The Accidental Prime Minister : The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh(Free Home Delivery*)

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Author: Sanjaya Baru

Publisher: Penguin

Book Summary: In 2004 Sanjaya Baru left a successful career as chief editor of the Financial Express to join Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as his media adviser in UPA 1. Singh offered him the job with the words, Sitting here, I know I will be isolated from the outside world. I want you to be my eyes and ears. Tell me what you think I should know, without fear or favour.

The Accidental Prime Minister is Barus account of what it was like to manage public opinion for Singh while giving us a riveting look at Indian politics as it happened behind the scenes. As Singhs spin doctor and trusted aide for four years, Baru observed up close Singhs often troubled relations with his ministers, his cautious equation with Sonia Gandhi and how he handled the big crises from managing the Left to pushing through the nuclear deal. In this book he tells all and draws for the first time a revelatory picture of what it was like for Singh to work in a government that had two centers of power.

Insightful, acute and packed with political gossip, The Accidental Prime Minister is one of the great insider accounts of Indian political life and a superb portrait of the Manmohan Singh era.

About the Author

Sanjaya Baru was chief editor of the Financial Express and Business Standard. He is currently director for geo-economics and strategy at the International Institute of Strategic Studies.

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Publisher	Penguin
Imprint	Viking
Publication Year	2014 April
ISBN-13	9780670086740
ISBN-10	0670086746
Language	English
Binding	Hardcover
Number of Pages	320 Pages
Book Type	Non Fiction Book

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Authors: Rishabh Chaturvedi, Sreelatha Chakravarty, Aparna Sundaresan, Shawn Pereira, Ketaki Patwardhan, Muna Hussen, Dushyant Shekhawat, Sharath Komarraju, Vivek Banerjee, Rohit Das, Sheela Jaywant

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Carnival : Short Stories makes you wear the shoes of various characters in the book and put yourself in their situation. In the book, various characters are put through situations and circumstances which are tight, hilarious and some of them chilling too. The book is a collection of fifteen stories covering genres like adventure, science fiction, fantasy, thrillers, historical humor and more. Every story is different and helps give you a different perspective of how you are living your life.

About the Authors

Carnival : Short Stories is an anthology and has been penned down by several authors like Rishabh Chaturvedi, Sreelatha Chakravarty, Aparna Sundaresan, Shawn Pereira, Ketaki Patwardhan, Muna Hussen, Dushyant Shekhawat, Sharath Komarraju, Vivek Banerjee, Rohit Das and Sheela Jaywant.

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Author: Rashmi Bansal

Stay Hungry Stay Foolish is an array of twenty-five biographies about IIM-Ahmedabad graduates who are now successful entrepreneurs. This book is motivating, to-the-point, and is an eye-opener for young Indians.

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Stay Hungry Stay Foolish is a collection of stories about twenty-five IIM-Ahmedabad graduates who decided to stay out of the corporate world, and instead chose the road less taken. These men and women became entrepreneurs, and climbed the ladder of success. Stay Hungry Stay Foolish shows how all these individuals come from different backgrounds, work in different industries, and have different outlooks, but they all strongly believe in the power of their dreams. This book has been divided into three parts, namely The Believers, The Alternate Vision and The Opportunists. The first portion talks about the hardship faced by entrepreneurs like Sanjeev Bikhchandani, who started Naukri.com, and the founder of Educomp, Shantanu Prakash.The Opportunists focuses on people who were not inclined towards ownership, but their inventiveness turned them into entrepreneurs. The story of how Ruby Ashraf made her hobby into a business is inspiring. The last section focuses on individuals who have taken the entrepreneurial path to do things that impact culture and society. Creator of consultancy firm Chlorophyll, Anand Halve’s story, is covered here. Some other IIM-A, alumni whose stories have been included in this book are R. Subramanian, the owner of the Subhiksha group, and Sunil Handa, the founder of the Ekalavya Educational Foundation. The author hopes to familiarize readers with these successful entrepreneurs, so that Indians can look beyond corporate jobs and salaries. At the end of each biography is a section that advises young entrepreneurs. Furthermore, the author also explains terms like ADEPT, ORRU, and XBRL.Stay Hungry Stay Foolish has been compiled after extensive research, and the author has used a very personal and conversational style of writing. This book is concise, inspiring, educative, and filled with practical wisdom. More than 350,000 copies of Stay Hungry Stay Foolish have been sold, thus creating a new book record in India. The book has been translated into eight languages.

