Indian Literature

William “Bill” Stewart left Missouri to seek his fortune. Along the way, he worked as a cow puncher, range detective, town marshal, sheriff, and US marshal. In each job, he is forced into conflicts with the Indians. Finally his skills as an Indian fighter caught the attention of the US Army, and he was given a commission. He soon discovered that his greatest challenge was in following orders while retaining his humanity.

One night, Elango has a dream that consumes him, driving him to give it shape. The potter is determined to create a terracotta horse whose beauty will be reason enough for its existence. Yet he cannot pin down from where it has galloped into his mind. The Mahabharata? The Trojan horse legend? His anonymous potter-ancestors? Once it’s finished, he does not know where his creation will belong. In a temple compound? Gracing a hotel lobby? Or should he gift it to Zohra, the woman he loves, yet despairs of ever marrying.

Among the settlers, slaves, and indentured servants that make the treacherous journey across the Atlantic to the New World in the early 1600s—for some, an exciting opportunity, for others, a brutal abduction—there is also Tony. As a child, his homeland on the Coromandel Coast of India becomes a trading outpost for the English; as an orphaned teenager, he finds himself kidnapped from the streets of London and bound to servitude on a Virginia plantation. But Tony is not giving up on his dreams just yet.

ഭാവനയിലൂടെ ചരിത്രത്തെ പുനഃസൃഷ്ടിക്കുന്ന ഒ.വി. വിജയന്‍ ജാതീയതയെ പുതിയൊരു കാഴ്ചപ്പാടില്‍ സമീപിക്കുന്നു. ജാതികള്‍ക്കിടയിലുള്ള അതിസൂക്ഷ്മമായ വ്യത്യാസങ്ങളെയും വൈരുദ്ധ്യങ്ങളെയും മൂന്നു ഘട്ടത്തിലൂടെ- ബ്രാഹ്മണ്യം നേടാനുള്ള തീവ്രശ്രമം, അതു നേടിയെടുത്തപ്പോള്‍ തോന്നുന്ന നിഷ്പ്രയോജനത, കഠിനയാതനകളിലൂടെ നേടിയെടുത്ത ബ്രാഹ്മണ്യത്തോടുള്ള തികഞ്ഞ അവജ്ഞ- തലമുറകളില്‍ അവതരിപ്പിക്കുകയാണ്.

It's been six months since Cassidy Rain Berghoff’s best friend, Galen, died, and up until now she has succeeded in shutting herself off from the world. But when controversy arises around Aunt Georgia’s Indian Camp in their mostly white midwestern community, Rain decides to face the outside world again, with a new job photographing the campers for her town’s newspaper.

તે એવા પુરુષો અને સ્ત્રીઓ વિશે છે જેમને હવે નામ અને લાગણીઓ નથી અને સુપર કોમ્પ્યુટર દ્વારા નિર્ધારિત જીવન જીવે છે. 'કી-10' અન્ય તમામ 'કીઝ'થી કેવી રીતે અલગ છે. ચિપ માણસને કેવી રીતે નિયંત્રિત કરે છે અને તેમાંથી એક નિયમ તોડવાનું નક્કી કરે છે અને જીવવાનું અનુભવે છે.

પ્રસિદ્ધ લેખક શ્રી ધ્રુવ ભટ્ટની 'અગ્નિકન્યા' નવલકથાની પહેલી આવૃત્તિ 1988માં પ્રગટ થઈ હતી. આ નવલકથા મહાભારતની કથા પર આધારિત છે અને નવલકથાના કેન્દ્રમાં દ્રૌપદીનું સમગ્ર જીવન છે.

For Omri, it is a dream come true when the plastic American Indian he locks into the old cupboard comes to life. Little Bull is everything an Indian brave should be - proud, fearless and defiant. But being in charge of a real, live, human being is a heavy responsibility, as Omri soon discovers. And when his best friend, Patrick, is let in on the secret, he soon realises that life-changing decisions lie ahead.

When Tulsi first meets Madhav, she is irrevocably drawn to his chiseled good looks and charm. Although wary of his many dalliances and the string of broken hearts left in his wake, she is surprised by the intense desire that Madhav arouses in her. And before long, she forsakes her family, her prospective career, her fiancé - all for the love of this inscrutable man. But love can be like poison. Years later, Tulsi escapes to the ancient city of Vrindavan, seeking redemption amidst the cries and prayers of its anguished widows.

જુનવાણી અને સાવ પરંપરાગત નવલિકા અને આધુનિક નવલિકા વચ્ચે બે પેઢીનું અંતર છે પણ આધુનિક નવલિકાઓ છતા સમજવી અઘરી નહિં તેવી ભાષામાં માણસના મનોભાવોને બહુ કલાત્મક રીતે છતાં સરળ બાનીમાં વ્યક્ત કરી શકે છે.

