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उसी की चप्पल पहन कर मैं उसे ढूँढने निकला। मैं अपने मन से और चप्पल के मन से चल रहा था कि चप्पल मुझे वहाँ पहुँचा देगी जहाँ वह जाता है। विनोद कुमार शुक्ला की कहानी दो दोस्तों के बारे में है जो एक साथ स्कूल जाते हैं, एक साथ खाना खाते हैं, एक दिन तक एक-दूसरे के साथ पूरा दिन बिताते हैं... यह कहानी दोस्ती पर है और यह करुणापूर्वक बच्चों की स्थान की जरूरतों और एक-दूसरे को बिना शर्त स्वीकार करने पर प्रकाश डालती है। अतनु रॉय के चित्रण कहानी को समृद्ध बनाते हैं। इसके रंग और रूप दोस्ती में महसूस होने वाली गर्माहट को उजागर करते हैं। Age group 9-12 years

Suraj and Radha never know when the colourful ‘Happiness Train’ will chug into their village, offering them a whole new world of fun and enchantment! ‘Trains and tracks are evil,’ says Amma, ‘they carry people away.’ But this train’s musical whistle, the gorgeous pictures on the coaches, and its promise of faraway, exciting lands – all make Suraj eager to leave his humdrum life and set out on adventures. One day, ignoring Radha’s warnings, he secretly boards the train. Soon Suraj realizes that he and the other runaway boys – Murali, Chhotu and Asad – are being carted away on a dangerous mission. With no hope of escaping, they are close to giving up, when help arrives unexpectedly. Is there a mysterious person on board who can rescue them? How is a raja connected with the train? Has Radha forgotten all about Suraj? And does he finally get what he is looking for? Find out in this unusual story about family, friends, and discovering new routes to happiness and home.

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Widowed professor Sundaravadivelu rebuilds his life with the beautiful Maragadham. Yet, their new beginning is overshadowed by the recent loss of his son. Through the innocent eyes of his lively, young daughter, Kunjamma, we see the tragic past begin to resurface. A spilled cup of milk ignites a chilling display, while seemingly ordinary scenes from the past reveal unsettling glimpses into the family dynamic. Can Sundaravadivelu and his family find a way to heal and rebuild their lives in the face of such a loss? Translated splendidly into English by Subash Jeyan, this simple, yet poignant story is a remarkable piece of psychological realism.This revised edition is being published under the Tamil Literature in English Translation initiative of the TNTB & ESC. Pudumaippittan (C. Viruthachalam) was an influential and revolutionary writer of Tamil fiction. Though his pungent social satire, progressive thinking and outspoken criticism of accepted conventions irked many contemporary writers and critics, he is widely accepted as a doyen of Tamil Literature. In 2002, the Government of Tamil Nadu nationalised his works.

A murder in an elevator. A trail of heady perfume. The nanasaheb’s priceless naulakha necklace. Feluda, Topshe and Jatayu are in Bombay where Jatayu’s latest book is being filmed under the title Jet Bahadur. Soon after Jatayu hands over a package to a man in a red shirt, a murder takes place in the high-rise where the producer lives. Feluda and his companions find themselves in the midst of one of their most thrilling adventures ever, with a hair-raising climax aboard a train during location shooting

We have grown up listening to the tales of Snow White and Cinderella, where the Princess is flawlessly fair and a Prince dramatically comes in the end to save her. But are we ready to share these stories with our kids? The new generation of kids need to understand that beauty is far beyond skin color and women can be a warrior too. The tales need to teach them compassion for all living beings and so here we come with a new flavor to your age-old fairy tales. There are no gender roles, and no prescribed physical appearances, we have carefully eliminated the unnecessary violence and patriarchy, and everything unwanted from your kid’s story books. They are safe for them now, you can go ahead.We have grown up listening to the tales of Snow White and Cinderella, where the Princess is flawlessly fair and a Prince dramatically comes in the end to save her. But are we ready to share these stories with our kids? The new generation of kids need to understand that beauty is far beyond skin color and women can be a warrior too. The tales need to teach them compassion for all living beings and so here we come with a new flavor to your age-old fairy tales. There are no gender roles, and no prescribed physical appearances, we have carefully eliminated the unnecessary violence and patriarchy, and everything unwanted from your kid’s story books. They are safe for them now, you can go ahead.