About Rashmi Bansal: Rashmi Bansal is an author and entrepreneur.She has written books like Poor Little Rich Slum, I Have A Dream, Connect The Dots, and Follow Every Rainbow. Bansal graduated with an Economics degree from Sophia College, and then pursued her MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad. Bansal regularly writes on her blog, Youth Curry, and is the editor and co-founder of JAM. Bansal has written columns for Businessworld and Rediff.com, and was a Consulting Editor with Bloomberg UTV. She has also been a guest lecturer at IIM-Bangalore, S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, IIM-Ahmedabad, and ISB. The author works as a consultant with youth research firms like Flamingo Research, and The Futures Company, London. Bansal lives in Mumbai.

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Publisher: Westland

Publication Year: 2012

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

Number of Pages: 394 Pages

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Author: Arvind Kejriwal

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In the year 2011, the Indian government was shaken by Anna Hazare, who lead an agitation, demanding the implementation of the Lokpal bill. Previously, discussions on politics used to remain only within the four walls of an individual’s house. However, this time things were different. Hazare’s agitation caused the middle class, and the elite to join hands in their fight against corruption.

Swaraj has a number of editorial cartoons that throw light on several crucial issues prevalent in the economic, political, and social scenario in India. The book starts off by providing a detailed analysis about the framing of government policies, which results in industrialists and politicians pocketing a great deal of money. He further explains the current political scenario in the country by throwing light on the difficulties faced by those who require help of government officials. He goes on to explain how government doctors don’t provide the medical assistance promised, and how the police often don’t register cases. Kejriwal also throws light on the problems faced by farmers, whose land is snatched away for a paltry sum of money, which will meet their needs for just few months.

He further explains the water crisis faced in many villages in the country, exclaiming that although many dams are full, yet water shortage is prevalent as water is only transferred to cities. He further throws light on irrelevant policies for villages, disregarding their actual need. Kejriwal insists that ‘mohalla gramsabhas’ should be established, where the needs of the people in that locality can be addressed by the people themselves. He further urges the citizens of the country to stand up against corruption. This is the Hindi edition of the book.

About Arvind Kejriwal

Arvind Kejriwal is a politician, and social activist. Kejriwal was born on the 16th of August, 1968, in Hisar, Haryana. He studied at Campus School, Hisar, after which he finished his degree from IIT Kharagpur in mechanical engineering. He worked for three years at Tata Steel, and later went on to join the Indian Revenue Service in 1992, after clearing the Civil Services Examination. He left his job as a Joint Commissioner of the IT department. He was a part of the board to draft the Jan Lokpal Bill, which was followed by a campaign led by Anna Hazare. Kejriwal was then arrested as he supported Hazare. He has also been one among the five most mentioned politicians from India on sites such as Twitter, and Facebook. Kejriwal has been presented with several awards, and some of them include the NDTV Indian of the Year with Hazare, Indian of the Year in Public Service by CNN-IBN in 2006, and the Distinguished Alumnus Award by IIT Kharagpur. He was also awarded the Ramon Magsaysay award for his contribution towards Right to Information (RTI), in 2006.

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Publisher: Harper Hindi

Publication Year: 2012

ISBN-13: 9788172237677

ISBN-10: 8172237677

Language: Hindi

Edition: 1st Edition

Binding: Paperback

Number of Pages: 175 Pages

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Author: Arvind Kejriwal

Summary:

The last one-and-a-half years in India have been defined by the anti-graft agitation led by Anna Hazare. His key lieutenant, Arvind Kejriwal, has played a central role in the movement.

In 2012, as it became clear that the political establishment was not going to accede to the main demand of the movement to pass the Lokpal Bill. Team Anna demanded the setting up of a Special Investigative Team to probe corrupt politicians. On 25 July 2012, Kejriwal, along with two of his colleagues and Anna Hazare, sat on a fast to press this demand.

