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Think of growing your money in the modern world, and the first person you think of is Warren Buffett-legendary investor, the oracle of Omaha, stock-market wizard, philanthropist, business magnate, the most frugal mega-billionaire, and a man who could beat the market repeatedly. More important than these superlatives, Buffett has earned unparalleled respect and admiration the world over.How did this man, who was rejected from Harvard Business School, become this surreal financial superman? How could he make astoundingly successful decisions about the stock market, while sitting hundreds of miles away from the bustle of the New York Stock Exchange, without compromising on his ethics ever? What were the qualities that enabled him to reach this pinnacle?Read about the curious legend and his life-his continuing love for junk food, his struggle with public speaking, the paradox of his frugality and the donation of almost all his wealth to charity, his beautiful love story, and an unusual marriage.

Can the Mind Be Quiet? carries the essence of the teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti, one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century. The book is divided into sixty chapters, each describing a unique spiritual encounter with people from diverse backgrounds. The conversations and private interviews between various seekers and Krishnamurti address a wide array of questions such as 'How do I bring up my children?', 'Can the mind unburden itself?', 'What does virtue mean?', 'What really is sacred?', 'Can the brain ever be quiet?', and many more. With every answer, Krishnamurti imparts eye-opening insights into the self, society, education, interpersonal relations, spirituality, and, most importantly, how to lead a peaceful and fulfilling life. Can the Mind Be Quiet? distils the core of Krishnamurti's wisdom with unmatched clarity.

Savitribai Phule, Mahasweta Devi, Amrita Pritam, Medha Patkar, Kamla Bhasin, and countless others have, since the nineteenth century, fought for and won equal rights for Indian women in a variety of areas-universal suffrage, inheritance and property rights, equal remuneration, prevention of sexual harassment at the workplace, and others. Pioneering feminists believed that due to these hard-won rights, their daughters and granddaughters would have the opportunity to have rewarding careers, participate in the social and political growth of the country, gain economic independence, and become equal partners in their marriages. On paper, it would appear that the lot of Indian women in the twenty-first century has vastly improved but, in reality, the demands of capitalism and the persistence of patriarchal attitudes have meant that they continue to lead lives that are hard and unequal, especially when compared to their male counterparts. Indian women are among the most overworked in the world-they spend on average 299 minutes on housework and 134 minutes on caregiving per day, shouldering 82 per cent of domestic duties. They are burdened with work from such a young age that many are forced to drop out of schools, leave the labour force, and give up dreams of financial independence. For those who have the privilege of choosing to have a career, the only way they can make this viable is by doing the 'double shift': women are expected to do most of the housework, childcare, and caregiving, whether they have jobs or not. While these problems apply to all women across the country, those in India's middle class face an altogether unique challenge because middle-class families have mastered the art of simulating an environment of empowerment in their homes. Lies Our Mothers Told Us: The Indian Woman's Burden takes a close look at the gender inequality that forms the bedrock of India's middle class-this forces women try and be 'superwomen' while ignoring the deleterious effects on their mental and physical health. Using available data and anecdotal evidence from the real lives of Indian women across the country, journalist Nilanjana Bhowmick asks if, in our patriarchal society, the assertion that 'women can have it all' comes at too high a price.

Homemaker-CEOs can teach MBAs, corporate managers and businesses much more than you ever imagined. Doesn't managing a home's finances, nurturing the family's nutritional and emotional needs and planning the workflow of everyday activities of different family members count as management? Every Mother Is a CEO answers these questions and more. In a breezy, conversational style, the author Dhanjit Vadra-Managing Director, Allen & Alvan Pvt. Ltd and CEO, Allen & Alvan Defence & Aerospace-recounts the ways in which his mother Urmil Vadra worked tirelessly towards managing a large household, raising a family and assisting his father build a hardware manufacturing empire from scratch. Through her common-sense management techniques, knack for organizational efficiency and most of all, compassion for family and staff, she not only brought up extremely successful and well-settled children, but also created a team of dedicated personnel to look after both family and business. In achieving all this and more, she proves yet again how homemakers are caregivers, supervisors of finances and inventory, educators and HR managers. In fact, they are anchors of the whole family unit and the wheel that makes everything run. Filled with anecdotes, tips, inspiring stories of business pioneers like Ford and Godrej, and common business scenarios, this is a riveting and informative read for managers, employees and students alike. It opens our eyes to the often overlooked, vital management skills of homemakers.

