This book is born from a pressing need to bridge the gap between scientific research and public understanding. Too often, addiction is framed as a moral failing rather than what it truly is: a chronic brain disorder with deep-rooted physiological and environmental triggers. By delving into the latest neuroscientific discoveries, psychological theories, and clinical studies, Toxic Pathways aims to dismantle stigma while providing a comprehensive look at how substances alter brain c...

Racialized women and girls often feel racial injustice before they have the words to name it. Sometimes they fight these feelings, and sometimes they use these feelings to fight. In this important and revealing book, Gulzar Charania puts the experiences of women of colour at the centre of her investigation, sharing how they endure everyday racism, as well as its lasting impacts and exacting costs in their lives and educational trajectories.Fighting Feelings highlights how ...

In the vibrant tapestry of South Asian communities, young men and women stand at the crossroads of a pivotal decision: choosing a life partner. Rooted in tradition, it is customary for parents and elders to guide the youth, introducing them to potential matches they deem suitable. However, this path often leads to alliances lacking mutual affection. A South Asian Lamb unfolds the tale of one such arranged marriage, but with an unexpected twist. This narrative delves deep into the core valu...

When thinking about the history of technology, the idea of artificial intelligence (AI) is illuminating. A long and winding road has led to the goal of programming computers to think and reason like humans. In this concise overview of AI's past, we can see how the field has evolved through a series of successes, failures, and pivotal moments.A New Idea EmergesPrior to the widespread use of computers and algorithms, the concepts of AI were already in the works. Many old stor...

A Mind on the Edge is a deeply personal and inspiring memoir of survival, mental health recovery, and transformation. After escaping hardship and building a new life, the author finds himself facing an unexpected battle within-panic attacks, anxiety, depression, trauma, and the emotional scars of a difficult past. Through honest reflection and powerful storytelling, he shares his journey from breaking point to healing, learning that true strength is not found in silence but in ask...

One of India's greatest and most beloved poets, Gulzar has mesmerized and enchanted generations of readers with his inimitable lyrical expression, visual imagery and poetic thought. There are few Indians who aren't familiar with a verse or two of Gulzar's; and rare is the person who hasn't been reminded of a line of his at some turn on the journey of life.Baal-o-Par is a definitive collection of Gulzar's poetry. It comprises the complete text of six volumes of poems: C...

Gulzar is one of the best known and acknowledged poet lyricist and director, honoured for his sensitivity, best reflected through his writings and treatment of films. Saba Basheer is a poet, author and a translator. Her first book was a collection of poems, Memory Past (2006) brought out by Writers’ Workshop. I Swallowed the Moon: The Poetry of Gulzar (2013), is the analysis of the poetry of Gulzar, which culminated from her PhD thesis, and is now being translated in Hindi and Urdu.

For seven decades, Gulzar-one of India's most beloved and respected literary and cinematic personalities-has made Mumbai (once called Bombay) his home.Over the years, Gulzar has written at length on the city, in the form of both poems and short prose pieces. These writings reflect not only his inimitable thoughts on the city, but also many facets of the ever-changing and evolving metropolis, as a Mumbaikar sees it.Aamchi Mumbai brings together twenty-five unforgett...

Every poem has a seasonIf not harvested in time, it wilts.Words wither and hang from limp metaphors.Colours fade, and the poemDrifts like fallen autumn leaves.'Pluto lost its status as a planet only recently. Seeing Pluto sad on being rejected thus, my heart sinks. It is so far away, so tiny, so all my pint-sized poems I gift to it,' says Gulzar. In this exquisite collection of short poems, Gulzar addresse...

Hema Malini, the quintessential 'Dream Girl'of Hindi cinema, has truly nurtured a dream and followed it to its realization. After being unceremoniously dropped from her first Tamil film as the director felt that she didn't have 'star quality', Hema signed the Hindi film she was offered opposite Raj Kapoor. Just eighteen, she soon conquered the hearts of all moviegoers with her beauty, grace and charisma. From Johnny Mera Naam to Sholay, from Meera to Baghbaan, she has portrayed a diverse r...

This book takes the reader down unexplored and uncomfortable avenues of beautiful and enchanting but troubled and war-riven Kashmir Valley. It analyses the ups and downs of Kashmirs ailing political health since the beginning of Dogra rule more than 150 years ago, until the present time. The author has pulled off the task of juxtaposing the history of Kashmir, with a history of its medical and educational development, interweaving his own experiences of growing up in Srinagar the capital o...

The Partition of 1947 has influenced the works of an entire generation of writers, and continues to do so. Gulzar witnessed the horrors of Partition first-hand and it is a theme that he has gone back to again and again in his writings. Footprints on Zero Line brings together a collection of his finest writings -- fiction, non-fiction and poems -- on the subject. What sets this collection apart from other writings on Partition is that Gulzar's unerring eye does not stop at the events of 194...