Indian Literature

When Vipasha, Vee to friends, 18 and single, makes the decision to have her baby, she does more than give up her promising modelling career. She ends up cutting ties with her family and with Ankush, the man she thought she was in love with. Fast-forward 16 years, and she now has two unusual careers: she runs a dog-boarding facility and is a gym instructor. Aryan thinks she is the coolest mom in the world and hopes she will one day find her Prince Charming - exactly what her best friend, Suchi, has in mind for her.

After three weeks of vacation, Ash Mistry is ready to leave the heat and dust of India behind him. Then he discovers a gleaming gold arrowhead hidden in the sands - a weapon used to defeat evil King Ravana in legend. At least, Ash is pretty sure it's only a legend… But when Lord Alexander Savage comes after Ash, the legends are suddenly way too real. Savage commands an army of monstrous shape changers called rakshasas, who want only to seize the arrowhead and restore Ravana to power.

Discover the endless fascination of Indian culture with five tales, selected for you for their power of evocation, wisdom and humor. "The Alligator and the Jackal" is a tale of wit and cleverness, about which will defeat the other. "Singh Rajah and the Cunning Little Jackals" is another example of how cleverness can overcome even the most powerful. "The Farmer and the Money-Lender" shows the eternal struggle between class, and a way to trick the tricker; "Who Killed the Otter's Babies?" will bring you deep reflections about causality and responsibility; and Tit for Tat is a powerful lesson about the dangers of habits.

As the eldest daughter of an English earl and his Indian mistress, Lila Marleigh knows what it’s like to be an outsider from “polite” society. As children, she and her sisters were wrenched from their home and sent to England, never quite accepted by those who claimed to care for them. Now Lila has set herself up as hostess of an exclusive gaming club, charming the ton that flocks to her establishment each night, though it shuns her by day.

Handsome anesthesiologist Neel is sure he can resist his family’s pleas that he marry a "good" Indian girl. With a girlfriend and a career back in San Francisco, the last thing Neel needs is an arranged marriage. But that’s precisely what he gets. His bride, Leila, a 30-year-old teacher, comes with her own complications. They struggle to reconcile their own desires with others’ expectations in this story of two people, two countries, and two ways of life that may be more compatible than they seem.

It’s 1753, and troubling news comes to Russell’s Ridge. Susanna Russell longs to escape her valley home. When war breaks out, she gets her wish to study in fabulous Williamsburg. But she realizes she’s lost something important along the way. Something - and someone. James Paxton is studying for the ministry. But when violence threatens the valley, his path becomes clouded. What is God’s will for his life? The answer is alarming - and impossible.

Kalki Hari arrives at Indragarh to find out that his brother has been taken prisoner, his beloved is about to be butchered and the city is embroiled in a ghastly war with the Naga queen and Dakshini king. Armed with a mighty sword forged by a god, he fights to take the city back from his nemesis, the evil Kali. But the Avatar of Vishnu is at a crossroads. It is his destiny to fight the last battle with Adharm and obliterate evil from this world. However, he has stumbled upon a terrible truth over the course of his journey ... a truth that may change everything.

Discover three classic short stories for kids and children of all ages, taken from the myths and legends of Native American Indians: "The Maiden who loved a Fish"; "The White Canoe"; "The Star Wife". We are in dire need for a greater understanding of Native American cultures, and these stories provide the food for thought necessary for greater proximity.

Jack Lark, once the Scarlet Thief, has fought hard for his freedom. But will he risk it all to do the right thing? Bombay, 1857. India is simmering with discontent, and Jack Lark, honourably discharged from the British army, aims to take the first ship back to England. But before he leaves, he cannot resist the adventure of helping a young woman escape imprisonment in a gaming house. He promises to escort Aamira home, but they arrive in Delhi just as the Indian Mutiny explodes.

What do Indian shoes look like, anyway? Like beautiful beaded moccasins... or hightops with bright orange shoelaces? Ray Halfmoon prefers hightops, but he gladly trades them for a nice pair of moccasins for his grampa. After all, it's Grampa Halfmoon who's always there to help Ray get in and out of scrapes—like the time they teamed up to pet sit for the whole block during a holiday blizzard!

