To cross a frontier is to be transformed….The frontier is a wake-up call. At the frontier, we can??t avoid the truth; the comforting layers of the quotidian, which insulate us against the world??s harsher realities, are stripped away and, wide-eyed in the harsh fluorescent light of the frontier??s windowless halls, we see things as they […]
Motherhood is supposedly akin to sainthood??a blissful, happy mother looking adoringly at her smiley, chirpy baby. And not a cocktail in sight. But The Flaky Mummy pulls the truth out from under the carpet??in a world full of dirty diapers, the only salvation is a chilled cocktail! This book is about the journey of six […]
On a post-college visit to Florence, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri fell in love with the Italian language. Twenty years later, seeking total immersion, she and her family relocated to Rome, where she began to read and write solely in her adopted tongue. A startling act of self-reflection, In Other Words is Lahiri??s meditation on […]
A raw, intensely personal memoir of spiritual exploration from one of the world??s great commentators on religion. After seven years in a convent, which she left, dismayed by its restrictions, an experience recounted in ??Through the Narrow Gate??, Karen Armstrong struggled to establish herself in a new way of life, and became entrapped in a […]
Living in the seeming hell of one of the poorest and most crowded quarters of Calcutta are the saints of today: saints such as Mother Teresa, saints such as Stephen Kovalski, an unkown Polish Catholic priest who made his home there to care for the poorest of the poor. And Max Loeb, an American physician […]
Ashoka the Great, the ruler of ancient Indias largest kingdom, took the path of peace, tolerance, non-violence and compassion after a fierce battle in Kalinga. He now addressed his subjects as a father would his children, and erected pillars that spread his thoughts throughout the land in the peoples own language. He put their welfare […]
The Bengalis are the third largest ethno-linguistic group in the world, after the Han Chinese and the Arabs. A quarter of a billion strong and growing, the community has produced three Nobel laureates, world-class scientists, legendary political leaders and revolutionaries, iconic movie stars and directors and an unending stream of writers, philosophers, painters, poets and […]
I listen to those stories – told by women who have been drugged, beaten, imprisoned, raped and terrorised within the walls of the homes they grew up in. I listen and I am humbled by their resilience. Jasvinder Sanghera knows what it means to flee from your family under threat of forced marriage – and […]
In the new era, where every persons actions have the potential to have a global impact, we must redefine what it means to be a true professional. By common definition, a professional is someone who possesses the skills and knowledge necessary to do a job??whether its a top degree from a prestigious university or simply […]
In this dazzling book, one of the most influential spiritual thinkers of our time provides an answer that is as challenging as it is uplifting. Deepak Chopra searches for the Christ who stands at the heart of Christianity and discovers the identity of Jesus is threefold. Firstly, there is Jesus the man, who lived over […]
It is an inspirational guide that presents information about human nature and its huge potential to transform. The book introduces the reader to several scientific discoveries, explaining neuroscience behind certain habits and how they can be changed. While it is easy for some people to change their habits according to new situations, there are other […]