The book is a sequel to author’s earlier book on Switzerland, Glimpses of Medieval Switzerland. It breaks new ground by examining how medieval Switzerland has changed into today’s tolerant country in accepting tourists from different cultures despite growing anti-immigrant attitudes, welcoming Indian mystics as well as film producers and directors (even honouring them!) and adopting such practices as Indian Ayurvedic treatments and promoting Japanese tea ceremonies. The book focuses on the...

The art of successful negotiations over protracted conflicts presupposes a political commitment to peace and a willingness to compromise, which are sorely lacking in the current disorderly world. Part of the blame for this lies in weak and ineffective national and global leadership. This book’s sharp focus on the role of leadership at different levels—national government, rebel and Western/regional government mediators—as well as that of the UN and non-governmental players in settling intr...

This book traces the evolution of Covid across different geographic regions, showing how the varying responses of leaders, citizens and other key stakeholders in efforts to tackle the Covid crisis determined outcomes. It finds that leadership, in particular, played a critical role, while initial conditions, such as health-care spending and infrastructure are important factors contributing to a country’s preparedness in coping with a pandemic.

The book explores the macroeconomic and sectoral employment implications (in agriculture, industry and services) of China's World Trade Organisation accession. It argues that while short-run employment losses may occur, in the longer term China will be able to generate additional employment particularly in the tertiary sectors; and that it can maintain its comparative advantage in labour-intensive exports by relocating production from high-cost coastal areas to the hinterland with abundant...

This book, a second edition, includes new data from the 2010 Census of India and NSS reports on consumer expenditure (2011-12), health and education (2014) to examine poverty in China and India, and how it connects with minorities. Poverty has generally become less acute in both China and India, thanks to an impressively rapid growth especially between 2010 and 2015 when the rest of the world including the US and the EU slowed down following the economic recession of 2008. But the issues o...

Wisdom in Psychiatry is written for anyone who has been touched by emotional suffering-or distress- those who struggle themselves, those who love someone who does, and those who care for others professionally. Rather than reducing distress to labels or diagnoses, the book seeks to deepen understanding of the inner life behind symptoms. Its aim is to lessen fear, challenge misconception, and restore a more humane way of seeing emotional illness. Written for both clinicians and general reade...

Before the Birth of Hope and Despair: On Life, Death, and Heritage is a philosophical memoir by Ravinder Nath Bhalla, MD, a retired adult, adolescent, and child psychiatrist who practiced for forty years.The book moves in three movements. The First Witness documents what it looks like when systems designed to sustain life fail to address the lives inside them: a severely autistic son who arrived before the architecture of hope and despair; a ninety-seven-year-old woman who has aske...

A book to guide you in the most rewarding directions!Typically, the journey to becoming a master salesperson is long and painful, full of trial and error, requiring perseverance and constant self-motivation. But it doesn’t have to be that way! While pundits may describe sales as an art form, the truth is that like science it is based on core principles and practices. In order to get better at sales, a salesperson need only improve on these individual building blocks. In the Science of Sales...

Rani Laxmibai: The Fearless Queen of JhansiIn the heart of India, Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi stood as a symbol of courage and resilience. She fought not just for her throne but for the freedom of her country.After the death of her husband, Maharaja Gangadhar Rao, she ruled Jhansi with wisdom and determination. During the 1857 Indian Rebellion, when the British tried to annex J...

What is best for my child?It is the question asked at the wrong moment — in parking lots, at the end of school meetings, half-joking and fully desperate. Ravinder Nath Bhalla, MD has been asked it hundreds of times over forty years of clinical practice. This book is his answer.The Abundance Life is a guide to every stage of human development, from birth to death. Not a manual. Not a checklist. A compass for the grey between normal and worrying, between enough and not enough — the territory...

Give me blood and I’ll give you freedom’, declared Subhash Chandra Bose. This was exactly what he believed in. The moderate ways of the Congress were not for him. Therefore, he formed the Azad Hind Fauj to overthrow the British. Burning with patriotic zeal, he tried his best to oust the British from his motherland. He was respectfully addressed as ‘Netaji’ and he dedicated his entire life for the freedom of his country.The annals of history have not done justice to this great patriot. It i...

Embark on a transformative journey through the trials and triumphs of your thirties with "The Thirties' Reboot" a profound and empowering guide to navigating this pivotal decade of life.In this deeply personal and insightful book, Abhinav Bhalla shares hardwon wisdom and practical strategies for embracing the challenges and opportunities of your thirties. Drawing upon his own experiences and the timeless teachings of spiritual luminaries, Abhinav offers a fresh perspective on the u...