As India gears up for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the country will focus once again on the moments of glory we have had on the largest sports arena in the world, featuring such stalwarts as Abhinav Bindra, Mary Kom and PV Sindhu. But it will also be time to ask again the question we ask ourselves every four years: why does a country of a billion plus have so little to show for itself at the Olympics?Dreams of a Billion gives the reader an inside view of what goes on backstage in the Indian Olympics world, alongside a quick history of how India has fared at the Olympics over the past century, and a look at how the Indian Olympics world has changed in the last decade. Which brings us to the question: How good is India's preparation for Tokyo 2020? Can Tokyo be the gamechanger Indian sport wants it to be and hopes it will be?

Abridged English translation of Hungarian novelist Gyula Krudy's best-selling work, published on the 100th anniversary of its first edition in 1920. This book explains the meaning of dreams and the things that one encounters in dreams, arranged alphabetically from Acacia Tree to Zinc. Krudy draws his research from Hungarian and Russian dream interpretation texts dating back to 1759, interviews with his soothsayer grandmother, the writings of Sigmund Freud and Freud's Hungarian contemporary, Dr. Sandor Ferenczi, and pillow talk from Krudy's mistresses. Krudy ad-libbed mischievously on these so-called scholarly sources, as his distinctive style of prose is recognizable by any Krudy fan. Translated by Robert Elton Brooker lll and Robert Zebulon Erdos.

Brilliant, beautiful and creative young career women, Shalini Samuel and Riya Batra, are steadily climbing up the corporate ladder when one day, they are approached by their boss with an incredible proposal – a proposal to make a billion dollars. The girls are skeptical at first, but their sense of adventure gets the better of them and they get on board. But office rivalries have to be dealt with before that, and a blast out of Shalini’s painful past threatens to derail the project altogether.

Since its reform and opening up, China has experienced unprecedented social and economic development. It is important to understand the biggest and fastest growing economy's policy and strategy. As a key director in Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the author proposes a development path and reform strategies for China in the next three decades. This book suggests reform strategies not only for the economic structure but also for the political system in China. The author makes a sound analysis and exposition of “Chinese dream”, which reflects the vision of a better life in the future and the main indicators of social change. The book investigates China's development path, political system, economic structure, people's livelihood etc and suggests long-term strategies for China in this regard. Contents:Chinese Dreams for the 21st CenturyChina's Development Road to Realizing Chinese DreamsSelection of Development Road: Material Structural Adjustment and Competitiveness PromotionWithout the Transformation of the Development Mode, China has No Way Out in Resources and EnvironmentResources and Environmental Constraints: What China Should Do in the FutureThe Focus of the Second Reform: Fiscal and Taxation SystemElimination of Polarization and Realization of Common ProsperityImproving the Economics Systems: Reform of Land, Finance, and State-owned EconomyRoute Map of China's Road Readership: Undergraduates, graduates and researchers who are interested in China's development path, political system, economic structure, people's livelihood as well as China's long-term strategies. Keywords:The China Dream;China's Development Model;Reform;Structural Adjustment;Ecological Environment;Polarization;Land System;State-Owned Economy;Development Economics;People's LivelihoodKey Features:As a key director in Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the author's opinions have great influence on the C.P.C.'s leadershipIt is important to know the biggest and fastest growing emerging country's strategy for the next 30 years. This book suggests reform strategies not only for the economic structure but also for the political system in China

This book is a clarion call to every Indian citizen and the world at large, looking at India with a keen eye as it gallops on the path of inclusive growth, aimed at unleashing the unlimited potential of a billion young minds. For the last 8 years, India has been in fast gear, roaring, leading, learning, giving, sharing, winning, digitizing, inventing, and developing its infrastructure along with other sectors such as energy, production, exports, and finance. There has been a growing collaborative movement ranging from almost 8 million plus self-help groups to over 8 lac cooperative societies getting digitized to nearly 100,000 successful startups. There is a race to do research, develop indigenized technologies and increase exports, even in defence.The more we think about our potential, heritage, unique culture, and patterns of growth, the more cemented we feel about a brighter tomorrow. Why stop at microfinance? How about nanofinance? If we have to spur the consumer economy at ten to twenty times the present scale, nanofinance to the lower 50 per cent stratum of India is the only way forward. This is actual financial inclusion. Let even the poorest Indian today be dignified so as to be able to access the buy now pay later (BNPL) facilities. Open credit enablement network (OCEN) (pronounced as O-ken) needs to be socialized at lightning speed.

This best-selling textbook, written by award-winning educator and past president of the American Psychological Association, Diane F. Halpern, applies theory and research from the learning sciences to teach students the thinking skills they need to succeed in today's world. This new edition retains features from earlier editions that have helped its readers become better thinkers. A rigorous academic grounding based in cognitive psychology is presented in a clear writing style with a humorous tone and supported by numerous practical examples and anecdotes. Thought and Knowledge, Fifth Edition has been revised to help students meet the challenges of a global neighborhood and make meaningful conclusions from the overwhelming quantity of information now available at the click of a mouse. The skills learned with this text will help students learn more efficiently, research more productively, and present logical, informed arguments. Thought and Knowledge, Fifth Edition is appropriate for use as a textbook in critical thinking courses offered in departments of psychology, philosophy, English, humanities, or as a supplement in any course where critical thinking is emphasized.

This book is purely written from the perspective of a young entrepreneur and the "one out of billion" dreams in India. Vande Mataram is a series particularly focusing and addressing the development issues in India. India is the biggest democracy in the world, which has taken giant strides in the last few decades. We are now the world's third-largest economy (in purchasing power parity terms). However, being an Indian, you can't resist 'chalta hai' (let it be) prevailing attitude, moreover, for everything we have 'jugaad'. But in between this, we can not forget everyday issues, which continue to pose hurdles in the progress of the nation. These social, political and economic issues are meant to be taken into consideration, to improve the prevailing condition of our society. Issues like corruption, crime, the status of the road network and so on, need to be looked into immediately. A very close and personal series for me, join my journey to know and find the answers of a "youth" vision.