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Tragedy King' Dilip Kumar, the man whose work speaks at large about him, pens down his inner self in his autobiography
Title: DILIP KUMAR
The Substance And The Shadow An Autobiography
Author: Dilip Kumar
Publisher: Hay House
Price: 699
'Tragedy King' Dilip Kumar, the man whose work speaks at large about him, pens down his inner self in his autobiography "DILIP KUMAR: The Substance And The Shadow An Autobiography".
The book gives you an authentic and heartfelt account of his life straight from the horse's mouth.
In this unique volume, Dilip Kumar traces his journey so far and for the first time reveals numerous unknown aspects of his life. The book also has a special mention about his love Saira Banu.
Title:The Lives Of Others
Author: Neel Mukherjee
Publisher: Random House India
Price: 599
A novel of rare power and emotional force, 'The Lives of Others', is a book that unfolds a family history and intends to anatomize a social class along all its contradictions. It is the story of a young Bengali boy, Supratik, who tries to re-imagine his place in the world. Supratik does not love a simple life anymore and has now become a part of student unrest, agitation, extremist political activism. In a note to his mother, he expresses his idealistic desire to change his life and the world around him.
'Ma, I feel exhausted with consuming, with taking and grabbing and using. I am so bloated that I feel I cannot breathe any more. I am leaving to find some air, some place where I shall be able to purge myself, push back against the life given me and make my own. I feel I live in a borrowed house. It's time to find my own.Forgive me . . .' Can we escape what is in our blood? How do we imagine our place amongst others in the world? Can that be re-imagined? And at what cost?... are some of the questions the author poses before us.
Title: The Balance Sheet: Tale of Asset and Liabilities
Author: Vishal Thakkar
Publisher: Network 18 Publications Ltd
Price: 499
'Balance Sheet-The Tale of Assets and Liabilities' aims at enhancing your financial knowledge by giving you brief understanding of the basics of finance and financial statements. The author says he does not aim towards creating accountants but his focus is to give a clear understanding of finance. According to the author, our success is largely dependent on the kind of financial decisions we take in life, on both professional and personal front. And this book will help to get your financial basics right and will enable to understand complicated financial jargons in a very simplified manner. Moreover, it will allow you to take financial decisions with more
clarity and sharpness.
Title My Years With Rajiv And Sonia
Author : R D Pradhan, Publisher : Hay House Publisher
Price: 499
'My Years With Rajiv And Sonia' comes from the desk of former home secretary R D Pradhan. In this definitive and enthralling narrative, Pradhan has revealed the unknown facets of two of India's charismatic figures-former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and his wife and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. Besides, he gives a brief account of his political journey with the two leading lights of Indian politics. Moreover, this autobiographical account also talks about memories, anecdotes and important events and prominent political personalities including Pranab Mukherjee, Dr Manmohan Singh, Sharad Pawar, Arjun Singh and Arun Nehru.
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