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| amit varma writing course: Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh Shrayana Bhattacharya, 2021-11-11 In this pathbreaking work, Shrayana Bhattacharya maps the economic and personal trajectories--the jobs, desires, prayers, love affairs and rivalries--of a diverse group of women. Divided by class but united in fandom, they remain steadfast in their search for intimacy, independence and fun. Embracing Hindi film idol Shah Rukh Khan allows them a small respite from an oppressive culture, a fillip to their fantasies of a friendlier masculinity in Indian men. Most struggle to find the freedom-or income-to follow their favourite actor. Bobbing along in this stream of multiple lives for more than a decade-from Manju's boredom in 'rurban' Rampur and Gold's anger at having to compete with Western women for male attention in Delhi's nightclubs, to Zahira's break from domestic abuse in Ahmedabad-Bhattacharya gleans the details on what Indian women think about men, money, movies, beauty, helplessness, agency and love. A most unusual and compelling book on the female gaze, this is the story of how women have experienced post-liberalization India. |
| amit varma writing course: My Friend Sancho Amit Varma, 2012-02-23 ‘I should introduce myself now. My name is Abir Ganguly. I work for a tabloid in Bombay called The Afternoon Mail. I am 23. I masturbate 11 times a day. I exaggerate frequently, as in the last sentence.’ When crime reporter Abir Ganguly is called out by the police to cover a routine arrest one night, the last thing he expects is a shootout. But bullets are fired, and a man is dead. Did the cops screw up? Abir’s boss, not knowing that he was at the scene of the crime, wants him to file a story about the victim. For this, he must meet Muneeza, aka Sancho, the dead man's teenage daughter. Over the days, an unlikely friendship forms between the glib, wisecracking ‘armchair cynic’ and the simple girl who ‘travels on buses’. Can their fragile relationship survive the circumstances that brought them together? More importantly, can it survive the machinations of the jealous lizard that shares Abir’s flat? |
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| amit varma writing course: Online and Distance Learning: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications Tomei, Lawrence A., 2007-07-31 This comprehensive, six-volume collection addresses all aspects of online and distance learning, including information communication technologies applied to education, virtual classrooms, pedagogical systems, Web-based learning, library information systems, virtual universities, and more. It enables libraries to provide a foundational reference to meet the information needs of researchers, educators, practitioners, administrators, and other stakeholders in online and distance learning--Provided by publisher. |
| amit varma writing course: In Service of the Republic VIJAY. SHAH KELKAR (AJAY. SHAH, VIJAY KELKAR AND AJAY.), Ajay Shah, 2023-04-15 As a $3-trillion economy, India is on her way to becoming an economic superpower. Between 1991 and 2011, the period of our best growth, there was also a substantial decline in the number of people below the poverty line. Since 2011, however, there has been a marked retreat in the high growth performance of the previous two decades.What happened to the promise? Where have we faltered? How do we change course? How do we overcome the ever-present dangers of the middle-income trap, and get rich before we grow old? And one question above all else: What do we need to do to make our tryst with destiny? As professional economists as well as former civil servants, Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah have spent most of their lives thinking about and working on these questions. The result: In Service of the Republic, a meticulously researched work that stands at the intersection of economics, political philosophy and public administration. This highly readable book lays out the art and the science of the policymaking that we need, from the high ideas to the gritty practicalities that go into building the Republic. |
| amit varma writing course: The Scam Debashis Basu, Sucheta Dalal, 1993 An attempt to analyze the events of the alleged scandal which took place in the Indian stock market during 1992. |
| amit varma writing course: The Everyday Healthy Vegetarian Nandita Iyer, 2018-01-05 `With this book, Nandita serves up her repertoire through easy-to-follow and source recipes that will certainly add much-needed oomph to your tables and lifestyles.? ? chef Manu Chandra Cooking healthy meals can be creative, easy and downright fun! In The Everyday Healthy Vegetarian, Dr Nandita Iyer, trained nutritionist and self-taught celebrity chef, provides a fantastic combination of myth-busting nutritional advice and simple, fuss-free vegetarian recipes using everyday ingredients from the Indian kitchen. In over 100 delectable recipes spread across four sections, she guides you through interesting ways of preparing the same old vegetables and fruits, while upping the protein content of your diet, and ensuring you get your daily dose of energy-filled grains and brain-stimulating fats. This book comes complete with: ? The low-down on the nutritional values of everyday superfoods and advice on how to incorporate them into your diet; ? Diabetic-friendly meals, as well as vegan and gluten-free recipes; ? Daily meal plans featuring interesting combinations that balance your nutritional intake; ? Tips on growing your own foods in your garden, terrace or balcony. Illustrated with gorgeous photographs of the food you?re about to prepare, this book will undoubtedly inspire you to opt for a healthier way of life. |
| amit varma writing course: How the BJP Wins Prashant Jha, 2017 What's the secret of Modi's mass appeal? How does the RSS help at election time? Does communal incitement actually win votes? Why did Amit ShahÕs election maths fail him in Bihar? Prashant Jha answers these questions and more, dissecting the BJPÕs election machine with authority and insight |
