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“devika, j j devika”

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  • One Hell of a Lover

    by Unni R., Devika, J. J. Devika ...
    The best of the contemporary short story writerUnni R.’s short stories thrive on the many tales rural folk tell each other to make up the tapestry of everyday life—fantastic stories, local gossip shared in whispers.His protagonists are always colourful; some of them live their lives in provincial circles, but their minds hover in worlds that they gained through the mind. No wonder then, that they ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Cock Is The Culprit

    by Unni R., Devika, J. J. Devika ...
    A scathing social satireIn a small village in Kerala, people begin to feel threatened by an invisible rooster that crows at odd hours. It is heard interrupting the morning and night prayers at the temple, the mass at the church, the azaan at the mosque and the martyrs’ day ceremony. When it hoots in the middle of the national anthem being sung at the local school, it is instantly labelled as a ... Read more

    $3.35 USD

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  • The Inheritance of Loss

    by Kiran Desai ...
    In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace, when his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep. The judge's cook watches over her distractedly, for his thoughts are often on his son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one gritty New York restaurant to another. Kiran Desai's brilliant novel, ... Read more

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  • Poovan Banana and Other Stories

    by Vaikom Muhammed Basheer(Author);Translated from Malayalam by V.Abdulla ...
    This carefully selected collection of Vaikom Muhammad Basheers short stories are characterised by a variety in theme and tone. He has enshrined in them every kind of experience from the pangs of hunger and sex to the rapture of mystic vision. Its range includes stark realistic pictures of the material world as well as the realm of fantasy haunted by ghosts and spirits. Basheer has written on love ... Read more

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  • The Folded Earth

    A Novel

    by Anuradha Roy ...
    From the widely acclaimed author of An Atlas of Impossible Longing, a powerful and triumphantly beautiful novel set in contemporary India, about a young woman forging a new life in the foothills of the Himalayas.Desperate to leave a private tragedy behind, Maya abandons herself to the rhythms of the little village in the Himalayas, where people coexist peacefully with nature. But all is not as it ... Read more

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  • Katha

    Short Stories by Indian Women

    Edited by Urvashi Butalia ...
    Women's stories in India have been handed down from generation to generation, enriched and embroidered along the way. Political change and the arrival of print culture meant that storytelling was pushed into the background. But in more recent times, these voices have once again come centre-stage - confident, varied and complex. Spanning half a century, this collection covers many languages and ... Read more

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  • Kuttiedathi And Other Stories

    by M T Vasudevan Nair ...
    Kuttiedathi and Other Stories is a careful collection of ten short stories. This collection brings together some of the most well known stories of M T Vasudevan Nair, fairly representative of his literary works. Written over a broad span of time from 1962 to 2000, the stories collected here reflect the built-in variety of his fictional concerns and the changing tones of his narration. M T ... Read more

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  • Khushwant Singh Best Indian Short Stories Volume 1

    by Khushwant Singh ...
    The Indian short story is extraordinary in its ability to stick to the traditional rules of the craft and still demonstrate remarkable originality. It revolves around a limited number of characters, confines itself in time and space, and has a well-plotted narrative that drives its central theme. Within the traditional framework, however, creativity flowers and a fresh and imaginative story ... Read more

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  • Baluta

    by Daya Pawar ...
    Translated by Jerry Pinto ...
    The first Dalit autobiography to be published, Baluta caused a sensation when it first appeared, in Marathi, in 1978. It quickly acquired the status of a classic of modern Indian literature and was also a bestseller in Hindi and other major languages. This is the first time that it has been translated into English. Set in Mumbai and rural Maharashtra of the 1940s and '50s, it describes in shocking ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

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  • Khushwant Singh Best Indian Short Stories Volume 2

    by Khushwant Singh ...
    Khushwant Singh, the country's foremost literary figure, serves up another volume of the finest fiction from across India. 'A good read . . . engaging . . . The names live up to their reputation.' - India Today 'Tremendous richness of characters on display.' - Deccan Herald 'Offers much . . . to the discriminating reader.' - Deccan Chronicle 'An eminently readable book . . . The range of ... Read more

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  • Difficult Daughters

    by Manju Kapur ...
    Set around the time of Partition and written with absorbing intelligence and sympathy, Difficult Daughters is the story of a young woman torn between the desire for education and the lure of illicit love.' Difficult Daughters is intensely imagined, fluidly written, moving. Through our struggles with our parents, it flings us into their own momentous times, their youthful yearnings for love and ... Read more

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  • Daksha the Medicine Girl

    by Gita V. Reddy ...
    Series series Short Chapter Books for Ages 8-12
    Daksha lives in a hamlet on the Himalayas. An orphan, she learns native medicine by assisting a vaidya. A chance encounter brings her to the notice of people who move her to town and admit her to a school.Daksha is unhappy there and wants to return to her hamlet – until a resourceful doctor helps her adjust to her new life.Daksha the Medicine Girl and The Missing Girl (also by the author) are used ... Read more

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