Indian Literature

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.

The shocking and brutal murder of a young American woman rips apart the peace of the ancient city of Benares. Hawa Singh, a senior inspector from the Delhi crime branch on a visit to Benares, gets embroiled in the case. He finds that the murdered woman had been researching the Bhrigu-Samhita, an astrological classic dating back to pre-Vedic times, its original manuscript believed to be lost. The FBI sends in Ruby Malik, a Pakistani American to investigate the murder.

As the Revolutionary war draws to an end, the violence on the frontier only accelerates. The infamous Girty brothers incite Indians to a number to massacres, but when the Village of Peace, a Christian utopian settlement is destroyed, the settlers know they will have to hunt them down.

A Chandrapore, nell'India stretta sotto la morsa del colonialismo, si fronteggiano l'islam, "un atteggiamento verso la vita squisito e durevole", la burocrazia britannica, "invadente e sgradevole come il sole", e "un pugno di fiacchi indù", in una silenziosa guerra fredda. Fino a quando l'arrivo di una giovane turista inglese non viene a incrinare il fragile equilibrio. Perché Adela Quested, con stupore del clan dei sahib bianchi, non si accontenta dei circoli e delle visite ufficiali: vuole conoscere "la vera India", e trova la guida indigena perfetta nel mite e ospitale Aziz.

It doesn’t take long for ambitious freshman and aspiring engineer Jessie Ahuja to learn about two university legends. One is the haunted history of Davidson Tower, where more than fifty years ago, two ill-fated lovers disappeared in a devastating fire. The other is Ravi Kumar, a privileged billionaire nepo baby who’s aggravatingly charming and occupying more brain space than Jessie has room for. Things change when a campus prank locks them both in the old tower’s ghostly library.

Major Connor MacKinnon despises his commander, Lord William Wentworth, beyond all other men. Ordered to rescue Wentworth's niece after the Shawnee take her captive, he expects Lady Sarah Woodville to be every bit as contemptible as her uncle. Instead, he finds a brave and beautiful lass in desperate peril. But the only way to free Sarah is for Connor to defeat the Shawnee warrior who kidnapped her - and claim her himself.

First published in 1970 and long out of print, The Indians Won is a stunning work of speculative fiction that imagines that, following the defeat of Custer and Benteen at the Little Bighorn in 1876, the many Indigenous tribes of America formed an alliance to sweep the whites out of the center of the country and form a new nation, bounded on both coasts by the United States. One hundred years later the two nations, having taken very different paths toward stewardship of the land and resources, are on the brink of war again.

The Civil War: Caught up in the drama and intrigue of a nation torn apart - The Indian Nation - Chief Ross's spy, Jessie Longbow, and Ross's beautiful and intelligent niece, Raven Ross, a reporter for the Tahlequah Voice, try to maintain a romance that they believe is bigger and stronger than the turmoil of war. This means love amid wartime in the Trans-Mississsippi theater of war which history has long ignored. This novel does for the Native Americans of the Five Civilized Tribes what Glory did for Black Union soldiers.

Diez personas sin relación alguna entre sí son reunidas en un misterioso islote de la costa inglesa por un tal Sr. Owen, propietario de una lujosa mansión a la par que perfecto desconocido para todos sus invitados. Tras la primera cena, y sin haber conocido aún a su anfitrión, los diez comensales son acusados mediante una grabación de haber cometido un crimen en el pasado. Uno por uno, a partir de ese momento, son asesinados sin explicación ni motivo aparente. Sólo una vieja canción infantil parece encerrar el misterio de una creciente pesadilla.

The sixth book in the Charles Bloom Murder Mystery series… In 1961, two Navajo boys must bet each other’s lives - and risk their most prized possessions - to escape the wrath of the sadistic headmaster of a Gallup Indian boarding school. The white devil and his spawn will stop at nothing - not even murder - to acquire the objects of their desire. Fifty years later, a brush with death draws Rachael Yellowhorse and Charles Bloom back to the Navajo reservation, where they unwittingly stumble on a decades-old secret of child abuse and stolen heirlooms.

It is 1757, the third year of the French and Indian War. Deep in the forests of New York State, the brave woodsman Hawkeye and his loyal Mohican friends become involved in the bloody French and Indian War. Hawkeye, a colonial scout, Chingachgook, the Mohican chief, and Uncas, his son, risk their lives to guide two English sisters through hostile territory and evade the evil Huron chief, Magua, who is determined to destroy them. The thrilling events that lead to the final tragic confrontation between rival war parties create an unforgettable, spine-tingling picture of life on the frontier.

