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I Am Krishna Birth Of A Glorious Hero Part 1

Krishna is one such powerful personality about whom everyone wants to know and understand. He was an artist, a lover, a politician, a psychologist, a businessman, a visionary, a spiritual guru… and much more. His list of achievements is never-ending… • He was an ordinary cowherd who became the illustrious King of Dwarka. • He knew the art of enjoying life to the fullest, even in the most trying times. • His life is a classic example of a rags-to-riches story. • He emerged victorious in all battles of life, be it economic, social or political… So, all we need is an insight into Krishna’s mind and life to know how to win all the battles of life. To help us achieve this, Deep Trivedi, the author of several bestsellers such as ‘I am The Mind’, ‘101 All Time Great Stories’, ‘The Black Book of Soul’, ‘3 Easy Steps to Win at Life’ and more, has unveiled the mind and life of Krishna in its entirety. A pioneer in spiritual psychodynamics, Deep Trivedi, through this book, elucidates the psychology of Krishna at various important points and its subsequent transitions, which makes it clear for the readers to comprehend Krishna’s actions and the reasons behind them. Another point to note here is, the one who has grasped the psychology of Krishna, can discern any other person’s psychology, as if it were a child’s play. In short, this book depicts the entire life of Krishna in a very interesting and engaging way. Described in a single sentence, this book is “the complete story of a cowherd boy Kanha becoming Jai Shri Krishna.” This book has been extensively researched and the years of Krishna’s life have been threaded together from various sources such as: Mahabharata, Shatapatha Brahmana, Aitareya Aaranyak, Nirukta, Ashtadhyayi, Garga Samhita, Jataka Katha, Arthashastra, Indika, Harivamsa Puran, Vishnu Puran, Mahabhashya, Padma Puran, Markandey Puran and Kurma Puran. Indeed, the book has been penned in such a manner that you are bound to feel transformed as you turn each page and read about how Krishna’s life unfolds. This book is also available in Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati.

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The Let Them Theory

The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About New York Time Bestselling Author. Millions of books sold worldwide! A Life-Changing Tool Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About What if the key to happiness, success, and love was as simple as two words? If you've ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with where you are, the problem isn't you. The problem is the power you give to other people. Two simple words―Let Them―will set you free. Free from the opinions, drama, and judgments of others. Free from the exhausting cycle of trying to manage everything and everyone around you. The Let Them Theory puts the power to create a life you love back in your hands―and this book will show you exactly how to do it. In her latest groundbreaking book, The Let Them Theory, Mel Robbins―New York Times Bestselling Author and one of the world's most respected experts on motivation, confidence, and mindset―teaches you how to stop wasting energy on what you can't control and start focusing on what truly matters: YOU. Your happiness. Your goals. Your life. Using the same no-nonsense, science-backed approach that's made The Mel Robbins Podcast a global sensation, Robbins explains why The Let Them Theory is already loved by millions and how you can apply it in eight key areas of your life to make the biggest impact. Within a few pages, you'll realize how much energy and time you've been wasting trying to control the wrong things―at work, in relationships, and in pursuing your goals―and how this is keeping you from the happiness and success you deserve. Written as an easy-to-understand guide, Robbins shares relatable stories from her own life, highlights key takeaways, relevant research and introduces you to world-renowned experts in psychology, neuroscience, relationships, happiness, and ancient wisdom who champion The Let Them Theory every step of the way.

The Ayodhya Alliance

An ancient secret. A forgotten science. A battle for the future of humanity. Seven thousand years ago, as he lay dying on the battlefield of Lanka, Ravana whispered a secret to Lakshmana about a mysterious technology that held the key to Ayodhya's prosperity and the world's destiny. For centuries, desperately sought by explorers, marauders and emperors alike, it has been kept hidden, safeguarded by warriors bound by an ancient oath. Now, as tensions escalate along India's volatile borders and a crucial defence project teeters on the brink of failure, Indian industrialist Aditya Pillai and South Korean technocrat Somi Kim are thrust into a mission that will upend everything they know. The two realize they must act fast, but never once do they anticipate that they will stumble upon startling revelations about a miraculous force that once connected Ayodhya to Kailasa, the Pandyan Empire, Rome, Damascus, Thailand and Korea. As the forces of past and present collide, a question looms large: who will harness the power of the ultimate enigma, and at what cost? The Ayodhya Alliance spans continents and centuries, seamlessly weaving together science, legend and history in a breathless race against time. In this sweeping, unputdownable story of intrigue, betrayal, survival and love, master storyteller Ashwin Sanghi casts his web wider than ever before, spinning once again a riveting, edge-of-the-seat thriller.

