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A big part of Hindu and Indian mythology is the lengthy Mahabharata, with stories about princes, princesses, monsters, and many mysterious creatures. Krishna is one of the prominent figures in many ancient mythology writings from this region, and his victories over evil have been applauded and believed by many.

In The Sex Book, award-winning sex educator Leeza Mangaldas provides scientifically accurate, judgement-free answers to even your most seemingly awkward questions about sex and the body.

India is a land of mystery, richness, and deep spiritual discovery. Every facet of this ancient land seems scented with the famous spices that lured European traders to its shores more than five centuries ago. Here, Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, and Buddhists live shoulder to shoulder in a crowded world of multiple gods and juxtaposed pilgrimage routes, each one perfectly peaceful in their own beliefs and traditions.

শিব! মহাদেব! দেবতাদের দেবতা! দুষ্টের বিনাশকারী! উদ্দাম প্রেমিক! দুদ্ধর্ষ যোদ্ধা! অনবদ্য নর্তক! ব্যক্তিত্ববান নায়ক! সর্বশক্তিমান তবুও অবিনশ্বর। যদি শিব উর্বর কল্পনাপ্রসূত না হয়ে কোনো রক্তমাংসের মানুষ হন? এই তোমার আমার মতো? একজন মানুষ যে তার কর্মের ফলে দেবত্বে উপনীত হয়েছেন? এটাই শিব রচনাত্রয়ের ভিত্তি যা কল্পনা ও ঐতিহাসিক ঘটনার সংমিশ্রনে প্রাচীন ভারতের সমৃদ্ধ পৌরাণিক ঐতিহ্য ব্যাখ্যায় প্রয়াসী হয়েছে। এই রচনা প্রভু শিব ও তার জীবন আমাদের যে শিক্ষা দিয়েছে তার প্রতি শ্রদ্ধার্ঘ।

The Bharatiya Janata Party is an idea that was seeded into the minds of nationalist Jana Sangh leaders when they began to envision India after Independence. Much like the very core the freedom struggle was built on, they saw India as a demographically, culturally and historically cohesive and unified nation—as Bharat.

The story of the birth of India's states is the story of the birth and continuing rebirth of India, the nation. It is a story that everyone in India must know, from young to old. This rigorously researched book lays out the fascinating political and historical circumstances of the birth of India's states and union territories.

আজকের যে ভারতীয় সংস্কৃতি — আমাদের অভ্যাস, রীতিনীতি, নায়ক, গল্প, দর্শন, খাদ্যাভ্যাস এবং বিশ্বদর্শন — এখনো বহুল পরিমানে হাজার বছরের প্রাচীন ধারণার উপর ভিত্তি করে বৈদিক সময় থেকেই চলে আসছে, এবং তা হিন্দু, বৌদ্ধ ও জৈন ধর্মের নীতি ভিত্তিক। গত দু হাজার বছর থেকে এই সংস্কৃতি অনেক প্রভাবের মিলনে আরও সমৃদ্ধ হয়েছে। এমন কি আছে যা ভারত কে বিশেষ করে তোলে? শুনুন অমীশ ত্রিপাঠীর লেখা জনপ্রিয় বই, "মৃত্যুঞ্জয়ী ভারত"!

In 2010, just as the Indian government was stepping up its counterinsurgency operations in the country's Naxal-affected areas, Alpa Shah set out on a seven-night march with a guerrilla platoon across 250 kilometres of the same territory. An anthropology professor, she wanted to understand why, against the backdrop of a shiny new India, the country's poor had shunned the world's largest democracy and united with revolutionary ideologues.

India Rising is a collection of anecdotes and observations of the significant events that marked the decade of Congress Party rule under Manmohan Singh, culminating in the rise of Modi. It is built around the access the writer enjoyed with some of the key decision makers of the time.

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Written by an eminent economist, Bimal Jalan, Emerging India: Economics, Politics and Reforms talks about India's growth from the post-reform 1991 era to the modern days and the various challenges plaguing various arms of the government. In this book, Jalan praises the democratic setup that runs this complex and diverse country. Jalan produces a detailed account of the Indian economy and the way it has functioned and the various obstacles in front of it.

