Download or read book Bear with Me Amma written by M.T. Vasudevan Nair and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2023-11-20 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MT, as he is popularly known, is one of the most illustrious writers and film-makers from modern Kerala. His life’s work has won him the Jnanpith Award, the Sahitya Akademi Award, the National Film Award and the Padma Bhushan, among others. MT grew up in the village of Kudallur in Kerala and his writings constantly evoke the landscape of the years he spent there. Many of the characters in his stories are based on people who lived in this region and the stories themselves often retell incidents that happened there. The memoirs as well as the stories in this volume were chosen by MT himself. They pay homage to his childhood, his craft and most importantly, his Amma, whose restful presence they beautifully and poignantly capture.
Download or read book Brave Bitsy and the Bear written by Angela McAllister and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A small toy rabbit and a large woodland bear come to each other's rescue during the winter.
Download or read book Girls for Sale written by Gurujada Venkata Apparao and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterpiece of British Indian literature in a vibrant modern English translation
Download or read book Talking Is Wasted Breath written by Rasana Atreya and published by Scrub Tree Media. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world where family expectations outweigh personal desires, tradition isn't simply a guide—it's an ironclad rule. Madhav is a young man with an engineering job that pays rather well. He also has: · A mother who doesn’t understand why it is so wrong to demand dowry for her son. Especially when she paid out a generous dowry for her daughter. · A father who feels so obligated to his beautiful wife for consenting to marry him, he will not deny her. · A grandfather whose wacky schemes occupy his own time and Madhav’s. · A grandmother whose sharp tongue hides a kind heart. · A girl who has possession of his heart but not of the dowry his mother so desires. Traditionally, as the eldest son, Madhav must marry a woman who will perform his ancestors’ afterlife rituals—a responsibility he’s ready to shoulder. Yet, when it comes to selecting a bride, he'd rather deviate from tradition and choose his own partner—an idea his parents are not willing to accept. Set in rural India, where old traditions and new ideas often collide, Talking Is Wasted Breath is a compelling drama about the challenges of generational differences, societal pressures, and the power of love. In a world where family ties are both valued and limiting, the story follows one man’s search for happiness as he disrupts long-standing traditions. Engaging and insightful, this novel explores themes of change, hope, and the complexities of human relationships. ◆ This book was previously called 28 Years A Bachelor. ◆ Spellings used in this book are British/Indian. ◆ All books in this series may be read independently.
Download or read book Possessed by the Virgin written by Kristin C. Bloomer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1980s, in a rural village in South India, a Dalit woman miscarried. She hovered on the edge of death--until the Virgin Mary led her to a chapel and possessed her. For years, hundreds of ailing Catholics and Hindus came to this woman for healing, and Mary made them well. Two decades later, in the metropolis of Chennai, a boy named Alex lay in his hospital bed sick with fever when the Virgin Mary appeared to him and told him to walk. He did--and at home, he felt Mary enter his body. Soon, his older cousin Rosalind also showed signs of Marian possession. Mary told them that her name was "Jecintho." Within three years, another young woman in Chennai also became possessed by Jecintho and began exhibiting signs of stigmata: blood flowing from her hands and eyes. Possessed by the Virgin is an ethnographic account of Marian possession, healing, and exorcism among Catholics and Hindus in southeast India. Following the lives of three Tamil Roman Catholic women for more than a decade, Kristin C. Boomer attends to the women's own descriptions of their experience with Marian possession, as well as to those of the people who came to them for healing. Her book investigates how possession is possible and in what contexts such experiences can be read as authentic. Roman Catholic officials have responded in various ways: banning certain activities while promoting others. Their responses reflect the complicated relationship of the Roman Catholic Church with non-Christian religious practices on the Indian subcontinent, where "possession" (a term introduced by missionaries) involving deities and spirits has long been commonplace and where gods, goddesses and spirits have long inhabited people. This ground sets the stage for Bloomer to explore questions of agency, gender, subjectivity, and power, and the complex interconnection between the ethnographic "Self" and the "Other."
