Indian Literature

In Indian Country: Missing. Two young Lakota women, Anya Fast Runner and Veronica Likes Pretty Dresses, have gone missing, one reported missing on the reservation and the other in the county, Mike taking the report himself. Both cases are obviously related and both ladies were last seen with his old nemesis Raymond Angry Boy Whitecloud.

We think of love stories as those that end in happily-ever-after. But thousands of years ago, in ancient India, love was understood in a different way—as one of the four aims of life, as a means for spiritual growth, as a celebration of the play of the Divine. As something profound, beautiful, and sometimes elusive.

16-year-old Charles Dobbs returned from hunting to find the family farm has been attacked by Indians, their home burned to the ground. His father’s tortured body lies tied to a wagon, and his mother is dying. The agony they have suffered makes a deep impression on Charlie’s young mind, one that would haunt him for many years to come. In this adventure, he becomes a man as he interacts with different tribes, builds lasting friendships...and even longer-lasting enemies.

Charles Eastman is unique among Indian writers, whether storytellers or oral historians. He was raised traditionally, as a Woodland Sioux, by his grandmother, from 1858 to 1874, until he was 15. He thus gained a thorough first-hand knowledge of the lifeways, language, culture, and oral history. His father (thought to have been hanged at Mankato, Minnesota) reappeared and insisted he receive the white man's education.

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.

In Shashi Tharoor’s satirical masterpiece, the story of the Mahabharata is retold as recent Indian history, and renowned political personalities begin to resemble characters from the Mahabharata—all of whom have a curious and ambiguous relationship with Draupadi Mokrasi (D. Mokrasi for short) . . . Brimming with incisive wit and as enjoyable a listen as it is cerebrally stimulating, The Great Indian Novel brilliantly retells reality as myth.

முதல் உலகப்போரின் ஆரம்பத்தில் சென்னை மீது குண்டு போட்ட எம்டன் எனும் ஜெர்மானிய போர்க்கப்பல், அதிக கால அவகாசமிருந்தும் பத்தே நிமிடம் குண்டுகள் போட்டு ஏன் ஓடிவிட்டது என்பதையும் அந்தக் கப்பல் அந்தக் கால கட்டத்தில் சகல வல்லமையுள்ள பிரித்தானிய அரசாங்கத்தை எப்படியெல்லாம் ஆட்டி வைத்தது என்பதையும், அதே சமயத்தில் ஏதோ ஒரு வகையில் சோழமன்னன் ராஜராஜசோழனோடு இந்தக் கப்பல் எந்த விதத்தில் சம்பந்தப்படுகிறது என்பதையும் கடலிலும் நிலத்திலும் மாறி மாறி நடைபெறும் நிகழ்ச்சிகளையும் சுவாரசியமாக விவரிக்கிறது இந்தக் கதை.

Millie Sloan and her family have spent their lives toiling at the hands of others. When she and her brother, Buck, get an opportunity to start a new life in Wyoming Territory, they head west to the vast and open frontier. They arrive only to discover that someone from Millie's past is waiting there for her. This time, Millie vows not to allow her heart to be torn in two.

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.

From Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling to Satyajit Ray and R. K. Narayan, this text is a collection of spine-chilling tales of the supernatural from India.

Luka-Jhanki, by Darpan Sah, is an anthology of anti-poems! The poet’s works are deeply philosophical and evocatively esoteric in nature, they arouse the listener’s most intense emotions. Darpan Sah’s poetry guides you only halfway to an ontological understanding of his poems. You will find yourself left alone at the right point of time to ponder the bigger questions of life all by yourself and to interpret each piece of his poetry in your own way.

Gautam Rajrishi - a name that has emerged as a refreshing change in modern poetry of Hindi literature. Who would have imagined that a serving colonel of Indian army would introduce us to a new style of Ghazals? And that is precisely what he does, with ease and panache...dismantling all the stereotyped images we have harbored in our minds. He picks up his words from our daily life, giving them a sublime bliss that we have never seen before in Ghazals.

Khair Chhodo is a niche collection of poems written by Vishwa Deepak. In this book, the poet has tried to include poems on various emotions like love, valor, revolution, family relations, etc. The metaphors and similes used in his poems are refreshingly new, and the abstract references used by him in some places enchant you. But the real treat for the listener will be the introduction of a relatively new genre called Triveni.

Left destitute and alone with her mother after her father abandoned them, Erin Saddler is shocked when she learns her mother has arranged for her to be a mail order bride to a Mr. Rich McNettle. But they are out of money, and marriage is their last chance for a stable life. So Erin agrees to travel west to wed this man she's never met. But when a stagecoach accident and a brave man step in to her destiny, she begins to believe that God has other plans for her.

Naomi Jackson made a mistake. Born in the tumultuous years following the American Revolution, she embraced change, excitement, and adventure. So, when the devil Bill Williams swaggered into town, she launched into his arms, determined that her love for him could overcome all obstacles. It couldn't. Now, she has two young children, a life of misery, and a hopeless, desperate desire to escape.

ഇതിലെ നോവലെറ്റുകള്‍; ഒരു കഥയുടെ വിവിധ സാധ്യതകളിലേക്കാ ണിവ നീളുന്നതെന്ന് ഞാനറിയുന്നു. കാമം, മോഹം, ദുര, ലജ്ജാകരവും വന്യവുമായ നെട്ടോട്ടങ്ങള്‍, അവയ്ക്കുള്ളിലെ കാഴ്ചകള്‍. അതില്‍ തൊട്ടു നിന്ന് നമുക്കിടയിലെ പനിച്ചൂടിനെപ്പറ്റി വേവലാതിയോടെ ചില കാര്യങ്ങള്‍. ഒരേ സമ്പ്രദായങ്ങളും നിലനില്പിനുള്ള കാട്ടായങ്ങളുമാണ് ഇതിലെ മനുഷ്യര്‍ക്കെ ല്ലാം. അപ്പോള്‍ സാദൃശ്യം വരിക സ്വാഭാവികം.

A surgeon flees a scandal in the city and accepts a job at a village clinic. He buys antibiotics out of pocket, squashes roaches, and chafes at the interventions of the corrupt officer who oversees his work. But his outlook on life changes one night when a teacher, his pregnant wife, and their young son appear. Killed in a violent robbery, they tell the surgeon that they have been offered a second chance at living if the surgeon can mend their wounds before sunrise.

मूल होत नाही म्हणून चारी बाजूंनी हिणवल्या जाणाऱ्या तिनं घेतला एक कठीण निर्णय. काय होता तो निर्णय आणि काय घडलं त्यानंतर तिच्या आयुष्यात? नक्की ऐका, सुहास शिरवळकरलिखित एक विस्मय-थरारक कादंबरी 'माध्यम' अनुपमा ताकमोगे यांच्या आवाजात…

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!

In September 1873, Elizabeth Coughlin, a widow bankrupted by her husband's folly and death, embarks on a buffalo hunt with her estranged and mysterious brother-in-law, Michael. With no money, no family, no job or security, she hopes to salvage something of her former life and the lives of the hired men and their families who depend on her. The buffalo hunt that her husband had planned, she now realizes, was his last hope for saving their land.