Roopa Pai

‘The truth is, Partha,’ Krishna said, ‘that there is no “better” path. Both paths – the path of knowledge and the path of action – work just as well. It is up to you to pick the one that you are suited to’ The Bhagavad Gita is a profound book from India that people have cherished for over 2500 years. It emphasises kindness and understanding when we make mistakes, and tells a compelling story about Prince Arjuna and his friend Krishna. They engage in a crucial conversation about the war against the most powerful and dangerous enemy of all – the one that lives within our minds. Roopa Pai’s spirited, one-of-a-kind retelling is engaging, easy to grasp, and leaves a lasting impact. After you finish reading, you’ll find yourself contemplating its wisdom and feeling a sense of inner strength.

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Three thousand years ago, deep inside the forests of India, a great ‘thought revolution’ was brewing. In those forest labs, the brightest thinker–philosophers contemplated the universe, reflected on ancient texts called the Vedas and came up with startling insights into questions we still don’t have final answers to, like: • What is the universe made of? • How do I know I’m looking at a tree when I see one? • Who am I? And where did they put those explosive findings? In a sprawling body of goosebumpy and fascinating oral literature called the Upanishads! Intimidated? Don’t be! For this joyful, fun guide to some of India’s longest-lasting secular wisdoms, reinterpreted for first-time explorers by Roopa Pai, is guaranteed to keep you turning the pages.

DescriptionOver 150 years ago, in 1870, a public park was inaugurated in Bangalore.Designed by British engineer Richard Sankey, it spread over 100 acres andencompassed features typical to the city-granite outcrops, lush greenery, wide avenues and government buildings. Originally named Meade's Park, ithas been known to generations of Bangaloreans as Cubbon Park-sanctuary, lung space, thoroughfare, battlefield, picnic spot, repository of urbanbiodiversity, and public park.In this book, the first of its kind about Cubbon Park, author, columnist andtrue-blue Bangalorean Roopa Pai, attempts to decode the enduring appeal ofthe Park. Historical sketches trace the story of not just Cubbon Park, but that ofMysore state and the city itself. Her conversations with Bangaloreans of todayshow the Park in all its contested glory, even as she writes about the open musicspaces it once hosted and its diverse flora and fauna, the powerful lurking at itsfringes, waiting to gobble it up, and the citizen activists who tirelessly protect it.Heart-warming and meticulously researched, Cubbon Park is an enduringsnapshot of a precious green space that is as much an idea as a physical entity, as fragile as it is powerful, as divisive and as it is unifying, and always centralto the city's imagination.

THE GITA IS A CONVERSATION BETWEEN LORD KRISHNA AND ARJUNA RIGHT BEFORE THE GREAT WAR OF MAHABHARATA. ARJUNA REALISES THAT HE MIGHT BE DOING WRONG BY GOING TO WAR WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND IS CONFUSED. SO KRISHNA WANTS TO HELP ARJUNA BE SENSIBLE AND PUT HIS MIND AT PEACE. THAT IS WHAT MAKES THE GITA.

'If you never had the time to plow through dreary Economics textbooks, but still want a flavour of its key concepts, illustrated with examples from daily life, this is the book for you.'-Raghuram Rajan, former Governor, Reserve Bank of India Why doesn't the government simply print more money so that everyone has enough? Who decides that seventy Indian rupees equal one American dollar? How do you figure out what to price a glass of lemonade at the Diwali mela? Are economists really as boring as they look? For answers to these and other mystifying questions, look no further than this fun book (Psst You may even catch your adults sneaking a peek inside )

What would happen if the sun suddenly disappeared? Can dinosaurs ever come back to life? What would the earth be like if all the nuclear bombs went off together? Join author Roopa Pai for an out-of-the-world adventure as she creates all sorts of crazy scenarios for the future and explains what would happen if each one were to come true. A fun and informative new series from Red Turtle, the mysteries series explains strange and wonderful facts from the worlds of nature, science and history in easy-to-understand language, accompanied by detailed illustrations