This book is a collection of incisive articles on the interactions between Indian Popular Cinema and the political and cultural ideologies of a new post-Global India.

On Board! offers assistance and guidance to students preparing for the CBSE Examination. It gives tips on how the questions in each section should be attempted in the examination. SECTION A: READING The passages acquaint students with a range of texts. SECTION B : WRITING It offers formats and samples for each type of writing task in the CBSE syllabus and tips for developing writing skills. SECTION C: GRAMMAR It supports the students with practice material based strictly on the examination pattern. SECTION D: LITERATURE It offers a variety of questions from poetry, prose and drama. TEST PAPERS Some actual tasks from the CBSE Board Examination papers have been included. ANSWERS Value points have been given for the Reading and Literature sections to facilitate peer-correction and self-correction. WORD POWER Students are encouraged to use the dictionary and infer the meaning of words and phrases from the context. LISTENING & SPEAKING In order to develop proficiency in the English language it is imperative that all the four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking are honed.

Marriage is a continuum comprising of three inter-linked stages: pre-marriage, wedding, and post-marriage. All the three stages throw many issues on daily basis which are so arcane that it is difficult to understand and deal with them. If due care is taken in the first two stages; success of third stage, known as married life, increases. This book embodies ideas, tips and suggestions in 14 chapters on spouse selection, dealing with in-laws, understanding concepts of husband, wife, individuality, woman, family, domestic violence and divorce. How to deal with issues and problems has been discussed exhaustively. American Architect Ludwig Mies Rohe said that “God is in details” meaning thereby that when attention is paid to the small things it can have the biggest rewards. Exhaustive work has made this book a laser torch to throw light on complex marital issues to make the married life full of joy, success and contribution to national development. Hence it is A to Z guide for mastering the art of marriage.

We all think that one sided love is painful but what if your life depends only on one person whom you love with all your heart. Love has no boundaries even if your beloved lives across seven oceans still your destiny will draw you near him. This is a story of a simple Indian girl Nalini and a dominating, powerful, ruthless CEO Jamarion Night whom all world is afraid of because of his beastly nature. He will get her at any cost, he promised to himself while wearing his suit. "You're mine and always till eternity." From the moment he laid eyes on her, he knows she belongs to only him. He was going to claim her without her consent. Till what limit he will go to get her. Let's dive into a story of deep and possessive love.

"A unique and 'Christmassy' take on the classic switching places trope... a cute, fun, and festive Christmas read that I highly recommend adding to your December TBR list." — The Nerd Daily Jenny Han meets The Holiday in this holiday rom-com where two very different girls swap lives for a Christmas adventure! Elle is a social medial star with the #DreamLife...or so it seems. Determined to shake up her content and gain new followers, she's on a mission: can she find a British fan to swap with for Christmas? Holly loves everything about Christmas. But after a mortifying mistletoe disaster with her ex, her perfect plans unravel like a bad Christmas sweater. Can Holly save the holidays when she switches places with favorite social media influencer? Elle gets more than she bargained for when she meets the cute boy from across the street. And Holly wasn't expecting Elle to have a handsome twin brother. This holiday is full of surprises.

NCERT Textbooks play the most vital role in developing student’s understanding and knowledge about a subject and the concepts or topics covered under a particular subject. Keeping in mind this immense importance and significance of the NCERT Textbooks in mind, Arihant has come up with a unique book containing Questions-Answers of NCERT Textbook based questions. This book containing solutions to NCERT Textbook questions has been designed for the students studying in Class XII following the NCERT Textbook for English Core. The present book has been divided into three parts covering the syllabi of English Core for Class XI. Prose covers The Portrait of a Lady, The Browning Version, The Adventure, Silk Road, etc whereas Poetry section covers A Photograph, The Voice of the Rain, Childhood, Father to Son, etc and the Supplementary Reader section covers The Address, Ranga’s Marriage, Mother’s Day, Birth, The Tale of Melon City, etc. This book has been worked out with an aim of overall development of the students in such a way that it will help students define the way how to write the answers of the textbook based questions. The book covers selected NCERT Exemplar Problems which will help the students understand the type of questions and answers to be expected in the Class XII English Core Examination. Also each chapter in the book begins with a summary of the chapter which will help in effective understanding of the theme of the chapter and to make sure that the students will be able to answer all popular questions concerned to a particular chapter whether it is Long Answer Type or Short Answer Type Question. The book has been designed systematically in the simplest manner for easy comprehension of the chapters and their themes. For the overall benefit of students the book has been designed in such a way that it not only gives solutions to all the exercises but also gives detailed explanations which will help the students in learning the concepts and will enhance their thinking and learning abilities. As the book has been designed strictly according to the NCERT Textbook of English Core for Class XI and contains simplified text material in the form of class room notes and answers to all the questions in lucid language, it for sure will help the Class XI students in an effective way for English Core.