Verlag: PALIMPSEST PUBLISHING HOUSE, 2017
ISBN 10: 9382622195 ISBN 13: 9789382622192
Anbieter: medimops, Berlin, Deutschland
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Verlag: Palimpsest Publishing House, 2012
ISBN 10: 8192226603 ISBN 13: 9788192226606
Anbieter: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, Indien
Hardcover. Zustand: New. Dust Jacket Included. One war often merges into another One lonely journey subsumes the anger of a million footsteps When Safia Begum walked out of the New Eskaton mansion in the middle of the night with her young son to protest her husbands second marriage she had no idea the war in her inner courtyard would one day merge with her lands bloody battle for freedom Anisul Hoques Freedoms Mother traces the invisible link between a gutsy womans rebellion and a peoples fight for independence Long before womens rights became a fashionable term Safia Begum protected her dignity as a wife and turned her back on the security of a lavish home It was only natural that the rough and raw of war would enter her distressed household Her only child joined the guerrilla campaign and she did not hold him back Her home doubled up as a guerilla base After Azad was captured by the army Safia Begum met him in the lockup Baba I hope you have not given away your friends in the face of torture she told him blowing away the last chance to save himIn the backdrop of the 1971 Bangladesh war Freedoms Mother is an epic tale of a frail womans heroism that captures the pulse of an extraordinary time jacket 350 pp.
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Verlag: Palimpsest Publishing House, 2020
ISBN 10: 9382622349 ISBN 13: 9789382622345
Anbieter: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, Indien
Soft cover. Zustand: New. No one surveying literature in English of the 21 st century could ignore this selection. Not since Rudyard Kipling has here been such a collection of stories about India (and its neighbours) of such quality and insight.This selection of twenty-five sparkling stories bookmarks both the unity and the diversity of this part of the world . The range and sweep of this short fiction anthology memorably documents the dilemmas, the hopes and hurts, the teeming narratives of South Asia.
Verlag: Palimpsest Publishing House, 2018
ISBN 10: 9382622284 ISBN 13: 9789382622284
Anbieter: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, Indien
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Soft cover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. Vivek Chaudhary has graphically captured the dramatic revival of kabaddi from a rural sport languishing in obscurity to a help urban game being played in air-conditioned indoor stadiums with the Bollywood stars and leading business magnates in the audience. Going by the auction figures, kabaddi has created the highest number of crorepatis after cricket. The robust earthy sport whose origin is traced to a mythical past, was an important part of India's nationalist movement. This is a fascinating story competently told by Chaudhary with his long experience of reporting sport from many parts of the world. A real page-turner.
Verlag: Palimpsest Publishing House, 2020
ISBN 10: 9382622330 ISBN 13: 9789382622338
Anbieter: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, Indien
Soft cover. Zustand: New. Policymaking specially for the social sector in distressed lands, as I know from my own experience, is never easy. The author has done a commendable job in putting together her experiences in some of the most impoverished lands in Asia and Africa where she worked as a UN official. The book makes fascinating reading. It is all the more relevant today as the poor are still forced to suffer for want of any kind of social protection. Yashwant Sinha Former Foreign Minister of India.
Verlag: Palimpsest Publishing House, 2022
ISBN 10: 9382622365 ISBN 13: 9789382622369
Anbieter: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, Indien
Soft cover. Zustand: New. In 2016, Monk, world's top assassin, is given a contract to carry out five hits in India a south Indian mega-star, a Godman, a budding politician and a businessman- followed by the Prime Target. He succeeds in two, true to his reputation, making them appear as accidents. And he is on to his third, the young Leader of Opposition As the US and Israel agencies share the intel with India's PM Purshottam Mehta, NSA Garbhyal forms a task force under Arun Arora and his RAW sentinels who use real-time intel flow to race against a ticking clock and an adversary like never before, while the face of the kingpin unravels much deeper, much uglier and doubtless lethal. The RAW mavericks, supervised by the NSA, use every trick in the book and all the jugaad outside it to turn the hunter into the hunted, spinning the diabolical conspiracy on its head as they re-define retribution, as PM Mehta allows the ultimate justice to be delivered. This political thriller leaves the reader wondering how much is fiction and what is pulled out of government archives.
Verlag: Palimpsest Publishing House, 2019
ISBN 10: 9382622306 ISBN 13: 9789382622307
Anbieter: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, Indien
Soft cover. Zustand: As New. The Buddha And The Borders Along the eastern Himalayas, the long borders have often flared up in hostility. But in the mountainous terrain has also flourished Buddhism with its message of peace and accommodation. The colourful Buddhist culture now draws tourists to these inaccessible places. A journey through Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim, Kalimpong, Shillong and Tawang, exposes you to the army posts where soldiers from either side stand guard holding their guns at each other, and also to the ochre-clad lamas with the rosary in hand and prayer in the heart. This contrast leads to the enduring enigma of the region. With meticulous research and extensive fieldwork over the years, senior journalist Nirmalya Banerjee has reconstructed the endearing narrative of the eastern Himalayas. Heading the Times of India bureau in Guwahati for years, he accessed archival material at many monasteries in this region, visited remote Buddhist centres of learning and interviewed a large number of Tibetan refugees to put together an engrossing account in The Buddha and the Borders. Undoubtedly this is the first book of its kind combining shades of Buddhist culture, geopolitics and India's security concerns. This is an indispensable book for every library, research institute, government department and think tank. Written in the genre of narrative history and with a distinct flavour of travelogue, this book reads like fiction and an ideal companion for a long flight. Colour photographs on art paper have added value to the book.
