Ever since Sir W Jones translated Kalidasa's Shakuntalam into English (1789), many scholars from the West have shown interest in Indian Sanskrit literature. By 1847, 607 works had been translated. Among them, the Gita is one of the most translated works. The Gita and Bhagavatam are the essence of the Vedas, the ancient Indian texts of knowledge. While the 700-sloka Gita is written as a discourse to someone who was finding difficulty to choose between his duty and obligation, the currently available 14094-verse long Bhagavatam is a discourse given to a king who was expecting death suddenly in the next seven days. Translations of the Bhagavatam are not widely available as much as the Gita. This book is written, keeping in mind those who do not look for a religious or literary piece but a useful book that offers a glimpse of ancient Indian wisdom on blending harmoniously personal ethics, politics and morality in life. Bhagavatam, composed in the ancient Sanskrit language probably before CE and contains wisdom of sages and scholars presented in the ancient art of storytelling. This book, divided into two parts, condenses the ancient Indian scripture into eighty invaluable stories along with explanatory notes and a glossary at the end.
A Baker's Journey is an effort by Dr. Avin Thaliath's to bring together the science, anthropology, and art behind baking bread. It is a direct outcome of years of collaborative work with chefs across the world. He considers the dissemination of this knowledge as his duty as an educator and learner alike and is the first in its series. This volume covers various aspects of the processes of making bread- from the classification to the ingredients such as types of flour, yeast, eggs and even salt and sugar to the practice of dough-making, exploring the plethora of bread found in India and across the world, and their recipes. It is for all who think about baking as students and professionals, for home bakers and hobbyists, entrepreneurs, or anyone who just seeks a reference.
'Cage of Reduction' is an interesting children's story which also challenges Reader's imagination. Amazing poetry amidst several dialogues and monologues distinguishes it from other stories and enhances reader's interest as it offers several twists to the story and a relay of decoding clues in poetry by different characters like the old man, Mera the mermaid, Prince, Overpowering witch as the plot progresses. It is thrilling how fire, earth, seven colored earth and northern lights enable Prince with superpowers essential to fight Shricknola, the villain.A blend of foretelling, magic, poetry, mind-blowing places on different backgrounds like fire, sky, water, and usage of characteristics of real places/phenomena that exist like Black River, seven colored earth and northern lights - It is much more.
The Dews of Wonderland is a collection of poems about experiences and emotions. Generally, poems are the intense experiences of human lives, and it is essential to write and study poetry in order to record and know the history of humanity. The experience of a man is not his complete personal; instead, it's the most common living condition of the whole of mankind. Thus, sharing an individual's experiences of his critical times with his inner as well as outer worlds and the emotions they evoke are inevitably important. Every poem in this collection carries different experiences and emotions, sometimes as a drop of dew and sometimes as a drop of tear. There is always a need to know and understand both experiences. The poems in this collection strongly deal with dilemmatic human psychology; emotional and psychological traumas; the conflict between fantasy and reality; and most notably, dreams. Also, they provide a critical outlook on society and human behaviour in general.
A voyage on the tides of emotion takes you on a journey through the emotional kaleidoscope of life. Rebecca's illustrated poetry is a deeply meditative observation of the spectrum of human emotion that ranges from unrequited love, passion, loss and grief on toward resilient hope, the acceptance of self and the love of God and others.While Rebecca's poetry journey begins on dark, turbulent waters, she leads the reader on a voyage of introspection and self- realization buoyed by hope and faith to finally anchor on the shores of love.
The Gothic has come a long way from the romantic quest for the imaginary. The gothic has proved to be an extremely enduing genre that has manifested itself in various forms in the cultural, literary, political, ecological and historical aspects of human existence. This anthology takes up various aspects of the Gothic ranging from ghost stories in literature and films to folklore and mythology to cultural horror, to showcase how Gothic is part of an omnipresent power structure that shapes the socio-cultural and psychological metanarrative that governs human ontology.
