"अंग्रेजों ने हिंदुत्व को, राष्ट्रीयत्व को क्षीण करने का षड्यंत्र रचा, जिसे डॉ. बाबा साहब अंबेडकरजी ने समझा और समाज में आई बुराइयों को दूर करने का बीड़ा उठाया। वंचित वर्ग में प्रेरणा जगाकर उसमें ऊपर उठने की ललक जगाई। उसी प्रकार गुजरात के लोकप्रिय मुख्यमंत्री श्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने भी समाज में व्याप्त दु:ख और अभावों को दूर करने का संकल्प लिया। उन्होंने समरस समाज के विचार को प्रतिष्ठित करने का सत्प्रयास किया। समाज के विविध प्रश्नों को देखने का उनका अपना ही दृष्टिकोण है। नरेंद्र मोदी की समाज के प्रति जो संवेदना है, वंचितों के प्रति जो कर्तव्य-भाव है और सामाजिक समरसता के लिए जो प्रतिबद्धता है, वह उनके भाषणों में, उनके लेखों में तथा उनके कार्य में स्पष्ट रूप से दिखाई देती है। किसी भी राज्य के संपूर्ण विकास का मापन राज्य के वंचितों-पीड़ितों के विकास (कष्ट निवारण) के आधार पर होता है। सच्चा सर्वांगीण विकास वही है, जिसमें अंतिम छोर में निवास करने वाले छोटे-से-छोटे आम आदमी तक विकास का फल पहुँचे। श्री नरेंद्र मोदी के शासन का अधिष्ठान ऐसा ही ‘कल्याणकारी राज्य’ रहा है। उनके जीवन-कार्य का केंद्रबिंदु भी समाज के अंतिम पायदान पर खड़ा सामान्य आदमी ही है। यह पुस्तक श्री नरेंद्र मोदी के विचारशील व चिंतनपरक लेखों का संकलन है। इसमें आमजन के प्रति उनके ममत्व भाव, सुख-दु:ख में सहभागिता तथा विचार-चिंतन की श्रेष्ठता, समाज के प्रति संवेदना एवं सामाजिक समरसता के प्रति वचनबद्धता को साक्षात् अनुभव किया जा सकता है। "

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ज्योतिपुंज—नरेंद्र मोदी संसार में उन्हीं मनुष्यों का जन्म धन्य है, जो परोपकार और सेवा के लिए अपने जीवन का कुछ भाग अथवा संपूर्ण जीवन समर्पित कर पाते हैं। विश्व इतिहास का निर्माण करने में ऐसे ही सत्पुरुषों का विशेष योगदान रहा है। संसार के सभी देशों में सेवाभावी लोग हुए हैं; लेकिन भारतवर्ष की अपनी विशेषता रही है, जिसके कारण वह अपने दीर्घकाल के इतिहास को जीवित रख पाया है। किसी ने समय दिया, किसी ने जवानी दी, किसी ने धन और वैभव छोड़ा, किसी ने कारावास की असह्य पीड़ा सही। भारतवर्ष की धरती धन्य है और धन्य हैं वे सत्पुरुष, जिन्होंने राष्ट्रोत्थान को अपना जीवन-धर्म व लक्ष्य बनाया और अनवरत राष्ट्रकार्य में लीन रहे। उन्होंने भारत के गौरवशाली अतीत को जीवंत रखा और सशक्त-समर्थ भारत के स्वप्न को साकार करने के लिए अपने जीवन को होम कर दिया। ‘राष्ट्र सर्वोपरि’ को जीवन का मूलमंत्र माननेवाले ऐसे ही तपस्वी मनीषियों का पुण्य-स्मरण किया है स्वयं राष्ट्रसाधक श्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने इस पुष्पांजलि ज्योतिपुंज में।

લોકતંત્રનું ગળું ઘોંટી દેવા તત્કાલીન વડાપ્રધાન ઇંદિરા ગાંધીએ દેશમાં કટોકટી લાદી હતી. લોકતંત્રની રક્ષા અને કટોકટી સામેની લડતમાં ગુજરાત હંમેશાં મોખરે રહ્યું. આ સંઘર્ષના અગ્રેસર કાર્યશીલોમાંના એક શ્રી નરેન્દ્ર મોદીએ પોતે લોકશાહીની લડત અને તેના અંતિમ વિજયની ગાથા આ પુસ્તકમાં આલેખી છે. કટોકટી કેવી રીતે આવી એ વિશે ઘણું લખાય છે, પરંતુ કટોકટી ગઈ કેવી રીતે એ વિશે ખાસ કંઈ જ લખાયું નથી. આ વિચારમાંથી જ આ પુસ્તકનો જન્મ થયો. કટોકટી પછી ચૂંટણીઓ આવી અને જનતા પક્ષ વિજયી થયો તે નર્યો ચમત્કાર માત્ર હતો? ચૂંટણીઓ દ્વારા થયેલ ક્રાંતિકારી પરિવર્તન એ અચાનક જ આવી મળેલી સફળતા છે એવો પણ એક મત પ્રચલિત થયો છે. પણ વાસ્તવમાં નિશ્ચિત પરિણામો પ્રાપ્ત કરવા ૨૦ માસ સુધી લગાતાર સુનિયોજિત સંઘર્ષ કરવો પડ્યો છે અને તે સંઘર્ષનાં કેટલાં-કેવાં વિવિધ સૂક્ષ્મ, જ્ઞાત-અજ્ઞાત ક્ષેત્રો હતાં તેની પણ એક ભવ્ય ગાથા છે. આઝાદીની પહેલી લડાઈ કરતાં લોકશાહીના રક્ષણ માટેની આ આ બીજી લડાઈનું મૂલ્ય આ રીતે જરાય ઓછું નથી. અને તેમાં ગુજરાત પણ પ્રારંભથી લડતું રહ્યું છે. તેની ગાથા આ પુસ્તકમાં છે

