‘लीडिंग फ़्रॉम द बैक वर्तमान संदर्भ में नेतृत्व के प्रति हमारी सोच और दृष्टिकोण में क्रांतिकारी बदलाव लाने का एक सशक्त माध्यम है . . . यह किताब सभी को अवश्य पढ़नी चाहिए’ —राम चरण, यूएसए के फॉर्च्यून 100 कंपनियों के सीईओ और बोर्ड के सलाहकार
क्या आप एक ऐसे नेतृत्व मॉडल की तलाश में हैं जिसे समझना आसान हो, अमल में लाना सरल और जो आपको अद्भुत परिणाम भी दे? यदि हाँ, तो लीडिंग फ़्रॉम द बैक आपके लिए ही है! इस पुस्तक में आपको एक ‘सुपरस्टार’ लीडर बनने की सभी आवश्यक सीखें मिलेंगी। इससे आप सीखेंगे कि अपनी टीम के सदस्यों से सम्मान कैसे पाएँ और असंभव को संभव करने में उनकी मदद कैसे करें। नेतृत्व के ढेरों सिद्धांतों और नियमों को पढ़ने के बजाय तीन चरणों का यही मॉडल पर्याप्त है जिसके पास अद्भुत सफलताओं का एक प्रामाणिक इतिहास रहा है।
यह रोचक दृष्टांत एक युवा मैनेजर, शिव कुंद्रा के करियर में आने वाली कठिनाइयों के बारे में है, जिसके कार्य करने की शैली, उसके नेतृत्व की क्षमता और सफलता पाने में बाधा डालती है। लेखक एक कहानी के माध्यम से, लीडिंग फ़्रॉम द बैक के आकर्षक सिद्धांत से अवगत कराते हैं।
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The Art of War (Hindi) / द आर्ट ऑफ़ वार
द आर्ट ऑफ वॉर एक अमर कृति है, जिसका पूर्वी एशिया की संस्कृति एवं इतिहास में विशेष स्थान है। युद्ध और सैन्य रणनीति के दर्शन और राजनीति पर आधारित यह प्राचीन चीनी ग्रंथ 2,500 साल पहले लिखा गया था, लेकिन यह आज भी उतना ही प्रासंगिक है, जितना कि तब था।
सेल्समैनशिप हो या कारोबार, आप चाहे किसी भी क्षेत्र में हों, अगर आपके सामने कोई प्रतिस्पर्धी है, जिसे हराकर आप जीतना चाहते हैं, तो यह पुस्तक आपकी मदद कर सकती है। इस पुस्तक का मूल मंत्र है कि वह जीतेगा जो जानता है कि कब लड़ना है और कब नहीं लड़ना है।
आधुनिक युग के साथ-साथ इतिहास के पन्नों में भी इस पुस्तक का योगदान दर्ज है। फ्रांस के सम्राट नेपोलियन ने इस पुस्तक को पढ़ा था और युद्ध में इसका इस्तेमाल किया था। साम्यवादी चीनी नेता माओ जे दॉन्ग ने 1949 में चियांग काई-शेक पर अपनी विजय का श्रेय इस पुस्तक को दिया था। वियतनाम में जनरल गियाप ने इसी पुस्तक के सिद्धांतों पर चलकर फ्रांसीसी और अमेरिकी सेनाओं पर विजय हासिल की थी। वियतनाम में अमेरिका की हार के बाद ही इस पुस्तक पर अमेरिकी सैन्य अधिकारियों का ध्यान गया।
चाहे आप एक सैन्य रणनीतिकार हों, एक व्यापारी हों, या बस एक जिज्ञासु पाठक हों, इस प्राचीन कृति में ऐसा कुछ मूल्यवान है, जिसे पाने के आप अधिकारी हैं।
The Stoic Path To Wealth (Hindi) / द स्टॉइक पाथ टु वेल्थ
कहीं-न-कहीं हम सबके मन में समृद्ध होने की ख्वाहिश होती है। लेकिन उसको कैसे हासिल करें इसका सूत्र हम लोगों में से बहुत सारे लोगों के पास नहीं होता। हम लोगों में से बहुत से लोगों को इस बात की अच्छी समझ है कि शेयर बाज़ार से परिचय संपत्ति बनाने का अच्छा ज़रिया है। लेकिन मुश्किल यह है कि बाज़ार में उतार-चढ़ाव इतना अधिक होता है कि शेयर में निवेश करना आसान नहीं होता है। जब बाज़ार में गिरावट का दौर होता है तो हमको डर महसूस होता है। जब बाज़ार चढ़ रहा होता है तो हमारे अंदर लालच की भावना आ जाती है। लेखक ने इस पुस्तक में स्टॉइक दर्शन के सूत्रों के माध्यम से इस बात को समझाने का प्रयास किया है कि किस तरह भय और लालच की भावनाओं पर काबू रखते हुए हम समृद्धि के मार्ग पर सफलतापूर्वक आगे बढ़ सकते हैं। सीधे-सरल उदाहरणों के माध्यम से लिखी गई इस किताब की सहायता से कोई ऐसा व्यक्ति भी समृद्धि पथ पर आगे बढ़ सकता है जिसको बाज़ार, निवेश आदि की समझ बहुत नहीं हो।
The Inner Journey
Are you constantly in a rush? Do you crave slow days? Have you tried yoga and meditation but still feel a gnawing vacuum inside you? Do you have enough reasons to be grateful, yet you wonder why your mind grumbles incessantly?
