Download or read book Mithila Reverie written by Martine Le Coz and published by . This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martine Le Coz is a French writer, painter and long an admirer of Mithila art, a traditional women's art form in north India. Her recent accolade to these artists, Mithila, L'Honneur des Femmes, is here continued with forty two finely executed paintings based on the Indian Devanagari script. The paintings pay homage to the art style of Mithila with each letter a starting point around which Le Coz constructs an image of some aspect of Indian life and art. "Alphabets that are paintings, paintings that are stories, a book that opens up a window into Indian culture - that is 'Mithila Reverie' by Martine Le Coz." - Lina Vincent Sunish

Download or read book Azure written by Brian Day and published by Guernica Editions. This book was released on 2004 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores rich veins of religious sensuality, art, and dance, threading through encounters in Europe before focusing on vibrant South Asian images and stories. Evocative and erotic, the poems consort with figures including Krishna, Shiva and Jesus to offer intriguing scenes of beauty and desire. 'Azure' concludes with a provocative feminist retelling, in multiple voices, of the Hindu epic '

Download or read book Ramayana Pack 4 Volumes written by Shubha Vilas and published by Jaico Publishing House. This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 1328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book India written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles on the description of different cities of India.

Download or read book Ramayana The Game of Life Book 1 Roar with Courage written by Shubha Vilas and published by Jaico Publishing House. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Urmila written by Smriti Dewan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-18 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urmila is an alternative narrative of the Ramayana, the story of the abandoned throne of Ayodhya, the bonds of sisterhood and the anxieties of a multi-racial, multi-cultural Bharat with matriarchal influences from the east. It's an ancient epic set in a fantasy world with modern values and political tensions between kingdoms that mirror the geo-politics of the modern world and its leaders. It follows a reluctant princess, the heir to the throne of Mithila who constantly questions her credentials and ability to rule and is always looking for ways to shrug out of those responsibilities. She's a strong, resolute and independent, always under the shadow of her older sister. Urmila, unlike her sister with her divine roots, is human, with fears and weaknesses that are human as is the way she deals with them, which makes for a relatable protagonist. It's mythology with a twist, where the route is the same, but the actions and motivations of characters make for a very different flavour.

Download or read book Choice in Chaos written by Gangadhar Bhadani and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Gangadhar Bhadani was once described by Jimmy Wales, cofounder of Wikipedia, as the most prolific Indian Wikipedian. He was in the top ten worldwide contributors for months. In Choice in Chaos, Bhadani shares his life story, a tale spanning the six decades of his life so far. It features several streams that flow concurrently: autobiographical accounts and anecdotes, along with a number of select books that passed through his life with a golden streakhis activities, his contributions, and his experience as a Wikipedian. In colorful and candid language, Bhadani describes his childhood, adolescence, and multidimensional adulthood, painting a vivid picture of India along the way. At the age of fifty-five, he began to engage seriously with the English version of Wikipedia, and that connection has profoundly changed his life. This unusual memoir presents the personal narrative of an Indian bank officer who has made extensive contributions to Wikipedia since 2005.

Download or read book Mantras of Change written by Lak and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mantras Of Change: Reporting India In A Time Of Flux Brings To The Fore The Face Of A New India, A Country That Is In A Constant And Prolonged State Of Social And Economic Ferment, Largely Driven By The Aspirations Of People At Every Level, Fuelled By The Many Forces That Are Beyond The Control Of The Government Or The Increasingly Powerful Private Sector. Bullock Carts And Snake Charmers Are Deliberately Set Aside As Lak Offers A Glimpse Of Life In Changing India Based On His Travels And Encounters With People Along The Way. Witty And Provocative, The Essays Talk About The Information Technology Boom And Its Impact, The Sexual Revolution, Environmental Degradation, The Breakdown Of Family Structures And, Of Course, Poverty And Caste. In A Series Of Sharply Drawn Portraits, The Book Introduces Us To A Policeman Working In Death Squads, Hindu Priests Striving To Save The Environment, Hiv-Positive Women Dying A Dignified Death, Old Soldiers From The Opposite Sides Of Intractable Conflicts Showing Genuine Affection For Each Other, And Several Sexual Advice Counsellors. Above All, Mantras Of Change Is An Effort To Share With The Readers Lak&Rsquo;S Idea Of India And His Love Affair With A Glorious And Perplexing Land.

Download or read book Bridge of Rama written by Ashok Banker and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2006 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Original Ramayana Was Written Three Thousand Years Ago. Now, With Breathtaking Imagination And Brilliant Storytelling, Ashok K. Banker Has Recreated This Epic Tale For Modern Readers Everywhere. Sita Has Been Abducted By The Demonlord Ravana And Held Captive In The Island-Kingdom Of Lanka. Rama Is Now Faced With The Bitter Prospect Of A Final, Terrible War Against Ravana And His Rakshasa Hordes. Sita S Fate Hangs In The Balance While Rama S Armies Assemble On The Very Edge Of The Ocean. Using Only Their Wits And Bare Hands They Begin To Build A Bridge To The Island-Kingdom. But Time Is Rapidly Running Out, And The Journey To Lanka Appears Near-Impossible& At This Critical Moment Hanuman Attains A Magnificent Apotheosis. Transformed Into A Being With A Single-Minded Mission, He Prepares For A Terrifying Face-Off With Ravana, And Makes His Awesome Leap Across The Ocean To Rescue Sita. Will He Succeed In Saving Her Life And Averting The Final Battle? Surely A Lone Vanar Cannot Face The Crushing Might Of Lanka And Survive? But Then Hanuman Is No Ordinary Vanar...

