+91 11 4109 1715
24/7 Support Center
-
DALIT PHOBIA WHY DO THEY HATE US?
0₹695.00About the Book
The Dalit iconoclast makes a clear distinction between the backward castes (the Shudras), and Dalits or Untouchables. He was chased by his critics for holding this view and he took the bolder decision to give his ideas the shape of this book. The analysis may further the understanding of the caste divide in India in the context of reservation for backward classes. Urban educated members of forward castes and Shudras get agitated when they are charged with discriminating against Dalits.
Dalit Phobia gives them the benefit of the doubt and may help them overcome their hate sense which Chandra Bhan says is passed on from generation to generation.
Is Dalit Phobia a genetic disease? The author makes a strong case saying ‘yes it is’.
-
DANCERS IN THE DARK : IN THE DARKNESS OF HER SKIN, SHE FOUND LIGHT
0₹450.00About the Book
Extreme poverty wasn’t the only impediment in seven-year-old Kalki’s life. Her pitch-black dark skin exacerbated her plight, making her a centre of ridicule in her village. Believing he’s the cause of his sister’s affliction, Karthi joins Kalki’s side as they become consumed with ways to whiten her skin. But the determined siblings invite more trouble and lose their mother’s life savings. Their journey to retrieve the money brings together a mysterious ally, an exotic festival, a divine intervention and a con artist changing their destinies in ways no one could have predicted.
-
DANIEL’S DIARY
0₹295.00About the BookWhen Mrinalini, an art restoration expert, ventures into the ruins of Rang Mahal and the Palace of Sumangarh, an accidental discovery of a skeleton and a manuscript detailing the exploits of Daniel, a Portuguese artist, opens a window to the forgotten era of grace and grandeur. The blossoming of love between a Moghul Emperor and a Rajput princess, is seen through the eyes of a foreign traveller, who himself falls in love with the Rajput princess.
The plot revolves around Daniel’s quest for beauty and passion, the ecstasy and agony of love. He meets the famous courtesan Mahamaya only to lose her. It also draws a modern day parallel in the life of Mrinalini, a woman who seeks refuge in artistic pursuits and architectural ruins when relationships in life confuse her. Will she be able to decode the clues left behind by Daniel? Will the curse of centuries-old unfulfilled love break into a happy ending for Mrinalini?
-
DAUGHTER OF LUHARU
0₹399.00About the Book
Married at the age of eight, Roheeni had no one who can look out for her. She learnt to survive an evil mother-in-law, an absent husband, back-breaking work, heat, and a ghunghat (veil). After twenty years when her daughter faces the same fate; will she finally speak up or let the story repeat itself? Set against the backdrop of the freedom struggle and partition, Daughter of Luharu is an extraordinary story of survival as Roheeni navigates issues of self-worth, love, marriage, parenthood, and most importantly, her identity. Relevant even after seventy-four years of India’s independence, the story gives a rare insight into a woman’s struggles in a pre-independent Haryana of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s and raises the burning question: Has anything changed at all? Transcending limitations to overcome adversity, Roheeni and her likes are India’s very own Thousand Splendid Suns..
-
DAVID COPPERFIELD
0₹299.00About the Book
This is the story of David Copperfield as narrated by him. He lost his father before he was born, lost his mother in his childhood and was forced to forego his studies by his stepfather to work as a helper at the tender age of ten. He runs away to a grand-aunt who gives him refuge, a decent life, a school and love. He is also loved by his old maid Peggotty who stands by him throughout his fight to come up in life. He comes across a variety of characters and adapts himself to the realities of life to emerge stronger. This is a story about the triumph of perseverance, hard work, adaptibilty and human values. The reader travels with David and shares his joys, sorrows, triumphs and tribulations….