On a cold winter night, a young lad could be seen racing on the bike, being chased by a group of goons. The poor lad could not balance the bike on a wooden uneven bridge and he fell in the Beas river. The goons laughed heartily and left. An angel sitting in heaven was witnessing this scene. She decides to descend and help this boy....
Observing an Ocean, one will notice that its waves rise and retreat regularly. Also, there are numerous people on its sandy beach, watching, playing, relaxing and enjoying.A child is playing on the beach and a wave comes and takes back with it his toys or destroys his sand castle - he gets upset and writes on the sand "Ocean is bad".A fisherman gets a good catch of fish from the sea, for his daily livelihood, he becomes happy and writes "Ocean is kind & my provider".Seeing a young person drown in the sea, the sad mother writes "Ocean is a murderer".A person walking on the beach on finding a precious pearl in the sea-shell, writes "Ocean is so benevolent".All this time, the mighty ocean has been the same and is not bothered on how others are referring to its tides/waves. It continues unfazed by other's expressions on its nature and behaviour.Likewise, we humans need to be concentrating on our innate strengths/courage to carry on with our tasks/passion, undisturbed by external turbulence and deterrents. "Life is ... an Ocean...Explore & Float!"This book is an effort to provide worthwhile information on various common subjects, which regularly surface with varying complexities in our Life. Our Life ahead will be a culmination of various Choices and Decisions we make today!
Britain is in a temper. It faces financial and moral bankruptcy. Rocked by mass discontent, the panic-stricken ruling Tory Party discusses a political fantasy. Prime Minister Anthony Boswell, keen to return to his banking job, plans a very British coup as the Prime Minister of India, Mr. Lalluva arrives on an official visit that ends dramatically.
Mohana is a poignant tale of betrayal and deceit that the protagonist becomes a victim of at the hands of his own brothers. It ends in the tragic death sentence of Mohana, who was innocent. The mother's sorrow is unfathomable. The King's benevolence in offering Mohana a chance to deny committing the crime is laudable. Mohana's commitment to his brothers and his family results in dire consequences. The Town is submerged in the dam waters
Choosing words with confidence in form of uniqueness is a kind of playing chess at Literature. King, queen, bishop, rook, and pawn have their known capacities, but the possibilities of combination are infinite and unpredictable. Perception on same words, from several essays, speaking or thinking at various temperaments and circumstances to the hearer and listener proportionately makes the same human mind to act with different physiology. To achieve a move is always to solve a problem, and is an essentially a creative art: "As the waves make towards the pebbled shore'' The work of art in existing book has a personal and literary style progressed with visual image, and determined with emotions and self-analysis, also, written very distinctly on human works of immortal beauty and works of nature. An eminent reader of the book, with manner of expression, must act sometimes as a thoughtful human with his general intelligence of his age: the spectacle is the collective life of humanity. No human being knows the whole about himself: It reminds on the Browning's fine poem, 'How it Strikes a Contemporary', who walked about, took note of everything, looked at the new house building, and pocked his stick into the mortar.
You do not just snap your fingers one day and become the butterfly. It takes time, patience and self-growth. This book is a journey, a mosaic made from little fragments of my heart and soul, pieces of my intentions, hopes and dreams. It's been divided into four sections; The Caterpillar, The Cocoon, Metamorphosis and The Butterfly. I've filled each one up with pieces of poetry, tales from my own life and stories that have reached me through word of mouth, recollections of days that have felt like storms and others that have felt like summer. Rants and ramblings of my perceptions of the world, facts and truths of (my) life, and letters of all the things I want to say - cryptically addressed to all the people I want to say them to. For quite a while, this book has held me. And now, it is yours to make your own. I hope that somewhere in between these pages, you feel less alone. And I hope you become the most beautiful butterfly.