| amit varma writing course: You Lead Minter Dial, 2021-01-03 WINNER: Business Book Awards 2022 - Leadership Your biggest asset in leadership is you. How can you expect people to trust and believe in you, if you aren't truthful and don't embrace your whole self at work? There is a need for a new kind of leadership; one that bleeds personality and rings true to employees and customers alike who crave authenticity. You Lead argues that business leaders deliver superior results, communities of engagement both inside and outside of the company and true values-driven success when they are themselves and come across as genuine. Bestselling author, Minter Dial, shows readers how embracing your whole self at work encourages people to also be themselves, seek true fulfilment at work and merge the personal and professional to become true examples of what you stand for. You Lead is a call to arms to leaders to stop pretending to be who they are not, and play on their uniqueness and strengths, to allow people to do the same and develop a culture of authenticity and purpose. With practical advice, real-life stories and a simple framework, this book shows you how you can: - Be yourself, lead by example and merge the professional and personal - Stand for something and allow people to develop true purpose at work - Allow a community to flourish through the right kind of governance model - Radiate your purpose through employees and customers alike for long-term performance |
| amit varma writing course: Nehru Adeel Hussain, Tripurdaman Singh, 2021-11-11 From being elected as Congress president in 1929 till his death in 1964, Jawaharlal Nehru remained a towering figure in Indian politics, a man who left an indelible stamp on the history of South Asia. As a leading light of the nationalist struggle and as India's first and longest-serving prime minister, his ideas shaped the political contours of the country and left an imprint so deep that his legacy continues to be debated furiously today. In life, as in afterlife, Nehru was many things to many people. Going beyond the imposed labels of contemporary discourse, this book illuminates four encounters that Nehru had with contemporaries from across the political spectrum - Muhammad Iqbal, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Sardar Patel and Syama Prasad Mookerjee - that are critical to understanding his ideas, and his long afterlife and impress on the present. Nehru may no longer be alive to answer his critics today, but there was a time when he pitted himself vigorously against his opponents in the marketplace of ideas, debating the most profound questions in South Asian history and decisively influencing political events. It is this intellectually combative Nehru whom we meet in this book - voicing ideological disagreements, forging political alliances, moulding political opinion, offering visions of the future and staking out the political field - a key figure in the debates that defined India |
| amit varma writing course: The New New Journalism Robert Boynton, 2007-12-18 Forty years after Tom Wolfe, Hunter S. Thompson, and Gay Talese launched the New Journalism movement, Robert S. Boynton sits down with nineteen practitioners of what he calls the New New Journalism to discuss their methods, writings and careers. The New New Journalists are first and foremost brilliant reporters who immerse themselves completely in their subjects. Jon Krakauer accompanies a mountaineering expedition to Everest. Ted Conover works for nearly a year as a prison guard. Susan Orlean follows orchid fanciers to reveal an obsessive subculture few knew existed. Adrian Nicole LeBlanc spends nearly a decade reporting on a family in the South Bronx. And like their muckraking early twentieth-century precursors, they are drawn to the most pressing issues of the day: Alex Kotlowitz, Leon Dash, and William Finnegan to race and class; Ron Rosenbaum to the problem of evil; Michael Lewis to boom-and-bust economies; Richard Ben Cramer to the nitty gritty of politics. How do they do it? In these interviews, they reveal the techniques and inspirations behind their acclaimed works, from their felt-tip pens, tape recorders, long car rides, and assumed identities; to their intimate understanding of the way a truly great story unfolds. Interviews with: Gay Talese Jane Kramer Calvin Trillin Richard Ben Cramer Ted Conover Alex Kotlowitz Richard Preston William Langewiesche Eric Schlosser Leon Dash William Finnegan Jonathan Harr Jon Krakauer Adrian Nicole LeBlanc Michael Lewis Susan Orlean Ron Rosenbaum Lawrence Weschler Lawrence Wright |
| amit varma writing course: Business Communication: Concepts, Cases and Applications (for Chaudhary Charan Singh University) P. D. Chaturvedi, 2013 |
| amit varma writing course: The Wellington Experience David O. Smith, 2020-09 This study examines the observations of U.S. military personnel who attended India's Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) at Wellington. Although the DSSC is a tri-service professional military education institution, this study focuses primarily on the Indian Army, the largest and most influentialmilitary service in India. Collectively, U.S. personnel at the DSSC had sustained interactionsover an extended period of time with three distinct groups of Indian Army officers: seniorofficers (brigadier through lieutenant general), senior midlevel (lieutenant colonel and colonel),and junior midlevel (captain and major). The study focuses on the attitudes and values of theIndian Army officer corps over a 38-year period, from 1979 to 2017, to determine if there waschange over time, and if so, to understand the drivers of that change. |
| amit varma writing course: Intelligent Computing Techniques for Smart Energy Systems Akhtar Kalam, Khaleequr Rehman Niazi, Amit Soni, Shahbaz Ahmed Siddiqui, Ankit Mundra, 2019-12-16 The book compiles the research works related to smart solutions concept in context to smart energy systems, maintaining electrical grid discipline and resiliency, computational collective intelligence consisted of interaction between smart devices, smart environments and smart interactions, as well as information technology support for such areas. It includes high-quality papers presented in the International Conference on Intelligent Computing Techniques for Smart Energy Systems organized by Manipal University Jaipur. This book will motivate scholars to work in these areas. The book also prophesies their approach to be used for the business and the humanitarian technology development as research proposal to various government organizations for funding approval. |
