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A collection of around 25 articles – some in English, others in Hindi – brought together in a book as a tribute to Dharampalji. The contributors are all persons who have all known Dharampalji well and fir a number of years since the idea behind the book was to bring out the complexity of Dharampalji’s personality and the manner in which he impacted on people of various backgrounds. Some of the pieces are originals, others are reproduced.

India’s nuclear deal with the United States has raised a political storm in Delhi and almost derailed the ruling coalition. He left parties have argued that the deal seriously undermines India’s ability to pursue an independent foreign policy. Prakash Karat, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), tells you why in this book which discusses the nuclear deal and India –US strategic relations.

This book answers a range of questions that are worrying the Indian polity – namely, how does the global nuclear control technology work, what are the implications of the deal from a technoeconomic point of view and how does it affect our foreign relations policy. These and other issues are answered by three experts in this book.

A critical expose of the human consequences of the Central Government Tourism Ministry’s decision to develop a 100 metres strip of land on the banks of the Yamuna into a promenade, as a tourist attraction, for the Commonwealth Games 2004. Suddenly, thousands were rendered homeless as houses and community buildings were razed to the ground. Till today they are in a state of permanent poverty from which escape seems almost impossible. Is this the price some people have to pay to make Delhi into a world class city, ask the authors.

After his masterly treatment of Mahabharata themes, Chaturvedi Badrinath introduces us to twelve women of the great epic. Going back to the sources to sift the original from subsequent legends (and subsequent distorted presentations by a male-dominated society), Chaturvedi’s twelve women – including Draupadi, Shankuntala, Damyanti – come out as stunning personalities.

A fascinating account of India’s Naadi palm Readers. Unravels the mystery the the leaves – ‘case histories” – that were woven into bundles and stored in ancient royal libraries until they would be called for and individually identified by those seeking the true purpose of their lives. Is it possible that the lives we are leading were chosen by us and for us thousands of years ago? An inspiring look into one of the greatest mystical secrets of India.

Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara went on a trip through South America with a friend in 1952, an account of which is contained in Che’s classic The Motorcycle Diaries. What is not so well known is that Che took to the road again the following year with another friend - a trip which transformed him from Ernesto the affluent snob to Che Guevara the quintessential revolutionary. This book authored by Che’s travelling companion Carlos Ferrer alias Calica, is an account of this second and final trip through Latin America.

A collection of speeches, writing and pronouncements over the past decade by that great revolutionary and visionary, Fidel Castro, reflecting on the world financial crisis.

A witty and devastating portrayal of US military policy. It tells the true history of this global giant’s culture of war and its war-dependant economy.

Cautions against global harmonization of patent laws based on the loose patentability criteria and strict protection standards of the developed countries.

Drawing upon modern India history, contemporary events and personal knowledge, the author, who has served as a member of the Indian Foreign Service in far flung countries across the globe, examines how and why the colonial legacy persists in our everyday life, our language, politics, culture and even our self-esteem. The author also offers his view on how India can aspire to real freedom from the colonial yoke.

The author argues that absence of unanimous accord in religious texts is a sign of strength and not weakness in the religion.

C.K Raju is an eminent physicist and mathematician. He argues that theology has penetrated hard science (physics, mathematics) through time beliefs adapted to inequitable politics. He advocates that science should be de-theologised in the interests of equity and harmony.

C.K Raju is an eminent physicist and mathematician. He argues that theology has penetrated hard science (physics, mathematics) through time beliefs adapted to inequitable politics. He advocates that science should be de-theologised in the interests of equity and harmony.

This booklet explores the possibility of a major international conflict erupting during the present time of economic tumult, while also surveying the historical antecedents of crisis and confrontation in the 19th and 20th centuries. The lessons of history presented in this timely book are worth heeding.

This essay analyses the current western educational system dominant in the world today, what is missing from that system and how Islam can contribute to the creation of a true education.

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