“Fans of Menon’s frothy, contemporary rom-coms will be excited for this venture into new territory.” —Booklist“[A] dreamy, sassy confection of a romance…Funny, extravagant, and satisfying.” —Shelf AwarenessFrom the New York Times bestselling author of When Dimple Met Rishi comes the first novel in a brand-new series set at an elite boarding school that’s a contemporary spin on Beauty and the Be...

If empowerment of learning through real-life examples is at the hearts and minds of the stakeholders, then the Project-Based Learning (PBL) is one of the powerful teaching methods that can be readily deployed. The PBL teaching methodology can be highly effective in enhancing engagement, communication, strengthening of teamwork, and collaboration among the learners. These attributes are specifically emphasised and articulated in the National Education Policy 2020 of the Government of India....

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of next-generation internet, distributed systems, and distributed computing, offering valuable insights into their impact on society and the future of technology.The use of distributed systems is a big step forward in IT and computer science. As the number of tasks that depend on each other grows, a single machine can no longer handle all of them. Distributed computing is better than traditional computer settings in se...

A CALIBA GOLDEN POPPY AWARD FINALIST • A father and son share family stories through a spice box, handed down from generation to generation, in this tender picturebook.Rishi's grandma arrives from India today, and he longs to cook curry alongside his Dad using the delicious flavors from his family's spice box. But this spice box is more than just fragrant spices in shades of gold and ruby. This spice box holds memories that are passed down from one generation to th...

The inspiration for the Netflix original series Mismatched**!**A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)Two Indian American teens sent to the same coding camp by matchmaking parents—the boy in on the plan and the girl totally blindsided—develop an unexpected, genuine connection in this “effervescent” (Chicago Tribune), New York Times bestselling, dual POV young adult rom-com from Sand...

Pinky Kumar wears the social justice warrior badge with pride. From raccoon hospitals to persecuted rockstars, no cause is too esoteric for her to champion. But a teeny tiny part of her also really enjoys making her conservative, buttoned-up corporate lawyer parents cringe.Samir Jha might have a few . . . quirks remaining from the time he had to take care of his sick mother, like the endless lists he makes in his planner and the way he schedules every minute of every day, but those...

While growing up in a working-class immigrant family, Sayli Talpade learns early that stability matters more than dreams. When her brother’s life trajectory changes after a devastating accident, Sayli steps in without hesitation, choosing responsibility over desire and certainty over passion, all while telling herself that love can wait. Her crush, Vikram, has spent his life running in the opposite direction. Raised in privilege yet starved of emotional connection, he knows that staying me...

If you look at the picture above, you can see that almost everyone in it is looking down at their hands, which are holding smartphones that are presumably loaded with social media apps and other apps they use frequently or are addicted to. Just look at the way technology has come to dominate everything in today's era. A study was conducted to see how much time people spend on their devices

This story is about Sandhya who opted to get the super power of teleportation sponsored by her boss who wanted her to reach office on time. For reasons of her own, Sandhya now wants to get her teleportation powers surgically removed from her. Will she regret getting the power extracted or will she discover something new?

Against the backdrop of the global Black Lives Matter movement, debates around the social impact of hate crime legislation have come to the political fore. In 2019, the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice urgently asked how legal systems can counter bias and discrimination. In India, a nation with vast socio-cultural diversity, and a complex colonial past, questions about the relationship between law and histories of oppression have become particularly pressing. Recently...

R is a free, open-source, adaptable, extensible language with tremendous applications in the field of statistical computation and data science. It offers basic programming and has very strong built-in functions for statistical analysis. It is also a perfect fit for Big Data solutions and supports graphical techniques to visualise and present data effectively.In this book, students will learn about R programming, from its fundamentals to advanced concepts relating to data science and machin...

This book discusses the evolution of security and privacy issues in the Internet of Things (IoT). The book focuses on assembling all security- and privacy-related technologies into a single source so that students, researchers, academics, and those in the industry can easily understand the IoT security and privacy issues.This edited book discusses the use of security engineering and privacy-by-design principles to design a secure IoT ecosystem and to implement cyber-security soluti...