Sunday, December 23, 2012

835 - Salim Ali

The word Ornithology rings 'Salim Ali' in almost all Indian's ears. That is the extent of Salim Ali's contribution to Ornithology in India.

The book starts with a brief introduction of Salim's childhood where he grew up in his aunt's place. His love for birds started with saving a partridge from the kitchen. But he was also involved in hunting small birds like sparrows. His interest took him to various places and introduced him to many important people like Maharajas, Nehru etc. He has made many forests home and faced near death experiences while trying to explore his desire towards birds.

Monday, December 10, 2012

5 in 1 issues


1001 Stories Of Krishna Krishna and Jarasandha


Krishna and Narakasura


Krishna


Krishna and Rukmini


The Syamantaka Gem
1002 Stories Of Birbal Birbal the Wise


Birbal the Clever


Birbal to the Rescue


Birbal the Genius


Inimitable Birbal
1003 Stories From The Jatakas Jataka Tales: Monkey Stories


Jataka Tales: Deer Stories


Jataka Tales: Elephant Stories


Jataka Tales: Bird Stories


Jataka Tales Jackal Stories
1004 Stories From The Panchatantra Panchatantra The Jackal and the War Drum


Panchatantra The Brahmin and the Goat


Panchatantra How the Jackal Ate the Elephant


Panchatantra The Dullard and Other Stories


Panchatantra Crows and owls and other stories
1005 Stories Of Rama Ancestors of Rama


Rama


The Sons of Rama


Hanuman


Dasharatha
1006 Tales Of Humour Birbal the Just


Birbal the Witty


Raman of Tenali


Raman the Matchless Wit


Gopal the Jester
1007 More Stories From The Jataka The Giant and the Dwarf


Jataka Tales Tales of Misers


Jataka Tales  The Mouse Merchant


Jataka Tales The magic chant and other stories


The Priceless Gem
1008 Stories Of Shiva Sati and Shiva


Shiva and Parvati


Ganesha


Karttikeya


Tales of Shiva
1009 Devotees Of Vishnu Tales of Vishnu


Tales of Narada


Dhruva and Ashtavakra


Prahlad


The Churning of the Ocean
1010 Heroes From The Mahabharata Bheeshma


Abhimanyu


Karna


Drona


Tales of Arjuna
1011 Stories Of Sanskrit Drama Shakuntala


Urvashi (and Pururavas)


Udayana


Vasantasena


Ratnavali
1012 Great Rulers Of India Ashoka


Samudra Gupta


Harsha


Chandragupta Maurya


Krishnadeva Raya
1013 Brave Rajputs Rana Kumbha


Rana Sanga


Rana Pratap


Prithviraj Chauhan


Rani Durgavati
1014 Ancient Tales Of Wit and Wisdom Hitopadesha :Choice Of Friends


Hitopadesha How Friends Are Parted


A Bag of Gold Goins


Friends and Foes


The Tiger and the Woodpecker
1015 Further Stories From Jatakas The Battle of Wits


The Deadly Feast


The Hidden Treasure


Jataka Tales Nandi Vishala and other stories


Jataka Tales: True Friends
1016 Stories From Bhagwat Tales of Balarama


Sudama


Krishna and Shishupala


Krishna and the False Vaasudeva


Aniruddha
1017 Buddhist Stories Buddha


Amrapali and Upagupta


Angulimala


King Kusha (and Jayampati)


