Life Biography

Among the most famous visionaries of our times, J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986) continues to transform thought, lifestyles and education across continents more than three decades after his death. In this new biography, tracing the nine long decades of his life, from his growing-up years, his relationships to his writings and talks, Roshen Dalal provides a much-needed corrective–an objective and balanced view of his legacy.

यह किताब उस दिन से शुरू होती है जब 1940 में ‘पाकिस्तान प्रस्ताव' पास किया गया था। तब मैं स्कूल का एक छात्र मात्र था, लेकिन लाहौर के उस अधिवेशन में मौजूद था जहाँ यह ऐतिहासिक घटना घटी थी। यह किताब इस तरह की बहुत-सी घटनाओं की अन्दरूनी जानकारी दे सकती है, जो किसी और तरीक़े से सामने नहीं आ सकती—बँटवारे से लेकर मनमोहन सिंह की सरकार तक।

‘मणिकर्णिका’ डॉ. तुलसी राम की आत्मकथा का दूसरा खंड है। पहला खंड ‘मुर्दहिया’ शीर्षक से प्रकाशित हुआ था। यह कहना अतिश्योक्ति नहीं कि ‘मुर्दहिया’ को हिन्‍दी जगत की महत्तपूर्ण घटना के रूप में स्वीकार किया गया। साहित्य और समाज विज्ञान से जुड़े पाठकों, आलोचकों व शोधकर्ताओं ने इस रचना के विभिन्न पक्षों को रेखांकित किया। शीर्षस्थ आलोचक डॉ. नामवर सिंह के अनुसार ग्रामीण जीवन का जो जीवन्‍त वर्णन ‘मुर्दहिया’ में है, वैसा प्रेमचन्‍द की रचनाओ में भी नहीं मिलता।

“His vision made giants out of men and organizations.” A pioneer, an adventurer, a great industrialist and a caring, courageous human being…the story of J.R.D. Tata is fascinating. His biography is the tale of determination, integrity and prodigious intelligence.

डॉ. बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर हे नाव आज सर्वांत आदरणीय भारतीयांच्या नामावलीत घेतलं जातं आणि देशभरातील त्यांच्या पुतळ्यांची संख्या महात्मा गांधींच्या पुतळ्यांखालोखाल असेल. किंबहुना, आधुनिक काळातील 'सर्वांत थोर भारतीय' ठरवण्यासाठी अलीकडे एक मतचाचणी घेण्यात आली, त्यात दोन कोटींहून अधिक मतं नोंदवली गेली आणि त्यात आंबेडकरांना गांधींपेक्षा जास्त मतं मिळाली होती.

"विवेकानंद की आत्मकथा" संकर द्वारा लिखित एक प्रेरणादायक पुस्तक है जो स्वामी विवेकानंद के जीवन और विचारों को आत्मकथात्मक शैली में प्रस्तुत करती है। इस पुस्तक में विवेकानंद की जीवन यात्रा, उनके प्रेरणादायक उपदेश और उनके द्वारा अनुभव किए गए विभिन्न घटनाओं का वर्णन है। यह पुस्तक आत्म-सुधार, आध्यात्मिकता और जीवन के उद्देश्य को समझने में सहायक है।

Milkha Singh has led a life dominated by running, running, running....from a boy who narrowly escaped death during Partition (most of his family was not so lucky) to a juvenile delinquent who stole and outran the police to a young army recruit who ran his very first race to win special privileges for himself (a daily glass of milk). After that first race, Milkha Singh became an athlete by default. And what followed was the stuff legends are made of.

Helen Keller overcame the seemingly insurmountable obstacles of deafness and blindness to become an icon of perseverance, respected and honored by readers, historians, and activists. Her autobiography, The Story of My Life, published in the United States in 1903, is still read today for its ability to motivate and reassure readers.

Nobody has done more harm to me than Jawaharlal Nehru,' wrote Subhas Chandra Bose in 1939. Had relations between the two great nationalist leaders soured to the extent that Bose had begun to view Nehru as his enemy? But then, why did he name one of the regiments of the Indian National Army after...

Based on the writings of The XIV Dalai Lama of Tibet, A Sacred Life traces the journey of this humble leader from the time he left his home as a child through his escape from Tibet to the winning of the Nobel Prize in 1989. This Charkha audiobook, with its divine soundtrack and narrative, reveals the compassion and optimism of this great emissary of peace. Through the compelling voices of Rajiv Mehrotra and Shernaz Patel, the listener accompanies the Dalai Lama on his quest for peace and achieving universal responsibility.

This is the inspiring autobiography of Helen Keller, blind and deaf since childhood, who experiences the wonder and joys of discovery of the world around her and of literature.

The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of The Storm of War Austerlitz, Borodino, Waterloo: his battles are among the greatest in history, but Napoleon Bonaparte was far more than a military genius and astute leader of men. Like George...

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In this gripping memoir by the chief American interpreter at the Nuremberg trials, Richard Sonnenfeldt recounts a remarkable life. By age 22 he had fought in the Battle of the Bulge and helped liberate the Dachau concentration camp, when he was appointed chief interpreter for the American prosecution of Nazi war criminals at the Nuremberg trials.

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a New York Times Bestseller, a landmark biography of George Washington. In Washington: A Life celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one-volume life of...

In his introduction to The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Henry Ketcham notes that there has been so much written about Lincoln that the legend has begun to obscure, if not to efface, the man. “In this biography the single purpose has been to present the living man with such distinctness of outline that the reader may have a sort of feeling of being acquainted with him.”

Satyajit Ray's Seemabaddha (1971), a stinging indictment of the corporate rat race, remains one of the iconic film-maker's most feted works. It starred debutant Barun Chanda, who won a special prize for his performance. Now, fifty years later, Barun Chanda documents his memorable experience of working with Ray.

Discover the Hidden Principles Behind Extraordinary Success What transformed Thomas Edison from an ordinary young boy into one of history's greatest inventors?

In "Romancing with Life", the first-ever full-fledged memoir by a leading Bollywood star, Dev Anand tells his remarkable life story like only he can. Here are tales from Dev's youth in 1930s Gurdaspur and Lahore; his years of struggle in 1940s Bombay; his friendship with Guru Dutt and his doomed...