School’s Out

‘I’m thinking,’ said Romi, ‘that even if the fire is out in a day or two, it will be a long time before the bridge is repaired. So it will be a nice long holiday from school!’ ‘But you can walk across the river,’ said Teju. ‘You just did it.’ ‘Impossible,’ said Romi. ‘It’s much too swift.’ There is a sense of anticipation in the air, increasing as the clock slowly ticks on, each second seeming to last forever. The teacher’s voice drones on in the background as you exchange another grin with your best friends, already planning your summer routine in detail in your head. And then the bell rings—that sweet sound of freedom—signalling that school is finally out! Revelling in the joy of this moment, School’s Out! brings together a collection of Ruskin Bond’s best children’s stories, the perfect summer vacation read. Journey through streets and tunnels and forests, on tongas and trains and bicycles, with friends old and new, and make the most of the holidays through the delightful style of the writer on the hill.

Astounding Facts About The Universe

Astounding Facts About the Universe: Exploring the Extremes of Nature Dive Into a World of Extremes and Uncover the Astonishing Wonders of Our Universe. Did you know that the largest object on Earth weighs a mind-boggling 700,000,000,000,000 tons? Or that sound can race through a diamond at an astounding 27,000 mph? Astounding Facts about the Universe is your go-to reserve on the fastest, slowest, heaviest, and lightest phenomena in the cosmos. Far more than a mere collection of numbers, this captivating book provides rich background stories to every record, offering a deeper understanding of the incredible facts. Whether you're a seasoned science enthusiast or just curious about the mysteries of our world, you'll find yourself immersed in a well-documented journey that explores the extraordinary realms of science and astronomy. With a blend of fascinating facts and a meticulous scientific approach, this book offers an enlightening and engaging reading experience. Embark on an illuminating journey, where science meets wonder on every page.

Zenith Mastering AI For Everyday Life And Work

‘Technology is the great equalizer—and prompt engineering is its new literacy.’ Unlock the transformative power of AI with precision and creativity. Whether you’re a business leader, educator, developer or entrepreneur, this book equips you with the art and science of prompt engineering. Learn to craft clear, effective prompts that save time, boost productivity and drive innovation—across industries and everyday tasks. Packed with real-world examples, advanced techniques and role-specific strategies, this guide is your key to harnessing AI’s full potential. Elevate your communication, streamline workflows and stay ahead in the AI-driven future.

The Hidden Power Of Gayatri Mantra

How to realize your full potential through daily Practice step into your super consciousness to realize your dreams and goals! Found in the Rigveda, Gayatri mantra is one of the most important and powerful Vedic mantras even today. Since ages, seers and householder have used its sublime energy to realize their material and spiritual dreams. Also known as vedmata or Savitri, correct invocation of goddess Gayatri has remarkable effects on your emotional and psychic well-being. Following on from his bestseller, The ancient Science of mantras, Om Swami brings to you a simplified method of unleashing the power of the Gayatri mantra. Razor-sharp intuition or penetrating wisdom, working the law of attraction or gaining immense willpower, Absorption and practice of Gayatri bestows it all. Full of first-hand experiences, real-life stories and insightful passages, The hidden power of Gayatri mantra offers you the most authentic and yet practical method of invoking the mantra.

The Science Of Money

Increase your Income and become WealthyThe topic of money – how to create it, invest it and spend it wisely – remains the most fascinating subject of discussion around the world. Scores of books, articles, blog posts and videos have been created around it. But somehow there still seems to be a confusion regarding wealth creation. There is so much of “white noise” around this subject that most people either rely on chance for their fortunes or ignore the topic all together. The Science of Money is an attempt to dispel all myths related to the topic of making money and making it last. According to authors Brian Tracy and Dan Strutzel, there is a science of money just as there is science of medicine, engineering, nutrition and the likes. This book ends all confusion once and for all and presents in one comprehensive program the essential truths about money. If you simply study the ideas in this program and apply them to your life and your business, you will become financially successful – as sure as tomorrow’s sunrise.

