साहसी, करिश्माई और नैतिक व्यक्तित्व वाले राहुल बजाज ने दुनिया की सबसे मूल्यवान दोपहिया कंपनी बजाज ऑटो और वित्तीय सेवाओं की पावरहाउस बजाज फिनसर्व का निर्माण किया। उन्होंने भारत के सबसे प्रभावशाली और सफल व्यावसायिक समूहों में से एक का नेतृत्व किया। एक प्रसिद्ध व्यवसायी नेता, पूर्व सांसद और एक प्रभावशाली राष्ट्रीय प्रतीक राहुल बजाज वस्तुतः भारत के स्वातंत्र्योत्तर युग के प्रतीक हैं। इस पुस्तक में, बेस्टसेलिंग लेखिका गीता पिरामल, बजाज और उनके उथल-पुथल भरे जीवन तक बेबाक रूप से पहुँचती हैं। कथा भारत के स्वतंत्रता संग्राम के दौरान उनकी माँ के कारावास के विवरण से शुरू होती है और एक महत्त्वाकांक्षी, उदारीकरण के बाद के देश में जीवन की झलकियाँ प्रदान करती है। स्टार्ट-अप के युग में, पिरामल ने ‘हमारा बजाज’ के पीछे के व्यक्ति की स्थायी विरासत का चित्रण किया है। सूक्ष्म अवलोकन और गहरी अंतर्दृष्टि से भरपूर यह जीवनी परिवार, व्यवसाय और सार्वजनिक जीवन के बारे में अतुलनीय सबक से भरपूर है और अंततः समाज के ताने-बाने पर एक अमिट छाप छोड़ती है।
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The Idea of Ancient India Hindi / Prachin Bharat Ki Avadharna / प्राचीन भारत की अवधारणा
इतिहासकारों के बीच पुरातनता और उसके काल-विभाजन की अवधारणा को लेकर हुए लंबे वाद-विवादों के परिणामस्वरूप आजकल ‘प्राचीन’ जैसे विशेषणों के प्रयोग में भारी कमी आ गई है और उसके स्थान पर ‘प्रारंभिक’ शब्द को अधिक तरजीह दी जाने लगी है। वैसे ‘प्राचीन’ में गहराई है, रहस्य और स्पंदन है। प्राचीन भारत की अवधारणा विचारों की बहुलता के साथ अतीत और साथ-ही-साथ ऐतिहासिक व्याख्या का एक मूलभूत हिस्सा है। इसलिए ‘प्राचीन भारत की अवधारणा’ पूरे भारत के, या कह सकते हैं दक्षिण एशिया के प्राचीन इतिहास को समझने के अनंत तरीकों से जोड़ती है। यह पुस्तक पुरालेखीय आँकड़ों के विश्लेषण और अभिलेखों को उनके विस्तृत संदर्भों में रखकर देखने के साथ पुरातत्व और प्राचीन स्थलों के आधुनिक इतिहास का भान कराती है। इसमें राजनीतिक विचारों एवं व्यवहार का संगम तो दिखता ही है, भारत से बाहर एशिया का दृश्यपटल भी परिलक्षित होता है।
The Everyday Stoic (Hindi)/द एवरीडे स्टॉइक
यह पुस्तक स्टॉइकवाद की शास्त्रीय परंपरा के पदचिह्नों पर चलने और समकालीन जीवन की बाधाओं को पार करने के तरीके पर मार्गदर्शन प्राप्त करने वाले व्यक्तियों के बढ़ते समुदाय में शामिल होने की राह दिखाती है। मार्कस ऑरेलियस से लेकर सेनेका तक, स्टॉइक्स का एक लंबा और समृद्ध इतिहास रहा है। द एवरीडे स्टॉइक के संस्थापक विलियम मुलिगन ने इन सिद्धांतों को आधुनिक जीवन की चुनौतियों पर काबू पाने और आंतरिक शांति की एक अडिग भावना को विकसित करने के लिए एक व्यावहारिक मार्गदर्शिका में बदल दिया है, ताकि आप भी एक स्टॉइक की तरह रह सकें।
Undaunted
9 May 2017. Lt Ummer Fayaz was brutally murdered by armed militants in Kashmir while he was back home, attending a wedding in the family. The death sent the nation into shock and immortalized the memory of a young man with conviction beyond his years.
In his brief, inspiring life, Ummer joined the Indian Army to set an example and galvanize fellow Kashmiris to move beyond the cycle of violence that unrest in the state had forced them into.
Deeply researched and told with feeling, Undaunted is the extraordinary story of an extraordinary life.
Cracked it!: How to solve big problems and sell solutions like top strategy consultants
“Solving complex problems and selling their solutions is critical for personal and organizational success. For most of us, however, it doesn’t come naturally and we haven’t been taught how to do it well. Research shows a host of pitfalls trips us up when we try: We’re quick to believe we understand a situation and jump to a flawed solution. We seek to confirm our hypotheses and ignore conflicting evidence. We view challenges incompletely through the frameworks we know instead of with a fresh pair of eyes. And when we communicate our recommendations, we forget our reasoning isn’t obvious to our audience.
How can we do it better?
In Cracked It!, seasoned strategy professors and consultants Bernard Garrette, Corey Phelps and Olivier Sibony present a rigorous and practical four-step approach to overcome these pitfalls. Building on tried-and-tested (but rarely revealed) methods of top strategy consultants, research in cognitive psychology, and the latest advances in design thinking, they provide a step-by-step process and toolkit that will help readers tackle any challenging business problem. Using compelling stories and detailed case examples, the authors guide readers through each step in the process: from how to state, structure and then solve problems to how to sell the solutions.