When perpetual bachelor Gunder Jomann goes to India for two weeks and comes home married, the town of Elvestad is stunned. On the day the Indian bride is supposed to arrive, the battered body of a woman is found in a meadow on the outskirts of town. None of the "good people of Elvestad" can believe that anyone among them would be capable of such a brutal murder. But in his quiet, formal way, Inspector Konrad Sejer understands that good people can commit atrocious deeds, and that no one is altogether innocent.

Robert Benjamin Lewis (1802 - 1858) was an African American and Native American author, inventor, and entrepreneur. In the ethnological work Light and Truth, Lewis claims that Adam and Eve were people of color, as were the Egyptians and many great figures of the ancient world, including Julius Caesar and Plato. Denouncing notions of white superiority, he asserts that all humans have a common origin, and pointed to a shared cultural history between Africans and Native Americans.

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.

பூத தேவதைகளும் பிசாசுகளும் உண்டா இல்லையா என்ற பிரச்னை கதாசிரியான எனக்கு தேவையில்லை. பல இடங்களிலிருந்து சேகரிக்கபட்ட செய்திகள். இந்த நாவலில் சொல்லி இருக்கிறேன். சங்காரெட்டி என்ற இடத்தில் சூனியம் வைப்பவனைப் போட்டோ எடுக்கப் போய் அவனிடமிருந்து நான் தப்பிப் பிழைத்தது பெரிய விஷயம்.

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.

Una casa nella vecchia Delhi, due sorelle che si ritrovano dopo anni di separazione e fanno i conti con il passato. Sullo sfondo, la storia dell'India prima e dopo l'Indipendenza, i cambiamenti radicali e le tradizioni immutabili. Ma al centro di tutto rimangono la casa decrepita, il vialetto delle rose, e la quiete carica di tensione della chiara luce del giorno.

Vito pergi meninggalkan ayahnya. Melangkah bersama air mata. Beranjak bersama bahagia bercampur luka. Pertemuan itu nyata, tetapi bahagia tetaplah fiksi. Vino lelah melawan rindu. Dia bisa mengerti bahwa Vito untuk ibu, Vino untuk ayah. Namun sulit untuk dia pahami bahwa rindu yang dibagi tak boleh bersisa luka. Si kembar Vito dan Vino harus terpisah karena perceraian orang tua. Dari jauh mereka didera rindu, jauh lebih deru dari angin dendam yang menari di Danau Sidenreng.

കഥ ചില സാഹിത്യകാരന്മാർ പറയുന്നു, വായനക്കാരെ വിനോദിപ്പിക്കുവാൻ വേണ്ടിയാണ് അവർ എഴുതുന്നെതന്ന്. വിനോദിപ്പിക്കുന്ന ജോലി എനിക്കുള്ളതല്ല. അതു 'ബഫൂൺ' മാർക്കുള്ളതാണ്. അവർ ആ ജോലി നിർവ്വഹിച്ചുകൊള്ളട്ടെ. മറ്റു ചില സാഹിത്യകാരന്മാർ പറയുന്നു, തത്ത്വസംഹിതകൾ പ്രചരിപ്പിക്കുവാൻവേണ്ടിയാണ് അവർ എഴുതുന്നെതന്ന്. ഞാൻ ഒരു തത്ത്വസംഹിതയുടെയും പ്രചാരകനല്ല. നിത്യപച്ചയായ ജീവിതവൃക്ഷത്തിൽ ഓരോ കാലഘട്ടത്തിൽ ഉണ്ടാകുന്ന കായ്കളാണ് തത്ത്വശാസ്ത്രങ്ങളെന്നും അവയെല്ലാം പഴുത്തു കൊഴിഞ്ഞുപോകുമെന്നും ഞാൻ വിശ്വസിക്കുന്നു.

'ચિત્રલેખા'માં ધારાવાહિક સ્વરૂપે પ્રકાશિત આ નવલકથા પુસ્તકસ્વરૂપે સન 2000માં પ્રકાશિત થઈ. તેને ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ અને ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય અકાદમી બન્ને દ્વારા 'વર્ષની શ્રેષ્ઠ નવલકથા' ઘોષિત કરવામાં આવી.