If any of these questions ever occurred to you, this book will be a lifesaver. Vraja Bihari Das, a practising monk for over twenty-five years, offers a refreshingly new paradigm to help you live comfortably in your own skin through the bhakti yoga process, popularly known as Krishna consciousness.
The Inner Journey shares strategies to quieten the mind’s incessant chatter and live in a space beyond the mind—the Heart Space. Through simple, yet potent techniques such as conscious breathing, journalling and affirmations, this book offers hope for peace in an age of chaos and love amidst distrust.
Steer away from the chaotic outside world and dive into the calm corner of your heart space where you truly belong and feel loved.
The Continents Between
Looking over their shoulder at the home they left behind, the lives of immigrants Sudeep and Kamalika are suffused with a permanent sense of nostalgia. This is America in the 1980s, and it throws up all the challenges and insecurities they must fight against as they raise their rather American children in a conventional Bengali household.
Reminiscent of Jhumpa Lahiri’s Namesake, The Continents Between is a rich and thoughtful translation of Bani Basu’s epic novel, Janmabhoomi, Matribhoomi. Debali Mookerjee Leonard’s translation straddles difficult questions of identity, immigration, betrayal, love and politics with sympathy and skill and leaves you wanting more.
Jamsetji Tata
Jamsetji Tata pioneered modern Indian industry. He has been a key catalyst in the economic growth and development of the country.
From Empress Mills to the Iron and Steel Plant, from the establishment of Indian Institue of Science to the building of the Taj Mahal Hotel, Jamsetji’s vision made India stand tall. In this carefully researched account, R Gopalakrishnan and Harish Bhat provide insights into the entrepreneurial principles of Jamsetji that helped create such a successful and enduring enterprise.
His contribution and that of his successors has led to the institutionalization of Tata values. Over the decades, through hard work, determination, and a consistent vision, he and his successors have embedded these values in the organization, which has stood the test of time and has consistently contributed to the country’s industrial development. The book takes readers into the heart of this amazing story and what has made it possible.
Interwoven with engaging real-life stories about iconic leaders of the Tata Group, and interesting anecdotes that went into the making of India’s popular brands such as Tata Tea, Tata Steel, Tata Motors and Tanishq, this unique account brings alive the vision of Jamsetji Tata and tells us what we can learn from it.
The Book of Compassion
TWO NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATES. ONE SHARED GOAL.
Nobel Peace Prize Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Kailash Satyarthi open a window to the concept ‘Compassion’, which according is undoubtedly the most significant requirement of our existence. Compassion is no longer a luxury’, says His Holiness the Dalai Lama. It is ‘a necessity if our species is to survive’. Kailash Satyarthi urges us all to consider a flight of compassion as it inspires everyone to free ourselves from the shackles of limitations in order to explore the limitless possibilities of life.
