{"id":30594,"date":"2026-09-17T19:30:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T19:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=30594"},"modified":"2026-09-17T19:30:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T19:30:24","slug":"lg-sinha-releases-living-the-gita-today-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/17\/lg-sinha-releases-living-the-gita-today-book\/","title":{"rendered":"LG Sinha releases \u2018Living the Gita Today\u2019 book"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unveils two books published by GBK<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Lt Col Prashant Jankar receives warm send-off <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Srinagar, Sep 17:<\/strong> Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday released a book titled \u201cLiving the Gita Today\u201d, authored by Prof. Vandana Sharma, Dr. Shachi Sood and Dr. Vinay Kumar here at Lok Bhavan.<\/p>\n

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The Lieutenant Governor congratulated the authors for presenting a contemporary interpretation of the timeless wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita, exploring its relevance to modern challenges including inner conflict, stress, leadership, purpose and ethical living.<\/p>\n

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The book, published by Allied Publishers, Noida with the support of Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal, is structured into ten chapters and discusses 90 selected verses of the Gita. It aims at bridging the gap between Indian knowledge traditions and their timeless contemporary relevance.<\/p>\n

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Sh. B. R. Shankaranand, Sangathan Mantri, Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal; Jitendra Bhardwaj, Shetriya Sampark Adhikari, BSM; Prof. A. Ravinder Nath, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Kashmir; Prof. Geeta Singh, University of Delhi; Prof. Naseer Iqbal, Registrar, University of Kashmir; Shaffat Hukkani, Convener, Vishwagram Kashmir Chapter, and other prominent citizens were also present.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday released two books published by Gulshan Books Kashmir (GBK) at Lok Bhavan, Srinagar.<\/p>\n

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The releases include \u201cHistory of Kashmiri Language and Poetry\u201d, authored by Abdul Ahad Azad and translated by Umar Shah, alongside \u201cThe Stranger Besides Me\u201d, by Prof. Neerja Mattoo.<\/p>\n

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The Lieutenant Governor congratulated the authors, publication house and everyone associated with the publications.<\/p>\n

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The books are part of Gulshan Books Kashmir\u2019s wider publishing programme aimed at bringing works on Kashmir\u2019s literary and cultural traditions to readers.<\/p>\n

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Sheikh Ajaz, Chairman, Gulshan Books; Sheikh Meelad and Sheikh Maied, Managing Directors, Gulshan Books were also present.<\/p>\n

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In the meantime, the Lieutenant Governor and the staff & officers of Lok Bhavan on Thursday accorded a warm farewell to outgoing Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the Lieutenant Governor, Lt Col Prashant Jankar.<\/p>\n

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The Lieutenant Governor felicitated Lt Col Jankar and expressed his appreciation for dedication and professional integrity of the officer. He wished him good health and success in future assignments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Unveils two books published by GBK \u00a0Lt Col Prashant Jankar receives warm send-off Srinagar, Sep 17: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday released a book titled \u201cLiving the Gita Today\u201d, authored by Prof. Vandana Sharma, Dr. Shachi Sood and Dr. Vinay Kumar here at Lok Bhavan.   The Lieutenant Governor congratulated the authors for presenting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30596,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30594\/revisions\/30596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}