Mujhse pehli si mohabbat meri mahbuub n maang ('My dearest, don't ask for the love we once had) This line from Faiz's first poetry collection deeply touched the public consciousness, and it signalled the arrival of a new kind of poet who not only wrote about agonies of love but at the same time confronted the issues of daily struggles, including poverty, hunger, injustice and the oppressive colonial regime. He fused his lyrical compositions with the grammar of revolution and resistance that was needed while not giving up on alluring descriptions of the beloved's tresses and ruby lips. There was the beloved, he said, but there was also the struggle of attaining freedom, and these two things were not separate. He brought these two themes together, and they became one. Jahaan par ham tum khare hain dono sahar ka raushan ufq yahien hai ('The place where both of us are standing is dawn's bright horizon') As a secular humanist, Faiz was not willing to accept the idea that people should be separated based on their religious identities. All human beings yearn, he emphasized, for peace and harmony. National boundaries can separate people, but they cannot divide the emotional affinity they have for one another. To understand the importance of this cosmic vision, one had to look at the earth from the sky and see the planet as the home for all its inhabitants. This book traces the evolution of the poet's work from its early days to the time of its full fruition. A poet's life is not different from the words that he writes and that is why in this book, poetry and biography are meshed in presenting a rich portrait of an exceptional poet.

Serial entrepreneur Ajay Gupta is the quintessential Indian businessman. He has spent more than three decades in businesses creating companies that have grown despite numerous obstacles and challenges that came from within the entrepreneurial ecosystem, but more so from a societal mindset that has origins in the British Raj. Thinking of a business as a lifelong career does not come naturally to most Indians. In fact, in Indian middle-class families, business is not seen as a secure source of income. Many of the myths surrounding business and businessmen are the reason why even those who have an innate talent for enterprise eventually suppress their dreams. This book debunks many of these myths and looks at how India can become truly aatmanirbhar and create limitless wealth for all. Decoding Business Minds is a break from a stereotypical business book and is a practical guide to overcoming fears, creating the right attitude and working consistently towards an actionable vision. Ajay takes on the role of business coach, mentor and storyteller to look at everyday examples and real-life stories that will inspire everyone to emerge out of the herd mentality that sees business as risky, unstable and stressful. He deciphers the unique DNA of Indians that can make them world-beaters in the future. He also reveals some of the innovations, strategies and formulae that can help create wealth and scale up businesses. This is a book to remind Indians that business is in their blood. 

The Greatest Assamese Stories Ever Told spans more than a century of work by some of the finest writers of short fiction in the language. The storytellers range from literary masters such as Lakhminath Bezbaroa, Mamoni Raisom Goswami, Saurav Kumar Chaliha, Birendra Kumar Bhattacharyya, and Homen Borgohain to contemporary writers like Harekrishna Deka, Debabrata Das, and Kuladhar Saikia. Among the gems to be found in this selection are Lakhminath Bezbaroa's 'Patmugi' which is a searing portrayal of the injustices of society, especially towards women; Mamoni Raisom Goswami's 'Values', an unforgettable depiction of a destitute woman, for whom her Brahmin ancestry is the only thing that she can take pride in; Harekrishna Deka's 'The Captive', a poignant account of the relationship between a kidnapper and his victim; Homen Borgohain's well-known story 'Looking for Ismael Sheikh', which deals with the effects of religious violence on a community; and Sheelabhadra's 'Sweet Acacia', a romance as evocative as the delicate fragrance of the flower that permeates it. Selected and edited by Mitra Phukan, these and the other stories in this volume offer a fascinating glimpse of a culture and a people that will resonate with readers everywhere.

The twenty-three stories in The Greatest Gujarati Stories Ever Told represent some of the finest short fiction in Gujarati literature. Selected and edited by translator and writer Rita Kothari, this collection features established literary masters such as K. M. Munshi, Dhumketu, Himanshi Shelat, Dalpat Chauhan, Nazir Mansuri, and Mona Patrawalla, as well as accomplished new voices such as Panna Trivedi, Abhimanyu Acharya, Raam Mori, and others. In K. M. Munshi's epistolary 'A Letter', a childbride is worked to her death as she yearns for her husband's affection; in Neerav Patel's 'Creamy Layer', the politicized, urban, and upwardly mobile Mr and Mrs Vaghela must confront the deep chasm that has grown between them and their family in the village; in Panna Trivedi's 'Maajo', the story's eponymous young narrator longs for butter-soft skin and a Shah Rukh-like glance from a young man on the train; in 'Saubhagyavati: The Fortunate Wife', Dwiref explores the selfish and oppressive nature of marital sex; in 'A Drop of Blood' Jayant Khatri looks at how violent acts engender more violence; Mona Patrawalla explores the tribal region of the Dangs and paints a hair raising picture of the violent forms of power wielded by the Parsi landlords there in 'The Black Horse'; in Dashrath Parmar's 'Nandu', the narrator struggles to hide his caste in the face of insistent questions; in 'Jumo Bhishti' by Dhumketu, we see the wonderful bond between Jumo and his beloved buffalo, Venu; and in Abhimanyu Acharya's 'Chunni', a young woman, Shaili, navigates the world of dating in a city far away from home-these and other stories in the collection are passionate, profound, and timeless, showcasing a range of styles and offering a variegated and singular picture of Gujarat.

