Indian Literature

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.

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.

Written by a former election campaign consultant for a major political party, How to Win an Indian Election takes listeners into the forbidden world of election war-rooms and gives them a glimpse of how strategy is formulated, what works with voters on the ground and what doesn't. Based on research, interviews and the author's own experiences, this book is invaluable for its insight into the inner workings of politics, political parties and what really makes for a winning election campaign.

Max Novak has become a recluse since losing his wife in a freak accident. When a high tension power line threatens his mountain hideaway he gets involved and is determined to fight the eminent domain law that seems to have the power company winning the fight hands down. But through a series of blunders on the part of the power company, there is the possibility of a happy ending for Max, and his newfound friends and supporters.

The story of Jackson Slade, Soldier, Drifter, Indian fighter. Jackson's life spans many more years the it should because of an accidental discovery of a mysterious portal to another world and the further discovery of an even more mysterious cave with a glowing pool of water. Come ride with Slade as he fights, lives and loves across the many years.

This epic narrative poem focuses on the days after the end of the Civil War through the fall of 1877, describing the leaders and events of the Indian Wars, including Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Dull Knife, Spotted Tail, the Fetterman Massacre, the Wagon Box Incident, and the Battle of Little Big Horn.

Un accidente de moto, un transplante de corazón y la vida de Lucas dará un giro maravilloso e inesperado.....El accidente de Lucas con la moto que le acaban de regalar, aunque casi le cuesta la vida, le va a meter de lleno en un nuevo mundo de sensaciones increibles, en el que rodeado de un grupo de nuevos amigos, y con la ayuda de Oriana, tendrá que asumir la responsabilidad de buscar el símbolo que puede salvar a una raza que está a punto de desaparecer y para ello será fundamental que consiga la plena comunión con la naturaleza.

ഭാരതീയ കവികളിൽ ഉന്നതശീർഷനായി നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു മഹാകവി കാളിദാസൻ. കാളിദാസകൃതികളിൽ ഭാവനാപരമായ പൂർണ്ണതകൊണ്ടും ഉജ്ജ്വലമായ ലാവണ്യം കൊണ്ടും ഔന്നത്യമേറെയുള്ള ലഘുകാവ്യമാണ് മേഘസന്ദേശം. സന്ദേശകാവ്യപ്രസ്ഥാനമെന്ന കാവ്യശാഖയ്ക്ക് തുടക്കമിട്ട കൃതി എന്ന നിലയിലും ശ്രദ്ധേയമാണ് മേഘസന്ദേശം. അളകാപുരിയിൽ നിന്നും ബഹിഷ്കൃതനായി വിന്ധ്യാപർവ്വതത്തിൽ ജീവിക്കാൻ വിധിക്കപ്പെട്ട ഒരു യക്ഷനാണ് ഈ സന്ദേശകാവ്യത്തിലെ നായകൻ. പ്രിയജനവിരഹത്താൽ ദുഃഖിതനായിത്തീർന്ന യക്ഷൻ ആഷാഢമാസമേഘത്തിന്റെ കൈവശം കൊടുത്തയയ്ക്കുന്ന സന്ദേശവും പ്രണയിനിയുടെ അടുത്തെത്താനുള്ള മാർഗ്ഗനിർദ്ദേശവും മറ്റുമാണ് കാവ്യവിഷയം.

ಕಾರ್ನಾಡ್ ಅವರ ಈ ಹೊಸ ನಾಟಕವು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಸಂಸ್ಥಾಪನೆಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಉಲ್ಲೇಖವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ, ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ 11 ನೇ ಶತಮಾನದ ರಾಜನನ್ನು ಒಬ್ಬ ವೃದ್ಧೆ ಬೇಯಿಸಿದ ಹುರುಳಿಕಾಳನ್ನು ಉಳಿಸಿದಳು. ಕೃತಜ್ಞರಾಗಿರುವ ರಾಜನು ಆ ಸ್ಥಳಕ್ಕೆ 'ಬೆಂದಕಾಳೂರು' ಎಂದು ಹೆಸರಿಸಲು ಬಯಸಿದನು, ಬೇಯಿಸಿದ ಬೀನ್ಸ್ ಸ್ಥಳ, ಇದು ಆತಿಥ್ಯವನ್ನು ಸಂಕೇತಿಸುತ್ತದೆ ಮತ್ತು ದಣಿದ ಪ್ರಯಾಣಿಕರನ್ನು ಸ್ವಾಗತಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಆದಾಗ್ಯೂ, ಕಾಲಾನಂತರದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಸ್ಥಳವು ಭಾರತದ 'ಸಿಲಿಕಾನ್ ವ್ಯಾಲಿ' ಆಗಿರುವ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಾಗಿ ಹೊರಹೊಮ್ಮಿದೆ. ನಾಟಕವು ಈ ನಿರಾಕಾರ ನಗರ ಮತ್ತು ಕಳೆದ ಎರಡು ದಶಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅದರ ಅಪಾರ ಬೆಳವಣಿಗೆಯನ್ನು ಅದರ ವಿಷಯವನ್ನಾಗಿಸಿದೆ.

ಗಿರೀಶ ಕಾರ್ನಾಡ ಅವರು ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ-ಪೌರಾಣಿಕ ಕತೆಗಳನ್ನು ಆಧರಿಸಿ ನಾಟಕ ಬರೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ ಎಂಬ ಆರೋಪ ಸರ್ವೇಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ. ಕಾರ್ನಾಡರ 'ಅಂಜುಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ' ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಅಪವಾದದಂತಿದೆ. ಇದೊಂದು ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಕಥಾವಸ್ತು ಉಳ್ಳ ನಾಟಕ. ನಾಟಕೀಯ ಅಂಶಗಳು ಈ ಕೃತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇವೆ. ಆದರೆ, ರಂಗದ ಮೇಲೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಈ ನಾಟಕ ಯಶಸ್ಸು ಕಾಣಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಓದು ನಾಟಕವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಿಯವಾಗುತ್ತದೆಯಾದರೂ ಗಾಢವಾಗಿ ತಟ್ಟುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.