Aizawl, 1942 The world that the young boy at the heart of this story is growing up in is filled with magic and the simple joys of life with his brother Kima. Even the British presence in the Lushai Hills, so resented by some, does not affect him, except as a source of interesting and different things and people. But as the Japanese prepare to invade their land, Kima joins up with the British Indian Army, and the days of simple joy are over . . . The Songs of Freedom series explores the lives of children across India during the struggle for independence.

‘मूर्खों का मूर्ख’ चार बाल-कहानियों का संग्रह है। इसमें ‘हकीम जमालगोटा’, ‘मूर्खों का मूर्ख’, ‘चार मूर्ख’ और ‘तीसमार खाँ’ शीर्षक चार कहानियाँ हैं। बाल-कहानियों के रूप में संवादों और कथानक की सरलता इन्हें पठनीय बनाती हैं। ये चारों कहानियाँ पाठकों को सुरुचिपूर्ण मनोविनोद का अवसर देती हैं।

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क्वांटम कंप्यूटर सिर्फ एक नई मशीन नहीं, कंप्यूटर साइंस की अलग समझदारी है। अभी के सारे कंप्यूटर, चाहे वे सुप कंप्यूटर ही क्यों न हों, अतिम निष्कर्ष में दिमागी कोशिकाओं (सेरीब्रल न्यूरॉन्स) के गुच्छों जैसे ही हैं। उनका काम है, कुछेक इनपुट्स को खास शर्तों के मुताबिक प्रॉसेस करके एक सटीक आउटपुट देना। लेकिन सन 2030 तक मिल सकने वाली दस हजार क्यूबिट की रेंज वाला नहीं, अगले पचास वर्षों में 10 लाख क्यूबिट तक की ताकत संजो लेने वाला क्वांटम कंप्यूटर बाकायदा इंसानी दिमाग की तरह काम कर सकेगा। बदलती हुई शर्तों के साथ इनपुट और आउटपुट की अनेक श्रृंखलाओं को एक साथ प्रॉसेस करते हुए समस्याओं का सर्वश्रेष्ठ संभव समाधान खोजना। कला से लेकर विज्ञान तक मनुष्य से एक कदम आगे सोच सकने वाला ऐसा सलीकेदार क्वांटम कंप्यूटर अभी दूर है, लेकिन सदी बीतने तक वह हमारे सामने होगा। -

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Work is on in full swing at the Royal Peacock Garden to install a Wondrous Cage that will house forty talking hill mynas. Soon, the Cage and its lively, twittering occupants are entrusted to Kale Khanís care. But he steals a myna for his little motherless daughter, who has long been asking him for one. What lies in store for Kale Khan ... and the beautiful historic city of Lucknow?

An Adventurous science fiction set in the year 2070 with advance technology, robots, hi-tech devices and much more. It is about three friends who in order to protect environment, especially birds, save an old lady and her well-maintained species of birds.

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Chhota Nagpur Ka Veer Ahinsavaadi Jatra Bhagat

This inspiring tale of an architect with a strong urge to create is written and illustrated by Nachiket Patwardhan. The urgency to create is the strongest kind of urge a human being can experience. This book celebrates this urge through an architect whose spirit could not be crushed by punishment to create something bigger and better. You would have to read it to understand it.

Sita and Helen. Two of mythology’s best-known ‘heroines’, famed for the epic wars fought over them in Lanka and Troy. There are endless accounts of how beautiful they were, what happened to them, and how their valiant husbands rescued them. But what do we really know of the women themselves? What did they think? How did they feel? Listen now to their own stories, in their own voices… Shailee imaginatively constructs their hidden sides, filling in the gaps where there was silence before. Rich, detailed illustrations augment text and theme to re-present these stories with an alternative perspective for young people of today.

Bombay, 1942 With Mahatma Gandhi’s call to the British to Quit India, the city has become a hotbed of revolutionary activity-student protests, secret magazines and even an underground People’s Radio which broadcasts news that the British want concealed. Sakina and her friends Zenobia and Mehul desperately want to be part of this struggle for freedom. But there is little that they are permitted to do. But at least, they are trying to do something useful, while their mothers are only running a cooking club … The Songs of Freedom series explores the lives of children across India during the struggle for independence. The series complements school textbooks about the independence movement. As the stories are told from a child’s point of view, these stories bring the facts of the independence movement to vivid life in settings all over the country—and inspire each reader to engage with the idea of India.