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Welcome to Shore Mount — one of India's most prestigious co-ed residential schools. Here, short skirts reign and sports stars are revered, and skinny dips and sneaking girls into boys' rooms are as much a part of the curriculum as the cool Mr Gomez's literature lessons... Into this world arrives Nirvan Shrivastava, with tremendous expectations weighing on his shoulders. After all, he's following in the footsteps of three generations of brilliant Shrivastavas immortalized on every possible honors board in the school. As he hesitatingly negotiates the crazy roller-coaster ride that is life at Shore Mount, he finds true buddies in Gautam, an unlikely musical genius obsessed with all things edible, and Faraz, the slick ladies' man. Together the boys discover that in Shore Mount survival means much more than braving the chill of heater-less dorms, or scrubbing toilets clean with toothbrushes. And as they learn to stand up to vicious bullies on and off the playing fields and survive the agony of heartaches and broken bones, they find themselves hurtling towards adulthood far sooner than they could have ever imagined...
Volume III, Modern Indian History: The volume contains 59 articles covering a wide range of topics including Historiography , Christian Missionaries, Women Education in Pre-Independence period, Social Forestry, Mir Osman Alikhan, Ramji Gond, Quit India movement, Madras Presidency, social reformers, Rural transformation, Peasant struggle, Freedom struggle, Mahatma Gandhi’s tours in Telugu, speaking areas, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s contributions, status of women, in Pre-Independence period, Regulating Act of 1773, Dalit movement in South India, Muslim reformers of India and Princely States: Historiographical Trends etc.,This Volume serves as a valuable source book for students, research scholars...
Arjuna and the Hunter, by the sixth-century poet Bharavi, portrays Arjuna's travels to the Himalayas, where Shiva tests the hero's courage in combat and bestows upon him an invincible weapon. This is a masterful contemplation of ethical conduct, ascetic discipline, and religious devotion--enduring themes in Indian literature.
Records publications acquired from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, by the U.S. Library of Congress Offices in New Delhi, India, and Karachi, Pakistan.