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Turbaned Tornado is the biography of Fauja Singh (born on 1 April 1911), a centenarian British Sikh. He is a marathon runner of Indian descent and a world record holder in his age bracket. Once the poster boy for Adidas, Fauja Singh became the world's oldest half-marathon runner when he completed the 2010 Luxembourg Interfaith marathon at the age of ninety-nine.Turbaned Tornado captures Fauja Singh's zest for life and his invincible spirit. It traces the runner's roots and tries to capture his life's journey, understanding the impact of Fauja on the world around him.

We must remain ''trustees'' of our wealth for society, not its owners.- Azim PremjiTo decode success, one must borrow a leaf from an accomplished life. In this book, author Rajiv Agarwal, also a management professor and family business consultant shows the strategies used by the czar of the Indian IT industry, Azim Premji, to chart his route for success.In the fourth book in the series, Management Lessons from the Masters, Agarwal analyzes various moves and decisions made by Premji before he became the face of corporate philanthropy. He shares an insight into the vision and principles of a man who started his entrepreneurial journey with a small vegetable oil company at the young age of 21 and went on to build Wipro, one of India''s leading IT organizations. In this authoritative and compelling account, the author shows how Premji, the founder chairman of Wipro, fearlessly diversified the organization into varied industries (FMCG, IT services and infrastructure engineering). Besides, Premji also inspired entrepreneurs around the world to generously donate large parts of their wealth. Today, his endowment of $21 billion is among the top five endowments in the world. A must read for aspiring leaders as well as students, this book shows how wealth can be used to impact the lives of many, not just stakeholders of a business.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) continues to make headlines, despite several books tracingits journey. Curiosity about the functioning of the RSS has increased phenomenally as swayamsevakshave risen to top positions in government and the Sangh's core ideas of Hindu Rashtra and Ekatmatahave become the mainstream lexicon of our social and political space.So, what is the RSS's imagination for India? If India becomes a Hindu Rashtra, what will be theplace of Muslims and other faiths in it? How big is the RSS project of history writing? Will Hindutvaoverride caste politics? And what is the RSS view of social issues pertaining to the changing natureof family, the rights of people with different sexual orientations and the third gender?These contentious questions are just a few of the myriad political and social issues that SunilAmbekar, a high-ranking pracharak, analyses in his book

Famous for the inspiring slogan, 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan', Lal Bahadur Shastri's prime ministership sawIndia ensuring respect for the farmer and the soldier. In his brief yet eventful tenure of nineteenmonths, he resolved some of the most contentious problems facing the country, by taking allsegments of society along.The book takes a closer look at his pioneering efforts at ensuring self-sufficiency in foodgrains byushering in the Green Revolution. As the inspiration behind the original 'surgical strikes', it alsohighlights the laudatory manner in which Shastri motivated the soldiers to effectively respond toPakistan's military adventurism, by giving the green signal to the military to enter Pakistani soil.Insightful, thought-provoking, and written in a lucid style by one of India's most respected politicalcommentators, Lal Bahadur Shastri focuses on the leader's greatest strengths-integrity, humility,simplicity and a self-effacing nature.

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Did Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose die in an air crash in Taihoku (Taipei, Taiwan) on 18 August 1945? Was he sent off to Siberia by Joseph Stalin? Did he die there? Or did he escape? Or was he let off, eventually to make his way back to India? Was he the mysterious Gumnami Baba of Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh? If so, how did he find his way back? Why did Bose leave India when he did? Was it on account of his political approach, which was opposed by the then high command of the Congress party that wanted

100 Events that Changed the World unveils human triumph and the history behind it. The book looks at the various inventions and catastrophes, wars and treaties, momentous discoveries and cultural landmarks that altered the way we live today. All these events are remembered as powerful symbols of their times and still reverberate around the world.Beginning with the assassination of Julius Caesar on 15 March 44 BC, the book presents every historical (and contemporary) incident of note, such as the fall of Constantinople on 29 May 1453 and the partition of India on 15 August 1947, all the way to the destruction of New York''s twin towers on 11 September 2001 and the Paris attacks on 13 November 2015, for today''s news is tomorrow''s history.A gripping way of unfolding the prolific events of world history through exciting, fascinating and thought-provoking milestones that changed the world with an absorbing account of the last 1000 years 100 Events that Changed the World is a one-of-a-kind chronicle of world history

XLRI, in association with a few Tata Group companies, established the XLRI-JRD Tata Foundationin Business Ethics in 1991 to mark their long-standing commitment and contribution to businessethics in India. The foundation seeks to address this by publicly affirming the urgent need forethics in business and the need to bring about a conducive culture in which it can thrive.

Enjoy five delightful retellings of Rudyard Kipling's cherished stories in this beautifully illustrated picture book. Just So Stories is a beautifully illustrated and modern retelling of five of Rudyard Kipling's beloved animal tales. From how the camel got its humps to how the elephant got its trunk, these imaginative stories about how animals got their most distinctive features are retold with rhyming text and modern illustrations.

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