Written in an engaging style by a trio of experts with decades of experience researching, teaching and consulting on complex business problems, this book will be an indispensable manual for anyone interested in creating value by helping their organizations crack the problems that matter most.”
Latin America
Claudio Loser, with highest credentials as analyst of Latin America economic, social and political issues and influential contributors to the region’s multilateral cooperation efforts, provides both an analytical masterpiece and a first-hand testimony of the efforts to improve the future of Latin America. An indispensable and fascinating read.
MICHEL CAMDESSUS, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (1987–2000), Governor Bank of France (1984–87) Claudio Loser has written a superb book on Latin America, focusing on economic performance.
It is rigorously researched, unusually insightful, and impressively wide-ranging. To anybody interested in understanding a complex and fascinating region, Loser is a splendid guide. MICHAEL SHIFTER, President (2010–22), Senior Fellow, Interamerican Dialogue; Professor, Georgetown and GWU
Latin America has made progress in recent decades but has lagged its cohort. In this thorough book, Claudio Loser engages in a fascinating analysis of the region from different perspectives. The book shows the author’s intimate knowledge, and deep identification with Latin America and the Caribbean, well beyond macroeconomics. Long term growth, poverty and income distribution, trade, and many other areas are covered, with strong suggestions for the future. A must-read book.
REBECA GRYNSPAN, Secretary-General UNCTAD, UN Under-Sec. Gral (2010–14),
Vice President Costa Rica (1994–98)
Transform Your Self-Talk
The thoughts we hold about ourselves reflect in who we see ourselves as and how we allow people to treat us. A change in how we feel often starts with how we think of ourselves.
Change from a self-critic into your biggest cheerleader.
Transform Your Self-Talk is all about changing the narrative you’ve told yourself your entire life, which is probably disempowering and robbing you of the belief you should have in yourself.
Quit self-sabotage and stop your negative thoughts before they happen.
You are what you believe. Learn how to rebuild your self-talk from the ground up:
• The science of self-talk and how it affects your body
• The root causes of negative self-talk and low self-esteem—and what you can do about them
• How cognitive behavioral therapy can help change self-talk
• Techniques for thought replacement and positive scripting
• Everyday self-care practices and exercises
Izmirli, My Last Love
The last love, is like the last hanging threads of hope; at times dearer than life. Can it ever be forgotten?
Eylül, a young lawyer, within the turn of a night moved to Istanbul from Germany, after her mother’s sudden drowning. Her beautiful mother left behind a prestigious law firm; and a daunting legacy.
As life pulls Eylül in tethers, the demands of the law firm highlight her unpreparedness, but she can only obsess over her mother’s unconvincing drowning thanks to an old letter which seems to belong to her mother.
What begins is a complex odyssey as she chases after an Izmirli with one thought: did Izmirli cause her mother’s death?
As Eylül delves deeper into the mysteries of her mother’s past and her love life, it becomes unclear, what is Izmirli? Is her mother’s past and Eylül’s present one of the same, has memory and reality merged into one. Each discovery reveals a bigger and darker hole in a seemingly endless tunnel.
Izmirli is a compelling psychological thriller and romance, and a gripping narrative of personal discovery but also an exploration of the complexities of human relationships.
- Highly gripping psychological thriller
- An engaging read with unpredictable twists and turns
- An intense drama transporting away from reality
- Perfect for reads who enjoy books like The Gone Girl and The Silent Patient
- Perfect read for the weekend nights and a reading group
From Dubai to Karachi
‘Who is bigger than the King?’
Dawood Ibrahim went undercover after the serial blasts of 12 March 1993 in Mumbai. Nobody knew how he had managed to escape from India while his D Company had proven links to the blasts. Yakub Memon was subsequently executed, resulting in the bloody split of the Mumbai Mafia.
What happened to Dawood Ibrahim then? Where is he now? As these questions began to surround, S. Hussain Zaidi’s riveting investigation led to Karachi, where Dawood is now the Kingmaker. Fiercely protected and valiantly denied by the Pakistani government, he has come to become the protector of the country’s dwindling economy and tumultuous polity. Yet, Dawood Ibrahim remains untouched by either of the governments across the Line of Control.
From the lanes of Dongri to becoming world’s most wanted fugitive and a powerbroker for the Pakistani government, Dawood has come a long way. Thrilling and jaw dropping, From Dubai to Karachi is a much-awaited sequel to Black Friday, uncovering his last thirty years as S. Hussain Zaidi pens a definitive end to the Dawood saga.
Welcome to the Naniverse! Four Mind-boggling, Nerve-tingling and Zip-zapping Adventures of a Superhero Like No Other!
Who’s yo’ Granny?
Deepu’s Nani is old and cranky by day . . . and a Ninja by night! Follow their hilarious adventures as they battle mad mummies, zany zombies and the town’s greatest Pug warrior.
Enter the Naniverse!
The box set includes 4 books:
- Ninja Nani and the Bumbling Burglars
- Ninja Nani and the Mad Mummy Mix-up
- Ninja Nani and the Zapped Zombie Kids
- Ninja Nani and the Freaky Food Festival
Why should you buy this box set?
- A fresh take on superhero adventures with a young boy, a quirky pug with digestive issues, and a grandmother who is not a traditional hero.
- With fun and quirky illustrations sure to delight young readers.
- A humour-filled universe where mummies, demons, and zombies come to life, offering endless excitement.