img

Words To Live By

Deepa Agarwal

COMPELLING, INTRIGUING AND ENTERTAINING!

A rich, colourful and lively gathering of India's finest and most original thinkers and writers, leaders and opinion-makers, naturalists and adventurers, scientists and music-lovers awaits you inside.

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on how to reach for the stars.

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar on questions of caste.

Bhagat Singh on spirited revolution.

Dilip Salwi on a passion for physics.

Jawahar Lal Nehru on kings and nawabs.

Jayant Narlikar on a royal scientific legacy.

Jim Corbett on bloody encounters with a tiger.

Leila Seth on facing the odds.

Mahatma Gandhi on mapping his childhood.

Nandan Nilekani on schools and studies.

Rabindranath Tagore on teaching without textbooks.

Ruskin Bond on fathers and friends.

Sarojini Naidu on India after Gandhi.

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan on character.

Subhas Chandra Bose on woman power.

Sheila Dhar on music for the flowers.

Subroto Bagchi on bright young minds.

Sudha Murty on breaking the rules.

Vivekananda on mind and spirit.

Valmik Thapar on exotic lions.

Vikram Seth on travels through Tibet.

Zai Whitaker on fascinating reptiles.

Pick this book. Open it up. And be inspired.

  • Classification : Anthology
  • Pub Date : FEB 15, 2016
  • Imprint : Hachette India
  • Page Extent : 272
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9789350099452
  • Price : INR 450
image

Deepa Agarwal

Deepa Agarwal is an author, poet and translator, who writes for both children and adults, and has over sixty books published. A frequent contributor to magazines and journals in India and abroad, she has edited and compiled several anthologies as well.

Among many awards, she received the NCERT National Award for Children's Literature in 1993 for her picture book Ashok's New Friends, while her historical fiction Caravan to Tibet was on the IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Honour List 2008. Her work has been translated into several Indian and foreign languages, and five of her books are included in the White Raven catalogue of the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany.

Discover more books

Advanced Search