This book, which serves as a manifesto for the movement going forward, gives practical suggestions as to what the ordinary citizen, the opinion makers and the political establishment in India can do to provide a political alternative, or to achieve true swaraj (self-rule).

The authors central point is that power must shift from New Delhi and the state capitals to the village councils and the town communities, so that people can be directly empowered to take decisions about their own lives. A must-read for anyone with a dream to leave behind a better India for the next generation.

About the Author

Arvind Kejriwal is a social activist fighting to change the system of political power by bringing in transparency and participation of the people. He is the main architect of the Anna Hazare-led anti-corruption agitation that shook the nation in 2011. He has been awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for his work on Right to Information (RTI).

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Publisher: Harper Collins

Publication Year: 2012

ISBN-13: 9789350295441

ISBN-10: 935029544X

Language: English

Edition: 1st Edition

Binding: Paperback

Number of Pages: 176 Pages

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Author: Benjamin Graham

The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book On Value Investing, first published in 1949, is a critically acclaimed book on an investment approach called value investing. This edition was published by HarperCollins in 2013.

Summary Of The Book:

The author of this phenomenal book is widely regarded as one of the greatest investment advisors of the twentieth century. He shares his philosophy of value investing, a concept that can protect investors from considerable errors and subsequent losses. This stock market bible advises readers to plan long term, and this revised edition contains an additionally commentary by Jason Zweig, a prominent financial journalist. He writes about the relevance of the author’s philosophies in today's market, and compares his examples to popular headlines in finance recently. The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book On Value Investing commences with a preface written by Warren Buffett, and proceeds to an introduction by the author, elaborating on what this book can accomplish for you. Thereafter, the text is segregated into twenty chapters like Convertible Issues and Warrants, Shareholders and Managements: Dividend Policy, Investing in Investment Funds and The Defensive Investor and Common Stocks, to name a few. The author uses popular allegories to explain his concepts. For example, Mr. Market is used to exemplify the fluctuations of the stock market and to teach the reader to reap profits from market follies as opposed to being active participants in it. A great book written for every stockholder, The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book On Value Investing was one of the first books that narrated the possible implementation of financial analysis to stock investments. Warren Buffett defines it as one of the best investment books ever written.

About Benjamin Graham:

Benjamin Graham, born in 1894, was a British author and investor. He has authored Security Analysis, Storage and Stability: A Modern Ever-normal Granary, World Commodities and World Currency, The Interpretation of Financial Statements and Benjamin Graham, The Memoirs of the Dean of Wall Street. Born in London, Graham relocated to the city of New York with his family at the age of one. After graduating from Columbia University, he started the Graham-Newman Partnership on Wall Street. He has influenced personalities like Warren Buffett, Walter J. Schloss and William J. Ruane, and is popularly referred to as the Dean of Wall Street. His first book, Security Analysis, was published in 1934. Graham passed away in 1976, at the age of 82.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Preface to the Fourth Edition, by Warren E. Buffett

A Note About Benjamin Graham, by Jason Zweig

Introduction: What This Book Expects to Accomplish

Commentary on the Introduction:

1. Investment versus Speculation: Results to Be Expected by the Intelligent Investor

Commentary on Chapter 1

2. The Investor and Inflation

Commentary on Chapter 2

3. A Century of Stock-Market History: The Level of Stock Prices in Early 1972

Commentary on Chapters 3

4. General Portfolio Policy: The Defensive Investor

Commentary on Chapter 4

5. The Defensive Investor and Common Stocks

Commentary on Chapter 5

6. Portfolio Policy for the Enterprising Investor: Negative Approach

Commentary on Chapter 6

7. Portfolio Policy for the Enterprising Investor: The Positive Side

Commentary on Chapter 7

8. The Investor and Market Fluctuations

Commentary on Chapter 8

9. Investing in Investment Funds

Commentary on Chapter 9

10. The investor and his advisers

Commentary on Chapter 10

11. Security Analysis for the Lay Investor: General Approach

Commentary on Chapter 11

12 Things to Consider About Per-Share Earnings

Commentary on Chapter 12

13. A Comparison of Four lasted Companies

Commentary on Chapter 13

14. Stock Selection for the Defensive Investor

Commentary on Chapter 14

15. Stock Selection for the Enterprising Investor

Commentary on Chapter 15

16. Convertible Sties and Warrants

Commentary on Chapter 16

17. Four Extremely Instructive Case Histories

Commentary on Chapter 17

18. A Comparison of Eight Pairs of Companies

Commentary on Chapter 18

19. Shareholders and Managements: Dividend Policy

Commentary on Chapter 19

20. "Margin of Safely" as the Central Concept of Investment

Commentary on Chapter 20

Postscript

Commentary on Postscript

Appendixes:

1. The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville

2. Important Rules Concerning Taxability of Investment Income and Security Transactions on 1972

3. The Basics of Investment Taxation (Updated as of 2003)

4. The New Speculation in Common Stocks

5. A Case History: Aetna Maintenance Co.

6. Tax Accounting for NVF's Acquisition of Sharon Steel Shares

7. Technological Companies as Investments Endnotes

Acknowledgments from Jason Zweig

Index

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Publisher: HarperCollins Publisher
Imprint: Harper Business
Publication: Year 2013
Language: English
Edition Type: Revised
Binding: Paperback
Number of Pages: 640 Pages
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Author: Arpit Agrawal

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In My Encounter With IIT JEE: The Story Of Preparation, author Arpit Agrawal shares his awe-inspiring and captivating journey into conquering and topping the IIT JEE exams. Agrawal not only scored the highest marks, but in doing so, he secured a seat at one of India’s most prestigious institutes, the Indian Institute of Technology.

In this book, the publisher has teamed up with the young author to share with the masses, Agrawal’s remarkable accomplishment. It will serve as a guide for budding aspirants who wish to follow in Agrawal’s footsteps. Apart from his personal story, the author also shares factors such as study techniques, self-help strategies, revision schedules, time management tips, and parental support, which helped him achieve academic success. Agrawal’s book also manages to clear many of the misconceptions about the procedure.

My Encounter With IIT JEE: The Story Of Preparation details the life of Arpit Agrawal. The rest of the book delves into Agrawal’s study techniques, and experience with the examinations. Readers will encounter chapter titles such as How it Started, Revision Schedule, Spiritual Health, Distractions, Encounter Day, JEE Pattern, Time Management, and Achievers Speak.

About Author

Arpit Agrawal is a gifted student, who gained acclaim after topping the IIT JEE examinations, scoring 385 out of a possible 401 marks.

Agrawal’s strategy in conquering the JEE included taking coaching classes, and studying for 4 to 5 hours every day. Agrawal’s goal was to pursue a B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT-Delhi. Agrawal’s hobbies include reading Dan Brown’s books, and listening to music. He hopes to pursue management studies after completing his undergraduate education.

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Author: Ravinder Singh
Publisher: Metro Reads (2012)

I Too Had A Love Story is the debut novel of Ravinder Singh and has elements of the troubles he faces in love and life.

Summary Of The Book:

This book is autobiographical in nature. The author is of the opinion that not all love stories are fortunate enough to have a happy ending. Ravinder uses this book as an opportunity to relate his own love story to the readers.

I Too Had A Love Story is a romantic saga of two people belonging to the modern day world of the Internet and gadgets. The story begins as four friends plan a reunion after many years. As their discussion becomes casual and moves to their plans for their partners, Ravin, the protagonist, gets inclined to create an account on a matrimonial website. He comes across a girl named Khushi on this website and starts falling in love with her.

The author beautifully portrays the emotions and feelings of these two people in love, waiting for each other’s messages and phone calls. The reader can relate to their everyday life as they indulge in late night conversations, and each other’s grief, joy, and sorrow. The author shows how small surprises bring these love birds closer.

The author puts in words the apprehensions, curiosity, and excitement that Ravin feels before his first real meeting with Khushi. Written with a touch of light hearted humor, the story is loaded with all sorts of emotions and feelings that have the power to touch the heart of the reader. However, the story takes a turn when their love is put to the ultimate test. What happens to Khushi? How does Ravin deal with this new development? The book answers these questions and more.

