Neel is a young inquisitive boy from Bihar growing up in the Indian Mining township of Dhanbad, when TV had not touched lives in small towns and the internet was still a few decades away. Now a corporate executive, he looks back on how he reached here and contrasts his growing up years to that of his son, without being judgmental. The journey of growing up and discovery is filled with humour and emotions. It explores a young boys desire for recognition, little triumphs, occasional fumbles,...

This book explores the relationship between the production of new urban spaces and illiberal community-making in contemporary India. It is based on an ethnographic study in Noida, a city at the eastern fringe of the state of Uttar Pradesh, bordering national capital Delhi.The book demonstrates a flexible planning approach being central to the entrepreneurial turn in India’s post-liberalisation urbanisation, whereby a small-scale industrial township is transformed into a real-estate...

This book provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), examining their sources, classification, and mechanisms of action. It explores the global distribution of EDCs across air, water, soil, and living systems, their toxicological effects, and the growing concern of the “cocktail effect”, i.e., the combined impact of multiple contaminants on human health and ecosystems.The chapters cover key topics including exposure pathways, environmenta...

This eBook is a beautiful example and a fascinating insight into the work of a master with his audience of seekers. Osho responds to questions coming from his audience. A variety of questions and Osho's responses give a taste of Osho's insights and teachings on subjects of intelligence, the compulsion for power, questions re the personal experience of Osho and the ongoing game of questions and answers between the audience and Osho itself.

India is on the up. Historically derided as the lumbering elephant of Asia, this vast sub-continent has quickened its pace. The economy is booming. Tens of millions have been pulled out of poverty. Software and service companies abound. Millionaire entrepreneurs are springing up at every turn. Bollywood is going global and Indian expats are flooding back home. What's more, these changes are occurring within the world's largest democracy - a far cry from neighbouring China. But who and what...

EVERYONE CAN MEDITATE is highly recommended for those who are beginning to discover the beauty and strength of their inner world and meditation. More and more, we are realising the need to develop the power of the mind, as we try to keep up with the ever-increasing pace of life and its complexities. By introducing meditation into our life, we not only gain real peace of mind, but also a very positive and healthy attitude towards life. Everyone Can Meditate describes the methods of meditati...

This is a narrative recounting a spiritual voyage taking the author around the world in a quest for the divine. A trail of chance, synchronicity, divine providence and the occasional railway and airline schedule, leads Brown from the extraordinary figure of the 19th-century occult adventuress Madame Blavatsky, via the philosopher Krishnamurti, to the genial Scottish clairvoyant who claims that the Christ of the age is alive and well and living in London. In India, he encounters the miracle...

This is the true story of a little boy who saw, loved, and honoured the divine Light in everything and everyone...and this made him very different from other children. While other children would go to the playground to play, he would go to temples and pray. While others would spend their money on candy, he would spend his money of pictures of saints. He was teased, sometimes, for being so different, but he would grow up to become the Satguru, the great spiritual teacher, that we now respec...

All around us we find everyone is striving to lead a modern life in a country which is steeped in age old traditions; aspiring to achieve the pinnacle of success though humbly; and at the same time trying to find a sacred individualistic space. There is a great deal of disenchantment, fragility, anger and despair in life, because the mind is not satisfied with just success and materialistic gains. Sometimes we forget that peace is inherent in us and has to be delved within and not sought o...

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was a determined nationalist to enter into the Indian politics as the leader of the farmers. He was born on 31st October, 1875 in the village of Karamsad in Borsad block of the state of Gujarat. His father’s name was Jhaber Bhai Patel and mother’s name was Ladbai. His father was a farmer. His parents believed in the policy of simple living and high thinking.His parents brought up little Vallabh with love and care. The little child Vallabh had a wonderful sparkle in...

Some teachers go beyond their job descriptions. I remember when I first entered my school called Saraswathi Vidyalaya at Nagpur the first teacher was Mrs. Saraswathi Kuppuswami, who met my father for few seconds and took charge of me, maybe my life, held my hand and took me into her class. I looked back with teary eyes and as my father turned his back, may be he was uneasy in seeing me crying, I looked at my teacher’s eyes. Her eyes had that assurance I needed her eyes had the love and the...