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Book Synopsis The Gulmohar Tree and Other Stories by : Abhisek Mitra
Download or read book The Gulmohar Tree and Other Stories written by Abhisek Mitra and published by Educreation Publishing. This book was released on with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gulmohar Tree & Other Stories is a collection of the day to day happenings around us. This book is a bunch of emotions that one can relate to his/her own experiences.
Book Synopsis Another Gulmohar Tree by : Aamer Hussein
Download or read book Another Gulmohar Tree written by Aamer Hussein and published by Saqi. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Usman is visiting post-war London from Pakistan when he meets a young aspiring artist called Lydia who has, like him, come out of an unhappy marriage. Just as the lonely strangers' friendship begins to blossom into something deeper Usman has to return to Karachi, leaving Lydia behind. Two years later, Lydia impulsively abandons her life in London and boards a ship to Karachi, where the two are married. But as the years flit by Usman feels distanced from his life and realises that he hasn't noticed the buds of the gulmohar tree unfurl. A beautiful account of a marriage that is in turns wry and unashamedly romantic. 'We are lucky to have Hussein among us, telling us stories as few can.' Amit Chaudhuri 'A lovely, strange, and very moving novel.' Ruth Padel 'At its heart it is a story of love, into which Hussein weaves all his remarkable skills of storytelling.' Kamila Shamsie 'In his splendid, dreamy Another Gulmohar Tree, Hussein gives us an indelible sense of two worlds - Karachi and London - in miniature and the strong parable of a love story that endures over a lifetime.' Joseph Olshan
Book Synopsis Hullabaloo in the Temple Town and Other Stories by : Debasish Bandopadhyay
Download or read book Hullabaloo in the Temple Town and Other Stories written by Debasish Bandopadhyay and published by SpotWrite Publications. This book was released on 2022-04-07 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hullabaloo in the Temple Town and the Other Stories " is nothing but an assortment of rainbow coloured humanity that caters a deep insight of our daily livelihood. Readers will truly identify themselves in every story the will go through. Our life has a great source and innumerable storehouse of stories to be told, written and experimented that can the parable for the common folk to be sermonised. Therefore, the collection is only for those who don't want to keep away from scooping out the better taste of life.
Book Synopsis One Flew over the Bulbul’s Nest and Other Stories by : Mahvash K. Mohtadullah
Download or read book One Flew over the Bulbul’s Nest and Other Stories written by Mahvash K. Mohtadullah and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2024-08-28 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the stories in this book are joyful, staunch and uplifting reaching for the softer corners of the reader’s heart. From the paraplegic who found love in the whispers of the gulmohar tree; to the young widow torn between the drums of tradition and the sweet, hopeful beat of maternal love and compassion; to the woman who regularly traverses the full glimmering sweep of her inner world; to the case of the cheating spouse that will make Hercule Poirot untwirl his moustache in awe; to one of the good days of a man in the curiously tender grasp of dementia, One Flew Over The Bulbul’s Nest will take you down poignant and memorable lanes of love, loss and triumph. Some of the other stories are raw and defiant dealing with the thorny themes of devoutness, tradition and empowerment. From the girl who falls pregnant in the home where she grew up; to a faithful’s soul-searching dialogue with the devil; to the flashback account of a childhood cut short by the trusted family retainer. The Glimmer was longlisted in the 2023 Zeenat Haroon Rashid Writing Competition for women. Ravaged has been selected as part of an American academic publication, Sing, Slivered Tongue: An Anthology of South Asian Women’s Poetry of Trauma.
Book Synopsis That Day It Rained And Other Stories by : Rimli Bhattacharya
Download or read book That Day It Rained And Other Stories written by Rimli Bhattacharya and published by Bigfoot Publications. This book was released on 2021-02-18 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Call it a collection of stories or a compilation of human emotions, this is the second solo book of Ms Rimli Bhattacharya. The author calls herself a bohemian and travels around the globe in a caravan which is driven by rape, lust, lies, forbidden love, mental illness, homicide and death. This book had been crafted sitting in that caravan lost in myriad textures and flavours, with those mental demons screaming her to stop. She did not listen. The book which unleashes the dark domain of human mind makes it a compelling read.
Book Synopsis The Empty Pedestal and Other Stories by : R M Rajgopal
Download or read book The Empty Pedestal and Other Stories written by R M Rajgopal and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of short fiction has been written over a period of two decades. The stories do not belong to any particular genre . They could vary from addressing issues of national import to dealing with the trivia of everyday life. As with much of short fiction each story is a snapshot. Yet the attempt is to make each as complete as possible. In a sense the stories are a commentary on the India of today - it's strengths, it's weaknesses, it's frailties, it's eccentricities, it's idiosyncrasies.
