The personal narrative of Mohandas K. Gandhi, chronicling his life from childhood to 1921. Written originally in Gujarati and translated by Mahadev Desai, the book provides deep insight into Gandhi’s spiritual, political, and moral development. Gandhi describes his quest for truth, his experiments with diet, self-discipline, education, and social reform, as well as his emergence as a leader o…
Reminiscences: Discreet and Indiscreet is the autobiographical account of T. N. Kaul, one of India’s most influential diplomats. In this memoir, Kaul reflects on his long career in foreign service, offering candid and insightful commentary on India’s foreign policy, international negotiations, political leaders, and major global events that shaped the 20th century. Blending personal anecdot…
This autobiography recounts the life and political journey of Michael Somare, the founding father and first Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea. In Sana, Somare reflects on his early life, his rise as a political leader, and his central role in guiding the nation toward independence in 1975. The book provides personal insights into the challenges of forging a new national identity, negotiating c…
This first volume of Sarvepalli Gopal's remarkable biography, covering Nehru's youth and ending with independence in 1947, is written from first-hand knowledge of the man whom he served for ten years in the Ministry for External Affairs and from the free access granted him by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to her father's private papers. The only surviving son of a politically ambitious lawyer, …
The second volume of Sarvepalli Gopal's remarkable work covers the first nine years of Nehru's prime ministership. Like the first volume, it is more than a biography, describing and analysing in detail both domestic and foreign issues of the period: the struggle between India and Pakistan for Kashmir, the first elections of free India based on adult suffrage; Korea, the Suez crisis, the invasio…
The first book of its kind in Brunei Darussalam, 'Business Icons,' reveals the success stories of 10 accomplished businesses based in the country. Time, hard work and dedication played a crucial role for the writers to compile these stimulating stories into a book. The mission of this book is to help budding entrepreneurs in developing an understanding of the fundamental elements of ent…
This is not a formal biography of the great Gandhiji, but a portrait of the man behind the public image. Focusing on the inner stresses and fires that forged his character, it shows Gandhi not as some kind of emanation of divinity, but as a man of extraordinary faith and capacity. Cast from a leader-dictator mold, shy and yet intrepid, possessing no visible power, he was the inspiration and dr…
After receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, the Bengali poet-philosopher Raabindranath Tagore embarked on a series of lecture tours of Japan, China, and his native India. Tagore was convinced that a unique spirituality unified Asia and he attempted, un-successtully, to persuade Chinese and Japanese intellectuals to join India in realizing a common civilization. Although Tagore faile…
The second volume of Sarvepalli Gopal's unique work covers the first nine years of Nehru's prime ministership. Like the first volume, it is more than a biography, describing and analyzing in detail both domestic and foreign issues of the period: the struggle between India and Pakistan for Kashmir, the first elections of free India based on adult suffrage, Korea, the Suez crisis, the invasion of…
This condensed biography presents a summarized account of the life and revolutionary career of Kim Il Sung, the founding leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The book outlines his role in the anti-Japanese struggle, the establishment of the DPRK, and the development of the Juche idea. Published in 2001 by the Foreign Languages Publishing House in Pyongyang, it provides an offi…