The Acrobat
1018 Mahabharata Savitri


Nala Damayanti


Kacha


Indra and Shachi


Indra and Shibi
1019 Great Freedom Fighters Lokmanya Tilak


Mahatma Gandhi -I


Veer Savarkar in the Andamans


Subhas Chandra Bose


Bhagat Singh
1020 Brave Women Of India Rani of Jhansi


The Rani of Kittur


Rani Abbakka


Sultana Razia


Kalpana Chawla
1021 Famous Sikh Gurus Guru Tegh Bahadur


Guru Nanak


Guru Gobind Singh


Guru Arjan


Guru Har Gobind
1022 Tales Of Revolutionaries Chandra Shekhar Azad


Bagha Jatin


Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das


Rash Behari Bose


March to Freedom 2: A Nation Awakes
1023 Jain Stories Vidyut Chora


The Magic Grove


The Adventures of Agad Datta


Sahasramalla


The King in a Parrot's Body
1024 Regional FolkTales Of India The Rainbow Prince


Thugsen


The Bridegroom's Ring


Jasma of the Odes


Sakshi Gopal
1025 Stories About Freedom Fighters Mahatma Gandhi -I


Rabindranath Tagore


Jayaprakash Narayan


Babasaheb Ambedkar


Jawaharlal Nehru
1026 Tales Of Giants And Demons The Lord of Lanka


Ravana Humbled


Mahiravana


Kumbhakarna


Ghatotkacha
1027 Poets And Thinkers Kabir


Soordas


Mirabai


Ekanath


Narayana Guru
1028 Bravehearts Of The South Hakka and Bukka


Tachcholi Othenan


Rani Abbakka


Kochunni


Chennamma of Keladi
1029 Andher Nagari and Other Stories Andher Nagari


The Golden Sand


Manduka - the lucky astrologer


The Miraculous Conch


The Clever Dancer
1030 Warriors For Freedom Rani of Jhansi


The Rani of Kittur


Tipu Sultan


Velu Thampi


Kunwar Singh
1031 The Great Mughals Babur


Humayun


Akbar


Jahangir


Shah Jahan
1032 Tamil Classics Prince Jivaka


The Adventures of Pratapan


Kannagi


Manonmani


Kumanan
1033 Classics By Bankim Chandra Ananda Math


Devi Choudhurani


Kapala Kundala


Raj Singh   (Rajsimha, Rajasimha)


Durgesh Nandini
1034 The Kuru Clan Gandhari


Tales of Yudhishthira


Draupadi


Jayadratha


Pareekshit
1035 Stories From The Kathasaritasagara The Chosen Bridegroom


Hamsavali


Shridatta


Shringabhuja


Patali Putra
1036 Kadambari and other ancient classics Kadambari


Nagananda


Malavika


Raja Bhoja


Malati and Madhava
1037 The Fearless Boy and Other Buddhist Stories The Fearless Boy


