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  • The Triumph of the Snake Goddess

    by Kaiser Haq ...
    Snakes exist in the myths of most societies, often embodying magical, mysterious forces. Snake cults were especially important in eastern India and Bangladesh, where for centuries worshippers of the indigenous snake goddess Manasa resisted the competing religious influences of Indo-Europeans and Muslims. The result was a corpus of verse texts narrating Manasa’s struggle to win universal adoration ... Read more

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  • The Triumph of the Snake Goddess

    by Kaiser Haq ...
    Snakes exist in the myths of most societies, often embodying magical, mysterious forces. Snake cults were especially important in eastern India and Bangladesh, where for centuries worshippers of the indigenous snake goddess Manasa resisted the competing religious influences of Indo-Europeans and Muslims. The result was a corpus of verse texts narrating Manasa’s struggle to win universal adoration ... Read more

    $34.49 USD

  • Revisiting India's Partition

    New Essays on Memory, Culture, and Politics

    by Nazia Akhtar, Amit Rahul Baishya, Nandita Bhavnani, Ilyas Chattha, Amrita Ghosh, Kaiser Haq, Jasbir Jain, Parvinder Mehta, Radhika Mohanram, Debali Mookerjea-Leonard, Masood Raja, Amber Fatima Riaz, Jeremy A. Rinker, Tarun K. Saint, Tasneem Shahnaaz, Babyrani Yumnam, Md. Rezaul Haque ...
    Revisiting India’s Partition: New Essays on Memory, Culture, and Politics brings together scholars from across the globe to provide diverse perspectives on the continuing impact of the 1947 division of India on the eve of independence from the British Empire. The Partition caused a million deaths and displaced well over 10 million people. The trauma of brutal violence and displacement still haunts ... Read more

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  • Siddhartha

    by Hermann Hesse ...
    He abandons comfort, wisdom, and love—because truth cannot be taught, only lived. In ancient India, Siddhartha sets out on a lifelong quest to understand the meaning of existence. Rejecting rigid teachings and borrowed truths, he experiences asceticism, desire, loss, and profound stillness. Each step—joyful or painful—draws him closer to a deeper harmony with life and the self. Celebrated as "one ... Read more

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  • Siddhartha

    by Hermann Hesse ...
    Siddhartha is an allegorical novel by Hermann Hesse which deals with the spiritual journey of an Indian boy called Siddhartha during the time of the Buddha. The book was written in German, in a simple, yet powerful and lyrical style. It was first published in 1922, after Hesse had spent some time in India in the 1910s.The story revolves around a young man who leaves his home and family on a quest ... Read more

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  • The Palace of Illusions

    A Novel

    by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ...
    Taking us back to a time that is half history, half myth and wholly magical, bestselling author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni gives voice to Panchaali, the fire-born heroine of the Mahabharata, as she weaves a vibrant retelling of an ancient epic saga.Married to five royal husbands who have been cheated out of their father's kingdom, Panchaali aids their quest to reclaim their birthright, remaining ... Read more

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  • Siddhartha

    by Hermann Hesse ...
    Translated by Susan Bernofsky ...
    The classic novel of a quest for knowledge that has delighted, inspired, and influenced generations of readers, writers, and thinkers.Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American ReadThough set in a place and time far removed from the Germany of 1922, the year of the book’s debut, the novel is infused with the sensibilities of Hermann Hesse’s time, synthesizing ... Read more

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  • Siddhartha

    A New Translation

    by Hermann Hesse ...
    Translated by Sherab Ch÷dzin Kohn ...
    Series series Shambhala Classics
    One America’s Favorite Books, PBS’s The Great American ReadNobel Prize–winning author: This classic of 20th-century literature chronicles the spiritual evolution of a man living in India at the time of the Buddha—a tale that has inspired generations of readersHere is a fresh translation of the classic Herman Hesse novel, from Sherab Chödzin Kohn—a gifted translator and longtime student of Buddhism ... Read more

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  • THE MAHABHARATA

    A Modern Rendering, Vol 1

    by Ramesh Menon ...
    The Mahabharata is the more recent of India's two great epics, and by far the longer. First composed by the Maharishi Vyasa in verse, it has come down the centuries in the timeless oral tradition of guru and sishya, profoundly influencing the history, culture, and art of not only the Indian subcontinent but most of south-east Asia. At 100,000 couplets, it is seven times as long as the Iliad and ... Read more

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  • The Ramayana

    A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic

    by R. K. Narayan ...
    **The greatest Indian epic, one of the world's supreme masterpieces of storytellingA Penguin Classic**A sweeping tale of abduction, battle, and courtship played out in a universe of deities and demons, The Ramayana is familiar to virtually every Indian. Although the Sanskrit original was composed by Valmiki around the fourth century BC, poets have produced countless versions in different languages ... Read more

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  • Zen Flesh, Zen Bones

    A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings

    by Paul Reps, Nyogen Senzaki ...
    "It has stayed with me for the last 30 years, a classic portraying Zen mind to our linear thinking." —Phil Jackson, Head Coach of the Chicago Bulls and author of Sacred HoopsZen Flesh, Zen Bones offers a collection of accessible, primary Zen sources so that readers can contemplate the meaning of Zen for themselves. Within the pages, readers will find:101 Zen Stories, a collection of tales that ... Read more

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  • The Mahabharata

    A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic

    by R. K. Narayan ...
    "Narayan makes this treasury of Indian folklore and mythology readily accessible to the general reader . . . he captures the spirit of the narrative."— Library JournalThe Mahabharata tells a story of such violence and tragedy that many people in India refuse to keep the full text in their homes, fearing that doing so would invite a disastrous fate upon their house. Covering everything from ... Read more

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