Author: Kamil V ZvelebilPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900464282X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
The Smile of Murugan
Author: Kamil V ZvelebilPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900464282X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
A South Indian Journey
Author: Michael WoodPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141032677
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Inspired by a temple astrologer (who had accurately predicted his marriage and the birth of his two daughters), the writer and broadcaster Michael Wood travelled on a magical journey through south-east India.
The Smile of Murugan
Author: Kamil ZvelebilPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004035911
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Tamil Literature
Author: K.V. ZvelebilPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004492984
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Pyre
Author: Perumal MuruganPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 938589093X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
‘Pyre glows with as much power as [One Part Woman] did, and adds immeasurable value to contemporary Indian literature’—The Hindu Saroja and Kumaresan are in love. After a hasty wedding, they arrive in Kumaresan’s village, harboring a dangerous secret: their marriage is an inter-caste one, likely to upset the village elders should they get to know of it. Kumaresan is naively confident that all will be well. But nothing is further from the truth. Despite the strident denials of the young couple, the villagers strongly suspect that Saroja must belong to a different caste. It is only a matter of time before their suspicions harden into certainty and, outraged, they set about exacting their revenge. A devastating tale of innocent young love pitted against chilling savagery, Pyre conjures a terrifying vision of intolerance.
In Search of Myths & Heroes
Author: Michael WoodPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520247246
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
In this companion to a forthcoming PBS series, Wood journeys to some of the remotest places on earth in search of four of mankind's most powerful myths: Shangri-La, Jason and the Golden Fleece, the Queen of Sheba, and King Arthur.
The Many Faces of Murukan
Author: Fred W. ClotheyPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110804107
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems - both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series.
Lexicon of Tamil Literature
Author: Kamil ZvelebilPublisher: Handbuch Der Orientalistik.Ers
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : de
Pages : 826
Book Description
A detailed reference-dictionary of Tamil literature of South India from its beginnings about 2000 years ago until ca. 1980. Contains biographies and works of ancient, medieval and modern authors, as well as select bibliography with individual entries. First work of its kind.
Handbook of Oriental Studies
Author: Bertold SpulerPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004041905
Category : Tamil literature
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
One Part Woman
Author: Perumal MuruganPublisher: Pushkin Press
ISBN: 1782275479
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A vibrant fable of marriage, caste and social convention from a major Indian writer Kali and Ponna are perfectly content in their marriage, aside from one thing, they are unable to conceive. As their childlessness begins to attract local gossip and family disapproval, they try everything from prayers to potions, but none of the offerings or rituals helps. Increasingly unhappy and desperate, they consider a more drastic plan: the annual chariot festival, a celebration of the half-male, half-female god Maadhorubaagan. For one night, the rules of marriage are relaxed, and consensual sex between unmarried men and women is overlooked, for all men are considered gods. But rather than bring them together, this scheme threatens to drive the couple apart. Selling over 100,000 copies in India, where it was published first in the original Tamil and then in this celebrated English translation, One Part Woman has become a cult phenomenon in the subcontinent, jump-starting conversations about caste and female empowerment. Tender, deeply poignant, and bitingly critical, One Part Woman is a powerful exploration of a loving marriage under strain. Perumal Murugan is an Indian author and professor of Tamil literature. He has written six novels and four collections each of short stories and poetry. His best-known novel One Part Woman, highly controversial in India, won the ILF Samanvay Basha Samman, and Aniruddhan Vasudevan's English rendering won the Translation Prize from India's National Academy of Letters.