நகரவாழ் மத்தியத் தர வர்க்கம் என்பது படைப்புக்கான தலைக்காவிரி. தொடும் இடங்கள் எல்லாம் பாத்திரங்களும் காட்சிகளும் நிறைந்தவை. வலிகளுக்கும் மகிழ்ச்சிகளுக்கும் குறைவில்லை. எதிர்பார்ப்புகளுக்கும் நிராசைகளுக்கும் பஞ்சமில்லை. ஒவ்வொரு தலைமுறை எழுத்தாளர்களும் இந்தக் காவிரியில் இருந்து சிறுக சிறுக முகர்ந்து வழங்கியிருக்கிறார்கள். எழுத்தாளர்கள் இந்திரா பார்த்தசாரதி, ஆதவன், சுப்பிரமணிய ராஜூ வழிவந்தவரான ஆர்.வெங்கடேஷும் அதே முயற்சியையே இந்தப் புத்தகத்தில் செய்துள்ளார். நேரடி சம்பவங்களோடு, மனவோட்டம் சார்ந...

வெங்கடேஷ் ராமகிருஷ்ணனின் எழுத்தில், சென்னையின் முக்கியமான கட்டடங்கள் மூலம் அதன் வரலாற்றை சுவையாகப் பதிவு செய்கிறது. வள்ளுவர் கோட்டம், ஐஸ் ஹவுஸ், ரிப்பன் மாளிகை, கபாலீஸ்வரர் கோவில் போன்ற கட்டிடங்கள் நகரின் பண்பாட்டு மற்றும் வரலாற்று முக்கியத்துவத்தை வெளிப்படுத்துகின்றன. மரபு, வரலாறு, பண்பாடு, திரைப்படம், இசை, அரசியல், கட்டடவியல், இலக்கியம் உள்ளிட்ட துறைகளில் ஆர்வமுள்ளவர்களுக்கு மிகுந்த பயனளிக்கும் இந்நூல் கதை ஓசையில் கேளுங்கள்!!

Sudhir Venkatesh the young sociologist who became famous in Freakonomics (Why do drug dealers still live with their moms?) describes his time living with the gangs on the Southside of Chicago and answers another question: what's it like to live in hell?In the Robert Taylor Homes projects on Chicago's South Side, Sudhir befriends J.T., a gang leader for the Black Kings. As he slowly gains J.T.'s trust, one day, in order to convince Sudhir of his own CEO-like qualities, J.T....

The president of Egypt is helpless. The curse of the pyramid had struck again. The excavation of treasure had come to a standstill. Dr. Upen, an eminent scientist from India, offers help, relying on his research on black roses. There is only one way to revive the ten scientists from coma, the Lilbido. Mysteriously, the lone bottle of Lilbido is stealthily carted away by impostors. A thrilling mythical mystery revolves around Kalyan, who embarks on a quest in search of his grandfather who is s...

The story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside captured the world's attention when it was first described in Freakonomics. Gang Leader for a Day is the fascinating full story of how Sudhir Venkatesh managed to gain entrée into the gang, what he learned, and how his method revolutionized the academic establishment.When Venkatesh walked into an abandoned building in one of Chicago's most notorious housing projects, he was...

God Incarnated as ChidambaraBy: Commander B.R. VenkateshChidambara is not a name that many in the West will find familiar. Even among the followers of the modern Hindu religion he is largely unknown, but Chidambara’s legacy is one that is worth learning and remembering, for Hindu and non-Hindu alike. During his time on earth, Chidambara proved time and time again that he was more than a man. He was a deity incarnate, and his power knew no bounds.For the first time, t...

After his insider's study of Chicago crack gangs electrified the academy, Columbia University sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh spent a decade immersed in New York's underbelly, observing the call girls, drug dealers, prostitutes and other strivers that make up this booming underground economy. Amidst the trust-funder cocktail parties, midtown strip clubs, and immigrant-run sex shops, he discovers a surprisingly fluid and dynamic social world - one that can be found in global cities everywhere ...

The revolution of Earth is continuous and so is the passage of time. It is this motion that leads to cycles of change. Time can pause but time periods cannot. Manchaha, a Vigyan Aakrami (Scientific Warrior) in the court of His Highness Mal Malecha was sent to space and outlived his stay period in space. As a result, he escaped the cycle of life and returned back after 1000 years to a modern world that galloped on high end technologies and created a breed of psychological hostages. His asso...

The acclaimed Columbia University sociologist and author of Gang Leader for a Day returns to the streets to connect the dots of New York’s divergent economic worlds and crack the code of the city’s underground economy. Based on Venkatesh’s interviews with prostitutes and socialites, immigrants and academics, high-end drug bosses and street-level dealers, Floating City exposes the underground as the city’s true engine of social transformation and economic prosperity—reveal...

A New York Times bestselling author’s gripping account of a Chicago community coming together to save a group of teenagers from gun violence.In the tradition of works like Random Family and Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Sudhir Venkatesh’s The Tomorrow Game is a deeply reported chronicle of families surviving in a Southside Chicago community.At the heart of the story are two teenagers: Marshall Mariot, an introverted vide...

This book is for people who constantly think, "What will others say?"The ones who adjust their choices, hold back their thoughts, and change their direction just to avoid judgment.From the way you dress to the career you choose—at some point, other people's opinions started controlling your life.But here's the truth.They don't live your life.They don't carry your struggles.They don't face your consequences.They talk for...

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