Author: Publisher: Arihant Publications India limited
ISBN: 9326192512
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 889
Book Description
Author: Publisher: Arihant Publications India limited
ISBN: 9326192512
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 889
Book Description
Sex, Scotch & Scholarship
Author: Khushwant SinghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
White Skin, Dark Skin, Power, Dream
Author: Francis JarmanPublisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0809511886
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
In this highly readable collection of essays, Francis Jarman ranges over such different topics as race, sex, the Second World War, detective novels, Kipling, torture, widow-burning, the Great Indian Novel, travel writing, the Srebrenica Massacre, the Indian Mutiny, and the reasons why writers write. What all the contributions have in common is a concern with problems of perception and communication across cultures. Complete with Notes, Bibliographies, and detailed Index.
South Asian Novelists in English
Author: Jaina C. SangaPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313016968
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
With the publication of Salman Rushdie's Booker Prize winning novel, ^IMidnight's Children^R in 1981, followed by the unprecedented popularity of his subsequent works, the cinematic adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's ^IThe English Patient,^R many other best-sellers written by South Asian novelists writing in English have gained a tremendous following. This reference is a guide to their lives and writings. The volume focuses on novelists born in South Asia who have written and continue to write about issues concerning that region. Some of the novelists have published widely, while others are only beginning their literary careers. The volume includes alphabetically arranged entries on more than 50 South Asian novelists. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a summary of the novelist's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies. Since many of the contributors are personally acquainted with the novelists, they are able to offer significant insights. The volume closes with a selected bibliography of studies of the South Asian novel in English, along with a list of anthologies and periodicals.
The People Next Door
Author: T.C.A. RaghavanPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 1787382591
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This book traces the seven decades of the India-Pakistan relationship since the bloody Partition of the subcontinent in 1947. Events, anecdotes and personalities drive its narrative to illustrate the cocktail of hostility, nationalism and nostalgia that defines every facet of Indo-Pakistani relations. T.C.A. Raghavan illuminates the main events of this tumultuous dynamic through the eyes and words of key players and contemporary observers. He exposes how, in both countries, this shared past is seen through radically different prisms; how history keeps resurfacing, with unavoidable resonance, to this day. The People Next Door digs beneath the obvious political, military and security issues, evoking other perspectives: divided families and unwavering friendships; peacemakers, war-mongers, and contrarian thinkers; intellectual and cultural associations; the footprint of Bollywood; cricket and literature--all are an intrinsic part of this most profoundly tangled of relationships.
The Mystic Millionaire - Be Aware
Author: Anish RakhejaPublisher: Blue Rose Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
“True Happiness Awaits You... Unfold the layers and become aware of whom you truly are” Life offers unexpected twists and turns to Abhi, an ambitious IITian who is in pursuit of true happiness as he struggles with a mid-life crisis. Along with his four college friends at a similar stage in life, they all embark on a quest to find answers through a torchbearer protagonist, Shiva, aka The Mystic Millionaire. Who Am I? What is the purpose of my existence? Where lies the source of fulfillment and everlasting peace? The Mystic Millionaire takes head-on those and many other vital questions every individual must ask and introspect in life. This book is not a discourse on philosophy but a pickup by an inquisitive heart that desires answers and wants to reach the destination before running out of time, in the process becoming fully aware of the meaning of Being Human.
Arguing about the World
Author: Mary KaldorPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1849665443
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. 'The breadth of Meghnad Desai's research interests is awe-inspiring. Hence it is no surprise to see so many who are at the forefront of their respective areas represented in this volume . . . a real treat.' Sunil Wadhwani, CBE, former member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England Meghnad Desai's work in the social sciences and his contributions to broader political and intellectual life span more than half a century. His multidisciplinary thinking and commitment to social justice, and his efforts in both the academic and political spheres, have inspired many and have highlighted the urgent need for global reforms. This volume is a celebration of Lord Desai's life and legacy from scholars and thinkers who have shared Desai's interests and who are leading contributors in their fields. The book does justice to the diversity and originality of Desai's thought, engaging with the key themes of his life's work and pointing to their relevance in understanding and tackling the challenges of the future.
World Literature: A Non-British Approach
Author: Krishna SharmaPublisher: Krishna Kumar Sharma
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This book has been designed to help the students who prepare for competitive exams like UGC NET, SET/SLET, PGT, Assistant Professor Exams, etc. Every important writer across the world has been covered in this book. The Caribbean, African, Canadian, Australian, German, French, Russian, Italian, Greek, Roman, New Zealandia, and several other writers have been given in the book.
An Anthropologist Among the Marxists and Other Essays
Author: Ramachandra GuhaPublisher: Orient Blackswan
ISBN: 9788178240015
Category : Children of politicians
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Inside Every Thinking Indian There Is A Gandhian And A Marxist Struggling For Supremacy Says The Author In The Opening Sentence Of This Wonderfully Readable Book Of Ideas, Opinions And Reflection. A Substantial Portion Of The Book Expands On This Salvo: It Analyses Gandhians And Pseudo-Gandhians Marxists And Anti-Marxists, Nehruvians And Anti-Secularists Democrats And Stalinists, Scientists And Historians Among Other People.
Big Book of Malice
Author: Khushwant SinghPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 818475146X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Malice. The word is synonymous with Khushwant Singh; his pen has spared no one. For over four decades as India’s most widely-read columnist, he has commented on just about everything: religion, politics, our future, our past, prohibition, impotency, presidents, politicians, cricket, dog-haters, astrologers, the banning of books, the secret of 1ongevity...the list is endless. Candid to the point of being outrageous, Khushwant Singh makes both his reader and subject wince. He writes unabashedly on nose picking, wife-bashing, bribing journalists, gender wars and the desires of an octogenarian; on Nehru and Edwina, Laloo, Bal Thackeray, Chandraswami and Sonia Gandhi, among host of others. Khushwant Singh’s Big Book of Malice brings together some of his nastiest and most irreverent pieces. Witty, sharp and brutally honest, this collection is certain to delight and provoke readers of all ages. ‘Good people can be crashing bores. Evil men who combine evil-doing with drunkenness, debauchery and making illicit money make more interesting characters because they pack their lives with action. They do what most of us would like to do but do not have the guts to.’ —Khushwant Singh
