ज्योतिपुंज—नरेंद्र मोदी संसार में उन्हीं मनुष्यों का जन्म धन्य है, जो परोपकार और सेवा के लिए अपने जीवन का कुछ भाग अथवा संपूर्ण जीवन समर्पित कर पाते हैं। विश्व इतिहास का निर्माण करने में ऐसे ही सत्पुरुषों का विशेष योगदान रहा है। संसार के सभी देशों में सेवाभावी लोग हुए हैं; लेकिन भारतवर्ष की अपनी विशेषता रही है, जिसके कारण वह अपने दीर्घकाल के इतिहास को जीवित रख पाया है। किसी ने समय दिया, किसी ने जवानी दी, किसी ने धन और वैभव छोड़ा, किसी ने कारावास की असह्य पीड़ा सही। भारतवर्ष की धरती धन्य है और धन्य हैं वे सत्पुरुष, जिन्होंने राष्ट्रोत्थान को अपना जीवन-धर्म व लक्ष्य बनाया और अनवरत राष्ट्रकार्य में लीन रहे। उन्होंने भारत के गौरवशाली अतीत को जीवंत रखा और सशक्त-समर्थ भारत के स्वप्न को साकार करने के लिए अपने जीवन को होम कर दिया। ‘राष्ट्र सर्वोपरि’ को जीवन का मूलमंत्र माननेवाले ऐसे ही तपस्वी मनीषियों का पुण्य-स्मरण किया है स्वयं राष्ट्रसाधक श्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने इस पुष्पांजलि ज्योतिपुंज में।

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राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ की स्थापना सन 1925 में डॉ. केशवराव बलिराम हेडगेवार ने की थी, लेकिन इसे वैचारिक आधार द्रितीय सरसंघचालक माधवराव सदाशिवराव गोलवलकर ‘श्रीगुरुजी’ ने प्रदान किया था। संघ-स्थापना के मात्र पंद्रह साल बाद ही डॉ. हेडगेवार ने अपने अवसान से पहले श्रीगुरुजी को संघ का द्रितीय सरसंघचालक नियुक्त कर दिया था। द्रितीय विश्वयुद्ध, भारत छोड़ो आंदोलन, आजाद हिंद फौज और नेताजी का देश की आजादी में योगदान, भारत विभाजन, देश की आजादी, कश्मीर विलय, गांधी हत्या, देश का पहला आम चुनाव, चीन से भारत की हार, पाकिस्तान के साथ 1965 व 1971 की लड़ाई—भारत का इतिहास बदलने और बनाने वाली इन घटनाओं के महत्त्वपूर्ण काल में न केवल श्रीगुरुजी संघ के प्रमुख थे, बल्कि अपनी सक्रियता और विचारधारा से उन्होंने इन सबको प्रभावित भी किया था। श्रीगुरुजी के प्रति एक संघनिष्ठ स्वयंसेवक नरेंद्र मोदी की शब्दांजलि है यह पुस्तक