Three Brannock brothers came west. Now, only one of them survives, and Clint Brannock feels the weight of responsibility as a U.S. deputy marshal. Hunting down an outlaw in the Indian territories, Clint meets up with two of his nephews one destined to live or die by the gun, the other to live or die in his shadow. And in southern New Mexico, a beautiful sister-in-law, Elizabeth, presides over 100,000 rich acres and dabbles in a dangerous game.

Ayasha is part Chippewa-Cree Indian and part White. Protected by her powerful father, the town of Waverly let her be. Now that he has passed, the town lets Ayasha know exactly how they feel about her. She has no family and no money. What can she do? In desperation, she answers an advert from an injured man looking for a bride. Farmer Joe Warner was injured in a plowing accident. His younger sister has been caring for him, but Joe knows that she is putting her own life on hold.

Ankita Sharma has the world at her feet. She is young, good-looking and smart and has tonnes of friends and boys swooning over her. College life is what every youngster dreams of, and she also manages to get into a premier management school for her MBA. Six months later she is a patient in a mental health hospital. How did Ankita get here? What were the events that led to this? Will she ever get back her life again? Life has cruelly and coldly snatched that which meant the most to her, and she must now fight to get it all back.

Rain in the Mountains brings together some of Ruskin Bond’s most beautiful works from his years spent in the foothills of the Himalayas in the town of Mussoorie. Through vivid images and lucid writing, Bond evokes the everyday sights and sounds, and captures the essence of mountain life. The musings on his natural habitat, in both prose and poetry, offer a view of that simple and affable world. Some of his writings featured in the book include: "Once Upon a Mountain Time", "Sounds I Like to Hear", "How Far Is the River" and "After the Monsoon".

जावेद कश्मीरी को उनकी तलाश थी जिन्होंने उस पर और उसके परिवार पर जुल्म किए थे. मगर उसके रास्ते में अड़े खड़े थे "चलते पुर्जे"! और चलते पुर्ज़ों से जावेद अकेला नहीं निपट सकता था. उसे विजय-विकास की ही नहीं बल्कि अलफांसे की मदद भी हासिल हुई. ये सब मिल कर भी चलते पुर्ज़ों को सबक़ सीखा पाए कि नहीं? ये बता रहें हैं "वेद प्रकाश शर्मा"! सुनिए उनकी इस नायाब कृति को और अनुभव कीजिए जादुई लेखन और आवाज़ के मेल को!

यह उपन्यास असली खिलाड़ी उनके चर्चित उपन्यासों में से एक है. इसका हर पन्ना कुछ ऐसे राज़ खोलता है, जो कि उपन्यास के किरादारों में हमारी रूचि को और बढ़ाते हैं. ऑडियोबुक में रूप इस उपन्यास का आना उन सभी के लिए तोहफ़ा है जो उपन्यासों के लिए अपने दिल में ख़ास जगह रखते हैं.

As a woman of the Lakota Indian tribe, Macha has often been encouraged to mingle with the townsfolk of Daisy Creek. That was how she came to know Mr. Dennis Forks, the town's new blacksmith who settled in Daisy Creek some months ago. Ever since she first saw him, Macha has found herself drawn to Dennis.

In 1903, over 300 Indian children from across America lived at the Fort Shaw Indian Boarding School in a remote, isolated valley in Montana. Among the children were a handful of teenage girls, many who had only lived in tepees. They quickly learned to play basketball and resoundingly crushed all opponents, including men's and women's university teams. After the games, the girls recited Shelley and Longfellow, played mandolins and violins, sang, danced, and pantomimed.

Haunted by salacious rumors about her family, Juhi Raina grew up straddling two worlds, the traditional Indian and the modern American. After a bad break-up, all she wants is a no-strings-attached fling. But heir-turned-photographer Connor Riley is more than she bargained for. Connor shuns his family’s wealth and abhors all form of pretense. His intense attraction to the down-to-earth Juhi threatens to convert the fling into something more serious neither is prepared for. But the past unravels, revealing secrets about Juhi's family that may be best left unopened. Book 2 of the Wellington ...

Siddhartha is a novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with a spiritual journey of self-discovery during the time of the Gautam Buddha. Throughtout the story, Hesse conveys a profound message for everyone who seeks meaning in their lives. The setting is India, but the concerns of Siddhartha are about the connection between mind, body, and spirit as universal. He goes through many changes during the course of the book, and each new life experience brings a new awakening, and brings him closer to the truth.