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Ramjanmabhoomi’ means the birthplace of Lord Rama who is the reincarnation of Lord Vishnu. The birth place of Lord Rama is situated in Ayodhya in the state of Uttar Pradesh which makes Ayodhya one of most sacred places for Hindus. In 1528, Babar who had invaded India, got the Ram Temple demolished and built a Mosque like structure over it. Since then, Hindus have been trying to get this place back and build a Ram Temple on it. Many Hindus sacrificed their lives for this cause. In recent times, the movement to build a Ram Temple was launched in mid-1980s. It became one of the defining moments for India as it brought a paradigm shift in Indian politics too. The case to build a Ram Temple at Ramjanmabhoomi also has the distinction of being the longest running legal battle in the history of the world. The matter was finally decided by the Supreme Court in 2019 paving way for the construction of a Ram Temple at Ramjanmabhoomi. This book explores all these facets of ‘Ramjanmabhoomi’ and brings together at one place all the important details of this grand and tumultuous saga. It starts with the birth of Lord Rama and culminates with the verdict of the Supreme Court exploring how this saga unfolded on battle fields, archaeological sites and in court rooms and newsrooms. Backed by historical documents, scriptures, anecdotes and documented debates on this issue, this book takes you on a journey which spans over thousands of years and helps one understand the historicity as well as significance of Ramjanmabhoomi.

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He is an upcoming journalist from Delhi. She is a beautiful young woman from Chandigarh. He lives with his family in Delhi and has a bright future ahead. She is trying to find a foothold in Delhi, with a bleak past and an even bleaker future. Destiny brought them together in a compartment of the Delhi Metro on a bright sunny morning and ensured that they met again and again. But then the sun sets too fast on them. The darkness envelops their lives as if there is no tomorrow. A bleeding, battered Nisha makes the final frantic call to Pankaj from somewhere between Chandigarh and Delhi. This was her final call.

अल्फ्रेड नोबेल विश्वविख्यात आविष्कारक थे। उनका जीवन प्रेरक तथा अनुकरणीय है। जब वे अपने व्यवसाय के लिए यात्रा नहीं कर रहे होते थे, तब वे अपनी प्रयोगशाला में किसी-न-किसी नए आविष्कार की खोज में लगे रहते थे | विस्फोट की तकनीक के विकास में अल्फ्रेड ने अग्रणी भूमिका निभाई | इसके अतिरिक्त सिंथेटिक रबड़ और चमड़े तथा नकली रेशम जैसे कई प्रकार के पदार्थ एवं रसायनों को विकसित करने में उनकी उपलब्धि स्मरणीय है | अल्फ्रेड नोबेल का निधन 10 दिसंबर, 1896 को इटली के सैन रेमों में हुआ | जब उनकी वसीयत खोली गई तो हर कोई आश्चर्यचकित था । उन्होंने अपनी सारी संपत्ति को भौतिकी, रसायन, शरीर-क्रिया विज्ञान अथवा औषधि, साहित्य एवं शांति के लिए पुरस्कारों के नाम करने का निर्णय किया था | इसी क्रम में “नोबेल फाउंडेशन” की स्थापना हुई, जो अल्फ्रेड नोबेल द्वारा पुरस्कारों के लिए छोड़ी गई संपत्ति की वित्तीय देखभाल तथा नोबेल पुरस्कारों के वितरण का संयोजन भी करता है | नोबेल पुरस्कार की राशि लगभग सवा सात करोड़ रुपए है । किसी भी व्यक्ति के लिए नोबेल पुरस्कार से सम्मानित होना गर्व और गौरव की बात है | इस पुस्तक में ऐसे ही गौरवशाली भारतीय या भारतवंशियों के कृतित्व का परिचय संकलित है, जिनकी प्रतिभा और योग्यता का विश्वभर में जयघोष हुआ है ।हर भारतीय को गौरवान्वित करनेवाली अनुपम कृति |