| amit varma writing course: Ghosts in Our Backyard Alisha 'Priti' Kirpalani, 2021-04-22 The Ramsays, India's first family of horror, are synonymous with the supernatural and gore. Through their films and series they introduced India to churails that floated across the screen, ghouls that woke up from eerie graveyards, and houses that buzzed with ghosts. But few knew that behind the production drama, elaborate sets, and haunting showtunes, there was a more sinister story. For the Ramsays, the supernatural wasn't just stuck to the screens and camera - it creeped into their lives, too. Alisha Kirpalani, the granddaughter of FU Ramsay, has grown up on stories that question reality and bring a chill to the bone. In time, she, too, followed her family's footsteps and saw through the veil that separates this world and the Other. From the woman on the highway that Shyam Ramsay met to an eerie and persistent knocking that came from every house that Tanuja Ramsay lived in to Amit Ramsay's unwelcome dead visitor at Lamington House, the original home of the Ramsays, this book has the improbable, bizarre and spine-chilling all parading through its chapters. |
| amit varma writing course: Everyday Superfoods Nandita Iyer, 2021-03-18 The Essential Guide to Adding Superfoods to Your Diet, One Easy Step at a Time. In Everyday Superfoods, bestselling author and nutritionist Dr Nandita Iyer brings to you everything you need to know about easily available local superfoods and ways to incorporate them into your diet. Through 60 simple recipes using an arsenal of 39 superfoods easily found in Indian kitchens, this book will not just help you understand your relationship with food but also show you how to improve your eating habits and enrich your daily meals with the goodness of superfoods. This book includes: -Details on specific superfoods for boosting immunity, treating diabetes and for better skin and hair; -Daily meal plans, how to shop for the right superfoods, the kind of utensils to use for cooking, superfood swaps, creating your own recipes, cooking for lunch boxes and how to set up a kitchen garden; -A serious look at sustainability in superfoods, including more biodiverse produce, reducing food waste and being a conscious consumer. At a time when living healthier is paramount, this book will act as an essential guide to unlocking the very best attributes of your food. |
| amit varma writing course: When All Else Fails Jason Brennan, 2020-12-08 The economist Albert O. Hirschman famously argued that citizens of democracies have only three possible responses to injustice or wrongdoing by their government: we may leave, complain, or comply. But in When All Else Fails, Jason Brennan argues that there is fourth option. When governments violate our rights, we may resist. We may even have a moral duty to do so. For centuries, almost everyone has believed that we must allow the government and its representatives to act without interference, no matter how they behave. We may complain, protest, sue, or vote officials out, but we can't fight back. But Brennan makes the case that we have no duty to allow the state or its agents to commit injustice. We have every right to react with acts of uncivil disobedience. We may resist arrest for violation of unjust laws. We may disobey orders, sabotage government property, or reveal classified information. We may deceive ignorant, irrational, or malicious voters. We may even use force in self-defense or to defend others. The result is a provocative challenge to long-held beliefs about how citizens may respond when government officials behave unjustly or abuse their power |
| amit varma writing course: Tawaifnama Saba Dewan, About the Book A NUANCED AND POWERFUL MICROHISTORY SET AGAINST THE SWEEP OF INDIAN HISTORY. Dharmman Bibi rode into battle during the revolt of 1857 shoulder to shoulder with her patron lover Babu Kunwar Singh. Sadabahar entranced even snakes and spirits with her music, but eventually gave her voice to Baba Court Shaheed. Her foster mothers Bullan and Kallan fought their malevolent brother and an unjust colonial law all the way to the Privy Council—and lost everything. Their great-granddaughter Teema paid for the family’s ruination with her childhood and her body. Bindo, Asghari, Phoolmani, Pyaari … there are so many stories in this family. And you—one of the best-known tawaifs of your times—remember the stories of your foremothers and your own. This is a history, a multi-generational chronicle of one family of well-known tawaifs with roots in Banaras and Bhabua. Through their stories and self-histories, Saba Dewan explores the nuances that conventional narratives have erased, papered over or wilfully rewritten. In a not-so-distant past, tawaifs played a crucial role in the social and cultural life of northern India. They were skilled singers and dancers, and also companions and lovers to men from the local elite. It is from the art practice of tawaifs that kathak evolved and the purab ang thumri singing of Banaras was born. At a time when women were denied access to the letters, tawaifs had a grounding in literature and politics, and their kothas were centres of cultural refinement. Yet, as affluent and powerful as they were, tawaifs were marked by the stigma of being women in the public gaze, accessible to all. In the colonial and nationalist discourse of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this stigma deepened into criminalisation and the violent dismantling of a community. Tawaifnama is the story of that process of change, a nuanced and powerful microhistory set against the sweep of Indian history. |
| amit varma writing course: Hindi Nationalism (tracks for the Times) Alok Rai, 2001 This tract looks at the politics of language in India through a study of the history of one language Hindi. It traces the tragic metamorphosis of this language over the last century, from a creative, dynamic, popular language to a dead, Sanskritised, dePersianised language manufactured by a self-serving upper caste North Indian elite, nurturing hegemonic ambitions. From being a symbol of collective imagination it became a signifier of narrow sectarianism and regional chauvinism. The tract shows how this trans- formation of the language was tied up with the politics of communalism and regionalism. |
| amit varma writing course: The Economic Consequences of the Peace John Maynard Keynes, 1920 John Maynard Keynes, then a rising young economist, participated in the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 as chief representative of the British Treasury and advisor to Prime Minister David Lloyd George. He resigned after desperately trying and failing to reduce the huge demands for reparations being made on Germany. The Economic Consequences of the Peace is Keynes' brilliant and prophetic analysis of the effects that the peace treaty would have both on Germany and, even more fatefully, the world. |
