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The book covers the journey of two childhood best friends, Radhika and Arshi, who decide to explore the option of civil service as a career soon after their post graduation in engineering. The two friends land up in a coaching town in New Delhi along with some diverse characters they meet during their journey from sanity to an undying obsession. The deep intricacies involved with the preparation, the way aspirants handle the process of the survival of the fittest and the ever-changing relationship equations in the land of cutthroat competition are explored in depth.
“The broken will always be able to love harder than most because once you’ve been in the dark, you learn to appreciate everything that shines.” This book is dedicated to people who are suffering from depression. The book presents the various short stories of people who are suffering from depression or got depression from some kind of incident. The book also briefs about what is depression and how to deal with it. 66% of people do not even know that they are suffering from depression. this book helps to have a clear understanding of the topic.
The book covers the journey of two childhood best friends, Radhika and Arshi, who decide to explore the option of civil service as a career soon after their post graduation in engineering. The two friends land up in a coaching town in New Delhi along with some diverse characters they meet during their journey from sanity to an undying obsession. The deep intricacies involved with the preparation, the way aspirants handle the process of the survival of the fittest and the ever-changing relationship equations in the land of cutthroat competition are explored in depth.
One very nice dragon, two true friends, three traffic lights, four toothbrushes (and a toothpaste tube: -) We bring to you a pack of twenty-nine exciting stories with innumerable wit, humour and thoughtfulness. Handpicked from across the best of Write&Read Creative Writing Workshops by the poet extraordinaire, Prasoon Joshi, this collection is a worthy addition to every bookshelf!
Biotechnology is emerging as one of the most innovative technologies in life sciences and is influencing almost every aspect of human life. It provides a set of tools, which if appropriately integrated with other technologies can be applied for the sustainable development of agriculture. Tissue culture is being used to propagate rapidly difficult to root crops and conserve endangered/rare medicinal plants. PCR technology has made it possible to fingerprint genotypes and understand better their genetic relationship. Genetic transformation through direct and vector mediated gene transfer now makes it possible to incorporate novel genes for desirable traits. The various bioinformatics tools help to interpret the complex data available from biological experiments. the book has two volumes divided into 8 sections comprising of more than 140 research articles and papers.
At the age of nine, Lily is forcefully torn from her mother's arms and sold at a Negro auction by her master, a man that Lily learns that day is her very own father. Seeking solace from such devastation, Lily secretly begins teaching herself to play her new master's piano: an instrument that she is forbidden from touching. Lily becomes an extraordinary pianist and gets away with secretly playing for fourteen years until the master's son, James, discovers her deceit. The "punishment" that James gives Lily starts her on an unprecedented journey that dramatically alters her life and influences the lives of thousands, including a man with great power. Lily's groundbreaking journey also unveils the secret altruistic love of a particular man who has been forbidden from expressing his love to her for years. But the question remains whether or not the strength of his love will be powerful enough to free Lily from the shackles of slavery and protect her dreams and her life while on her turbulent Journey to Winter Garden.
The quiet, coastal town of New York holds a secret. Nick has the perfect life working in the White House and loving with his wife Bridget. However, when he discovers that his grandfather is not who he thinks he is, things are not the same anymore. A secret about a murderer leaves Nick with some startling questions about what could have happened and is determined to find some answers. Nick is confused and yet angry. He is intrigued by his grandfather, who seems to be hiding the truth. As he looks for answers, someone from his past is back in his life. Will Nick ever find out the truth or will it remain a secret forever?
Rajesh Patil was born to poor farm workers in the backward Khandesh region of Maharashtra. He worked as a child labourer picking cotton, selling bread, and doing small jobs. But what set him apart was that, unlike most of his peers, he was driven by an intense desire to improve his lot through education. Against great odds, he moved to Nashik for a B.Sc. and then to Pune for an M.Sc. in statistics - all this with the help of freeships, scholarships and the support of his teachers, friends and well-wishers. By dint of his hard work, he managed to get into the Indian Statistical Service, but the Indian Administrative Service was his goal. Unsuccessful at first, he persisted until eventually he cracked the competitive exams and qualified for the IAS. Maa, I've Become a Collector is the inspiring account of Rajesh's struggles that has been a bestseller in Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati and Odia and motivated thousands of students in India's hinterlands in their quest for a better life. At the same time, it is much more than one man's story - it is a riveting and revelatory account of rural India
"This book brings into dialogue two major fields of scholarship that are rarely studied together: sacred kingship and sainthood in Islam. In doing so, it offers an original perspective on both. In historical terms, the foucs here is on the Mughal empire in sixteenth-century India and its antecedents and parallels in Timurid Central Asia and Safavid Iran."--Introduction, p. [1].