Maa I Ve Become A Collector

Author : Rajesh Patil
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789353029609

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Maa, I've Become a Collector by Rajesh Patil Pdf

Rajesh Patil was born to poor farm workers in the backward Khandesh region of Maharashtra. He worked as a child labourer picking cotton, selling bread, and doing small jobs. But what set him apart was that, unlike most of his peers, he was driven by an intense desire to improve his lot through education. Against great odds, he moved to Nashik for a B.Sc. and then to Pune for an M.Sc. in statistics - all this with the help of freeships, scholarships and the support of his teachers, friends and well-wishers. By dint of his hard work, he managed to get into the Indian Statistical Service, but the Indian Administrative Service was his goal. Unsuccessful at first, he persisted until eventually he cracked the competitive exams and qualified for the IAS. Maa, I've Become a Collector is the inspiring account of Rajesh's struggles that has been a bestseller in Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati and Odia and motivated thousands of students in India's hinterlands in their quest for a better life. At the same time, it is much more than one man's story - it is a riveting and revelatory account of rural India

Author : Anshul Dupare
Publisher : Rupa Publications
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9353047641

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Ashok and the Nine Unknown by Anshul Dupare Pdf

Author : Mathew Joseph
Publisher : One Point Six Technologies Pvt Ltd
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1900
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789354388095

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THE ASPIRANT: Memoirs of a Monk Turned Civil Servant by Mathew Joseph Pdf

If you do not become what you once aspired to become, does it matter? ‘The Aspirant’ looks for an answer to this perennial question. It is the story of a young man who once wanted to become a Carmelite monk, but ended up becoming a monk of a different order - a civil servant. The disillusionment with the way monastic life was practiced, made him take this new direction. The journey ahead as a bureaucrat in CAG’s institution took the author to many places across the globe and caused him to meet several people – ordinary people with extraordinary stories – and those stories add extra layers to this memoir. And all through his life’s varied voyages, a part of him remained as a monk. ‘The Aspirant’ attempts to demystify two venerable institutions - the church and the bureaucracy - with a tinge of irreverence but without an iota of malice.

Author : K. Vijayakarthikeyan
Publisher : Rupa Publication
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9353045959

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Once Upon an IAS Exam by K. Vijayakarthikeyan Pdf

Author : Brad Gilmer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136037139

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File Interchange Handbook by Brad Gilmer Pdf

As the professional film and television industries move away from conventional media and toward computer-based technology, file formats have become a key enabling technology. Users are aware that they need to move to networked teleproduction, and they are aware that various file formats are available, but they don't have a clear understanding of their advantages and disadvantages (Should I use Windows Media 9 or QuickTime?). For example, as many versions of one movie are needed (subtitle, TV or Airplane)a master file is now created with metadata controling which features (subtitles, editing) are needed. This book is the authoritative work on all professional file formats for film and television, globally. Covers all major professional file formats, including the Digital Picture Exchange (DPX), General eXchange Format (GXF), Material eXchange Format (MXF), Advanced Authoring Format (AAF), QuickTime and Windows Media-in most cases by the lead author of the format.

Author : Anurag Pathak
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789354894459

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Twelfth Fail by Anurag Pathak Pdf

How does a village student, living with uncertainty about his next meal or home, who failed his boards, go on to a career in the civil services? With integrity, inventiveness, and a never-say-die spirit. In IPS officer Manoj Kumar Sharma's case, there was also the promise of love. Twelfth Fail is his extraordinary story, the gripping narrative of a man who put his heart and soul into making the impossible possible.

Author : Wes Siegrist
Publisher : Wes Siegrist
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780982127834

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Modern Masters of Miniature Art in America by Wes Siegrist Pdf

Author : Toyin Falola
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005-11-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0472031325

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A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt by Toyin Falola Pdf

DIVThe long-awaited memoir from the most prolific historian of Africa /div

Author : Priyabhishek Sharma
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 164760754X

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The UPSC Odyssey: Daring to Dream an IAS Officer: A Thrilling Marathon Between Choice and Destiny by Priyabhishek Sharma Pdf

This is the thrilling story of an IAS aspirant whose journey began in the humble settings of a modest village. The story runs through four crisscrossing streams. First, is an ambitious but reluctant youth embarking on a journey to achieve the unimaginable. Second, is a vulnerable human being hanging between the contrasting pulls of choice and destiny. The third stream is a silent student of the book called life, where in the course of this odyssey, some invaluable and timeless lessons of wisdom dawn on the traveller. The fourth stream is that of an experiential guide and master who has insightful lessons to share with his fellow travellers and their guardians. The narrative has a universal appeal, resonating with the quest of all who dare to dream and desire to achieve.