| amit varma writing course: A Dominant Character Samanth Subramanian, 2019-12-10 J.B.S. Haldane, scientist extraordinaire—born in Britain yet spiritually bound to India—remains one of the most enigmatic geniuses of the modern era. Here is a man who saw action in two world wars, engaged in the most radical politics of his day, conducted groundbreaking scientific research, and wrote with flair and conviction—yet Haldane’s universe remains shrouded in mystery. Award-winning author Samanth Subramanian’s latest offering undoes this travesty. Besides shedding light on Haldane’s contributions to genetics and evolutionary biology—he was the first to calculate the rate at which mutations occur and accumulate in genes—the book illuminates Haldane’s inner world—his towering intellect, his radical vision of society, his provocative philosophy, and his attempts a wrestling with the essential moral questions that scientific progress must raise. Equally, the book dwells on Haldane’s years in India—his journey to the nation; his affiliation with the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta; his attachment to the Genetics and Biometry Laboratory in Bhubaneshwar (where he died). Dronamraju’s description of Haldane as ‘the last man who knew everything’ was, at its simplest, an acknowledgement of his command over multiple subjects. But it was also an astute observation that Haldane’s era was the last time when the realms of scientific knowledge were limited enough for a single person to apprehend in near-entirety. To know everything was to see the forces of the world unified and to conceive of life in its full complexity. A Dominant Character will give readers a taste of that heady sensation. |
| amit varma writing course: The Discourse of Blogs and Wikis Greg Myers, 2010-01-11 An insightful analysis of the new discourse produced by blogs and wikis. |
| amit varma writing course: Bad Money Vivek Kaul, 2020-06-10 Over the last decade, Indian banks in general and the government-owned public sector ones in particular have gradually got themselves into a big mess. Their bad loans, or loans which haven't been repaid for ninety days or more, crossed Rs 10 lakh crore as of 31 March 2018. To put it in perspective, this figure is approximately seven times the value of farm loan waivers given by all state governments in India put together. And this became the bad money of the Indian financial system. Why were the corporates unable to return these loans? Was it because they had no intention of doing so?Who were the biggest defaulters of them all? Are Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi just the tip of the iceberg?How much money has the government spent trying to rescue these banks?How are the private sector banks gradually taking over Indian banking?Is your money in public sector banks safe?How are you paying for this in different ways?And what are the solutions to deal with this? In Bad Money, Vivek Kaul answers these and many more questions, peeling layer after layer of the NPA (non-performing assets) problem. He goes back to the history of Indian banking, providing a long, deep and hard look at the overall Indian economy. The result is a gripping financial thriller that is a must for understanding a crisis that threatens our banking system and economy. |
| amit varma writing course: Stubborn Attachments Tyler Cowen , 2018-10-16 From a bestselling author and economist, a contemporary moral case for economic growth—and a dose of inspiration and optimism about our future possibilities. Growth is good. Through history, economic growth, in particular, has alleviated human misery, improved human happiness and opportunity, and lengthened human lives. Wealthier societies are more stable, offer better living standards, produce better medicines, and ensure greater autonomy, greater fulfillment, and more sources of fun. If we want to continue on our trends of growth, and the overwhelmingly positive outcomes for societies that come with it, every individual must become more concerned with the welfare of those around us. So, how do we proceed? Tyler Cowen, in a culmination of 20 years of thinking and research, provides a roadmap for moving forward. In this new book, Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals, Cowen argues that our reason and common sense can help free us of the faulty ideas that hold us back as people and as a society. Stubborn Attachments, at its heart, makes the contemporary moral case for economic growth and delivers a great dose of inspiration and optimism about our future possibilities. As a means of practicing the altruism that Stubborn Attachments argues for, Tyler Cowen is donating all earnings from this book to a man he met in Ethiopia earlier this year with aspirations to open his own travel business. |
| amit varma writing course: And We Walked Away Subrat Saurabh, 2018-08-27 And We Walked Away revolves around the friendship of three friends in college, with a love story blooming in their hearts. It connects to the kind of boys who are in love and keep trying to convince the same girl in different ways for a long time, not moving on in life. Also, it talks about the kind of girls who don’t believe in love but also, don’t want to take advantage of a boy's feelings. The girls who are not conservative but don’t want to pursue love. Abhimanyu, a well-known author returns to his engineering college in Bangalore after a decade and notices a lot of changes in the college over this period. It reminds him of how he met his ladylove, Naina on the first day of college and fell in love with her at the first sight. Abhimanyu, being an impulsive, stubborn and impatient guy decides to propose her in a rush. She doesn’t believe in love and has her own reasons for it. Abhimanyu with the help of his friends Aarush and Dev proposes and tries to convince Naina many times in unusual ways but he fails miserably. However, a trick helps to melt her heart, but destiny has a different plan. |
