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Every community, tribe, and sub-community in India has its own ghosts. For centuries, the spirit world has captured the imagination of Indians. Some are believed to live near waterbodies and sneak up on passers-by; others roam around fields on summer afternoons, seduce lost men, and, in some cases, protect you from evil. From the north Indian chudails, who are said to prowl neighbourhoods in search of their victims, and the mechho bhoots from West Bengal that love fish, to the fearsome ghosts from Tamil Nadu called muni pei-the Indian ghost family is enormous, with no official headcount. Who are these shadowy creatures that haunt dense forests? What are the mysteries hidden beneath the surface of deep, calm waters? And how are we to understand these restless spirits who have permeated our memories, psyches, imaginations, and literatures? Riksundar Banerjee, an authority on Indian ghosts, investigates stories of creatures from the spirit world from all over India, in an effort to unravel the truth behind the legends, beliefs, superstitions, and experiences all of us are aware of. The result is The Book of Indian Ghosts-an authoritative, deeply researched, and spooky account of the otherworldly beings that haunt India and Indians. The Book of Indian Ghosts is the first of its kind to present a deeply researched account of the supernatural entities that have captured the Indian imagination. Spooky as well as informative, the collection features lesser-known legends, myths and folklore about spirits and ghosts from remote parts of the country. Riksundar Banerjee is an authority on Indian ghosts. He has investigated stories of the spirit world from across the country.

Excerpt from War and Peace, Vol. 1 of 2: A Historical Novel; Borodino, the French at Moscow, Epilogue, 1812-1820 The transliteration of Russian into English pre sents many difficulties the alternative lies between a ponderous array of letters and the adoption of a code of foreign sounds, for the vowels more especially. Mr. Schuyler, in his work on Turkistan (london, gives the letter a the value of the English 00 (as in German and Italian); he writes find, at the risk of its being made to rhyme with mud, instead of with mood; and it is this risk which has led many good authorities to modify the a into ou, with the sound the diphthong has in could. In French it is written ou, as the letter u has a sound unlike any that can be written in English. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

When Narasimha Rao became the prime Minister in 1991, just a billion dollars separated India from bankruptcy. He was told by finance minister Manmohan Singh, that Petrol pumps would run dry after two weeks. India was forced to ship 46.8 million tonnes of gold to secure dollar 400 million in loans from the Bank of England and Bank of Japan. This blow to the National pride may not have been comparable to the military humiliation of 1962, but it was bad enough. Carved in riveting prose, India's wor

Devotion and dedication, love and longing, strength and vulnerability, all find expression in Narendra Modi's poetry. This English translation of verses originally written in Gujarati transports us into the poet's mind-his voice, his vision and his thoughts.While the story of Mr Modi's rise from humble beginnings to high political office is well documented, what is not well known is his journey in verse.

Ships That Pass tells the story of Tara and Shaan, near strangers to each other after fourteen years of being married, and Tara's sister, Radhika, recently engaged, almost on a whim, to someone she barely knows. Even as Radhika tries to understand how a once ideal marriage has come undone, and struggles with her own feelings for an older man, tragedy strikes: Tara dies in mysterious circumstances and Shaan is arrested for murder.

Energizing India: Fuelling a Billion Lives brings together top global energy experts, academics andpolicy makers, contributing an insightful and engaging compilation of essays on the various facetsof energy-related issues in India and the world.Edited by Shreerupa Mitra, this book comes at a time when global energy consumption is seeingunprecedented growth while new sources of energy are gaining currency and old ones are threatenedby geopolitical upheavals. The illustrious list of contributors include Kirk Smith, Bob Dudley,Daniel Yergin, Fatih Birol, Dharmendra Pradhan, Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, Anil Kakodkar,Arvind Panagariya and Anil Jain among others. The essays also elucidate and assess India's positionin the global energy landscape by taking into account current world politics. The book examinesthe idea of energy justice with a focus on sustainability, affordability, infrastructure expansion andissues associated with climate change.An initiative of TEF, Energizing India will interest students, academics and policymakers alike.

In March 2006, George W. Bush, President of the United States of America, visited India to finalize the landmark civil nuclear deal between the two countries. But far from the hum of expectations, the US negotiating team was hard at work in South Block-making every possible attempt to alleviate the concerns raised by Anil Kakodkar, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). Kakodkar's firmness paid off and the US team conceded to the demands made in the interest of India's strategic autonomy. Little wonder then that when Kakodkar was introduced to President Bush, he asked, 'So you are that Kakodkar? Are you happy?'It is this courage of conviction and firm resolve that has defined the remarkable life and times of Anil Kakodkar, one of India's most respected nuclear scientists. Fire and Fury is a recollection of his profound journey-from humble beginnings in Madhya Pradesh to the highest office of the Chairman, AEC-through different events and watershed moments in the country's atomic energy programme over the past forty-five years.It chronicles the many inflection points of the programme as seen through the eyes of one of the chief architects of that journey.