What should one do when the Universe is conspiring against you?That’s what twelve-year-old Uma Kapoor would like to know, thank you very much. Her friends are getting ahead of her, her crush thinks she’s embarrassing and her own body is betraying her. Meanwhile, her Type A mom, who could once re-organize the spice cabinet while juggling several clients, is now a walking disaster.And her dad?He’s become a shadow, trying to keep the peace. Then, the house catches fire...

Dyes From Discard: Upcycling Tea Waste For Sustainable Fabric Dying promotes circular resource use in the textile industry by exploring sustainable textile colouration through the innovative use of tea waste. While natural dyes currently account for only 5% of the global market due to challenges like cost, availability, and reproducibility, this work demonstrates how these limitations have inspired impactful research and practical solutions. The book begins by reviewing synthetic dyes, the...

Dyes From Discard: Upcycling Tea Waste For Sustainable Fabric Dying promotes circular resource use in the textile industry by exploring sustainable textile colouration through the innovative use of tea waste. While natural dyes currently account for only 5% of the global market due to challenges like cost, availability, and reproducibility, this work demonstrates how these limitations have inspired impactful research and practical solutions.The book begins by reviewing synthetic dy...

Fabulous Fables from IndiaThe most annoying ant who heckled animals far bigger than himself...A quick-thinking wife who cleverly got rid of unwanted guests...A great architect who invented and constructed something to save himself and his family...Step right into this fascinating collection of fables from different parts of India that is sure to make you chuckle!Adapted from the original Amar Chitra Katha comics.***...

‘Remember that the greatest crime is to compromise with injustice and wrong...’A reserved boy who felt out of place on the sports field, Subhas Chandra Bose grew to be a fearless and inspiring leader on the battlefield of India’s struggle for freedom. Often standing in opposition to Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and other Indian National Congress front runners, Bose was at the vanguard of the ‘other’ revolutionary struggle for independence from British ru...

The foolish frog king, whose blind love for his son led to the demise of his entire kingdom...Selfish Papabuddhi, who lost his reputation and a loyal friend over his greed for easy money...Dantila, who was taught a lesson in equality by a clever sweeper called Goramba...Immerse yourself in these and many more amusing yet instructive stories from the beloved Panchatantra collection.Adapted from the original AMAR CHITRA KATHA comics!

This collection of essays aims to analyse the uncanny as a concept developed in the field of the arts, from a variety of perspectives axed in the literary field, in the media context, and in film studies, with references to contemporary thought. The book aims to provide readers with a methodological updating on this psychoanalytic concept, starting from its basic rethinking, under the light of the different cultural backgrounds of the authors whose essays are collected.The book’s s...

Krishna the only child of his parents is ignored by his father because he seems slow-witted. The entire village also pities the boy who learns to live in shadows. Then Krishna's father brings home a batch of ducks and Krishna blooms. He has new friends and new responsibilities. Everyone starts to notice the change in Krishna. Everyone except one person.

"...you realise that all along there was something tremendous within you, and you did not know it." Perhaps one of the ways to describe Paramahansa Yogananda is that he was an Indian monk who gifted Kriya Yoga to the world. There are other great things about him: that he was among the first monks to settle in the US, that he was among the first yogis who were sent by his guru Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, to spread the teaching of yoga to the west, that he strove hard to balance between Wester...

"Truth is a pathless land. Truth, being limitless cannot be organised, nor should any organisation be formed to lead people along any particular path. If you first understand that, then you will see how impossible it is to organise a belief. I have now decided to disband - The Order of the Star, as I happen to be its head. You can form other organisations and expect someone else. With that, I am not concerned, nor with creating new cages, new decorations for those cages. My only concern is...

"Life on this planet, every single living being is leading towards happiness. Happiness for themselves, for their loved ones and for everything around them. But the most interesting thing about happiness is when a member of your family is unhappy. If a family member is unhappy the neighbourhood is unhappy. If the neighbourhood is unhappy, the city, the state, the country is unhappy and the chain goes on. So, how is it possible for an individual to be happy?" The person saying these simple ...

"Ultimately, life is neither suffering nor bliss, it is what you make out of it." Sadhguru sets us free with this empowering thought. He says all human experiences are generated from within and if we learn to live consciously we can define and mould our lives towards happiness. And he has been teaching exactly that, conscious living to the world with Yoga, as a contemporary science. Therefore his teachings of human wellbeing comes with a dash of modern scientific explanation in a very insi...