This book outlines the grueling experiences I went through as I decided to build a house and retire in the country I grew up in: India.I had hired servants to look after my house while I was in Canada, and soon they made their intentions to steal my house clear. With the corrupt police and lawyers on their side -- and them willing to stoop even to the level of physically attacking me or hiring goons to murder me -- I was put through a torturous, multi-year ordeal that deeply impact...

This textbook presents a rigorous approach to multivariable calculus in the context of model building and optimization problems. This comprehensive overview is based on lectures given at five SERC Schools from 2008 to 2012 and covers a broad range of topics that will enable readers to understand and create deterministic and nondeterministic models. Researchers, advanced undergraduate, and graduate students in mathematics, statistics, physics, engineering, and biological sciences will find ...

This book focuses on Erdélyi–Kober fractional calculus from a statistical perspective inspired by solar neutrino physics. Results of diffusion entropy analysis and standard deviation analysis of data from the Super-Kamiokande solar neutrino experiment lead to the development of anomalous diffusion and reaction in terms of fractional calculus. The new statistical perspective of Erdélyi–Kober fractional operators outlined in this book will have fundamental applications in the theory of anoma...

TheH-function or popularly known in the literature as Fox’sH-function has recently found applications in a large variety of problems connected with reaction, diffusion, reaction–diffusion, engineering and communication, fractional differ- tial and integral equations, many areas of theoretical physics, statistical distribution theory, etc. One of the standard books and most cited book on the topic is the 1978 book of Mathai and Saxena. Since then, the subject has grown a lot, mainly in the ...

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An enthralling historical novel based on the little-known female warrior in nineteenth century India who led a revolt against the British.Here is the long-forgotten story of Begum Hazrat Mahal, queen of Awadh and the soul of the Indian revolt against the British, brought to vivid life by the author of Regards from the Dead Princess, a major bestseller in her native France.Begum was an orphan and a poetess who captured the attentions of King Wajid Ali...

The Shiva Purana is the fifth book in an eighteen-part series on the sacred Hindu texts known collectively as the Puranas. Translated with great rigor and precision, Bibek Debroy recounts the tales of creation and the many myths that surround Lord Shiva in twenty-four thousand shlokas and an introduction that simplifies the myth and history of the Puranas. Brimming with insight and clarity, this translation presents readers with an opportunity to truly understand classica...

This is a book far removed from the clichs of the Raj. Set mainly in south India, it is the story of a middle aged academic caught up in a scandal that threatens to overwhelm his career & family. It deals with the many aspects of love and introduces a range of diverse characters. There is humour, wisdom and sadness and an insight into the politics of academia.

“Yes, I have now stepped on all six habitable continents, and this trip tagged number six.”She looked at me perplexed, “You don’t look old enough to have accomplished that.”In Suma Mathai’s maiden travel memoir, you will get a unique perspective of how a childhood dream to see the world becomes a reality. Through an enterprising and adventurous spirit, she is able to live life to the fullest. Wanderlust Adventures of the Girl Who Could highlights how the jo...

“As the title suggests, Spiritual Vitamins could be a powerful daily devotional tool to enrich the spiritual life of a person, especially in cementing one’s personal relationship with Jesus. Spiritual Vitamins offers insightful meditational reflections both personal as well as collected from well-known spiritual people to give our lives the rhythm we need to enhance our faith. Just as vitamins are needed for us to stay physically healthy, spiritual vitamins are needed to stay spiritually h...

"Yes, I have now stepped on all six habitable continents, and this trip tagged number six."She looked at me perplexed, "You don't look old enough to have accomplished that."In Suma Mathai's maiden travel memoir, you will get a unique perspective of how a childhood dream to see the world becomes a reality. Through an enterprising and adventurous spirit, she is able to live life to the fullest. Wanderlust Adventures of the Girl Who Could highlights ...

China’s trade patterns are evolving. While it started in light manufacturing and the assembly of more sophisticated products as part of global supply chains, China is now moving up the value chain, “onshoring” the production of higher-value-added upstream products and moving into more sophisticated downstream products as well. At the same time, with its wages rising, it has started to exit some lower-end, more labor-intensive sectors. These changes are taking place in the broader context of C...