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Author: E. Dawson Varughese Publisher: A&C Black ISBN: 1441136231 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 201
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Reading New India is an insightful exploration of contemporary Indian writing in English. Exploring the work of such writers as Aravind Adiga (author of the Man-Booker Prize winning White Tiger), Usha K.R. and Taseer, the book looks at how the 'new' India has been recreated and defined in an English Language literature that is now reaching a global audience. The book describes how Indian fiction has moved beyond notions of 'postcolonial' writing to reflect an increasingly confident and diverse cultures. Reading New India covers such topics as: - Representation of the city: Mumbai and Bangalore - Chick Lit to Crick Lit - Call centre dramas and corporate lives - Crime novels and Bharati narratives - Graphic novels Including a chronological time-line of major social, cultural and political reforms, biographies of the major authors covered, further reading and a glossary of Hindi terms, this book is an essential guide for students of contemporary world literature and postcolonial writing.
Author: Nilanjan P. Choudhury Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9351160963 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 250
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Something is rotten in the state of Amravati A mysterious ailment afflicts Indrah, reducing the omnipotent king of the gods to, well, not quite the man he used to be. To add to his woes, the Holy Trinity threaten to fire him for dereliction of duty. But Indrah's troubles wilt in comparison to those of his asura counterpart, Bali, ruler of Tripura. Even as Indrah's its fretting over his delicate health, an assassination attempt on Bali leaves the asura on the brink of death. There is only one thing that can save both these men from certain doom: amrit, the mythical nectar. But to secure it, the gods and the asuras will have to cooperate and churn the Ocean of Milk together... Will Indrah and Bali be able to put aside their ancient enmity, or will old rivalries keep them from pulling off this epic feat? Bali and the Ocean of Milk reimagines the eternal conflict between the gods and the asuras in a whacky thriller littered with bad jokes and corpses. EXTRACT The story of 'Bali and the Ocean of Milk' has been derived from an old myth of the now lost Hurrian civilization, which traces its origins to the banks of the Euphrates in northern Mesopotamia. The novel reimagines the eternal conflict between the Hurrian gods and their sworn enemies, the asuras, in a wacky thriller littered with bad jokes and corpses. Here's an extract from the book: Chapter 1: An Evening in Amravati The rays of the setting sun streamed through the tall crystal windows and lit up Urvashi's pretty oval face. Waves of silken hair dyed blonde in deference to the latest fashion, cascaded over her pale, shapely shoulders. Slender arms, diamond-encrusted bracelets on either wrist, were crossed over her full breasts. She was perched upon a blue velvet couch, her long bare legs dangling over its edge. As she swung them to and fro, toes brushing against the tiger skin carpet below, her golden anklets tinkled out a perky melody. She was a sight worthy of the gods - except that the god sitting opposite her did not seem to know this. She mooned at him with her large, blue eyes, fluttered her eyelashes, pouted, preened and sighed - elementary techniques that every apsara was taught during induction training. But her efforts had little effect on the god for whom they were intended. He continued to sit listlessly on his bed, a glum expression on his puffed face. Urvashis pout grew deeper. 'I' sorry, Indy, but this is just not happening.'Indrah did not reply. 're you even listening to me?'Urvashi sniffed. 'hings can' go on like this, you know. It' about time you did something about it.''es, yes, I know,'Indrah muttered. I just need a little more time...am trying hard.'Tying hard!'Urvashi exclaimed. You have to get hard, darling -not try.'Indrah winced while Urvashi chattered away in her sweet, girlish voice. I mean do you even remember the last time when that happened? That was like two hundred years ago. The day you killed that asura ... what was his name now umm...Vira Vita''ritra,'Indrah said under his breath. 