The Cowherd of Alawi


The True Conqueror


The Lost Prince


The Making of a Swordsman
1038 Ancient Kings of India Bimbisara


Ajatashatru


King Shalivahana


Vikramaditya


The Legend of Lalitaditya

Special and 3 in 1 issues

10001 The Ramayana  
10002 Dasha Avatar  
10003 Jesus Christ  
10004 Tales From The Panchatantra The Jackal and the War Drum
Panchatantra The Brahmin and the Goat
Panchatantra How the Jackal Ate the Elephant 
10005 Tales From the Jatakas Jataka Tales: Monkey Stories 
Jataka Tales: Deer Stories 
Jataka Tales: Elephant Stories 
10006 Tales Of Hanuman Hanuman
Hanuman to the Rescue
Bheema and Hanuman
10007 Tales Of Birbal Birbal the Wise 
Birbal the Clever 
Birbal to the Rescue 
10008 More Tales Of Birbal Birbal the Just
Birbal the Witty 
Birbal the Genius
10009 Tales of Krishna Krishna
Krishna and Rukmini
The Syamantaka Gem 
10010 Great Plays Of Kalidasa Malavika
Shakuntala
Urvashi (and Pururavas)
10011 Great Sanskrit Plays Udayana
Vasantasena
Ratnavali
10012 Great Indian Emperors Ashoka
Samudra Gupta
Harsha
10013 Vishnu The Saviour Tales of Vishnu
Tales of Narada
Dhruva and Ashtavakra
10014 Ranas of Mewar Rana Kumbha
Rana Sanga
Rana Pratap
10015 Tales from the Hitopadesha Hitopadesha :Choice Of Friends
Hitopadesha : How Friends are Parted
A Bag of Gold coins
10016 The Matchless wit - Tenali Raman and Gopal Raman of Tenali
Raman the Matchless Wit
Gopal the Jester
10017 More Tales from the jatakas The Battle of Wits
The Deadly Feast
The Hidden Treasure
10018 Adventures Of Krishna Krishna and Jarasandha
Krishna and Narakasura
Krishna and the false Vaasudeva
10019 Tales Of The Mother Goddess Sati and Shiva
Shiva and Parvati
Tales of Durga
10020 Vishnu To The Rescue Garuda
Prahlad
The Churning of the Ocean
10021 More Tales From The Panchantantra Panchatantra The Dullard and Other Stories
Panchatantra Crows and owls and other stories
Panchatantra The Greedy Mother-in-law and other tales
10022 Buddhist Tales Buddha
Amrapali and Upagupta
Angulimala
10023 More Buddhist Tales Vasavadatta (and Udayana)
King Kusha (and Jayampati)
The Acrobat
10024 The Sons Of Shiva Ganesha
Kartikeya
Ayyappan
10025 Tales Told By Sri Ramakrishna Gopal and the Cowherd
The Pandit and the Milkmaid
The Learned Pandit
10026 Further Tales From The Jatakas Jataka Tales The magic chant and other stories
The Priceless Gem
The Giant and the Dwarf 
10027 The Sons Of The Pandavas Abhimanyu
Ghatotkacha
Uloopi
10028 Bengali Classics Ananda Math
Devi Choudhurani
Kapala Kundala
10029 The Three Gurus Guru Tegh Bahadur
Guru Nanak
Guru Gobind Singh
10030 Funny Folktales Baddu and Chhotu
Bikal the Terrible
The Tiger Eater
10031 Yet More Tales From The Jatakas Jataka Tales Nandi Vishala and other stories
Jataka Tales Bird stories
Jataka Tales Jackal stories
10032 The Great Hindi Poets Soordas
Tulsidas
Mirabai
10033 Shivaji: The Great Maratha Tales of Shivaji
Shivaji
Tanaji
10034 Tales Of Love And Devotion Harischandra
Kannagi
Savitri
10035 Travellers To India Megasthenes
Fa Hien
Hiuen Tsang
10036 Tales Of Devotion Chokha Mela
Mirabai
Shankar Dev
10037 Architects Of Modern India Jamsetji Tata
JRD Tata
GD Birla
10038 Heroes To Be Remembered Hemu
Paurava and Alexander 
Baladitya and Yashodharma
10039 Animal Tales Of India Friends and Foes
Animal Tales from Arunachal Pradesh
The Pious Cat and Other Tales
10040 Maratha Bravehearts Sambhaji
Ahilyabai Holkar
Baji Rao I
10041 Valiant Sikhs Ranjit Singh
Hari Singh Nalwa
Bidhi Chand
10042 Tales From The Desert Dhola and Maru
Kanwal and Kehar
Hothal
10043 Famous Scientists Albert Einstein
Pierre and Marie Curie
Jagadis Chandra Bose
10044  The Prophecy and Other Stories The Prophecy
The Lost Prince
The Silent Teacher
10045 The Green Demon and Other Stories The Green Demon
Mystery of the Missing Gifts
The Secret of the Talking Bird
10046 Tales Of Valour Sundari
Sharan Kaur
Satwant Kaur
10047 Tales From Bengal Sukhu and Dukhu
Chandralalat
Baddu and Chhotu
10048 Famous Queens Rani Abbakka
Chand Bibi
Shantala
10049 Young Revolutionaries Surjya Sen
Bagha Jatin
Bhagat Singh
10050 The Mughal Court Noor Jahan
Kohinoor
Dara Shukoh and Aurangzeb
10051 Tales From The Puranas Surya (the Sun God)
The Syamantaka Gem 
Prince Hritadhwaja
10052 Stories In Stone Elephanta
Ellora Caves- The Glory of the Rashtrakootas 
The Historic City Of Delhi
10053 Champions Of Change Vidyasagar
Babasaheb Ambedkar
Rabindranath Tagore
10054 Clever Ministers Chanakya
Velu Thampi
Baji Rao I
10055 Powerful Rishis Vishwamitra
Agastya
Parashurama
10056 Temples Of India Tirupati
Vaishno Devi
Konark
10057 Poet-Saints Of India Tukaram
Narsinh Mehta
Tyagaraja