Verlag: Palimpsest Publishing House, 2021
ISBN 10: 9382622357 ISBN 13: 9789382622352
Anbieter: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, Indien
Soft cover. Zustand: New. One day, life takes a turn. and the familiar becomes an indelible memory. A Malayali leaves his land of Golden Shower trees and tries to find out what lies beyond. The official state flower of Kerala, its vibrant petals remind him of his home and the bonds he had forged. The characters' resilience makes them akin to this tree's sturdiness to withstand varying temperatures. The commonality in each of the characters is that they all wait somewhere. to see a luminous shower of happiness they yearn for. This anthology of thirteen short stories portray life's ephemerality like the nature of this tree to shed its flowers and leaves.
Verlag: Palimpsest Publishing House, 2019
ISBN 10: 9382622268 ISBN 13: 9789382622260
Anbieter: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, Indien
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Soft cover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. Selina Hossain's Charcoal Portrait is a breathtaking novel about a war child's search for his biological mother 25 years after a German couple adopted him in the wake of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Enriched with many subtexts - the tribal tea-garden workers' dream of going back to their ancestral land, the history of tea in the Indian subcontinent, the 1971 War - this novel is an engrossing read. Charcoal Portrait is the English translation of her Bengali novel, Kathkoylar Chhobi.
Verlag: Palimpsest Publishing House, 2018
ISBN 10: 938262225X ISBN 13: 9789382622253
Anbieter: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, Indien
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Soft cover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. Former BBC sports editor Mihir Bose's Game Changer is a gripping account of the craze, politics and business around the English Premier League, and also about India's missed opportunity to emerge as a major foot balling side in the world. The award-winning sports writer who has worked for the leading British newspapers, has gone deep into the issues facing English football street violence, corruption, racism and so on. Former England football manager Roy Hodgson says, 'Mihir is one of Britain's most respected sports journalists. In particular, his writing about football is insightful and knowledgeable' Game Changer is a must-read for every football lover and student of politics surrounding sports. First published in the UK, this is a special Indian edition.
Verlag: Palimpsest Publishing House, 2014
ISBN 10: 9382622039 ISBN 13: 9789382622031
Anbieter: dsmbooks, Liverpool, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Like New. Like New. book.
Verlag: Palimpsest Publishing House, 2013
ISBN 10: 8192226670 ISBN 13: 9788192226675
Anbieter: Mispah books, Redhill, SURRE, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Like New. book.
Verlag: Palimpsest Publishing House, 2012
ISBN 10: 819222662X ISBN 13: 9788192226620
Anbieter: dsmbooks, Liverpool, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Like New. book.
Verlag: Palimpsest Publishing House, 2013
ISBN 10: 8192226689 ISBN 13: 9788192226682
Anbieter: dsmbooks, Liverpool, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Like New. book.
Verlag: Palimpsest Publishing House, 2013
ISBN 10: 8192226654 ISBN 13: 9788192226651
Anbieter: dsmbooks, Liverpool, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Like New. book.
Verlag: Palimpsest Publishing House, 2013
ISBN 10: 8192226662 ISBN 13: 9788192226668
Anbieter: dsmbooks, Liverpool, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Like New. Like New. book.
Verlag: Palimpsest Publishing House, 2012
ISBN 10: 8192226638 ISBN 13: 9788192226637
Anbieter: dsmbooks, Liverpool, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Like New. Like New. book.
Verlag: Palimpsest Publishing House, 2019
ISBN 10: 9382622276 ISBN 13: 9789382622277
Anbieter: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, Indien
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Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. The Journey of a Wise Man A multifaceted personality, Dr Laxmi Mall Singhvi strode across India's cultural scene in the post-Independence era with a reassurance few of his contemporaries possessed. Starting his journey from Jodhpur in Thar Desert, the young man of destiny went on to establish himself as a legal luminary, leaving his deep impress on the field of jurisprudence. He entered the portals of Parliament by winning a Lok Sabha election as an Independent on a shoestring budget. A cultural personality who understood much ahead of others the seminal importance of the interfaith movement, he worked towards achieving a synthesis of diverse spiritual strands. However, Dr Singhvi's greatest contribution was in the field of diplomacy. Perhaps the most successful Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom so far, bilateral relations between the two countries saw a new upswing during his tenure. Famously called the VIBGYOR man of India, the wise man from Jodhpur was a renaissance figure who conversed with many shades of politics while rising above.