Books published by Prabhat Prakashan

Dadi Janki, the unusual subject of this biography, presides over a unique global spiritual empire run and led by women.Born in 1916 into a traditional Hindu family, she was expected to follow the standard pattern for Indian women of the day, which was to succumb to an arranged marriage at the earliest possible opportunity and then disappear from view.But she had other ideas. Since the age of two, she has only ever wanted to connect to one being, and that is God. She never sought nor desired any other relationship and she managed to escape her unwanted marriage in order to dedicate her life to spiritual study, service and contemplation.She joined the Brahma Kumaris, then in its infancy, in 1937, and for many years, ran centres in India. In the early 1970s, the decision was taken to try and introduce the movement to the West and Dadi Janki arrived in London with no real idea how she would do it.Her task was made especially difficult as she arrived not speaking any English, with no money, no influence and nowhere to live. But with God as her constant companion, she never gave up and within 20 years of being in London, had established the Brahma Kumaris as a respected, influential, worldwide organization.This is the story of how she did it.

Warren Buffett is most successful and followed investor of the world. He has always been one of the wealthiest people in the world. Besides being richest, he is one of the most known people for donating personal wealth.Buffett was born in 1930 in Omaha, Nebraska of distant French Huguenot descent. Buffett graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1947.Buffett displayed an interest in business and investing at a young age. While still in high school, he made money delivering newspapers, selling golf balls and stamps, and detailing cars, among other means. He formed Buffett Partnership Ltd. In 1956, and by 1965 he has assumed control of Berkshire Hathaway.In 2008, Buffett became the richest person in the world, with a total net worth of estimated at $ 62 billion by Forbes and at $ 58 billion by Yahoo, overtaking Bill Gates, who had been number one on the Forbes list for 13 consecutive years. Buffett is renowned for his wit and wisdom.He has set various standards of simple living despite being wealthy men on earth. Even though he is recognized as the world's third richest man with a fortune of $ 46 billion, investor Warren Buffett, the 'Wizard of Omaha', still lives in the same modest home he bought in 1958 for $ 31,500 only.

Mathematics is the backbone of all subjects that's why it is called the queen. Since the Vedic era, the knowledge of mathematics has been felt essential for the growth of human being. The Rishis were using mathematical knowledge to perform Yagna and making altar for Yagna.Mathematics is now considered the dreadful subject and most dangerous subject. Most of the students dislike it. If you try to look at the reason, you will find that the basic knowledge of mathematics is missing; causing a great loss to the subject.Most of the basic and fundamental things have been arranged here with examples so that even a layman with less or no knowledge of mathematics can begin to attract towards mathematics by gaining the missing gaps.

Martin Luther King Jr. is a name with which everyone in the USA is very familiar. "I have a Dream", is the famous speech he rendered before thousands of people in Birmingham, Albania. His dream was to get Civil Rights for the African-American people, who were until then treated as unequal. He had the courage to stand up to his conviction that people should not be discriminated because of the colour of their skin. He was a very religious man; a true man of God. Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi's activism, he fought for the Civil Rights of the people through non-violence. Through his Civil Rights activism, he helped pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the same year he received the Nobel Peace Prize.An inspiring real life story of the great man.

This book on 'Green Growth: Eco-Livelihood & Sustainability' explores innovative & nature friendly alternate development of sustainability. Green Growth is a concept of sustainable way of growth and development while preventing environmental degradation and enhancing quality of life with innovations. Environment is the most significant dimension of life but too often its role and potential is underestimated when it comes to socio-economic development. The livelihood, skill development, employment potential, the challenges, opportunities, and solutions are studied and analyzed in a panoramic scenario. First the authors explore green growth as the new geopolitical paradigm to respond to the environment, climate challenges of today and resource challenges of tomorrow. Then analyze how eco-livelihood and sustainability generate the proper conditions for sustainability. In pursuit of development and poverty alleviation, there is great potential for green consumption, production, innovation, and entrepreneurial activity. This book prioritizes the vast opportunities from Green Growth and so highlights the obstacles. Green Growth will generate substantial benefits in the long run in the form of livelihood, pollution reduction, new markets etc. Green Growth is not just a short-term strategy but a transforming dynamic for both production processes and consumer behavior.

Rendering punishment by death is one of the forms of punishment that have been employed through the ages. It is one of the severest punishments. Extinguishing a life is not an ordinary incident and the means employed are also out of the ordinary. Right from early ages, the mode of conducting this punishment varied from place to place, country to country and time to time.This book chronicles the various modes of execution employed from the medieval to the present time, the nature of the case which prompted such a sentence, various cases and the laws behind them.Although majority of the countries have abolished this kind of punishment, there are still some countries where it is prevalent. Around sixty percent of the population lives in such countries. A study of global trends as a whole and more specifically the United States and India, where this trend still exists, has been conducted in this book. It also critically examines procedural precautions taken in the execution.The book is replete with maps, statistics, charts and diagrams showing the public opinion on the subject in the world and the impact of international terrorism to national security on the issue of death punishment. Some of the leading cases in the US and India have been examined, especially that of Deena, which is the only case in India where the judiciary deliberated on the method of execution of death by hanging.