ભારતના યશસ્વી વડાપ્રધાન શ્રી નરેન્દ્ર મોદી એક કુશળ પ્રશાસક, દૂરદર્શી નેતા, સહ્દય કવિ-લેખક તરીકે સમગ્ર દેશમાં ખૂબ લોકપ્રિય છે. લાંબા સમય સુધી ગુજરાતના મુખ્યમંત્રી તરીકે રહેવું એ એમની લોકપ્રિયતાનો સૌથી મોટો પુરાવો છે. પોતાના મુખ્યમંત્રી સમયના કાલખંડમાં તેમણે સર્વાંગીણ વિકાસ માટે અનેક કલ્યાણકારી યોજનાઓ પ્રારંભ કરી. ભારતના વડાપ્રધાન પદે બિરાજમાન થયા પછી શ્રી નરેન્દ્રભાઇ મોદીએ અનેક લોકકલ્યાણકારી નીતિઓ, સર્વસમાવેશક દ્રષ્ટિ અને દ્રઢ નિર્ણય શક્તિના આધારે ભારત વર્ષના સર્વાંગીણ વિકાસમાં નવા કિર્તીમાન પ્રસ્થાપિત કર્યા. તેમના નેતૃત્વમાં ભારત આંતરિક અને બાહ્ય રીતે સુરક્ષિત છે. એક કરિશ્માઇ નેતા તરીકે વિશ્વમાં તેમનો પ્રભાવ અપ્રતિમ છે. પરિણામે ભારત પ્રત્યે વિશ્વનો જોવાનો દ્રષ્ટિકોણ સકારાત્મક બન્યો છે. ભારતના સાંસ્કૃતિક પુનર્જાગરણ અને નૂતન ભારતના નિર્માણના તેઓ શિલ્પકાર છે. ગુજરાતી ઉપરાંત હિન્દી, પંજાબી, બંગાળી, મરાઠી, અંગ્રેજી ભાષાના જાણકાર શ્રી નરેન્દ્રભાઇ મોદીએ અનેક મૌલિક પુસ્તકોનું સર્જન કર્યું છે.

"अंग्रेजों ने हिंदुत्व को, राष्ट्रीयत्व को क्षीण करने का षड्यंत्र रचा, जिसे डॉ. बाबा साहब अंबेडकरजी ने समझा और समाज में आई बुराइयों को दूर करने का बीड़ा उठाया। वंचित वर्ग में प्रेरणा जगाकर उसमें ऊपर उठने की ललक जगाई। उसी प्रकार गुजरात के लोकप्रिय मुख्यमंत्री श्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने भी समाज में व्याप्त दु:ख और अभावों को दूर करने का संकल्प लिया। उन्होंने समरस समाज के विचार को प्रतिष्ठित करने का सत्प्रयास किया। समाज के विविध प्रश्नों को देखने का उनका अपना ही दृष्टिकोण है। नरेंद्र मोदी की समाज के प्रति जो संवेदना है, वंचितों के प्रति जो कर्तव्य-भाव है और सामाजिक समरसता के लिए जो प्रतिबद्धता है, वह उनके भाषणों में, उनके लेखों में तथा उनके कार्य में स्पष्ट रूप से दिखाई देती है। किसी भी राज्य के संपूर्ण विकास का मापन राज्य के वंचितों-पीड़ितों के विकास (कष्ट निवारण) के आधार पर होता है। सच्चा सर्वांगीण विकास वही है, जिसमें अंतिम छोर में निवास करने वाले छोटे-से-छोटे आम आदमी तक विकास का फल पहुँचे। श्री नरेंद्र मोदी के शासन का अधिष्ठान ऐसा ही ‘कल्याणकारी राज्य’ रहा है। उनके जीवन-कार्य का केंद्रबिंदु भी समाज के अंतिम पायदान पर खड़ा सामान्य आदमी ही है। यह पुस्तक श्री नरेंद्र मोदी के विचारशील व चिंतनपरक लेखों का संकलन है। इसमें आमजन के प्रति उनके ममत्व भाव, सुख-दु:ख में सहभागिता तथा विचार-चिंतन की श्रेष्ठता, समाज के प्रति संवेदना एवं सामाजिक समरसता के प्रति वचनबद्धता को साक्षात् अनुभव किया जा सकता है। "

