Indian Literature

Yarn-spinner Nofziger is at the top of his form in this fast-paced adventure from the American frontier. Falsely accused of cattle-rustling upon arriving in Montana, Tackett is rescued by a comely Sioux maiden, only to find himself in constant danger from a vicious cattleman bent on revenge.

Lena Sharma is a successful San Francisco restaurateur. An immigrant, she’s cultivated an image of conservatism and tradition in her close-knit Indian community. But when Lena’s carefully constructed world begins to crumble, her ties to her daughter, Maya, and son, Sameer - both raised in thoroughly modern California - slip further away.

Recently widowed Sue North leaves her stately Vermont home to work with her daughter and son-in-law caring for orphans near Apache Pointe, Arizona. The last thing Sue wants in her peaceful new life is to catch the eye of another man. But then, in one jaw-dropping moment, suave attorney Brian Campton saunters into her path. After dealing with her husband’s abuse, can she find the courage or desire to begin a relationship with someone as serious-minded as Brian?

Vinod Kumar Shukla's Blue Is Like Blue, translated from Hindi by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra and Sara Rai, has been awarded The Inaugural Mathrubhumi Book of Year Award 2020. It is also the Winner of the Atta Galatta–Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize 2019. Blue is like blue is a short story collection by Vinod Kumar Shukla. Renowned for bringing the marvellous to the ordinary, Vinod Kumar Shukla has long been recognized as one of India's foremost writers, with a voice uniquely his own.

ನನ್ನ ಮೊದಲನೇ ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಕಾಡು ಹಾದಿಯ ಜಾಡು ಹತ್ತಿ ಎಂಬುದು ಒಂದು ರೀತಿಯ ಆಕಸ್ಮಿಕ ಕೃತಿ ಅಂತಲೇ ನನ್ನ ಭಾವನೆ. ಇದು ನನ್ನ ಪ್ರಥಮ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನವಾಗಿದ್ದರಿಂದ ದೊಡ್ಡ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಕಥೆಗಳನ್ನು ಯಾರೂ ಓದಲಾರರು ಹೀಗಾಗಿ ಪುಟ್ಟ ಕಥೆಗಳನ್ನೇ ಬರೆಯಬೇಕು ಎಂಬುದಷ್ಟೇ ತಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿತ್ತೇ ಹೊರತು, ಎಂಥಾ ಕಥೆಯನ್ನು ಬರೆಯಬೇಕೆಂಬ ಪೂರ್ವಾಲೋಚನೆ, ಸಿದ್ದತೆಯಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಹೀಗಾಗಿ ಅದರಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಕಥೆಗಳೂ ಸಂದರ್ಭಾನುಸಾರಕ್ಕೆ ತಕ್ಕಂತೆ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸಲ್ಪಂಟಂತವು. ನಾನು ಕಂಡು ಕೇಳಿ, ಅನುಭವಿಸಿದ ಘಟನೆಗಳನ್ನೇ ಪುಟ್ಟ ಪುಟ್ಟ ಕಥೆಗಳನ್ನಾಗಿ ಹೊಸೆದೆ, ಓದುಗರಿಗೆ ಕಥೆಗಳು ಹತ್ತಿರವಾದವು. ಅನುಭವದ ಕಥೆಗಳಾಗಿದ್ದರಿಂದಲೇ ಅವು ಓದುಗರಿಗೆ ಆಪ್ತವಾಗಿದ್ದು. ಕಾರಣ, ನನ್ನ ಅನುಭವಗಳು ಅವರವೂ ಆಗಿದ್ದವು.

হারবার্ট নবারুন ভট্টাচার্যের একটি বিখ্যাত বই। বইটি বাংলা সাহিত্যের একটি কালজয়ী রচনা। গল্পটি শুরু হয় একটা সুইসাইডের ঘটনা দিয়ে এবং মূল চরিত্র হারবার্ট সরকার নামে এক ভাগ্যহত যুবক মৃত ব্যক্তির আত্মাদের সাথে কথা বলতে পারে। সে প্রায়ই চিলেকোঠার ঘরে রবীন্দ্রনাথ, নেহেরু বা আরো অনেকের সাথেই কথা বলে।

সাহিত্য একাডেমী পুরস্কার প্রাপ্ত লেখিকা বাণী বসু কলকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় থেকে ইংরাজি সাহিত্যে উচ্চশিক্ষা লাভ করেন এবং বহুদিন যুক্ত ছিলেন অধ্যাপনার সঙ্গে। পরবর্তীকালে প্রতিষ্ঠিত লেখিকা হিসেবে খ্যাত বাণী বসু মহাভারত নিয়ে প্রচুর চর্চা করেন। মহাভারতের বিভিন্ন চরিত্রকে নিজস্ব দৃষ্টিভঙ্গী ও সহানুভূতির মোড়কে পাঠকের সামনে তুলে ধরেন। মহাভারতের রচয়ীতা কৃষ্ণ দ্বৈপায়ন ব্যাসের জীবন কাহিনী এক নতুন আঙ্গিকে পরিবেশন করেছেন তাঁর অন্যতম উপন্যাস "কৃষ্ণ"তে। ব্যাসদেবের জীবনের বিভিন্ন পর্ব.

