Firaq Gorakhpuri: The Poet of Pain & Esctasy

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ISBN 13 : 9351940829
Total Pages : 275 pages
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Book Synopsis Firaq Gorakhpuri: The Poet of Pain & Esctasy by : Ajai Mansingh

Download or read book Firaq Gorakhpuri: The Poet of Pain & Esctasy written by Ajai Mansingh and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2015-05-25 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of contemporary India’s most prolific Urdu poets, Firaq Gorakhpuri was well known for his ghazals, nazms, rubaais and qat’aa. His magnum opus, Gul-e-Naghma, won him the Jnanpith Award (1969), India’s first highest literary honour for literature. The other awards bestowed upon him include the Sahitya Akademi Award (1960), and the Ghalib Academy Award (1981). In this personalized biography, Firaq’s nephew, Ajai Mansingh, tells the compelling tale of the poet's life, inspiration, and struggles – shedding light on the trials and tribulations of one of India’s greatest literary figures. ‘Firaq is a poet of the labyrinths of emotions, the sensuousness and transcendence of beauty, and the merging shades of pain and ecstasy. The softness and suppleness of his voice does not have a parallel in Urdu poetry.’ — Gopi Chand Narang

An Introduction to Hindustani Classical Music: A Beginners Guide

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ISBN 13 : 8193704940
Total Pages : 162 pages
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Book Synopsis An Introduction to Hindustani Classical Music: A Beginners Guide by : Vijay Prakash Singha

Download or read book An Introduction to Hindustani Classical Music: A Beginners Guide written by Vijay Prakash Singha and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to Hindustani Classical Music: A Guidebook for Beginners is Vijay Singha's comprehensive guide to savour and appreciate classical music. Written in a simple and easy-to-comprehend style, this book delves into the understanding of raga sangeet, semi-classical and fusion music, raga sangeet in Hindi films, as well as the future of classical music in India.

My Crazy Tale: His Holiness

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ISBN 13 : 9351941922
Total Pages : 474 pages
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Book Synopsis My Crazy Tale: His Holiness by : The Gyalwang Drukpa

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The House of Scindias: A Saga of Power, Politics and Intrigue

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ISBN 13 : 8195124887
Total Pages : 263 pages
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Book Synopsis The House of Scindias: A Saga of Power, Politics and Intrigue by : Rasheed Kidwai

Download or read book The House of Scindias: A Saga of Power, Politics and Intrigue written by Rasheed Kidwai and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2021-06-07 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RASHEED KIDWAI is a journalist, author, columnist and political analyst. He is Visiting Fellow with the Observer Research Foundation, Delhi. Formerly Associate Editor at The Telegraph, Kidwai is a keen observer of government, politics, community affairs and Hindi cinema.

The Sardar of Spin: A Celebration of the Life and Art of Bishan Singh Bedi

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ISBN 13 : 8195256627
Total Pages : 259 pages
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Download or read book The Sardar of Spin: A Celebration of the Life and Art of Bishan Singh Bedi written by Neha Bedi and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2021-09-24 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: VENKAT SUNDARAM was a key member of the Indian cricket team between 1970–80. During his illustrious career, he has worn numerous hats – he has been its manager for the 1998 tour to Sri Lanka; Chairman for BCCI’s Ground and Wickets Committee for two terms; Chairman Ranji Trophy and U-22 selection committee for UPCA. He has also been a selector, coach, umpire, cricket commentator, sports anchor, author, and director/ producer. He is the force behind this special edition celebrating Bishan Singh Bedi’s life and times. SACHIN BAJAJ is a sports administrator and business professional. He has over two decades of experience with sports bodies like Kings XI Punjab, Cricket Club of India, England & Wales Cricket Board. He is also the proprietor of Global Cricket School and Co-founder of Niche Sports. Sachin has published eleven books and co-authored another three.