Naikan The Japanese Art Of Self Reflection

Naikan: The Japanese Art of Self-Reflection; The Power of Gratitude and Grace in Everday Life LEARN TO SEE WHAT’S HIDDEN RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. IT’S SEEING WHAT’S HIDDEN THAT MAKES THE VIEW EXTRAORDINARY. NAIKAN is a Japanese word that means “inside looking” or “introspection”. A more poetic translation is “seeing oneself with the mind’s eye”. Drawing on Eastern spiritual and psychological traditions, Naikan is a unique method of self-reflection for cultivating self-awareness, gratitude, empathy, and a path for moving forward in our lives. Through Naikan we develop a natural and profound sense of gratitude for blessings bestowed on us by others, blessings that were always there but went unnoticed. This is the 20th anniversary edition of this influential book. Author Gregg Krech, now after more than 30 years of teaching Naikan, shares the depth of his experience with essays, parables, poems, quotations, and recommended reflection exercises. The edition includes new material on relationships, a seven-day practice program, and guidelines to help mental-health professionals apply a Naikan perspective to counseling and therapy.

The Mega Deals Of Warren Buffett

The Mega Deals of Warren Buffett: Creating a $100 Billion Company In THE MEGA DEALS OF WARREN BUFFETT, we trace Warren Buffett’s journey as he made Berkshire Hathaway the largest company in America. In this enthralling account, we follow Buffett’s investment deals over the decade from 1989 to 1998, as Berkshire shares jumped 14-fold from $4,700 to $68,000 and its market cap grew from $5 billion to $100 billion. This was a period of Buffett’s career when he was approaching normal retirement age. But far from slowing down, he was just hitting his stride. Buffett was as driven as ever to seek out great companies at good prices. By studying the decision-making that went into his investment deals, and the successful and unsuccessful outcomes, we can learn from Buffett and become better investors ourselves. In this decade, Buffett made investments in Wells Fargo, USAir, American Express, The Shoe Group, Helzberg Diamond Shops, RC Willey, FlightSafety International, Dairy Queen, NetJets, and General Re. For each of these deals, investing expert and Buffett historian Glen Arnold dives into unprecedented detail to analyse the investment process and the stories of the individuals involved. Arnold’s engaging, lucid style transports the reader to the time and place of the deals, to truly appreciate how Buffett was operating.

Many Miles To Go

Forword by Harvey MackayA Modern Parable for BusinessBusiness, like any adventure, begins with a leap into the unknownEvery great achievement begins with a vision – a dream of something exciting or different. Many Miles to Go combines Brian Tracy’s personal journey of false starts, long days and narrow escapes with lessons on how to become unstoppable in his personal and professional life.The aim of this book is simple: project forward five years and imagine that your life is now perfect in every way. What does it look like? What are you doing? Who is there with you? This book teaches you that once you’ve decided where you’re going, the only question you have to ask yourself is “How do I get there?”Brian Tracy is the Chairman of Brian Tracy International, a human resources company based in San Diego, California. As an internationally renowned business consultant and motivational speaker, he addresses over 250,000 people each year on leadership, management, sales, strategic planning and personal and career development. He has produced and narrated more than 300 audio and video learning programs, which have been translated into as many as 20 languages.

Taming The Turbulent Mind

Taming the Turbulent Mind: Yogic Meditation and Mindfulness for Combating Overthinking, Achieving Stress Relief, and Attaining Absolute Peace Ready for an extraordinary journey of self-discovery to achieve lasting peace of mind? In today’s hyperactive, easily distracted, always-on world, it’s very difficult to calm down and stay focused on our priorities. Stress and unhappiness have become inescapable parts of our lives. In Taming the Turbulent Mind, meditation master and author Deekay shows you how to stay calm and find joy. Deekay draws from our yogic heritage and demonstrates how to apply its wisdom to our daily lives. This book offers strength to face challenges at work, home, and in our relationships. While we can’t control external stresses, we can control our reactions. Deekay teaches us how to manage our mind and responses through guided meditation techniques—from beginner to advanced level—as he skilfully leads us through various methods highlighting their benefits. With relatable stories and practical tips, this book is perfect for anyone looking to harness the power of the mind and embrace mindful living.