দেখো, সবাই দেখো, এই আমি দুর্যোধন, যাঁরি পুত্র হই, আর যার রণকৌশলের প্রদর্শনেই ভ্যাবাচ্যাকা খেয়ে যাই না কেন, আমার এই ক্ষমতা।

বাণী বসু-র লেখা আরেক অনবদ্য উপন্যাস, কালিন্দী।

At twenty-one years old, Gia Kumari finally leaves the Delhi orphanage where she was raised. With few prospects for the future, she receives an unexpected invitation from a stranger named Sonia Shah in San Francisco: an internship at Sonia’s weddings and events company. Gia and America. It’s love at first sight as she navigates an unfamiliar but irresistible new world of firsts.

The daughter of proud Napa Valley hoteliers, Asha “Poppy” Patel chose a different line as a Paris perfumer, gifted with a nose for fragrances and business. Until her heightened sense of smell disappears. Her career in jeopardy, her world now muted, Poppy returns home. Maybe tending to her grandmother’s massive aromatic garden, where Poppy’s gift first flowered, will bring restorative hope. But when she arrives, Poppy discovers that the land upon which the beautiful garden once thrived has been uprooted and destroyed.

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.

'Indian-Australian' is not a one-size-fits-all descriptor. Given the depth and richness of diversity of the Indian subcontinent, it is fitting that its diaspora is similarly varied. Growing Up Indian in Australia reflects and celebrates this vibrant diversity. It features contributions from Australian-Indian writers, both established and emerging, who hail from a wide range of backgrounds, religions and experiences. This colorful, energetic anthology offers reflections on identity, culture, family, food and expectations, ultimately revealing deep truths about both Australian and Indian life.

From being Champion of Champions to one of the world's top cricket commentators to Team India's head coach, Ravi Shastri has an incomparable perspective when it comes to the game of cricket. In Stargazing: The Players in My Life, the legendary all-rounder looks back at the extraordinary talent he has encountered over the years.

In October 1863, Ian Steele, having taken on the identity of Captain Samuel Forbes, is fighting the Pashtun on the north-west frontier in India. Half a world away, the real Samuel Forbes is a lieutenant in the third New York Volunteers and is facing the Confederates at the Battle of Mission Ridge in Tennessee. Neither is aware their lives will change beyond recognition in the year to come. In London, Ella, the love of Ian's life, is unhappily married to Count Nikolai Kasatkin.

In an unknown year (either 1800, 1801, or 1802 according to the later recollection of his brother) was born Hannali Innominee of the Okla Hannali District of the Choctaw Nation. Hannali would be a big man and would almost exactly fill a century. Hannali was a farmer, a blacksmith, a boatbuilder, a ferryman, a distiller, a tanner, and the founder of an estate that was a town.

Nikhil is a passive landowner. His houseguest is Sandip, a headstrong anti-imperialist. Between them is Nikhil’s wife, Bimala, dutiful to her conventional husband yet drawn to the fiery independence and bold flirtations of the charismatic Sandip. As Bimala questions her role as a woman and the possibilities for her life outside marriage, the three undergo an emotional struggle that will change their lives forever—just as their country undergoes a radical upheaval of its own.

Eagles. Indians, Soldiers, and Cowboys is a work of historical fiction. During the Civil War, the state of Texas, and much of the Southwest Territories, struggled to protect their citizens from various hostile Indian Tribes. The war between the states created a power vacuum in 1861, when the US Army abandoned the state of Texas and moved its resources to the eastern front. The Confederacy, fighting an insane war to protect the institution of slavery, did not have the resources to address the Indian problem on a second front.

When brothers Taj and Sandip leave London to travel together across India, they meet holy men, yogis and the inventively scammed as well as those who bear witness to the tragedy of Bhopal. Together, they experience a rollercoaster of emotions and learn the true meaning of sorrow and joy – gaining some truly unique medical expertise along the way.

Famous novelist Rhys Carter loved to take long walks through his beech tree forest. It was relaxing, and the walks helped him think through the writer's block that oft times visited him while working on a novel. Today though, was different. This time he had been following the smell and sight of a stream of smoke coming from his woods. What had brought him here today was the need to find the source of the smoke. Where it led him was to something he had never seen before.