Book Synopsis The Warp & the Weft and Other Stories by : Sujata Sankranti
Download or read book The Warp & the Weft and Other Stories written by Sujata Sankranti and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary: The volume opens windows into the rich and diverse variety of life with a remarkable depth and sensitivity. The stories span the historical and cultural heterogeneity of the sprawling Indian subcontinent, from the southern coastal tip of Kerala, to the complex quagmire of inland metros. These horizontal shifts in locale are bolstered by a matching vertical insight into the vibrant cross-sections of society. The prize-winning story subtly highlights the staple constituent of all the stories: the tensions that beset ordinary human life and the quiet, clear eye which sees, records and gently critiques all, aspects which sublimate Sankranti''s work to a celebration of the complexities of human existence.
Book Synopsis Sardarji and Other Stories by : Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Download or read book Sardarji and Other Stories written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and published by Om Books International. This book was released on 2014 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lyrical prose of writer, journalist and film director Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1914-1987) easily lends itself to short stories. In Sardarji and Other Stories, a captivating collection, the protagonists of each tale are portrayed grappling with realities imposed upon them by an unrelenting historical churning that compels them to revisit their relationships with their cultural, spatial and psychological moorings. Communal riots, poverty, abjection, love and longing or renewed hopes and nascent dreams make this collection an incisive and moving portrayal of the human condition. This Khwaja Ahmad Abbas collection includes some of the best short stories ever penned down by the author, journalist and film directorEach of the stories selected for this volume gives a glimpse into the mind and works of this legendary writerEncompasses a variety of themes that readers can easily identify with.Includes the last interview with Abbas about his last film, Ek Aadmi.
Book Synopsis The Art of Dying and Other Stories by : Githa Hariharan
Download or read book The Art of Dying and Other Stories written by Githa Hariharan and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 1993 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty stories of contemporary Indian life by an astonishingly original writer This striking collection of stories demonstrates the remarkable range of one of Indiaýs most accomplished writers. Sometimes comic, yet tinged with sadness, as in ýThe Remains of the Feastý where an old woman near the end of her life suddenly feels the urge to sample all the food she has been forbidden; sometimes with a twist as in ýGajar Halwaý where Chellamma, a servant girl from a small town finally understands what makes a big city work; sometimes moving as in ýThe Reprieveý, and always executed with a precision of style and magical imagery, these stories never fail to surprise and delight.
Book Synopsis The Jamun Tree and Other Stories by : Richa Gupta
Download or read book The Jamun Tree and Other Stories written by Richa Gupta and published by Bridging Borders. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Our daily life provides rich soil for a fertile imagination to sprout tales of mystery, delight, sorrow and awe.’ - Richa Gupta The Jamun Tree and Other Stories is a collection of short stories dissects and analyses a cross section of society to decipher our complex existence, psychological truths, range of emotions, relationships and subjective morality. The stories in this collection are about an almost-human Jamun tree, an enticing woman on a mission, a family receiving news about their inheritance, a journalist looking for a scoop, a family on a cruise liner, a mother dealing with the tragic death of her child, youngsters affected by corruption and an investigator resolving a mysterious murder. The Jamun Tree and Other Stories will help navigate and open up vistas to understand our present-day life.
Book Synopsis Death of a Song and Other Stories by : Kartar Singh Duggal
Download or read book Death of a Song and Other Stories written by Kartar Singh Duggal and published by New Delhi : Arnold-Heinemann India. This book was released on 1973 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected and translated from the original Punjabi.
Book Synopsis Of Gulmohars and Kaners and Other Stories by : Sonika Sethi
Download or read book Of Gulmohars and Kaners and Other Stories written by Sonika Sethi and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of Gulmohars and Kaners is the first work of fiction by the author which paints on a canvas, the geographical boundaries that extend from the Indian subcontinent to Europe to Greece and to Turkey. These pan global settings subtly convey the idea that while human emotions cannot be fathomed and scanned even by the most powerful equipment, it’s only the creative writer who can get under the skin of the characters and lay bare what goes on in a single human heart. The twenty stories—each a unique blend of intricacies of human life and labyrinths of the human mind—will keep you riveted throughout the evening. From intrigue to insinuation; from passion to perdition, the stories and microfiction in this collection represent the myriad shades of human emotions revolving around a single action which in no way is linear. While some of the stories carry the proverbial twist or sting in the tail, others portray with clinical precision the pain and tragedy of human existence. But the heterogeneity doesn’t end there. Just when the reader is in a sombre mood, contemplating the fate of a protagonist, the author will surprise you with a totally different genre.
