Bøker av Shashi Ambaru

Mankind has developed through the ages by the fundamental principle of learning. The word learning might lead one to thinks immediately of education and acquisition of knowledge. But have you ever wondered that learning could also mean discovering oneself?Everyday we get a chance to know ourselves through our actions and decisions. But many of us continue to go with the flow without pausing to consider how we are affecting our lives ourselves. self-awareness is the path that each one of us can undertake to make the journey of life easier and happier. besides the ultimate goals of happiness and success self-awareness rewards us with amny benefitd in life.

The world came to know of Rabindranath Tagore in 1913 when Gitanjali, a collection of devotional lyrics won him the Nobel Prize for Literature. This magnificent poet laureate's journey began in 1861. By the end of his life, he was a poet unparalleled, a dramatist of many genres and a political and social essayist. During his lifetime, he composed around 2,000 songs and painted hundreds of paintings. His music has been recognised as Rabindra Sangeet, which is today a unique genre of Bengali music.Tagore has the unique distinction of having composed the National Anthem for two countries - India and Bangladesh.

Bhagat Singh was a revolutionary and martyr who sacrificed his life fighting for India's freedom. He was Sikh by birth but a Marxist by conviction. A young man of extraordinary vision and energy, he was a revolutionary ahead of his times. At the age of 24, he was hanged for shooting a police officer in response to the killing of veteran freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai.