This is a collection of short stories that deals with women's dilemmas in the Indian social milieu accompanied with unique denouements.While 'Ilaa's Ire' contrasts woman's lot of the day with her eminence in the Vedic Age, '201' Qualms" depicts her predicament, torn between personal loyalty and citizen's responsibility.As "?" addresses woman's marital stress in an alien land, 'Cupid's Clue' is about her acting on rebound in her native place.Even as 'Autumn Love' let...

While Mahabharata's Bhagvad-Gita is taken as a philosophical guide, Ramayana's Sundara Kãnda is sought for spiritual solace; many believe that reading it or hearing it recited would remove all hurdles and usher in good tidings! Miracles apart, it's in the nature of this great epic to inculcate fortitude and generate hope in man for it's a depiction of how Hanuman goes about his errand against all odds.Besides, it portrays how Seetha, on the verge of self-immolation, overcomes despa...

While Mahabharata's Bhagvad-Gita is taken as a philosophical guide, Ramayana's Sundara Kãnda is sought for spiritual solace; many believe that reading it or hearing it recited would remove all hurdles and usher in good tidings!Miracles apart, it's in the nature of this great epic to inculcate fortitude and generate hope in man for it's a depiction of how Hanuman goes about his errand against all odds. Besides, it portrays how Seetha, on the verge of self-immolation, overcomes despa...

This book is mainly about the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and the process for its implementation. This is most often called theNEPA process. The need for this book arises because, although the awareness for faithful implementation of NEPA has now matured, the method of NEPA implementation is not always known, and hence, needs to be clearly laid out for the benefit of project engineers and the decision makers in government and industry. This book aims to do that.

If passing through youth was like crossing the mirage of life for Chandra and Nithya, it proved to be chasing the mirage of love for Sathya and Prema though for plain Vasavi, Chandra's pitiable sibling, it was the end of the road.As life brings Chandra, who suffers from an inferiority complex for his perceived ugliness, and Nithya, who was bogged down being jilted by Vasu, together, they script their fate of fulfillment.And as poetic justice would have it, Sathya, who cause...

Humorous Middles is a fine collection of humorous middles, published in major newspapers and magazines. What is it that makes the middle stand apart? The middle is a short composition, hardly ever more than 600 to 800 words. It draws strength from its in-built humour that skips and romps with the deftness of a mountain goat. It thus turns into a sort of mirror, at times, concave, at times, convex, (never does it remain a plain mirror), and manages to see what lies behind the even contours,...

A compendium of the author's Indian stage and radio plays:"Slighted Souls" is a poignant love story set in rural Telangana, beset with feudal exploitation of the downtrodden dalits. Besides forcing the dalits to toil in the fields as bonded labor without impunity, the land owning doras had no qualms in reducing the womenfolk of this ilk as sex slaves in the gadis."Men at work on Women at work" is a tragic-comic episode depicting the fallout of sexual harassment at the workpla...

An Inquiry into the Nature of RealityThis book did not begin with answers.It began with questions.Questions about space and time, matter and life, consciousness, and the strange coherence that seems to connect them.Over decades of reflection—shaped by systems thinking, science, and philosophical curiosity—those questions gradually formed an inquiry.This book follows that inquiry across scales: from spacetime and quantum fields to symmetry, mass, and th...

This book covers the basic pathology of eye diseases with emphasis on clinicopathological correlation. It assists eye care professionals in integrating pathology and clinical practice as understanding of pathology is an integral part of clinical medicine. The book covers various diseases of the eye including infection, inflammation, tumors of all parts of the eye with appropriate illustrations of pathology microphotograph. It also includes the processing and handling of eye tissues. It cov...

Who could have poisoned Ranjit the realtor, Shakeel the Inspector, Pravar the criminal and Natya his accomplice?Well the needle of suspicion tilted towards Pravar that was till he perished with his mate, but then who was the one?Could it be Radha under the scanner for her role in the death of her husband Madhu and his mistress Mala, Pravar's sister?Or was it Ranjit's spouse Kavya, who owing to Stockholm Syndrome, takes to Pravar her kidnapper.As these deaths...

The proceedings of 6th International Conference on Entrepreneurship Innovation and Leadership (ICEIL 2024) would focus on Intelligent IT Solutions to promote indigenous innovations. The book will be a catalyst for transformative change, inspiring a collective effort towards harnessing the power of technology for sustainable, self-reliant development. This book will be a compilation of latest technological advancements and state of the art research in the emerging technologies like artifici...

This book addresses geotechnical challenges in seismic zones, tunnels, slopes, rock mechanics, while integrating fundamental studies, case analyses, and digital innovations. Papers examine fault reactivation from CO₂ injection, seismic effects on tunnels, and surface rupture modeling, providing tools for hazard prediction and mitigation. Case studies from India and Nepal highlight adaptive construction with monitoring, reinforced supports, and geotechnical zonation in weak Himalayan strata...