A Taste of Life: The Last Days of U.G. Krishnamurti By Mahesh Bhatt
Rs 360
U.G. Krishnamurti famously described enlightenment as a neurobiological state of being with no religious, psychological or mystical implications. U.G. spent his life destroying accepted beliefs in science, god, mind, soul, religion, love and relationships, all the props man uses to live life. A bare, intensely personal account of bedside vigil with the dying, A Taste of Life records the final days that well known film-maker Mahesh Bhatt spent with him. It narrates how, in death, U.G. shows the author and us a way to live life.
Battle Hymn of the Tiger MotherBy Amy Chu
Rs 560
What Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother reveals is that the Chinese just have a totally different idea of how to do that. Western parents try to respect their children’s individuality, encouraging them to pursue their true passions. The Chinese believe that the best way to protect your children is by preparing them for the future and arming them with skills and inner confidence. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother chronicles Chua’s iron-willed decision to raise her daughters, Sophia and Lulu, her way-the Chinese way-and the remarkable results her choice inspires.
Windows into a Revolution: Ethnographies of Maoism in India and NepalBy Alpa Shah, Judith Pettigrew
Rs 1112
The book offers glimpses into the spread of Maoism in India and Nepal by tracing some of its effects on the lives of ordinary people living amidst the revolutions. Weaving through the nostalgic reflections of former Bengali Naxalites, the resurgence of ancestral conflicts in the spread of the Maoists in the remote hill of western Nepal; to the complexities of the interrelationship between non-aligned civilians and insurgents in central Nepal, the book offers a series of windows into different stages of mobilization and transformation.
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