| amit varma writing course: Overdraft Urjit Patel, 2020-07-24 All of us love to spend. But before we can do that, we have to have earned or saved some money. Only sovereigns don't have to: they can print money, or borrow; in our country, where they own banks, they can use our deposits to lend and splurge for goals that may not always be economic in nature. Many rulers have succumbed to the temptation, with dire results - inflation, debased currency, payments crises, bankrupt banks, economic stagnation, loss of public confidence. After centuries of ruinous experiences, some governments learnt, others haven't, to control themselves, create self-governing Central banks and let them manage money and regulate banks. Sometime in 2015, news of unsustainable bad debts (non-performing assets or NPAs) in the Indian banking sector started to first trickle out, and then became a flood. In the forefront were some of India's largest government banks, and a series of tycoons who were running their empires on unpaid debts. The banks' problems landed on the table of Urjit Patel when he became Governor of Reserve Bank of India in September 2016. Based on thirty years of macroeconomic experience, he worked out the '9R' strategy which would save our savings, rescue our banks and protect them from unscrupulous racketeers. In this book, he explains the problem and how it blew up; and how he would have resolved it if he had not been prevented. |
| amit varma writing course: India Versus China Kanti Bajpai, 2023-01-11 In this lucid, informative, and insightful book, a leading expert on the subject decodes the complex history of India-China relations and argues that the path ahead is a difficult one that could see more military confrontations, including violent border clashes. |
| amit varma writing course: An Introduction to Neural Information Retrieval Bhaskar Mitra, Nick Craswell, 2018-12-23 Efficient Query Processing for Scalable Web Search will be a valuable reference for researchers and developers working on This tutorial provides an accessible, yet comprehensive, overview of the state-of-the-art of Neural Information Retrieval. |
| amit varma writing course: The Secret Things of God Dr. Henry Cloud, 2014-05-22 The phenomenal bestseller, The Secret, tapped into a spiritual hunger present in our society, revealing the Law of Attraction as a way to improve your life and find harmony with universal energies. Dr Cloud builds on these ideas by offering a positive Christian interpretation of the thinking found in that book. By comparing ideas and concepts in The Secretwith biblical scripture, he points readers to the Creator of the universe as the source of all power, offering twenty spiritual truths that hold within them the secrets of happiness, relationships and purpose. Yet even among those who claim a Christian faith, these truths often lie dormant and untapped within the soul. The Secret Things of Godwill help readers unlock the secret treasures God has for them, and gives guidance on how to activate these truths in our lives. |
| amit varma writing course: Indian Innings , 2021 |
| amit varma writing course: Choice and Consequence Thomas C. Schelling, 1985-10-15 Thomas Schelling is a political economist “conspicuous for wandering”—an errant economist. In Choice and Consequence, he ventures into the area where rationality is ambiguous in order to look at the tricks people use to try to quit smoking or lose weight. He explores topics as awesome as nuclear terrorism, as sordid as blackmail, as ineffable as daydreaming, as intimidating as euthanasia. He examines ethical issues wrapped up in economics, unwrapping the economics to disclose ethical issues that are misplaced or misidentified. With an ingenious, often startling approach, Schelling brings new perspectives to problems ranging from drug abuse, abortion, and the value people put on their lives to organized crime, airplane hijacking, and automobile safety. One chapter is a clear and elegant exposition of game theory as a framework for analyzing social problems. Another plays with the hypothesis that our minds are not only our problem-solving equipment but also the organ in which much of our consumption takes place. What binds together the different subjects is the author’s belief in the possibility of simultaneously being humane and analytical, of dealing with both the momentous and the familiar. Choice and Consequence was written for the curious, the puzzled, the worried, and all those who appreciate intellectual adventure. |
| amit varma writing course: Twilight in Delhi Ahmed Ali, 1994 Set during the early years of this century this book recaptues the texture of family life in Delhi. |
| amit varma writing course: Em and the Big Hoom Jerry Pinto, 2014-06-24 The devastatingly original debut novel from a winner of the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction. “Profoundly moving . . . I cannot remember when I last read something as touching as this.” —Amitav Ghosh, author of The Glass Palace First published by a small press in India, Jerry Pinto’s debut novel has already taken the literary world by storm. Suffused with compassion, humor, and hard-won wisdom, Em and the Big Hoom is a modern masterpiece, and its American publication is certain to be one of the major literary events of the season. Meet Imelda and Augustine, or—as our young narrator calls his unusual parents—Em and the Big Hoom. Most of the time, Em smokes endless beedis and sings her way through life. She is the sun around which everyone else orbits. But as enchanting and high-spirited as she can be, when Em’s bipolar disorder seizes her she becomes monstrous, sometimes with calamitous consequences for herself and others. This accomplished debut is graceful and urgent, with a one-of-a-kind voice that will stay with readers long after the last page. |
| amit varma writing course: The World of Hrishikesh Mukherjee Jai Arjun Singh, 2016-09-21 One of India’s best-loved film directors, Hrishikesh Mukherjee is perhaps best known today for his perennially popular creations like Anand, Chupke Chupke and Gol Maal. But Hrishi-da’s best work was provocative, wide-ranging and always aware of the complexities of people and their relationships. Often combining breezy narratives with serious ideas, his films created a distinct world with recurring themes. Jai Arjun Singh looks closely at Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s oeuvre, from well-known films like Satyakam, Guddi, Abhimaan and Khubsoorat to lesser known works such as Mem-Didi, Biwi aur Makaan and Anuradha. Combining a fan’s passion with a critic’s rigour, The World of Hrishikesh Mukherjee is a must-read for anyone who takes their filmed entertainment seriously. |
