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Indira Chatterjee |
A Thematic Study of Tagore's Novels |
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| This book is confined strictly to an understanding of Tagore as a novel writer. A book on Tagore needs no publicity. Tagore, the First Nobel Laureate of India is undoubtedly a genius of our times, a veritable Encyclopaedia and the best representative of Indian creativity. There is no aspect of Indian life which does not find expressions in his writings. Tagore was man to whom nothing that was human could be alien. To us he was, indeed, the high priest of life and humanity. He saw life whole and... |
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Manhardeep Singh Ahluwalia |
The Journey of the Unknown Path |
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| Life is an unknown, mysterious journey that offers us diverse experiences. These experiences mould our personalities and our outlook to life. In the course of life, our experiences can be good or bad. While good experiences give us a sense of comfort, it is the 'bad' experiences that truly teach us truths about life. Some of us become strong after facing such 'bad' experiences while others simply give up.The author has beautifully described Rama’s journey through a dark, unknown forest... |
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Raj Supe |
Big Bappa |
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| Big Bappa is an extremely exciting fictional novella in which the author writes in first person, describing himself as an aspiring writer whose Muse has betrayed him; he transports us into the quaint locale of 'Pen', to discover from its past, a real-life story with the hues of a myth.Vinayak Pandit, a complete rebel, an artist and mystic, sculpts Ganesha idols, depicting them in ways that are as unusual as they are radical. His unconventional methods in the pursuit of a unique philosophy give... |
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Captan W. Hollings |
The Baital pachisi |
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| These immortal tales of chivalry and skullduggery, wisdom and foolishness, honesty and deceit, are about Baital, a mythical wraith like figure accrediated with supernatural powers, and King Vikramaditya whose wisdom is matched only by King Solomon of the Biblical fame. |
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Sitaramdas Omkarnath |
Jai Jai Ram Krishna Hari |
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| It lifts your spirits and transports you to the ocean of divine bliss. The deftly wielded pen of the renowned saint-playwright, Sri Sri Sitaramdas Omkarnath, brings souls from the earthly and the divine plane together. As you read, an inner revolution starts on its own. Here is a moving account of lives of Nivruttinath, Jnaneshwar, Naamdev, Jana, Gora Kumbhar and Chokhamela, all much-adored saints and prime movers of the Bhakti Movement in Maharashtra. Some are outcasts from the Brahminical... |
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Smita Jhavar |
Stolen Sunshine |
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| Set in the pre-independence and post-independence scenarios and spanning three generations, "Stolen Sunshine" delves into the delicate interpersonal relationships in a typical, traditional Marwari family; and each girl's individual reaction to the same situation.
The book spreads into 13 chapters presenting a well-knitted plot. The treatment to the subject is superb and there is continuous flow of events.
About the Author:
Smita Jhavar is currently Director, Bhartiya Vidhya Bhawan's... |
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A.N.D. Haksar |
Madhav and Kama- A Love Story from Ancient India |
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| Madhav and Kama- A Love Story from Ancient India is the story of Mádhavánala and Kamákandalá. Madhav, a handsome and accomplished young man, is asked to leave his city of Pushpávati: his looks and singing so distract women that they neglect their work, and cityfolk are in uproar about it. Exiled, Madhav reaches the court of King Kama Sena, the ruler of Kámávati, where he meets the bewitching courtesan Kama. The two fall in love, but royal ire... |
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Paul Bauer |
Himalayan Campaign |
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| The exciting tale of the first two German expeditions to Kangchenjunga brings vividly to life the conditions of life in the subcontinent at the time.
At this time, India was part of the British Empire, but this was not an obstacle for the German team. "Our personal relationship with the English presented no problems.. We felt at home... with the British.. made a strict rule never to discuss religion or politics.. one can understand whey I smiled to myself when the British Consul-General... |
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Christine Devin |
Shakuntala or The Ring of Remembrance |
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| This adaptation of the masterpiece by Kalidasa is told in simple language. It is a moving and poetic love story seen from the inner perspective of the protagonists themselves. Notes on Kalidasa are provided, as well as a comparison with the Shakuntala of the Mahabharata. Important comments by Sri Aurobindo on Kalidasa have been reproduced. |
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Hermann Hesse |
Siddhartha |
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| Siddhartha is the iconic novel of the sixties beat author Herman Hesse. An absolute must read for both spiritual seekers and non-seekers.Siddhartha's life takes him on a journey toward enlightenment. A fire with youthful idealism, the Brahmin joins a group of ascetics, fasting and living without possessions. Meeting Gotama the Buddha, he comes to feel this is not the right path, though he also declines joining the Buddha's followers. He reenters the world, hoping to learn of his own nature, but... |
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Georgette Coty |
Christalis: A Saga of the Future |
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| A spiritual novel told with vivid imagery to inspire, in young people in particular, a vision of a spiritualised life on earth.
Christalis is a boy of light who appears before a woman devoted to the care of homeless children. He offers her his help and shows her "the future of a more harmonious and enlightened existence for earth" and "reveals the vision of a united universe and forecasts the coming of a New Age."
