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September 2013

Doraemon comes calling…

Combining education with entertainment, BPI India Pvt Ltd, is all set to offer a series of magic and mischief games and a range of stationery – all related to the favourite cartoon character Doraemon. The new media of communication and…

Continuing legacy of MLBD

A bookstore with more than a century of inheritance is Motilal Banarsidass a.k.a. MLBD. The timeless legacy of this bookstore located at Bunglow Road near Delhi University in Delhi is still alive and kicking in its age-old tradition of…

Delhi Book Store ventures into publishing

With over 2,00,000 titles housed in a multi-storied building on the busy Ansari Road in Daryaganj, Delhi Book Store is a name to reckon with. More recently, they have been in news for foraying into educational publishing. Here’s more on…

New titles by Konark Publishers

KPR Nair, MD, Konark Publishers; Prof G Thimmaiah, chairman, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore; HR Bhardwaj, governor of Karnataka; Dr Narendra Jadhav, member, Planning Commission, Government of India & editor of the…

Understanding the Brahma Kumaris

Author: Frank Whaling Publisher: Third Eye, imprint of Pentagon Press (Pp 137, ISBN 978-81-8274-724-1, Rs 195) Brahma Kumaris movement started in the twentieth century and has developed and spread worldwide. The aim of this book is to…

Mirrored Images: An Anthology of Sri Lankan Poetry

Edited by: Rajiva Wijesinha Publisher: National Book Trust, New Delhi (Pp 400, ISBN 978-81-237-6734-5, Rs 150) Sinhala poetry traces back to the oldest surviving books dated 12th century. Dynamism between the tradition and newness is the…

Value Management

Author: Prof OP Sharma Publisher: University Book House, Delhi (Pp 266, ISBN 978-81-922809-09, Rs 175) This book talks about the value system which is followed in organisations. The author methodically analyses the erosion of values in…

Fida-e-Lucknow Tales of the City and its People

Author: Parveen Talha Publisher: Niyogi Books, New Delhi (Pp 197, ISBN 978-93-81523-70-4, Rs 250) One look at the cover of the book and you are bound to pick it up for its very-Urdu like English font and its very Lucknawi-style design. This…

Yoga for Daily Life

Author: Krishan Kumar Suman Publisher: Lotus Press, New Delhi (Pp 296, ISBN 978-81-8382-108-7, Rs 295) Yoga has always been a part of Indian lives. It is the science of right living and is important for all aspects of a person – physical,…