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The Missing Book - Introduction Memories shape our lives, yet they often slip through our fingers like sand. Some vanish quietly, while others leave behind an aching void. The 'Missing' Book is a collection of short stories that explore the theme of absence—things, people, and moments lost to time. Through these tales, readers will journey through the bittersweet emotions of longing, nostalgia, and unresolved echoes of the past. Each story in this book unveils a different shade of ‘missing’—a lost Key, an absent friend, a forgotten dream. Some losses are subtle, barely noticeable, while others shake the very core of one’s being. As you turn the pages, you will find yourself reminiscing about your own missing pieces, feeling the tug of emotions long buried. The book culminates in a final chapter divided into three parts, tying together the essence of all the preceding stories. It invites the reader to reflect on what has been lost, what remains, and what we unknowingly search for in the spaces left behind. The 'Missing' Book is not just a collection of stories—it is an exploration of the fragments of our past that define who we are.

One of India’s best-loved film directors, Hrishikesh Mukherjee is perhaps best known today for his perennially popular creations like Anand, Chupke Chupke and Gol Maal. But Hrishi-da’s best work was provocative, wide-ranging and always aware of the complexities of people and their relationships. Often combining breezy narratives with serious ideas, his films created a distinct world with recurring themes. Jai Arjun Singh looks closely at Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s oeuvre, from well-known films like Satyakam, Guddi, Abhimaan and Khubsoorat to lesser known works such as Mem-Didi, Biwi aur Makaan and Anuradha. Combining a fan’s passion with a critic’s rigour, The World of Hrishikesh Mukherjee is a must-read for anyone who takes their filmed entertainment seriously.

Since the beginning of the US shale gas revolution in 2005, the development of unconventional oil and gas resources has gathered tremendous pace around the world. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the key geologic, geophysical, and engineering principles that govern the development of unconventional reservoirs. The book begins with a detailed characterization of unconventional reservoir rocks: their composition and microstructure, mechanical properties, and the processes controlling fault slip and fluid flow. A discussion of geomechanical principles follows, including the state of stress, pore pressure, and the importance of fractures and faults. After reviewing the fundamentals of horizontal drilling, multi-stage hydraulic fracturing, and stimulation of slip on pre-existing faults, the key factors impacting hydrocarbon production are explored. The final chapters cover environmental impacts and how to mitigate hazards associated with induced seismicity. This text provides an essential overview for students, researchers, and industry professionals interested in unconventional reservoirs.

In Brown Saviors and Their Others Arjun Shankar draws from his ethnographic work with an educational NGO to investigate the practices of “brown saviors”—globally mobile, dominant-caste, liberal Indian and Indian diasporic technocrats who drive India’s help economy. Shankar argues that these brown saviors actually reproduce many of the racialized values and ideologies associated with who and how to help that have been passed down from the colonial period, while masking other operations of power behind the racial politics of global brownness. In India, these operations of power center largely on the transnational labor politics of caste. Ever attentive to moments of discomfort and complicity, Shankar develops a method of “nervous ethnography” to uncover the global racial hierarchies, graded caste stratifications, urban/rural distinctions, and digital panaceas that shape the politics of help in India. Through nervous critique, Shankar introduces a framework for the study of the global help economies that reckons with the ongoing legacies of racial and caste capitalism.

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Derivative itself is a complex financial tool; on the other different accounting standards makes it more complex and numerous. Over the last couple of years more than hundred countries switched from national accounting standards to IFRS. This book attempts to throw light upon the impact of IFRS on reporting and disclosure of derivative financial instruments. The book also identifies the determinants which would be influenced by the adoption of IFRS for DFIs in developing countries like India. Hope this book will help the regulators of accounting body, practitioners, researchers and students across the globe.

The ethos and essence of every culture is seen, marked and reflected in all the forms of literature practicsed during the period in the society. The issues and elements related to human life which affect and shape human life are of a great importance. They include society, social issues like faith, superstition, religion, intra-personal, interpersonal and man-woman relationships, war, peace, love, hatred, cruelty, design, cultural conflict, hunger, survival, assertion of suppressed classes, etc. have been focused and interpreted in the creative literary works.

The banking industry is a vital part of the financial system. It aids in the stimulation of capital formation, innovation, and monetization, as well as the facilitation of monetary policy and plays an important part in the economic development of countries (Said & Tumin, 2011). It acts as a catalyst for achieving a long-term economic upswing through effective fiscal intervention. A financially sound system encourages investment by funding lucrative market niches, mobilising savings, efficiently dispensing resources and making commodity and service trading more convenient (Echekoba et al., 2014). During the liberalisation process in India, the banking industry has changed significantly. Since 1969, when the Indian government nationalised all major banks, the banking sector in India has been dominated by public sector banks.

His poems have a unique blend of psychological insights, concise and effective communication of the thoughts, feelings and experiences in life presenting the same with holistic perceptions to view life in all its pristine glory. This wide and all inclusive collection of verses gives a wholly new way of looking at life holistically as a Gift Package to be opened and discovered in all its true colours not piece-meal.