Showing results by narrator "Prateek Sharma" in All Categories

Why are Hindus so ritualistic? Why do they worship idols? Were Hindus always casteist? Are Hindus supposed to be vegetarian? Why is a Hindu prayer different from a Muslim or Christian prayer? Did the arrival of Muslim invaders a thousand years ago destroy Hindu culture?Answering key questions on...

एकलव्य महाभारत का एक पात्र है। वह राजा हिरण्य धनु नामक निषाद के पुत्र थे। एकलव्य का मूल नाम अभिद्युम्न था।...

On the eve of a landmark general election, Ruchir Sharma offers an unrivalled portrait of how India and its democracy work, drawn from his two decades on the road chasing election campaigns across every major state, travelling the equivalent of a lap around the earth. Democracy on the Road takes...

1775: British East India Company had won the battles of Plassey and Buxar. Their devastating tax measures and government machinery led to the Great Bengal Famine. Even as the masses struggled for survival, the Company was on a steady path towards maximizing profits and becoming the undisputed rulers of Bengal. Maharaja Nanda Kumar was an influential landowner in Bengal, who had been put in charge for revenue collection by the Company. He stumbled upon the elaborate game of money laundering and corruption with one man behind it all–Warren Hastings.

In the 1990s, when Abdul Kareem Telgi spent more than eighty lakh rupees on a dancer in a dance bar one evening, he came under the target of the police, politicians and the underworld. Sanjay Singh, then a reporter at NDTV, broke the Telgi Scam story in 2003. At an estimated 40,000 crores, it...

Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, widely known as NTR, was not merely a film star who strayed into politics and captured power in Andhra Pradesh. The actor-politician redefined the political culture in the state and scripted a new political idiom.His rather dramatic entry into politics, the profound...

The story of the forging of India, the world's largest democracy, is a rich andinspiring one. This volume, a sequel to the India's Struggle forIndependence, analyses the challenges India has faced and the successes ithas achieved in the light of its colonial legacy and century-long struggle...

The story of the forging of India, the world's largest democracy, is a rich andinspiring one. This volume, a sequel to the India's Struggle forIndependence, analyses the challenges India has faced and the successes ithas achieved in the light of its colonial legacy and century-long struggle...

In Five Seats of Power, Raghu Ananthanarayanan uses insights from the Yoga Shastra and the Mahabharata to offer principles and practices to enable behavioural transformation. Transformation that, in turn, will ignite an individual's natural genius. He presents each of the five Pandavas -...

What happens when ill-treated farm animals gang up to throw out their lazy, corrupt and power-drunk rulers? Animal Farm is born. As humans get ousted from Manor Farm and animals take control, their utopian fantasy of running a farm on the basis of equality soon begins to crumble before their eyes. The rebellion of the animals, led by the two pigs Napoleon and Snowball, gives way to corrupt practices that lead to unthinkable consequences.

A general perception exists that ancient Indian literature on economic matters is fatalistic and an admixture of sacred and secular thoughts. Economic Sutra provides a comprehensive perspective on the elements of Indian economic thought leading up to and after the Arthashastra. Economic Sutra is...

दो अजनबी एक शेयर कैब में अचानक मिलते हैं और एक दूसरे को देखकर चौंक जाते हैं. वैसे वो अजनबी नहीं बल्कि लव कपल हैं...

समर्थ और मालविका दो अपोज़िट पोल्स हैं, दोनों की सोच और पसंद अलग-अलग है. इतना ही नहीं दोनों एक दूसरे को सख्त नापसंद...

कार्तिक अपनी दोस्त श्रेयसी को पसंद करता है और उसके साथ डेट पर जाने की प्लानिंग करता है. वो इस दिन को खास बनाने के...

प्यार का रोग जो एक बार लग जाए भला कहाँ आसानी से छूटता है. वैसे भी पहला प्यार बेहद खास होता है. बरसों से अकेली रह रही...

ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार से सम्मानित कुर्रतुल एन हैदर भारतीय साहित्य के महानतम लेखकों में शामिल हैं. अपने लेखन में वे...

ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार से सम्मानित कुर्रतुल एन हैदर भारतीय साहित्य के महानतम लेखकों में शामिल हैं. अपने लेखन में वे...

ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार से सम्मानित कुर्रतुल एन हैदर भारतीय साहित्य के महानतम लेखकों में शामिल हैं. अपने लेखन में वे...

ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार से सम्मानित कुर्रतुल एन हैदर भारतीय साहित्य के महानतम लेखकों में शामिल हैं. अपने लेखन में वे...

ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार से सम्मानित कुर्रतुल एन हैदर भारतीय साहित्य के महानतम लेखकों में शामिल हैं. अपने लेखन में वे...