises that will test your understanding of these concepts.
So go ahead, make Maths Sutra your essential guide to mathematics!
Harish Salve failed his CA exam twice. Mukul Rohatgi was unable to secure a place at the Law Faculty, Delhi University. Rohinton Nariman was trained to become a Parsi priest.
Legal Eagles examines the lives and times of India’s top seven lawyers who fought some of the country’s landmark courtroom battles. Tracing their journey from their childhood days to the present, the book highlights important milestones of their careers, their victories and failures, their influences, and their work ethic and role models, demonstrating that the path to success is paved with determination, grit and challenges. Journalist Indu Bhan gives a ringside view of the most significant case handled by each of these lawyers, including the Vodafone tax case, Coalgate and the 2G spectrum controversy, among others.
The man behind the immensely popular Wai Wai noodles (Wai Wai has sold more than a billion packets in India alone), Binod Chaudhary is one of Asia’s most prominent businessmen. President of the Chaudhary Group, which deals in banking, insurance, finance and housing, he has invested in hotels and real estate, and collaborates, among others, with India’s Taj Group. In 2013, he became the first Nepali entrepreneur to be listed as a dollar billionaire by Forbes. His passion for growing his business, in the face of stiff challenges, is legendary. This memoir, a massive bestseller in Nepal, tells Binod Chaudhary’s inspiring success story in his own words.
