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Leela's Book: A Novel

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Author : Alice Albinia
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393083497
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Leela's Book: A Novel written by Alice Albinia and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-01-09 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Steeped in the tradition of the Indian epic, yet modern and vastly entertaining." —The Times (London) In her fiction debut, Alice Albinia weaves a multithreaded epic tale that encompasses divine saga and familial discord and introduces an unforgettable heroine. Leela—alluring, taciturn, haunted—is moving from New York back to Delhi. Worldly and accomplished, she has been in self-imposed exile from India and her family for decades; twenty-two years earlier, her sister was seduced by the egotistical Vyasa, and the fallout from their relationship drove Leela away. Now an eminent Sanskrit scholar, Vyasa is preparing for his son’s marriage. But when Leela arrives for the wedding, she disrupts the careful choreography of the weekend, with its myriad attendees and their conflicting desires. Gleefully presiding over the drama is Ganesh—divine, elephant-headed scribe of the Mahabharata, India’s great epic. The family may think they have arranged the wedding for their own selfish ends, but according to Ganesh it is he who is directing events—in a bid to save Leela, his beloved heroine, from Vyasa. As the weekend progresses, secret online personas, maternal identities, and poetic authorships are all revealed; boundaries both religious and continental are crossed; and families are ripped apart and brought back together in this vibrant and brilliant celebration of family, love, and storytelling.

Leela

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Author : Harish Johari
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780892814190
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (141 download)

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Download or read book Leela written by Harish Johari and published by . This book was released on 1993-05 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The precursor to the popular game " chutes and ladders, " "Leela" is the ancient Hindu game of life. Play will reveal karmas, concerns, and patterns governing your life.

The Audacious Raconteur

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Author : Leela Prasad
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501752286
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Audacious Raconteur written by Leela Prasad and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a subject be sovereign in a hegemony? Can creativity be reined in by forces of empire? Studying closely the oral narrations and writings of four Indian authors in colonial India, The Audacious Raconteur argues that even the most hegemonic circumstances cannot suppress "audacious raconteurs": skilled storytellers who fashion narrative spaces that allow themselves to remain sovereign and beyond subjugation. By drawing attention to the vigorous orality, maverick use of photography, literary ventriloquism, and bilingualism in the narratives of these raconteurs, Leela Prasad shows how the ideological bulwark of colonialism—formed by concepts of colonial modernity, history, science, and native knowledge—is dismantled. Audacious raconteurs wrest back meanings of religion, culture, and history that are closer to their lived understandings. The figure of the audacious raconteur does not only hover in an archive but suffuses everyday life. Underlying these ideas, Prasad's personal interactions with the narrators' descendants give weight to her innovative argument that the audacious raconteur is a necessary ethical and artistic figure in human experience. Thanks to generous funding from Duke University, the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other repositories.

Unterzakhn

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Author : Leela Corman
Publisher : Schocken
ISBN 13 : 0805242597
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Unterzakhn written by Leela Corman and published by Schocken. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mesmerizing, heartbreaking graphic novel of immigrant life on New York’s Lower East Side at the turn of the twentieth century, as seen through the eyes of twin sisters whose lives take radically and tragically different paths. “A haunting and often heartbreaking look at Eastern European Jewish immigrants in the early 20th century [and] also a story about women, power, and bodies.” —Austin American-Statesman For six-year-old Esther and Fanya, the teeming streets of New York’s Lower East Side circa 1910 are both a fascinating playground and a place where life’s lessons are learned quickly and often cruelly. In drawings that capture both the tumult and the telling details of that street life, Unterzakhn (Yiddish for “Underthings”) tells the story of these sisters: as wide-eyed little girls absorbing the sights and sounds of a neighborhood of struggling immigrants; as teenagers taking their own tentative steps into the wider world (Esther working for a woman who runs both a burlesque theater and a whorehouse, Fanya for an obstetrician who also performs illegal abortions); and, finally, as adults battling for their own piece of the “golden land,” where the difference between just barely surviving and triumphantly succeeding involves, for each of them, painful decisions that will have unavoidably tragic repercussions.

