Katha
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Moon, Ramu and I’ by Geeta Dharmarajan is the story of a small boy who wants to visit the Moon. Read the book to find out how he reaches the moon with the help of his grandfather and his pet dog.
A delightful fully illustrated story for every child, young or old.
Transforming the literary scenario of Tamil delighted Pudumaippittan. He wrote stories that were filled with irony and the telling word, with what Umberto Eco calls the " calculated rhythm and shrewd manipulation of effect that pushes writing over the line that divides deep literature from light fiction." Katha celebrates the new outburst of interest in Pudumaippittan, with this first translation of his best literary works by Lakshmi Holmstrom.
Packed with fun, adventure, mystery and fantasy, this collection leaves you asking for more. Do spaceships and genies stir your imagination? Would you like to swim the hard way? Why not solve a mystery with Dee Kay, the detective. Come! Get set to journey with these spellbinding stories and some beautiful, original illustrations. From the marvelous children's monthly, Target. So take a plunge into the make-believe worlds you have seen only in your dreams!
Downfall by Degrees brings you three short stories and two novellas by Abdullah Hussein, recipient of the Adamjee Award, Pakistan's highest literary prize. Hussein holds a towering position in the world of Urdu fiction and his stories probe, with masterful precision and exquisite balance, the condition of the modern man at odds with himself. His microscopic eye is trained on the underside of pain in a language that is stark and telling. The characters of these ...
Travel has been a mode of assesment of territory, of knowledge gathering and of putting a discursive system into place. This volume brings to the reader the range of hidden discourses that constituted the classificatory grids of the projects of colonialism. Contributors include William Dalrymple, Sindhu Menon, Susan Bassnett among others.
A collection of eleven incisive and insightful essays on the plight of the Indian woman written by the celebrated Hindi poet Mahadevi Varma, recipient of the Padma Bhushan and Bharatiya Jnanpith Award. Priestess of the Chhayavadi School of poetry, Mahadevi Varma was also a prose writer par excellence. Translated by Neera Kuckreja Sohoni, these essays examine the inequitable situation of the Indian woman from various perspectives and cover several parameters of ...
An active member of the progressive writers movement, Ahmad Nadeem Qasimi is probably one of the most admired Pakistani writers. A poet, journalist, literary critic and short story writer, he is a major figure in contemporary Urdu literature. The Resthouse is a collection of Urdu short stories depicting Qasimi’s deep roots in his culture and locale. The stories portray common men and women with their disappointments and gullibility, joys and sorrows, and bring ...
A unique collection by writers who have focused on women’s issues and whose path-breaking vision has altered the Telugu literary scene – in from, style and content. Representing various aspects concerning women – abortion, rape, dowry, independence, subjugation, domination and prostitution – these stories deal with the dilemmas and problems faced by women, both on the physical and emotional levels. Outstanding stories by men and women writers portraying ...
Situated in the high reaches of the Himalayan and Karakoram ranges, the unique culture of India’s northernmost district, Ladakh, has been radically affected by war, tourism and development. These stories by Abdul Ghani Sheikh provide a rare glimpse of Ladakhi society today. The author of several analytical articles in Urdu and English, Ghani Sheikh is recognized as one of Ladakh’s foremost scholars and fiction writers.
A superlative collection of short stories by Ramachandra Sharma, one of the leading lights of Navya fiction in the Kannada literary scene, Home and Away reflects the concerns and experiences of the author - both at home and abroad. Varied in theme and style, the stories represent Sharma’s creative expression in prose spanning over a period of four decades. From sexual to communal, from introspection to self-exploration, the range of the ...
A story, a history, a mirror held up to today’s foibles, men and women described with that unerring eye for detail, the essence of the way India lives. Katha takes great pleasure in presenting to you A. Madhaviah, writer par excellence. A sparkling translation by Meenakshi Tyagarajan with superb illustrations from none less than M. Krishnan, the well-known wildlife photographer and spokesman for nature. This hugely enjoyable novel is introduced by A. Madhavan.
Ashokamitran belongs to a group of major modern Tamil writers who came into prominence in the 1960s. These include D. Jayakantan, T. Janakiraman and Sundara Ramaswamy, each of whom has a distinct literary presence in modern Tamil writing. Ashokamaitran’s fiction is distinguished by an engagement with urban life, particularly the city of Chennai (or sometimes the twin cities of Secunderabad and Hyderabad), by its "naturalistic" or ...
Ghalib said, “… the poem always slips, like the imaginary anqua bird, through the finest nets of awareness.†This statement aptly defines the myriad moods the ghazal aspires to captureâ€â€¦ various facets of the lover’s experience… lamenting the pain of separation … delighting in imaginary union … feeling alienated from the world,†yet remains mysterious. Frances W. Pritchett recalls her first experience o the ghazal as love at first sight, ...
Majgull Axelsson is the author of four works of non-fiction as well as one previous novel, Far From Nifetheim, for which she was awarded the 1994 Moa Stipend. The 1997 publication of April Witch in Sweden earned her the prestigious August Prize. She is married, has two children and lives in Stockholm.
Folk Tales, Plays and Novellas from the wingtip of India, the North East. Exciting journeys: from the depths of a well to the skies via a golden bridge, from the battles between the Japanese and the Nagas to the war between the sun the people, from insurgency in Mizoramto the pleas of a just-dead soul wishing to stay alive, from the mind of a wolf boy to the mythical account of how man first cultivated paddy. Enchanting stories from well known writers of a little ...
This selected fiction attempts to present the rich treasure trove of literature that the northeastern states of India house. And each of the twenty one stories in this volume depicts the close link that the writers have with their cultural moorings, and it is primarily this deep-rooted bond with one’s culture, tradition and history that gives substance to the stories in this volume.Skilled in peace, gifted with war, the land of the fabled North East holds its ...
As a little girl, Suchitra Bhattacharya enjoyed making up stories and writing them down. After her graduation from Calcutta University and marriage, she returned to the world of writing in the 1970s. She didn’t take long to emerge as one of the most prominent writers in Bangla.Suchitra is a perceptive observer of the changing urban milieu and her writing closely examines the crises faced by the contemporary Bengali middle class. This winning collection ...
This novel revolves around Bishna, a man of rare courage and deep, passionate convictions, who stands committed to and incessantly strives for the assertion of essential human dignity by choosing the path of confrontation over that of abject conformism. Somewhere in his dogged, seemingly irrational, personal revolt against the defunct societal values lies the recognition that having lost its legitimacy, the entire system is now poised for a cataclysmic social ...
An enthralling collection - warm, touching, funny and exciting - stories from Target - the much-loved children's magazine..Fasten your seat belts! For here comes stories that send you on a snazzy pleasure trip. Rediscover an extraordinary world of words. Now put together in a new volume along with delightful, vintage illustrations. Ideal for curling up with on a lazy Sunday afternoon.
Work is on in full swing in the Royal Peacock Garden to house a wondrous cage that would have forty hill mynas. Soon the cage is full of twittering birds and they are entrusted to Kale Khan’s care. But he steals a myna for his motherless daughter who has long been asking for one… Does Kale Khan receive a royal pardon… What lies in store for the beautiful city of Lucknow? Set in the times of the reign of Sultan Wajid Ali Shah, this is a poignant story of a ...