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Various Authors |
India, Youth and Integration |
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This compilation includes passages from eminent personalities on India and national integration especially as revelant to the youth, as well as selections from the Mother on integral development of personality.
The book also includes guidelines on conducting youth camps, as well as community songs.
The introduction states, "we feel confident that this book will be of much use and help to the youth in giving them a sense of positive direction and will provide a proper outlet and canalization... |
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Donald A. Mackenzie |
Indian Fairy Stories |
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These stories will enlighten and entertain readers who wish to go back and remember things as they were. These are stories of speaking animals, fairies and beasts, of princes and princesses, of love, happiness and sometimes extreme sorrow. They teach us to have a moral code acceptable not only to man but also to nature.
This book is an anthology of some of the best stories ever produced on the Indian subcontinent.
The stories here are presented in a style that all ages can... |
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Joseph Jacobs |
Indian Fairy Tales |
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Especially selected and retold to offer the best of India, these stories speak of snow-capped mountains, meandering rivers, the oceans, the blue heavens, the exquisite flora and fauna, and characters from paupers to princes. The tales of courage and sacrifice, love and adventure, magic and death offer both spellbinding entertainment as well as answers to fundamental questions of life.
The majority of tales in this volume have been known in the West in some form or another, and the... |
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Sri Aurobindo |
Invitation and other Poems |
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A selection of Sri Aurobindo's poems for readers aged below 18.
In Sri Aurobindo's view poetry is primarily a medium of illumination, beauty and delight. "Its function", he wrote, "is not to teach truth of any particular kind... but to embody beauty in word and give delight".
Poetry was Sri Aurobindo's own chosen field of artistic expression:
as a youth in England he penned lyrics and sonnets
as a teacher in Baroda he wrote longer narrative poems
as a seer and yogi in Pondicherry... |
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Geetanjali Krishna |
It's Playtime Folks!: A book of Games |
$32.49 $24.37 |
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People often say that playing with one's children is the best way to bond with them. We agree. But we also believe that when you play with your children, something more magical happens. For a brief moment, you recapture the innocence of youth, let your hair down, act silly and generally have a blast! In the process, you'll understand better what makes your child's mind tick, and your child will think of you as a parent with whom s/he can have fun…It's Playtime Folks is a collection of games... |
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Monika Mittal |
Jainism |
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J.S. Speyer |
Jatakamala or A Garland of Birth Stories |
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A selection of Jataka Stories arranged for the young and enjoyed by the older alike. Jataka means 'previous births' and mala 'garland'. This is the literally the stringing together of the stories of the previous lives of the Bodhisattva (afterwards the Buddha). The object of composing the Birth stories into verses is to teach the doctrine of Universal salvation in a beautiful and easy style, agreeable to the popular mind and attractive to all readers. Each of the Jatakamala stories... |
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The Mother |
Kiki and other Stories: Based on Mother's Talks |
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Charming true stories about Mothers observations of cats compiled and retold by Sunanda. With illustrations.
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Tapasi De |
Krishna |
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Lord Krishna is believed to be the eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He is usually depicted as a young and naughty cowherd boy, playing the flute and stealing butter and milk from the villagers' houses. The stories of Krishna are interesting and delightful as well. |
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Sri Aurobindo |
Light for Students: Towards Higher and Deeper Values |
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There are many realms of knowledge which are never taught to young students.
The parents tell their children to concentrate on their studies without giving them any clue as to how exactly one concentrates. Similarly, they are never told of so many whys and hows of things: why they become ill, get angry, feel afraid; or the reasons for their boredom, depression and frustration, and how to overcome all these.
"The finest present one can give to a child would be to teach him to know himself... |
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Tapasi De |
Luv Kush |
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This is the story of the two little sons of Lord Rama, the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The stories woven around Luv and Kush are full of heroic incidents and will surely evoke a lot of inspiration among the young readers! |
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Amar Chitra Katha |
Mahabharata (3 Vols.) |
$96.49 $72.37 |
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Mahabharata is the world's longest epic poem. In this complete 3-volume hardbound set, the epic is narrated in its full glory over more than 1300 pages. Volume 1: The Kuru Princes of Hastinapura Veda Vyasa's epic on the Bharata race was first recited in public by his disciple Vaishampayana at the behest of the ageless seer Vyasa himself. The recital took place in the august presence of King Janamejaya, a great-grandson of Vyasa, and the many learned sages who had... |
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Gita Wolf |
Monkey Photo |
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Monkey lives in a jungle that tourists love to visit. But he's getting tired of them taking pictures of him all the time - and he never gets to see any of them! So he decides to help himself to a camera and swing around the jungle surprising friends and foes...Illustrated by Swarna Chitrakar in the brilliant Patua folk style from Bengal, with text by Gita Wolf, 'Monkey Photo' records jungle life at its hilarious best. |
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J M Macfie |
Myths and Legends of India: An Introduction to the Study of Hinduism |
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Myths & Legends of India presents a rich and dazzling collection of 46 tales taken from the sacred books of Hinduism - from the ancient hymns of the Vedas to the Ramayana and Mahabharata epics and on to the later Laws of Manu and the Puranas. A veritable kaleidoscope of Hindu mythology as it developed over a period of 3,000 years!
