Download or read book American Baapu written by Rick Cormier and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2014, when 15,000 travelers were stranded at airport in Dallas, Texas, my wife and I helped a young Bengali woman who was visiting the US for the first time. We saw to it that she reached her destination safely. We remained friends and grew close, staying in touch online. In 2015, she asked that we come to India to be in her wedding party as her "American parents." It was an incredible way to experience India for the first time!At the request of a few Indian friends from an online forum, I wrote a short travelogue about that first experience in India. More than 100,000 Indians read what I wrote! Some were young people who became close online friends. Some wrote me about their personal issues. They began calling me "Baapu", "Baba", "Angel Paa", "Touji", "Papa Rick", and "Dad." I called them the sons and daughters of my heart.In 2017, we returned to India and stayed with the families of some of them in five different cities. This book tells that story.
Download or read book Looking For Bapu written by Anjali Banerjee and published by Wendy Lamb Books. This book was released on 2009-03-04 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anu's beloved grandfather Bapu moved from India to Anu's home in the Pacific Northwest when Anu was small, and Anu is devastated when Bapu dies. But when he is visited by Bapu's ghost, he knows that there must be a way to bring him back to life -- he's just not sure how. Anu enlists his friends Izzy and Unger to help him. From shaving his head to making up fortunes in the hope of becoming more holy, Anu tries everything. He even journeys to the island of the Mystery Museum. Perhaps there, Karnak the Magician will be able to help? From the Hardcover edition.
Download or read book This Was Bapu written by R. K. Prabhu and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Was Bapu - Compiled by R. K. Prabhu: "This Was Bapu" is a compilation of writings and speeches by Mahatma Gandhi, lovingly put together by R. K. Prabhu. The book provides a glimpse into the life and philosophy of one of India's greatest leaders, Mahatma Gandhi, affectionately referred to as "Bapu." Through his own words, readers can gain insights into Gandhi's principles of nonviolence, truth, and civil disobedience. "This Was Bapu" serves as a tribute to Gandhi's profound impact on India's struggle for independence and his enduring legacy as a symbol of peace and social change. Key Aspects of the Book "This Was Bapu - Compiled by R. K. Prabhu": Insights from Mahatma Gandhi: The book offers firsthand insights into Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy and principles, as expressed through his speeches and writings. Nonviolent Resistance: "This Was Bapu" highlights Gandhi's advocacy for nonviolent resistance as a powerful tool for social and political change. Legacy of Peace and Social Change: The compilation pays tribute to Gandhi's enduring legacy as a symbol of peace and his role in India's independence movement. Mahatma Gandhi, affectionately known as "Bapu," was a preeminent leader in India's struggle for independence from British colonial rule. A proponent of nonviolent resistance, Gandhi's principles of truth, nonviolence, and civil disobedience continue to inspire social and political movements worldwide. "This Was Bapu - Compiled by R. K. Prabhu" serves as a testament to Gandhi's profound impact on India and the world.
Download or read book Smile with Knowledge written by Monalisa and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Already delayed at the point of origin, having missed a connecting flight, required to spend another night in an interim hotel in a foreign country, and now this! It was as if destiny was preparing him well for this journey of unknowns that he had embarked uponAs Gyana sat in the room alone and looked at the single window with bars, it felt like being in a jail, waiting to be rescued from suspicion. Will they be able to verify his paperwork and identity? Will they do it in a timely manner to enable him to continue with his travel plans? What will happen if they are not able to verify the documents? A multitude of questions played havoc on his mind, with no answers in sight. excerpt from Smile with Knowledge Describing the ground realities faced by an Indian couple when they moved from India to the United States in the early 90s in an age without internet or cell phones, this is a first hand account of the life as foreign students in the U.S., along with its myriad perks and challenges. Relating a true story of success while balancing life on a shoestring budget, this is also a tale of small hopes, small pleasures, small battles, and small victories, and yet how all these small things together formed a memorable journey that was larger than life.
Download or read book A Man Called Bapu written by Subhadra Sen Gupta and published by Pratham Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bapu written by F. Mary Barr and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Hinduism written by Constance Jones and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated A to Z reference containing more than 700 entries providing information on the theology, people, historical events, institutions and movements related to Hinduism.
Download or read book My Dear Bapu written by Gopalkrishna Gandhi and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-10-05 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine years younger than Gandhi, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari or Rajaji was described by him as his "conscience keeper" and, at one time, as his "only possible successor". As his southern general, Rajaji campaigned for freedom, promoting khadi and prohibition. Though they shared nearly thirty years of colleagueship, hardship, friendship—and kinship, when daughter Lakshmi married Devadas Gandhi, Rajaji remained throughout a man of his own mind. The eighty odd largely unpublished letters from this contrarian statesman to his leader, Mahatma Gandhi, and those to his son-in-law Devadas Gandhi and to his grandson, that are presented here come from family archives and public repositories and cover the years from 1920 to 1955, in the run-up to Independence and its early years. Described are the struggles and endeavours, large and small, made in the public arena, besides the inner world of friends, of home and hearth, with both spheres coalescing seamlessly. Frank, brave—at times, bitter, the letters are remarkably free of recrimination or anything that would diminish the dialogue. Observed always is the healthy respect of the freedom to differ, to persuade, to agree to disagree, but never to let down or part. Complied, edited and annotated by Gopalkrishna Gandhi, in a manner he believes his father, Devadas, would have approved, these letters are accompanied by a deeply felt and illuminating introduction. They offer us a rare glimpse into the lives of two of the tallest Indians of our age, when idealism rode strong but was also challenged.
