Akula's transformation from activist to entrepreneur to corporate executive parallels that of each SKS Microfinance member from pauper to customer to business woman. In creating a high-performance enterprise of true professionals, Vikram has done what other microfinancing models have failed to do, which is to achieve the scale, the scope, and the profitability necessary to sustain its efforts without ongoing fundraising.

It is a remarkable entrepreneurial journey, populated by a colorful cast of characters including India`s political star, Rahul Gandhi. A FISTFUL OF RICE, the lively and sharply told narrative of Vikram's entrepreneurial journey.

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Long multiple type Q/A: 1. Library automation.

2. Electronic/digital library.

3. Consortia in libraries.

4. Library networking.

5. World wide web/internet.

6. Library vs.

internet. 7.

Reasons why the internet is no substitute for a library. 8.

Internet search tips and strategies. 9.

TQM in libraries. 10.

Marketing of information products and services for libraries. 11.

Marketing and total quality management. II.

Objective/multiple type questions/answers: 1. Information and communication.

2. Information and references sources/services.

3. Information processing and organization/retrieval.

4. Management of libraries/information centers.

5. Information technology.

III. Short/ Objective type for both interview/written: 1.

Contribution of Prof. S.

R. Ranganathan.

2. Library legislation in India.

3. Important library (resources) journals.

4. List of some Indian library journals & place of publications.

5. Major library consortia and organizations in the international basis.

6. Library and information sciences links.

7. Library software.

8. Sci-tech databases.

9. Indian discussion forums.

10. Computer capacity measurement.

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Nine people, nine lives; each one taking a different religious path, each one an unforgettable story. William Dalrymple delves deep into the heart of a nation torn between the relentless onslaught of modernity and the ancient traditions that endure to this day.

LONGLISTED FOR THE BBC SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE (less)

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If youre in love: learn how to be 100% certain that this relationship is the one for you. If youre married: discover how to understand and balance your differences so that you can live happily together every day.

Repackaged and redesigned for the modern reader with an iconic new cover, Are You The One For Me? is the last word in finding the right type of companionship for you. About the Author: Barbara De Angelis, Ph.

D., is one of the worlds most eminent relationship and personal growth psychologists.

Active for over 25 years, Barbara was one of the first voices to advocate self-help in the 1980s and was among the first nationally-recognised motivational teachers on television. Her messages about love, happiness and the search for meaning in our lives have reached millions across the globe.

She lives in Santa Barbara, California (less)

" Pnin is the focal point of subtle academic conspiracies he cannot begin to comprehend, yet he stages a faculty party to end all faculty parties forever. About the Author : Vladimir Nabokov has contributed to Pnin as an author.

Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), one of the 20th century's greatest writers in both Russian and English, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and spent his adult life in Germany, France, the United States, and Switzerland.

In addition to his literary work, he was a passionate lepidopterist and chess player. His books include "Lolita, Pale Fire, The Real Light of Sebastian Knight, Laughter in the Dark", and many more (less)

The city of Ithaka is overrun with uncouth suitors hoping to marry her, thereby gaining control of the land. But when a naked, half-drowned man washes up on the beach, everything changes.

Told through the eyes of Klymene, a young girl who is like a daughter to Penelope, this is a timeless story of passion, jealousy, gods, and royalty in the aftermath of war. About the Author : Adele Geras has contributed to Ithaka as an author.

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From the secret to throwing a successful party to the benefits ofbefriending the less important half of a couple, he gives you canny advice and strategies to becomea successful networker.Inspiring, provocative, and wise, Get to the Top is the ultimate book about wielding soft power (less)

He has long been haunted, though, by memories of the pianist he loved and left ten years earlier, Julia McNicholl. Now Julia, married and the mother of a small child, unexpectedly reenters his life and the romance flares up once more (less)

While Lucy's husband, Greg, retreats into himself, his and Lucy's eight-year-old daughter, Sophie, has simply stopped speaking. Desperate to help Sophie, Ellie turns to a book that gave her comfort as a child, "The Secret Garden.

" As its story of hurt, magic, and healing blooms around them, so, too, do Lucy's secrets--some big, some small. Peeling back the layers of her friend's life, Ellie is forced to confront her own as well: the marriage she left behind, the loss she'd hoped to escape.

And suddenly Ellie's carefully constructed existence is spinning out of control in a chain of events that will transform her life--and the lives of those around her--forever. About the Author : Julie Buxbaum has contributed to After You as an author.

Julie Buxbaum is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Law School. The Opposite of Love is her first novel (less)

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Nine people, nine lives; each one taking a different religious path, each one an unforgettable story. William Dalrymple delves deep into the heart of a nation torn between the relentless onslaught of modernity and the ancient traditions that endure to this day.

LONGLISTED FOR THE BBC SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE (less)

Introduction. Presenting folklore tales in poetry.

Prologue--this little folklore book. Pronounciation guides of Ao Naga words.

Tales: 1. Motives behind head hunting.

2. Two young head hunters.

3. The long haired women.

4. The lone survivor girl.

5. Warrior’s heart with a Red Ant.

6. Revenge for restoration of personal name.

7. The old man and his grandson.

8. Sever my head in a single blow.

9. Rank of a head hunter.

10. Setting fire to enemy village.

11. Messengers of head hunters.

12. Origin of Naga head hunting.

13. Head hunter’s song of challenge.

14. The Swift head hunter.

15. Return of head hunter.

16. Beware of the enemy head hunter.

17. Head hunter’s weapons.

18. Song of head hunter’s child.

19. She offered her head to her lover.

20. Killing of the first Naga Christian.

12. Toshiba in Nokrang village.

22. The two refugee brothers.

23. The tree of skull (less)