Biography

Love That Knows No Limits Sri Ramakrishna is one of the greatest spiritual masters to have lived on this earth. The God-man of nineteenth-century India did not found any cult, nor did he show a new path to salvation. His message was his God-consciousness....

This is the extraordinary story of Donald Anderson, son of author and shikari Kenneth Anderson, and arguably the last of the shikaris from India’s colonial past. From hunting tigers and panthers and angling for the mahseer, to being a stunt double in a Hollywood...

From a nondescript village in Kerala to India’s financial capital Bombay, the journey of Madhav Krishna Bhaskar Nair (MKB to most colleagues) is a delightful insight into both the pre- and post-Independence days of economic and business journalism and perhaps life itself. MKB, the...

A pictorial biography of Y. B. Chavan, first Chief Minister of Maharashtra and former Deputy Prime Minister of India, that takes the reader on a visual journey through his life and career in Maharashtra, and at the national and international level. Book on

Lewis Carroll, the author of two children’s classics Alice in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking Glass, is lovingly remembered and widely quoted, but very few would associate Carroll (his pen-name) with the Oxford don, Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832–1898). Yet Carroll was...

(Taken from Prof. Tapan Raychaudhuri's comments on Mr. Mukherjee's forthcoming book Bagha Jatin in Orissa) Bagha Jatin, alias Jatindranath Mukherjee, is one of our legendary figures in the history of revolutionary efforts in India. The truth of this matter is unfortunately shrouded in inaccurate...

As prime minister of Britain, Churchill had ordered the preparation of an imperial strategy with the intention of balkanising India and tightening Britain’s post-war hold over her. The strategy envisaged two Pakistans, one in the west and the other in the east, both large...

In the 19th century India was under British rule. It was also a land in need of social reform. This period gave rise to several movements in the country, some of them reformist, others fighting for independence. In the course of these struggles, many...

In the 19th century India was under British rule. It was also a land in need of social reform. This period gave rise to several movements in the country, some of them reformist, others fighting for independence.In the course of these struggles, many individuals...

The First National Leader-Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak Gayatri Pagdi, full time writer, translator, editor and a professional ghost writer, has brought out the various shades of Bal Gangadhar Tilak’s personality as a social reformer, scholar and a national leader in her book, Lokmanya Tilak....

Harish Dhillon, known for his books like Spiritual Masters: Guru Nanak has brought out the life of the patriotic hero, Bhagat Singh in his work, Shaheed Bhagat Singh. Harish Dhillon, through his book, beautifully traverses through Bhagat Singh’s life and deals with the final...

Years ago Baba had said, “I am immortal, know this truth. And forever get experiences of my immortality.” Baba has kept his promise by appearing in his physical form before his devotees time and again whenever the need arose, to provide succour, comfort, and...

Sonavi Desai, the founder of Indus Source Books has brought out her interest in spirituality through her latest book, Spiritual Masters : Sai Baba. Sai Baba, a very revered saint, is worshipped by people across the world. Sai Baba was a yogi who had...