ಪ್ರಖ್ಯಾತ ಲೇಖಕರಾದ ಎಸ್. ಎಲ್. ಭೈರಪ್ಪನವರ 'ಕವಲು' ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯು ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ದಿನಮಾನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮಹಿಳಾ ಪರ ಕಾನೂನುಗಳ ದುರುಪಯೋಗ, ಮಹಿಳಾ ಮಣಿಗಳ ಹೋರಾಟದ ರೀತಿ, ಆಧುನಿಕ ಮಹಿಳಾವಾದದ ಕಾರಣ ಛಿದ್ರವಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವ ಭಾರತೀಯ ಕೌಟುಂಬಿಕ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಕವಲಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮನಸ್ಸಿಗೆ ನಾಟುವಂತೆ ಚಿತ್ರಿತವಾಗಿದೆ. ಮುಖ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಎರಡು ಮಧ್ಯಮ ವರ್ಗದ ಉನ್ನತ ಕೆಲಸದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಕುಟುಂಬಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಉಂಟಾಗುವ ತಲ್ಲಣಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಕವಲಿನಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಸ್ತೃತವಾಗಿ ಚಿತ್ರಿತವಾಗಿದೆ. ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಪಾತ್ರಧಾರಿಯಾದ ಜಯಕುಮಾರ ಸ್ವಂತ ಪರಿಶ್ರಮದಿಂದ ಕಂಪನಿ ಕಟ್ಟಿ ಬೆಳಸಿದ ಸಾಹಸಿ. ಮುಖ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಎರಡು ಮಧ್ಯಮ ವರ್ಗದ ಉನ್ನತ ಕೆಲಸದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಕುಟುಂಬಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಉಂಟಾಗುವ ತಲ್ಲಣಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಕವಲಿನಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಸ್ತೃತವಾಗಿ ಚಿತ್ರಿತವಾಗಿದೆ.

अधिकतर लोग सत्यजित रे को एक फिल्म निर्देशक के रूप में ही जानते हैं, पर वे उच्चकोटि के कथाकार भी थे। उनकी कहानियों में भारतीय समाज के सभी रूप उभरकर आए हैं। प्रस्तुत संग्रह की कहानियाँ न केवल मनोरंजक हैं, बल्कि पाठकों के मन को उद्वेलित करनेवाली हैं|

Charles Alexander Eastman (1858-1939) was a Santee Dakota physician, writer, national lecturer, and reformer. Indian Boyhood (1902) is a recollection of Eastman's earliest childhood memories up to the age of 15. He describes the traditional ways in which the tribe governed itself - a police force, hunting and warrior scouts, and the tribal council. The book includes family and tribal legends of adventure, bravery, and nature that he heard in the lodge of the tribe historian.

Meet the residents of Gammage, New York, a town on the verge of declaring bankruptcy, when inspiration strikes. Why not go native, and open a casino? With Not Enough Indians, actor, writer, producer, and former Saturday Night Live cast member Harry Shearer joins the ranks of such comedian/authors as Steve Martin and Michael Palin with a brilliantly funny, whip-smart satire of greed, collusion, distrust, and betrayal in the halls of Washington and the casinos of Native America.

दिव्य प्रकाश दुबे की ये 16 कहानियाँ, अलग-अलग शहरों में रहने वाले आम और ख़ास दोनों तरह के लोगों को नए शेड में दिखाने की कोशिश करती हैं। वे लोग, जो अपनी आधी-अधूरी हसरतों के साथ भी पूरे हैं।

Meet Aniket. Twenty-seven, techie, Mr. Average. His best friend is Subbu, a nerd who breathes, thinks and lives code. Aniket cannot believe his luck when he starts dating Trish - a stunning, sexy model who is totally out of his league. But Trish has a list of things she wants him to work on, beginning with his potbelly and his geekiness.

It’s a New Jersey summer in 1967, and thirteen-year-old Ravi Ramanathan has the makings of a tennis prodigy. His surgeon father encourages his ambition, while his mother dreams of their only child following his father’s path. Surrounded by his parents’ love, Ravi chafes a bit at their daily routines and little traditions. Then one unexpected day, everything changes. Realizing how much he took for granted, Ravi must grow up overnight and find a new role in the life of his family.

New York City, 1972. Jaryk Smith, a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto, and Lucy Gardner, a southerner, newly arrived in the city, are in the first bloom of love when they receive word that Jaryk's oldest friend has died under mysterious circumstances in a rural village in eastern India. Traveling there alone to collect his friend's ashes, Jaryk soon finds himself enmeshed in the chaos of local politics and efforts to stage a play in protest against the government—the same play that he performed as a child in Warsaw as an act of resistance against the Nazis.

મહાભારતના સૌથી જ્ઞાની છતાં ઉપેક્ષિત મહાપુરુષ વિદુરની કથા

Twenty years ago, a childhood tragedy drove six friends apart. But when one of them is found dead in the historic, wooded ruins of the New England settlement known as Dogtown, old acquaintances find themselves drawn together. Now they must work together to solve the meaning behind a message written in blood, a series of attacks, and the mysterious quills that seem to tie them all together. But time is quickly running out.