I Too Had A Love Story is a romantic novel that has found mass appeal amongst the young readers of today.

About Ravinder Singh:

Ravinder Singh is an Indian author. He has also published other books like Can Love Happen Twice, Love Stories That Touched My Heart, and Like It Happened Yesterday. Born on 4th February, 1982, in Kolkata, Ravinder Singh attended Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College in Karnataka to get his BE degree in Computer Science. He started his career with Infosys and later did his MBA from ISB in Hyderabad. Currently, he works with Microsoft as a Senior Program Manager. He lives with his wife, Khushboo.

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Publication Year:  2012
ISBN-13: 9780143418764
ISBN-10: 0143418769
Language: English
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Paperback
Number of Pages: 206 Pages

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Publisher: Rupa & Co. (2010)
Author: Chetan Bhagat

Five Point Someone: What Not To Do At IIT is a book about three friends who mess up their personal and educational life because of the measly five- point something GPAs in their IITs.

Summary Of The Book:

Five Point Someone: What Not To Do At IIT is Chetan Bhagats debut novel that presents a dark and humorous perspective on the Indian education system. Set in the premises of IIT, the story revolves around three students who become friends while struggling to keep their place in this highly esteemed institute.The book doesnt tell you the ways to get into IIT or to survive it but it tells you how bad things can be if one doesn't think straight. The book talks about the monotony of the education system even at one of the countrys premier engineering institutes. It takes the reader into the lives of these friends as they toil hard to cope with the strong competition at their college. Hari, Alok, and Ryan enter this institute with a dream to beat the competition and come out successful to become the few chosen ones. However, their life becomes a chaos as they mess up their grades that too big time, Hari falls in love with Prof Cherians daughter, and Alok and Ryan just cannot control bickering with each other.

Narrated in first person mostly by Hari, Five Point Someone: What Not To Do At IIT is a dark, funny book that has struck a chord in the hearts of millions of readers across the nation as it sheds some light on the dull and tough academic life in the Indian education system. The protagonists have to deal with tough teachers, with the unending exams, and the difficult academic schedule.

How will these three friends manage to complete their graduation in ruthless world of IIT? Will they manage to survive? Or will they be the victims of failure at the hands of mind-numbing education system? Bhagat reveals that in this funny yet realistic novel.

Five Point Someone: What Not To Do At IIT has been adapted into movies in Hindi as well as Tamil. 3 Idiots, the Hindi adaptation, has been a huge success. The book has won Bhagat several awards like Indo-American Society's Society Young Achiever's Award and The Publisher's Recognition Award. It has remained on the bestseller list since its launch in 2004.

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Author: Chetan Bhagat

Translated By: Sushobhi Saktawat

Publisher: Rupa Publications India (2013)

Revolution 2020 (Hindi) is a story based in Varanasi concerning the themes of love, ambition and corruption.

Summary Of The Book:

Revolution 2020 (Hindi) is a satire on the education system in the country and revolves around the life of a young boy called Gopal and two of his friends, Aarti and Raghav. The story also covers most classes of the Indian society since Gopal comes from a poor setting, Raghav from a middle class family, and Arti from a high class political background. The story is based on how the three friends set out to achieve their respective ambitions in life and how it all ultimately turns out. Gopal fails consistently in securing an admission into one of the premier institutes for engineering in the country and ultimately gives it up, while Raghav secures an admission into IT BHU even though all he wants to do is be a journalist and bring about change. While Gopal prepares for his exams, the love of his life, Aarti and his friend, Raghav become romantically involved. The book traces the fate of the friends as they struggle to gain a footing in the world and try to achieve what they think is the best for themselves. Revolution 2020 (Hindi) is the Hindi translation of an English novel by the same title authored by Chetan Bhagat and was published in 2011.

