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Death At My Doorstep

Death At My Doorstep

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For Khushwant Singh who wrote his own obituary in his twenties, death is not sacred but he reflects on it increasingly these days. In Death At My Doorstep, a collection of obituaries written over the years, he presents the dead in death, as in life?good, bad or ugly. Be it on the twilight hours of Bhutto, the gory end of Sanjay Gandhi, the sycophantic M.O. Mathai, the Marxist millionaire Rajni Patel, the overbearing Lord Mountbatten, or on his pet Alsatian Simba, each obituary bears out his irreverence or affection. Cocking a snook at death, he has also penned his own epitaph. Yet outliving those whom he admired has moved him to tears, and many of his obituaries have left the reader with a heavy heart. While Death At My Doorstep is Khushwant Singh's demystification of death, it also ferries his message to Badey Mian, in the words of Allama Iqbal: Baagh-e-bahisht say mujhay hukm-e-safar diya thha kyon? Kaar-e-Jahaan daraaz hai, ab meyra intazaar kar. Why did you order me out of the garden of paradise? I have a lot of work that remains unfulfilled; now you better wait for me. About The Author: Khushwant Singh was born in 1915 in Hadali in pre-Partition Punjab. Educated at Government College, Lahore, and at King's College and the Inner Temple in London, he practised at the Lahore High Court for a few years. In 1947, he joined the Indian Ministry of External Affairs. Diplomatic postings took him to England and Canada. This was followed by a stint at the UNESCO in Paris that he cut short to return to India. In 1951, he embarked on his career as a journalist with All India Radio.A much-revered journalist and columnist, Khushwant Singh is also an accomplished historian (History of the Sikhs, Vols. I & II), and an award-winning novelist (Train to Pakistan, Grove Press Award, 1954). His vast oeuvre

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Combo Arihant NCERT Solutions Physics Chemistry Class 12

Combo Arihant NCERT Solutions Physics Chemistry Class 12

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Chemistry: The book covers Chemistry topics for the class 12 students in a comprehensive and understandable way. The subject is covered in depth for students while conforming to the latest syllabi and examination pattern and staying concise in the descriptions. The book holds value as preparatory material for candidates preparing for their class XII board examinations and is also up for competitive entrance examinations for prestigious engineering or medical colleges in the country. NCERT paradigm problems have been simplified for easy understanding. The book covers topics like Solid State, Electrochemistry, Chemical Kinetics, Process of Isolation of elements, s- s-block elements, p-block elements, d and f-block elements and their properties, Coordination Compounds, halo alkanes and halo arenes, biomolecules, chemistry in everyday life, polymers and copolymers and Organic Chemistry. Each topic has been approached with problems and their solutions to it for a better understanding of the underlying scientific fundamentals. Special cases or exceptions to the applying rules have been explained with examples. There are numerous exercises for the student to attempt and gain a wider concept of the topic. The difficult questions from the exercises have been solved with a step-by-step approach explained in detail. The NCRT chemistry solutions help in augmenting knowledge about the subject which also does give an advantage when appearing for competitive examinations. Physics: A unique book containing Questions-Answers of NCERT Textbook-based questions. This book containing solutions to NCERT Textbook questions has been designed for the students studying in Class XII following the NCERT Textbook for Physics. Important definitions and Formulas are given at the beginning of each chapter. The book gives comprehensive solutions to the numerical and theoretical problems in the textbook. The book has been divided into 15 Chapters. Keeping in mind the importance and significance of the NCERT Textbooks in mind, Arihant has come up with Electric Charges; Fluids, Current Electricity, Atoms, electromagnetic Induction, Alternating Current, Nuclei, Magnetism; Matter, Communication Systems, and Wave Optics, etc. covering the syllabus of Physics for Class XII.

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