Crossword hosts the launch of Shubha Vilas’s book Ramayana – The Game Life : Book One The Rise

Crossword hosts the launch of Shubha Vilas’s book Ramayana – The Game Life : Book One The Rise 

 

Mumbai, 18^th December, 2013: Crossword – India’s leading lifestyle bookstore, hosted the launch of Shubha Vilas's book ‘Ramayana – The Game Life : Book One The Rise’ at their Kemps Corner outlet today. The author was joined bySonali Rathod, actor Sumona Chakravarthy and Singer Kavita Seth discussed about the book.

 

About the book:

Ramayana: The Game of Life (Book 1), one of the world's great literary masterpieces, skillfully retold for modern audiences. Epics like the Ramayana have been recounted infinite times. Is there a need for another chronicle in the presence of so many? How is this one different? And is it relevant to our ever-changing modern lives? 

Yes, there is a need, yes this is different and yes, it is relevant. This new series of books, each following one khand of the Ramayana, decodes the eternal wisdom of that poetic scripture through gripping narrative and thought-provoking instruction. In the time-honored custom of spreading wisdom through tales, every fascinating story in the epic is retold here and every character unfolded to captivate your heart and open your mind to lifes deepest questions.

The narrative closely follows Valmikis Ramayana, gently weaving in folk tales as well as the beautiful analogies of the Kamba Ramayana. The first of this six-volume series, Rise of the Sun Prince, takes you through the divine story of Lord Rama from His birth up to His marriage. Through these pages are revealed the tales of Dasarathas leadership, Vishwamitras quest for power and the intriguing story of a little-known stone maiden. Ramayana: The Game of Life has all of this and much more - food for contemporary thought drawn from an enduring masterpiece.

About the Author

Shubha Vilas, a spiritual seeker and a motivational speaker, holds a degree in engineering and law with specialization in Patent Law. His leadership seminars are popular with top-level management in corporate houses. He also helps individuals deal with modern-life situations by applying the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita, Ramayana and other dharmic traditions.

About Crossword: 

Crossword, with Eighty two, across Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bhopal, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kota, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nasik, Pune, Siliguri, Udaipur, Vapi, Vadodara,Vijayawada, Cohin and Raipur. It is India’s fastest growing chain of bookstores & has pioneered the lifestyle bookstore concept in India. Crossword was ranked the 6th most admired retailer in India by Business world for the year 2006; it was the only book retailer in the top 10. Crossword won the Reid & Taylor Award for Best Retailer of the year – Leisure & Specialty at the India Retail Summit 2005 & 2007& 2009. It also won the Star Retailer Award for the Best Lifestyle Retailer in Books & Music in 2011. Crossword won the Retailer of the Year Award - Leisure (Books, Music and Gifts Category) at the Images Retail Awards 2005 & 2007& 2009. Crossword won the Debutant E tailer of the year - books - at India eRetail Awards 2012. Crossword received the Federation of Indian Publishers Award for excellence in Publishing for the year 2004 on 18th June 2005 at the hands of Shri Arjun Singh, Minister of Human Resource Development. In 2013 Crossword also won The ET Retail Award for Marketing for ‘Crossword Popular Award’.

Crossword Bookstores Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary Company of Shopper’s Stop Ltd – India’s leading department store chain. The Holding Company inter-alia also acts as a Master Franchisee of the Company.

WESTLAND LTD LAUNCHES AUTHOR GAURAV PUNJ’S DEBUT BOOK ‘THE LAND OF THE FLYING LAMAS & OTHER REAL TRAVEL STORIES FROM THE INDIAN HIMALAYAS’

WESTLAND LTD LAUNCHES AUTHOR GAURAV PUNJ’S DEBUT BOOK

‘THE LAND OF THE FLYING LAMAS & OTHER REAL TRAVEL STORIES FROM THE INDIAN HIMALAYAS’

 

20th December 2013, Mumbai: Leading publication house, Westland Ltd launched Gaurav Punj’s debut book titled ‘The Land Of The Flying Lamas & Other Real Travel Stories From The Indian Himalayas’ today at JW Marriott, Juhu. 

