We all have a budy life and need to calm our mind.This book includes:Practice meditation to learn to calm your mind and shut out concernsLearn to meditate on the move and to escape your stresses at willTry guided meditation if you struggleMake your environment and routine more interestingTake up sports and start entering flowStop letting things distract you – have a morning routineSpend some time away from th...

We all have a budy life and need to calm our mind.This book includes:Practice meditation to learn to calm your mind and shut out concernsLearn to meditate on the move and to escape your stresses at willTry guided meditation if you struggleMake your environment and routine more interestingTake up sports and start entering flowStop letting things distract you – have a morning routineSpend some time away from the phoneLea...

Elements of Sanctity: A Periodic Table of Saints invites readers to contemplate holiness through the hidden architecture of creation. Drawing on the ancient Christian tradition of teaching divine truths through nature, this unique devotional work pairs each chemical element with a saint whose life reflects its properties-humble, radiant, steadfast, reactive, or enduring. From Hydrogen's foundational simplicity in the Blessed Virgin Mary to Gold's nobility in St. Elizabeth of Hungary, scien...

In "Nil Darpan; or, The Indigo Planting Mirror," Dinabandhu Mitra presents a powerful and poignant drama that exposes the exploitative indigo plantation system of colonial India. Through the lens of rural Bengali life, Mitra crafts a vivid narrative that intricately weaves social realism with poetic language, reflecting the struggles of peasant farmers against the oppressive zamindars and British planters. The play's stark portrayal of agrarian despair, combined with its emotive dialogues,...

In "Nil Darpan; or, The Indigo Planting Mirror, A Drama," Dinabandhu Mitra utilizes the powerful medium of drama to illuminate the grim realities faced by indigo farmers in colonial Bengal. Written in the vernacular Bengali, Mitra's work employs a vivid and poignant style that integrates lyrical prose with sharp dialogue, reflecting the social injustices of the time. Contextually situated within the Bengal Renaissance, this play critiques the exploitative indigo plantation system imposed b...

WINNER OF THE KALINGA LITERARY FESTIVAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2020-2021Michael Madhusdan Dutt (1824--1872), a maverick who changed the scope of Bengali poetry in the nineteenth century, especially with his free-verse epic, 'Meghnadhbadh Kabya', was a genius who never got his due. Throughout his life, Madhusudan was caught in an identity crisis: he wrote in the English language, changed his religion and was a restless traveller, yearning to belong somewhere. After an extend...

Nil Darpan; Or, the Indigo Planting Mirror: A Drama is a Bengali play depicting the plight of the farmers in Bengal during the Indigo Revolt of 1859.Written by Dinabandhu Mitra in real-time and published a year later, the drama reflects the realities of Bengali peasantry under the rule of the East India Trading Company. It recounts how the farmers were manipulated into a violent cycle of economic dependence by the indigo planters, the exploitation the peop...