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A complete guide to the mammals of South Asia, lavishly illustrated with colour plates and photos. The species accounts cover all aspects of field identification, including in-depth sections on distribution, behaviour, status and population. Anyone interested in the wildlife of the subcontinent will...

To attain competence in dental surgery, a sound grounding in the basics of surgery and knowledge of surgical conditions affecting the head and neck region are essential. This book provides just such a base. The illustrations are simple and can be easily reproduced. The index has been designed as a tool for revision.

Not all people are lucky enough to be born with amazingly beautiful hair. They have to make it so.This quick and easy guide to hair care will give you an insight into the secret of healthy hair.It contains useful tips on hair care, proper diet and inexpenisive home remedies for all kinds of hair problems.Table...

From the wonderful land of China, here are two stories - Vinegar King and Hot Soup.Vinegar King is a story of a small boy who saves an emperor’s life with vinegar. Who would have thought that vinegar could be so powerful!Hot Soup is the tale of a soup-seller who becomes very very rich after a lucky...

This book explores how, in early modern Malayalee society, the emerging notion of the individual (as distinct from an identity based on jati, region etc.) was linked to the vision of a society based on gender differences. The process of individualizing thus also became a process of en-gendering. Social...

‘Kudrat teri rang-birangee! Oh many-splendoured Creation!’ So went the bhajan Ustad Abdul Karim Khan sang before the saint Tajuddin Baba. The holy man, entranced by the song, clapped his hands and danced. Kumar Prasad Mukherji’s elegy to a vanishing age of musical giants comprises many such...

Talbetalia or New Life Colony is a place full of life, in which there live twisted, broken figures, whose heads, however, are erect and steady.The protagonist of this story comes to settle in the colony after recovering from a terrible disease…. for which there is no graver outcome than recovery. All...

Folks! How to remain fit & cope up with modern lifeMantras for the working women !For the urban women, keeping a healthy body is essential, yet it is not enough. Each one of us knows of people who despite having been 'physically fit' have succumbed to diseases. This requires detoxification of mind, body...

Jaipur Nama is the story of one of India’s most fascinating cities, as seen through the eyes of both its residents and its visitors, who witnessed and recorded different moments in Jaipur’s history between the 18th and the 20th centuries. The triumphs, follies and foibles of its rulers, the passion...

Meaning and Purpose of Lifeare perhaps the most thought about, if not talked about, issues on the planet since human beings have walked on earth. This book is another attempt to understand the Meaning and Purpose of Life using the ideas of Vedanta in Indian philosophy, and of mainstream economics. Starting...

Shivaji always felt that Hindu kings if they ever met, they met in battlefield. Therefore Ekoji, younger brother of Shivaji, who snatched the rule of Thanjavur, was arrested for not surrendering. However two junior officers, Sayyed and Kajanji smuggled Ekoji safely to Thanjavur. For their this bold...

In this collection of essays, edited by Romila Thapar, and accompanied by her introduction, fourteen of India’s foremost scholars and specialists in various fields explore the challenges that lie before twenty-first century India in its quest for a democratic and just society. Globalization and...

This volume brings together contributions from different parts of the world to show the multiple ways in which women manage their resources, while simultaneously providing for their families. The essays, based on recent anthropological research in diverse societies across ecological zones—the Himalayan...

Allahabad, early twentieth century. The British rule across India, but Avadhi culture is thriving. In this city where singers, musicians and poets assemble, a star emerges. Janki Bai Ilahabadi enthrals listeners wherever she performs, and counts as her fans maharajas and maharanis, poets and judges,...