In conversation with the author at the launch was veteran actor and travel enthusiast Anupam Kher and celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar, who interacted with guests and media. The trio regaled the audience with amazing travel experiences during their many expeditions. Also in attendance were friends and travel companions of the author. 

Categorized under the genre of Travel the Release Type is Original and Priced at Rs. 250.00 it features a Binding Paperback. Imprinted by Westland Ltd it runs with a Page Extent of 240 + 16 pp colour insert.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Beyond the hill stations, the mall roads and the ‘points’ is the ‘other Himalaya’. A Himalaya where flowers bloom in the green rolling meadows, the streams are bubbly, no pedal boats ply in the lakes, the glaciers can be felt and the passes crossed to more magical lands (where you might find flying lamas too). It’s the real Himalaya and it’s the real stories from the travels of people like you and me in this Himalaya that make this book.

The grand plan is that the next time you are looking for a family vacation or an adventure trek or a soul-searching solo trip, these stories from different regions of Indian Himalaya will provide you a few more options to choose from.

There is also a special chapter by Rujuta Diwekar, India’s top fitness professional, on why you must trek, the physiological benefits for your body and what to eat to get the best out of your Himalayan trek.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

After gazing at the Himalaya for 21 years from his village near the Shivalik foothills, Gaurav Punj figured what to do in the mountains once he started hiking in the Yosemite national park while studying at University of California, Berkeley. He completed his Masters in Engineering (Operations Research), worked for about 4 years in the big bad corporate world and after his leave count dipped to negative 50, quit and started his venture, Connect with Himalaya, in 2008. It’s as good an excuse he could find for traveling to new and unexplored places in the Indian Himalaya, meet and work with genuine local organizations and do his bit to spread the word.

SHAHRUKH KHAN RELEASED DEANNE PANDAY’S Shut Up and Train!

                                       

SHAHRUKH KHAN RELEASED

DEANNE PANDAY’S

Shut Up and Train!

on 8^th December

On Sunday 8^th December Shahrukh Khan released Deanne Panday’s new book Shut Up and Train, for which he has also written a foreword, at the Palladium Hotel, Lower Parel

“Being fit is important in my line of work. To be able to work for 12 hours a day—from 7 in the morning to 7 in the evening—you need to have a certain level of fitness...But to develop physical strength, you first need to have mental strength. I always tell my children you don’t need to have big biceps, but a big heart; your mind has to be tougher than your quads. The rest will follow. The physical attributes—the manifestation of a strong mind—will be seen in a strong body. It will never be the other way round...I think you have to think fit, believe fit”Shahrukh Khan from his foreword to the book

 

As one of the country’s foremost fitness experts and trainer to some of India’s fittest, hottest and most successful people for over 15 years, Deanne Panday knows the secrets to a healthy lifestyle.  And in Shut up and Train she lays out the methods to help us all gain not muscles and six-packs but overall wellbeing, having more energy to do day-to-day tasks more effectively and to stop ageing in its tracks. 

She argues that to achieve this diet, exercise and mental attitude all play their part but the basis of it all is weight training.  If you want your body to be fit and injury free, your muscles to be strong, your bones to be healthy, and your organs to be in good shape, you need to train with weights.

“Being fit is a way of life for me, the foundation of what makes me strong and resilient...I can manage all life throws at me without a dip in my energy by being disciplined and following a balanced approach to life, just like our ancestors. It’s a lifestyle that is available for you too if you go about it the right way.   In the years that I have managed to cultivate this disciplined lifestyle, my most treasured formula has been weight training.  Not only has weight training made me stronger, it has helped me understand every muscle in my body. It keeps my immune system in top gear. I sleep better, and I have more energy during the day. It has enabled me to handle whatever is thrown my way.”

Through Shut Up & Train, Deanne Panday will guide you through the right methods, the right kind of education of your body, and also the steps that you need to follow for this foolproof method to work. This comprehensive book provides you with a blueprint to a fit and healthy body.

As Deanne says, ‘It’s time to SHUT UP, and get ready to TRAIN!’

