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આંખ આ ધન્ય છે શ્રી નરેન્દ્રભાઈ મોદીનો કાવ્યસંગ્રહ છે, આ સંગ્રહ તેમણે ‘મા સરસ્વતીની સાધનાના ઉત્તમ પુષ્પ સમી મારી માતૃભાષાને...’અર્પણ કર્યો છે. પ્રસ્તાવનામાં શ્રી નરેન્દ્રભાઈ મોદી લખે છે, "હું સાહિત્યકાર કે કવિ નથી. વધુમાં વધુ મારી ઓળખ સરસ્વતીના ઉપાસકની હોઈ શકે. ઘણા લાંબા સમયથી ટપકાવેલુ, ટાંકેલુ, વેરણ છેરણ પડેલું સઘળું સંકલિત થતાં નાનકડા પુસ્તક રૂપે અવતાર પામતો આ સંગ્રહ આપના હાથમાં મૂકું છું’ પુસ્તકના પાને પાને નયનરમ્ય પ્રકૃતિના સૌંદર્યને તેમજ નરેન્દ્ર મોદીની પ્રકૃતિને માણતા કવિતાઓનો રસાસ્વાદ માણવા જેવો છે. કવિતાની સાથે નરેન્દ્ર મોદીએ મૂકેલું એક અવતર: ‘ભારતને પ્રેમ કરે તે મારો પરમાત્મા…’ એ નરેન્દ્ર મોદીના સ્વભાવને અભિવ્યક્ત કરે છે.

Awating description for this book

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भारत की आध्यात्मिकता तथा पश्चिम की विज्ञान और तकनीक—इन दोनों के समन्वय से आनेवाले समय में एक नए भारत का निर्माण होगा, इस दिशा में महान् युगप्रवर्तक स्वामी विवेकानंद ने जोर दिया। ऐसा करना है, तो युवा और आनेवाली पीढ़ी के मानस में परिवर्तन करना होगा। अगर भारत वर्ष का उत्थान करना है तो सबसे पहले भारत के विभिन्न घटकों पर विश्वास आवश्यक है—अपनी धरती पर, अपनी परंपराओं पर, अपनी संस्कृति पर, अपने गौरवशाली अतीत पर। यह एक प्रखर संदेश हमें स्वामीजी से प्राप्त होता है। एक बात उन्होंने हमेशा कही कि एक नया भारत खड़ा हो रहा है। स्वामी विवेकानंद ने युवकों से यह भी अपेक्षा रखी थी—क्या तुम्हें अपने देश से प्रेम है? यदि हाँ, तो आओ, हम लोग उच्चता और उन्नति के मार्ग पर प्रयत्नशील हों। पीछे मुडक़र, मत देखो।

Decades of State and non-State violence in PBI – India’s landlocked North-east have taken a heavy toll on livelihoods, incomes, governance, growth and image, besides lives. Despite vast amounts of money being pumped into the region, basic needs and minimum services are yet to be met in terms of connectivity, health, education and power. What are the possible ways forward as the region stands at a crossroads? These fifteen personal essays provide an insider’s take on wide-ranging issues: from the Brahmaputra and the use of natural resources to peace talks in Nagaland; from the Centre’s failure to repeal the hated Armed Forces Special Powers Act, threats to the environment, corruption in government and extortion by armed groups to New Delhi’s Look East Policy and much more. Yet, as these essays make clear, hope, though distant, is not absent or lost. Restoring governance through people-driven development programmes, peace building through civil society initiatives, assuring the pre-eminence of local communities as evident in Hazarika’s conversations with the legendary Naga leader, Th. Muivah, and simple economic interventions through appropriate technologies — boats and health care, community mobilization and micro-credit — hold promise for solutions to the web of violence, poverty and marginalization. Writing on the Wall is a passionate call to all stakeholders in the North-east to embrace dialogue and use given platforms for peace, to go beyond the politics of tolerance to that of mutual respect. Only such multi-disciplinary, innovative approaches, rooted in realism, can bring stability and sustainable change to the region.

