Madhu Bazaz Wangu
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Every writer and artist knows that feeling: panic when no more ideas develop, dread when it's time to sit down and create, doubt that the work is worth it, fear that you're just not good enough, and a wild paralyzing forest of other creative horrors. But rest easy, because Madhu B. Wangu, PhD, has the solution to all these dilemmas and more.
“Unblock Your Creative Flow: 12 Months of Mindfulness for Writers and Artists” provides daily exercises...
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"You must come at once, if you want to stop the suttee from happening again..." This phone message summons Kumud Kuthiyala back to Neela Nagar, the blue town of her youth, and the shackled life she thought she had left behind forever... As a nine-year-old, Kumud witnessed the brutal and horrifying suttee ritual when her beloved aunt immolated herself on the burning pyre of her dead husband. Years later, Kumud summoned the courage to escape the isolated...
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In this story collection, we meet ordinary people who grapple with extraordinary challenges-a precarious balance between the love of life, the inevitability of death and the connection between humans and nature. Some tales hover between reality and fantasy, while others make a comment about customs and tradition, social prejudice, altruism and kindness, ambitions and failures, and failures resulting in transformation. The stories come alive with characters...
4) Hinduism
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One of the oldest and most complex of the world's spiritual traditions, Hinduism is the religion of more than four-fifths of the Indian subcontinent's population. Major Hindu communities also exist around the world. Dispelling many of the myths and mysteries surrounding this ancient world religion, Hinduism, Fourth Edition provides readers with an up-to-date understanding of the interconnection of religion and politics in India, problems facing Hindu...
5) Buddhism
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1993
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127 p. : ill.
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Presents the story of Buddhism's origins and growth through the centuries, discussing its basic philosophy and the evolution of the three major schools of Buddhist thought.