Oath of the Vayuputras

Oath of the Vayuputras PDF Author: Amish Tripathi
Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books
ISBN: 1681445034
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 565

Book Description
Today, Shiva is a god. But four thousand years ago, he was just a man - until he brought his people to Meluha, a near-perfect empire founded by the great king Lord Ram. There he discovered he was the Neelkanth, a barbarian long prophesied to be Meluha's savior. But in his hour of victory fighting the Chandravanshis - Meluha's enemy - he discovered they had their own prophecy. Now he must fight to uncover the treachery within his inner circle, and unmask those who are about to destroy all that he has fought for. Shiva is about to learn that good and evil are two sides of the same coin...

Connaught Place and the Making of New Delhi

Connaught Place and the Making of New Delhi PDF Author: Swapna Liddle
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789388326025
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 190

Book Description
New Delhi was the grandest planned capital city of the British empire. In its meticulous urban plan it owed as much to earlier imperial traditions of Delhi as it did to Western movements such as the Garden City and City Beautiful. It is interesting to examine the process by which this plan came into being, and the interactions between the people responsible for it. This new city also became the centre of a culture at the cusp of Indian and British Indian society - centering on the shopping precinct of Connaught Place, restaurants, clubs, cinema theatres and other institutions. In the years immediately following independence and partition, came a sudden expansion of the metropolis beyond the limits of New Delhi. This left the original New Delhi as a predominantly administrative centre, with a low density of population, and an oasis of green. Far from being a sterile space however, its many cultural institutions, public spaces and thriving shopping precincts have given it a persisting vibrancy.

Immortal India

Immortal India PDF Author: Amish
Publisher: Westland Publication Limited
ISBN: 9788193432006
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Previously published in newpapers and magazines.

The Secret Of The Nagas (Shiva Trilogy Book 2)

The Secret Of The Nagas (Shiva Trilogy Book 2) PDF Author: Amish Tripathi
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9356290679
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337

Book Description
Today, He is a God. 4000 years ago, He was just a man. The hunt is on. The sinister Naga warrior has killed his friend Brahaspati and now stalks his wife Sati. Shiva, the Tibetan immigrant who is the prophesied destroyer of evil, will not rest till he finds his demonic adversary. His vengeance and the path to evil will lead him to the door of the Nagas, the serpent people. Of that he is certain. The evidence of the malevolent rise of evil is everywhere. A kingdom is dying as it is held to ransom for a miracle drug. A crown prince is murdered. The Vasudevs - Shiva's philosopher guides - betray his unquestioning faith as they take the aid of the dark side. Even the perfect empire Meluha is riddled with a terrible secret in Maika, the city of births. Unknown to Shiva, a master puppeteer is playing a grand game. In a journey that will take him across the length and breadth of ancient India, Shiva searches for the truth in a land of deadly mysteries - only to find that nothing is what it seems. Fierce battles will be fought. Surprising alliances will be forged. Unbelievable secrets will be revealed in this second book of the Shiva Trilogy, the sequel to the #1 national bestseller, The Immortals of Meluha.

1000 KMs to Leadership

1000 KMs to Leadership PDF Author: Mohit Chobey
Publisher: Invincible Publishers
ISBN: 8194548101
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
''1000 Kilometres to leadership is a Lucid metaphor for running, passion for life & its quantum leap transformation''-Times Of India '' Read the book if you really want to achieve breakthrough feats, learning from an uncommon achiever, an Ultramarathoner & Ironman''-Anurag Singh( Film Director: Kesari) The story is pivoted around Mohit Chobey, a corporate leader stumbling upon running as a means to transform his life and career. What started as a journey for testing his endurance evolves into a platform for learning and imbibing skills which help him better himself as a Leader. He is looking at running the “Ultimate Human Race,” the Comrades Marathon, an iconic race between the towns of Durban and Pietermaritzburg, in the hills of South Africa, covering a staggering distance of 89 KM under 12 hours. As he lands in south Africa, he has pangs of doubt about his ability to take on such an onerous challenge with representations from 80 countries. At the 70 km mark of the race, with another 20 kms to go, he falls hard on the road. As he ponders over the forthcoming challenge, he is reminded of a promise. He picks himself up and is scared that his bleeding injury may stop him from finishing the race and he may end up breaking his promise. When self-doubt seeps in and as his mind meanders, will Mohit manage to cast aside the cloak of uncertainty and withstand the hurdles to reach the destination? Or will the promise remain unfulfilled, as he struggles to regain his bearings?

