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CANDID: Inspiring human stories of resilience, perseverance & focus from sciencepreneurs at Venture Center

395.00

Indian print edition also available on: Amazon India 
International print edition available on: Amazon USA
eBook edition available globally on Amazon Kindle

 

CanDid is a compilation of stories of grit, perseverance and determination of fifteen of India’s upcoming science-based entrepreneurs. Nurtured at Venture Center, India’s top technology business incubator, these entrepreneurs share their triumphs and struggles through real life instances.

A Reluctant Bureaucrat

395.00

A Reluctant Bureaucrat is an incisive study of the administrative system in India interwoven with a personal account of life lived within the realm of active government service. The narrative comes to the reader straight from the Author′s heart as a way to deal with his loneliness and overwhelming grief when nature snatched away his beloved wife Kalpana in July 2012. Photos from his family archive compliment an account of unstinting dedication and the reluctance to compromise on core values even as he strove to make the system work. The resultant dilemma has been exquisitely handled…

Pillars of Parallel Cinema: 50 Path-Breaking Hindi Films

595.00

India print edition available on: Amazon India

International print edition available on: Amazon US | Amazon UK 

eBook available globally on Amazon Kindle

 

Pillars of Parallel Cinema is well written and gives a very good background story of each of the films and how they were made. A very good addition to the books written of an important phase of new cinema of the time.”

 

Shyam Benegal, Renowned Filmmaker

 

This is a retrospective of 50 path-breaking Hindi films made between the late 60s and mid-90s, when parallel cinema reigned in India. There is no single reason for selecting these 50 films – the primary criterion was that they were all made without the trappings of mainstream cinema and were driven more by passion than the power of money.

Social Potpourri – An Anthology II

260.00

Social Potpourri continues to promote new and talented authors by providing them aplatform for showcasing their creativity. This is our second anthology of short stories and poems with contributions by some very fine writers in their own right.

Life in Metaphors: Portraits of Girish Kasaravalli

395.00

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eBook edition available globally on Amazon Kindle

 

Life in Metaphors: Portraits of Girish Kasaravalli is a collection of portraits sketched by colleagues, friends, family, filmmakers and film critics, providing insights into the intricate layers of Kasaravalli’s cinema and exploring the nuances of his films and their metaphors.