About the author

Deanne Panday is one of the country’s foremost fitness experts. She has been shaping up some of the hottest, most successful and fittest people for the past fifteen years. Some of her clients over the years include Bipasha Basu, John Abraham, Dino Morea, Lara Dutta, Jacqueline Fernandez, Sonakshi Sinha and Bobby Deol. She has set up some of Indias’ finest gyms and established Play, her own boutique gym, which consists of a high end gym, spa and yoga studio. Deanne launched Bia Brazil in India, a top lifestyle workout gear for women.  She lives in Mumbai with her husband and two children. This is her second book.

‘Crossword Book Award 2013’ winners announced 12 years of rewarding the best in Indian writing

‘Crossword Book Award 2013’ winners announced

                12 years of rewarding the best in Indian writing

“Em and The Big Hoom by Jerry Pinto (Aleph)” & “Boats on Land by Janice Pariat (Random House)” have jointly won in the Indian Fiction category

“Righteous Republic by Ananya Vajpeyi (Harvard Business Press)” & “From the Ruins of Empire by Pankaj Mishra (Penguin)” have jointly won the award for Indian Non-Fiction

“Wisha Wozzariter by Payal Kapadia (Penguin)” & “Book Uncle and Me by Uma Krishnaswami (Scholastic)” have jointly won the award in the Children’s category

“A Life in Words by Ismat chughtai, Translated by Dr M Asaduddin (Penguin)” has won it in the Indian language Translation category

“The Bankster by Ravi Subramanian (Rupa Publications)” has won the Popular Award

December 6^th 2013: Mumbai: The finest of Indian Literature took center stage at “CROSSWORD BOOK AWARDS 2013’ as the country’s finest writers and their books were honoured at a glittering award function at Mehboob Studios, Mumbai. The awards this year was presented by ARROW and in association with Principal Retirement Advisors. It was hosted by Suchitra Pillai and the evening included a memorable performance by Taufiq Qureshi.

With 552 entries, it is the highest number of entries ever received in the history of the Book Award. The entire judging process has taken more than 6 rigorous months which include shortlisting the books to announcing the final winner.

The 12^th edition saw an outstanding response, from the various distinguished writers, publishers, critics and book-lovers who enjoyed the biggest celebration of Indian literature. Shortlisted authors Rahul Pandita, S Hussain Zaidi, Rashmi Bansal, Ravi Subramanian, Arunava Sinha, Jerry Pinto, Janice Pariat, Anand Neelkantan, Anuja Chauhan, Ashwin Sanghi, Ananya Vajpeyi, Anushka Ravishankar, Himanjali Sankar, Payal Kapadia, Ranjit Lal, Dr M Asaduddin, Anchita Ghatak, Rabisankar Bal were present at this well-attended event.

This year The Crossword Book Award 2013 followed the financial year module and considered entries published in India from 1st January 2012 to 31st March 2013. This year we considered 15 months for the entry process and from next year onwards entries from April 2013 to March 2014 will be considered eligible.

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About Crossword:

Crossword, with Eighty Four stores, across Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bhopal, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Durgapur, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kota, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nasik, Pune, Siliguri, Udaipur, Vapi, Vadodara and Vijayawada is India’s fastest growing chain of bookstores & has pioneered the lifestyle bookstore concept in India. Crossword was ranked the 6th most admired retailer in India by Business world for the year 2006; it was the only book retailer in the top 10. Crossword won the Reid & Taylor Award for Best Retailer of the year – Leisure & Specialty at the India Retail Summit 2005 & 2007& 2009. It also won the Star Retailer Award for the Best Lifestyle Retailer in Books & Music in 2011. Crossword won the Retailer of the Year Award - Leisure (Books, Music and Gifts Category) at the Images Retail Awards 2005 & 2007& 2009. Crossword received the Federation of Indian Publishers Award for excellence in Publishing for the year 2004 on 18th June 2005 at the hands of Shri Arjun Singh, Minister of Human Resource Development.

Crossword won the Debutant E tailer of the year - books - at India eRetail Awards 2012. In 2013 Crossword won the ET Retail Award for Excellence in Marketing award for The Popular Award.

Crossword Bookstores Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary Company of Shopper’s Stop Ltd – India’s leading department store chain. The Holding Company inter-alia also acts as a Master Franchisee of the Company.