There are many intellectual biographies of Dr B.R. Ambedkar, but until now none has sought to reveal the personality of the man. They will tell you what he thought or what he wrote, but remain silent about who he actually was, his inner struggles, how he felt. They give information about Ambedkar, but do not talk about his interior life, his personal growth or how he came to be the man who left such an indelible mark on modern India's constitutional, political, social and religious landscapes. The first of an ambitious two-volume biography, Becoming Babasaheb traces Ambedkar's life journey.

In this book, we explore British Colonialism in India, a history of oppression and exploitation, whilst celebrating the contributions that the diaspora and its descendants have made to British society. We explore the origins of the British East India Company, navigating through the dark history of a struggle for independence. On the way we meet Mahatma Gandhi, and recognize his significance in the fight for independence, before we discuss the partition of India and creation of Pakistan. We conclude with Indian emigration to the UK, and the history of the modern-day British Indian.

സജഷ ഗഗധരൻ ഉതതരഖണഡല ഗഢ‌വൾ പരദശതതൻറ വയതയസതമയ ഒര മഖമണ ഈ പസതകതതലട നമകക പരചയപപടതതനനത. പല കലങങളല സഞചരങങൾകകടയൽ അദദഹ പയ ഇടങങള, പരചയപപടട ആളകള, അവർ പറഞഞ കഥകള ഇരപത മനഹര അധയയങങളയ കറയടടരകകകയണ. ഗഢ‌വൾ ഗരമങങളല ജവത രതകള, അവരട വശവസങങള, തർതഥടന കനദരങങളല 'ഹയമൻ ററചച' ഉളള അനഭവങങള, ഹമലയതതൻറ ഭഗയ കലവസഥയ ഭപരകതയമലല പചചയയ ഈ കറപപകളലട ജവൻ വയകകനന. യതര വവരണ എനന ഗണതതൽ നനന മറ നൽകകനന പതമയളള ഒര വയനനഭവ.

Sita, the beloved princess of Mithila, is one of the most revered women in Indian history; so well known, yet probably the least understood. At every crossroad of her life, she chose acceptance and grace over self-pity. Her life was filled with sacrifice yet wherever she was, there was abundance. It was as if she was carved out of an intense longing for Rama, yet she had infinite patience.

Since time immemorial, India has been an ocean bed over which numerous stories have flowed and enriched the world. Storytellers from Tulsidas to Rohinton Mistry have added their magic to this magnificent repository. Inspired in part by Somadeva’s Kathasaritasagara, William Radice collects these timeless tales of India and tells them anew through his unique idiom. Like itinerant storytellers, he fills these tales with emotion and wit, bringing them alive for the contemporary listener.

Una guía fascinante de los conflictos que ocurrieron en América del Norte y su impacto en las tribus nativas americanas.

Since time immemorial, India has been an ocean bed over which numerous stories have flowed and enriched the world. Storytellers from Tulsidas to Rohinton Mistry have added their magic to this magnificent repository. Inspired in part by Somadeva’s Kathasaritasagara, William Radice collects these timeless tales of India, and tells them anew through his unique idiom. Like itinerant storytellers, he fills these tales with emotion and wit, bringing them alive for the contemporary listener.

With in-depth research, interviews, and provocative analysis, Mira Kamdar offers a penetrating view of India and its cultural and economic impact on the United States and the world. From Bollywood to the Indian diaspora to India's effect on global politics, she reports on the people, companies, and places shaping the new India. Kamdar examines the challenges India faces while celebrating India's tremendous vitality and the opportunities this Asian democracy has to shape its own and all of our destinies.

More than half of India is under the age of 25, and the country is set to have the youngest population in the world by 2021. But India's millennials are nothing like their counterparts in the West. Snigdha Poonam's remarkable cultural study of the unlikeliest of fortune-hawkers travels through the small towns of Northern India to investigate the phenomenon that is India's Generation Y. She travels through India's badlands to uncover a theater of toxic masculinity, spirited ambition, and a kind of hunger for change that is bound to drive the future of our country.