Download or read book Durga Nivas written by R.V. Rajan and published by Pustaka Digital Media. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Durga Nivas , a fictional chawl in Matunga, Bombay, is home to a potpourri of people from different parts of India, who live cheek-by-jowl, sharing joys and sorrows, lending a helping hand to one another, and also, of course, squabbling – much like diverse members of a large joint family. This biography of the building takes us into the tiny one-room tenements of nine families on the first floor of Durga Nivas. We witness the whole gamut of human emotions – love in myriad forms, anger, sorrow, joy, pain, discord, friendship, innocence, and the loss of it – that play out from the 1940s on. We get to listen in to the conversations of the tenants as they wait in queue for their turn at the common toilets. Many a reputation is made or smashed during the daily ‘Loos Talk.’ As a new generation tries its wings and flies out of the proverbial nest, the hustle and bustle, the fights, tears and laughter of normal life in the chawl are reduced to memories. But some former tenants of Durga Nivas find that life is full of surprises, and the past has a habit of catching up. Durga Nivas is based on the author’s experience of living in a chawl in Bombay for the first 26 years of his life.
Download or read book Courage My Companion written by R.V. Rajan and published by Pustaka Digital Media. This book was released on 2021-12-06 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about my personal life, my professional life as an ad man, and my “parallel life” about my interests in several voluntary and professional organizations (Round Table, Rotary, agencies dealing with ad vertising, PR, printing, media). I believe that the book provides glimpses into all these worlds. I hope it does so in an interesting way. I also hope it conveys the message that if an ordinary person like myself - without great advantages by way of birth, wealth, education or looks - could achieve some success, so could anyone else. I have written an anecdotal chapter about my immense belief in God (‘My Tryst with God’). I’m sure it will strike a chord in many. Atheists and agnostics among my readers - go through this chapter with an open mind!
Download or read book Turtle Feet written by Nikolai Grozni and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-05-15 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliantly colorful memoir of becoming a monk and a young man's spiritual journey in India. Nikolai Grozni, a Boston jazz piano prodigy struck by spiritual ennui, suddenly abandoned 15 years of music studies to seek out the Dalai Lama's university in India, where he began his quest for the ultimate truth. Instead of finding answers, Grozni fell in with an unusual cast of characters, and struggled with Buddhist logic and with the many small challenges to life as a monk in a community of Tibetan refugees. Turtle Feet is his bittersweet and funny memoir about the search for higher power, and the discovery of oneself amidst teeming, chaotic, and glorious humanity.
Download or read book This That Then Now written by R.V. Rajan and published by Pustaka Digital Media. This book was released on 2021-12-13 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was in 1965 after retirement that I started writing my autobiography, which was published in 2009. The excellent feedback I got for my book and my style of writing made me start writing on a variety of topics that affect people on a day-to-day basis. Some stories compared the situations between now and the olden/golden days .My Travelogue on 106 Divya Desams (106 Tirupathis) was published in the Open Page of the Hindu issue dated 26th June 2011. The 200 odd mails I got from readers of the Hindu from all over the world (apart from scores of phone calls and SMS messages) made me realise that I had arrived as a writer. Looking at the number of articles I had written in three years, a few friends suggested that I bring out a collection of them in book form. Though the Internet offers enough opportunities to reach a wider audience, there’s nothing like a printed book in your hands. Judging by the growing popularity of printed books by Indian authors in English, it is clear that there is still a good demand for printed books. So here I am, with my second book, a collection of articles on topics with which you can relate to and relax with. You can open it at any page, or choose any topic and read. If nothing else I promise you a good `time pass`
Download or read book Press in India written by and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reports for 1958-1970 include catalogues of newspapers published in each state and Union Territory.
Download or read book Common Humans Uncommon Humour Experiences written by HR Shenoy, M Subramanian, KR Iyer and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2016-05-04 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What’s the journey of life without a dash of humour? Seen through the prism of a good laugh, life becomes a ‘jolly good show’ to be enjoyed and experienced, the good and the bad notwithstanding. H R Shenoy and his two co-authors cull out real life instances and experiences, and share them with just that – a dash of humour. Transformed by this perspective, everyday instances become colourful and enjoyable, with a life’s lesson thrown in somewhere if you could care to find it. Travel with the authors in their life’s journeys, with tongue firmly in cheek.