In the post-pandemic world, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and social reformer and global thought leader Kailash Satyarthi bring to light the idea to cultivate compassion and why honest concern for others is the key factor in improving our day-to-day lives. From inequalities to injustice to climate change, the influence of Gandhi to ancient Indian and Tibetan knowledge system, importance of education for children, and the idea of an interconnected world, among others, in The Book of Compassion two globally renowned spiritual and moral leaders reveal their vision for a globalized compassion that promotes freedom, joy and inner peace.
Candid, anecdotal and absolutely unputdownable, this book is your perennial source of courage, compassion and wisdom.
Sea Ice? Now You Don’t !
‘An incredible take on the issues plaguing our planet’
‘Witty, thoughtful and intense’
The multi-award winning series of comics, Green Humour is back as the third anthology Sea Ice? Now You Don’t! From penguins balancing their nests on thin ice to tigers basking in their own glamour whilst worrying about their future, from ghazal-loving bats to whales dumping marine plastic waste right back at us- meet an array of wild animals with their own list of concerns, and their own brand of humour. The comics will take you from the high skies to geothermal mines in the very bottom of the ocean, and from sweltering tropical mangroves to the icy poles, engaging you in discussions about ecology, biology, nature conservation, and the politics of governing nature. This is a wild ride for sure, but NOT one which needs you to leave your brains at home!
Sea Ice? Now You Don’t! is the third in the series of Green Humour collections, after ‘Green Humour for a Greying Planet’ and ‘Pugmarks and Carbon Footprints’, and includes comics published in periodic columns with platforms like DW News, The Hindu, Roundglass Sustain, and Gocomics.
What Artificial
From two of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in AI, what you need to know about AI—and how to defend yourself against bogus AI claims and products Confused about AI and worried about what it means for your future and the future of the world? You’re not alone. AI is everywhere—and few things are surrounded by so much hype, misinformation, and misunderstanding. In AI Snake Oil, computer scientists Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor cut through the confusion to give you an essential understanding of how AI works and why it often doesn’t, where it might be useful or harmful, and when you should suspect that companies are using AI hype to sell AI snake oil—products that don’t work, and probably never will. While acknowledging the potential of some AI, such as ChatGPT, AI Snake Oil uncovers rampant misleading claims about the capabilities of AI and describes the serious harms AI is already causing in how it’s being built, marketed, and used in areas such as education, medicine, hiring, banking, insurance, and criminal justice. The book explains the crucial differences between types of AI, why organizations are falling for AI snake oil, why AI can’t fix social media, why AI isn’t an existential risk, and why we should be far more worried about what people will do with AI than about anything AI will do on its own. The book also warns of the dangers of a world where AI continues to be controlled by largely unaccountable big tech companies. By revealing AI’s limits and real risks, AI Snake Oil will help you make better decisions about whether and how to use AI at work and home.s
The Homeland’s an Ocean
‘Like the whirlpool, still centre of a giddy circling,
the homeland’s an ocean that scatters us in all directions.’
Mir Taqi Mir (1723–1810)
Mir, one of the greatest Urdu poets, lived through extraordinarily turbulent times in a Delhi besieged by marauders, and in exile elsewhere in North India. By the time he died, aged eighty-seven, he had witnessed a long era of violence and chaos. Yet, through it all, he crafted the most exquisite poetry, shaping the Urdu language from the resources of Khari Boli, Persian and Brajbhasha. A thoughtful selection of 150 of his asha’ar or couplets by Ranjit Hoskote, The Homeland’s an Ocean reveals a far more political Mir than we know, a many-sided poet of melancholia, irreverent humour, love and audacious social vision. Hoskote’s fresh, contemporary translation brings Mir’s poetry back to a world that needs such a passionately urgent voice. Framed by the translator’s substantial introduction to Mir’s life and his literary, linguistic and political contexts, this book invites readers to look through a unique eighteenth-century lens at our current crises of homeland, identity and belonging.