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લોકતંત્રનું ગળું ઘોંટી દેવા તત્કાલીન વડાપ્રધાન ઇંદિરા ગાંધીએ દેશમાં કટોકટી લાદી હતી. લોકતંત્રની રક્ષા અને કટોકટી સામેની લડતમાં ગુજરાત હંમેશાં મોખરે રહ્યું. આ સંઘર્ષના અગ્રેસર કાર્યશીલોમાંના એક શ્રી નરેન્દ્ર મોદીએ પોતે લોકશાહીની લડત અને તેના અંતિમ વિજયની ગાથા આ પુસ્તકમાં આલેખી છે. કટોકટી કેવી રીતે આવી એ વિશે ઘણું લખાય છે, પરંતુ કટોકટી ગઈ કેવી રીતે એ વિશે ખાસ કંઈ જ લખાયું નથી. આ વિચારમાંથી જ આ પુસ્તકનો જન્મ થયો. કટોકટી પછી ચૂંટણીઓ આવી અને જનતા પક્ષ વિજયી થયો તે નર્યો ચમત્કાર માત્ર હતો? ચૂંટણીઓ દ્વારા થયેલ ક્રાંતિકારી પરિવર્તન એ અચાનક જ આવી મળેલી સફળતા છે એવો પણ એક મત પ્રચલિત થયો છે. પણ વાસ્તવમાં નિશ્ચિત પરિણામો પ્રાપ્ત કરવા ૨૦ માસ સુધી લગાતાર સુનિયોજિત સંઘર્ષ કરવો પડ્યો છે અને તે સંઘર્ષનાં કેટલાં-કેવાં વિવિધ સૂક્ષ્મ, જ્ઞાત-અજ્ઞાત ક્ષેત્રો હતાં તેની પણ એક ભવ્ય ગાથા છે. આઝાદીની પહેલી લડાઈ કરતાં લોકશાહીના રક્ષણ માટેની આ આ બીજી લડાઈનું મૂલ્ય આ રીતે જરાય ઓછું નથી. અને તેમાં ગુજરાત પણ પ્રારંભથી લડતું રહ્યું છે. તેની ગાથા આ પુસ્તકમાં છે

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This book is a worthwhile, prolific, and insightful life sketch of the torch-bearer of Indians. It is about the common man’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, who has become a ray of hope for 125 crore Indians—from a humble farmer to an ambitious industrialist—by taking the path to good governance after being sworn in as India's Prime Minister in May 2014. The game-changer of Indian politics, Modi had taken a mesmerising hold over the Gujarat masses with three consecutive victories in the state assembly elections and was a senior campaign adviser, drawing unprecedented crowds for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. After being elected PM, Modi is often featured in 24x7 Breaking News on media channels and enjoys a good rapport with top world leaders whom he visited during his six months as Prime Minister. The insightful leader led India at the India-ASEAN Summit and the G-20 Summit, and held bilateral meetings with the leadership of countries such as the US, Japan, China, and other neighbouring countries of India. He has launched new avenues of cooperation with the countries with which India has deep historical and cultural ties over centuries. His initiatives, such as 'Make in India' and 'Swachchha Bharat Abhiyan', have been widely lauded. Modi has called for innovative efforts to make renewable energy, especially solar energy, competitive with conventional energy and pitched for global cooperation on repatriation of black money.

The Congress Party has often spoken about fascism and fascist tendencies. The leaders of this party have always accused other leaders of fascist tendencies. But the reality is entirely different. The three chapters in this book provide a chilling account of this party's contempt for democratic traditions and its dalliance with dictatorship. This is an eye-opener for most Indian citizens, who are unaware of the incidents quoted in this book. All in all, this is an exposé to alert citizens and to make them eternally vigilant so that the core values in the Indian Constitution and the democratic traditions remain intact.