Download or read book Who s who of Indian Writers 1999 A M written by Kartik Chandra Dutt and published by Sahitya Akademi. This book was released on 1999 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The End-Century Edition Of The Who'S Who Of Indian Writers, Is An Invaluable Work Of Reference For Writers, Publishers, Readers And Students Of Literary History. For Ease Of Use, The Entries Are Arranged Alphabetically By Surname Or Part Of The Name Preferred By The Writers Themselves. A Large Number Of Cross- References Are Provided To Facilitate The Location And Identification Of The Writers.
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Download or read book Sustainable Urbanization in India written by Jenia Mukherjee and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive volume contributes to the existing and emerging body of literature on contemporary urbanization and the interactions between cities and the environment. The volume is contextualized against latest theories, debates and discussions on 'sustainable urbanization', the post‐2015 development agenda of the United Nations and India's official launching of the 'smart city' agenda. Reflecting on three major components of urban sustainability: investments and infrastructures, waste management, and urban ecologies and environmentalisms, it moves beyond the bi‐centric approach of only looking into the differences between the ‘developed’ and the ‘developing’ world and reflects on cities across India using polycentric methods and approaches. The Indian urban scenario is extremely complex and diverse, and solutions laid out in official and non‐official documents tend to miss these complexities. This volume includes innovative research across different parts of India, identifying city‐specific sources of unsustainability and challenges along with strategies and potentials that would make the process of urban transition both sustainable and equitable. Complex explorations of non‐linear, bottom‐up, multisectoral process‐based local urban contexts across north, south, east and west Indian cities in this volume critique a general acceptance of the universalized concept of ‘sustainable urbanization’ and suggest ways that might be important for transcending inclusive theories to form practical policy-based recommendations and actions.
Download or read book Let s Go India Nepal 8th Ed written by Let's Go Inc. and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-12 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Resource for the Independent Traveler For over forty years Let's Go Travel Guides have brought budget-savvy travelers closer to the world and its diverse cultures by providing the most up-to-date information. Includes: · Entries at all price levels for lodging, food, attractions, and more · Must-have tips for planning your trip, getting around, and staying safe · Expanded coverage of trekking with day-to-day trail descriptions · In-depth cultural information that offers an insider's look at life in the region · The scoop on India's swankest nightlife · Detailed maps of cities, towns, and the outdoors Featuring not-to-be-missed Experiences Cultural Connections: Master the art of Nepali cooking near Kathmandu Inside Scoops & Hidden Deals: Gather your own chai in the fields of Darjeeling Off the Beaten Path: Traverse the Himalayas on Karnali's white water Get advice, read up, and book tickets at www.letsgo.com
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Download or read book Brahma s Dream written by Shree Ghatage and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2010-08-20 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written with exceptional grace and empathy, Brahma’s Dream explores the richness of relationships and the mystery of how one life is defined through its connection to others. Set in Bombay amid the turbulence of India’s surge towards independence, Brahma’s Dream tells the story of thirteen-year-old Mohini, an unforgettable character whose medical problems set her apart from the world around her, and give her a wisdom and special place in it. Mohini suffers from a rare form of anemia that gradually diminishes her physically but increases her understanding of life in a way incomprehensible to those who move more easily through it. Under her kind, wry gaze, a family, a city, and a country convulse with idealism and hope. Through Mohini the reader encounters the extraordinary characters who live in her family home, Koleshwar Nivas. Vishnupant, Mohini’s grandfather, is a forward-thinking professor of history who has devoted his life to making sense of India’s past so that the country might fulfil the promise of its future. Keshav, Mohini’s father, who, while embracing the prospect of independence, is eager to hold on to any progress made through British rule. But for both men Mohini is the centre of the universe, as she is for her devoted mother, Kamala, who has sacrificed the intimacy of her marriage to care for her child, and Vasanti, Mohini’s aunt who, having lost the chance at a life beyond the confines of family, looks to her remarkable niece for comfort and understanding. The lives of the Oek family are lived against the backdrop of the confrontation between a far-flung empire and the diminutive Mahatma Gandhi. A joyous and moving novel, astute and reflective, Brahma’s Dream explores the Hindu belief that all life and all events are only a part of a vast continuum, and that momentous political and social change, birth, marriage, and even death, are only a twinkling in the eye of a god.
Download or read book The Rotarian written by and published by . This book was released on 1956-08 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established in 1911, The Rotarian is the official magazine of Rotary International and is circulated worldwide. Each issue contains feature articles, columns, and departments about, or of interest to, Rotarians. Seventeen Nobel Prize winners and 19 Pulitzer Prize winners – from Mahatma Ghandi to Kurt Vonnegut Jr. – have written for the magazine.
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