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MANDAP AND OTHER PLAYS
0₹450.00About the Book
The plays included in this Volume represent two main periods of Vijay Padaki’s writing. The first is when he was deeply involved in social development programmes that had field projects in rural areas. They were all addressing the issues of human rights and social justice, although from different ‘sectoral’ perspectives. It was the absence of rights and justice that was coming in the way of development in real terms. Violence was not ruled out. Mandap is the play from that period. The dynamics of rights and justice are seen in the urban setting too. The next five plays in this volume represent a period of writing in which the writer was increasingly drawn to developmental issues in the urban setting. The plays form a set that came to be called Tales From the City. They are grouped in this Volume as two double-bills and one play by itself. Violence is the recognizable undercurrent in all these plays. Second Shift Muster is the oldest of the play scripts appearing in this volume. The one-act play is included in this volume for a variety of reasons. As with the other tales, this play explores a lesser known city-based occupation in changing times with changing value systems.
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MANHUNT – SEASHORE SAGE OF THE PUNNAPRA – VAYALAR UPRISING
0₹450.00About the Book
Hell breaks loose as the people fight back… and the seashore turns red…. It was an armed revolt against the government – a fight between automatic guns and crudely made sickles and spears. KV Mohankumar’s book tells the untold story of a People’s Movement in India’s not-so-distant past, a tale of haves and have-nots and a class struggle where the dead exceeded that of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. A notable feature of this novel is its vivid portraits of impressive female characters and its brave teenagers. At the same time, it weaves a beautiful account of some legendary lives in Kerala and the cause of the subaltern, tracing the history of radical uprisings that led to the present Maoist movement in India. Certainly, this novel bridges the glaring gap in literature that comprehensively portrays the landmark anti-feudal protest in all its complexities.
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MANN KEE UDAAN
0₹395.00About The Book
ये दास्तान आंखों में सुनहरे ख्वाब समेटे, आसमान फतह कर लेने का इरादे रखने वाले एक 24 बरस के युवा फाइटर पायलट की है। मिग-21 के इंजिन का शोर मानों उसकी नसों में बहता था। एमपी अनिल कुमार भारतीय वायुसेना के बेहतरीन फाइटर पायलटों में से थे, लेकिन एक हादसे ने जैसे सबकुछ बदल दिया। कभी हवा से बातें करने वाला एमपी अब गर्दन से नीचे पूरी तरह लकवाग्रस्त हो चुका था। एक लड़ाकू हवाबाज अब हमेशा के लिए व्हीलचेयर पर था। हादसे के बाद वो पायलट भले ही नही रहा हो लेकिन वो फाइटर हमेशा बना रहा, कभी न थकने वाला, कभी न हारने वाला, जीवन के प्रति उमंगों और उत्साह से लबरेज। हाथों ने साथ नहीं दिया तो उसने मुँह से लिखना सीख लिया। जीवन के अनुभवों से लेकर सामाजिक सरोकारों पर लिखे गए उसके लेख अखबारों के साथ-साथ लोगों के दिलों में भी जगह बनाते गए। इस हालत में भी वो दुनिया के लिए रोशनी की एक किरण था। तमाम उम्र वो लड़ते रहे – अपनी अपंगता से, अपनी लाचारी से, कैंसर से…लेकिन वो हारे नहीं… एक पायलट ने अब अपनी उड़ान के लिए नए फलक तलाश लिए थे, जहां वो ऊंचा और बहुत ऊंचा उड़ा। ये उनके ‘मन की उड़ान’ थी….
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MATERIAL REQUIREMENT PLANNING SYSTEM
0₹995.00About the Book
A user of MRP System is always anxious to balance total aggregate (or units) lateness with total cost (sum of the inventory carrying cost and the set-up cost). This book seeks to give better solutions to managers managing MRP systems in manufacturing organizations. It introduces the concept of multi-pass heuristics in MRP context and shows that in variety of conditions of the shop floor (such as high and low variations in machine utilisation) these (multi-pass given in this book) can be applied to give better performance on the criterion of total aggregate (or units) lateness with insignificant rise in total costs.
The author explains a heuristic that modifies the holding cost (of items/assemblies that have a higher difference of actual and the theoretical holding costs) and empirically shows that this is better than the heuristic that modified the lead time (of items/assemblies that have higher difference of actual and the theoretical holding costs). The book also talks about a series of heuristics that seek to attain co-ordinated arrival of assemblies at assembly centers with encouraging results.