Day one. This has its own history. Are these questions raised due to ignorance of the constitution? If so, then this book opens the windows and doors to a constitution that has been satirically described as a ‘paradise for lawyers’. It creates the possibility for vital air. From the experience of the editors, it can be said that even prominent lawyers are unaware of the constitution because it is extremely complex. How can it become comprehensible? Anyone wishing to address this question will find more than enough material in this book. The complexity of the constitution is another reason why it could not become a beloved text for the ordinary citizen. Just as a citizen believes in their religious book, the constitution should serve as the religious text for the system of governance. Until this occurs, deliberations should continue. Any discussion is only relevant and successful when it addresses the core question: how can the fundamental issue regarding the constitution of India be recognized in discussions? The answer to this is extremely simple. India has its own character, its own culture, and it also has its own distortions. We can only understand our distortions and character under the torchlight of our culture. It is under this light that we must create our present times. Our current constitution defines the religion of our state. How Indian or un-Indian is this constitution, essentially? The process of the formation of this constitution should be scrutinized based on logic, and both its past and present should be examined. This is why this book is titled: Revisiting Our Constitution. This book is a collection of well-researched essays that explore the constitution. Academic efforts have been made in this book to analyze and perceive the constitution from the perspective of ‘Ram Rajya’. A single-government system emerges from the constitution. Ram Rajya has been considered the ultimate ideal of any governance system in India. Mahatma Gandhi also stated that Ram Rajya was the goal of Independent India. On the sesquicentennial year of Gandhi, the noted academic journal Manthan has taken on the responsibility of reviewing the journey of India’s constitution. This effort is not as simple and easy as it might seem. In reality, it is difficult and complex.

This book is about fundamental issues that define our country's development course. In a diverse cross-section of topics, the author discusses in his inimitable style the fundamental flaws that have beset the nation's relentless march to progress and prosperity. He also elaborates how a shift in the positions of individual members of society on different issues could cause a qualitative difference in the course of events and thereby lead to a better tomorrow. The articles compiled in this book have already appeared in social media on the author�s writing platform (drsunilgupta.com) and won wide acclaim. Endowed with the right balance of insight and prowess owing to the extensive exposure and rich experience gained in his professional capacity in the corporate, economic and social sectors, the author has been able to do justice to the task at hand. Not written with any particular section or group of persons in mind, the book aims to pique the interest, curiosity and conscience of the individual reader and thereby motivate him to think and then inspire him to act for the inclusive and sustainable development of our nation. Being an inalienable and intricate part of society, the individual's thought pattern will make all the difference in the final shaping of our country's destiny. And that, dear reader, is the undercurrent of the brook of the author's thoughts that this book tries to encapsulate.

"India is home to hundreds of tribal communities, each with their own unique cultures, traditions and ways of life. Among these are the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs), who are identified as being at risk of losing their distinct identities, livelihoods and traditional practices. This book takes an in-depth look at the PVTGs residing in the state of Jharkhand through the analytical lens of anthropology. It consists of untold stories on its indigenous people as a tribute to their reliance, wisdom and unwavering Spirit. Through a chronological exploration, the book aims to understand the pivotal role played in shaping regional identity with political historicity, livelihood practices, indigenous knowledge, dynamic interest with local life and to investigate the indigenous’ contribution. The authors evaluate current policies related to the preservation and empowerment of PVTGs. The book highlights the urgent need to protect and uplift these ancient but vulnerable communities before their irreplaceable cultures are lost forever."

Nine years have passed since the ethnic conflict ended in Sri Lanka. The hope that Sri Lankan refugees would return to the island has been belied. This book highlights the dilemma faced by Sri Lankan Tamil refugees amid the twists and turns in Indo-Sri Lankan relations. The global refugee phenomenon and the Indian experience, the movement of Sri Lankan refugees to different parts of the world, the rise and fall of the Tamil Tigers and the competitive nature of Sinhala politics, which stands in the way of ethnic reconciliation, are analysed in detail. The peculiar problems faced by refugees of Indian origin are highlighted. The Author pleads for the enactment of a National Refugee Law that should balance the humanitarian concerns of refugees with the security interests of the Indian State.

Ever since receiving a historic mandate in May 2014, the NDA Government under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has made a lot of structural changes in governance and is scripting India’s economic turn around and is surely making India a formidable superpower of the world. ‘New India 2022’ is a vision and dream of Shri Modi for transforming India into a Clean India, Poverty Free India, Corruption Free India, Terrorism Free India, Communalism Free India, Casteism Free India by 2022. This book focuses on several important aspects having direct or indirect impact on New India movement like economy, banking, social issues, women empowerment, national security etc. wherein subject experts have written on important issues on how to take India forward. Collection of well researched articles which will pave the path of NEW INDIA.