-
DEATH BY SUPERMARKET
0₹495.00About the BookThe epidemics of obesity, disease, low IQ, and depression are the result of a new source of malnutrition caused by chemically loaded, nutrient-dead “science fiction” food in factories.In Death By Supermarket, Nancy Deville masterfully links World’s obsession with factory food and our growing reliance on the pharmaceutical industries. This well-researched guide based on scientific studies reveals the imminent danger behind the low fat/low cholesterol diet and links the introduction of this diet to the proliferation of high-fructose corn syrup, vegetable oil, endocrine-disrupting soy, neurologically damaging aspartame, and other unhealthy ingredients that pervade factory food. -
DECODING A DECADE THE POLITICS OF POLICY MAKING
0₹395.00About the Book
lawyer Politician Manish Tewari in his book Decoding a Decade articulates his personal point of view on a range of controversies that cropped up during the UPA and later the NDA years from 2006-16. Tewari’s questions are incendiary and the analysis incisive and provocative. He shines a light on the opaque underbelly of Indian politics. Being a victim of terror—he repeatedly questions as to why India is a wimp state when it comes to dealing with terrorism? Would the recent operations be able to deal with a problem called Pakistan, he asks? Was President Pratibha Patil who commuted the death sentence of 19 prisoners and rejected the mercy petitions of only three diffident about capital punishment for religious reasons? Was President Kalam right in saying that there is a socio-economic bias in the award of death penalty? Tewari points out to the lack of consistency in the highest echelons of the Indian state when it comes to deciding and disposing of mercy petitions. What would make the ruling dispensation see red is the scathing critique of the NDA-BJP governments track record over the past more than two years. He explains as to how Corporate India defeated the Congress party in 2014. He drills deep into the business of the media and questions the recent Indo-US agreement on nuclear accident compensation that would make Indian money pay for the negligence of Foreign Suppliers. Tewari’s articles reflect upon various trends in domestic and international politics and need to be located in context of the period they were written in and pertain to. His pieces go beyond party, partisan and geographical boundaries. Here is the Tewari that you would want to know beyond the TV screens
-
DECODING INDIAN BABUDOM
0₹495.00About the Book
This first-of-its-kind book by a journalist covering bureaucracy lists the ailments of India’s administrative system from a common man’s point of view. It delves into the pain faced by the lesser privileged in accessing governance in our country. The book highlights the reasons behind this alleged notoriety. The possible causes of the rampant organized corruption in some (if not all) property registry offices, RTOs, civic authorities among other departments, the visible red tape, ineffectiveness of the administration in ensuring ease of accessing governance and the existence of unprofessional approach from ‘public servants’ towards the public are also discussed.
-
DEMOCRACY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE SOME GUIDELINES FOR TODAY’S PARLIAMENTARIANS
0₹695.00About The Book
Democracy and Good Governance reminds us of the true meaning of good governance and what democracy entails. Subhash Kashyap details practices and protocols followed in the Indian Parliament and the deviations and aberrant behaviours of legislatures, noting what their actual duties are and ought to be. The author also brings out in a series of biographical sketches his encounters with some remarkable parliamentarians during his long tenure in the Parliament Secretariat.
His essays on value-based education, included in his book, encourage the nurturing of democratic values that are syncretic with India’s Constitution enshrined tenets of equality, secularism and life of dignity for all its citizens. This book is a guiding light for all students of democracy, constitution and governance modules.
-
DEMOCRACY WITH DHARMA: THE SUCCESSFUL INDIAN EXPERIMENT
0₹795.00About the Book
India’s democracy evokes strong opinions and reactions, yet the truth rarely fits the extremes. While international observers frequently sound alarms about the direction India is heading, many within India view these judgements as overstated or inattentive to the country’s unique political landscape. Between these contrasting perspectives lies a more measured story— one of a vast, plural society negotiating modern democratic life with all its tensions, traditions, and upheavals through the prisms of religion, caste, ancient dharmic values and its rapid surge ahead on the road to technological advancements and modernity.
-
DEMYSTIFYING MADRASAH AND DEOBANDI ISLAM: LEGACY AND HISTORY OF DARUL ULOOM DEOBAND
0₹595.00About the Book
Demystifying Madrasah and Deobandi Islam traces the origin, evolution and growth of the Deobandi movement and madrasahs and outlines how Darul Uloom inspired and nurtured scores of such institutions across the globe, guiding millions of Muslims to embrace advancements in education while retaining the pristine form of Islam. Deobandi thought has remained steeped in Indian ethos and culture, embracing its diversity, plurality and universalism and thus differs significantly from the madrasahs in countries like Pakistan and Afghanistan. The book’s in-depth study of Deobandi Islam examines how its leaders contributed to the Indian polity and their role in the Indian freedom struggle. The author reconstructs the history of Deobandism and madrasahs through authoritative information from interviews with prominent Muslim scholars, academicians and religious clerics.