Godaan: Screenplays by Gulzar

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ISBN 13 : 9351941116
Total Pages : 239 pages
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Book Synopsis Godaan: Screenplays by Gulzar by : Gulzar

Download or read book Godaan: Screenplays by Gulzar written by Gulzar and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2017-04-19 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Untold Story of Christian Michel and AugustaWestland

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ISBN 13 : 8194110963
Total Pages : 139 pages
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Book Synopsis The Untold Story of Christian Michel and AugustaWestland by : Raju Santhanam

Download or read book The Untold Story of Christian Michel and AugustaWestland written by Raju Santhanam and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2019-05-27 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A veteran journalist, Raju Santhanam has spent over forty years in journalism in print and television. A former head of Zee News and editor of the Statesman, Raju’s forte has been investigative journalism. He ran the Statesman’s Insight Investigative team for a number of years, and was well known for some of the best investigative stories in the eighties and subsequent years. Currently, Raju is focused on research-based projects that have a global impact on international audience.

The RTI Story: Power to the People

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ISBN 13 : 8193704916
Total Pages : 457 pages
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Book Synopsis The RTI Story: Power to the People by : Aruna Roy

Download or read book The RTI Story: Power to the People written by Aruna Roy and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aruna Roy resigned from the IAS in 1975 to work with peasants and workers in rural Rajasthan. In 1990 she helped co-found the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS). The MKSS struggles in the mid 90s for wages and other rights gave birth to the now celebrated Right to Information movement. Aruna continues to be a part of many democratic struggles and campaigns. This book is a collective history that tells the story of how ordinary people can come together and prevail against great odds, to make democracy more meaningful.

A Woven Life

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ISBN 13 : 8194295998
Total Pages : 169 pages
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Book Synopsis A Woven Life by : Jenny Housego

Download or read book A Woven Life written by Jenny Housego and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2020-04-27 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richly layered and remarkably candid, this is anything but an ordinary memoir. Life-writing at its truthful and unapologetic best, here is a story of a textile historian, entrepreneur and collector with an eventful and adventurous life story. As a child in countryside England, Jenny had thought she would grow up to be a spy, but life had other plans. Brought to the world of Asian textiles, art and museums, she has over the last five decades travelled across Asia with a passion to document traditional, local, and nomadic weaves and handcrafted textiles. She lays bare her idyllic childhood in the aftermath of the Second World War; her aspirations of being in the arts and then as a researcher at the Victoria and Albert museum in London; the struggles of falling in and out of love and a broken marriage; of parenting; and her passion for Indian textiles, having established herself as one of the most successful British entrepreneurs working in India who co-founded the luxury brands shades of India and kashmir loom.

A Tide in the Affairs of Men: A Public Servant Remembers

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ISBN 13 : 8193626087
Total Pages : 240 pages
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Download or read book A Tide in the Affairs of Men: A Public Servant Remembers written by Prateep K. Lahiri and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Tide in the Affairs of Men are reminiscences of a senior administrative officer from his working in the secretariat in the central government and in the state of Madhya Pradesh to his varied experiences during other relevant postings. From handling students’ agitation in the Guna district of Madhya Pradesh in 1964 to his special posting in Bagladesh after the liberation of East Pakistan in 1971; and from his years in Manila as executive director in the ADB to working closely with Dr Manmohan Singh as revenue secretary, the narrative is a public servant’s journey that relooks at some of the important milestones with passion and candour.

Metronama: Scenes from the Delhi Metro

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ISBN 13 : 9392130104
Total Pages : 274 pages
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Book Synopsis Metronama: Scenes from the Delhi Metro by : Rashmi Sadana

Download or read book Metronama: Scenes from the Delhi Metro written by Rashmi Sadana and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2022-01-21 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rashmi Sadana is Associate Professor of Anthropology at George Mason University and author of English Heart, Hindi Heartland: The Political Life of Literature in India.

