- : Kalpana chawla (No:1612)
- The first indian women in space
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- : Unconventional clothes and bobbed hair were not the only indications of Kalpana's zest for life - this spirited young girl from Karnal wanted to fly! Her intelligence was multi-faceted, her talents varied and her interests inspiring. The path she charted from her traditional home in Haryana to NASA's elite band of astronauts is the stuff of legends.
- : 9 -14 Yrs
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- : Satwant Kaur (No:1611)
- The tale of an unlikely friendship
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- : Satwant's village in the Punjab was being attacked by Pathans (from modern-day Afghanistan). Nevertheless, when she found an injured Pathan, she took him home, where she and her parents tended him. The ungrateful man kidnapped her and took her to Afghanistan. He sold her as a slave. Satwant continued to act with compassion and understanding, even to those who enslaved her. She soon befriended her new mistress. But even as she served faithfully, Satwant was determined to win her freedom and to make her way back home. The story is a retelling of Bhai Vir Singh's Punjabi novel, Satwant Kaur
- : 9 -14 Yrs
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- : The secret of talking bird (No:1610)
- A folk tale from karnataka
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- : Timma the fowler finds a parrot in his net. He is taken aback when the bird speaks to him, asking him to release it. He lets it go. As it flies away, the parrot tells him to wait for the next bird to land in his net, a bird so lovely that even a king would be proud to own it. The parrot's gift sets Timma off on a series of adventures, each more incredible than the previous and behind it all, is the parrot's own secret. This exciting folk tale is a re-telling of Dr. Chandrashekhar Kambar's Kannada tale, Matanaduva Gili Mattu Bedara Huduga.
- : 9 -14 Yrs
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- : Birbal the genius (No:1609)
- Wit and wisdom at Akbar's court
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- : It takes a wise man to recognize another's wisdom. While Akbar's courtiers were jealous of Birbal, the emperor was quick to notice his agile mind. The two men loathed hypocrisy and deceit and they also shared the complete delight in a good joke.
- : 9 -14 Yrs
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- : Kapala kundala (No:1608)
- The fearless child of the forest
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- : Bankim Chandra Chatterji was only twenty-eight years old when he wrote his second novel, Kapala Kundala. It is said that when Bankim Chandra lived in Kanthi, on the coast of south-west Bengal, a kapalik (a Tantric worshipper of Kali or Shiva) frequently visited him. The mystery surrounding the kapalik made a deep impression on Bankim. He conceived the idea of writing a novel about a girl brought up by a kapalik in complete isolation from the civilized world. The name Kapala Kundala was taken from the Sanskrit play Malati-Madhava. In the play, kapala is the associate of the evil kapalik, Aghora Ghanta. She is as heinous as her mentor. Though our heroine was also brought up by an evil kapalik, she is full of human affection and kindness
- : 9 -12 Yrs
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- : Prince jivaka (No:1607)
- From the epic poem, jivaka chintamani
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- : In the kingdom of Hemangada, a treacherous minister named Kattiyangaran, decides to usurp the throne and kill the entire royal family. Queen Vijaya escapes the slaughter. In a dark cremation ground, unhappy and alone, she gives birth to a child and puts his father's royal ring upon his finger. The child grows up to be Prince Jivaka. Jivaka has many adventures but the core of the book becomes apparent in the end when a weary Jivaka decides to renounce his kingdom and become a Jain monk.
- : 9 -14 Yrs
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- : Chanakya (No:1605)
- The kingmaker
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- : Was Chanakya a demon or a man? His opponents had no answer. They would plot and plan, coax and connive, but the scholar-turned-politician was always a step ahead, confounding both their motives and their ambitions. He led his king, Chandragupta, to greatness and set his kingdom on the road to peace and prosperity. Then, for generations of future rulers, he compiled a useful guide, the famously canny Arthashastra
- : 8 -14 Yrs
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- : Monkey stories (No:1604)
- Jataka tales of wile and wisdome
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- : Monkeys frolic through these pages, imparting lessons in leadership and common sense. Murderous crocodiles, powerful kings and fearsome ogres are easily outwitted by these winsome creatures. But be warned, do not let monkeys loose in your garden or you may well lose sight of their virtues!
- : 9 -14 Yrs
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- : Draupadi (No:1603)
- The dusky firebrand
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- : This dark beauty was no ordinary woman. Born from the pure flames of a sacred fire, Draupadi was devoted wife to the five famously talented and virtuous Pandava brothers. The evil Kauravas wanted her for themselves, and eyed the Pandava kingdom as well. Raging at their impertinence, and ranting at her husbands’ helplessness, Draupadi inspired a deadly war which wiped out the Kaurava scourge for ever
- : 9 -14 Yrs
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