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2016
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This book deals with the EM analysis of closed microwave cavities based on a three-dimensional FDTD method. The EM analysis is carried out for (i) rectangular microwave ovens and (ii) hybrid-cylindrical microwave autoclaves at 2.45 GHz. The field distribution is first estimated inside domestic rectangular ovens in xy-, yz-, and zx-plane. Further, the RF leakage from the oven door is determined to study the effect of leakage radiation on wireless communication at 2.45 GHz. Furthermore, the ...
Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts, The Dark Room, The English Teacher
Introduction by Alexander McCall Smith
2009
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R. K. Narayan (1906—2001) witnessed nearly a century of change in his native India and captured it in fiction of uncommon warmth and vibrancy. The four novels collected here, all written during British rule, bring colonial India into intimate focus through the narrative gifts of this master of literary realism.Swami and Friends introduces us to Narayan’s beloved fictional town of Malgudi, where ten-year-old Swaminathan’s excitement about his country’s initial stirrings for...
The Ramayana
A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
2006
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**The greatest Indian epic, one of the world's supreme masterpieces of storytellingA Penguin Classic**A sweeping tale of abduction, battle, and courtship played out in a universe of deities and demons, The Ramayana is familiar to virtually every Indian. Although the Sanskrit original was composed by Valmiki around the fourth century BC, poets have produced countless versions in different languages. Here, drawing on the work of an eleventh-century poet called Kamban...
2006
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For Raman the sign painter, life is a familiar and satisfying routine. A man of simple, rational ways, he lives with his pious aunt and prides himself on his creative work. But all that changes when he meets Daisy, a thrillingly independent young woman who wishes to bring birth control to the area. Hired to create signs for her clinics, Raman finds himself smitten by a love he cannot understand, much less avoid-and soon realizes that life isn't so routine anymore. Set in R. K. Narayan's fi...
The Mahabharata
A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
2016
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"Narayan makes this treasury of Indian folklore and mythology readily accessible to the general reader . . . he captures the spirit of the narrative."— Library JournalThe Mahabharata tells a story of such violence and tragedy that many people in India refuse to keep the full text in their homes, fearing that doing so would invite a disastrous fate upon their house. Covering everything from creation to destruction, this ancient poem remains an indel...
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- Vintage International
2012
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In the novels of R. K. Narayan (1906-2001), the forefather of modern Indian fiction, human-scale hopes and epiphanies express the promise of a nation as it awakens to its place in the world. In The Financial Expert, a man of many hopes but few resources spends his time under a banyan tree dispensing financial advice to those willing to pay for his knowledge. As charming as it is compassionate, this novel provides an indelible portrait of India in the twentieth century.
2022
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The book is the first of its kind. It consolidates under 18 different subjects in two volumes the objective of Central Acts passed by the Central Government. It covers the objective of each Act, the rights, duties, obligations, and punishments for non-compliance.The book is directed at non-legal persons i.e., ordinary citizens of the country who have not studied or practice law as a subject. The book can also be of immense value as a reference tool to lawyers and legal practitioners...
HANDBOOK TO COMPANY DIRECTORS
FOR OPTIMUM EFFECTIVENESS
2024
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The book contains key definitions of the Companies Act; Rules framed thereunder and SEBI LODR, 2015. The book specifies punishments - including the criminal for defaulting Directors.The book covers the duties, responsibilities, obligations of directors, provisions related to qualifications, disqualifications, vacation of office, appointment and reappointment, remuneration etc, extensively.The book covers the significant role Independent Directors and every allied provisions r...
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- Vintage International
2012
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R. K. Narayan (1906—2001) witnessed nearly a century of change in his native India and captured it in fiction of uncommon warmth and vibrancy. The Bachelor of Arts is a poignant coming-of-age novel about a young man flush with first love, but whose freedom to pursue it is hindered by the fixed ideas of his traditional Hindu family. This pioneering novel, luminous in its detail and refreshingly free of artifice, is a gift to twentieth-century literature.
2023
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The Book elaborates the over-dominance of negative human traits, morals and values leading to deep-rooted corruption, scams, frauds and ultimately loss of thousands of crores of public funds. No amount of stricter legislative regulations have resulted in dissuading the fraudsters from indulging in criminal acts directed at self-enrichment at the cost of others.The book is divided into thirteen Chapters covering aspects of human traits; corruption; frauds; business failures; punishm...
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- Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin
1994
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A venerable tiger, old and toothless now, looks back over his life from cubhood and early days roaming wild in the Indian jungle. Trapped into a miserable circus career as 'Raja the magnificent', he is then sold into films (co-starring with a beefy Tarzan in a leopard skin) until, finding the human world too brutish and bewildering, he makes a dramatic bid for freedom.R.K. Narayan's story combines Hindu mysticism with ripe Malgudi comedy, viewing human absurdities through the eyes ...
2026
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Mr. Shailesh V. Haribhakti, an eminent Chartered Accountant and independent director, describes the book as an elegant intellectual compilation that goes beyond being a mere reference. In an age of fragmented knowledge, it offers an innovative and cohesive learning experience. Each chapter unfolds like a knowledge tree, guiding readers through a garden of ideas where every concept is thoughtfully explained with its origin and relevance.The book broadens the reader’s horizon by inte...











