A #1 bestseller in India: Three generations of Delhi shopkeepers confront a changing worldHome tells the story of Banwari Lal and his family, merchants in one of the oldest districts of Delhi. An immigrant from Pakistan, Banwari Lal believes in fate, faith, and hard work. He comes to India after the Partition and opens a sari business. His daughter is given away into an arranged marriage, with tragic consequences. His eldest son is determined to marry for l...

In a world of rapidly changing values and traditions, an Indian woman enters into an arranged marriage to a man she barely knows and moves to distant CanadaThirty-year-old Nina is an English teacher living alone in Jangpura, India. With diminishing prospects, she agrees to an arranged union. Her groom is the Indian-born Ananda, who lives in Canada. He once dreamed of becoming a doctor but settled for dentistry. He is lonely, and also in want of a spouse.Their...

MADHUBALA:Madhubala was born as Mumtaz Jehan Begum in Delhi on 14 February 1933. When she entered in film industry as a child artist in 1942, who could ever thought on seeing her that one day she would become one of the most beautiful and versatile actresses of Hindi cinema.Lavishly illustrated with photos of Madhubala, this special book covers in detail the major events in her life, her rise in the film industry from bit player to celebrity and her marriage to Kishore Kuma...

This book is not just a manual, it is a journey of self-discovery. Trusting the process and following the steps outlined in the book will enable you to delve deep into your thoughts and feelings, and ultimately uncover what your ideal life looks like. By embarking on this journey, you will be able to identify your strengths, weaknesses, fears, and aspirations, and develop a plan to achieve your goals. The book is designed to guide you through this process, offering insights and tools to he...

Set against the tumult of the 1947 Partition, Manju Kapur's acclaimed first novel captures a life torn between family, desire, and loveThe one thing I had wanted was not to be like my mother.Virmati is the eldest of eleven children, born to a respectable family in Amritsar. Her world is shaken when she falls in love with a married man. Charismatic Harish is a respected professor and her family's tenant. Virmati takes up with Harish and finds herself ...

An unforgettable novel about what happens when a marriage collapsesShagun is a woman of unassailable social standing, married to a man chosen for her—a rising executive. Her lover is her husband's boss. She asks for a divorce, and all hell breaks loose.Locked in a venomous legal battle for custody of their eight-year-old son and two-year-old daughter, Shagun and Raman begin a journey that will have unforetold consequences. Set against the backdrop of upper-mi...

A woman in an arranged marriage is liberated by a desire that threatens her family and futureAn only child raised to become a dutiful wife, Astha is filled with unnamed longings and untapped potential. In the privacy of her middle-class Indian home, she dreams of the lover who will touch her soul. But her future was mapped out long ago: betrothal to a man with impeccable credentials, with motherhood to follow.At first, Astha's arranged union with handsome, wo...

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You watch someone seemingly stumble into success, into love, into abundance, while you work twice as hard for half the results. You meet people who radiate a frequency of ease and attraction, and you wonder: What do they know that I don't? These aren't just philosophical questions—they're urgent, personal, sometimes agonizing questions.Why is everyone's life so different?Why do opportunities seem to fall into some laps while others struggle for scraps?

When their traditional business - selling saris - is increasingly sidelined by the new fashion for jeans and stitched salwar kameez, the Banwari Lal family must adapt. But instead of branching out, the sons remain apprenticed to the struggling shop and the daughters are confined to the family home. As envy and suspicion grip parents and children alike, the need for escape - whether through illicit love or in the making of pickles or the search for education - becomes ever stronger...

Brace yourself for a seismic shift in economic thinking with "ASEAN UNBOUND" - a ground-breaking manifesto that dares to challenge conventional wisdom and unleash the shockwaves of transformation upon the ASEAN region.Drawing inspiration from China's meteoric rise as the world's manufacturing powerhouse, this audacious book dissects the strategic policies and approaches that propelled the Asian giant's economic dominance. From the pivotal role of state-owned enterprises to robust i...

IMAGENOLOGÍA ABDOMINALEl libro aborda todas las modalidades de diagnóstico: rayos X convencionales, ingestión de bario, ultrasonido, escáner ó TC, resultados de la IRM e imágenes nucleares de una enfermedad abdominal.Útil tanto para estudiantes como par