Download or read book Beautiful Creatures Complete Gift Set written by Kami Garcia and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl's epic bestselling Beautiful Creature series in this complete e-book collection that includes: Beautiful Creatures, Beautiful Darkness, Beautiful Chaos, Beautiful Redemption. There were no surprises in Gatlin County. At least, that's what I thought. Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong. Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin, the small Southern town he had always called home, as a place where nothing ever changed. Then he met mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes, who revealed a secret world where a curse has marked Lena's family of powerful Supernaturals for generations. Mysterious, suspenseful, and romantic, Beautiful Creatures, Beautiful Darkness, Beautiful Chaos, and Beautiful Redemption introduce a secret world hidden in plain sight. A world where impossible, magical, life-altering events happen. Sometimes life-ending.
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Download or read book When the World Becomes Female written by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A carefully crafted ethnography on the South Indian festival of the village goddess Gangamma in the pilgrimage town of Tirupati” (Choice). During the goddess Gangamma’s festival in the town of Tirupati, lower-caste men take guises of the goddess, and the streets are filled with men wearing saris, braids, and female jewelry. By contrast, women participate by intensifying the rituals they perform for Gangamma throughout the year, such as cooking and offering food. Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger argues that within the festival ultimate reality is imagined as female and women identify with the goddess, whose power they share. Vivid accounts by male and female participants offer new insights into Gangamma’s traditions and the nature of Hindu village goddesses. “Flueckiger’s rich and colorful descriptions of the stories, festivals, and worshipers connected with the goddess Gangamma evoke a world that previously had been accessible to very few living outside southern India. This work makes available to readers a close-up view of an extremely fascinating aspect of living Hinduism.” —David L. Haberman, Indiana University “Carefully crafted. . . . Through these rituals, stories and lives, the author reveals new ways of comprehending gender both at the cosmological and human level.” —Ann Grodzins Gold, Syracuse University
Download or read book My Masters from the 4th Dimension written by Rejith Kumar. R and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2022-11-23 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “My Masters from the 4th Dimension” is a heart-warming real-life journey of a self-proclaimed atheist awakened to a mystical world of spiritual masters and given a mission of uniting and leading ancient Kumari Kandam (Pleiadian) souls to fulfill their destiny of awakening and co-creating a new world of higher spiritual consciousness. The era of Lord Muruga and the Siddhas - ‘Muruga Yugam’ has begun for a massive energy shift to occur on earth triggering the onset of Pleiadian or Karthika energy to flow abundantly on earth. Awakened souls living in different parts of the world are now finding themselves drawn to the Pleiadian mission of Lord Muruga. Sounds extraordinary, right? How did this all begin? It begins with the story of a young man pursuing to be a cinematographer. Destiny, however, had other plans for him. His life changed unexpectedly with the sudden appearance of his spiritual guide Lord Muruga who leads him on a series of spiritual quests. It led to several mystical experiences in his otherwise day-to-day world. After almost two decades of spiritual travel, he looks back at the journey which transformed him into a global spiritual leader under the benevolent grace of Lord Muruga.
