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A Techguru’s Fireside Chat with Indian Students

At a time when jobs are few and employability is an issue worrying the government, Pearson chief John Fallon’s visit to India is being seen by educators here as very significant.

Fallon’s talk, scheduled for Wednesday, 4 September 2019 at Amity University, Delhi is aptly titled, Reimagining Learning in India for Employability – Fireside Chat. The event is being hosted by biggest Asia’s IT books publisher BPB Publications.

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A Techguru’s Fireside Chat with Indian Students

Bilingual Fairy Tales

The magical story of Cinderella, whose unhappy life is transformed when she meets her fairy godmother!

The magical story of Little Red Riding Hood, who meets a wicked wolf in the woods, but escapes alive with the help of a kind huntsman!

The magical story of Hansel and Gretel, the brother and sister who have an enchanting adventure in the forest, which turns their bad luck around!

Bilingual Fairy Tales is a series of books aimed at helping young readers achieve proficiency in both Hindi and English. These illustrated retellings of popular fairy tales engage children, while building their skills and vocabulary in two..

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Bilingual Fairy Tales

Gita: The Battle of the Worlds

When 11-year-old Dev's father dies, he can't stop lashing out at those he loves. Until he meets Sanjay – a sprite-like being who claims there is a battle raging inside Dev's own body. Sanjay embarks on a perilous journey beginning in the darkest realm at the bottom of Dev's spine. As he searches for the noble warrior Prince Arjun—the only hope to defeat wicked Prince Ego—Sanjay encounters starving mobs, thieving gangs, water worlds and lands of fire, until at last he finds Arjun on the battlefield, ready to fight for Dev.

This book attempts to take the messages of the Gita and make them more accessible to children and to also present the Gita as a universal message..

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Gita: The Battle of the Worlds

BARD OF AVON's BIRTHDAY:

All the world ‘s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts. -William Shakespeare, As You Like It

BARD OF AVON's BIRTHDAY:

A study for literature students

In the name of God is a fascinating thriller with twists and turns. An ideal plot for a new generation Bollywood movie. The book shot into limelight and became a national bestseller. Not because it was a book about bank scams. But because the main protagonist of the book was a diamond merchant named Nirav Choksi, the duo of the now infamous PNB bank scam. This despite the author's steadfast refusal to bask under the glow of the hottest breaking news of the day.

But that is not the reason why we will be talking about the book and its author here today. The book is a lesson for budding writers on how to develop multiple story plots and weave them..

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A study for literature students

Dump sellers seek dedicated space, legality

Complete series of Sherlock Holmes at 25% of the MRP, Brand new copies of Penguin Classics at Rs 150 per kilogramme! Best selling novels at Rs 99, beautifully illustrated Coffeetable books at Rs 500 each will lure every book lover to these four, neatly decked up bookstores on Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Marg, Daryaganj. Popularly known as the secondhand booksellers and dump booksellers, these stores have their own stories to tell and woes to share.

While being heavily criticised by the mainstream publishers for polluting and disrupting the usual flow of the book fairs at Pragati Maidan, these bookstores consider themselves as equal and a part of the publishing sector and as good..

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Dump sellers seek dedicated space, legality

Tome that caters to intellect & faith

I often speculate if the progenitors of the sacred Rig Veda ever had the faintest idea of the word Hindu. When the venerated sages of the many mandalas that spawned this great compendium of lofty intellectual thought which also blends holy practice and earthy philosophy they were clear about one belief; worship of the Creator. The Rig Veda exhorts the individual to focus on the life here as opposed to the hereafter. It then permits or provides ways and means to connect with the Creator according to ones predilections and needs. Thus, one of the opening richa's of the Rig Veda categorically states: Aano bhadra krtavo yantu vishwatah (1.89.1 Rigveda), which in translation best reads as 'Let noble thoughts come to us from every direction'.
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Tome that caters to intellect & faith

The JCB award: Promise of transparency

The JCB award: Promise of transparency

In a short and sweet event on 10 April, leading manufacturer of earthmoving equipment, the JCB Group offered a sumptuous Rs 25 lakh award to fiction writers in India, bringing equity to the prizes game. If the winning book is a translation, the translator will be awarded..

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Charles Allen and the meandering Vaigai

When'll we derive the 'Outcome' in NEP?

Recent news reports state that the HRD Minister has announced in a television interview that NCERT syllabus will be reduced by half, and it will be introduced from the year 2019 academic session.

If you recall, the MHRD has also announced that assessment..
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The comeback kids who set examples

The Life We Live!

What is the nature of human life? If you were to read Professor Jordan Peterson’s recent best-seller,12 Rules for Life, you will learn that human life is full of 'suffering' and our very existence in this world is a 'horrible' tragedy for which we need to 'make amends'. Life, in Peterson’s worldview, is 'nasty [and] brutish'.

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