Surat: Fall of a Port, Rise of a Prince: Defeat of the East India Company in the House of Commons

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ISBN 13 : 8193600932
Total Pages : 252 pages
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Download or read book Surat: Fall of a Port, Rise of a Prince: Defeat of the East India Company in the House of Commons written by Moin Mir and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born and raised in India, Moin Mir has worked extensively in the fields of advertising and brand consulting across Europe and Asia. Driven by his passion for History, Sufism and cultural revivalism and restoration, Mir began by working on the translation of Mirza Ghalib’s (India’s foremost Urdu poet) letters into English – a project that inspired him to pursue his interests in History even further. Mir is a descendant of Hazrat Modud Chishti, one of the stalwart founders of the Chishti Sufi order. He is also a scion of the Nawab family of Surat and next in line to succeed his father as the Darbar of Kamandiyah, Gujarat India. He lives in London with his fiancé Leonie Moschner.

NURJAHAN

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ISBN 13 : 8194566185
Total Pages : 297 pages
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Narinder Singh Kapany: The Man Who Bent Light

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ISBN 13 : 9392130007
Total Pages : 335 pages
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Download or read book Narinder Singh Kapany: The Man Who Bent Light written by Narinder Kapany and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2021-10-04 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The father of fibre optics, Narinder Singh Kapany was far more than your typical multi-hyphenate. Inventor, art collector, sculptor, farmer, entrepreneur, teacher, and a successful businessman, Dr Kapany was what Fortune magazine in its 1999 issue called, ‘one of the seven unsung heroes of the 20th century’. An insightful and inspirational life story, this memoir chronicles his ninety remarkable years. Charming, idiosyncratic, and highly engaging, The Man Who Bent Light serves up enough variety and verve to celebrate the lives of a half dozen individuals. But there is only one Narinder Singh Kapany, and his life, illuminated in his singular memoir, is a life like no other.

Bazm-i Aakhir: The Last Gathering - A vivid portrait of life in the Red Fort

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ISBN 13 : 8195124860
Total Pages : 98 pages
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Fractured Freedom: A Prison Memoir - A Story of Passion, Commitment and a Search for Justice and Freedom

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ISBN 13 : 8195124852
Total Pages : 299 pages
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Book Synopsis Fractured Freedom: A Prison Memoir - A Story of Passion, Commitment and a Search for Justice and Freedom by : Kobad Ghandy

Download or read book Fractured Freedom: A Prison Memoir - A Story of Passion, Commitment and a Search for Justice and Freedom written by Kobad Ghandy and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in the cradle of upper-middle-class privilege in a Mumbai Parsi household and educated at one of India’s finest schools, KOBAD GHANDY’S life and career could have scaled heights in the bustling world of corporate finance. Only it did not. Instead, he chose to become an activist working for the oppressed of the country. Shocked by the racism he witnessed in the UK as a student and learning of the horrors of colonial rule in India, he determined to serve those struck the harshest by the cruel inequalities of his country. Fractured Freedom takes you through the journey of an honest man and his partner, Anuradha’s, to a difficult destiny. Here is the story of two people who dedicated their lives in the service of the marginalized, and who believed that true revolution required direct action for a more human and just society. Part memoir, part prison diary, Ghandy bares it all looking back at their lives, love, loss and politics, so intrinsically tied together. Having languished in Indian prisons for over a decade, he tells of his long incarceration, of his fellow prisoners, and of the Kafkaesque experiences with the Indian legal system. This is the candid and unfiltered account of how an unjust system breaks the brave and bold-hearted. A story of life in extremes – the height of privilege and the depth of despair, a story of our times, of a path many would shy away from.

A Soldier's Diary: Kargil the Inside Story

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ISBN 13 : 8194110912
Total Pages : 114 pages
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Download or read book A Soldier's Diary: Kargil the Inside Story written by Harinder Baweja and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2019-05-27 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harinder Baweja, an Editor with Hindustan Times has earned a reputation as a fearless, committed reporter through her prolonged coverage of conflict zones. Her experience of covering the Kashmir crisis gave her access to a wide range of sources, particularly among the army units that were sent to Kargil. She covered the sharp, short war for India Today magazine, using her enviable range of sources to compile a definite account of the Kargil war. She has also edited and authored chapters for 26/11 Mumbai Attacked.