Book Synopsis Cities and Canopies by : Harini Nagendra
Download or read book Cities and Canopies written by Harini Nagendra and published by Viking. This book was released on 2019-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Native and imported, sacred and ordinary, culinary and floral, favourites of various kings and commoners over the centuries, trees are the most visible signs of nature in cities, fundamentally shaping their identities. Trees are storehouses of the complex origins and histories of city growth, coming as they do from different parts of the world, brought in by various local and colonial rulers. From the tree planted by Sarojini Naidu at Dehradun's clock tower to those planted by Sher Shah Suri and Jahangir on Grand Trunk Road, trees in India have served, above all, as memory keepers. They are our roots: their trunks our pillars, their bark our texture, and their branches our shade. Trees are nature's own museums. Drawing on extensive research, Cities and Canopies is a book about both the specific and the general aspects of these gentle life-giving creatures.
Book Synopsis Kismetwali and Other Stories by : Reetika Khanna Nijhawan
Download or read book Kismetwali and Other Stories written by Reetika Khanna Nijhawan and published by Om Books International. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details for Kismetwali and Other Stories Set against the backdrop of modern-day India, Kismetwali and Other Stories places the reader amidst circumstances that transcend place, purse and prestige. This octet of novellas offers a rare glimpse into the parallel lives of the privileged and penniless, converging on those astonishing moments when free will intercepts fate and the rigid divide between social classes is rendered insignificant. Each narrative showcases walas and walis of the working class—the common yet essential purveyors of goods and providers of service—as empowered individuals who take centre stage.The shavewala, a humble barber, becomes an intimate collaborator in a love story that spans the seven seas; the malishwali, a long-serving masseuse, conceals her mistress’s shocking secret while offering a gift of revelation to another; the kismetwali, a clairvoyant of unremarkable pedigree, solicits cosmic benefaction for her affluent clients. These socially eclipsed characters are the true protagonists in every story. About Reetika Khanna Nijhawan Reetika Khanna Nijhawan was born and raised in a small town in northern India. While growing up, she travelled the world extensively with her father, an officer in the merchant navy. After receiving her degree in Psychology from Delhi University, she worked as a flight attendant with Lufthansa German Airlines before settling down to write for ELLE and ELLE Décor in Mumbai. She later moved to Atlanta, where her work has been published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Khabar magazine. Kismetwali and Other Stories is her first work of fiction. She penned these eight novellas over time, while waiting in the carpool line outside her daughter’s school.
Book Synopsis Globalization and Planetary Ethics by : Simi Malhotra
Download or read book Globalization and Planetary Ethics written by Simi Malhotra and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-25 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a critical investigation into the contemporary phenomenon of the dissensus of the globe and the planet, and the new terrains of consciousness that need to be negotiated towards a possibility for transformation. It examines the possibilities of alternate, sustainable modes of being and existing in a world which requires a unified, ethical, biopolitical worldview. The book explores themes like philosophical posthumanism and planetary concerns; disruption of cultural and intellectual inequality; bodily movement through nomadic subjectivity; dystopic spatialities of game(re)play; globalization, and speculative imaginaries of the body; and theory of multiplicity. It also discusses the impact of COVID-19 on human beings, the role of the neoliberal media, the question of rights of robots and cyborgs in sci-fi movies, and representation of refugees in literature. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of English literature, political philosophy, cultural studies, literary cultures, post-colonial studies, critical theory, and social anthropology.
Book Synopsis Stories of Trees from India by : Katie Bagli
Download or read book Stories of Trees from India written by Katie Bagli and published by Shree Book Centre. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why would a tree be called ‘Rain Tree’? Why do we never get to see the flowers of a banyan tree? Why does the Ashoka tree bring smiles? The answers to these puzzles and many more are all in this comprehensive book. It not only describes in detail the features of various common trees, but it endeavours, through its amusing stories, to bring about an instant attachment to the trees. Added to this, the etymology of the various scientific names and also the trivia about each tree are sure to deepen the interest of the reader.
Book Synopsis Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories by : Vandana Singh
Download or read book Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories written by Vandana Singh and published by Zubaan. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the success of her collection The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet, Vandana Singh returns to the short story in Ambiguity Machines. Her deep humanism interplays with her scientific background in stories that consider and celebrate this world and others, with characters who try to make sense of the people they meet, what they see, and the challenges they face. An eleventh century poet wakes to find he is an artificially intelligent companion on a starship. A woman of no account has the ability to look into the past. And in ‘Requiem,’ a major new novella, a woman goes to Alaska to try and make sense of her aunt’s disappearance. Examining the revolutionary potential of speculative fiction, Singh dives deep into the vast strangeness of the universe without and within to explore the ways in which we move through space and time: together, yet always apart.