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A Corner of a Foreign Field seamlessly interweaves biography with history, the lives of famous or forgotten cricketers with wider processes of social change. C. K. Nayudu and Sachin Tendulkar naturally figure in this book but so, too, in unexpected ways, do B. R. Ambedkar, Mahatma Gandhi and M. A. Jinnah. The Indian careers of those great British cricketers, Lord Harris and D. R. Jardine, provide a window into the operations of Empire. The remarkable life of India’s first great slow bowler, Palwankar Baloo, provides an arresting new perspective on the struggle against caste discrimination. Later chapters explore the competition between Hindu and Muslim cricketers in colonial India and the destructive passions now provoked when India plays Pakistan. For this new edition, Ramachandra Guha has added a fresh introduction as well as a long new chapter, bringing the story up to date to cover, among other things, the advent of the Indian Premier League and the Indian team’s victory in the World Cup of 2011, these linked to social and economic transformations in contemporary India. A pioneering work, essential for anyone interested in either of those vast themes, cricket and India, a Corner of a Foreign Field is also a beautifully written meditation on the ramifications of sport in society at large.

The life of only those people in the world is purposeful who are able to dedicate a part or whole of their life in others’ good and service. Such great people have made special contribution in constructing the world’s history. In Bharat, in 1925 Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was established to achieve the exalted goals of nation-building and individual-building. The work of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has been progressing continuously. A large number of people have contributed in taking ahead this task. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, a Swayamsevak himself, during his journey for refinement and transformation got an opportunity to come into contact with a number of selfless and devoted people who dedicated every moment of their lives and every particle of their bodies in the service of the Motherland. Reminiscences of some greatest social workers who relentlessly and untiringly burnt their lives to glow the motherland Maa Bharati.

Day one. This has its own history. Are these questions raised due to ignorance of the constitution? If so, then this book opens the windows and doors to a constitution that has been satirically described as a ‘paradise for lawyers’. It creates the possibility for vital air. From the experience of the editors, it can be said that even prominent lawyers are unaware of the constitution because it is extremely complex. How can it become comprehensible? Anyone wishing to address this question will find more than enough material in this book. The complexity of the constitution is another reason why it could not become a beloved text for the ordinary citizen. Just as a citizen believes in their religious book, the constitution should serve as the religious text for the system of governance. Until this occurs, deliberations should continue. Any discussion is only relevant and successful when it addresses the core question: how can the fundamental issue regarding the constitution of India be recognized in discussions? The answer to this is extremely simple. India has its own character, its own culture, and it also has its own distortions. We can only understand our distortions and character under the torchlight of our culture. It is under this light that we must create our present times. Our current constitution defines the religion of our state. How Indian or un-Indian is this constitution, essentially? The process of the formation of this constitution should be scrutinized based on logic, and both its past and present should be examined. This is why this book is titled: Revisiting Our Constitution. This book is a collection of well-researched essays that explore the constitution. Academic efforts have been made in this book to analyze and perceive the constitution from the perspective of ‘Ram Rajya’. A single-government system emerges from the constitution. Ram Rajya has been considered the ultimate ideal of any governance system in India. Mahatma Gandhi also stated that Ram Rajya was the goal of Independent India. On the sesquicentennial year of Gandhi, the noted academic journal Manthan has taken on the responsibility of reviewing the journey of India’s constitution. This effort is not as simple and easy as it might seem. In reality, it is difficult and complex.