Rule 1 Of Investing

HOW TO ALWAYS BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MARKET NEVER FEAR GETTING CAUGHT IN THE BEAR MARKET. ALWAYS BE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON BULL MARKETS. In Rule 1 of Investing software designer and math genius Mike Turner shares his simple, ingenious method for making winning stock trades. The beauty of this methodology is it completely removes the need to guess about trends or how long they will last. You never have to try to time market tops or bottoms. You will always know when a market has topped and when it has bottomed and how to trade accordingly. It begins with the foundation of Mike’s entire system, the one condition that must be met before you even think about investing. It then reveals nine other rules Mike’s system follows to produce its uncanny eighty percent win rate picking stocks… and to generate returns almost three times better than the market. A must-read investing guide for anyone struggling to profit in today’s volatile market.

The Ultimate Art of War

The Ultimate Guide to the Real Teachings of Sun Tzu The Art of War is the world’s most famous military treatise, yet few people have explored what its much-quoted maxims really mean. Created for all those who want to study Sun Tzu’s teachings in depth and apply his strategic insights in their own lives, this is the first ever step-by-step guide to the ancient Chinese classic, breaking down the enigmatic text into 235 lessons that explain the core concepts more clearly than ever before. Including a full translation of Sun Tzu’s original, as well as in-depth commentary that summarizes current academic interpretations of the text, this is the only edition of Art of War to highlight the different perspectives of all recent translators as well as those of the historical commentators. To help you fully absorb the lessons you will also find: • Striking strategic diagrams and conceptual graphics to embed the teachings. • A War Tip with each lesson, to make it even more memorable. • A closing section containing the entire Art of War boiled down to a concise list of bullet points—the essential reference tool for studying the complete strategy of Sun Tzu.

Stars Will guide You Home

Would you take a second chance at love if an app matches you up? As teenagers, Kiana and Nirvaan were inseparable-until family expectations tore them apart. A decade later, despite having successful careers, their hearts are empty. Then, AILENA, a cutting-edge AI dating app, matches them with a near-perfect compatibility-without revealing their true identities. As their virtual bond deepens, past wounds resurface but love makes its way through their hearts until AILENA deems them incompatible and cuts their connection forever. What will they do: Trust the app or follow their hearts? Can their love survive the test of time and reality? Set in India and the US, this is a story of love reimagined in the digital age. In a world where we are constantly connected yet feel lonely, Stars Will Guide You Home is a love story for everyone-the ones who overthink, the ones who let go too soon and the ones still hoping for a sign.

Mumbai's Most Wanted

It is the 1970s. Mumbai is in the underworld's vice grip. Film stars, businessmen, traders and the common man-no one is safe from the mafia's greed and wrath. But a determined, intelligent and no-nonsense policeman is about to bring them to justice ... without ever firing a single bullet. Assistant Commissioner of Police (Retd) Madhukar B. Zende is best-known for his sensational arrest of the serial murderer Charles Sobhraj, aka the Serpent. He is also lauded for successfully managing the violent riots in Mumbai that broke out in the aftermath of the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1993, and ushering in an era of peace. But Zende has many more stories of crime and justice under his belt, and in this book, he gives readers a glimpse into what it meant to be a cop in the seventies and eighties. From the puzzling case of the murder of Shanta Devi to the kidnapping of a famous movie mogul to the capture of dark luminaries like Arun Gawli, Karim Lala, Haji Mastan and Babu Reshim, Mumbai's Most Wanted is a riveting account of a supercop who brought some of the city's most dreaded villains to their knees.

Joy

Joy is an unforgettable story about a determined young woman and her voyage of self-discovery, from billion-copy bestselling author Danielle Steel. Allegra Dixon has never felt loved or wanted. Rejected by her mother – a cold, beautiful socialite – and her absentee military father, Allegra’s only escape from her lonely existence is through books and her own rich fantasy world. When she marries her childhood sweetheart, Shepherd Williams, it seems Allegra’s life has finally taken a turn for the better. But as Shep is pulled into the dark world of military conflict, he is slowly destroyed by the horrors he has seen in combat, and becomes a dangerous man that Allegra doesn’t recognize. Desperate for a fresh start, Allegra leaves a job she loves in New York and moves to California to start a new life. She takes a position as assistant to film score composer Henry Platt, a man with a reputation for creative genius and an intense, frenetic personality. As new opportunities arise and hard challenges continue to bar her path to happiness – can Allegra finally find the joy and fulfilment she truly deserves?

