Indian Literature

Payal Mehta has had a crush on popular, athletic, all-around perfect Jonathan Slate ever since he smiled at her in freshman-year Spanish class. At a party during spring break of her junior year, Payal finally works up the courage to ask Jon to hang out. However, her romantic plans are derailed when he vomits on her Keds. Twice. But when Jon offers to take her out to lunch as an apology, Payal is convinced this is the start of their love story.

This Pueblo Indian myth explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.

Winner of the McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year and the Aboriginal Fiction Book of the Year—a collection of twenty short stories told in Thomas King's classic, wry, irreverent, and allegorical voice.

Wambleeska, the youngest son of the Lakota Chief, has grown up in a changing world. Gone are the days of his forefathers. Now, the future is bright with possibilities, and Wambleeska is ready to join his people in this exciting new world. There is just one problem. Unlike his brother, who recently found love and happiness, Wambleeska has felt no connection with any of the women from his tribe, or even the ladies belonging to the nearby settlement of Daisy Creek. Longing for a family of his own, Wambleeska decides to take matters into his own hands and advertise for a mail-order bride.

In The Big Fifty, another name for the famous Sharps rifle, reality of frontier life becomes brutally clear to 12-year-old Coady McIlvain. He falls in with a buffalo sharpshooter, and the two must survive the unforgiving terrain and hostile enemies.

Patrick O’Brian is acclaimed as one of the greatest historical novelists of the twentieth century, celebrated throughout the world for his masterful roman fleuve, the Aubrey‒Maturin series. But he was also a prolific writer of short stories, and it is in this form that he first made his mark. Encompassing stories written in his unvarnished youth to tales told by a seasoned traveller, this is the most comprehensive collection of O’Brian’s short fiction ever published. It is a treasure chest, containing more than sixty tales, including rarities, uncollected works, and forgotten jewels.

This book is a critical assessment of five years of the brand of economics Prime Minister Narendra Modi has championed, often referred to as "Modinomics". Brought into power with the biggest political mandate in almost three decades, did the NDA government succeed in gainfully transforming India's economic trajectory or did it squander a once-in-a-generation opportunity? The book conjectures it is the latter, and analyses why the Modi government's stewardship of the economy is a "great disappointment".

Vinod Kumar Shukla's Blue Is Like Blue, translated from Hindi by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra and Sara Rai, has been awarded The Inaugural Mathrubhumi Book of Year Award 2020. It is also the Winner of the Atta Galatta–Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize 2019. Blue is like blue is a short story collection by Vinod Kumar Shukla. Renowned for bringing the marvellous to the ordinary, Vinod Kumar Shukla has long been recognized as one of India's foremost writers, with a voice uniquely his own.

Janavi and Sagar were never meant to end up married. Janavi is a wonderfully independent, young modern Indian woman. She works for an organizaiton in India that helps street children, often lost to the world of human trafficking. Sagar is a trained hydraulic engineer, an expert in dam construction. He is the least favorite son, his parents never able to forgive him for an unspeakable act from his past. Sagar seeks refuge in his daydreams of one day finding hidden treasures in the fabled Indian river, the Ganges.

ഭാരതീയ കവികളിൽ ഉന്നതശീർഷനായി നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു മഹാകവി കാളിദാസൻ. കാളിദാസകൃതികളിൽ ഭാവനാപരമായ പൂർണ്ണതകൊണ്ടും ഉജ്ജ്വലമായ ലാവണ്യം കൊണ്ടും ഔന്നത്യമേറെയുള്ള ലഘുകാവ്യമാണ് മേഘസന്ദേശം. സന്ദേശകാവ്യപ്രസ്ഥാനമെന്ന കാവ്യശാഖയ്ക്ക് തുടക്കമിട്ട കൃതി എന്ന നിലയിലും ശ്രദ്ധേയമാണ് മേഘസന്ദേശം. അളകാപുരിയിൽ നിന്നും ബഹിഷ്കൃതനായി വിന്ധ്യാപർവ്വതത്തിൽ ജീവിക്കാൻ വിധിക്കപ്പെട്ട ഒരു യക്ഷനാണ് ഈ സന്ദേശകാവ്യത്തിലെ നായകൻ. പ്രിയജനവിരഹത്താൽ ദുഃഖിതനായിത്തീർന്ന യക്ഷൻ ആഷാഢമാസമേഘത്തിന്റെ കൈവശം കൊടുത്തയയ്ക്കുന്ന സന്ദേശവും പ്രണയിനിയുടെ അടുത്തെത്താനുള്ള മാർഗ്ഗനിർദ്ദേശവും മറ്റുമാണ് കാവ്യവിഷയം.