Download or read book Amminikutty written by D.J(Deepa jayaraj) and published by D.J.PUBLICATION KODUNGALLUR. This book was released on 2014-10-02 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story is based on a real life incident and hence not painted with flowery words. The unfortunate heroine of the story, Amminikkutty, lost her right to lead a peaceful life due to the forceful interference of the supposed to be bigwigs and the so called society norms fixed by a male dominated society. Amminikkutty who had shouldered all sorts of hardships remain as a symbol of lost love and never ending sorrows. Praise for Amminikutty “Amminikutty is the contemporary reading of woman lives; A novel, which is a non decorative description of truthful experiences”-Kerala Sahithya Accademy, September 2013 issue “A novel which centres on its main character Amminikutty. The plot of this novel is the miserable life of its heroine, who always stood for the wellbeing of those in her life.” Mathrubhumi weekly special issue, October 2013. “The theme of this novel is the fretting and fuming of woman life which gets entangled in the labyrinth of family intricacies, even in this modern era.” Grihalekshmi magazine, March 2014 “The main character Amminikutty, who has suffered endless hardships all throughout her life, remains as the personification of sufferings”Kumkumam magazine, November 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4Nl7WuOoPY http://www.amazon.in/AMMINIKUTTY-Amminikutty-D-J-ebook/dp/B00O4C52R6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1421749497&sr=8-1&keywords=amminikutty
Download or read book Mommy and Me written by Tiya Hall and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little Bear and Mommy Bear share a special day together exploring the woods in this heartwarming story that captures the special bond shared between a mother and child. Beautiful illustrations paired with lively, rhyming text will keep little ones entertained and engaged while following along to this sweet woodland story. Join Little Bear as she plays, explores, and learns with her mommy while sharing lots of hugs and support along the way! This cute mommy loves you board book perfect for story time with mom or grandma to share with the little one in their lives. Perfect for Mother's Day gifts or a gift just to say "I love you"! Beautifully captures the unconditional love shared between a parent and child Sweet and playful illustrations by well-known artist, Sydney Hanson, and rhyming text make for an engaging and entertaining read Sturdy large board pages and padded durable cover suitable for even the littlest boys and girls Touches on themes of empathy, bonding, encouragement, and unconditional love to your baby or toddler Perfect gift for baby showers, a birthday, Mother's Day, new mothers, little valentines, first libraries, grandmother, and more Explore more mother/daughter books, a grandma book to read with their grandchild, and more by Cottage Door Press.
Download or read book The Beauty of the Moment written by Tanaz Bhathena and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Susan is the new girl—she’s sharp and driven, and strives to meet her parents’ expectations of excellence. Malcolm is the bad boy—he started raising hell at age fifteen, after his mom died of cancer, and has had a reputation ever since. Susan’s parents are on the verge of divorce. Malcolm’s dad is a known adulterer. Susan hasn’t told anyone, but she wants to be an artist. Malcolm doesn’t know what he wants—until he meets her. Love is messy and families are messier, but in spite of their burdens, Susan and Malcolm fall for each other. The ways they drift apart and come back together are testaments to family, culture, and being true to who you are.
Download or read book Indian Short Stories 1900 2000 written by I. Vi Rāmakr̥ṣṇan and published by Sahitya Akademi. This book was released on 2005 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Forty Three Stories From Twenty One Languages Anthologised Here Reflect The Diversity And Complexity Of Life Lived In India. From The Violence And Mass Hysteria Of The Partition To The Supressed Rage And The Gnawing Self-Pity Of Individuals Trapped In Broken HomesýThese Stories Capture The Outer And The Inner Lives Of Indian Society. The Sacred And The Profane, The Elite And Subaltern Meet In Many-Layered Narratives In These Stories, Providing Us Metaphors To Visualize Ourselves. These Stories Map An Eventful Century During Which Our Country Emerged Into A Nation. The Images Gathered Here From The Haunted Interiors Of The Twentieth Century Are Both Disquieting And Illuminating.
Download or read book Stalking God written by Anjali Kumar and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anjali Kumar, a pragmatic lawyer for Google, was part of a rapidly growing population in America: highly spiritual but religiously uncommitted. But when her daughter was born, she became compelled to find God -- or at least some kind of enlightenment. Convinced that traditional religions were not a fit for her, and knowing that she couldn't simply Google an answer to "What is the meaning of life?", Kumar set out on a spiritual pilgrimage, looking for answers -- and nothing was off limits or too unorthodox. She headed to the mountains of Peru to learn from the shamans, attended the techie haunt of Burning Man, practiced transcendental meditation, convened with angels, and visited saints, goddesses, witches, and faith healers. She even hired a medium to convene with the dead. Kumar's lighthearted story offers a revealing look at the timeless and vexing issue of spirituality in an era when more and more people are walking away from formal religions. Narrated from the open-minded perspective of a spiritual seeker rather than a religious scholar, Kumar offers an honest account of some of the less than mainstream spiritual practices that are followed by millions of people in the world today as she searches for the answers to life's most universal questions: Why are we here? What happens when we die? Is there a God?
Download or read book Publications written by Philippines. Division of Ethnology and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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