Keepers of the Kalachakra

Keepers of the Kalachakra PDF Author: Ashwin Sanghi
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9356292485
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 374

Book Description
A seemingly random selection of heads of state are struck down like flies by unnamed killers who work with the clinical efficiency of butchers. Except that they leave no trace of their methods. Welcome back to the shadowy and addictive world of Ashwin Sanghi. After The Rozabal Line, Chanakya's Chant, The Krishna Key and The Sialkot Saga, Ashwin Sanghi returns at last with another quietly fearsome tale-this time of men who guard the 'Kalachakra' or The Wheel of Time. Sanghi describes a world of people at war with one another-a boomeranging conflict of faiths that results in acts of such slow and planned human cruelty that they defy human imagination. Caught in the midst of this madness is Vijay Sundaram, a geek scientist who is only dimly aware that the wider sky outside his laboratory is stretched taut and close to being torn apart by forces that he wants simply to have nothing to do with. But events conspire to propel Vijay into the labyrinth of Milesian Labs, a centre of research deep in the forested hills of Uttarakhand. What he stumbles upon is a primordial clue to a galactic secret that could accelerate the downward spiral of humankind. Trapped and wholly unaware of his actual foe, Vijay races against time to save humanity-and himself. Zigzagging from Rama's crossing to Lanka to the birth of Buddhism; from the origin of Wahhabism to the Einsteinian gravitational wave-detectors of LIGO; from the charnel-grounds of naked tantric practitioners to the bespoke suits of the Oval Office; and from the rites of Minerva, shrouded in frankincense, to the smoke-darkened ruins of Nalanda, Keepers of the Kalachakra is a journey that will have you gasping for breath-but one that you cannot abandon till all the pieces of the jigsaw come together. Till you come up gobsmack against an end that you simply did not see coming.

The Shiva Trilogy

The Shiva Trilogy PDF Author: Amish Tripathi
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0857055062
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1529

Book Description
Today, Shiva is a god. But four thousand years ago, he was just a man. 1900 BC: the once-proud Suryavanshi rulers of the Meluha Empire are in dire peril. The empire's primary river, the Saraswati, is slowly drying up. There are devastating terrorist attacks from the east, the land of the Chandravanshis - and to make matters worse, the Chandravanshis appear to have allied with the Nagas, an ostracised race of deformed humans with astonishing martial skills. The only hope for the Suryavanshis is an ancient prophecy: when evil reaches epic proportions and all seems lost, a hero will emerge . . .

The Nine-Chambered Heart

The Nine-Chambered Heart PDF Author: Janice Pariat
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008272557
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133

Book Description
From the winner of the Sahitya Akademi Young Writer Award and the Crossword Book Award for FictionShortlisted for The Hindu Prize for Literature 2015 ‘Explores with sharp beauty the mystery at the centre of loving anyone’ Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure

Legend of Suheldev

Legend of Suheldev PDF Author: Amish
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789387894037
Category : Battles
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A Forgotten Hero. An Unforgettable Battle. India, 1025 AD. Repeated attacks by Mahmud of Ghazni and his barbaric Turkic hordes have weakened India's northern regions. The invaders lay waste to vast swathes of the subcontinent--plundering, killing, raping, pillaging. Many of the old Indian kingdoms, tired and divided, fall to them. Those who do fight, battle with old codes of chivalry, and are unable to stop the savage Turkic army which repeatedly breaks all rules to win. Then the Turks raid and destroy one of the holiest temples in the land: the magnificent Lord Shiva temple at Somnath. At this most desperate of times, a warrior rises to defend the nation. King Suheldev. The ruler of a small kingdom, he sees what must be done for his motherland, and is willing to sacrifice his all for it. A fierce rebel. A charismatic leader. An inclusive patriot. Read this blockbuster epic adventure of courage and heroism, a fictional tale based on true events, that recounts the story of that lionhearted warrior and the magnificent Battle of Bahraich. --Back cover.

The Immortals of Meluha

The Immortals of Meluha PDF Author: Amish Tripathi
Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books
ISBN: 1623651441
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370

Book Description
Amish Tripathi devoted years to the research of Hindu mythological stories and history, and discussions with his family about the destiny of the human body, mind and soul to create this sweeping and fascinating adaptation of ancient Hindu mythology for modern fantasy readers. 1900 BC in what modern Indians call the Indus Valley Civilization and the inhabitants called the land of Meluha: a near-perfect empire created many centuries earlier by Lord Ram--one of the greatest monarchs that ever lived--faces peril as its primary river, the Saraswati, is slowly drying to exctinction. The Suryavanshi rulers are challenged with devastating terrorist attacks from the east, the land of the Chandravanshis. To make matters worse, the Chandravanshis appear to have allied with the Nagas, an ostracized and sinister race of deformed humans with astonishing martial skills. The only hope for the Suryavanshis is an ancient legend: When evil reaches epic proportions, when all seems lost, a hero will emerge. Is the unexpected, rough-hewn Tibetan immigrant Shiva that hero? Drawn suddenly to his destiny, duty, and by love, Shiva will attempt to move mountains and lead the Suryavanshi to destroy evil.