About Chetan Bhagat:

Chetan Bhagat is a famous Indian novelist and author. Bhagat has written several books including Five Point Someone, his debut novel, and a non-fiction work called What Young India Wants. Other books by him include 2 States, The 3 Mistakes Of My Life, and One Night @ The Call Center. Chetan Bhagat was born and brought up in New Delhi in a middle class family. He went to Army Public School and later went on to do Mechanical Engineering at IIT Delhi. He worked as an investment banker for quite a few years in Hong Kong and later returned to India to pursue writing. Three of his books Five Point Someone, One Night @ The Call Center and The 3 Mistakes Of My Life have been adapted to movies. He was presented with the Society Young Achiever’s Award, and was listed on Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2010. He writes columns for Dainik Bhaskar and The Times Of India. He currently lives in Mumbai with his wife and children.

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Publisher:  Rupa Publications India
Publication Year:  2013
ISBN-13:  9788129124401
ISBN-10:  8129124408
Language:  Hindi
Binding:  Paperback
Number of Pages:  356 Pages

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Author: Chetan Bhagat
Publisher: Rupa Publications (2012)

What Young India Wants is a compilation of Chetan Bhagat’s essays and speeches on India, its youth, its society, culture and politics. It also contains his ideas of what is needed to take the country forward, and what he thinks the youth of the country want.

Summary Of The Book:

After writing some successful novels, Chetan Bhagat penned his first nonfiction work. This book contains all his hopes and dreams, and his fears and anxieties about India. What Young India Wants is divided into three sections, the first titled Our Society. In this, he looks at various aspects of Indian society and also does a comparison between Indian and American societies. He also goes into the issues of religion, terrorism, and caste differences.

The second section is Politics. He discusses corruptions and other major issues, and gives his ideas on the constructive measures that need to be taken to tackle these issues. He also includes an essay in support of Anna Hazare and his movement. The third section is Our Youth. This section looks at the young people of India in the current scenario, and explains what their dreams and aspirations are. He writes on topics like brain drain, the need for educational system reforms, and the communication gap between the old and new generation. What Young India Wants also contains two short stories. It presents his ideas on what needs to change and in some cases he also suggests how these changes can be brought about. This book is a reflection of the author’s concern for the future of his motherland and its youth. It expresses his thoughts on the things that have to be done to make the dream of a dynamic and strong India possible in the near future.

About Chetan Bhagat:

Chetan Bhagat is a popular Indian writer, speaker and columnist. He is the author of bestsellers like One Night @ the Call Center, Five Point Someone, and 2 States: The Story of My Marriage. Chetan Bhagat was born in New Delhi in 1974. He has a degree in engineering and a Master's degree in management from premier institutions, IIT and IIM respectively. He worked in Hong Kong as an investment banker for a few years. He is now a full time writer, contributing regularly to major magazines and newspapers in the country. He has received many honors like the Society Young Achiever’s Award. Three of his books have been adapted to movies.

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Publisher: Rupa Publications
Publication Year:  2012
ISBN-13: 9788129120212
ISBN-10: 8129120216
Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Number of Pages: 181 Pages


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Author: Chetan Bhagat
Publisher: Rupa & Co (2005)

Published in the year 2005, One Night @ The Call Center is a novel that revolves around the lives of six call center employees, and the phone call that brought about a dramatic change in their lives.

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One Night @ The Call Center is a book that covers the lives of six call center employees working for Connexions, a call center located in Gurgaon. In the beginning of the book, the readers are presented with a frame story describing a train journey, during which the author meets a girl who desires to tell him a story. However, there was one condition that he had to adhere to if he wanted to hear the story. This condition specified that he had to base his second book on the story. The book talks about how the employees receive a phone call from God during their work timings at the call center. The characters in this novel include Radhika, Esha, Shyam, Priyanka, Varun, and Military Uncle. These six characters are deeply disturbed by the events taking place in their own lives, and choose to focus on their problems rather than trying to find a way out of them. In this book, Bhagat throws light on the lives of the individuals in present day India, who are residing in the metro cities. The language utilized by the author is simple, and contains witty remarks on urban culture and relationships. The author makes use of words that are associated with that region in the country, thereby increasing the readability of this book. One Night @ The Call Center was published in 2005 and received a favourable response. The book was adapted into a movie that was released in 2008, titled Hello, starring Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Sohail Khan, Amrita Arora, Gul Panag, and a host of other actors.

