Name: The Puffin Essentials India
Brand: PRH INDIA LOCAL PRINT
SKU: BK 0000700
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Description

My India: This book contains excerpts from Dr A.P.J. Adbul Kalam's speeches during his post-Presidency years. Drawn from his addresses to parliaments, universities, schools and other institutions in India and abroad, they include his ideas on science, nation building, poverty, compassion and self-confidence.The Incredible History of India's Geography: Maps and mountains, lions and tigers, rivers and oceans-all sorts of things you didn't know about India's geography you'll find here. Discover various things you never expected, like the fact that we still greet each other like the Harappans did or that people used to think India was full of one-eyed giants. Full of quirky pictures and crazy trivia, this book takes you on a fantastic journey through the incredible history of India's geography.

About the Author

Sanjeev Sanyal is the principal economic adviser to the Government of India and an internationally acclaimed economist and urban theorist. He lives in New Delhi and writes on a wide array of topics, ranging from economics to history. A Rhodes Scholar and an Eisenhower Fellow, Sanjeev spent two decades working in international financial markets and was named Young Global Leader in 2010 by the World Economic Forum. He is the author of the bestselling books The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History (2016), Land of the Seven Rivers: A Brief History of India’s Geography (2012) and The Indian Renaissance: India’s Rise After a Thousand Years of Decline (2008), published by Penguin. This book is an adaptation of the second.Sowmya Rajendran has written several books for children, from picture books for toddlers to young adult fiction. She won the Sahitya Akademi’s Bal Sahitya Puraskar in 2015 for her children’s novel Mayil Will Not Be Quiet, co-authored with Niveditha Subramaniam. Sowmya works as a journalist for a news publication and writes on gender, culture and cinema. She lives in Pune.

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was one of India’s most distinguished scientists, responsible for the development of the country’s first satellite launch vehicle and the operationalization of strategic missiles. He also pioneered India Vision 2020, a road map for transforming India. The President of India between 2002 and 2007, Dr Kalam was awarded honorary doctorates from thirty-eight universities and the country’s three highest civilian honours- the Padma Bhushan (1981), Padma Vibhushan (1990) and Bharat Ratna
(1997). A prolific and bestselling author, he conducted lectures on societal development in many international institutes and was involved in research on different societal missions. Dr Kalam passed away in July 2015.

Author : A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Sanjeev Sanyal, Roshen Dalal

Publisher ‏ : Puffin

Binding Type : Paperback

Language : English

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0143445807