Sai Baba's 261 LEELAS

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Author : Balkrishna Panday
Publisher : Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd
ISBN 13 : 8120790758
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Sai Baba's 261 LEELAS written by Balkrishna Panday and published by Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. This book was released on 2011-12-30 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Balkrishna Pandey’s Sai Baba’s 261 Leelas is a handy compendium or, as he calls it, an aide-mémoire of 261 miracles of Shirdi Sai Baba, intended for the devotees. Culled from a number of sources, he has obtained stories from the often hard to find books like Narasimha Swami’s biography of Sri Sai Baba, and decades-old copies of the Sai Leela journal. The author does not try and interpret the miracles but lets the reader realise the universal message for himself. In today’s busy world, this work offers a shortcut for daily devotion, offering the reader a quick manual to peruse, ponder or meditate upon Sai Baba’s micraculous leelas while waiting for a bus or to fill any spare moment --- Dr Marianne Warren ,Author of Unravelling the Enigma: Shirdi Sai Baba in the Light of Sufism This book puts together the authentic and pithy miracles of Sai. All that was verifiable within the first twenty years of the 20th century, directly related to the Saint’s life has been arranged under scintillating titles, all 261 of them. The readers cannot but be deeply moved by the sentiments of devotion projected by Balkrishna Panday in his writing titled Sai Baba’s 261 Leelas.

The Leela and Ben Mystery Series

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Author : Bob Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781571289889
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (898 download)

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Postcolonial Theory

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Author : Leela Gandhi
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231548567
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Postcolonial Theory written by Leela Gandhi and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published twenty years ago, Leela Gandhi’s Postcolonial Theory was a landmark description of the field of postcolonial studies in theoretical terms that set its intellectual context alongside poststructuralism, postmodernism, Marxism, and feminism. Gandhi examined the contributions of major thinkers such as Edward Said, Gayatri Spivak, Homi Bhabha, and the subaltern historians. The book pointed to postcolonialism’s relationship with earlier anticolonial thinkers such as Frantz Fanon, Albert Memmi, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, and M. K. Gandhi and explained pertinent concepts and schools of thought—hybridity, Orientalism, humanism, Marxist dialectics, diaspora, nationalism, gendered subalternity, globalization, and postcolonial feminism. The revised edition of this classic work reaffirms its status as a useful starting point for readers new to the field and as a provocative account that opens up possibilities for debate. It includes substantial additions: A new preface and epilogue reposition postcolonial studies within evolving intellectual contexts and take stock of important critical developments. Gandhi examines recent alliances with critical race theory and Africanist postcolonialism, considers challenges from postsecular and postcritical perspectives, and takes into account the ontological, environmental, affective, and ethical turns in the changed landscape of critical theory. She describes what is enduring in postcolonial thinking—as a critical perspective within the academy and as an attitude to the world that extends beyond the discipline of postcolonial studies.

Bangkok

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Author : Leela Punyaratabandhu
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
ISBN 13 : 0399578315
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Bangkok written by Leela Punyaratabandhu and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of the most respected authorities on Thai cooking comes this beautiful and deeply personal ode to Bangkok, the top-ranked travel destination in the world. WINNER OF THE ART OF EATING PRIZE Every year, more than 16 million visitors flock to Thailand’s capital city, and leave transfixed by the vibrant culture and unforgettable food they encounter along the way. Thai cuisine is more popular today than ever, yet there is no book that chronicles the real food that Thai people eat every day—until now. In Bangkok, award-winning author Leela Punyaratabandhu offers 120 recipes that capture the true spirit of the city—from heirloom family dishes to restaurant classics to everyday street eats to modern cosmopolitan fare. Beautiful food and location photography will make this a must-have keepsake for any reader who has fallen under Bangkok’s spell.

