Library status as on 22-02-2006
PROCEDURE TO BORROW BOOK FROM PRASTHUTHA LIBRARY:
To borrow the books all you need to do is, look at the book you want to borrow (from the books under section (a)) and the corresponding serial number. Note it down, collect the book at the weekend. Library, at the present stage, is maintained in Ramana's room (2s -67). Timings of the library are 5:00 to 7:00 PM on Saturday. If you want the book at other times please mail to Ramana. Ramana's mail id is ramana@chemeng.iisc.ernet.in
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
1. Borrower has to bring his identity card to get the book.
2. The books are issued for a duration of 15 days.
3. No fine will be levied at this stage if the borrower returns the books a day or two late. But if the trend continues to be bad a fine of Rs 2/- per day will be charged. This will be intimated before implementation.
4. Books must be returned in the same condition as they were when borrowed. If spoilt no more books will be issued to the person spoiling the book.
5. Do not forget leave your room no:, mail id, and cell no: when you borrow the book.
The titles of the books available/promised to be donated/proposed for buying and approved/proposed but waiting for approval. It goes as per the classifications given by Nagesh Kini.
a) Books available at the Prasthutha library (Recently bought)
1. DECOLONISING THE HINDU MIND -- Koenraad Elst
2. NEGATIONISM IN INDIA -- Koenraad Elst
3. WILL IRON FENCE SAVE A TREE HOLLOWED BY TERMITES -- Arun Shourie
4. MISSIONARIES IN INDIA -- Arun Shourie
5. EMINENT HISTORIANS -- Arun Shourie (2 copies)
6. GROWTH OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES IN ANCIENT INDIA -- K S Lal
7. THE ETERNAL TRADITION OF SANATHANA DHARMA -- David Frawley
8. DESPOLIATION AND DEFAMATION OF INDIA -- Sri Dharampal
9. THE DEMOGRAPHIC SIEGE --Koenraad Elst
10. DEFENSE OF HINDU SOCIETY -- Sita Ram Goel
11. HEROIC HINDU RESISTANCE TO MUSLIM INVADERS -- Sita Ram Goel
12. HINDU SOCIETY UNDER SIEGE -- Sita Ram Goel
13. HINDUS AND HINDUISM -- Sita Ram Goel
14. HOW I BECAME A HINDU -- Sita Ram Goel
15. SAFFRON SWASTIKA -- Koenraad Elst
16. ISLAM VIS-A-VIS HINDU TEMPLES -- Sita Ram Goel (2 copies)
17. STALINIST 'HISTORIANS' SPREAD THE BIG LIE -- Sita Ram Goel (2 copies)
18. PERVERSION OF INDIA'S POLITICAL PARLANCE -- Sita Ram Goel (2 copies)
19. THE CONCEPT OF HINDU NATION -- Abhas Chatterjee
20. CALAMITY COLOSSAL -- Shitangshu Kumar Chakrabarti
21. TO THE YOUTH OF INDIA -- Swamy Vivekananda
22. THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE INDUS CIVILISATION -- Nayanjyot Lahiri
23. R.S.S. A VISION IN ACTION -- H V SHESHADRI
24. A NEW DIRECTION IN THE STUDY OF THE INDUS SEALS -- Quarterly Journal of Mythic Society.
25. FROM SARASWATI RIVER TO THE INDUS SCRIPT -- N S Rajaram (2 copies)
26. GLOBAL CAPITALISM AND THE INDIAN ECONOMY -- C T Kurien
27. TRUTH AND TRAVESTY R.S.S. VIS-A-VIS GANDHI MURDER (A NYTH EXPLODED)
28. ANUSHTHANA VEDANTA (KANNADA VERSION) -- Swamy Vivekananda
29. REBUILD INDIA -- Swamy Vivekananda
30. VIVEKANANDA SPEAKS TO YOU -- Ramakrishna Math (MADRAS)
31. LIVING AT THE SOURCE , YOGA TEACHINGS OF SWAMY VIVEKANANDA
32. THE ARRT OF MAN MAKING, 114 SHORT TALKS ON BHGAWAD GEETHA -- Swamy Chinmayananda
33. SRIMAD BHAGAVATHA MAHAPURANA -- Geetha Press, Gorakhpur
34. SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GEETHA, SADHAKA SANJEEVINI -- Swamy Ramasukhadas Geetha Press, Gorakhpur
35. MEDITATION AND SPIRITUAL LIFE - Swamy Yatishwarananda
36. HANDBOOK ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF RAMANUJA -- Srinivasadasa (Translated By Swamy Adidevananda)