The work is written out of the author's "sincere desire to offer the gift of... |
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Gita Mehta |
Karma Cola |
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| A new edition of the brilliantly irreverent classic about the clash between Eastern and Western cultures. |
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Robin Sharma |
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari |
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| The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari is the story of Julian Mantle, a superstar lawyer whose out-of-balance lifestyle leads him to an almost fatal heart attack in a packed courtroom. His physical collapse brings on a spiritual crisis that forces him to confront the condition of his life and seek answers to life’s most important questions. Hoping to find happiness and fulfilment, he embarks upon an extraordinary odyssey to an ancient culture, where he discovers a powerful system to release the... |
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Ferdinand Ossendowski |
Beasts, Men and Gods |
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| A gripping tale of adventure, this tells the story of Dr Ossendowski's escape from the Bolsheviks in Russia to yet more troubles as he tries to pass through Tibet to India and the safety of the British Empire. But the Tibetan bandits were not about to let him cross their land, and it was only cunning and subterfuge that saved him from certain death at their hands., Forced to return to Mongolia, even then more travails awaited him, and his story continues through this wild country, where... |
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Suzanne Segal |
Collision with the Infinite |
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| She thought she had gone mad, but she was enlightened and didn't know it! Some people spend years in caves trying to experience what suddenly happened to Suzanne Segal. This is the incredible story of a young woman who irrevocably lost all sense of personal self, or an "I". It is the story of her mind's desperate attempts to come to grips with -- or deny! -- her spiritual condition, a process which took eight years.-- Collision with the Infinite is an extraordinary work. One... |
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Nilesh D Nathwani |
Kailash-Mansarovar: Diary of a Pilgrim |
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| This is a story of an unforgettable odyssey to the holy Mount Kailash and the sacred Lake Mansarovar describing mysteries connected with the land capturing the intangible air of faith and pilgrimage. For four major religions of the world, i.e. for Tibetan Buddhism, Jainism, Bompo (a religion prior to Buddhism in Tibet) and Hinduism, Mount Kailash is the spot of utmost reverence and importance. For the Buddhists, Kailash is the centre point of the universe. For the Jains, Kailash is the Mount... |
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Pyhllis Granoff |
The Clever Adulteress and Other Stories: A Treasury of Jain Literature |
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| The stories in this collection span almost one thousand years of story-telling in India. Most originate in North India and all were written by Jain monks for the edification and amusement of the faithful. The treasures of India's heritage of story-telling are known to us today mainly from these Jain stories which have been carefully preserved through the years. The Stories in The Clever Adulteress have been translated by a renowned group of scholars from India, North America and Europe. Each... |
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Cat Bordhi |
Treasure Forest: Winner Of The Nautilus Award For Best Young Adult Fiction, 2004 |
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| "How can you retrieve a treasure from the bottom of a pond without disturbing the water?" This is the challenge left for Ben by his Grandma Daphne, who has just died in the mysterious forest near her home. The author, Cat Bordhi, narrates how Ben and his sister Sara convince their reluctant parents to move there, in spite of the fierce hermit who lives beyond the swamp.
Ben and Sara learn the deepest truths of the forest while their parents’ worst fears seem to be realized. A... |
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Terry Newland |
Mind is a Myth |
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| Disquieting Conversations with the Man Called "U.G. Krishnamurti". This is the story of a man who had it all--looks, wealth, culture, fame, travel, career--and gave it all up to find for himself the answer to his burning question, "Is there actually anything like freedom, enlightenment or liberation behind all the abstractions the religions have thrown at us?" He never got an answer. The book introduces you to the unknown truths of life. |
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Siofra O'Donovan |
Pema and the Yak |
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| Pema and the Yak is the fascinating story of a journey through the
Himalaya along the Indo-Tibetan border into the heart of Tibet in Exile.
Encounters with oracels, lamas, ex-political prisoners, Tibetan doctors, DJs,
nomads, guerilla fighters, painters, poets, missionaries and Himalayan
royalty paint a vibrant picture of Tibetans living in exile today.
About the Author:
Siofra O'Donovan was born in Dublin and educated at University College Dublin
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Selina Sen |
A Mirror Greens in Spring |
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| It is 1984, a year which marks the end of an era in New Delhi, a city simmering with ethnic strife during the anti-Sikh riots consequent to prime minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination.
This cataclysmic event as the backdrop to the story serves to emphasize a climate of change and depicts the difference between two very diverse refugee cultures in Delhi, created upon the partition of India when the largest migration in history took place. In fact, issues of identity and displacement... |
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Greta Rana |
A Place Beneath the Pipal Tree |
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| This novel was first published in German by Ehrenwirth verlag, Munich, and is distributed through Luebbe Books as 'Im Schatten des heiligen Baumes'.
It describes three generations of Sherpa women, the men in their lives, the times they lived in, and the dilemmas they faced.
While not over romanticising the past, when it was originally written it could almost have been prophetic in its misgivings about the future in an environment governed by status and taboo, in which women have to... |
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Adam Clapham |
Beware Falling Coconuts: Perspectives of India |
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| A documentary maker can never be off duty in India because there are too many terrific stories waiting to be told. So says the author Adam Clapham, a BBC producer who has worked and played in India all his professional life. Along the way Adam has kept his eye open for the off-beat, the bizarre and the British angle. This book is a kaleidoscope of his experiences, stories from the political hard edge to the downright whimsical.
The 400-croe diamond that cost 400 rupees
Mark Tully, the... |
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Gunabhiram Barua |
Ramnabami - Natak: The Story of Ram and Nabami |
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| Gunabhiram Barua’s Ramnabami-Natak, written in 1857, revolves around the tragic story of a young widow, Nabami, and her lover, Ramchandra. The first modern Assamese play on a secular theme, it presents a bold redefinition of consensual marriage while strongly advocating widow remarriage.
Translated into English for the first time, Ramnabami-Natak mounts a severe critique on the moral guardians of society and makes interesting references to certain social mores and beliefs in... |
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Banerjee Divakaruni |
The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming |
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| Anand is ecstatic at his new-found responsibility as Keeper of the Conch in the The Silver Valley, and with his dear friend Nisha, and their beloved teacher Abhaydatta is back again venturing on a new adventurous journey into the world of mystery and fantasy, a world of royal beauty and splendour, and a world of suspense and action.
In this second novel of the Brotherhood trilogy, the master storyteller takes us from the pristine beauty of Himalayas to the world of an ancient kingdom... |
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