The Black Bitch and Other Stories, a collection of twenty three short stories, presents a kaleidoscope of strange sights and impressions that P. Raja observed and felt. He crafts his stories in such a way that life appears in his short stories in all its vastness and mystery. He writes with no trace of false modesty. The real-life incidents that sneak in are always the things that disturb us enough to wind their way into the space of P. Raja's stories. True, our daily lives are mostly a mixture of drab routine and unpleasant surprises. However, from time to time, something unexpected happens, which makes life worth living. This is precisely what P. Raja's stories portray. He inhabits a very familiar cosmos and his stories almost always bubble with a socio-cultural undercurrent. He always thinks of people and places familiar to him because that is his own experiential base. Rarely do some stories chart an unknown territory and the reader simply journeys with a certain lesser known reality where ghosts are staring us in the face. His stories, his words, the wonderful characters, offer us the surprise, the excitement, the sense of wonder that kindle the fire of human imagination.Collection of must read heart touching stories.

Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Champaran synchronized with the great push given to the Home Rule Movement by that great and indefatigable worker in the cause of Indian uplift. Throughout the country, a large number of workers were going about delivering lectures and rousing and organizing the people. Bihar too had its share of political agitation. We used to read reports in the papers how many of our friends and coworkers in other districts were busy going about holding meetings and delivering lectures, and sometimes felt tempted to follow the same course in Champaran also. But Mahatmaji had sealed his own as well as our lips and we were not permitted to deliver public speeches either on the Champaran situation or in connection with the Home Rule Movement. He used to tell us that by our very silence we were doing the highest kind of Home Rule work.Mahatma Gandhi has often said that the people of Bihar are simple and instantaneously expressed their faith in him and in his method by their action on the very first contact they had with him. He transformed the Province by his short stay of a few months in 191718 and the occasional tours which he undertook in later years.-From this bookAn account of Mahatma Gandhi stay in Bihar by former President Dr. Rajendra Prasad which would infuse enthusiasm in the readers.

I have sometimes felt that Mahatma Gandhi is a modern replica in human form of the sacred Ganga. Descending from heavenly heights like our seers and prophets, rishis and munis, of yore, he has delivered his life-giving message, not only helping us in our material well-being by showing us the way to political independence, social justice and economic prosperity, but also to catch a glimpse of the moral and spiritual heights and to climb at least a few steps in the long and arduous course leading to those heights.Even so will Mahatma Gandhi's message of Love and Truth, Ahimsa and Satya bear fruit only for those who will follow his straight and narrow path and regulate their lives according to his strict and strenuous regimen, and give ultimate material prosperity only to those who order and fashion their affairs in conformity with his policy and programme.-From this bookBeautiful tribute to the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi by one of the greatest sons of motherland Bharat which brings to light all the characteristics which made Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi- the Mahatma.

One of the leading lights of Hindi literature for the last 40 years, Dr. Suryabala has left an indelible impression across stories, novels and humour/satire. Her works have been published by leading periodicals and magazines as also in novel form. Translations into various languages have found wide acclaim while a number of her stories and satires have been adapted and tele/broadcasted on radio and television. She has participated in, and Chaired, several national and international literary seminars organised by universities, Hindi academies and state governments.5 novels, 15 story collections, 5 satire collections, one memoir published and very well received in the literary world. She has been honoured and awarded by several state governments and institutions including the Priyadarshini Puraskar by Maharashtra Government, the Maharashtra Hindi Academy Award, the Ratni Devi Goenka Award and the 'Vyangya Sri' award by the Hindi Bhavan Nyas.

When one of us is threatened, we are all at risk. We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another. We are the creator of circumstances for ourselves and even for our people.The greatest enemy of the human being is the fear of fear. Fear is psychological and caused due to expressive stress and strain of the activity and modern world. Self-reliance is the key to success.Remember if you want to live in peace, ignore the minor skirmishes with your family-members. It is natural to have difference of opinions and minor arguments with wife, children, parents, sibling etc.

This Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is an unfinished biographical record in his own words ranging from 1771 to year 1790.He was blessed with variety of talents and great stamina to achieve desired results Franklin was an author, scientist, printer, inventor and a superb statesman. He was part of creating document to achieve freedom.Franklin's account of his life is divided into four parts, reflecting the different periods at which he wrote them. There are actual breaks in the narrative between the first three parts, but Part Three's narrative continues into Part Four without an authorial break.

The Book deals with contemporary issues of rape, the aftermath and THE judgment. Rape is rampant in the country. No girl or women for that matter is safe, whether at home, workplace or on the road. With or without a chaperon she is subjected to all kinds of humility. A woman is not safe even in the so called safe environment of her home. The person who takes oath to protect her sometimes, rather most of the times becomes one whom she has to fear. She is unsafe even with him. Is it right?This subject of rape has been extensively dealt in this book, cited with many instances from the present times. It also deals with the verdicts passed on these atrocities. Like Draupadi a woman needs protection for there are innumerable men ready to pounce at her and subject her to un-mentionable humiliation. But where is Krishna?Who is there to protect her? Treat her as a human and not as an article to be used and thrown. Is the judiciary blind like Dhritarashtra or helpless like Bhishma. The book deals with many such issues. And the question remains: Are women safe?