Leela

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Author : Harish Johari
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780710006899
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Leela written by Harish Johari and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1980 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River

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Author : Alice Albinia
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393063226
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (632 download)

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Download or read book Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River written by Alice Albinia and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-04-05 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Alice Albinia is the most extraordinary traveler of her generation. . . . A journey of astonishing confidence and courage.”—Rory Stewart One of the largest rivers in the world, the Indus rises in the Tibetan mountains and flows west across northern India and south through Pakistan. It has been worshipped as a god, used as a tool of imperial expansion, and today is the cement of Pakistan’s fractious union. Alice Albinia follows the river upstream, through two thousand miles of geography and back to a time five thousand years ago when a string of sophisticated cities grew on its banks. “This turbulent history, entwined with a superlative travel narrative” (The Guardian) leads us from the ruins of elaborate metropolises, to the bitter divisions of today. Like Rory Stewart’s The Places In Between, Empires of the Indus is an engrossing personal journey and a deeply moving portrait of a river and its people.

Elara, Stem Girl

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Author : Leela Ayyar
Publisher : Mascot Books
ISBN 13 : 9781684016761
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book Elara, Stem Girl written by Leela Ayyar and published by Mascot Books. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this educational book, join Elara on her mission to inform others how fun learning about STEM - science, technology, engineering, and mathematics - can be. Follow along to be part of the rewarding process that is being involved in an exciting creation.

Flute in the Forest

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Author : Leela Gaur Broome
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 8184754191
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book Flute in the Forest written by Leela Gaur Broome and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Thirteen-year-old Atiya will win the hearts of young readers. Although physically handicapped; her adventurous spirit takes her on lonely rambles into the wildlife sanctuary. She knows the ways of the jungle and its creatures great and small. A charming story; full of incident and good feeling. Atiya’s flute has a special magic of its own.’—Ruskin Bond Atiya Sardare lives with her dad; a forest officer. An only child; afflicted by polio; she finds solace and peace in the jungle; exploring it on short; secret; often dangerous treks. On one occasion she hears the haunting notes of a flute. It gives her goose bumps. She vows to learn to play the instrument much against her father’s wishes. Her music lessons bring her close to the grouchy old anthropologist; Ogre Uncle; and his Kurumba tribal daughter; Mishora. Atiya’s gift transforms her father’s view; it calms the rogue elephant; Rangappa and helps nurture a blossoming friendship between a teenage boy and girl. A moving; tender; and mesmerizing tale; Flute in the Forest has wonderful incidents based on the real-life experiences of the author.

Keeping Corner

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Author : Kashmira Sheth
Publisher : Hyperion
ISBN 13 : 9780786838608
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (386 download)

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Download or read book Keeping Corner written by Kashmira Sheth and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ba slipped the gold bangles from my wrists. The gold ones were plain so I didn’t mind taking them off, but I loved wearing my milk-glass bangles and the lakkh bracelets. "A widow can't wear bangles,” she said. "They are signs of a woman's good fortune. When your husband dies it's over." "What if my good fortune comes back?" “It doesn’t.”/DIV Pretty as a peacock, twelve-year-old Leela had been spoiled all her life. She doesn't care for school and barely marks the growing unrest between the British colonists and her own countrymen. Why should she? Her future has been planned since her engagement at two and marriage at nine. DIVLeela's whole life changes, though, when her husband dies. She's now expected to behave like a proper widow: shaving her head and trading her jewel-toned saris for rough, earth-colored ones. Leela is considered unlucky now, and will have to stay confined to her house for a year—keep corner—in preparation for a life of mourning for a boy she barely knew. When her schoolteacher hears of her fate, she offers Leela lessons at home. For the first time, despite her confinement, Leela opens her eyes to the changing world around her. India is suffering from a severe drought, and farmers are unable to pay taxes to the British. She learns about a new leader of the people, a man named Gandhi, who starts a political movement and practices satyagraha—non-violent protest against the colonists as well as the caste system. The quiet strength ofsatyagraha may liberate her country. Could she use the same path to liberate herself?