New Series List

501 Krishna 
502 Hanuman 
503 The Sons of Rama 
504 Rama 
505 The Gita 
506 Shiva and Parvati 
507 Nala Damayanti 
508 Chanakya 
509 Ganesha 
510 Buddha 
511 Savitri 
512 Tales of Vishnu 
513 Hanuman to the Rescue 
514 Tales of Durga 
515 Ganga 
516 Krishna and Rukmini 
517 Vivekananda 
518 Krishna and Jarasandha 
519 Elephanta 
520 Tales of Narada 
521 Angulimala 
522 Krishna and Narakasura 
523 Raman of Tenali 
524 Indra and Shibi 
525 Tales of Arjuna 
526 Mahiravana 
527 Bheema and Hanuman 
528 Kumbhakarna 
529 Kartikeya 
530 Shakuntala 
531 Karna 
532 Sudama 
533 Abhimanyu 
534 Bheeshma 
535 Mirabai 
536 Ashoka 
537 Prahlad 
538 The Churning of the Ocean 
539 Rani of Jhansi 
540 Panchatantra- The Jackal and the War Drum 
541 The Lord of Lanka 
542 Draupadi 
543 Jataka Tales: Monkey Stories 
544 Subhas Chandra Bose 
545 Birbal the Wise 
546 Vali 
547 Garuda 
548 Rabindranath Tagore 
549 Tales of Shiva 
550 Sati and Shiva 
551 Tulsidas 
552 Tansen 
553 Jataka Tales - Jackal Stories 
554 Jataka Tales - Elephant Stories 
555 Jataka Tales - Deer Stories 
556 Hitopadesha - Choice of Friends 
557 Birbal the Witty 
558 Birbal the Clever 
559 Birbal the Just 
560 Panchatantra - How the Jackal Ate the Elephant 
561 Panchatantra - Crows and Owls 
562 Panchatantra - The Brahmin and the Goat 
563 Rana Pratap 
564 Shivaji 
565 Drona 
566 Surya 
567 Indra and Shachi 
568 Vikramaditya 
569 Malavika 
570 Dasharatha 
571 Dhruva and Ashtavakra 
572 Ancestors of Rama 
573 Jataka Tales: Bird Stories 
574 Jataka Tales - The Magic Chant 
575 Jataka Tales - The Giant and the Dwarf 
576 Jataka Tales - The Mouse Merchant 
577 Harishchandra 
578 Kesari, the flying thief 
579 Madhvacharya 
580 Birbal the Inimitable 
581 Raman the Matchless Wit 
582 Mahabharata 
583 Panchatantra-The Greedy Mother in Law and Other Tales 
584 Gopal the Jester 
585 Panchatantra - The Dullard and other stories 
586 Jataka Tales - Stories of Wisdom 
587 Birbal the Genius 
588 Guru Gobind Singh 
589 Krishna and Shishupala 
590 Guru Nanak 
591 The Syamantaka Gem 
592 Ghatotkacha 
593 The Pandavas in Hiding 
594 Mahavira 
595 Sri Ramakrishna 
596 Raja Bhoja 
597 Tales of Shivaji 
598 Vikramaditya's Throne 
599 Vishwamitra 
600 Kalidasa 
601 Tales of Sai Baba 
602 The Quick Witted Birbal 
603 Akbar 
604 Prithviraj Chauhan 
605 Padmini 
606 Rani Durgavati 
607 A Bag of Gold Goins 
608 Bhagat Singh 
609 Friends and Foes - Animal Tales from the Mahabharata 
610 Ravana Humbled 
611 Babasaheb Ambedkar 
612 Urvashi 
613 Soordas 