'Vitra -right! That's the one. I knew it was something starting with a V. I still remember the day. You had gone out for the final battle and there I was sitting all by myself, worried stiff, when I heard the apsaras going -Vritra is dead! Victory to Lord Indrah!" Indrah grunted. We had such a wonderful time that night after the victory party. Urvashi sighed. You remember, love? Indrah grunted again. Urvashi stood up scowling and hurled an ivory comb to the ground. It shattered into pieces as her voice rose to a shrill pitch. Do you realize that we haven't made love one single time since that night? Do you? It's been two hundred years for heaven's sake and it's driving me up the wall. Come on, Indy darling -what's wrong with you?' Indrah sighed. There was no denying that she was right -he was in bad shape. Rolls of fat swaddled his hips. The taut muscles of his arms had turned into flaccid bags and the chiselled jaw-line, along which Sachi used to love running her fingers during their courtship days, had disappeared into a pair of pulpy chins. A lock of hair fell over his forehead. He brushed it back, wincing when his fingers touched the bald patch on top. It had surreptitiously replaced his once luxuriant mane and was now clearly visible unless he switched on his halo - the light dazzling anyone who looked him in the face. But these days, he realized that even this simple act drained him of energy quite quickly. In short, Indrah looked and felt like an elderly uncle - not the Almighty King of the Devas, Lord of Amravati, Scourge of the Asuras, Shatterer of Citadels. What was worse was that people had started noticing it...the corridors of the palace were abuzz with whisperings of the King's decrepit condition. Many of the lesser gods had even begun to talk openly about it. Soon he started cutting down on public appearances conducting most of his work from his inner chambers. It wouldn't be long before someone started asking uncomfortable questions on why the king spent most of his time inside his bedroom instead of the court...
Author: E. Dawson Varughese Publisher: A&C Black ISBN: 1441136231 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 201
Book Description
Reading New India is an insightful exploration of contemporary Indian writing in English. Exploring the work of such writers as Aravind Adiga (author of the Man-Booker Prize winning White Tiger), Usha K.R. and Taseer, the book looks at how the 'new' India has been recreated and defined in an English Language literature that is now reaching a global audience. The book describes how Indian fiction has moved beyond notions of 'postcolonial' writing to reflect an increasingly confident and diverse cultures. Reading New India covers such topics as: - Representation of the city: Mumbai and Bangalore - Chick Lit to Crick Lit - Call centre dramas and corporate lives - Crime novels and Bharati narratives - Graphic novels Including a chronological time-line of major social, cultural and political reforms, biographies of the major authors covered, further reading and a glossary of Hindi terms, this book is an essential guide for students of contemporary world literature and postcolonial writing.
Author: D Dennis Hudson Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 019536922X Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 687
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Although Hudson died without completing 'The Body of God', the work has been edited and brought to fruition by Margaret Case. The book is a detailed study of a renowned Tamil Hindu temple, the Vaikuntha Perumal (ca. 770 CE). Hudson uses this temple as an illustration of a major current and historical stage in South Indian Vaisnava religion.
Author: E. Dawson Varughese Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1317691008 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 185
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This book investigates fiction in English, written within, and published from India since 2000 in the genre of mythology-inspired fiction in doing so it introduces the term ‘Bharati Fantasy’. This volume is anchored in notions of the ‘weird’ and thus some time is spent understanding this term linguistically, historically (‘wyrd’) as well as philosophically and most significantly socio-culturally because ‘reception’ is a key theme to this book’s thesis. The book studies the interface of science, Hinduism and itihasa (a term often translated as ‘history’) within mythology-inspired fiction in English from India and these are specifically examined through the lens of two overarching interests: reader reception and the genre of weird fiction. The book considers Indian and non-Indian receptions to the body of mythology-inspired fiction, highlighting how English fiction from India has moved away from being identified as the traditional Indian postcolonial text. Furthermore, the book reveals broader findings in relation to identity and Indianness and India’s post-millennial society’s interest in portraying and projecting ideas of India through its ancient cultures, epic narratives and cultural (Hindu) figures.