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MEETHI DHOOP 22 CHOTI KAHANIYAN
0₹250.00About the Book
शुरू से ही मुझे आसपास की घटनाओं को गहराई से देखने का शौक था। बचपन में चारों तरफ गरीबी का ही बोलबाला था। अभाव, आँसू, हिंसा, प्रेम, पूजा, भेदभाव और जातिवाद से रोज मुलाकात होती थी। भूत-प्रेत, आत्मा और नरक के किस्से भी दैनिक जीवन का हिस्सा थे। उन्ही में से कुछ लोग, किस्से और कहानियाँ मेरी कल्पना में घर कर गए। मेरी 22-छोटी कहानियों का यह संग्रह, शायद आपको भी पुरानी यादों की छाँव में ले जाये।
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MENSTRUATION ACROSS CULTURES : THE SABARIMALA CONFUSION – A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
0₹895.00About The Book
Menstruation across Cultures attempts to provide a detailed review of menstruation notions prevalent in India and in cultures from across the world. The world cultures covered in the book include Indic traditions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism; ancient civilisations like Greece, Rome, Mesopotamia and Egypt; and Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Two themes of special focus in the book are: Impurity and Sacrality. While they are often understood as being opposed to each other, the book examines how they are treated as two sides of the same coin, when it comes to menstruation. This is especially true in Indic traditions and pre-Christian polytheistic traditions like Greco-Roman, Mesopotamian and Egyptian. Impurity and Sacrality complement each other to form a comprehensive worldview in these cultures. The book also examines how the understanding of impurity in Abrahamic religions differs from those of polytheistic cultures. As part of the examination of the sacrality attached to menstruation, a special focus has also been given to the deities of menstruation in polytheistic cultures and to what Ayurveda and Yoga say about this essential function in a woman’s physiology. Finally, a comparative study of menstrual notions prevalent in modernity is presented, along with a Do and Don’t dossier.
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MENTOR MAGIC
0₹160.00About the Book The author with his penetrating insight and pointed anecdotes coupled with racy, lively and interesting style makes the book most invaluable and highly enriching for the society. He has capsuled his vast experience gained over the five decades in some of the finest schools to highlight how good teachers can lead from darkness to light, from waywardness and listlessness to sound and holistic growth and development. The relationship between the society and the teacher has been beautifully analyzed. -
MERCHANTS OF DEBT AND OTHER ESSAYS
0₹595.00About the Book
History, politics, or economics, India or the world, current affairs, or headlines from the past, Prafull Goradia never ceases to amaze us with his treasure trove of knowledge. This book is an exhaustive collection of his essays, wherein he analyses everything from the reasons behind the pathetic plight of Air India to the power games between Russia and China, to the 1936 Berlin Olympics and the fascinating exploits of three generals of World War II—Germany’s Erwin Rommel, General Patton of USA and England’s Field Marshall Montgomery. Goradia offers a unique perspective on the stock market crash of 2008 and The Great Depression of 1929, when a quarter of the male population lost their jobs. We have the author’s musings on the Uniform Civil Code, Fascism, the Congress’ troubles, Kashmir, the Taliban, and Sri Lanka’s Food Emergency. The author also reveals why Hitler asked India’s hockey legend, Dhyan Chand, to join the German army, the repercussions of Javed Akhtar’s controversial remarks on the RSS, and how fate in the form of Devika Rani intervened in the life of Dilip Kumar, who might have otherwise continued in his family trade of fruit selling.
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MERCHANTS OF DREAMS
0₹245.00About the BookVikram Mehra gets his first break as a director but has to fight his way up the slippery ladder of Bollywood success. Sudesh Malhotra, producer and owner of the SM Movietone Studios, has to finally face the demons from his past. Superstar Leena Chopra hates losing Vikram to Neelam, the aspiring actress. Greed for power and wealth drives some into the arms of mafia dons. The novel is the story of several movers and shakers of the Indian film industry. The real life stories and behind the scenes drama of the film industry are often more riveting than the plots of films. The stakes are sometimes so high that murder becomes a means of survival. -
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MICROALLOYED STEELS EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS
0₹1,995.00About the Book
Innovation, cost reduction, energy and raw material conservation are the key issues for steel industry, R&D Centres and academic institutions. Microalloyed Steel provides a critical review of the development on microalloyed steels and emerging technologies for newer applications and product development to meet the increasing demand of various industries.