The Chemist

The Sunday Times top ten bestseller!* Don’t miss this incredible adrenaline-filled thriller from the author of the DI Harry Virdee novels, now a major BBC TV drama. ‘Without a doubt the best crime thriller I’ve read this year … A story of loyalties and desperation. A brilliant read’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A. A. Dhand is masterful within the gangland genre. He grabs the reader’s attention from the start, and we remain gripped to the end' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The Chemist is absolutely compelling, inventive and original … Simply brilliant. State of the art British Crime fiction. Read it as soon as you can!’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ * * * * Local pharmacist and pillar of the community, Idris Khan, spends his days doling out methadone to the hundreds of addicts in his care. They trust Idris with their secrets, and so he knows more than his mild manner suggests. So when his childhood sweetheart, Rebecca, doesn't turn up for her daily methadone dose, Idris is worried. Worried enough to go looking for her in the most deprived area of Leeds, alone. The mess Idris finds catapults him into the middle of a turf war between the two most powerful drug cartels in Yorkshire. Now, he must use every bit of intelligence and cunning he has to keep those he loves safe. Because a war is on the way. And when Idris goes after his enemies, they won't see him coming. * * * * Praise for A. A. Dhand: ‘Dark, daring and utterly propulsive … blurs the lines between hero and villain’ Kia Abdullah, author of Those People Next Door ‘Terrific … dispensing thrills and tension from start to finish’ Trevor Wood, author of The Man on the Street ‘Gritty, dark, and visceral … If I read a better book in the next year, it's probably because I've read this one twice’ Neil Lancaster, author of Dead Man’s Grave

Fire on the Horizon

Ryder had no doubt a war was coming, and he knew the character of the men the British would be fighting . . . South Africa, 1899 - the smouldering hostility between the Boers and the British colonies is about to burst into flame. Colonel Penrod Ballantyne - hero of Abu Klea and Omdurman - is sent to Mafeking to prepare for the coming storm. His wife Amber accompanies him, but when war is declared Amber must flee with their baby son and pray for her husband's survival - against impossible odds. Eight hundred miles away, in Cape Town, Ryder Courtney is using his wealth to bankroll the British war effort. When his son Leon stows away on a train to the front line, determined to join his uncle Penrod in changing the course of history, Ryder and his wife Saffron have no choice but to leave the safety of the Cape Colony and follow. Leon is convinced that his parents are without honour, that only his uncle understands him - he is about to discover just how wrong he can be. BOOK 24 IN THE LONG-RUNNING EPIC HISTORICAL SAGA OF THE COURTNEY FAMILY FROM WILBUR SMITH IN WHICH THE COURTNEYS AND THE BALLANTYNES COME TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN IN THE SEQUEL TO WORLDWIDE BESTSELLERS THE TRIUMPH OF THE SUN AND KING OF KINGS. Praise for Wilbur Smith 'A master storyteller' Sunday Times 'No one does adventure quite like Smith' Daily Mirror 'Best historical novelist' Stephen King

The Demon of Unrest: Abraham Lincoln & America’s Road to Civil War

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this ''riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult'' (Los Angeles Times).On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fuelled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter.Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Lincoln’s election and the Confederacy’s shelling of Sumter – a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, enflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal tragedies and betrayals. Lincoln himself wrote that the trials of these five months were ‘so great that, could I have anticipated them, I would not have believed it possible to survive them’.At the heart of this suspense-filled narrative are Major Robert Anderson, Sumter’s commander and a former slave owner sympathetic to the South but loyal to the Union; Edmund Ruffin, a vain and bloodthirsty radical who stirs secessionist ardour at every opportunity; and Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of a prominent planter, conflicted over both marriage and slavery and seeing parallels between both. In the middle of it all is the overwhelmed Lincoln, battling with his duplicitous Secretary of State, William Seward, as he tries desperately to avert a war that he fears is inevitable – one that will eventually kill 750,000 Americans.Drawing on diaries, secret communiques, slave ledgers, and plantation records, Larson gives us a political horror story that captures the forces that led America to the brink – a dark reminder that we often don’t see a cataclysm coming until it’s too late.