About Chetan Bhagat:

Chetan Bhagat is a renowned columnist, speaker, and author from India. He has also written other books like 2 States: The Story Of My Marriage, Five Point Someone: What Not To Do At IIT, The 3 Mistakes Of My Life, Revolution 2020 and What Young India Wants. He was born in 1974 in New Delhi. Bhagat studied at Army Public School, New Delhi, and went on to obtain his degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He also holds an MBA degree from the Indian Institute of Management. After finishing his degrees, he began working in Hong Kong as an investment banker. Bhagat has also received many awards such as the Publisher’s Recognition Award and Society Young Achiever’s Award. In the year 2010, Bhagat was listed among the World’s 100 Most Influential People byTime magazine. Four of his books have been adapted into films.

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Novel : The 3 Mistakes of My Life(Free Home Delivery*)

Novel : The 3 Mistakes of My Life

Novel : The 3 Mistakes of My Life
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Author: Chetan Bhagat
Publisher: Rupa & Co (2013)

The 3 Mistakes Of My Life is a book that revolves around three young lads and their ambitions in life, as well as the events that pose a threat to their relationship with each other.

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The 3 Mistakes Of My Life revolves around Govind, Omi, and Ishaan. Although they have different personalities, their love for cricket unites them. They decide to start a shop that sells cricket-related items. Omi’s father is a priest at the temple, and has a great deal of influence there. They then decide to launch their shop in the commercial premises of the temple. Among the three, Govind is the most business minded, as he and his mother were left to fend for themselves when his father left them. He desires to become rich, and also attributes his business-mindedness to the fact that he’s a Gujarati, who are known for good trading. Ishaan is the most fond of playing cricket, and decides to help a young boy who wants to land a spot in the Indian Cricket Team. Ishaan’s sister, Vidya, is determined towards making something of herself, as she’s tired of their financial status. She is currently gearing up for her medical entrance tests. However, she is weak in mathematics. Ishaan requests Govind to tutor his sister, as Govind is good at math. However, as time passes by, the two fall in love and try their best to hide it from everyone, especially Ishaan. The three are very close to each other. Things take a turn with the horrendous earthquake in Gujarat, the Godhra incident, and the riots that followed. This book revolves around the three mistakes made by these young lads, what they are, and the way it alters the course of their lives and that of those around them. The 3 Mistakes Of My Life was greatly appreciated by its readers, and was adapted into a movie titled Kai Po Che!, which was released in 2013.

About Chetan Bhagat:

Chetan Bhagat is an author, speaker, and columnist. Some of Bhagat’s books include One Night @ The Call Center, What Young India Wants, Five Point Someone,and Revolution 2020. Bhagat was born on 22nd April, 1974, in New Delhi. He completed his education from Army Public School. He finished his undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in 1995, after which he pursued an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. After that, he became an investment banker, and resided in Hong Kong. He stayed there for 11 years, and then shifted to Mumbai to start his full-time writing career. Bhagat has authored six novels, and all of them are bestsellers. Time Magazine listed him among the 100 Most Influential People In The World. He has written for columns in The Times of India and Dainik Bhaskar. Bhagat was also presented with the Publisher’s Recognition Award and the Society Young Achiever’s Award. He is married to Anusha Bhagat, and they have two children together.

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Novel: 2 States - The Story of My Marriage(Free Home Delivery*)

Novel: 2 States - The Story of My Marriage

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Author: Chetan Bhagat

Publisher: Rupa & Co (2009)

Loosely based on his real life, 2 States: The Story Of My Marriage charts the love story between a Tamil Brahmin girl and a Punjabi boy who find their relationship jeopardized by this very ethnic disconnect.