विश्व के सबसे बड़े स्वयंसेवी सामाजिक संगठन राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ में आरंभ से ही व्यक्ति विशेष के बजाय उसके कार्य को महत्त्व देने की परंपरा रही है। इसीलिए संघ ने किसी व्यक्ति को नहीं, बल्कि भगवा ध्वज को अपना गुरु माना है। यही कारण है कि सरसंघचालकों द्वारा किए गए कार्यों और उनके जीवन के बारे में बहुत ज्यादा जानकारी सार्वजनिक तौर पर उपलब्ध नहीं है। जानकारी कम होने के कारण लोगों के मन में कई प्रश्न उठते हैं और कही-सुनी बातों पर ही कई धारणाएँ भी बना ली गई हैं, जिनमें से अधिकतर भ्रांतियाँ हैं। मसलन एक धारणा यह है कि संघ में सरसंघचालक के पास सबसे ज्यादा शक्तियाँ होती हैं। लेकिन क्या वाकई यह सच है? अंततः संघ के आज के स्वरूप को गढ़ने में सरसंघचालकों की भूमिका और योगदान क्या है? क्या संघ में सरसंघचालक स्वयंसेवकों को चलाते हैं या स्वयंसेवक सरसंघचालक को चलाते हैं? इन प्रश्नों के उत्तर पाने के लिए पाँच सरसंघचालकों की जीवनयात्रा को समझना होगा। इस यात्रा के माध्यम से ही आप संघ की दीर्घ यात्रा को भी और गहरे से जान पाएँगे।

रामजन्मभूमि' का अर्थ है, भगवान् राम का जन्मस्थान, जो भगवान् विष्णु के अवतार हैं। भगवान् राम का जन्मस्थान उत्तर प्रदेश राज्य के अयोध्या में स्थित है, और हिंदुओं के लिए सबसे पवित्र स्थानों में से एक है। 1528 में बाबर ने अयोध्या के राम मंदिर को ध्वस्त करवाकर वहाँ एक मसजिद जैसे एक ढाँचे का निर्माण करवा दिया। तब से हिंदू इस स्थान को वापस पाने और इस पर राम मंदिर बनाने के लिए निरंतर संघर्षरत रहे हैं। इसके लिए अनेक हिंदुओं ने अपने प्राणों की आहुति दी। 1980 के दशक के मध्य में राम मंदिर निर्माण का आंदोलन पुनः प्रारंभ किया गया था। इसने भारत में एक सांस्कृतिक पुनर्जागरण की नींव रखी और भारतीय राजनीति में भी एक परिणामकारी परिवर्तन का काल प्रारंभ हुआ । रामजन्मभूमि पर राम मंदिर निर्माण के मामले को दुनिया के इतिहास में सबसे लंबी चलनेवाली कानूनी लड़ाई होने का गौरव भी प्राप्त है। इस मामले पर आखिरकार 2019 में भारत के सर्वोच्च न्यायालय ने निर्णय और रामजन्मभूमि पर राम मंदिर के निर्माण का मार्ग प्रशस्त किया। यह पुस्तक 'रामजन्मभूमि' के इन सभी पहलुओं की पड़ताल करती हुई भव्य, उथल-पुथल भरी ऐतिहासिक गाथा के सभी महत्त्वपूर्ण बिंदुओं को एक स्थान पर लाती है। 'रामजन्मभूमि' विषय पर ऐतिहासिक दस्तावेजों, धर्मग्रंथों, उपाख्यानों और दस्तावेजी बहसों से समर्थित यह पुस्तक आपको हजारों वर्षों से अधिक की यात्रा पर ले जाएगी और रामजन्मभूमि की ऐतिहासिकता के साथ-साथ इसके माहात्म्य और गौरव को समझने की दृष्टि भी विकसित करेगी।

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

"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."

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.

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The republication of the book, Rohtas Garh, by Wopendranath Ghosh, a member of the Bengal Provincial Civil Service in the early decades of the twentieth century, is an important step in this direction. The book was first published in 1908 and derives from the author’s sincere and keen interest in the history of the notable places with which he came into contact during the course of his service. This deeply researched book is about Rohtas Garh Fort, an important historical and cultural site in Bihar, located in the present-day Rohtas district. It has a history connected with the ancient, medieval and modern history of Bihar. The place in ancient India is associated with the exploits of Satyavadi Raja Harishchandra, who is famous for his love of truth and charity. A must-read classic book for people who have an interest in history.

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.

‘Bharat first’ is in many sense a trendsetting book. As a pioneering text, it deals with the transparent vision of one of the chief architects of the nation Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar with authentic evidences. The wholistic panorama of the then Bharat in logically embroidered chapterisation with Persnickety precision breaks the conventional barriers raised against the real personality of Dr. Ambedkar. The book is among the very few books that explores versatile character of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar with proper evidences and arguments. For future researchers, these well examined articles would play the role of foundational stones in the search of real personality of Constitutional architect of ‘BHARAT, that is India’.