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For nearly forty years, Ashok Chopra has been responsible for publishing some of the biggest names in India: Khushwant Singh, Shobhaa Dé, Dom Moraes, Dominique Lapierre, and Larry Collins are part of his illustrious list. In this candid and colourful memoir, Chopra brings his...

This book is a compilation of the author’s published works and lectures during the last 15 years on different facets of our national security. He has attempted to do a clinical analysis of what is wrong with our present system of security, intelligence collection,...

A compilation of articles by Ramakrishna Bakre on Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Yashwantbua Joshi, Paluskar, Govindrao Tembe, Laxmanprasad Jaipurwale, Kumar Gandharva, Bhimsen Joshi, Feroz Dastur, Manik Varma, Jasraj, and Malini Rajurkar. Book on

This Handbook Health & Fitness focuses on all aspects of fitness and wellness including Yoga and how it can bring relief from physical & mental stress. It also explains scientific methods of sports and physical training. It covers the various sports injuries that generally...

Co Published with Harper Collins India. This book is a compilation of Devdutt Pattanaik’s articles on culture that break down the complex maze of stories, symbols, and rituals into clear systems and present the significance of myths in making cultures what they are. Book...

Traditionally, ageing in India was not a problem largely because of the strong family structure. However, change is an essential feature of any society and in India the social structure has been undergoing transformation due to the breakdown of the joint family system, increased...

Professor Peter Peterson, a Sanskritist by training, was the last European to be appointed as Professor of Oriental Languages in the Elphinstone College, Bombay. He served as Registrar of the Bombay University for a considerably long period. Peterson was the President of the Bombay...

This monograph attempts to review the writings and research of William Henry Sykes (1790–1872) on India. Sykes came to India to serve as an officer in the East India Company Army. Later he was appointed as the Statistical Reporter of the Deccan. During the...

Dr. George Buist (1805–1860), the editor of the Bombay Times (precursor of the Times of India), merits attention of historians on account of his significant contributions to Indian journalism in its infancy, his contributions to the Society and the civic life of Mumbai in...

Largely drawn from original and archival sources, this monograph stands out as a distinctive work on the biography of Philip Anderson: 1816 - 1857.  The monograph sketches Anderson’s contribution in the field of literature. As Chaplain of the Afghan Church in Bombay, the monograph explores his ability to navigate between...

“I buy MSS wherever I am able to put my hand on them, which is not at all easy. The Brahmins do not want to part with them and hand them over to people from another faith. Only some deceitful agents are able to...

William Edward Frere (1811–1880), brother of Sir Bartle Frere, Governor of Bombay, was a Civil Servant who arrived in Bombay in 1830. He began his career as Principal Collector of Surat, and he moved from there to serve the Sudder Diwani Adalat Courts in...

An attempt is made in this monograph to explore the life and research work of William Erskine (1773–1852), the first Secretary of the Literary Society of Bombay (later the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society of London and now the Asiatic Society of...

Sir James Mackintosh was born on 24 October 1765, in the Scottish Highlands and came from a humble background. From a young age, he showed an aptitude to achieve high goals and his extraordinary proficiency in studies earned him the name ‘prodigy of learning’....

The problem of internal security in India is very complex. There is militancy, insurgency, terrorism, communalism, and left-wing extremism, each posing a threat to internal security in India. Unfortunately, there is no clarity on how to deal with the various issues of internal security....

Sir George Birdwood can certainly be considered as one of the architects of the city of Bombay in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Although he was trained as a doctor of medicine from the University of Edinburgh, he devoted his life to...

Researchers on the Bombay Presidency, epigraphy, and the history and folklore of Karnataka have the advantage of a solid foundation laid by an extraordinary gentleman, John Faithfull Fleet. A British I.C.S. officer, whose love for India and its people is well documented, Fleet held...

Alexander Kinloch Forbes (1821-1865) is best known as the author of Ras Mala, a book on the history and culture of Gujarat. The people of Gujarat know him as an agent of change, a harbinger of modernity, a fountainhead of new ideas and institutions,...

The prime object of this monograph is to review the Indian career of the two Jervis brothers George Risto and Thomas Best with a view to highlighting their pioneering contributions to the cause of rational education and to the dissemination of scientific knowledge which...

A series of 25 monographs on the Founders, Promoters and Guardians of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, the series expects to prepare meticulously researched monographs based on the primary and fresh source material preserved by the Society, along with that available elsewhere, highlighting the...

Little Lhasa: Reflections on Exiled Tibet by Tsering Namgyal is a book that explores the progress of Tibetans in spite of their conditions and circumstances. Tsering Namgyal who has been a part of finance as well as journalism, writes about the progress of Tibet...

n Get High on Spirit, Monisha brings light to the idea that by being truthful to your spirit, through love, you can expect miracles in all areas of life. Through a personal narrative she points out the way to overcome difficult negative situations using tools...

अति प्राचीन काळी भारतात मसाल्याच्या पदार्थाचा उपयोग औषधे, तेल, मलम तयार करण्यासाठी केला जात होता . इतकेच नाही तर, मद्याला स्वाद आणण्यासाठी, आंघोळीचे पाणी सुगंधीत करण्यासाठी, शरीरास लेपन करण्यासाठी , शिवाय धूप म्हणूनही मसाल्याच्या पदार्थाचा वापर केला जायचा. मात्र माणसाने मसाल्यांचा वापर खाद्यपदार्थात नेमका...

एका सामान्य रशियन ज्यू कुटुंबातील मुलगी कुटुंबासमवेत अमेरिकेला स्थलांतर करते, किशोर वयातच ती ज्यूंसाठी स्वतंत्र भूमी हवी, या विचाराने झपाटली जाते। त्या साठी ऐन विशीतच आपल्या पतीसमवेत ती अमेरिका सोडते। किबुत्झमध्ये राहून कुक्कुट पालनाचे धडे घेते, प्रसंगी बालवाडीतील मुलांचे कपडे धुऊन घरखर्च भागवते। राष्ट्र...

Deep in the interior of Thanjavur, South India, is a small village called Melattur, rich with traditions of rituals, dance, music and theatre. The male Brahmin priests of the Sri Varadaraja Perumal temple perform classical dance to chaste Carnatic music, enacting various divine stories...

The process of finding answers, like alchemy, has been going on for ages. It will continue to exist in the future too. The thirst for questions makes those desirous of knowledge keep looking. They remain seekers all their lives. In The Game-Changers Book, Raju...

Bal Gangadhar Kher, first Premier of Bombay State, was a solicitor, scholar and social worker by choice and a politician by necessity. He was chosen to lead the Congress Legislative Party, a singularly difficult task which he fulfilled with flair and distinction. Bombay Province...