Author: Ruskin Bond
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788129102010
Category : English wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Laugh and be well!' exclaimed the great Dr. Johnson, and he never spoke truer words. For, laughter is certainly good medicine, guaranteed to drive away the blues and improve your general well-being. Ruskin Bond declares that he had great fun in putting together this anthology of hilarious stories, humorous articles, and comic verse. The reader will share his enjoyment. You will smile, chuckle, or laugh out loud, whether at an account of a crazy cricket match, or a cheese that smells to high heaven, or a goat that goes berserk in a posh drawing-room.
Author: University of Delhi
Publisher: Pearson Education India
ISBN: 9788177581904
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Author: Ruskin Bond
Publisher: books catalog
ISBN: 9788129108289
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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I have lived to see Bombay become Mumbai, Calcutta become Kolkata, and Madras become Chennai. Times change, names change, and if Bond becomes Bonda I won't object.' With these lines, begins another brilliant collection of essays, stories and poems by writer par excellence, Ruskin Bond. With an ability to look at ordinary situations with unique wit and acuity, Ruskin Bond invites us into his home, his countryside, his life. Peopled with monkeys, wild boars, an aunt with a phobia of flowers, an eccentric cousin who thinks he is the great cricket player Ranji, the wise seven-year-old Gautam, this collection is an absorbing read for readers of all ages.
Author: Ruskin Bond
Publisher: Rupa Publications
ISBN: 9788129112552
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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Here is another collectible for young horror addicts edited by none other than veteran author Ruskin Bond. Welcome to the terrifying world of horror. And there is only one way to survive. Master your fear. This is a collection of some of the spookiest tales ever written. Terror fans will surely devour these incredible spine-chillers from masters of the genre. Featuring Bram Stoker s Dracula s Guest , Jerome K. Jerome s The Skeleton , C.A. Kincaid s The Werewolf , Thomas Burke s The Hollow Man , and other period chillers, this volume will surprise and horrify hardcore devotees of the genre and newcomers alike. So prepare to be haunted, and retell these grisly tales to your friends to see if you can make their spines tingle.
Author: Ruskin Bond
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indic poetry (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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This first-time collection of poems by India's most-loved 'author of the Hills' is quintessential Ruskin Bond: lucid, effortless and beautifully written. The collection brings together some heartwarming poems about nature and wildlife, imaginative, almost cinematic forays into the poet's dreams (and nightmares) and some humorous interludes about his driving skills or lack thereof! These and many other poems make for an absorbing and deeply satisfying read, for poetry and Ruskin Bond buffs of all ages. The poems are accompanied by vivid and intelligent pen and ink sketches.
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 350
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Author: Sherry Simon
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136629890
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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All cities are multilingual, but there are some where language relations have a special importance. These are cities where more than one historically rooted language community lays claim to the territory of the city. This book focuses on four such linguistically divided cities: Calcutta, Trieste, Barcelona, and Montreal. Though living with the ever-present threat of conflict, these cities offer the possibility of creative interaction across competing languages and this book examines the dynamics of translation in its many forms. By focusing on a category of cities which has received little attention, this study contributes to our understanding of the kinds of language relations that sustain the diversity of urban life. Illustrated with photos and maps, Cities in Translation is both an engaging read for a wide-ranging audience and an important text in advancing theory and methodology in translation studies.
Author: Victor Turner
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351474901
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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In The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure, Victor Turner examines rituals of the Ndembu in Zambia and develops his now-famous concept of "Communitas." He characterizes it as an absolute inter-human relation beyond any form of structure.The Ritual Process has acquired the status of a small classic since these lectures were first published in 1969. Turner demonstrates how the analysis of ritual behavior and symbolism may be used as a key to understanding social structure and processes. He extends Van Gennep's notion of the "liminal phase" of rites of passage to a more general level, and applies it to gain understanding of a wide range of social phenomena. Once thought to be the "vestigial" organs of social conservatism, rituals are now seen as arenas in which social change may emerge and be absorbed into social practice.As Roger Abrahams writes in his foreword to the revised edition: "Turner argued from specific field data. His special eloquence resided in his ability to lay open a sub-Saharan African system of belief and practice in terms that took the reader beyond the exotic features of the group among whom he carried out his fieldwork, translating his experience into the terms of contemporary Western perceptions. Reflecting Turner's range of intellectual interests, the book emerged as exceptional and eccentric in many ways: yet it achieved its place within the intellectual world because it so successfully synthesized continental theory with the practices of ethnographic reports."
Author: Ruskin Bond
Publisher: Random House India
ISBN: 8184750900
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 141
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In Ruskin Bond’s stories, ghosts, jinns, witches—and the occasional monster—are as real as the people he writes about. This collection brings together all of his tales of the paranormal, opening with the unforgettable, ‘A Face in the Dark’, and ending with the shockingly macabre, ‘Night of the Millennium’. Featuring thrilling situations and strange beings, A Face in the Dark and Other Hauntings is the perfect collection to have by your bedside when the moon is up.
Author: Jim Corbett
Publisher: Rupa Publications India
ISBN: 9789353040666
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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