Leela's Book: A Novel

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Author : Alice Albinia
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393082709
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Leela's Book: A Novel written by Alice Albinia and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-01-09 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a nod to the Indian masterpiece the Mahabharata, a multithraded, raucous epic about family and faith. Bold and entertaining, Leela’s Book weaves a tale of contemporary Delhi that crosses religious and social boundaries. Leela—alluring, taciturn, haunted—is moving from New York back to Delhi, where her return will unsettle precariously balanced lives. Twenty-five years earlier, her sister was seduced by the egotistical Vyasa. Now an eminent Sanskrit scholar, Vyasa is preparing for his son’s marriage. But when Leela arrives, she disrupts the careful choreography of the wedding, with its myriad attendees and their conflicting desires. Gleefully presiding over the drama is Ganesh—divine, elephant-headed scribe of the Mahabharata, India’s great epic. The family may think they have arranged the wedding for their own selfish ends, but according to Ganesh it is he who is directing events—in a bid to save Leela, his beloved heroine, from Vyasa.

Leela the Chinchilla

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Author : David Emil
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781980605959
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Leela the Chinchilla written by David Emil and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-03-26 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main character of this book is a little chinchilla named Leela. Even though she is a little animal, her dreams are big. Leela's daily routine circles around her cage, the apartment and her owner, Sarah. One of the weekends when Sarah took Leela to her friend's birthday party, Leela's world has changed forever. After interacting with different animals and getting the chance to experience the big world outside the cage in a small apartment, Leela was determined. From that day on she had only one dream, its to be free. To be a free animal in the wild with many other chinchillas where she belongs, the nature called her.The questions are; how can a domestic chinchilla could possibly survive in the wild? And how would she get there in the first place?This story is a beautiful allegory that mirrors our human nature. Leela's adventures tell us that anything is possible and will leave any reader very inspired. One lucky and ambitious chinchilla managed to travel huge distances and overcome predators, simply because she didn't want to give up on her dream despite how tiny she is and the fact that all the odds are against her.The main conclusion is that the sky is the limit and we always need to follow ours dreams.Follow the heartwarming adventures of Leela -a fluffy gray chinchilla! A Children's Adventure Story Of How To Make Your Dream Come True. Written in a fun and easy-to-read style, author David Emil introduces us to the world of Leela, a pet chinchilla. Through her journeys and adventures, the readers learns all about the importance of having dreams, and how to never give up until they become true!So, What Are You Still Waiting For?Order Your own Copy Now -Just Click "Add To Cart"!

Rukmini Devi

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Author : Leela Samson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780670082643
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (826 download)

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Download or read book Rukmini Devi written by Leela Samson and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 30 December 1935, thirty-one year old Rukmini Devi created history with her performance of Sadir, later known as Bharata Natyam, which had until then been confined to temple precincts and was the preserve of devadasis. A celebrated artiste and dancer, she was also a Theosophist, a composer of acclaimed dance-dramas, an educationist, an animal welfare and child rights activist, and a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha. This rich biography illuminates her many lives. Rukmini's early life was in the districts of Madras presidency where her father, an engineer, was posted, and it took many dramatic turns: her marriage in 1920 to George Arundale, a Theosophist and family friend, caused public outrage, particularly among the Madras brahmins. She was closely associated with Annie Besant, who became her mentor, and her meeting with Anna Pavlova inspired her to learn dance. Rukmini went on to establish Kalakshetra, an academy of arts, in 1936, which grew and flourished, and is renowned to this day for its classicism in dance training and performance-a tribute to her skill as an institution builder.

Dakshina

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Author : Mekala S Rao
Publisher : MEKALA S RAO
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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