| amit varma writing course: Why Nationalism Yael Tamir, 2020-11-17 The surprising case for liberal nationalism Around the world today, nationalism is back—and it’s often deeply troubling. Populist politicians exploit nationalism for authoritarian, chauvinistic, racist, and xenophobic purposes, reinforcing the view that it is fundamentally reactionary and antidemocratic. But Yael (Yuli) Tamir makes a passionate argument for a very different kind of nationalism—one that revives its participatory, creative, and egalitarian virtues, answers many of the problems caused by neoliberalism and hyperglobalism, and is essential to democracy at its best. In Why Nationalism, she explains why it is more important than ever for the Left to recognize these positive qualities of nationalism, to reclaim it from right-wing extremists, and to redirect its power to progressive ends. Provocative and hopeful, Why Nationalism is a timely and essential rethinking of a defining feature of our politics. |
| amit varma writing course: Spending Time Daniel S. Hamermesh, 2019-02-01 Time is the ultimate scarce resource and thus quintessentially a topic for economics, which studies scarcity. Starting with the observation that time is increasingly valuable given competing demands as we have more things we can buy and do, Spending Time provides engaging insights into how people use their time and what determines their decisions about spending their time. That our time is limited by the number of hours in a day, days in a year, and years in our lives means that we face constraints and thus choices that involve trade-offs. We sleep, eat, have fun, watch TV, and not least we work. How much we dedicate to each, and why we do so, is intriguing and no one is better placed to shed light on similarities and differences than Daniel S. Hamermesh, the leading authority on time-use. Here he explores how people use their time, including across countries, regions, cultures, class, and gender. Americans now work more than people in other rich countries, but as recently as the late 1970s they worked no more than others; and they also work longer into older age. Men and women do different things at different times of the day, which affects how well-off they feel. Both the arrival of children and retirement create major shocks to existing time uses, with differences between the sexes. Higher incomes and higher wage rates lead people to hurry more, both on and off the job, and higher wage rates lead people to cut back on activities that take time away from work. Being stressed for time is central to modern life, and Hamermesh shows who is rushed, and why. With Americans working more than people in France, Germany, the U.K., Japan and other rich countries, the book offers a simple but radical proposal for changing Americans' lives and reducing the stress about time. |
| amit varma writing course: Explorations Beth Alison Schultz Shook, Katie Nelson, 2023 |
| amit varma writing course: Netherspace Andrew Lane, Nigel Foster, 2017-05-23 Fans of Elizabeth Moon and Anne Leckie will love this first thrilling adventure in an epic space opera trilogy—set in a future where alien technology comes at a steep price: human life. Aliens came to Earth 40 years ago. Their anatomy proved unfathomable and all attempts at communication failed. But through trade, humanity gained technology that allowed them to colonize the stars. The price: live humans for every alien faster-than-light drive. Kara’s sister was one of hundreds exchanged for this technology, and Kara has little love for aliens. So when she is drafted by GalDiv—the organization that oversees alien trades—it is under duress. A group of colonists have been kidnapped by aliens and taken to an uncharted planet, and an unusual team is to be sent to negotiate. As an ex-army sniper, Kara’s role is clear. But artist Marc has no combat experience, although the team’s pre-cog Tse is adamant that he has a part to play. All three know that success is unlikely. For how will they negotiate with aliens when communication between the species is impossible? |
| amit varma writing course: On Inequality Harry G. Frankfurt, 2015-09-29 From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Bullshit, the case for worrying less about the rich and more about the poor Economic inequality is one of the most divisive issues of our time. Yet few would argue that inequality is a greater evil than poverty. The poor suffer because they don't have enough, not because others have more, and some have far too much. So why do many people appear to be more distressed by the rich than by the poor? In this provocative book, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of On Bullshit presents a compelling and unsettling response to those who believe that the goal of social justice should be economic equality or less inequality. Harry Frankfurt, one of the most influential moral philosophers in the world, argues that we are morally obligated to eliminate poverty—not achieve equality or reduce inequality. Our focus should be on making sure everyone has a sufficient amount to live a decent life. To focus instead on inequality is distracting and alienating. At the same time, Frankfurt argues that the conjunction of vast wealth and poverty is offensive. If we dedicate ourselves to making sure everyone has enough, we may reduce inequality as a side effect. But it’s essential to see that the ultimate goal of justice is to end poverty, not inequality. A serious challenge to cherished beliefs on both the political left and right, On Inequality promises to have a profound impact on one of the great debates of our time. |
