Yes, I am the corporate Devdas, rather I have become one due to the many years and countless hours of work that I have put in for my own self improvement and becoming the best in the trade. The matter of fact is that all of us take part in so many roles in our own lives that usually we loose count of them but it is those roles that we take the most which start to shape the way we behave and live even in a personal or professional life. This book is my side of the story on what I have become and what has brought me to be the way I am. You can call it my personal autobiography for my future self. But then why publish this you say? Its simple, this book will also act as a beacon of hope and light for those who toil like I do, to help them find the light & move on.

The classic, heart-touching story of unrequited love of a man's fall from grace and his tragic end offers an insightful and compassionate portral of men and women in love. Devdas, written in early decades of the twentieth century, still captivates readers, and has been filmed several times - a testament to endurance and class. One of Sarat Chandra Chatterjee's finest novels, it reveals the best there is in Indian romantic literature. The abridged translation of Devdas, Srikanta and six of Sarat Chandra's short stories brings to English readers a careful selection of writer's best.

This book presents unabridged translation of five of the many captivating novels of the legendary writer Sarat Chandra Chatterjee of India, who wrote in Bengali language in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Devdas: The young boy Devdas has an ardent follower, a little girl Parvati, who is his neighbor's daughter. They grow up together in a class conscious, tradition bound, rural community. Their friendship turns into love as they mature. Will they be able to have their wish fulfilled and unite with each other for the rest of their lives? Which way their fate will take them? Good Riddance (Niskriti): Girish is a successful man and both he and his wife are magnanimous. They allow Girish's incompetent and poor cousin and his family to live with them as a joint family. An atmosphere of great love and understanding prevails over the joint family. But, what happens when Girish's younger brother Harish, who is also a successful man and has a wife with western education, joins the family? What events take place and what are the roles played by different family members? Pundit (Pundit-moshai): Brindabon was married at a young age, but was soon made by his father to desert his child bride, because of a rumor of scandal about her mother. He grows up to become a self educated and benevolent well to do man, and she grows up to be a beautiful and educated woman in a poor family. After his second wife dies leaving behind a young son, he offers to take her back. But, how she responds? Brindabon gives free education to children of the poor in the village, by teaching them himself, and is called by them as Pundit. But, does that earn him respect from the diehard snobs in the village or their compassion in his moment of crisis? Chandranath: A rich man marries a poor young woman, not knowing that her mother had a scandal of living together with a man after she became a widow. The girl, because of her humble background and the scandalous secret about her mother, considers herself much inferior to her husband and treats him with servility. How are the husband's feelings towards her? How the marriage blossoms? A kindly old man comes in their life, and what role he plays? Debt and Payment (Dena-Paona): Jibananda, a corrupt scion of a landlord family, marries the child daughter of a widow for dowry money and then disappears. He later inherits a large estate when his uncle dies and becomes an oppressive feudal landlord. The girl by turn of events becomes the custodian of a temple in a village, where the landlord owns some property. She is upright, educated, and a leader of the downtrodden. The landlord visits the village, but does not recognize her. The virtuous woman and the depraved man cross their path, and what does it bring to them?

The field of Bollywood studies has remained predominantly critical, theoretical and historical in focus. This book brings together qualitative and quantitative approaches to tackle empirical questions focusing on the relationship between soft power, hybridity, cinematic texts, and audiences. Adopting a critical-transcultural framework that examines the complex power relations that are manifested through globalized production and consumption practices, the book approaches the study of popular Hindi cinema from three broad perspectives: transcultural production contexts, content trends, and audiences. It firstly outlines the theoretical issues relevant to the spread of popular Indian cinema and emergence of India’s growing soft power. The book goes on to report on a series of quantitative studies that examine the patterns of geographical, cultural, political, infrastructural, and artistic power dynamics at work within the highest-grossing popular Hindi films over a 61-year period since independence. Finally, an additional set of studies are presented that quantitatively examine Indian and North American audience consumption practices. The book illuminates issues related to the actualization and maintenance of cinematic soft power dynamics, highlighting Bollywood’s increasing integration into and subsumption by globalized practices that are fundamentally altering India’s cinematic landscape and, thus, its unique soft power potential. It is of interest to academics working in Film Studies, Globalisation Studies, and International Relations.

This book highlights the need, importance and essence of business communication and personality development in the domain of business under the turbulent times. The language provided in the book is concise, lucid and forceful. It comprehends a vast array of subjects applicable to humanity. The book emphasizes on the topics which are utterly relevant for students, budding managers, managers and professionals from all walks of life in the new economy. The topics that are befitting to hyper-competitive environment where 'change' is the only thing that is 'constant'. It is essential, ultimate and must for everybody globally; for their business development strategies. The book believes that the power of communication through proper pedagogy can create a magic in the business and society. Thoughts, text and cases scientifically conceived in the book motivate the readers to make their learning experience interesting, influencing and touchy. This book speaks on the traditional knowledge of communication and business communication, and has radical chapters on neuro-linguistic, neuro-marketing, TQM, decision making, motivation, etiquette, good health, food culture, holiday retreat, spiritual journey apart from interpretations on Stephen Covey, Shiv Khera, Muriel James, Dale Carnegie. The book is primarily meant for core and elective subjects in the syllabus of MBA, PGDM, B.E., B.Tech, MBBS, Tourism Management, Hospital Management and all kind of personality development programs designed for campus interviews and personal interviews.