Devdutt Pattanaik creates a lush and fecund work of fiction in which the lines are continually blurred between men and women, sons and daughters, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers. Confronted with such fluidity the reader is drawn into Yuvanashva’s struggle to be fair to all -those here, those there and all those in between.
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Devdutt Pattanaik creates a lush and fecund work of fiction in which the lines are continually blurred between men and women, sons and daughters, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers. Confronted with such fluidity the reader is drawn into Yuvanashva’s struggle to be fair to all -those here, those there and all those in between.
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తల తెగిపడే క్షణం కూడా శత్రువు కళ్లలో కళు్ల పెట్టి చూసే తెగువ, గుండెబలం వారి సొంతం. శత్రువు ఎంతటి వాడైనా, నిర్భయంగా ఎదురెళ్లి ఢీకొన్న పదిహేను మంది వీరులు, వీరనారీమణులు, భారతదేశపు ముద్దుబిడ్డలు. ఓడిన వీరుల గాథలు, చరిత్రలో చోటు ఇవ్వకపోయినా మనం గుండెల్లో పదిలపరచుకోవాల్సిన జీవితాలు. మనం చదవని ఇతిహాసాలు, జోహారు చెప్పాల్సిన వ్యక్తిత్వాలు. తమ హక్కులను, విశ్వాసాలను. ప్రజల భద్రతను కాపాడుకోవడానికి జీవితాలను త్యాగం చేసిన వీరుల చరిత్రలు. మనకీ ముందు తరాలకీ స్పూర్తినిచ్చే గతానికి నివాళిగా చదువుదాం రండి.
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If you think of homeopathy in India, one name springs to mind—Dr Batra’s®. The Nation’s Homeopath is an unusual tale of entrepreneurship, risk appetite, resilience and self-belief. Part memoir, part guidebook for entrepreneurs, Dr Batra’s life has lessons that would benefit readers from any sphere of activity.
Combining enthralling nature writing and journalism with immersive art and photography, Marginlands is an urgent, vital work by a passionate chronicler of our environment.
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This is a story of skill and rapid conquest, as two brothers carve out an empire in the subcontinent. Most of all, it is a story of exceptional people who played a role in building this new entity – the Vijayanagara Empire.
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Red Sky Over Kabul is also a vivid portrait of a vanished Afghanistan—a world of kite flying, duck hunting and sitar lessons; a world lost to unending, horrific violence. But even in loss and tragedy, the human spirit finds hope and resilience—which is Afghanistan’s triumph, as it is Bar’s.
In The Stories We Tell: Mythology to Make Sense of Modern Lives, renowned mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik presents seventy-two tales from India’s rich treasure of myths and legends to explain life in the twenty-first century. Originating from the author’s webcast Teatime Tales, this collection of stories is narrated in his inimitable style and offers a fresh and insightful take on how our mythology affects our lives today.
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The Indian subcontinent’s location in tropics, its landscapes and diverse ecologies, renders it particularly vulnerable to nature’s vagaries. A prolonged summer, a delayed or failed monsoon, or a harsh and extended winter can push populations to their brink. Climate’s consequences can cause trade and societies to collapse, and topple empires. Yet nature’s role has received little attention in historical narratives. New scientific methods provide us with near-clear picture of the climate of the past. This information is steadily revising and reshaping regional and micro-histories, especially in Europe, the US and China.