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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh PalStanley David is a Master Trainer in Soft Skills and has trained and coached more than 10,000 students, teachers and corporate leaders across India. He is also a motivational speaker, writer and lifelong quizzer.Stanley is an alumni of St Vincent’s School, Berhampur, Loyola College, Madras, Berhampur University, and IIM, Kolkata.Through the course of his career, he has held Senior Marketing positions at the Steel Authority of India Limited and has worked with the British High Commission as a Senior Trade Promotion Advisor - where he was trained in Overseas Trade by the Foreign Office of the Read More...
Stanley David is a Master Trainer in Soft Skills and has trained and coached more than 10,000 students, teachers and corporate leaders across India. He is also a motivational speaker, writer and lifelong quizzer.
Stanley is an alumni of St Vincent’s School, Berhampur, Loyola College, Madras, Berhampur University, and IIM, Kolkata.
Through the course of his career, he has held Senior Marketing positions at the Steel Authority of India Limited and has worked with the British High Commission as a Senior Trade Promotion Advisor - where he was trained in Overseas Trade by the Foreign Office of the British Government in London and in Steel Marketing at US Steel Pittsburgh, USA.
Stanley is also a beloved Quizmaster and author of the Penguin India Quiz Book 2003, and the Essential Quiz Book (2022).
Nowadays, he invests his time mentoring young people, spending time with family, and of course, reading, writing and watching movies voraciously.
Stanley's upcoming work is tentatively titled, A Book of Modern Psalms. Stay tuned for more!
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This is a must-have quiz book that covers a wide spectrum of information drawn from diverse areas of interest. The topics range from Arthurian legends, archaeology, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata to word origins, dinosaurs, musicals and the World Wars, with separate sections on cult icons like James Bond, Tintin, Alfred Hitchcock, Agatha Christie, J.R.R. Tolkien and Harry Potter. In addition, there are several sets of Mixed Bag questions to challenge the mos
This is a must-have quiz book that covers a wide spectrum of information drawn from diverse areas of interest. The topics range from Arthurian legends, archaeology, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata to word origins, dinosaurs, musicals and the World Wars, with separate sections on cult icons like James Bond, Tintin, Alfred Hitchcock, Agatha Christie, J.R.R. Tolkien and Harry Potter. In addition, there are several sets of Mixed Bag questions to challenge the most ardent trivia buff.
Over a thousand questions full of fascinating information are packed into this book. Here the curious reader will come to know what the V.S.O.P. on a brandy bottle signifies, learn of the popular beverage invented by John Styth Pemberton, learn about the only person who has composed the national anthems of two countries, and guess the name of the composer whose last words were ‘I shall hear in heaven’.
Full of interesting information and trivia that range from the familiar to the esoteric, this book will be a welcome addition to the shelf of every quiz enthusiast.
Are you about to embark on a journey, maybe by air, bus, or my favorite, the train? If so, pause a while and carry this book along with you. Even as you journey forth to your destination, these stories will become your travel companions, traversing with you across both real and imagined territories. This is why this book is called, quite literally, A Journey Through Stories.
Here you will find a bouquet of micro-short stories, 50 of them that cover a
Are you about to embark on a journey, maybe by air, bus, or my favorite, the train? If so, pause a while and carry this book along with you. Even as you journey forth to your destination, these stories will become your travel companions, traversing with you across both real and imagined territories. This is why this book is called, quite literally, A Journey Through Stories.
Here you will find a bouquet of micro-short stories, 50 of them that cover a wide geography of genres, reaching out to the far reaches of space travel, living through old worlds and new, dabbling with tales of ancient, timeless lore. It is influenced by the literary greats of the short and concise prose such as R K Narayan, O Henry, Asimov, Moravia, Guy de Maupassant, and Somerset Maugham.
Written in a lucid, crisp, yet simple and accessible style, this book is a quick and engaging read, leaving you yearning for more.
They are everywhere in the city across Bangalore. And in most cities of India. You can spot them at all times of the day, and at all times of the night. Always in a hurry. I am of course referring to the Swiggy guys. One looks at their uniform, and sees the large letters that anno Read More...
Potboiler On the door was a wooden plaque, titled Lexicon. I knocked on the door of the flat, and waited. After a patient minute, I knocked again. And then I noticed that the door was not locked, and I could hear muffled voices. I uttered a loud “Hello”, and carefully pushed the d Read More...
Bahadur Uncle You will come across this poor Nepali immigrant labor in most parts of India, either working as a Security Guard in a residential apartment complexes or working as a hired help in some company or a motor garage. They would be appointed without any background check or whatsoever, becaus Read More...
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