An Afternoon with Shakuntala and Other Stories PDF Download

Author: Vaidēhi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788126049981
Category : Kannada fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Selected short stories works of Vaidēhi, Kannada author; translations into English.

Author: Adithi Rao
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780143330394
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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Six unforgettable stories of love and bravery, treachery and injustice, from ancient Indian literature Classical Sanskrit and Tamil writing teem with a myriad characters, and here we meet some truly memorable ones. This collection of six plays, poems and epics retold for children includes ‘Shakuntala’, a heartrending story of the love between the beautiful Shakuntala and King Dushyanta; ‘The Little Clay Cart’, where the evil designs of the king and his family are foiled by the righteous Charudatta and Vasantasena; ‘The Story of an Anklet’, about Kannagi, who wreaks a terrible revenge for the wrong done to her; ‘Manimekalai’, the extraordinary account of a woman’s search for her true calling; ‘The Last Trial of Sita’, in which the playwright gives a whole new ending to the Ramayana, and ‘The Broken Thigh’, about the final, desperate combat between Duryodhana and Bheema on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Accompanied by descriptions of the authors’ lives and the time when the stories were written, these lively retellings are an ideal introduction to some of the best-known stories from the Indian classics.

Author: Prof T P Ashoka
Publisher: Manipal Universal Press
ISBN: 9382460357
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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Vaidehi Kathana is the first full-length literary critical study of the fictional, non fictional and poetic narratives of Vaidehi, who is considered to be one of the most celebrated contemporary Indian writers in Kannada. This work reviews, introduces, discusses and interprets all the writings of Vaidehi, which include short stories, poems, essays and a novel. The book examines how this great Indian writer has been reacting and responding to her time and space for the last four decades. The book shows how Vaidehi’s poetics has so subtly blended with her politics thereby creating some of the outstanding masterpieces in poetry and fiction of our times. The book discusses the special features of Vaidehi’s feminist perspectives as well as the uniqueness of her narrative skills. Arguing that Vaidehi’s spiritual triumph is demonstrated in her technical triumph, the book draws the attention of the non-Kannada readers to the entire body of Vaidehi’s writings. Lucidly translated into English by the noted translator O L Nagabhushana Swamy, T P Ashoka’s Vaidehi Kathana provides a meaningful opportunity for the non-Kannada readers to familiarize themselves with one of the greatest contemporary writers of India. T P Ashoka’s Vaidehi Kathana is a significant contribution to modern Indian literary criticism. The book provides an interesting reading not only to the students of literature, researchers and teachers but also appeals to the general readers.

Author: Kālidāsa
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814788157
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 419

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A well-known Sanskrit drama presented here in a bilingual translation.

Author: Kālidāsa
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indic drama (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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Author: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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Author: Namita Gokhale
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780143062271
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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Novel.

Author: H. Jathar Salij
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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Author: Shakuntala Rajagopal
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 1977212034
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 271

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My memoir named Transplanted, from 110° F in the Shade to 10° F in the Sun, recounts my experiences as a young doctor of 23 years old who left the South Indian tropical town, Thiruananthapuram, and got dropped into a ten degrees frigid Chicago winter forty-eight hours later. Despite the strange foods I had to adjust to, the strange clothes that I needed to survive the cold, and even the strangeness of the English language (which I had hitherto believed I was well versed in,) I was able to mold my life and likes, and establish myself as a successful pathologist, a dedicated wife, strong yet kind and loving mother and grandmother, and now a Matriarch to an extended family of fifty two in Chicagoland. I can do it attitude, an open mind and willingness to grow, and the vigor with which I faced my challenges made me successful in accepting and assimilating the American heritage for my own. How I contributed to the melting pot of America while becoming part of it, is itself a story worth reading. Anybody displaced from a place of comfort, whether 100 miles or 10,000 miles, anyone seeking guidance to overcome adversities, and anyone interested in "the Immigrant story" will find my book helpful to survive adversity and prosper in a strange land or a strange town.

Author: Amar Nath Prasad
Publisher: Sarup & Sons
ISBN: 9788176254779
Category : Indic fiction (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 300

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