The Greatest Kashmiri Stories Ever Told spans almost a century of work by some of the finest writers of short fiction in the language. The storytellers included here range from the earliest practitioners of the craft of short story writing-Dinanath Nadim, Somnath Zutshi, Ali Mohammad Lone-to more contemporary writers like Dheeba Nazir. Some stories in this collection are realistic dramas that hold up a startlingly clear mirror to society, such as Sofi Ghulam Mohammad's 'Paper Tigers', or lay bare the pain of losing one's homeland, as Rattan Lal Shant does in 'Moss Floating on Water'. Then there are others like Ghulam Nabi Shakir's 'Unquenched Thirst' and Umesh Kaul's 'The Heart's Bondage', that look beyond the exterior and focus on the complex inner lives of the women of Kashmir. Selected and translated by Neerja Mattoo, the twenty-five stories in this volume, all born out of the Kashmiri experience, will resonate with readers everywhere.

When Dita Roy is appointed as an English lecturer in a college in the sleepy little village of Phulpukur, she puts aside all her doubts about the institution's dubious credentials and accepts the position. In Phulpukur College, she meets the mysterious Raja, a tall, handsome man with startling grey eyes, who serves her tea on her first day on the job. For Raja, Dita is a breath of fresh air in an otherwise claustrophobic environment. What the two do not know is that their chance encounter will soon gain them, and Phulpukur College, lifelong notoriety.... A comic, hilarious tale about romance tangled up in the complex politics of rural Bengal, The Shotgun Wedding is a sparkling debut showing us, once again, the power of love.

In India, kingdoms and dynasties have come and gone, religious sects have formed and dissolved, schools of philosophy have come together and subsequently been replaced by others, yet the Mahabharata has never ceased to excite the Indian imagination.

The Shadow on the Wall brings together Ruskin Bond's most chilling works of fright and terror. The twenty-one stories in this book include classics such as 'A Face in the Dark', 'The Chakrata Cat', and 'Susanna's Seven Husbands', along with a dose of eerie new tales that have never been published before. In 'The Shadow on the Wall', a young writer finds an unlikely first reader in a ghost; 'The Doppelgänger' is a creepy account of beings that occupy two places at once; 'Haunted Places' is a spooky look at the world around us. From horrifying stories of chance encounters with hill station spirits, hauntings in abandoned mansions, malignant and mischievous jinns and shape-shifters, to prets and Mussoorie's Bhoot-aunty, the twenty-one tales in The Shadow on the Wall showcase Ruskin Bond's talent as a master of horror fiction.

Dorothy Gale and her faithful dog Toto are swallowed by a cyclone in the heart of Kansas farmland and end up in the wonderous, magical land of Oz. Dorothy begins her journey to see the magnificent Wizard and meets a fascinating collection of characters on her way. Join Dorothy as she journeys down the Yellow Brick Road, making new friends such as the Scarecrow, who desires for himself a brain, the rusty Tin Woodman, who desires a heart and the Cowardly Lion, who desires courage. Together, the friends encounter several challenges on their way to the Emerald City, including flying monkeys, wicked witches and the elusive enigma that is the Wizard of Oz. Will Dorothy ever be able to return home? The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, one of America's greatest and most beloved fairy tales, speaks poignantly about what every child needs: Scarecrow's wisdom, Tin Woodman's compassion, Lion's courage and the kindness of a friend like Dorothy.

Peter Pan, a mischievous little boy who doesn't grow up, sits outside Wendy, John and Michael Darling's window, eager to hear bedtime stories. When Peter invites Wendy to join him on an adventure, the Darling children take flight and land in Neverland-a world of magical fairies, enchanting mermaids and the Lost Boys. But Neverland is not without danger: the wicked Captain Hook is eager for vengeance! J.M. Barrie's moving and unforgettable tale is one of the best works of children's literature from the twentieth century. Imaginative, sensitive, wildly funny and full of vibrant characters, this book will delight both adults and children. Take flight with Peter, Wendy, Tinkerbell and the Lost Boys as you travel to the wonderful island of Neverland-an enchanted adventure for readers of all ages-all you need is your imagination and a sprinkle of fairy dust!