Author: Salman Rushdie
Publisher: Arrow
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
The Indian subcontinent has produced some of the world's greatest writers, and a body of literature unsurpassed in its sustained imagination, impassioned lyricism and sparkling tragi-comedy. Now Salman Rushdie and Elizabeth West have collected together the finest Indian writing of the last fifty years. Published to coincide with the anniversary of India's independence, it is an anthology of extraordinary range and vigour, as exciting and varied as the land that inspired it. Including works by: Mulk Raj Anand Gita Mehta Anjana Appachana Ved Mehta Vikram Chandra Rohinton Mistry Upamanyu Chatterjee R. K. Narayan Amit Chaudhuri Jawaharlal Nehru Nirad C. Chaudhuri Padma Perera Anita Desai Satyajit Ray Kiran Desai Arundhati Roy G. V. Desani Salman Rushdie Amitav Ghosh Nayantara Sahgal Githa Hariharan I. Allan Sealy Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Vikram Seth Firdaus Kanga Bapsi Sidhwa Mukul Kesavan Sara Suleri Saadat Hasan Manto Shashi Tharoor Kamala Markandaya Ardashir Vakil
The Vintage Book of Indian Writing, 1947-1997
Author: Salman Rushdie
Publisher: Arrow
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
The Indian subcontinent has produced some of the world's greatest writers, and a body of literature unsurpassed in its sustained imagination, impassioned lyricism and sparkling tragi-comedy. Now Salman Rushdie and Elizabeth West have collected together the finest Indian writing of the last fifty years. Published to coincide with the anniversary of India's independence, it is an anthology of extraordinary range and vigour, as exciting and varied as the land that inspired it. Including works by: Mulk Raj Anand Gita Mehta Anjana Appachana Ved Mehta Vikram Chandra Rohinton Mistry Upamanyu Chatterjee R. K. Narayan Amit Chaudhuri Jawaharlal Nehru Nirad C. Chaudhuri Padma Perera Anita Desai Satyajit Ray Kiran Desai Arundhati Roy G. V. Desani Salman Rushdie Amitav Ghosh Nayantara Sahgal Githa Hariharan I. Allan Sealy Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Vikram Seth Firdaus Kanga Bapsi Sidhwa Mukul Kesavan Sara Suleri Saadat Hasan Manto Shashi Tharoor Kamala Markandaya Ardashir Vakil
Publisher: Arrow
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
The Indian subcontinent has produced some of the world's greatest writers, and a body of literature unsurpassed in its sustained imagination, impassioned lyricism and sparkling tragi-comedy. Now Salman Rushdie and Elizabeth West have collected together the finest Indian writing of the last fifty years. Published to coincide with the anniversary of India's independence, it is an anthology of extraordinary range and vigour, as exciting and varied as the land that inspired it. Including works by: Mulk Raj Anand Gita Mehta Anjana Appachana Ved Mehta Vikram Chandra Rohinton Mistry Upamanyu Chatterjee R. K. Narayan Amit Chaudhuri Jawaharlal Nehru Nirad C. Chaudhuri Padma Perera Anita Desai Satyajit Ray Kiran Desai Arundhati Roy G. V. Desani Salman Rushdie Amitav Ghosh Nayantara Sahgal Githa Hariharan I. Allan Sealy Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Vikram Seth Firdaus Kanga Bapsi Sidhwa Mukul Kesavan Sara Suleri Saadat Hasan Manto Shashi Tharoor Kamala Markandaya Ardashir Vakil
Mirrorwork
Author: Salman Rushdie
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805057102
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Stories and excerpts of novels from India since the country attained its independence in 1947. The subjects range from religious strife, to the assault on the senses of the many people one is surrounded by.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805057102
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Stories and excerpts of novels from India since the country attained its independence in 1947. The subjects range from religious strife, to the assault on the senses of the many people one is surrounded by.
India
Author: Victor Anant
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A photographic celebration of the people and ancient landscape of India features works by Sunil Janah, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastiao Salgado, Raghu Rai, Mary Ellen Mark, Robert Nickelsberg, Charles Lindsay, Mitch Epstein, and Dayanita Singh.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A photographic celebration of the people and ancient landscape of India features works by Sunil Janah, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastiao Salgado, Raghu Rai, Mary Ellen Mark, Robert Nickelsberg, Charles Lindsay, Mitch Epstein, and Dayanita Singh.
India 1947-1997
Author: Braj Basi Lal
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Inventing Global Ecology
Author: Michael L. Lewis
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0821415409
Category : Animal ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Table of contents
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0821415409
Category : Animal ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Table of contents
The Princes of India in the Endgame of Empire, 1917-1947
Author: Ian Copland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521894364
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A fascinating study of the role played by the Indian princes in the devolution of British colonial power.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521894364
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A fascinating study of the role played by the Indian princes in the devolution of British colonial power.
The Great Divide
Author: Henry Vincent Hodson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
On August 14, 1947, the greatest and most decisive step in the retreat of British imperialism occurred: the new nation of Pakistan was created out of the body of India, and Britain's century-long domination over the Indian sub-continent ended. Fifty years later, the trauma and subsequent chequered history of political development have led author H.V. Hodson to ask: was it inevitable? Now in a special gift edition published for the 50th anniversary of the founding of Pakistan, this authoritative and impartial account places the events surrounding partition in an historical perspective, providing a major contribution to contemporary history.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
On August 14, 1947, the greatest and most decisive step in the retreat of British imperialism occurred: the new nation of Pakistan was created out of the body of India, and Britain's century-long domination over the Indian sub-continent ended. Fifty years later, the trauma and subsequent chequered history of political development have led author H.V. Hodson to ask: was it inevitable? Now in a special gift edition published for the 50th anniversary of the founding of Pakistan, this authoritative and impartial account places the events surrounding partition in an historical perspective, providing a major contribution to contemporary history.
50 Years of Arid Zone Research in India, 1947-1997
Author: A. V. Rao
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
The Arid Zone Which Covers 1569.2 Million Ha Of The World And Has Been Spread In 2.86 Lakh Sq. Km. Of The Indian Territory Has Always Been The Source Of Attraction For The Scientists, Researchers, Planners And Policy Makers Because Of Its Most Peculiar Bi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
The Arid Zone Which Covers 1569.2 Million Ha Of The World And Has Been Spread In 2.86 Lakh Sq. Km. Of The Indian Territory Has Always Been The Source Of Attraction For The Scientists, Researchers, Planners And Policy Makers Because Of Its Most Peculiar Bi
Raj
Author: Lawrence James
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312263829
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
From the critically acclaimed author of "The Rise and Fall of the British Empire" comes an unapologetic revisionist history of British rule in India. James recounts the twists and turns of imperialism and independence with a wealth of new material. 8-page photo insert.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312263829
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
From the critically acclaimed author of "The Rise and Fall of the British Empire" comes an unapologetic revisionist history of British rule in India. James recounts the twists and turns of imperialism and independence with a wealth of new material. 8-page photo insert.
Tryst with Destiny
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Indic
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Indic
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description