Download or read book Daughter of the Ganges written by Asha Miró and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopted from India when she was six and raised in Spain, the author takes a heart-wrenching trip back to India as an adult to uncover her roots and discover a sister she never knew.
Download or read book Daughter of the Ganges written by Asha Miró and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2006 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This powerful memoir tracing a young woman's journey into her past is a deeply affecting story about love, fate and the true meaning of belonging. 'Your father and I wanted to have the children which nature could not give us, and you were clamouring for the parents you were denied. Now we have come to the end of that page. It is time to turn over and start a new one, as much for you as for us.' Adopted from an orphanage in India at age seven, the only real home Asha Miro knew was in the centre of cosmopolitan Barcelona. Twenty years later Asha returns to her birthplace, determined to recover the missing pieces of her early life. But nothing could prepare Asha for India's assault on her senses and buried memories - or the shock that she had apparently been abandoned by her parents. But her journey into the past eventually leads her to the truth and a turning point that makes it all worthwhile - finding a sister she never knew existed, also called Asha, the only surviving member of her family. The joyous reunion of the two sisters, whose destinies could not have been more different - the ultimate in the 'sliding doors' of fate - changes both their lives forever. Interspersed with fragments of a diary in which Asha's mother lovingly recorded her adopted daughter's gradual discovery of a strange new world, it is easy to see why Daughter of the Ganges became a No.1 bestseller in Asha's adopted country of Spain. Here, for the first time, this extraordinary story is told in English.
Download or read book Daughter of the Ganges written by Asha Miro and published by Atria Books. This book was released on 2007-09-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up in an Indian orphanage, Asha Miró; dreamed that someday she would be adopted. At the age of six, her wish finally came true, but only at the misfortune of another. A Catalan family was in the process of adopting twins when one of the children suddenly fell ill and died -- a twist of fate that led the family to adopt Asha instead. Leaving a life of poverty behind, Asha was given a second chance. Twenty-one years later, Asha takes a heart-wrenching trip back to India to uncover her native roots. Full of unexpected encounters, this adventure informs and touches Asha beyond her expectations. She visits her old orphanage, speaks with her former caretakers, explores the land that she might not have ever left, and comes to form a more solid identity. Yet one trip is not enough. Eight years later she returns, this time visiting the small rural village where she was born. While uncovering the details behind her adoption, Asha discovers the only living member of her immediate Indian family: a sister she never knew she had.
Download or read book Cataract Of the Ganges Or Rajah s Daughter written by and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Child of the Ganges written by Robert Nicholas Barrett and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cataract of the Ganges written by and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cataract of the Ganges Or The Rajah s Daughter written by William Thomas Moncrieff and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cataract of the Ganges or the Rajah s Daughter A grand romantic melo drama in two acts and in prose written by William Thomas MONCRIEFF (pseud. [i.e. William Thomas Thomas.]) and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cataract of the Ganges Or The Rajah s Daughter written by William Thomas Moncrieff and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Montcrieff's play explores British imperial policy in India, with regards to female infanticide. The plot features Mordaunt, a British officer, persuading the Rajah to renounce female infanticide.
Download or read book La hija del Ganges written by Asha Miró and published by Thorndike Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Quiero unos padres" insistia Asha cuando solo tenia cinco anos en el orfanato de Bombay. En 1974, viajo a Barcelona, donde la esperaban sus padres adoptivos y una hermana india. Luego de este viaje, ella regreso a la India en el verano del 2003, con la intencion de filmar un documental e un rompecabezas intimo, hecho de caras nuevas y sentimientos hondos, de idiomas extranos y lagrimas de alegria, de manos que se unen en lazos de sangre.
Download or read book The Cataract of the Ganges Or The Rajah s Daughter written by William Thomas Moncrieff and published by . This book was released on with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ganges written by Vishwambhar Prasad Sati and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-08-07 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘The Ganges: Cultural, Economic, and Environmental Importance’ is a geographical, cultural, economic, and environmental interpretation of the Ganga River. The Ganga River originates from Gaumukh- situated in the high Himalaya, flows through the world’s biggest fertile alluvial plain, and inlets into the Bay of Bengal at Ganga Sagar. It makes a unique natural and cultural landscape and is believed to be the holiest river of India. The Hindus called it ‘Mother Ganga’ and worship it. The towns/cities, situated on its bank, are world-famous and are known as the highland and valley pilgrimages. The water of the Ganga is pious, and the Hindus use it on different occasions while performing the rituals and customs. This book is unique because no previous study which presents a complete and comprehensive geographical description of the Ganga has been composed. This book presents the historical and cultural significance of the Ganga and its tributaries. Empirical, archival, and observation methods were applied to conduct this study. There are a total of 10 chapters in this book such as ‘Introduction’, ‘the Ganga Basin’, ‘Geography of the Ganga Basin’, ‘the Ganges System: Ganga and its Tributaries’, ‘Ganga between Gaumukh and Uttarkashi’, ‘the Major Cultural Towns’, ‘Major Fairs and Festivals’, ‘Economic Significance of the Ganga’, ‘Environmental Issues’, and ‘Conclusions’. The contents of the book are enriched by 89 figures, 15 tables, and substantial citations and references.
Download or read book Child of the Ganges written by Rev. Robt N. Barrett and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Child of the Ganges: A Tale of the Judson Mission The Ganges is the impersonation of the goddess Ganga, the daughter of the Himalaya. It is believed to be a gift from heaven sent in answer to sixty thou sand years of prayer and severe austerities. Siva was required to catch the descending stream upon his head lest its sudden fall should tear the earth asunder. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Ganges written by Sudipta Sen and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping, interdisciplinary history of the world’s third-largest river, a potent symbol across South Asia and the Hindu diaspora Originating in the Himalayas and flowing into the Bay of Bengal, the Ganges is India’s most important and sacred river. In this unprecedented work, historian Sudipta Sen tells the story of the Ganges, from the communities that arose on its banks to the merchants that navigated its waters, and the way it came to occupy center stage in the history and culture of the subcontinent. Sen begins his chronicle in prehistoric India, tracing the river’s first settlers, its myths of origin in the Hindu tradition, and its significance during the ascendancy of popular Buddhism. In the following centuries, Indian empires, Central Asian regimes, European merchants, the British Empire, and the Indian nation-state all shaped the identity and ecology of the river. Weaving together geography, environmental politics, and religious history, Sen offers in this lavishly illustrated volume a remarkable portrait of one of the world’s largest and most densely populated river basins.
Download or read book An Astronomical Catechism Or Dialogues Between a Mother and Her Daughter written by Catherine Vale Whitwell and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From the Ganges to the Snake River written by Debu Majumdar and published by Caxton Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press In this eclectic collection of personal essays, Debu Majumdar gives a tender and amusing account of a stranger in a strange land.
Download or read book Epic Mythology written by Edward Washburn Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mythology of the two epics of India, the Mahābhārata and the Rāmāyaṇa.