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MIND BODY & SPIRIT
0₹295.00About the BookWe’re living longer, but our quality of life isn’t necessarily any better. With equal measure of easy-to-read physiology, wit, and practicality, Mind, Body and Spirit veers away from unhealthy conventional dietary and lifestyle wisdoms and shows how to unite these for long-term vitality. The author provides a series of straightforward, no-nonsense guidelines that show you how to take control of your health. This comprehensive programme addresses topics such as accelerated ageing and how to avoid it, how to properly care for and nourish your brain, managing insomnia, practising self-compassion, and the appropriate exercise levels for all ages.
Whether you are a twenty-year-old who can’t wake up without four cups of tea and a cigarette, a depressed thirty-five-year-old with no sex drive, or someone later in life free-falling into old age, Mind Body and Spirit shows you how to redefine your sense of well-being in a toxic world.
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MIND MUSCLE MOKSHA
0₹495.00About the Book
Sculpting a great body through proper exercise and diet is not just a work of art, but an understanding of science and test of mental strength too. Mind Muscle Moksha is a guide to any person who wants to get a great body. It is not an encyclopaedia of exercises, rather a compilation of the best training techniques, diet, supplements and contest preparation tips. The book has a lot of information which can be used by any individual who wants to lose body fat, get into good shape and stay healthy. You will have answers to most of your questions, if not all.
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MISSING CHILDREN OF INDIA
0₹495.00About the Book
The issue of missing and trafficked children in India is a highly complex area of criminal activity even involving organised trafficking gangs. Sadly, however, there is little understanding of this issue and little research work has been carried out.
For the first time in India, comprehensive information on missing children has been collected, analysed and reported by Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA). This study has yielded an extremely alarming figure of 1,17,480 missing children from 392 districts of India (as data from other districts was not available), from January 2008 to January 2010. Out of this, 74,209 children were traced whereas 41,546 children remain untraced. BBA believes that this is only the tip of the iceberg as majority of cases of trafficking of children, including for forced labour, go unrecognised, unreported and uninvestigated.
The overall paradigm of this grievous issue includes various causes of children going missing for forced labour, commercial sexual exploitation, begging, organ trade, medical testing etc. Besides, abandonment, animosity, natural calamities, etc., also result in a child going missing. Nevertheless, a child missing is not considered in the legal system as a heinous crime resulting in large number of cases either not being registered or with little investigation and follow up. BBA has been working in the area of missing children and has come across dozens of cases of missing children requiring legal assistance.
The study focuses on the possible reasons that contribute to the lacklustre law enforcement response to the problem of missing children in the country in the form of gaps in policy, knowledge, resources, institutional capacity and commitment / political will.
Based on the gaps, the study recommends a highly skilled investigation and rapid response agency/task force on missing children, formation of National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children and establishment of a centralized data bank. The study has also recommended development of a Standard Operating Procedure for investigation and proposed a definition of Missing Children and policy guidelines on trafficking and missing children.
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MOLECULAR AND SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
0₹1,295.00About the Book
The book attempts to explain the extremely complicated processes that operate in living cells and organisms in terms of the laws of chemistry and physics. The substantial impact of recent advances in information production via high throughput technologies, computational advances, nanoscience and bionanotechnology, microarray and imaging technologies and other high-tech wizardry on what is happening at the molecular level is facilitating a much better understanding of biological phenomena today than it was possible a decade ago.
A comprehensive account of nucleic acids, genomics, proteomics, storage and transfer of genetic information is followed by outlines of emerging and futuristic areas of intense current interest such as bioinformatics, metabolomics, systems and synthetic biology, bioengineering and designer organisms—areas that will keep researchers of nanobiology and molecular biology fully engaged in the challenging task of how to gainfully exploit the properties and capabilities of existing and novel tailor-made life forms to address some of the most pressing issues in biomedical, healthcare and environmental sciences today and tomorrow.
Besides its overall utility for all biologists, Molecular and Synthetic Biology should serve as a modern textbook for courses in molecular biology, biotechnology, molecular genetics, bioengineering and biomedicine. It is supported by the most updated references and a comprehensive glossary of useful terms.