614 Jataka Tales - True Friends 
615 Jataka Tales: Stories of Courage 
616 Jataka Tales - Tales of Misers 
617 Jataka Tales - The Hidden Treasure 
618 Birbal to the Rescue 
619 Jataka Tales - Nandivishala 
620 Hitopadesha - How Friends are Parted 
621 Udayana 
622 The Tiger and the Woodpecker 
623 Kabir 
624 Dayananda 
625 Battle of Wits 
626 The Pandava Princes 
627 Harsha 
628 Ramana Maharshi 
629 Uloopi 
630 Rana Sanga 
631 Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 
632 Vidyasagar 
633 Tales of Maryada Rama 
634 Chandragupta Maurya 
635 Amrapali and Upagupta 
636 Krishnadeva Raya 
637 Yayati 
638 King Shalivahana 
639 Krishna and the False Vasudeva 
640 Paurava and Alexander 
641 Gopal and the Cowherd 
642 Shah Jahan 
643 Ratnavali 
644 Gandhari 
645 Lokamanya Tilak 
646 The Pandit and the Milkmaid and other tales told by Sri Ramakrishna 
647 Lal Bahadur Shastri 
648 Samudra Gupta 
649 Tales from the Upanishads 
650 Mahatma Gandhi - The Early Days 
651 The Adventures of Baddu and Chhotu 
652 Aruni and Uttanka 
653 Jayadratha 
654 Tales of Balarama 
655 Ananda Math 
656 Adi Shankara 
657 Vasantasena 
658 Jahangir 
659 Devi Choudhurani 
660 Ajatashatru 
661 Kacha and Devayani 
662 The Learned Pandit - Tales told by Sri Ramakrishna 
663 Aniruddha 
664 King Kusha 
665 The Deadly Feast 
666 Kannagi 
667 Bikal the Terrible 
668 The Acrobat - Buddhist Tales 
669 Ashwinis to the rescue 
670 The Golden Mongoose and other tales from the Mahabharata 
671 The Cowherd of Alawi 
672 The Priceless Gem 
673 Ayyappan 
674 Vasavadatta 
675 Mangal Pandey 
676 Rana Kumbha 
677 The Magic Grove 
678 Veer Savarkar 
679 Swami Pranavananda 
680 Fa Hien 
681 Amar Singh Rathor 
682 Tanaji 
683 Bahubali 
684 Lachit Barphukan 
685 Chand Bibi 
686 Chandra Shekhar Azad 
687 Panna and Hadi Rani 
688 Bimbisara 
689 Tripura 
690 The Legend Of Lalitaditya 
691 Hiuen Tsang 
692 Veer Hammir 
693 Jayaprakash Narayan 
694 Guru Tegh Bahadur 
695 Nahusha 
696 The Historic City Of Delhi 
697 Chandrahasa 
698 Ram Shastri 
699 Jagadis Chandra Bose 
700 Jawaharlal Nehru 
701 Noor Jahan 
702 Nachiketa 
703 Tales of Yudhishthira 
704 Jallianwala Bagh 
705 Bappa Rawal 
706 Sakshi Gopal 
707 The Tiger-Eater 
708 Subramania Bharati 
709 Jagannatha of Puri 
710 The Fearless Boy 
711 The Celestial Necklace 
712 Andhaka 
713 The Fool's Disciples 
714 The Queen's Necklace 
715 Ramanuja 
716 The Adventures of Agad Datta 
717 Baladitya and Yashodharma 
718 Basaveshwara 
719 Chandralalat 
720 Kapala Kundala 
721 Rash Behari Bose 
722 Megasthenes 
