Man Whose Name Did Not Appear in the Census... and Other Stories

Man Whose Name Did Not Appear in the Census... and Other Stories PDF Author: Mulk Raj Anand
Publisher: Orient Paperbacks
ISBN: 8122206468
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 110

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'The volume is remarkable for the variety of its inspiration...' — Manchester Guardian, UK 'Anand's picture is real, comprehensive, and subtle, and the shifts in moods, from farce to comedy, from pathos to tragedy, and from the realistic to the poetic, are remarkable.' — V S Pritchett, British Literary Critic 'Anand is indeed adept in the art of spinning a yarn.' — Punjab Journal of English Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University

Man Whose Name Did Not Appear in the Census... and Other Stories

Man Whose Name Did Not Appear in the Census... and Other Stories PDF Author: Mulk Raj Anand
Publisher: Orient Paperbacks
ISBN: 8122206468
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 110

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'The volume is remarkable for the variety of its inspiration...' — Manchester Guardian, UK 'Anand's picture is real, comprehensive, and subtle, and the shifts in moods, from farce to comedy, from pathos to tragedy, and from the realistic to the poetic, are remarkable.' — V S Pritchett, British Literary Critic 'Anand is indeed adept in the art of spinning a yarn.' — Punjab Journal of English Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University

Lajwanti and Other Stories

Lajwanti and Other Stories PDF Author: Mulk Raj Anand
Publisher: Orient Paperbacks
ISBN: 9788122202342
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 124

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In Lajwanti, Mulk Raj Anand focuses on a woman's predicament and struggle to find an identity for herself. Frustrated by a rigid pattern of social relationships, gender bias, religious bigotry and her own petty human foibles, her abject condition serves as a metaphor for sacrifice and servility which forms the thematic heart of these stories.

A Handful of Rice

A Handful of Rice PDF Author: Kamala Markandaya
Publisher: Orient Paperbacks
ISBN: 9788122201352
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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A compulsively readable story of struggle for survival in a large modern city and how it demeans human life. Ravi, son of a peasant, joins in the general exodus to the city, and, floating through the indifferent streets, lands into the underworld of petty criminals. He falls in love with pretty Nalini, and marries her against all odds. She tries to change his way of life, but fate conspires against him...and the story moves to a memorable climax.

Things Have a Way of Working Out... and Other Stories

Things Have a Way of Working Out... and Other Stories PDF Author: Mulk Raj Anand
Publisher: Orient Paperbacks
ISBN: 8122206654
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130

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Mulk Raj Anand, novelist, short story writer, essayist and art critic, along with Raja Rao and R.K. Narayan, is frequently referred to as ‘founding father’ of Indo-English writing. He began his career by writing for T.S. Eliot’s Criterion and went on to win international fame with his heart-warming portraits of the Indian landscape and its people. Anand’s prolific writing career spanned more than 75 years, during which he was widely identified with the quest for a just, equitable, and forward-looking India. He wrote extensively in areas as diverse as art and sculpture, politics, Indian literature and the history of ideas. He was honoured with Sahitya Akademi Award, the most prestigious Indian award for literary writing in 1972. This volume of short stories is remarkable for the variety of its inspiration. ‘Anand is an excellent raconteur, telling a story with grace and point. He commands an easy urbane style… The stories have the power to charm.’ — Weekend Review ‘Anand’s picture is real, comprehensive, and subtle, and the shifts in moods, from farce to comedy, from pathos to tragedy, and from the realistic to the poetic, are remarkable.’ — V S Pritchett, British Literary Critic 'With great deftness, Anand pictures India... He impresses with his profound knowledge of Indian religion and culture.' — Books Abroad, USA

The Tractor and the Corn Goddess, and Other Stories

The Tractor and the Corn Goddess, and Other Stories PDF Author: Mulk Raj Anand
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Languages : en
Pages : 182

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Twentieth Century Indian English Fiction

Twentieth Century Indian English Fiction PDF Author: M. K. Naik
Publisher:
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Category : Indic fiction (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 242

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This Wide-Ranging Study Examines The Emergence And The Peaking Of The Twentieth Century Indian English Fiction, Including Its New Bearings And Fresh Flowering In The Last Two Decades Of The Century. It Offers Both A Survey Of The Trends And Tendencies Of This Genre During This Period And A Critique Of Some Of Its Major Voices. At Once Incisive And Comprehensive, And Laced With Telling Percep-Tions, The Volume Epitomizes Professor M.K. Naik'S Vintage Writing On The Indian English Fiction Of This Period.

Journal of the Karnatak University

Journal of the Karnatak University PDF Author: Karnatak University
Publisher:
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Category : Humanities
Languages : en
Pages : 516

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R.K. Narayan

R.K. Narayan PDF Author: Chhote Lal Khatri
Publisher: Sarup & Sons
ISBN: 9788176257138
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 238

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Comprehensive study on the works on Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Narayan,1906-2001, Indian-English novelist.

The Book Review

The Book Review PDF Author:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 624

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Mingo

Mingo PDF Author: Cletis R. Ellinghouse
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 9781436364768
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418

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Tribesmen regarded Mingo Swamp as a rare wildlife haven and made it a favored hunting ground long before white settlers discovered it, but in even earlier times, the storied Mississippi River passed through it moving to Arkansas. The soggy countryside around it made a good part of the neighborhood virtually inaccessible and therefore sparsely settled at the time of the Civil War; but Mingo, nevertheless, became one of Missouri’s more hotly contested battlegrounds. Guerrillas fighting for the Lost Cause made its cypress and water tupelo forests their hideout, and it is identified to this day with one of the state’s bloodiest encounters, the Battle of Mingo Swamp. The treacherous swamp’s abundance of natural resources first attracted hardy backwoodsmen, but the entire countryside remained commercially undeveloped until arrival of the railroad and the founding in 1883 of Pucksekaw, now Puxico, which quickly became the base of a great logging and tie operation headed by newcomer Thomas J. Moss, the town’s esteemed merchant prince who quickly became the largest tie contractor in the state. After the great timber boom ended in the early 1900s, newly organized Mingo Drainage District, encompassing 39,786 acres in Stoddard and Wayne counties, sought to clear the stumpage and drain the swamp to enhance agricultural pursuits and control costly St. Francis River overflows. After that glorious adventure failed in the 1930s, the federal government stepped in to acquire land for construction of two ambitious projects that changed the countryside forever, the 21,676-acre Mingo National Wildlife Refuge and, just beyond it to the west, a dam on the St. Francis River that created sprawling Lake Wappapello, which, in both land and water, encompasses more than 44,000 acres. Shortly thereafter, in the early 1950s, the Missouri Conservation Commission acquired the rest of the swamp to establish what now is Duck Creek Conservation Area, which encompasses 6,234 acres in Wayne, Bollinger, and Stoddard counties. Though obviously vastly different now and managed today by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Mingo remains one of America’s premier wildlife havens. It is home to tens of thousands of waterfowl, three distinct ecosystems, and an incredible diversity of plants and animals. A great number of rare species, such as the swamp rabbit and the alligator snapping turtle, still strive at Mingo.