यह समझना महत्त्वपूर्ण है कि हममें से, विशेष रूप से उच्च जीवन स्तर वाले समृद्ध देशों में लोग बीमार पड़ रहे, विशेषकर काम से संबंधित तनाव के कारण। यह किताब ‘कार्य-जीवन संतुलन’ पर हमला करता है और इसकी वकालत करता है जो हमारे पास है संतुष्टि, ख़ुशी और अर्थ के बीच अंतर करने की अपनी क्षमता क्षमता खो चुके हैं। डेनमार्क में सबसे अधिक पढ़ी जाने वाली दार्शनिक पुस्तक 2018-19, वन लाइफ इस बात की वकालत करती है कि हमें ख़ुद को इस रूप में देखना चाहिए हर इंसान के पास एक ही जीवन होता है जो उतना ही सार्थक होना चाहिए : – ख़ुशी नहीं अर्थ—हमारे जीवन, व्यवसाय और समाज में सबसे अधिक मायने रखता है।
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The Communist Manifesto (Hindi) / द कम्युनिस्ट मैनिफ़ेस्टो
द कम्युनिस्ट मैनिफ़ेस्टो कार्ल मार्क्स और फ्रेडरिक एंजेल्स द्वारा लिखी गई एक ऐतिहासिक पुस्तक है, जो 1848 में प्रकाशित हुई थी। यह पुस्तक पूँजीवाद की आलोचना और मज़दूर वर्ग की एकजुटता का आह्वान करती है। इसमें समाज के शोषक और शोषित वर्गों के बीच के संघर्ष को उजागर किया गया है। यह पुस्तक समानता, न्याय और वर्गहीन समाज के निर्माण की दिशा में मार्गदर्शन करती है।
Lankesh / लंकेश
यह पुस्तक भारत के सबसे विख्यात महाकाव्य रामायण और इस कारण भारत के सबसे बड़े खलनायक, रावण, को विस्तार से जानने की राह खोलती है। यह पुस्तक भारत के सबसे बड़े खलनायक का विस्तृत विश्लेषण करती है। इस ज्ञानी और महान राजा के कर्मों के कारण उसके राज्य और परिवार पर आपत्ति आई। यह पुस्तक रावण के पतन के कारण समझाने का प्रयास करती है। रावण को समझने से हम अपने आप को और अपने तथा अन्य लोगों के भीतर के रावण को समझ सकते हैं। यहाँ रावण एक मनोवैज्ञानिक अवस्था के लिए रूपक हैं।
Ponniyin Selvan 3
Fear and suspicion abound as rumours of Arulmozhi Varman’s death at sea spread throughout the Chozha land. Anger grows against the powerful, scheming Pazhuvettaraiyars. As leaders scramble to handle the fallout, Nandini Devi, the captivating wife of the elder Pazhuvettaraiyar, continues her machinations against the Chozha royal family. She vows that the sword of the last Pandiyan king—killed by Prince Aditta Karikalan—will take the lives of countless enemies.
Astute he may be, but is Chief Minister Aniruddhar Brahmarayar up to the task of diplomacy in such a volatile political climate? Can Princess Kundavai fight her way through the web of political intrigue and deceit in which she is trapped? Will valiant Vandiyatevan continue to surmount the colossal challenges fate throws at him?
Kalki paints a study in contrasts in The Slaying Sword, the third in the Ponniyin Selvan series, and Gowri Ramnarayan translates his world of conflicts with empathy and adroitness.
Anandamath, or The Sacred Brotherhood (English)
This is a translation of a historically important Bengali novel.
Published in 1882, Chatterji’s Anandamath helped create the atmosphere and the symbolism for the nationalist movement leading to Indian independence in 1947. It contains the famous hymn Vande Mataram (“I revere the Mother”), which has become India’s official National Song. Set in Bengal at the time of the famine of 1770, the novel reflects tensions and oppositions within Indian culture between Hindus and Muslims, ruler and ruled, indigenous people and foreign overlords, jungle and town, Aryan and non-Aryan, celibacy and sexuality. It is both a political and a religious work. By recreating the past of Bengal, Chatterji hoped to create a new present that involved a new interpretation of the past. Julius Lipner not only provides the first complete and satisfactory English translation of this important work, but supplies an extensive Introduction contextualizing the novel and its cultural and political history. Also included are notes offering the Bengali or Sanskrit terms for certain words, as well as explanatory notes for the specialized lay reader or scholar.