ભારતના યશસ્વી વડાપ્રધાન શ્રી નરેન્દ્ર મોદી એક કુશળ પ્રશાસક, દૂરદર્શી નેતા, સહ્દય કવિ-લેખક તરીકે સમગ્ર દેશમાં ખૂબ લોકપ્રિય છે. લાંબા સમય સુધી ગુજરાતના મુખ્યમંત્રી તરીકે રહેવું એ એમની લોકપ્રિયતાનો સૌથી મોટો પુરાવો છે. પોતાના મુખ્યમંત્રી સમયના કાલખંડમાં તેમણે સર્વાંગીણ વિકાસ માટે અનેક કલ્યાણકારી યોજનાઓ પ્રારંભ કરી. ભારતના વડાપ્રધાન પદે બિરાજમાન થયા પછી શ્રી નરેન્દ્રભાઇ મોદીએ અનેક લોકકલ્યાણકારી નીતિઓ, સર્વસમાવેશક દ્રષ્ટિ અને દ્રઢ નિર્ણય શક્તિના આધારે ભારત વર્ષના સર્વાંગીણ વિકાસમાં નવા કિર્તીમાન પ્રસ્થાપિત કર્યા. તેમના નેતૃત્વમાં ભારત આંતરિક અને બાહ્ય રીતે સુરક્ષિત છે. એક કરિશ્માઇ નેતા તરીકે વિશ્વમાં તેમનો પ્રભાવ અપ્રતિમ છે. પરિણામે ભારત પ્રત્યે વિશ્વનો જોવાનો દ્રષ્ટિકોણ સકારાત્મક બન્યો છે. ભારતના સાંસ્કૃતિક પુનર્જાગરણ અને નૂતન ભારતના નિર્માણના તેઓ શિલ્પકાર છે. ગુજરાતી ઉપરાંત હિન્દી, પંજાબી, બંગાળી, મરાઠી, અંગ્રેજી ભાષાના જાણકાર શ્રી નરેન્દ્રભાઇ મોદીએ અનેક મૌલિક પુસ્તકોનું સર્જન કર્યું છે.

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राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ की स्थापना सन 1925 में डॉ. केशवराव बलिराम हेडगेवार ने की थी, लेकिन इसे वैचारिक आधार द्रितीय सरसंघचालक माधवराव सदाशिवराव गोलवलकर ‘श्रीगुरुजी’ ने प्रदान किया था। संघ-स्थापना के मात्र पंद्रह साल बाद ही डॉ. हेडगेवार ने अपने अवसान से पहले श्रीगुरुजी को संघ का द्रितीय सरसंघचालक नियुक्त कर दिया था। द्रितीय विश्वयुद्ध, भारत छोड़ो आंदोलन, आजाद हिंद फौज और नेताजी का देश की आजादी में योगदान, भारत विभाजन, देश की आजादी, कश्मीर विलय, गांधी हत्या, देश का पहला आम चुनाव, चीन से भारत की हार, पाकिस्तान के साथ 1965 व 1971 की लड़ाई—भारत का इतिहास बदलने और बनाने वाली इन घटनाओं के महत्त्वपूर्ण काल में न केवल श्रीगुरुजी संघ के प्रमुख थे, बल्कि अपनी सक्रियता और विचारधारा से उन्होंने इन सबको प्रभावित भी किया था। श्रीगुरुजी के प्रति एक संघनिष्ठ स्वयंसेवक नरेंद्र मोदी की शब्दांजलि है यह पुस्तक

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.

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"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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A collection of short-stories set in the 20th Century India for the 21st Century kids & a nostalgic walk, for their parents & grandparents. Although this book has been named after the city of Chandausi, it contains stories from various places like Rishikesh, Agra, Champaran, Tilhar, Sambhal, Kanpur, Banaras, Lucknow and many others. These are the short stories of a bygone era-a period when India had either not gained independence or had been independent for not more than 35 years. These are the tales of journeys-taken up from the early 20th century to the end of a millennium, from Shahjahanpur to Delhi, from Bijnor to Hyderabad, from Hathras to Sweden & Norway, from Lakshmi Talkies, Allahabad to Night Watchman, Bangalore, from Panki to USA, from Dehradun to Canada, from Chandausi to Australia and many others. We are sure in all these stories, you will be able to find at least one character, which reminds you of your own self-of what you are, were or always wanted to be. Let us know the character with whom you have been able to relate to the most. Happy reading. “Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration,”-Thomas A. Edison. -Here’s a collection of short stories to inspire the readers.