Biryani by Pratibha Karan

A delectable collection of 100 authentic biryani recipes The biryani is India’s most beloved dish—one that has spread to all the four corners of the country and assumed many forms. It originated in the Mughal courts, flowering in the jagirs of Awadh, and it is in Lucknow, Delhi and the small Muslim principalities of north India that one finds the classic versions, subtle, refined, and delicately flavoured. Pratibha Karan gives us not just the definitive recipes from these regions but unearths rare and old dishes such as a biryani made with oranges, Rose Biryani and Kebab Biryani. In the south, the biryani has an equally distinguished lineage, if not more so. There are the blueblooded biryanis of Hyderabad which include gems such as the Doodh ki Biryani, Keeme ki biryani and Bater ki biryani. Away from the royal courts, the biryani has adapted itself into a spicy local delicacy in Tamil Nadu, with many towns like Salem, Aambur, Dindigul boasting of their own signature version of the dish. Kerala too is home to many - a prawn biryani spiced with curry leaves and aniseed, a mutton one laced with star anise. There are as many stunning variations in the east and west—Goan biryanis using vinegar and olives; unusual dishes from the Parsi and Sindhi communities; Bengali adaptations using fish and mustard seeds, even a dish from Assam! Immaculately researched, full of extraordinary recipes, and beautifully designed and photographed, Biryani is the ultimate book on this princely dish. ISBN - 9788184000931

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Pentagon`s South Asia Defence and Strategic Year Book 2010 by Col. Harjeet Singh (Retd)

Pentagon's South Asia Defence and Strategic Yearbook is now in its fourth year of publication. It covers relevant issues of defence and security, military affairs and military technology written by experts and academicians themselves. These issues are important for defence services, foreign ministers and security experts spread among defence units, strategic think-tanks, government organisations / public sector units, national and international technology manufacturers and diplomats and bureaucrats. ISBN - 9788182744448

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Witnessing Partition: Memory, History, Fiction by Tarun K. Saint

This book deals with the representation of the Partition of India — the experience of trauma and violence — through fiction, literary motifs and narratives, and shows that in examining the nature of such testimony through history, cultural memory has a significant role to play. ISBN - 9780415564434

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Theatre of Conflict, City of Hope: Mumbai, 1660 to Present Times by Mariam Dossal

The story of the evolution of this city from seven 'islets' to a megalopolis, is both fascinating and wrought with the scars of human agency. This is a tale of land scarcity, of the opening up of new spaces to settle, and the creation of many opportunities of growth. Theatre of Conflict, City of Hope is one of the most comprehensive accounts of this transformation. With contested space as its central concern, this encyclopaedic work maps Mumbai's changing patterns of land use and its transition from an agrarian settlement of little significance to a world city. It traces how coconut gardens, rice fields, and fishing villages yielded to cotton kills, docks and railways in the nineteenth century, and these more recently to shopping malls, skyscrapers and urban slums. This volume brings to the fore the cosmopolitan character, diversity of cultures, and interests, and the confluence of ideas in a grand city. Mariam Dossal deftly uses primary sources and hitherto inaccessible records to investigate the politics of land use, as feudal lands were converted into private property and customary rights were refigured into a capitalist land market. Her inquiry extends over four centuries and uses rare visuals and maps to illuminate the argument. Each chapter focuses on a specific period and emphasizes important changes which occurred in that phase of the city's history. Narratives of both conflict and negotiated settlements between Mumbai's inhabitants and the colonial and post-colonial state underline the discussions. Written by an acknowledged expert, this volume will be invaluable for architects, urban planners, conservationists, environmentalists, historians, sociologists, economists and all those deeply concerned with the development of Mumbai and urban issues both in India and abroad. ISBN - 9780198064381

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The Maruti Story by R C Bhargava

The targets were stupendous and considered unachievable by almost everyone.Slightly over two years to find a suitable partner, finalize all legal documentation, get governmental approval to these agreements as well as to the investment proposals, build a factory, develop a supplier base to meet localization regulations, create a sales and service network and develop and launch a people's car that would sell 100,000 a year, in a sector where Indian expertise was limited. And to do this as a public sector company, having to follow all governmental systems and procedures and having to please both its masters in the government and Suzuki Motor Corporation. However, the Maruti project succeeded and in ways that were unimaginable in 1983. the car revolutionized the industry and put a county on wheels. Suddenly, ordinary middle-class men and women could aspire to own a reliable, economical and modern car and the steep sales target were easily met. 26 years later, the company, now free of government controls and facing competition from the world's major manufacturers who have entered the Indian market,still leads the way. Not only that, cars made by Maruti can be seen in all continents. By any yardstick, it is an incredible story, involving grit, management skill and entrepreneurship of a high order. R. C. Bhargava, who was at the helm of the company and is currently its chairman, co-writing with senior journalist and author Seetha, shows how it was done in this riveting account of a landmark achievement. ISBN - 9788172237806

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Simply Fly by Captain G. R. Gopinath

This is the journey of a boy born in a remote village, who went from riding a bullock cart to owning an airline, a journey of an entrepreneur who built India's first and largest low-cost airline Filled with rich anecdotes of everyday struggles and joys, this is the awe-inspiring story of Captain G.R. Gopinath. This autobiography narrates in gritty detail Captain Gopinath's incredible journey: quitting the Indian Army in the late 1970s with a princely gratuity of Rs 6500, going back to his farm land inundated by the river, converting a piece of barren land to set up a farm for ecologically sustainable silkworm rearing, winning the Rolex award for it, his loves and passions, his extraordinary determination to launch an airline (which touched a crazy market cap of US$ 1.1 billion in less than four years ), in the process rewriting aviation history. ISBN - 9788172238421

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