I was ordered to attack a Pakistan's-very strong defensive position, opposite me on the same night. It made no sense to me, particularly when my entire Brigade Sector was under intense shelling and Pakistan, having the initiative could attack that night. Under the then prevailing circumstances I was certain that lifting of troops from one of my forward infantry battalions would unbalance me and I, therefore, had no option but to refuse the GOCs order. He was livid and very angry and that led to my fighting Maj Gen E'Desouza rather than Pakistan during the fortnight of the War. For all my subsequent offensive actions, he refused to give me any additional troops from his reserve Brigade, which was located in my Sector only and that too without any ground holding responsibility or any other commitment. We, of course, did our best but that was not good enough. My Brigade would have achieved much more, if additional resources had been allotted to me by the GOC for specific tasks. In this bargain the Indian Army and the Nation lost a golden opportunity to capture real estate in POK.-Excerpt from the bookThis book by Lt Gen KK Nanda serves a good purpose in portraying important aspects of Army life in Operational Areas and during War. It is of value to professionals as well as to the general public, interested in defence issues.

Ramakrishna Paramhansa, a famous saint of nineteenth century India was the guru of Swami Vivekanand. He was born in a poor Brahmin family in 1836, in a small town near Calcutta, West Bengal. His life was devoted to mysticism and religious pursuit. A great believer in goddess Kali he often lost consciousness while praying to her.Many disciples were attracted to him. His main disciple was Swami Vivekananda. Ramakrishna started a mission - Ramakrishna Mission which was very influential during the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries and even now.The mission that was founded by Ramakrishna was universally spread by Swami Vivekananda. His promotion of Hinduism started with his keynote address at the world Parliament of Religious meeting in Chicago. It won accolades and people were mesmerised by the speaker and his message.In his last days he gave Vivekananda the responsibility of looking after the disciples and running the mission. He left for his heavenly abode on August 16, 1886 and till the last moment the name of his Goddess was on his lips.

Courage is the most powerful tool to conquer every problem whether it is imaginary or real. There are various forms of troubles that grip one at one time or the other. Conquering them is the only way to be a winner. Problems may be concrete manifestations of fears and anxieties, long lasting or ephemeral or inhibitions and phobias. Whatever be the form, it takes courage to successfully conquer them. There is nothing one cannot conquer. It just needs courage. This is what this book addresses. It shows how one can overcome fear, anxieties, phobias, obsessions, etc. through courage. Practice courage and always be a winner. The author has taken real life incidents and cases to show how people have conquered foibles and problems to be winners. The book makes one strong through various methods discussed in the book to be able to 'Say No to Fear' and 'Be a Winner'.A must book for everyone who aspires for personal achievements and true success.

Swami Vivekananda is a name that inspires millions around the world even now-more than 150 years after his birth and encourages them to sacrifice everything for the sake of their country, religion and culture. This warrior saint was born to Maa Bhuvaneshwari Devi on January 12, 1863.

India got freedom in 1947 but unfortunately it has not been able to attain the level of advancement and development as was desired, and was achievable too.This book will pave the way towards solution of our problems and resolution of disputes. It will turn the tide favourable, make the environment congenial, smash the dark clouds of despair to usher in brightness of hope, will purify the mind, and provide sublimity to the soul. A new dawn of hope will bring in a bright day of prosperity in which everybody's wishes shall be granted.A Roadmap for a Glorious India in which the economy will prosper, citizens will be contented, happy, glowing and India will again become a vishwaguru.

In this book a new approach has been adopted to present the subject matter of the Bhagvadgita. In order to clearly understand the Gita, its whole subject-matter has been divided in nine main/major concepts. All the matter relating to a particular concept, scattered over the different chapters of the Gita, has been collected together and briefly explained under the concerened concept at one place. Then, conclusion about each concept has been given at its end. A notable feature of the book is that it has been attempted throughout to keep the interpretations of the couplets of the Gita exact, as they are, without embellishing them by personal sentiments and reverence. The author has been quite conscious to keep the explanation brief, clear and to the point. An effort has been made that each and every reader of the book clearly understand as to "What the Gita says about what and what is the real substance" - a new approach in real terms, that makes the book one of its own kind.

An honest and authentic account of Mahatma Gandhi's first major work in the country after his return from South Africa, 'Satyagraha in Champaran' is a well documented book that narrates in graphic details the entire Champaran story-geography and history of the region, the non-violent crusade against the injustice perpetrated by the indigo planters, emancipation of ryots from the age-long tyranny, and the constructive work begun to improve the lot of the villagers. It is also an effective delineation of Mahatmaji's method of work-the technique of Satyagraha, which, later organised through the length and breadth of the country, won India freedom from foreign rule.Coming from the pen of an active participant in the Champaran Satyagraha and later the Freedom Movement, this book acquires the significance of an important document in the history of Indian nationalism.