India celebrates I-day
Region: India
For the eighth consecutive year, Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh today (August 15) unfurled the national flag at the Red Fort in the capitalew Delhi to mark India’s 64th Independence Day.He said poverty, ill... more
Views: 866Road to Health Care
Region: India
Health & Fitness Book: Road to Health care Author: Seema Kumar ISBN: 9788192079653 Page: 176 Price: INR 175 Edition: 2011 Publisher: V & S Publisher I found the book 'Road to Health Care' to be easy read. T... more
Views: 1131Czech Republic Continues Bloodletting Successful Entrepreneur Josef Stava
Region: Czech RepublicEver thought about developing a lucrative blood plasma and plasma derivatives trade enterprise with a business model uniquely devised for communist countries short on hard currency? Me neither. But Josef Stava (Josef &... more
Views: 1697Book: Freelance Writing for the 'newbie' writer
Region: IndiaFreelance Writing for the 'newbie' writer Author: Sreelata Menon Page: 136 Price: Rs.150 Publisher: Unicorn Books This really should have been called "everything you need to know about becoming a freelance writer" -- ... more
Views: 1233Is recession heading towards depression?
Region: IndiaImport tariffs, as a measure of protectionism for domestic industries, haven’t begun rising yet. But if current trends are an indication of things to come, then world trade has started looking inwards and protec... more
Views: 1315What is Google Book Settlement
Region: IndiaGoogle got into a tiff with the Authors Guild, the Association of American Publishers and some other organizations when it first started scanning books into its database. Google felt it was publishing them online under "fa... more
Views: 1003EU's no to multi-billion dollar rescue package for Eastern Europe
Region: IndiaSince the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, former Soviet bloc countries have borrowed from western nations to finance their growing economies. But with the global credit crisis, it has become increasingly difficul... more
Views: 1087Will ebooks ever replace paper books?
Region: IndiaNot really! As I write a piece on how authors, literary agents, publishers, and booksellers need to change their business strategies to adapt to the advent of ebooks,I am not going to spend much time arguing that ebooks w... more
Views: 2752Kindle –the electronic reading device
Region: IndiaHow we can differentiate between the Kindle as a dedicated book device and other electronic devices such as PCs that have text to speech as a feature, or the future smartphone, is highly questionable. When you change the ... more
Views: 862Slumdog Millionaire: Focus on the film, not the film’s politics
Region: IndiaOn 23rd February, director Danny Boyle and crew won the Best Picture award at the Oscars for the film “Slumdog Millionaire,” and in doing so, upset the expectations of a great many film enthusiasts. Among west... more
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