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JRD Tata (जेआरडी टाटा)
"‘जर घडणार्या गोष्टींकडे मानवी दृष्टीकोनातून पाहण्याची आपली तयारी असेल, तर इतरांनी घेतलेले निर्णय आपल्याला विपरीत वाटले, तरी ‘हाच निर्णय योग्य आहे’ या विश्वासातून इतरांनी ते घेतलेले असतात, हे आपण समजून घेऊ शकतो.’ हे उद्गार एरवी आपल्याला कुणा संताचे किंवा तत्त्वज्ञाचे किंवा एखाद्या शिक्षकाचे वाटले असते. पण हे उद्गार भारतातल्या एका महत्त्वाच्या उद्योगपतीचे आहेत. त्यांचं नाव - जेआरडी टाटा! जेआरडींच्या मृत्यूला आज ३१ वर्षं झाली, पण आजही टाटांच्या समूहाचा पाया त्यांनी घालून दिलेल्या तत्त्वांच्या आधारावर भक्कम उभा आहे. हा समूह देशातल्या... जगातल्या काही श्रीमंत समूहांपैकी एक आहे, पण समूह म्हणून असलेल्या त्यांच्या प्रतिमेत किंवा टाटांच्या कोणत्याही वागण्यात कुठेच बडेजाव नाही; देखावा नाही. ते कायम आपल्या कामासाठीच ओळखले जात राहिले. ‘उद्योजक’ या बिरुदाला जागणारी आणि त्याला स्वस्त न करणारी ही तत्त्वं येणार्या उद्योजकांना किंबहुना आपल्या सगळ्यांना नक्कीच वाट दाखवत राहतील!"
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Samrat Ashok Karunamay Samajacha Udgata (सम्राट अशोक करुणामय समाजाचा उद्गाता)
नुकत्याच झालेल्या भीषण युद्धामुळे सगळंच उद्ध्वस्त झालंय... कलिंगदेशावर राज्य करणार्या नंद घराण्याचा पराभव झालाय... इथून थोड्याच अंतरावर असलेल्या तंबूतून चाळीसेक वर्षांचा एक इसम या सगळ्या संहाराकडे निराशेने बघतोय... गेले काही तास तो तंबूत नुसत्या येरझारा घालतोय... त्याचा पोशाख, त्याचा चेहरा, त्याच्या हालचाली कलिंगदेशाच्या हरलेल्या राजाला शोभतील अशा आहेत, मात्र त्याच्या तंबूवर युद्धात जिंकलेल्या मगध साम्राज्याचा ध्वज दिमाखात फडकतोय... त्याच्या आजूबाजूच्या तंबूंमध्ये तर उत्साहाचं वातावरण आहे. मग हाच इतका दुःखी का? हा नेमका आहे तरी कोण? जिंकण्यापलीकडची व्यर्थता बघणारा असा हा कोणता राजा आहे? - हा तोच आहे, ज्याला युद्धाने शांततेचं मोल शिकवलं. याचं नाव ‘सम्राट अशोक’! मगधाच्या मौर्य साम्राज्याचा हा सम्राट अशोक... आजपासून साधारण अडीच हजार वर्षांपूर्वी होऊन गेलेला एक थोर राजा! ‘कलिंगाचं’ हे युद्ध अशोकाच्या गोष्टीची सुरुवातही नव्हती किंवा शेवटही नव्हता... ते होतं, त्याच्या आयुष्याच्या गोष्टीतलं एक वळण. पण या एकाच वळणाने राजेपणाला एक नवीन झळाळी दिली. म्हणूनच आज अडीच हजार वर्षांनंतरही अशोकाची गोष्ट फक्त भारतातच नव्हे, तर जगभरात सांगितली जाते!
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101 Fairy Tales
Open this book and step into a world of wonder—where stars sing, animals talk, and magic hides in the tiniest places. 101 Fairy Tales is filled with short, sweet stories that sparkle with kindness, courage, and fun. Perfect for bedtime or anytime you want to dream a little bigger.