Charles Alexander Eastman (1858-1939) was a mixed-blood Sioux. He became one of the best known Indians of his time, receiving a bachelor of science degree from Dartmouth in 1887 and a medical degree from Boston University three years later.

An old and insightful tale, Indian Tale About Four Deaf Men holds up surprisingly well in the modern context.

Set in the rugged frontier of the West, this unforgettable sequel to Janet Dailey's best selling novel The Proud and the Free begins when Lije Stuart, the handsome son of Temple and The Blade Stuart, returns to the Cherokee Nation after 4 years at Harvard. As the American Civil War rages across the country, the Stuarts, too, are torn apart by an old family feud.

Dashur Kirti by Sukumar Ray is a delightful blend of wit, humor, and clever wordplay that showcases the author's unique storytelling style.. Perfect for listeners of all ages, Ray’s playful language and sharp wit will keep you entertained while sparking your imagination. Whether you're already a fan of Bengali literature or new to Sukumar Ray's genius, Dashur Kirti is an audiobook experience that promises laughter, fun, and a fresh perspective on everyday life. Don’t miss out on this classic treasure – hit play and let the fun begin!

It’s 1806. A young republic just three decades old - the United States of America - is about to make a great push westward, across the Mississippi, into a wild, beautiful, and dangerous land. A territory of towering mountains and violent waters, of icy glaciers and searing deserts. The great northwest. It is a time and a place where fortunes will be made, destinies will be revealed, and legends will rise.

પ્રેમચંદે હિન્દી વાર્તાઓને નિશ્ચિત પરિપ્રેક્ષ્ય અને કલાત્મક આધાર આપ્યો. એમની વાર્તાઓ પરિવેશ વણે છે. પાત્ર પસંદ કરે છે.

Sweeping powers of description transport her listeners to another time and place. Rosanna Ley, author of best-selling The Villa and Return to Mandalay. Some memories can be forgotten.... Others won't ever go away. For renowned actor Sir Mungo, his quiet home village in Devon provides the perfect retreat. Close by are his brother and his wife, and the rural location makes his home the ideal getaway for his old friends in London.

হারবার্ট নবারুন ভট্টাচার্যের একটি বিখ্যাত বই। বইটি বাংলা সাহিত্যের একটি কালজয়ী রচনা। গল্পটি শুরু হয় একটা সুইসাইডের ঘটনা দিয়ে এবং মূল চরিত্র হারবার্ট সরকার নামে এক ভাগ্যহত যুবক মৃত ব্যক্তির আত্মাদের সাথে কথা বলতে পারে। সে প্রায়ই চিলেকোঠার ঘরে রবীন্দ্রনাথ, নেহেরু বা আরো অনেকের সাথেই কথা বলে।

With direct access to the top Maoist leadership, Rahul Pandita provides an authoritative account of how a handful of men and women, who believed in the idea of revolution, entered Bastar in Central India in 1980 and created a powerful movement that New Delhi now terms India's biggest internal security threat. It traces the circumstances due to which the Maoist movement entrenched itself in about 10 states of India, carrying out deadly attacks against the Indian establishment in the name of the poor and the marginalised.

Charles Eastman is unique among Indian writers, whether storytellers or oral historians. He was raised traditionally, as a Woodland Sioux, by his grandmother, from 1858 to 1874, until he was 15. He thus gained a thorough first-hand knowledge of the lifeways, language, culture, and oral history. His father (thought to have been hanged at Mankato, Minnesota) reappeared and insisted he receive the white man's education.