| amit varma writing course: India’s Founding Moment Madhav Khosla, 2020-02-04 An Economist Best Book of the Year How India’s Constitution came into being and instituted democracy after independence from British rule. Britain’s justification for colonial rule in India stressed the impossibility of Indian self-government. And the empire did its best to ensure this was the case, impoverishing Indian subjects and doing little to improve their socioeconomic reality. So when independence came, the cultivation of democratic citizenship was a foremost challenge. Madhav Khosla explores the means India’s founders used to foster a democratic ethos. They knew the people would need to learn ways of citizenship, but the path to education did not lie in rule by a superior class of men, as the British insisted. Rather, it rested on the creation of a self-sustaining politics. The makers of the Indian Constitution instituted universal suffrage amid poverty, illiteracy, social heterogeneity, and centuries of tradition. They crafted a constitutional system that could respond to the problem of democratization under the most inhospitable conditions. On January 26, 1950, the Indian Constitution—the longest in the world—came into effect. More than half of the world’s constitutions have been written in the past three decades. Unlike the constitutional revolutions of the late eighteenth century, these contemporary revolutions have occurred in countries characterized by low levels of economic growth and education, where voting populations are deeply divided by race, religion, and ethnicity. And these countries have democratized at once, not gradually. The events and ideas of India’s Founding Moment offer a natural reference point for these nations where democracy and constitutionalism have arrived simultaneously, and they remind us of the promise and challenge of self-rule today. |
CE470-Design of Steel Structures (Dr. Amit Varma - Purdue …
CE470-Design of Steel Structures (Dr. Amit Varma) 1.0 INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING 1.1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION Structural design is a systematic and …
COMPOSITE CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION MODULARITY, …
Feb 1, 2017 · Goal: The goal of the project was to develop and verify connection technologies for steel-plate composite (SC) walls. Examples included in AISC Design guide. Several journal …
amit Varma - India Uncut
my Fr i e n d SA n c h o / 3 I should introduce myself now. My name is Abir Ganguly. I work for a tabloid in Bombay called The Afternoon Mail.I am 23. I eat meat. I am heterosexual.
CE 579: STRUCTRAL STABILITY AND DESIGN - Purdue University
Introduction to Structural Stability. Change in geometry of a structure or structural component under compression – resulting in loss of ability to resist loading is defined as instability in the …
DESIGN OF SC COMPOSITE WALLS FOR PROJECTILE IMPACT: …
By expanding the work of Mizuno et al (2005) and combining it with the current provisions in NEI 07-13 and DOE-STD-3014-2006, the authors provide a convenient three-step process to …
Amit H. Varma, Ph.D. Karl H. Kettelhut Professor of Civil ...
Sep 3, 2024 · Section N10.3 covers the requirements for SC structural elements. Design, design checks, fabrication, material, examination...
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CREATIVE WRITING Vikrant Verma,2023-09-01 Common to ALL UNDERGRADUATE COURSES of FIRST SEMESTER SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE as per Uniform Syllabus …
MODULAR CONNECTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR SC WALLS OF …
Develop modular SC wall connection strategies, and evaluate their structural behavior for use in SMRs. Develop and benchmark numerical models that can be used to investigate the …
Composite and Modular Structures, Part 2 - American …
Amit Varma is an Associate Professor and University Faculty Scholar at Purdue University. Steel-concrete composite structures are his passion. He is the current vice-chair of AISC TC12 …
1 On the design of SC walls for missile impact Summary of …
Bruhl et al. (2015) proposed a three-step design method of SC walls against impact load, specifically to design SC walls to prevent perforation by projectiles. While the method was …
Structural Stability Research Council Annual Stability …
Abdullah M. Alghossoon and Amit H. Varma, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Global-Global Interaction in Cold-Formed Steel Channel Columns: Relevance, Post-Buckling …
CE 597.1: Design of Steel-Concrete Composite Structures - edX
This course will cover fundamental concepts and applications of steel-concrete composites in the design of steel buildings and bridges with emphasis on composite beams and floor systems, …
Course Project CE470 - Purdue University
Course Project CE470 Due Date: Friday, April 28, 2017 1 Continuing with the six-story building structure used in Homework No. 2, 3. (i) Design all the members of frame b-e-h (ii) Design the …
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The Core IAS presents a meticulously crafted UPSC Mains program that empowers aspirants with deep conceptual clarity, precision-driven answer writing skills, and rigorous practice — all …
Amit H. Varma, Kadir Sener, Saahas Bhardwaj Purdue …
Conduct analytical parametric studies to evaluate effects of wide range of material, geometric, structural detailing, thermal loading, and seismic loading parameters including those identified …
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Amit Varma EXPERIENCE SUMAARY: I am Oracle JD Edwards Functional Consultant having 6+years of experience in JD Edwards as a Functional Consultant. Working knowledge of …
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Amit Varma • Executive Director, Division of Infrastructure Research and Innovative Solutions, Purdue Applied • Research Institute, LLC, 2022 – present
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Dr. Amit Varma, Co-founder of HealthQuad: “There is no need to compromise between financial and societal return. We are committed to creating an ecosystem of such category defining …
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Verma’s current research interests include modeling and characterizing the electronic and optoelectronic properties of nanomaterials, as well as developing and characterizing solar cells …
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Amit Verma . Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science . Texas A&M University-Kingsville : Kingsville, TX 78363 . Tel: (361) 593 4012. Email: amit.verma@tamuk.edu ===== …
CE470-Design of Steel Structures (Dr. Amit Varma - Purdue …
CE470-Design of Steel Structures (Dr. Amit Varma) 1.0 INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING 1.1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION Structural design is a systematic and iterative …
COMPOSITE CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION MODULARITY, …
Feb 1, 2017 · Goal: The goal of the project was to develop and verify connection technologies for steel-plate composite (SC) walls. Examples included in AISC Design guide. Several journal …
amit Varma - India Uncut
my Fr i e n d SA n c h o / 3 I should introduce myself now. My name is Abir Ganguly. I work for a tabloid in Bombay called The Afternoon Mail.I am 23. I eat meat. I am heterosexual.
