Arranged subject-wise, the collection covers a wide range of issues and brings out Dr. Rajendra Prasad as a statesman, a scholar, a historian, an educationist and above all, a great constructive thinker.

Folk tales are an inseparable part of human culture from time immemorial. Folk tales from India and abroad are narrated in a simple and lucid manner in this book. The stories, in general, convey how best one could lead a purposeful and just life.

The author, Shri Devicharan Rathore, has presented these tales beautifully. The values sought to be conveyed through the stories would stand the test of time for generations to come.

The Reference Annual, India 2007 provides undated information on the progress of the country in diverse fields in the year gone by. It also compiles an authentic account of India's economy, polity demographic features and art and culture obtained from various Central Ministries, States, Union Territories and many important organizations.

This volume is definitely useful for scholars, journalists, students and all those who want to know about India.

United Nations has completed over 60 years of its existence. During this journey, it has helped the inter national community fight poverty, natural disasters and environmental degradation, maintain peace, improve health facilities and manage population growth. But what is little understood and appreciated is that it has also helped improve the lot of the common man.

The present book seeks to fill up this gap. With the help of real-life examples, it shows how the activities of the United Nations has made the world a better place for the common man to live in. The text is to the point, lucidly written and supported with photographs. While the focus has been kept firmly on the common man, important factual details have not been ignored.

The book will serve as an excellent introductory text to the students of UN studies. It will also be useful to those who are eager to learn about little-known dimensions of the world body.

This volume presents 137 selected speeches of Late Lal Bahadur Shastri as Prime Minister, which depict his qualities of statesmanship and mass appeal and provide an insight into his thinking on numerous national and international issues. It lends support to the Late Indian President Dr. Zakir Hussain's tribute to Shastri:

"He was a little great man whose education and background were completely Indian. And yet destiny cast him in a mould which has few parallels in our modern times."

The computer is a marvellous invention. So is its story - full of fascinating, practical and even bizarre characters who made efforts to reduce the drudgery of the mankind. This book tells that wonderful story through those colourful characters - Pascal, Leibniz, Babbage, Hollerith, Von Neumann, St Kilby, Hoff, Jobs and Cray. The book takes you step by step from the first calculator called 'Calculating Clock' built to act as an aid to astronomers to the 'supercomputer' which is today used to build nuclear bombs, guide missiles and forecast weather, among other things. Besides, the book will also introduce everybody about the basic principles of the computer and its working. Dilip M. Salwi, the author, was a writer of repute. He wrote on varied branches of science and had established a versatility in treatment.

One man who probably understood the art and technique of filmmaking better than most of his contemporaries was Dadasaheb Phalke. His landmark film 'Raja Harishchandra' is considered as India's first feature film. Dadasaheb Phalke Awards, instituted in the memory of this icon of Indian cinema, are given every year since 1969 to those film personalities who have made outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema in various ways. From Devika Rani in 1969 to Adoor Gopalakrishnan in 2004, the awardees include actors, actresses, directors, producers, singers and music directors, a wide canvas of creativity and ingenuity which constitutes the Indian film industry. The author has made a sincere attempt to portray the profile and contributions of these personalities in the book. A short description of the awardee, the films they were associated with, and illustrations make this book informative and interesting.