Download or read book NOT A NICE MAN TO KNOW written by Khushwant Singh and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2000-10-14 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential Khushwant Singh collection. In an essay in this anthology, Khushwant Singh claims that he is not a nice man to know. Whatever the truth of that assertion, there is little question about his skill as a witty, eloquent and entertaining writer. This book collects the best of over three decades of the author’s prose—including his finest journalistic pieces, short stories, translations, jokes, plays as well as excerpts from his non-fiction books and novels. Taken together, the pieces in this selection (some of which have never been published before) show just why Khushwant Singh is the country’s most widely read columnist and one of its most celebrated authors.
Download or read book Why I Read 5 Newspapers Every Day written by Praveen Patil and published by Educreation Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn Storytelling through stories. We need effective storytelling in our daily work life in the form of emails, powerpoints, business reports and meetings. "Why I read 5 newspapers" addresses six common storytelling challenges through a narration of 17 stories that made news in the last eighteen months. 1. How to report stale information? 2. How to make your story more contextual? 3. How not to bury the lead? 4. How to prequel and sequel your story? 5. How to convey maximum information in the shortest possible format? 6. How to choose appropriate headlines to your story? Everyone wants to be a storyteller but very few have mastered this skill. This book brings a unique and a creative way to learn the art of storytelling through newspapers. In less than 90 minutes, you will learn how to use several techniques that can make your next communication impactful in your work life.
Download or read book Tongue In Cheek The Funny Side of Life written by Khyrunnisa A. and published by Westland. This book was released on 2020-03-13 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book A BOOK FOR ALL TIMES, TONGUE IN CHEEK SHOWS US HOW HUMOUR CAN ENLIVEN THE MOST ORDINARY OF EXPERIENCES. Tongue in Cheek is a rib-tickling ride—and everyone’s invited! Within these pages, Khyrunnisa A. gamely experiments with organic trash-based skin care, battles her way to a wedding feast, firmly deals with a contemptuous visitor to her home and flavours her potato curry with rather dubious ingredients. Every paragraph crackles with laughter, and page after page is fun. A guaranteed pick-me-up that has something for every reader.
Download or read book The Path of Modern Yoga written by Elliott Goldberg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-07-18 with total page 817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of yoga’s transformation from sacred discipline to exercise program to embodied spiritual practice • Identifies the origin of exercise yoga as India’s response to the mania for exercise sweeping the West in the early 20th century • Examines yoga’s transformations through the lives and accomplishments of 11 key figures, including Sri Yogendra, K. V. Iyer, Louise Morgan, Krishnamacharya, Swami Sivananda, Indra Devi, and B. K. S. Iyengar • Draws on more than 10 years of research from rare primary sources and includes 99 illustrations In The Path of Modern Yoga, Elliott Goldberg shows how yoga was transformed from a sacred practice into a health and fitness regime for middle-class Indians in the early 20th century and then gradually transformed over the course of the 20th century into an embodied spiritual practice--a yoga for our times. Drawing on more than 10 years of research from rare primary sources as well as recent scholarship, Goldberg tells the sweeping story of modern yoga through the remarkable lives and accomplishments of 11 key figures: six Indian yogis (Sri Yogendra, Swami Kuvalayananda, S. Sundaram, T. Krishnamacharya, Swami Sivananda, and B. K. S. Iyengar), an Indian bodybuilder (K. V. Iyer), a rajah (Bhavanarao Pant Pratinidhi), an American-born journalist (Louise Morgan), an Indian diplomat (Apa Pant), and a Russian-born yogi trained in India (Indra Devi). The author places their achievements within the context of such Western trends as the physical culture movement, the commodification of exercise, militant nationalism, jazz age popular entertainment, the quest for youth and beauty, and 19th-century New Age religion. In chronicling how the transformation of yoga from sacred discipline to exercise program allowed for the creation of an embodied spiritual practice, Goldberg presents an original, authoritative, provocative, and illuminating interpretation of the history of modern yoga.
Download or read book The Self Compassion Diet written by Jean Fain and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-01-26 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people say that when they lose weight and look better, they'll like themselves more. Jean Fain suggests that we've got it all backward. The best way to lose weight and look your best is to stop dieting and start with loving who you are. With The Self-Compassion Diet, this Harvard Medical School-affiliated psychotherapist shares a re...