-
DENIED BY ALLAH
0₹250.00About the Book
Facing the indignity of having to sleep with a stranger just to return to a husband who has pronounced Triple Talaq in a fit of anger; running from pillar to post to end a marriage by begging for Khula, Denied by Allah is a book that mirrors stories of women for whom even God does not seem to have mercy. These are women who have opened the windows of their bleak, painful lives in these pages; some surviving Mut’ah (pleasure), a temporary marriage, equivalent to prostitution.
This book discusses medieval laws irrelevant in the 21st century, sexist biases that pass for conventions, life impacting decisions made only by men which have denied women basic respect and protection, dignity and humaneness, often in the name of religion. The book asks, what has the community gained by keeping half of its population backward, ill-educated, chained to archaic laws, unwell and deprived? And how long will the laws for Muslim women in democratic India remain the same as in any Shariah-governed country? -
DEVADASI
0₹399.00About the Book
Devadasi’s colourful characters teeter on fault lines of race, sex, gender, religion and history. Devaki’s passionate personal story underpins wider concerns. Against the backdrop of the community’s historical role in preserving Bharatanatyam, does Devaki – a dancer who performs sexual services besides temple duties – find emotional outlet, individual expression or empowerment? Set in the Madras Presidency towards the end of the Victorian era, the narrative’s social arc contrasts Raj life and desi existence. An English civil servant, on official duty in a muffasil town near Devaki’s village, finds her a convenient time-pass. Love and relationships take many forms: Devaki’s adoration of Albert and her revulsion for her patron; the unusual emotional bond with her sexually indeterminate brother; devotion to the deity and her battle with herself weave a chiaroscuro of joys and sorrows that make up this ‘dedicated’ young woman’s life. The storyteller’s Gen Z audience raises perennial societal issues – sex, religion, caste, rural conditions – which frame how ‘choice’ governed and continues to govern lives in India.
-
DEVICRAFT: EACH STITCH TELLS HER STORY
0₹2,500.00About the Book
DEVICRAFT is not about Durga worship only. It is about the culmination of a year long rehearsal for the biggest performative and installation art in a week-long carnival. It is about a slice of socio-economic life in Bengal, where seasons mark the almanac, with agriculture, food and livelihoods coming together in joyous bursts of celebration. We tell the story through visuals and text that traces the history of mother goddess worship down the ages. It is a time when people become both participants and spectators while deities become human. We celebrate women artisans particularly in a bid to preserve our cultural heritages and make it empowering in the days ahead..
-
DIGITAL INDIA GOVERNANCE TRANSFORMATION
0₹795.00About the Book
Digital India is the application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to governance at one plane. Easy governance, Effective governance and Economic governance are the key drivers. The Digital India programme was launched in 2014 to consolidate the successes of our e-Governance journey towards a Digital Democracy. Several pioneering and breakthrough enablers have been created by the Government of India in this pursuit. This book is an attempt to provide a conceptual foundation, practical tips and lessons from various projects in India and abroad.
- e-Governance principles and project life cycle.
- Stakeholder engagement.
- Project planning, execution and monitoring
- Managing benefits and sustaining them.
- Managing change.
- Legal and contractual aspects.
- Technology evolution and its potential application in e-Governance.
- Moving towards Digital Democracy.
- Case studies from India and abroad, to showcase the learnings and application in.
projects while examining both Critical Success Factors (what to do or emulate) and Critical Failure Factors (what not to do).
-
DIMINISHING INDIA: DECADES OF BRAZEN POLITICAL APATHY
0₹595.00About the Book
Seventy-five years after having achieved independence there are still millions of Indians who live, eat, beg, work, romance, marry, produce children, fall sick, and die without a shelter and without any inkling of where the next meal is going to come from. People are losing faith in the judiciary and the police are mere pawns, handcuffed by politicians and bureaucrats. Where did we go wrong? Would India have been a different country if it had a Presidential form of government rather than a Parliamentary one? Why was the Presidential form of government not debated in the Constituent Assembly in right earnestness? Was it because of a lack of understanding or sheer indifference or just an attempt to cater to vested interests? The authors, as conscientious citizens, have tried to look at these issues in an unbiased and objective manner. The uniqueness of this book lies not in the relevance of the issues but the practical solutions being offered. The title Diminishing India is meant to be a wake-up call and not an expression of doom or frustration.