Author: Fred B. Eiseman Publisher: Tuttle Publishing ISBN: 1462900925 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 356
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"The best book on Bali for the serious visitor…Has the freshness of personal experience."--Dr. Hildred Geertz, author of Kinship in Bali and Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University In Bali, what you see--sekala--is a colorful world of ceremony, ritual, dance, and drama. What you don't see what is occult--niskala--is the doctrine underlying the pageants, the code underlying the rites, and the magic underlying the dance. In this book, author Fred Eiseman explores both tangibles and intangibles in the realm of Balinese religion, ritual, and performing arts. The essays collected here topics ranging from Hindu mythology to modern gamelan music. Eiseman's approach is that of a dedicated reporter in love with his subject--he has the knowledge and patience to explain the near-infinite permutations of the Balinese calendar, and yet he is still moved by the majesty of the great Eka Dasa Rudra ceremony. The author's 28 years experience on the island shows and this book rewards close reading--even by the most seasoned students of Balinese culture.
Author: Helen Creese Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317451783 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 365
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In this fascinating study the lives and mores of women in one of the least understood but most densely populated areas of the world are unveiled through the eyes of generations of court poets. For more than a millennium, the poets of the Indic courts of Java and Bali composed epic kakawin poems in which they recreated the court environment where they and their royal patrons lived. Major themes in this poetry form include war, love, and marriage. It is a rich source for the cultural and social history of Indonesia. Still being produced in Bali today, kakawin remain of interest and relevance to Balinese cultural and religious identities. This book draws on the epic kakawin poetry tradition to examine the institutions of courtship and marriage in the Indic courts. Its primary purpose is to explore the experiences of women belonging to the kakawin world, although the texts by nature reveal more about the discourses concerning women, sexuality, and gender than of the historical experiences of individual women. For over a thousand years these royal courts were major patrons of the arts. The court-sponsored epic works that have survived provide an ongoing literary testimony to the cultural and social concerns of court society from its ealiest recorded history until its demise at the end of the nineteenth century. This study examines the idealized images of women and sexuality that have pervaded Javanese and Balinese culture and provides insights into a number of cultural practices such as sati or bela (self-immolation of widows).
Author: Santo Saba Piliang Publisher: Santo Saba Piliang ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 622
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BALI IS NOT INDIA Balinese culture was started by Indian Rshi ... Is it true....? When did "India" come to the Indonesian Archipelago before entering the remote corners of the country ... until all the original teachings of the archipelago, .... thousands of sites also the kingdom of "Pre-Islam" was mentioned from there ...? Let's look at: The Netherlands has played the role of "Indian" in Bali, brought Indians to Bali, "Balinese" Caste in 1910 because of this influence many Balinese in 1930 studied in India ... dominantly concluded "Bali is Better" Balinese culture was started by Indian Rshi ... Is it true....? ● Rshi Mārkaṇḍeya, refers to The Sanskrit Episode Mahābhārata which consists of 100,000 ślokas / metric verses that are more than 2000 years old related to the name Mārka disebutkaneya mentioned in (II.82.70) ... is listed about the name Mārkaṇḍeya continuing with the word "Tīrtha" ..., Mārkaṇḍeya blessed by Vishnu, doing many "Tapasya" in "Tirtha" known as "Sālagrāma" .... this is where Āgnīdhra rested in old age after dividing Jambūdvīpa among his nine sons From the quote above ... means the name Mārkaṇḍeya has been around for thousands of years and is written in the book "Mahābhārata" ... then again there is the word "Tīrtha" ... this word is a word that has existed for a long time in the earlier Archipelago The word "Tirtha from the word" Stiti - Rtha ", Stiti = sustainable, preserving," Rtha "= truth / true life ...., the word 'Rtha' is often used for the word" Kertha "..." Religion "in Bali was originally named "Tirta Religion" then became "Hindu Bali", this was only in "Paste" in 1950 .... and based on academic study of the formal name "Hindu" in India only existed in the 9th century English era The word "Jambūdvīpa", Sālagrāma where Āgnīdhra rested in old age after dividing "Jambūdvīpa" among its nine sons .... "Jambūdvīpa", this location is in the Indonesian Archipelago at the foot of Mount Burangrang "the" Jambudvipa "region as a supporting valley" Mount " Ancient Sundanese "or sometimes called" Mount Agung Batara Guru " ... is there a literacy of the word "Jambū" and also this named location in India there ...? Balinese culture was started by Indian Rshi ... Is it true....? ● Rshi Mārkaṇḍeya, Written in the slogan "Bhwana Tatwa" about Maharsi Mārkaṇḍeya: "Sang Ayati, mwang Sang Niata, at the time of the complete plenary list, wicaksaneng aji, major literary scene ..." The Ayati continued his ancestral footsteps to become a hermit, he was a son of the Prana, and so was his younger brother named Sang Niata, the son of the Mrakanda, after the adult the Mrakanda was married to Dewi Manaswini, the son of Maharsi Mārkaṇḍeya Furthermore, Maharsi Mārkaṇḍeya was married to Goddess Dumara, demoted Maharsi Sirah, who was married to Dewi Wipari, who then lowered many sons ● If it is true, Rshi Mārkaṇḍeya from India can anyone mention a complete pedigree like us above ... is there also a name that is typical of the name of India ...? Maha Rsi Mārkaṇḍeya was in Bali around the 9th century AD, while Mpu Gnijaya in the Babad Pasek was one of 5 priests who were known as "Panca Tirtha" namely Mpu Gnijaya, Mpu Semeru, Mpu Gana, Mpu Kuturan and Mpu Bhradah, whereabouts Mpu Kuturan and Mpu Bhradah in Bali were around the 11th century AD ● Rshi Mārkaṇḍeya created the "Subak" irrigation system is there an irrigation system in India ...? So ... It is true that Rshi Mārkaṇḍeya is an Archipelago, not only his name ... also the key to his proof that he is an Archipelago is because Reshi Mārkaṇḍeya did Planting "Panca Dhatu" in Penataran Besakih Temple, Also Rshi Agastya performs many rituals of "Tirtha Religion" in Bali, This is proof of behavior and "Archipelago Procedures" because this is not found in India, plus there are regulations there that are not written that "Saints" don't generally take their teachings outside the area Rshi Mārkaṇḍeya is the Prominent Son of the Archipelago of Svarnadvipa among his previous ancestral names: ● Dharmadasa 700-620 BC ● Dharmapala 670-580 BC ● Suvarnadvipa Dharmakirti 610 BC - 520 BC ● Kumarila Bhatta I 618-540 BC ● Adi Sankara 569-537 BC ● Çhri Janaýasã 6th century AD ..Çhri Janaýasã / "Dapuntha Hyang" 6th century 4th day 11th day doing "Siddhayatra" / holy trip carrying "Dharma" also Alumni graduates of the University "Dharmapala", this is a location that is seen by Fa-Huan and I-Thsing .... go spread north and also westwards 2,213 people ... this is also what Rshi Mārkaṇḍeya did up to Bali ... Bali stores perfectly the teachings of the archipelago's "Dharma / Dhamma" ancestors ... and this is an important point ... "Original Dharmic" of Nusantara, The Initial Philosophy of "Monotheism" / Hyang Widhi Tunggal / Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Waça / Acintya (All-In-One God) ... Acintya " Atintya .... "He who is unimaginable" ... "The unthinkable" ... The unimaginable ........... Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Waça, ...... no "Kṛṣṇa" ... INDONËSIARYĀ By: Santosabapiliang (Datuok Panglimo Soko) Book Info: WA +62813 2132 9787
Author: Swami Venkatesananda Publisher: SUNY Press ISBN: 0791401499 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 398
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This is a condensed version of a long Purana of 18,000 verses. By means of stories from the lives of avatars, sages, and kings, it popularized the teaching of the Vedas. To study it is the best of all ways to become acquainted with the living religion of India today. The nineteenth century saint Ramakrishna said of the Bhagavatam, "It is fried in the butter of Knowledge and steeped in the honey of Love." At regular intervals through the text, the chapters being condensed are designated by Book and Chapter numbers. Each interval is appropriate in length for a daily reading, and there are 365 intervals.
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