Download or read book Bapu s Letters written by Mahatma Gandhi and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Let Us Know Gandhiji written by U. R. RAO and published by Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. This book was released on with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book gives a glimpse of the multifaceted personality of Gandhiji, his wit and humour, his concern for the poor and finally his concern for morality in one's personal life. The books describes various incidents in Gandhiji's life in simple language and is a good reading for young students. The book carries appropriate illustrations.
Download or read book Heaven Descends on Our Earth written by Manik Saikia and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2019-07-26 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pioneered by two young leaders, Alex Mandela from South Africa and Charles Hope from the USA, the young people across the world launch an intensive revolution to influence the world to recognize that human society’s future has to be built on the choices of the youth. Heaven Descends on Our Earth tells the story of this great revolution. Shankar, born in 1955, lives an exceptionally long life—completing an incredible 145 years on January 1, 2100—to witness many transformations in human society and to witness if the young people’s resolve bears fruit.
Download or read book G L Mehta a Many Splendoured Man written by Aparna Basu and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of G.L. Mehta, 1900-1974, an administrator, statesman, ambassador, and a writer.
Download or read book Popular Hinduism Stories and Mobile Performances written by Mrinal Pande and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-06-24 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the recent transformations of popular Hinduism by focusing upon the religious cum artistic practice of Ramkatha, staged narratives of the Ramcharitmanas. Focusing on the sensory and media experiences, the author examines the aesthetics and dynamics of the Ramkatha ethnoscape through participant-observation in everyday practices, and how it particularly, translates politics from the realm of religion. Besides being socially constructed, the Ramkatha heavily relies on technologies for its production and continuation. Negotiated through a telling of Hindu religious stories, the mediated voice of Morari Bapu, a former school-teacher turned narrator, is a major medium of performance transposed into multiple media such as theatre, stage, music and spectacle. The book engages with voice as a vehicle of meaning to scrutinize its discursive production, imagination and re-production across mobile contexts. It investigates how the transnationally disseminated practices re-contextualize religious subjectivities of an affective community enmeshed in spatio-sensorial modes. The book will be of interest to academic audiences in the fields of South Asian Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, as well as Performance Studies and Religious Studies.
Download or read book Growing Up Asian American in Young Adult Fiction written by Ymitri Mathison and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributions by Hena Ahmad, Linda Pierce Allen, Mary J. Henderson Couzelis, Sarah Park Dahlen, Lan Dong, Tomo Hattori, Jennifer Ho, Ymitri Mathison, Leah Milne, Joy Takako Taylor, and Traise Yamamoto Often referred to as the model minority, Asian American children and adolescents feel pressured to perform academically and be disinterested in sports, with the exception of martial arts. Boys are often stereotyped as physically unattractive nerds and girls as petite and beautiful. Many Americans remain unaware of the diversity of ethnicities and races the term Asian American comprises, with Asian American adolescents proving to be more invisible than adults. As a result, Asian American adolescents are continually searching for their identity and own place in American society. For these kids, being or considered to be American becomes a challenge in itself as they assert their Asian and American identities; claim their own ethnic identity, be they immigrant or American-born; and negotiate their ethnic communities. The contributors to Growing Up Asian American in Young Adult Fiction focus on moving beyond stereotypes to examine how Asian American children and adolescents define their unique identities. Chapters focus on primary texts from many ethnicities, such as Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Japanese, Vietnamese, South Asian, and Hawaiian. Individual chapters, crossing cultural, linguistic, and racial boundaries, negotiate the complex terrain of Asian American children's and teenagers" identities. Chapters cover such topics as internalized racism and self-loathing; hyper-sexualization of Asian American females in graphic novels; interracial friendships; transnational adoptions and birth searches; food as a means of assimilation and resistance; commodity racism and the tourist gaze; the hostile and alienating environment generated by the War on Terror; and many other topics.
Download or read book Bapu a Unique Association written by Ghanaśyāmadāsa Biṛalā and published by Bombay : Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. This book was released on 1977 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Orissa Society of Americas 40th Annual Convention Souvenir written by and published by Odisha Society of the Americas. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orissa Society of Americas 40th Annual Convention Souvenir for Convention held in 2009 at Princeton, New Jersey re-published as Golden Jubilee Convention July 4-7, 2019 Atlantic City, New Jersey commemorative edition. Odisha Society of the Americas Golden Jubilee Convention will be held in Atlantic City, New Jersey during July 4-7, 2019. Convention website is http://www.osa2019.org. Odisha Society of the Americas website is http://www.odishasociety.org
Download or read book Emerging Social Science Concerns written by Surendra K. Gupta and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With reference to India; on how social research depicted Social conditions.