723 Jnaneshwar 
724 Bagha Jatin 
725 Sultana Razia 
726 Ranjit Singh 
727 Raja Raja Chola 
728 Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das 
729 Baji Rao I 
730 Shrenik - Jain Tales 
731 The Glory of the Rashtrakootas 
732 Swami Chinmayananda 
733 Ghanshyam Das Birla 
734 Banda Bahadur 
735 JRD Tata 
736 Kalpana Chawla 
737 Jamsetji Tata 
738 Zarathushtra 
739 Durgadas 
740 Guru Arjan 
741 Tipu Sultan 
742 Shankar Dev 
743 The Prince and the Magician 
744 Chokha Mela 
745 Tapati 
746 Sher Shah 
747 Sea Route to India 
748 The Rani of Kittur 
749 Velu Thampi 
750 Rani Abbakka 
751 Kunwar Singh 
752 Beni Madho and Pir Ali 
753 Tachcholi Othenan 
754 Vidyut Chora 
755 Indra and Vritra 
756 Roopmati 
757 Babur 
758 Subhadra 
759 Sukanya 
760 Pradyumna 
761 Prabhavati 
762 Pareekshit 
763 Agastya 
764 Parashurama 
765 Hemu 
766 Bhanumati 
767 The Parijata Tree 
768 Purushottam Dev and Padmavati 
769 Valmiki 
770 Sambhaji 
771 The Pious Cat and other tales 
772 Animal Tales from Arunachal Pradesh 
773 Ahilyabai Holkar 
774 Hari Singh Nalwa 
775 Bidhi Chand 
776 Dhola and Maru 
777 Albert Einstein 
778 Pierre and Marie Curie 
779 Jasma of the Odes 
780 Kanwal and Kehar - A Legend of Rajasthan 
781 Hothal 
782 Sahasramalla 
783 The Bridegroom's Ring 
784 The Rainbow Prince 
785 Thugsen 
786 The March to Freedom - 2: A Nation Awakes 
787 Balban 
788 Dara Shukoh and Aurangzeb 
789 Humayun 
790 Ekanath 
791 Guru Har Gobind 
792 Narayana Guru 
793 Chennamma of Keladi 
794 Kochunni 
795 Hakka and Bukka 
796 The King in a Parrot's Body 
797 The Prophecy - a Tibetian Tale 
798 The Lost Prince 
799 The Silent Teacher 
800 Mother Teresa 
801 Tales of Ganesha
802 Andher Nagari 
803 Mandukka, the Lucky Astrologer 
804 The Miraculous Conch and a Game of Chess 
805 The Golden Sand 
806 The Clever Dancer 
807 The Green Demon 
808 The Mystery of the Missing Gifts 
809 The Secret of the Talking Bird 
810 Sundari 
811 Sharan Kaur 
812 Satwant Kaur 
813 Marthanda Varma 
814 Kadambari 
815 Veer Dhaval 
816 The Elusive Kaka 
817 Sukhu and Dukhu 
818 Shantala 
819 Prince Jivaka 
820 Kumanan 
821 The Adventures of Pratapan 
822 Manonmani 
823 Raj Singh 
824 Durgesh Nandini 
825 Surjya Sen 
826 Heroes of Hampi 
827 Tales of Indra 
828 Tirupati 
829 Vaishno Devi 
830 Ganesha And The Moon 
831 Tenzing Norgay 
832 Stories Of Creation 
833 Konark 
834 Anant Pai 
835 Salim Ali 
836 Thanjavur 
837 The Blue Umbrella 
838 Jim Corbett 
839 Kubera 
840 Saraswati 
841 M S Subbulakshmi
842 Srinivasa Ramanujan
843 The Unhappy Tiger
844 Amba