Indian Literature

A treasury of imaginative tales including: the Algonquin story of how Glooskap conquered the Great Bull-Frog; "The Meeting of the Wild Animals", a Tsimshian myth; "The Bear Man", a Cherokee legend; and more.

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.

‘Ram’s story as a metaphor for human strengths and weaknesses and as a window to inner divinity’—Tehelka / Ram is maryada purushottam, the supreme upholder of social values, scion of the Raghu clan, jewel of the solar dynasty, seventh avatar of Vishnu. Reviled by feminists, appropriated...

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.

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.

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.

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.

Lew's skill with firearms gets him a job as a hunter with a trader heading onto the prairies to barter with the Indians. There he meets young Chuck Morris, and together they take on a Cheyenne attack party. Finding shelter in a Sioux village, they absorb the native culture. Lew comes to know the great Sioux chieftains, becoming blood brothers with Sitting Wolf, while Chuck marries the beautiful maiden Zintcallasappa.

The story involves a huge diamond, the moonstone, originally stolen from an Indian shrine. The gem is given to an English girl on her 18th birthday but disappears that same night. What follows is a spellbinding mystery that to this day has the power to draw the listener into its world of danger, suspense, and surprise.

By 1873, the great buffalo herds have been all but wiped out, and the hide hunters are looking for other work. So when Gage Jameson hears of one remaining herd, he sees a final opportunity to make a huge profit. But to find the buffalo, he will have to take his line of wagons deep into Comanche territory, where death lurks behind every rock.

In this moving middle-grade novel drawing upon Umpqua author Charlene Willing McManis's own tribal history, Regina must find out: Who is Regina Petit? Is she Indian? Is she American? And will she and her family ever be okay?

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.

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.

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.

சிறுகதை, குறுநாவல், நாவல், பயணக் கட்டுரை, வாழ்க்கைச் சரிதம், சிறுவர் கதை - என்று இலக்கியத்தின் பல பிரிவுகளிலும் பங்களிப்பு செய்துள்ள சிவசங்கரி (பிறப்பு: 14-10-1942), அமெரிக்காவிலுள்ள அயோவா மாநிலத்தில் நடைபெற்ற சர்வதேச எழுத்தாளர் முகாமில் 1986-ஆம் ஆண்டில் பங்கு பெற்றவர். இவரது படைப்புகள், எம்.ஃபில் மற்றும் பி.எச்.டி. பட்டங்களுக்காக மாணவர்களால் ஆய்வு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளதோடு, பல நூல்கள் பல்கலைக்கழகங்களில் பாடநூல்களாகவும் வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.

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.

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.

Mabel percaya takdir akan berakhir buruk jika kita tidak menjaga langkah, apalagi bagi perempuan seperti dirinya. Tapi Mace, sang menantu, belum bisa melupakan trauma masa lalu. Sementara Leksi, cucu kesayangan Mabel, masih suka semaunya sendiri. Beruntung ada Pum dan Kwee yang bisa diandalkan. Bersama keduanya, si kecil Leksi belajar menjalani hidup yang keras di Tanah Tabu. Dan, pada kita semua, Mabel berpesan, "Kita harus tetap kuat… Jangan menyerah. Terus berjuang demi anak-cucu kita. Mereka harus mendapatkan kehidupan yang lebih baik."