It was a court battle between the first Prime Minister of India Jawahar Lal Nehru and Organiser, an English weekly backed by the RSS that led to restrictions on freedom of expression which we are debating today. The RSS had defended the sacred Sikh Shrine ‘Darbar Sahib’ at Amritsar twice when Muslim League led mobs attacked it in 1947. Did you know that one single anti-India and pro-China book ‘India’s China War’ written by Anglo-Australian journalist Neville Maxwell shaped the global narrative against India for more than five decades. It was a Swedish journalist Bertil Lintner who challenged it and turned the tables on Chinese propaganda with his book ‘China’s India War’ but even Indians don’t talk about it. Everyone remembers the 1962 war when India lost to China but there was another war in 1967 on Sikkim border where India took the revenge of 1967 and defeated China. Most of us don’t even know about this great victory! Indians have been made to remember the 1962 defeat and forget the glorious victory of 1967. Many such stories which comprise the forgotten history of India are part of this book. This forgotten history of India has been buried deep down in the dusty archives waiting to be told.

The dimension of Dattopant Thengadi, founder of the largest trade union movement in India, that has been brought out in this volume is his role as an activist parliamentarian through his debates in the Rajya Sabha for two terms from 1964 to 1976. What stands out from the extracts of his speeches in Parliament are his meticulous presentation of facts, highly referenced propositions and dignified response to counter viewpoints. His intense intellectualism and his diverse fields of knowledge are manifest in the range of subjects Thengadi handled, each an area of specialisation for an expert. This volume is a lesson for young and elder parliamentarians of today on how to be an efficient, a competent and an elegant parliamentarian. To those interested in post-independence India’s political evolution, this volume provides a window through Thengadi’s political activism in his two terms in Parliament which spanned some of the most momentous developments in India’s political history after independence.

"In the eyes of those who had lost all hopes in Bihar, Nitish Kumar has acquired the status of a miracle man. After all, how did he work for the revival of the state? Nitish Kumar is not a professional manager, he is a politician. When he took over as the Chief Minister of Bihar in November 2005, he frequently reminded the officials that the performance of the government was at stake in his ministry and not in the bureaucracy. If the government succeeds, then all the credit will be given his ministry. If it fails, his ministry will have to own the responsibility. Bureaucrats would not lose their jobs, but he (the Chief Minister) will have to go. Inspite of all this, Nitish Kumar earned a permanent place in the hearts of the people by working towards solving the issues related to the basic needs of the people and he emerged as the pioneer of social revolution. This process of improvement continues unabated. A readable and collectable saga that introduces you to the untold, inspiring, interesting, and adventurous campaigns of the social revolution of Nitish Kumar."

Rebels Against the Raj tells the story of seven people who chose to struggle for a country other than their own: foreigners to India who across the late 19th to late 20th century arrived to join the freedom movement fighting for independence from British colonial rule. Of the seven, four were British, two American, and one Irish. Four men, three women. Before and after being jailed or deported they did remarkable and pioneering work in a variety of fields: journalism, social reform, education, the emancipation of women, environmentalism. This book narrates their stories, each renegade motivated by idealism and genuine sacrifice; each connected to Gandhi, though some as acolytes where others were often infuriated by his views ; each understanding they would likely face prison sentences for their resistance, and likely live and die in India; each one leaving a profound impact on the region in which they worked, their legacies continuing through the institutions they founded and the generations and individuals they inspired. Through these entwined lives, wonderfully told by one of the world's finest historians, we reach deep insights into relations between India and the West, and India's story as a country searching for its identity and liberty beyond British colonial rule.

It is a story of a boy, Aditya, who struggles hard to achieve his dreams despite many odds. The novel takes the reader through Aditya's early childhood adventures to success in school and college. The college trekking expedition to the Himalayas takes the reader through beautiful, unique experiences of the Himalayas, where Aditya wins his love. It describes ways to understand the world differently and even touches on various social issues prevalent in India, like caste, religion, child abuse, corruption and inflation. The final part talks of the inner voice and mysticism of the universal soul, which is considered a great guiding force for a human being, provided he lowers his defence mechanisms to hear it. It is a philosophical, psychological and motivational story. This book won't let its reader lose the battle of life. It equips them to understand the world better and never get used by anybody. A self-motivating novel will provide energy to its readers to excel and succeed in life, especially those searching for their dream.