CE 579: STRUCTRAL STABILITY AND DESIGN - Purdue …
Introduction to Structural Stability. Change in geometry of a structure or structural component under compression – resulting in loss of ability to resist loading is defined as instability in the …
DESIGN OF SC COMPOSITE WALLS FOR PROJECTILE IMPACT: …
By expanding the work of Mizuno et al (2005) and combining it with the current provisions in NEI 07-13 and DOE-STD-3014-2006, the authors provide a convenient three-step process to …
Amit H. Varma, Ph.D. Karl H. Kettelhut Professor of Civil ...
Sep 3, 2024 · Section N10.3 covers the requirements for SC structural elements. Design, design checks, fabrication, material, examination...
Amit Varma Writing Course - bubetech.com
CREATIVE WRITING Vikrant Verma,2023-09-01 Common to ALL UNDERGRADUATE COURSES of FIRST SEMESTER SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE as per Uniform Syllabus …
MODULAR CONNECTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR SC WALLS OF …
Develop modular SC wall connection strategies, and evaluate their structural behavior for use in SMRs. Develop and benchmark numerical models that can be used to investigate the …
Composite and Modular Structures, Part 2 - American …
Amit Varma is an Associate Professor and University Faculty Scholar at Purdue University. Steel-concrete composite structures are his passion. He is the current vice-chair of AISC TC12 …
1 On the design of SC walls for missile impact Summary of …
Bruhl et al. (2015) proposed a three-step design method of SC walls against impact load, specifically to design SC walls to prevent perforation by projectiles. While the method was …
Structural Stability Research Council Annual Stability …
Abdullah M. Alghossoon and Amit H. Varma, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Global-Global Interaction in Cold-Formed Steel Channel Columns: Relevance, Post-Buckling …
CE 597.1: Design of Steel-Concrete Composite Structures - edX
This course will cover fundamental concepts and applications of steel-concrete composites in the design of steel buildings and bridges with emphasis on composite beams and floor systems, …
Course Project CE470 - Purdue University
Course Project CE470 Due Date: Friday, April 28, 2017 1 Continuing with the six-story building structure used in Homework No. 2, 3. (i) Design all the members of frame b-e-h (ii) Design the …
India’s First Institute Dedicated to Answer Writing CSE-2025 …
The Core IAS presents a meticulously crafted UPSC Mains program that empowers aspirants with deep conceptual clarity, precision-driven answer writing skills, and rigorous practice — all …
Amit H. Varma, Kadir Sener, Saahas Bhardwaj Purdue …
Conduct analytical parametric studies to evaluate effects of wide range of material, geometric, structural detailing, thermal loading, and seismic loading parameters including those identified …
Amit Varma - convertdocs.ceipal.com
Amit Varma EXPERIENCE SUMAARY: I am Oracle JD Edwards Functional Consultant having 6+years of experience in JD Edwards as a Functional Consultant. Working knowledge of Sales …
Session 1: State of Practice in Nuclear Quality Assurance
Amit Varma • Executive Director, Division of Infrastructure Research and Innovative Solutions, Purdue Applied • Research Institute, LLC, 2022 – present
How India’s healthcare focused fund HealthQuad disrupts …
Dr. Amit Varma, Co-founder of HealthQuad: “There is no need to compromise between financial and societal return. We are committed to creating an ecosystem of such category defining …
$PLW 9HUPD - tamuk.edu
Verma’s current research interests include modeling and characterizing the electronic and optoelectronic properties of nanomaterials, as well as developing and characterizing solar cells …
Georgia Institute of Technology, Vanderbilt University, Indian ...
Amit Verma . Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science . Texas A&M University-Kingsville : Kingsville, TX 78363 . Tel: (361) 593 4012. Email: amit.verma@tamuk.edu ===== …