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Krish Malhotra meets Ananya Swaminathan at IIM Ahmedabad where they are both pursuing an M.B.A. Ananya’s charm and good looks bring her to the fore of the popularity chart at the Institute and although Krish finds her very appealing, this reputation makes him wary of her. Ananya enlists Krish’s help who is an IIT graduate and the duo began their friendship. Soon this friendship blossoms into love and the pair become inseparable. The real story begins in their last year at the Institute when having moved past all of the other person’s idiosyncrasies, the two are resolved to tie their love through the bond of marriage. However, they aren’t the only ones involved in this decision and although they are in love, there is the question of their families. With the parents not accepting their love, Ananya is sent off to meet Tamil Brahmin boys while Krish is sent off to meet respectable Punjabi girls. However, Krish cannot forget Ananya and is the same with her and he embarks on a quest to win over her family to finally marry her. Through a number of amusing and misfortunate clashes, the families disapprove of this union due to their cultural and ethnic differences. The magic that is Bhagat’s gift in storytelling is his use of humor and candor and he employs these devices to full use in this story where the North-South polarities provide generous comedic effect. Narrated from Krish’s point of view, a first person narrative, 2 States: The Story Of My Marriage is an infectiously lighthearted read that digs at the ethnic gap between Indian communities. The rights of the book have been sold to producer Nadiadwala who is adapting the warm tale for the big screen.

About Chetan Bhagat:

Chetan Bhagat is a bestselling author, speaker and columnist. His other books include What Young India Wants, Five Point Someone, One Night @ The Call Center, Revolution 2020 and The 3 Mistakes Of My Life. Bhagat studied Mechanical Engineering in IIT Delhi and went on to graduate from the Indian Institute of Management. He worked as an investment banker in Hong Kong for 11 years before returning to Mumbai. Here he pursued writing and quit his investment banking job after publishing his first three novels in 2009. Four of his books have gone on to become motion pictures and Time magazine has named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in their poll. He contributes to a number of Hindi and English newspapers. He was awarded the Society Young Achiever’s Award in 2004. He is married to Anusha Suryanarayanan.

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The Oath of the Vayuputras: Shiva Trilogy 3(Free Home Delivery*)

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The Oath of the Vayuputras: Shiva Trilogy 3
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Author: Amish Tripathi
Publisher: Westland (2013)

India’s own super hero is finally here. Shiva has risen yet again to destroy the evildoers. The last of the Shiva Trilogy, this book promises to keep the readers gripped while the great warrior discovers who his true enemies are and gives it his all to destroy them.

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The Oath of the Vayuputras is the final book of the Shiva Trilogy. In the earlier books of the trilogy, Shiva finds out that the Nagas are not his enemies and joins hands with them to reach the root of all evil. This book will have answers to ‘the Neelkanth’s’ questions about his fate, the choices he made previously and karma.

Further, in the concluding book of the trilogy, Shiva reaches Panchavati, the capital of Naga where he will come face to face with his greatest enemy. Will he win the battle over his wicked enemies, who are out to destroy him and his legacy?

The Oath of the Vayuputras will also reveal the reason of Shiva’s close friend Brahaspati’s disappearance and reappearance at the end of the second book, The Secret of the Nagas. Further the relationship between Daksha, the king of Meluha and the mysterious temple priests will also be exposed in this last part of the trilogy. Shiva seeks helps from the Vayuputras in the quest to conquer all evil.

The great warrior will encounter the real intentions of some characters he deemed to be close to him. Some new characters will add that extra vitality to the entire plot, especially Shiva’s greatest enemy whose name sends shivers down the spines of many great warriors. An interesting journey of a warrior who is turned into a God by his followers because of his deeds and war against the evil, this book is sure to have its readers’ full attention. A good read which will make one reflect on their actions, this book like the two earlier books of the trilogy focuses on philosophy, religion and the never ending battle between the good and the evil.

About Amish Tripathi:

Amish Tripathi, is an author who gave up his banking job to live his dream of becoming a writer. He is an IIM (Kolkata) graduate and worked for 14 years in the financial services industry. He has penned down three books as part of the Shiva Trilogy 3, which have received raving reviews and critical appreciation. His style of writing is fresh and has given birth to a new era of literature in India. With philosophy, religion, karma and myth as his main areas of focus, Amish has weaved his plots around them and conquered the hearts of many readers with his riveting ideas. Amish lives with his wife Preethi and son Neel in Mumbai. As is evident from his books, Amish has a passion for religion, philosophy, mythology and history.

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