Parallel Sky

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Parallel Sky is the translation of Padmavati Singh’s Samanantar Akash. The novel presents a woman ready to fight against all discriminations and disparities; she challenges all values and norms that stood for subjugating woman. It attacks on male domination and male hypocrisy. It is the voice of new generation, especially the new woman. It is an autobiographical description of Sushmita’s experience with Avinash, the deserter; her son Aakash and daughter Asmita. It is a woman centric novel. The major roles are given to them.

Waiting for Nick

Frederica Kimball had been waiting all her life; waiting to grow up, waiting to become a woman, waiting for the day when Nicholas LeBeck would fall as desperately in love with her as she had always been with him. Now, at last, she was ready! Nick didn’t know what hit him. Sweet, adorable Freddie, whom he’d always loved like a child sister, was suddenly looking and acting like a woman — and WHAT a woman! And she was making him feel things no brother ought to feel. The waiting was over but the wanting had just begun.

From XL to XS

Can you change the shape of your body? Yes, you can. Payal Gidwani Tiwari, Bollywood’s most celebrated yoga and fitness expert, tells you how to get from XL to XS. With simple and easy to follow principles and exercise routines, learn how to lose (or gain) weight, stay fit, and transform your body structure. Learn how to look 10 years younger and about other invisible factors like stress, sleep, et cetera that affect the way you look. With photographs, celeb work outs, and useful tips by stars, From XL to XS is the best gift you can give yourself.

Confronting Terrorism

In this collection of essays, nice eminent experts — strategic analysts and military historians — examine, the capacity of India’s police and paramilitary forces to deal with well-equipped, meticulously planned terror attacks, the army’s ability to transform its ‘reactive mode’ to a more proactive approach and the complex dynamics of nuclear terror threat. And if elements within the Pakistani establishment are involvement in the threat to India, what is the most effective way for the Indian state to respond?

The Changing ...

Through 40 salient essays, originally published between 1975 and 1982, renowned management thinker Peter F Drucker explores how changes within the organisation, in the minds and attitudes of employees, and in the social, political, and economic contexts outside the organisation, have impacted the manager’s role. Considered against the backdrop of the 21st century marketplace, with its complex political and economic issues, the book’s wisdom and insights are classic Drucker: timeless, prescient, and practical.