Never Flinch

From master storyteller Stephen King comes a thrilling new novel with intertwining storylines - one about a killer on a diabolical revenge mission, and another about a vigilante targeting a feminist celebrity speaker - featuring the beloved Holly Gibney and a dynamic new cast of characters. When the Buckeye City Police Department receives a disturbing letter from a person threatening to 'kill thirteen innocents and one guilty' in 'an act of atonement for the needless death of an innocent man', Detective Izzy Jaynes has no idea what to think. Are fourteen citizens about to be slaughtered in an unhinged act of retribution? As the investigation unfolds, Izzy realises that the letter writer is deadly serious, and she turns to her friend Holly Gibney for help. Meanwhile, controversial and outspoken women's rights activist Kate McKay is embarking on a multi-state lecture tour, drawing packed venues of both fans and detractors. Someone who vehemently opposes Kate's message of female empowerment is targeting her and disrupting her events. At first, no one is hurt, but the stalker is growing bolder, and Holly is hired to be Kate's bodyguard - a challenging task with a headstrong employer and a determined adversary driven by wrath and unhinged righteousness. Featuring a riveting cast of characters both old and new, including world-famous gospel singer Sista Bessie and an unforgettable villain addicted to murder, these twinned narratives converge in a chilling and spectacular conclusion - a feat of storytelling only Stephen King could pull off. Thrilling, wildly fun and outrageously engrossing, Never Flinch is one of King's richest and most propulsive novels.

The Song of the cell (An exploration of medicine and the new human)

From Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene, The Song of The Cell is the third book in this extraordinary writer's exploration of what it means to be human-rich with Siddhartha Mukherjee's revelatory and exhilarating stories of scientists, doctors, and all the patients whose lives may be saved by their work. In the late 1600s, a distinguished English polymath, Robert Hooke, and an eccentric Dutch cloth merchant, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, look down their handmade microscopes. What they see introduces a radical concept that sweeps through biology and medicine, touching virtually every aspect of the two sciences and altering both forever. It is the fact that complex living organisms are assemblages of tiny, self-contained, self-regulating units. Our organs, our physiology, our selves-hearts, blood, brains-are built from these compartments. Hooke christens them 'cells'. The discovery of cells-and the reframing of the human body as a cellular ecosystem-announced the birth of a new kind of medicine based on the therapeutic manipulations of cells. A hip fracture, a cardiac arrest, Alzheimer's, dementia, AIDS, pneumonia, lung cancer, kidney failure, arthritis, COVID-all could be viewed as the results of cells, or systems of cells, functioning abnormally. And all could be perceived as loci of cellular therapies. In The Song of the Cell, Mukherjee tells the story of how scientists discovered cells, began to understand them, and are now using that knowledge to create new humans. He seduces readers with writing so vivid, lucid, and suspenseful that complex science becomes thrilling. Told in six parts, laced with Mukherjee's own experience as a researcher, doctor, and prolific reader, The Song of the Cell is both panoramic and intimate-a masterpiece.

Valmikis Women

REMARKABLE STORIES ON FIVE UNFORGETTABLE WOMEN FROM THE RAMAYANA While the righteous Lord Ram is at the heart of Ramayana, his story is incomplete without the women Valmiki created, whose lives are closely tied to his. Would King Dasharatha even have his coveted sons, were it not for the sacrifice of his daughter, Shanta? Who would Queen Kaikeyi be had she not been nurtured by Manthara as a child? Which direction would the epic have taken had the sacrifice of a bird not moved the sage Valmiki to write? Best-selling author Anand Neelakantan invites readers to ask these questions as they delve into these stories of ambition, love, devotion and courage—the stories of the women of Valmiki’s epic. About the Author Anand Neelakantan is the author of the Baahubali trilogy, the prequel to S.S. Rajamouli's blockbuster movie. Neelakantan is also the author of Asura: Tale of the Vanquished, which told the Ramayana from Ravan’s point of view. He followed it up with the tremendously successful Ajaya series. Neelakantan’s books have been translated into more than nine languages, including Indonesian. Neelakantan is also a prolific writer in Malayalam and regularly publishes stories in the prestigious Malayalam magazine. He is also a cartoonist. He lives in Mumbai with his wife Aparna, daughter Ananya, son Abhinav and pet dog, Jackie the Blackie. You can look him up on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using the handle: @itsanandneel.