Peppa Pig: Peppa Loves Yoga
It’s another busy day at Peppa and George’s playgroup, and today they have a VERY special visitor coming in to see them!
Miss Rabbit is going to teach everyone about yoga!
From calm breathing to gentle stretching, Peppa and all of her friends love learning about yoga. And the parents LOVE picking up calm children.
Join Peppa and learn all about all of the different yoga stretches that you can try too!
The Drowning
Shattered by the loss of her twins, software engineer Viji becomes the prime suspect in a chilling crime—the drowning of her best friend Neha’s baby. ASP Kanika, haunted by her own personal loss, is pulled into an investigation that quickly spirals into a nightmarish descent. Viji’s eerie silence only deepens the enigma, and as Kanika digs further, her instincts sense something far more sinister lurking beneath the surface.
The evidence hints at Viji’s involvement in black magic to resurrect her twins, but the scene defies logic. Viji is found in a trance, cradling the lifeless baby, while Neha has vanished without a trace. Neha isn’t alone; in the past week, four pregnant women have disappeared, each leaving behind a blood-streaked symbol—an ominous mark of doom.
When Neha’s mutilated body is discovered, branded with the same grotesque symbol, Kanika realizes she’s up against something much more terrifying than a serial killer. As she unravels a web of evil tantric practices, Kanika confronts a horrifying possibility: Is she hunting a twisted killer, or has she awakened an ancient, malevolent force? And if so, how long before it comes for her?
Ponniyin Selvan 4
In the fourth part of the sprawling Ponniyin Selvan series, we learn more about the intricate complexities and histories propelling our characters towards their ultimate destiny.
What will happen in Kadambur? Beguiling, breathtaking Nandini Devi requests a rendezvous with Chozha Crown Prince Aditta Karikalan. He is determined to meet her, despite opposition from friends and family. Does Nandini mean to persuade Karikalan to give up the crown or kill him? Meanwhile, in Tanjavur, the life of the ailing Emperor Sundara Chozha is under threat. Will his assassins succeed? The mute Mandakini Devi has been forcibly taken to Tanjavur, and Poonkuzhali rushes there to help her aunt. What will happen when the betrayed Mandakini meets the royal family?
As Kalki’s enthralling saga continues to unfold apace in The Jewelled Crown, Gowri Ramnarayan’s fleet-footed translation proves equal to the challenge of capturing its heightened momentum and suspense.
Hello, Bastar
With direct access to the top Maoist leadership, Rahul Pandita provides an authoritative account of how a handful of men and women, who believed in the idea of revolution, entered Bastar in Central India in 1980 and created a powerful movement that New Delhi now terms as India’s biggest internal security threat. It traces the circumstances due to which the Maoist movement entrenched itself in about 10 states of India, carrying out deadly attacks against the Indian establishment in the name of the poor and the marginalised. It offers rare insight into the lives of Maoist guerillas and also of the Adivasi tribals living in the Red zone. Based on extensive on-ground reportage and exhaustive interviews with Maoist leaders including their supreme commander Ganapathi, Kobad Ghandy and others who are jailed or have been killed in police encounters, this book is a combination of firsthand storytelling and intrepid analysis.
Air Warriors
A newly independent country acquires its first heavy bomber from an Aircraft Graveyard and flies it for two decades!
A young Flight Lieutenant flies a daring dawn attack on a heavily defended Pakistani Airfield in the 1965 War and returns safely. Only to perish in a crash a week later.
Two wartime foes, one of whom shoots down the other in air combat, meet later as friends in life.
These and other compelling human-interest stories form the backbone of Air Warriors, an anthology of untold stories from the Indian Air Force. From the fascinating story of the inception of the Thunderbolts to how fifty-seven people were flown out from Car Nicobar after the 2004 Tsunami in a single Avro rescue mission authorised to fly only twenty-five passengers, the book is told from the viewpoint of the actual protagonists against the backdrop of day-to-day life in the Indian Air Force.