37. SWAMY VIVEKANANDA'S ADDRESSES AT WORLD PARLIMENT OF RELIGIONS, CHICAGO, 1893.
38. TIPPU NIJA SWAROOPA (KANNADA VERSION ) (TRANSLATION OF THE ENGLISH BOOK 'THE REAL TIPPU' -- H D Sharma
39. AYODHYA, THE CASE AGAINST THE TEMPLE -- Koenraad Elst
40. THE INVASION THAT NEVER WAS -- Michel Danino/Sujatha Nahar
41. THE INDIAN MIND, THEN AND NOW -- Michel Danino
42. SRI AUROBINDO AND INDIAN CIVILISATION -- Michel Danino
43. INDIAN CONTROVERSIES -- Arun Shourie
44. WORSHIPPING FALSE GODS -- Arun Shourie
45. ADVANCED HISTORY OF INDIA -- Neelakanth Shastri and Srrinivasachari
46. BANDE MATARAM -- Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
47. SRI AUROBINDO ON NATIONALISM
48. ENGAGING INDIA --Strobe Talbott
49. GOVERNANCE -- Arun Shourie
50. THE AYODHYA REFERENCE -- Swapan Dasgupta, Arin Shourie, Koenraad Elst ...
51. SOCIETY AND POLITICS IN INDIA: ESSAYS ON A COMPREHENSIVE PERSPECTIVE -- Andre Beleitte
52. TRAVELLERS' INDIA -- (Selected and edited by H K Kaul)
53. CALL TO THE NATION -- Swamy Vivekananda
54. CHICAGO ADDRESSES -- Swamy Vivekananda
55. IN DEFENCE OF HINDUISM -- Swamy Vivekananda
56. MY FROZEN TURBULANCE IN KASHMIR -- Jagmohan
57. ON HINDUISM -- Ram Swarup
58. HINDU TEMPLES, WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM (PART 1 ) -- Sita Ram Goel
59. HINDU TEMPLES, WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM (PART 2 ) -- Sita Ram Goel
60. HINDU VIEW OF THE WORLD -- N S Rajaram
61. VEDIC ARYANS AND THE ORIGINS OF CIVILISATION -- N S Rajaram and David Frawley
62. AYODHYA , THE FINALE - Koenraad Elst
63. HARVESTING OUR SOULS - Arun Shourie
64. WORLD OF FATWAS -- Arun Shourie
65. MYTHS OF COMPOSITE CULTURE AND EQUALITY OF RELIGIONS -- Harsh Narain
66. MY FROZEN TURBULENCE IN KASHMIR -- Jagamohan
68. DISCOVERY OF FACTS ( origin and real meanings of Arya, Verna etc.) -- Sediyapu Krishna Bhatta
69. A CONSIZE OF HISTORY OF SCIENCE IN INDIA -- B. M. Bose and S. N. Sen
70. SRI RAMANUJA GEETA BHASHYA
71. SOMANATHA BY ROMILA THAPAR - A CRITICAL STUDY -- V. S. Sardesai
72. IN DEFENCE OF GLOBALIZATION -- Jagadish Bhagavati
73. INDIA'S REBITH -- Sri Aurobindo
74. ANCIENT INDIA -- R. C. Majumdar
75. THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS AND THE REMAKING OF WORLD ORDER -- Samuel. P. Huntington
b) Books promised to be donated (Donor's Name is in braces)
1. TRAGIC STORY OF PARTITION -- H V Sheshadri (Rama)
2. VEER SAVARKAR -- ... (Vijayakrishna)
c) Books suggested and approved for buying
1. A BEAUTIFUL TREE -- Sri Dharampal
2. INDIAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY-- Sri Dharampal
3. PANCHYAT RAJ AND POLITY --SRI DHARAMPAL
4. CIVIL DISOBEDIANCE IN ANCIENT TRADITION -- Sri Dharampal
5. ESSAYS ON TRADITION RECOVERY AND FREEDOM --Sri Dharampal
6. MANUSMRITI --
7. INDIAN MUSLIMS, WHO ARE THEY -- K S Lal
8. UNDERSTANDING ISLAM THROUGH HADIS -- Sri Ram Swarup
9. AYODHYA AND AFTER -- Koenraad Elst
10. R C MUJUMDAAR HISTORY SERIES
11. THE ONLY FATHERLAND -- Arun Shourie
12. HARVESTING OUR SOULS -- Arun Shourie
13. GANDHI AND GODSE -- ......
14. MY ROZEN TURBULENCE IN KASHMIR -- Jagmohan
15. SECULAR AGENDA -- Arun Shourie
16. INDEGENOUS INDIANS: FROM AGASTYA TO AMBEDKAR -- Koenraad Elst
d) Books suggested and waiting for approval
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Note: In case you have any of the books under section 'c' and you wish to donate them please mail me. What do you think of the books under the section 'd'? If you have any other suggestions mail me at wil_bmw@yahoo.com. My mobile number is 9845444291.