Author : Arundhathi Subramaniam
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780670085125

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Sadhguru, More Than a Life by Arundhathi Subramaniam Pdf

‘The thirst to be boundless is not created by you; it is just life longing for itself.’ —Sadhguru This is the extraordinary story of Sadhguru—a young agnostic who turned yogi, a wild motorcyclist who turned mystic, a sceptic who turned spiritual guide. Pulsating with his razor-sharp intelligence, bracing wit and modern-day vocabulary, the book empowers you to explore your spiritual self and could well change your life. It seeks to re-create the life journey of a man who combines rationality with mysticism, irreverence with compassion, ancient wisdom with a provocatively contemporary outlook and a deep knowledge of the self with a contagious love of life. Described as ‘a profound mystic, visionary humanitarian and prominent spiritual leader of our times', he is equally at home in a satsangh in rural Tamil Nadu as at the World Economic Forum in Davos. In his early years, Jaggi Vasudev (or Sadhguru as he is now known) was a chronic truant, a boisterous prankster, and later a lover of motorbikes and fast cars. It is evident that the same urgency, passion and vitality echo in his spiritual pursuits to this day, from his creation of the historic Dhyanalinga—the mission of three lifetimes—to his approach as a guru. In Sadhguru's view, faith and reason, spirituality and science, the sacred and the material, cannot be divided into easy binaries. He sees people as ‘spiritual beings dabbling with the material rather than the reverse’, and liberation as the fundamental longing in every form of life. Truth for him is a living experience instead of a destination, a conclusion, or a matter of metaphysical speculation. The possibility of self-realization, he strongly believes, is available to all. Drawing upon extended conversations with Sadhguru, interviews with Isha colleagues and fellow meditators, poet Arundhathi Subramaniam presents an evocative portrait of a contemporary mystic and guru—a man who seems to pack the intensity and adventure of several lifetimes into a single one.

Author : Rajni Sekhri Sibal
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9789354922619

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Women of Influence by Rajni Sekhri Sibal Pdf

Women of Influence a compilation of the work of a few women who have walked that extra mile and made a difference despite major pressures in governance. Most of the books in the public space are autobiographies of men narrating how important they were and the important people they interacted with daily while in service. Rajni Sekhri Sibal narrates stories that have been untold - about the work of ten strong and effective women who left an impact. Having worked in the civil services for thirty-seven years, Rajni has seen things at close quarters. This book is a collection of narratives that provide an insight into some episodes where the protagonist displayed immense courage and commitment. These stories span different generations-the oldest is set at the Bikaner border during the Indo-Pak war and the latest about the UP sand mafia in 2015. The subjects and geographies are different, ranging from a panchayat election in Punjab during the height of militancy in the 80s to Naxal prone Chanderpur in Maharashtra to the Perumon tragedy in Kerala and right across to the orchid plantations in Arunachal.

Author : Philip Jowett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849084192

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Armies of the Balkan Wars 1912–13 by Philip Jowett Pdf

In 1912, the Balkan states formed an alliance in an effort to break free from the crumbling Ottoman Empire. Forming an army of some 645,000 troops from Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenego, they took on a force of 400,000 Turkish soldiers. Both sides were equipped with the latest weapons technology. This book looks at the diverse and sometimes colourful uniforms worn by both sides, paying special attention to insignia, weapons and equipment. It also gives an overview of the campaigns that became a 'priming pan' of World War I.

Author : James C. Scott
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300252989

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Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott Pdf

“One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades.”—John Gray, New York Times Book Review Hailed as “a magisterial critique of top-down social planning” by the New York Times, this essential work analyzes disasters from Russia to Tanzania to uncover why states so often fail—sometimes catastrophically—in grand efforts to engineer their society or their environment, and uncovers the conditions common to all such planning disasters. “Beautifully written, this book calls into sharp relief the nature of the world we now inhabit.”—New Yorker “A tour de force.”— Charles Tilly, Columbia University

Author : Gordon Williamson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782000082

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Gebirgsjäger by Gordon Williamson Pdf

Few branches of the German armed forces were represented on so many fronts as the mountain infantrymen, or Gebirgstruppen. From the Blitzkrieg campaigns of 1940, through the invasions of the Balkans and Russia and the North African campaign, to the defence of the Reich 1944-45, the Gebirgsjäger earned a reputation for reliability and courage. Typically each trooper was a supremely fit individual: the need to cover difficult terrain in full kit, without the back-up of a motorised baggage train, demanded this. This new volume examines the recruitment, training, and combat experiences of the common Gebirgsjäger.

Author : Kashmira Sheth
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780061991882

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Boys Without Names by Kashmira Sheth Pdf

For eleven-year-old Gopal and his family, life in their rural Indian village is over: We stay, we starve, his baba has warned. With the darkness of night as cover, they flee to the big city of Mumbai in hopes of finding work and a brighter future. Gopal is eager to help support his struggling family until school starts, so when a stranger approaches him with the promise of a factory job, he jumps at the offer. But Gopal has been deceived. There is no factory, just a small, stuffy sweatshop where he and five other boys are forced to make beaded frames for no money and little food. The boys are forbidden to talk or even to call one another by their real names. In this atmosphere of distrust and isolation, locked in a rundown building in an unknown part of the city, Gopal despairs of ever seeing his family again. But late one night, when Gopal decides to share kahanis, or stories, he realizes that storytelling might be the boys' key to holding on to their sense of self and their hope for any kind of future. If he can make them feel more like brothers than enemies, their lives will be more bearable in the shop—and they might even find a way to escape.