Download or read book Pop Culture Yoga written by Kristen C. Blinne and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pop Culture Yoga: A Communication Remix was born out of a series of questions about the paradoxical nature of yoga: How do individuals and groups define yoga? What does it mean to “practice yoga,” and what does this practice involve? What are some of the most important principles, guidelines, or philosophical tenets of yoga that shape people’s definitions and practices? Who has the power and authority to define yoga? What are the limits, if any, of shared definitions of yoga? Kristen C. Blinne explores the myriad ways “yoga” is communicatively constructed and defined in and through popular culture in the United States. In doing so, Blinne offers insight into the many identity work processes in play in the construction of yoga categories, illuminating how individuals’ and groups’ words and actions represent practices of claiming—part of a complex communicative process centered around membership categorization—based on a range of authenticity discourses. Employing popular culture writing styles, Blinne ultimately contends that the majority of yoga styles practiced in the United States are remixes that can be classified as pop culture yoga, a distinct way of understanding this complex phenomenon.
Download or read book Neo Spiritual Aesthetics written by Lina Aschenbrenner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-15 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing embodied transformation in the context of Gaga, the Israeli dance improvisation practice, this book demystifies what Lina Aschenbrenner coins as “neo-spiritual aesthetics.” This book takes the reader on an analytical journey through a Gaga class, outlining the effective aesthetics of Gaga as an example for the broader field of neo-spiritualities. It distinguishes a threefold effect of Gaga practice-from a momentary extraordinary experience, to a lasting therapeutic effect, and finally Gaga's worldview potential. It situates the effect in an assemblage of interrelating aesthetics of environment, movement, and bodies. The book shows why seemingly leisure time activities such as Gaga form fruitful research objects to an academic study of religion and opens up research on neo-spiritual practices. In understanding the sensory effect of practice and its cultural and social implications, the book follows an Aesthetics of Religion approach. It departs from the idea that cognition is embodied and that the body is thus central to understanding cultural and social phenomena. Drawing upon a wide array of data gathered in the context of Gaga at the Suzanne Dellal Center in Tel Aviv, the book weaves together different methods of discourse, ritual, movement, body knowledge, and narrative analysis, while acknowledging insights from neuroscience and cognitive science.
Download or read book New Spiritualities and the Cultures of Well being written by Géraldine Mossière and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-07-06 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the neoliberal paradigm that transposes religious behaviors into a religious marketplace framed by consumerist and capitalist models, this volume draws on ethnographic fieldwork to discuss the assemblage between the well-being trope and the rise of new spiritualities, as well as their deep permeation within mainstream culture. Building on previous literature that addresses the relationship between spirituality, healing and well-being, this text discusses the religious roots of mind-body practices. The contributions offer a critical perspective on the scope, limits and impacts of the current celebration of spiritualities. Part I provides theoretical insights for thinking about ways in which the prevalent ethics of well-being reframes subjectivities within the margins of neoliberal order. Part II demonstrates how spiritual economies are promoted, shaped and regulated by institutional forces such as States, law and the labor market. In part III, contributors describe in detail how spiritual economies unfold in specific cultural and social settings. The text appeals to students and researchers working on the spirituality and sociology of religion.
Download or read book Slight on Yoga written by P. B. S. Iyamjokar and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slight on Yoga will quickly become the bible For The thousands of people who are jumping on the Yoga bandwagon and starting studios and Yoga-related businesses-props, clothing, food, travel, dating services, cosmetics, interiors, pharmaceuticals and so many, many more. Filled with the Iyamjokar method's handy tips and 'can't miss' tactics, it is the fullest, most practical and most potentially enriching guide to financial success by the world's highest-paid Yoga teacher. Slight on Yoga is an essential sourcebook for all who seek the benefits of Yoga for their IRA.
Download or read book The Power of Practice written by Kristin Wendland and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2024-01-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Power of Practice showcases the pioneering achievements of renowned violinist Yehudi Menuhin (1916-99) and how both disciplines transformed his life and practice. Menuhin's contributions as a performer, teacher, and humanitarian are celebrated around the world. Less well known, however, is Menuhin's devotion to the practice of yoga and his close friendship with the renowned yogi B. K. S. Iyengar (1918–2014), whose guidance profoundly influenced Menuhin as both a musician and a philanthropist. Menuhin applied his understanding of Iyengar's teachings to his philosophy of musical practice, creating new ways to approach the teaching of violin technique. He also took broader lessons from yoga to inform his approach to interacting with the larger world as a cultural ambassador and influential artist. Through the lens of the life and work of the celebrated violinist and devoted yogi, this book uncovers deep connections between music and yoga. It shows how the practice of both disciplines can profoundly transform our world into a better place.