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101 Bedtime Stories
Curl up tight and let the night unfold – where fairies flit, owls gossip, and trees have stories to tell. 101 Bedtime Stories is a collection of tiny adventures, perfect for sleepyheads who love a bit of wonder before drifting off.
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The Adventures Of Biplob The Bumblebee : Vol 10
Biplob the Bumblebee is an Eco warrior Superhero. Through entertaining short stories, he introduces children to concepts around sustainability, climate change and the environment.
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The Adventures Of Biplob The Bumblebee : Vol 9
Biplob the Bumblebee is an Eco warrior Superhero. Through entertaining short stories, he introduces children to concepts around sustainability, climate change and the environment. Each Biplob the Bumblebee picture book contains 3 short stories, appropriate for 5+ year olds. The Adventures of Biplob the Bumblebee' series is the ideal gift to introduce a child to a beautiful world of nature. These stories help your child foster an understanding of climate change and the problems it's causing.
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A Hill Station’s Vintage Murders and Other Stories
If ever there was a born murderer, he must surely have been William Jones. The thing came so naturally to him. No extreme violence, no messy shootings or hacking or throttling. Just the right amount of poison, administered with skill and discretion.’ What is it about stories of crime that appeals to the human mind? Is it the thrill of solving the mystery before the solution is spelt out, or a morbid fascination with the peculiar circumstances that could push a person into committing the ultimate sin? With its ruminations on human nature and atmospheric prose, A Hill Station’s Vintage Murders and other Stories brings together some of Ruskin Bond’s best crime writing that delves into these questions. Immerse yourself in his vivid descriptions of crime scenes set in a locale most familiar to him—the hills—and explore with him what happens when people get pushed over the edge.
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Monkey Trouble and Other Stories
‘He gave a full-throated roar and moved purposefully through the tall grass. And the roar came back to him, calling him, calling him forward: a roar that meant there would be more tigers in the land!’ In the vast tapestry of the world, where earth and sky converge, a delicate thread binds humans and the wild. Beneath rustling trees, within deep forests, and across endless plains, a story of coexistence unfolds—often unnoticed, yet profound. Monkey Trouble and Other Stories is a collection of Ruskin Bond’s writings that invite the reader to reflect on the responsibility and wonder of being part of this fragile yet resilient planet, where the secrets to life’s greatest mysteries are found in the smallest moments of connection. From the humorous to the terrifying, experience all that can happen when man meets the wild, through the sensitive and vivid prose of the master storyteller.
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Old Times’ Sake
‘All this is pure nostalgia, of course, but why be ashamed of it? Nostalgia is simply an attempt to try and preserve that which was good in the past… The past has served us: why not serve the past in this way?’ There is something about the past that makes us hold on to it as if it were tangible—the innocence of childhood, the joys of a simpler life—or perhaps it’s just the rose-tinted lenses through which we view our memories that make us feel this way. Undeniably, though, there is a magic to a time long gone that one is powerless to resist. Old Times’ Sake is a collection of Ruskin Bond’s writings for the nostalgia nuts, bringing to life the old-world charm of the times we reminisce about with our loved ones. Take a trip down memory lane with stories about love, loss and friendship, told in Ruskin Bond’s inimitable style.
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The Days I Loved You
Was it all a dream? ‘It was impossible to say. But the topaz on my hand glowed softly in the darkness. And a whisper from the forest seemed to say, “It isn’t time that’s passing by, my friend. It is you and I…”’ Our memories of the people we loved, rose-coloured and untainted, always have a special place in some corner of our heart. Every time we think back to the moments we lived with them, we still feel phantom echoes of the feelings we felt then—the intensity of those emotions may have reduced, but never their value. The Days I Loved You is a collection of stories that recount such memories with startling sensory clarity. Let the evocative and sweet prose of the writer on the hill help you rediscover the joys and sorrows of your own lost loves.