Tales of gods and goddesses, demons, rishis, saints and sages in all their varying moods... and tales of ordinary men and women, their hopes and fears and their... |
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Arthur W. Ryder |
Panchatantra |
$21.99 $16.49 |
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This masterpiece of Indian Literature contains the most widely known stories in the world. Infact, it is universally acknowledged as the best collection of stories known to civilized man. It is presented in an artistic form of wise and witty stories that has never failed to bring delight to millions of people. |
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Krishna Dharma |
Panchatantra (Five Wise Lessons) |
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Padhman is a young Indian doctor who arrives in Ireland from an extremely wealthy and westernized medical family in Madras. When he joins the staff of a Dublin hospital as a junior houseman to take his fellowship exam, he finds he is just another foreign doctor. Slowly and unconsciously, Padhman recreates the kind of lifestyle he is accustomed to in Madras while at the same time getting in deep waters when he falls in love with the Professors daughter. |
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Maria Montessori |
Peace and education |
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During the 1930s, as war clouds gathered over Europe, Maria Montessori became profoundly concerned with the question of peace. The problem of war caused her to engage in a passionate search for new human truths. Taking as her starting point her conviction that the child must be our teacher, she moved on to consider the problems of human and social development and began a crusade in the name of education. This collection of speeches, which she delivered at international congresses and peace... |
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Radha |
Rani and Felicity |
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This is the story of two hens, Rani and Felicity. Rani was raised in the backyard of a small Indian farmer. Felicity grew up in a modern factory farm in the United States of America. The difference in their upbringing raises important issues of kindness and compassion towards animals, animal rights, health of humans and animals, as well as issues about dignity of life. Rani and Felicitys stories also raise important questions that we as consumers have to answer. Our answers will determine the... |
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The Mother |
Remain Young, Never Stop Striving Towards Perfection |
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Reprints from All India Magazine on a specific topic showing how Yoga can be practised in our daily lives.
About the Author:
Born in Paris in 1878, the Mother studied painting at an art studio and became an accomplished artist. Primarily interested in inner development, she was associated with several groups of spiritual seekers in France.
In 1914 she journeyed to India to meet the Indian mystic Sri Aurobindo in Puducherry and settled there permanently in 1920. For nearly fifty years, she... |
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Chakor Ajgaonkar |
Sai Baba: Tales From Sai Baba's Life |
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Table of Contents:
He Appears Beneath Margosa Tree
Reappearance Of Baba
Ao Sai Babamhalsapati Welcomes B
Bayjabats Motherly Love I
Anandanath Episode In Babas Life
Miracle Of Lights
Gangagir Babas Episode
An Episode Of Saibirth Quoted By
Directions To Each According To
The Biiaktas With Unequalled Loy
Miracle Of Plank
My Crow Has Come
Baba Begs Food In Shirdi
Advent Of Chandorkar
You Are Lord Vishnu Charming Lor
Significance Of Ashes Udi
Are You A King Or A Pauper?
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Swami Chinmayananda |
Say Cheese |
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A young girl asked Swami Chinmayananda Whatever you teach is there in the books. What do I need a Guru For? His instant answer was Why don’t you ask this question to the books.
Such quick witted remarks of Swami Chinmayananda have been collected and placed into 54 photographs in a comic format. Each photograph carries a commentary in Swamiji’s own words, explaining the topic of the photograph.
Some of the topic discussed are:
Types of Love
How to mend a broken heart
Confidence... |
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Shri Satya Narayana Vrat Katha |
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Monika Mittal |
Sikhism |
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The Mother |
Stories and Anecdotes from the Mother |
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Reprints from All India Magazine on a specific topic showing how Yoga can be practised in our daily lives.
About the Authors:
Born in Paris in 1878, the Mother studied painting at an art studio and became an accomplished artist. Primarily interested in inner development, she was associated with several groups of spiritual seekers in France.
In 1914 she journeyed to India to meet the Indian mystic Sri Aurobindo in Puducherry and settled there permanently in 1920. For nearly fifty years, she... |
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Sunanda |
Stories and Plays for Children |
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Twelve stories and two plays each unfolding an exalting deeper meaning to inspire children, to fire the imagination, wonder of discovery, sensitivity, inner values.
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