Download or read book LIVING IN ME written by PRAYAGA MURALI MOHAN KRISHNA and published by Blue Rose Publishers. This book was released on 2024-05-09 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, we see India is reclaiming its place in the global world. This book discusses these perceptions, especially about colonization and its effects on Bharat’s democratic journey. It is an Anecdotal account of an Indian living and working in the West. The authors attempt to Demystify the West. We are championing the Indian concept that The world is One. We have attempted to highlight that India is a cultural colossus.
Download or read book The Philosophy of Yoga in Contemporary American Fiction written by Sukhbir Singh and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2024-07-09 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the Second World War, yoga has asserted its presence in America and impacted the American culture, arts, and literature. This book offers extensive explications of Saul Bellow’s Mr. Sammler’s Planet, J.D. Salinger’s “Teddy,” John Updike’s S.: A Novel, and Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five in the light of the four different yoga philosophies interwoven into their respective narrative structures. The comparative analyses of these four contemporary American fictions unveil the deeper mystical motifs implicit in their plots, stories, themes, and characters’ behavioural patterns. The exhaustive interpretations of texts in the five successive chapters put forth an exposition of how the ancient Indic philosophy and contemporary American fiction interact to explicate and enrich each other. The book adds a unique, unconventional dimension to the comparative and interdisciplinary investigation into contemporary American fiction and thereby opens up new vistas of an off-beat interface between the Eastern philosophy and Western literature.
Download or read book AKASHVANI written by All India Radio (AIR), New Delhi and published by All India Radio (AIR), New Delhi. This book was released on 1982-09-05 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Akashvani" (English) is a programme journal of ALL INDIA RADIO, it was formerly known as The Indian Listener. It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes, who writes them, take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists. It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation. The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service, Bombay, started on 22 December, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in English, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927. From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it used to published by All India Radio, New Delhi. From 1950,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later, The Indian listener became "Akashvani" (English ) w.e.f. January 5, 1958. It was made fortnightly journal again w.e.f July 1,1983. NAME OF THE JOURNAL: AKASHVANI LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English DATE, MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 5 SEPTEMBER, 1982 PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Weekly NUMBER OF PAGES: 56 VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. XLVII. No. 36 BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED (PAGE NOS): 15-51 ARTICLE: 1.The Indian Ocean 2. Human Resources Development And Productivity 3. Child Marriages 4. Tourism in Rajasthan 5. Cancer: A Challenge 6. Revelations of a Second Look AUTHOR: 1.Sardar Swaran Singh 2. George J. Neelankavil 3. Shyam S. Sharma 4. N. K. Sethi 5. Dr. B. Das 6.S. Abdul Kareem Prasar Bharati Archives has the copyright in all matters published in this “AKASHVANI” and other AIR journals. For reproduction previous permission is essential
Download or read book Yoga for Singers written by Linda Lister and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From opera diva Karita Mattila to Lady Gaga, from Broadway's Mandy Patinkin to pop star Jason Mraz, singers are doing yoga, and experiencing its ability to free their voices and psyches. Yoga provides bountiful rewards for singers: the practice of rib-opening and spine-lengthening asanas can improve alignment, while spinal twists, pranayama breathing techniques, and meditation can focus the mind and calm performance anxiety. Some singers have turned to beta blockers to deal with the stress of stage fright, but yoga proves there is a medication-free, self-nurturing method of combating the pressure of performing. Yoga For Singers gives singers and voice teachers the tools that yoga can provide to help improve their physical, emotional and thus vocal well-being and to manage performing with the most personal of instruments, their voices
Download or read book The Illustrated Weekly of India written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pick Your Yoga Practice written by Meagan McCrary and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the surface it may appear that yoga is yoga is yoga, but take a closer look and you’ll discover myriad different yoga systems and lineages. There are dozens of yoga styles to choose from, and while yoga is for everyone, not every style is the perfect fit for every person. But how do you choose between mysterious-sounding names such as Ashtanga, Kundalini, Bikram, and Kripalu? As Meagan McCrary discovered when she began exploring different classes, finding the right style is essential for establishing a steady yoga practice. Pick Your Yoga Practice is the first book to describe the most prominent yoga styles in depth, including teaching methodology, elements of practice, philosophical and spiritual underpinnings, class structure, physical exertion, and personal attention. Those new to yoga will discover they have options and can confidently attend a class of their choosing, while experienced practitioners will expand their understanding of the vast world of modern yoga, and perhaps find themselves venturing into new territory. Ashtanga * Iyengar * Kundalini * Integral * Kripalu Bikram * Jivamukti * Sivananda * Ananda Viniyoga * Svaroopa * Power * Forrest * ISHTA Anusara * Moksha * AcroYoga