It was a court battle between the first Prime Minister of India Jawahar Lal Nehru and Organiser, an English weekly backed by the RSS that led to restrictions on freedom of expression which we are debating today. The RSS had defended the sacred Sikh Shrine ‘Darbar Sahib’ at Amritsar twice when Muslim League led mobs attacked it in 1947. Did you know that one single anti-India and pro-China book ‘India’s China War’ written by Anglo-Australian journalist Neville Maxwell shaped the global narrative against India for more than five decades. It was a Swedish journalist Bertil Lintner who challenged it and turned the tables on Chinese propaganda with his book ‘China’s India War’ but even Indians don’t talk about it. Everyone remembers the 1962 war when India lost to China but there was another war in 1967 on Sikkim border where India took the revenge of 1967 and defeated China. Most of us don’t even know about this great victory! Indians have been made to remember the 1962 defeat and forget the glorious victory of 1967. Many such stories which comprise the forgotten history of India are part of this book. This forgotten history of India has been buried deep down in the dusty archives waiting to be told.

Maoism in India is an attempt to study and analyse the movement. Already, a number of left intellectuals and scholars have studied the movement and written about it. My attempt has been to find out the difference between the Naxalite and CPI (Maoist) movements. Is there any difference as such? Though the Naxalite movement was born in Naxalbari in 1967, it is still striving to build a sustainable support base. The Naxalite movement got its name from Naxalbari village, where the first major uprising took place. Also, through the merger of the People’s War and the Maoist Communist Centre (MCC), the Communist Party of India (Maoist) was formed in 2004, which aims to overthrow the government of India through people’s war. Why an organization which was perceived as the forum of the “deprived and alienated sections of the population” described as “the single biggest internal security challenge”. Usually, people confuse Maoists and Naxalites and cannot clearly distinguish between the two terms. The media simply adds to the confusion. The Communist Party of India (Maoist) aims to overthrow the government of India through people’s war. I also tried to find out the reasons that led the Maoists, in recent times, to focus more on arms intervention than on organising a mass resistance movement.

The Dharmic traditions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism – share much in common, not with standing a number of variations among them. In all these traditions, the scriptures, writings, and practices hold compassion as an integral part and a supreme virtue. This collection of essays by leading scholars from different disciplines aptly captures the religious and spiritual dimensions of these traditions as they relate to compassion. Most of the authors are practitioner-scholars and experts in their respective disciplines, including the sciences, humanities, social sciences, law, and religion. The experts met in September 2014 at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, for two days of lively deliberations under the auspices of the Uberoi Foundation for Religious Studies, which was established to spread awareness and promote understanding of the Dharmic traditions throughout North America. After addressing the ‘central and fundamental’ knowledge of these traditions and the common features and interactions among them, the essays here discuss compassion from various perspectives, such as relationship with the natural world and the environment, selfless service, and the treatment of animals. A final set of essays sheds light on the significance of compassion in each of these Dharmic traditions. As a comparative study, this unique collection presents a clear picture of the central theme of moral and compassionate conduct in the Dharmic traditions.

It is a story of a boy, Aditya, who struggles hard to achieve his dreams despite many odds. The novel takes the reader through Aditya's early childhood adventures to success in school and college. The college trekking expedition to the Himalayas takes the reader through beautiful, unique experiences of the Himalayas, where Aditya wins his love. It describes ways to understand the world differently and even touches on various social issues prevalent in India, like caste, religion, child abuse, corruption and inflation. The final part talks of the inner voice and mysticism of the universal soul, which is considered a great guiding force for a human being, provided he lowers his defence mechanisms to hear it. It is a philosophical, psychological and motivational story. This book won't let its reader lose the battle of life. It equips them to understand the world better and never get used by anybody. A self-motivating novel will provide energy to its readers to excel and succeed in life, especially those searching for their dream.