Utilitarian Liberation & Common EndO you who believe [in Natural Science]! Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to Allah, even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and whether it (the case be of) a rich man or a poor man, for Allah is nearer to both (than you are). So follow not the lusts [of your hearts], lest you swerve, and if you distort [Created & Manifested Truth] or decline to do justice [with our Fundamental Rights], verily Allah is well-informed of all that you do. [Sura (3) - Aatun-Nisaaa-a - Verse - 135] "e;Laa yukalli-ful laahu nafsan illa wus-ahaa. Lahaa maa kasabat w-alay-haa mak-tasabat. Rabbanaa laa tu-aa-khiznaaa in-nasiinaaa aw akhta-naa. Rabbanaa wa laa tahmil alay-naaa is-ran-kamaa hamal tahuu alal-laziina min-qab-linaa. Rabbanaa wa laa tuhammil-naa maa laa taaqata lanaa bih. Wa fu-annaa, wag-fir lanaa, war-ham-naa. Anta Mawlaanaa fan-surnaa alal-qaw-mil-Kaafi-riin"e; - On no soul Allah places a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. [Pray:] Our Rab! Condemn us not if we forget or miss the mark! Our Rab! Lay not on us a burden like that which You did lay on those before us. Our Rab! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. You are our Protector. Grant us victory over the disbelieving folk [disbelievers of Equal & Opposite Apriori Framework of Natural Science and Un-contradicted Facts of this Manifested Nature]. [Sura (1) - An-tazbahuu Baqarah - Verse - 286]
"e;Letter to my future selfDo you remember you once read that every person in this world is one word of a poem, and everyone that leaves too soon - they render the poem incomplete. You gave it an eye roll, knowing the poem was already incomplete. But have you not figured it out yet? You are the one that needs to write that poem. You are supposed to save every word you can and include it twice for everyone who left."e;This book holds your hand through the turbulences of depression, making you gasp for breath at times; nevertheless, landing you safe on the other side. "e;I told you I dream of the oceanso you decided I needed to know what drowning felt like/you are efficient"e;Take my hand, for you are not alone. I know depression will haunt you still, try to drown you still, but take my words along.. Let them hold you, and allow yourself to just be.
Despite having the luxury of an all-time company of a Metaphysician who dwells in the right hemisphere of his skull he keeps on failing to attain twenty-four-seven meditative state. One fine morning this metaphysical entity appears in his study in an assumed physical form to personally train him in an experiential one minute meditative walk. But alas! He fails despite seven attempts.
"e;.........This is some sort of a photo-feature, Subhash presentsbefore us in a strikingly different poetic genre ..He comes forth with this excellent breed where the picturescombine with the words in all elegance; very often the picturesholding an unmistakable edge over words.. . Photos are actually captured moments from the unendingflux of life; and as such they have a link with slownessOnly very few modern writers like Milan Kundera extol slownessand its nuances"e; Excerpts from the preface of "e; LIKE A MOVIE SUBTITLE"e; by Critic Asha Menon.
The World of Work is rebooting. Businesses are re-imagining and re-engineering themselves. Challenging established norms and rebuilding livelihoods are essential imperatives. This provides scope for radically different trends and paradigms in the field of business management.The impact of the COVID-19 is being felt by all businesses across the globe. Leaders are navigating a broad range of interrelated issues that span from keeping their employees and customers safe, shoring-up cash and liquidity, reorienting operations and navigating complicated government support programmes. The pandemic is heavily affecting labour markets, economies and enterprises, including global supply chains, leading to widespread business disruptions.This anthology aims to reflect, deliberate, and suggest necessary and desired measures in the currently evolving and extremely challenging business scenario. It brings together the work of leading academicians, researchers and industry professionals on aspects of contemporary business trends in human resource, financial and technology management. It also includes issues of sustainability, entrepreneurship and unique challenges brought up by the pandemic. This collection highlights different problems being faced by global and Indian businesses and suggests measures to reshape the future
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