Download or read book LakshmiLa The Eternal Love Story written by Shubhi Agarwal and published by Om Books International. This book was released on 2022-04-20 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Don’t you question his love for me. I know what it is.When he resides in me how can you say he left me? Nothing can break the bond between two souls who are connected to each other. No matter how long they are apart, no matter what happens, they are always connected.” Urmila Set against the backdrop of the Ramayana, Lakshmila narrates the story of the selfless love between Lakshman and Urmila without whom the Ramayana would have been incomplete. But Lakshmila – the united entities of Lakhsman and Urmila – does not tell the world about their sacrifices; instead they speak of their love that becomes the cornerstone of their powerful and supreme sacrifice. Urmila is as important as Lakshman in the story. It lingers on the significant pauses in their relationship, unknown to the world, and gently drives home the unsung truth that the love between Lakshman and Urmila was unusual, divine, subtle and yet potent, carrying across lifetimes. Their love was a silent and selfless commitment, more of a spiritual connection. Lakshmila provides a detailed insight into the ‘what, how, when and why’ of every incident that took place during the Treta Yug in the Suryavanshi family, based on detailed research from the Valmiki Ramayana, Kamban Ramayana, Puranas and the different versions of the Ramayana.The fictional narrative is set in the context of a retelling of the epic from Lakshman and Urmila’s perspective of the events that went on to build the timeless tale.

Download or read book Sexuality in Classical South Asian Buddhism written by Jose Ignacio Cabezon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "More than twenty-five years in the making, this detailed sourcebook on Buddhist understandings of sexuality, desire, ethics, and deviance in classical South Asia is filled with both engaging translations and original and provocative analysis. Cabezón marshals an incredible array of scriptures, legal and medical texts, and philosophical treatises, explaining the subtleties of this ancient literature in lucid prose. This work will be of immense interest not only to scholars of Buddhism and gender studies but also to lay readers who want to learn more about traditional Buddhist attitudes toward sex"--Page 2 of dust jacket.

Download or read book Reverie written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Voyage Through the Ramayana written by Mathuram Bhoothalingam and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of Classical Sanskrit Literature written by Madabhushi Krishnamachariar and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 1989 with total page 1294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present work is an analytical account of classical Sanskrit literature in its historical perspective. It is divided into six books, containing several chapters, each dealing with a particular branch of Sanskrit learning. The work is full of references; the footnotes refer to a variety of sources, legendary, inscriptional, numismatic, architectural and literary. The writer has exploited all the relevant material of the journals, catalogues, annals, reports and other documents in discussing the vexed problems of the date, place, genealogy of the authors and the literary tendencies of their compositions. His methodology of literary criticism is rationalistic and bears the stamp of the modern scientific age. The elaborate index, the critical introduction, the exhaustive bibliography, the list of abbreviations, the table of transliteration and a supplement are the most useful additions to this interesting and instructive work of literary history.

Download or read book Self Portrait in Green written by Marie NDiaye and published by Influx Press. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'NDiaye is a hypnotic storyteller with an unflinching understanding of the rock-bottom reality of most people's life.' New York Times ' One of France's most exciting prose stylists.' The Guardian. Obsessed by her encounters with the mysterious green women, and haunted by the Garonne River, a nameless narrator seeks them out in La Roele, Paris, Marseille, and Ouagadougou. Each encounter reveals different aspects of the women; real or imagined, dead or alive, seductive or suicidal, driving the narrator deeper into her obsession, in this unsettling exploration of identity, memory and paranoia. Self Portrait in Green is the multi-prize winning, Marie NDiaye's brilliant subversion of the memoir. Written in diary entries, with lyrical prose and dreamlike imagery, we start with and return to the river, which mirrors the narrative by posing more questions than it answers.

Download or read book Mantras of Change written by Daniel Lak and published by Viking Penguin. This book was released on 2005 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daniel Lak S Foray Into Writing A Book On India Started With A Non-Image. When, Towards The End Of His Three-Year Stint As A Bbc Correspondent In India, He Was Accused By A Young University Student Of Portraying Stereotypical Images Of The Country In His Report Bullock Carts, Cows Ambling In The Streets, Snake Charmers Surrounded By Enthralled Spectators He Was Completely Taken Aback. This Got Him Questioning The Images Of India Portrayed By The Media, Especially The Western Media. Mantras Of Change: Reporting India In A Time Of Flux Brings To The Fore The Face Of A New India, A Country That Is In A Constant And Prolonged State Of Social And Economic Ferment, Largely Driven By The Aspirations Of People At Every Level, Fuelled By The Many Forces That Are Beyond The Control Of The Government Or The Increasingly Powerful Private Sector. Bullock Carts And Snake Charmers Are Deliberately Set Aside As Lak Offers A Glimpse Of Life In Changing India Based On His Travels And Encounters With People Along The Way. Witty And Provocative, The Essays Talk About The Information Technology Boom And Its Impact, The Sexual Revolution, Environmental Degradation, The Breakdown Of Family Structures And, Of Course, Poverty And Caste. In A Series Of Sharply Drawn Portraits, The Book Introduces Us To A Policeman Working In Death Squads, Hindu Priests Striving To Save The Environment, Hiv-Positive Women Dying A Dignified Death, Old Soldiers From The Opposite Sides Of Intractable Conflicts Showing Genuine Affection For Each Other, And Several Sexual Advice Counsellors. Above All, Mantras Of Change Is An Effort To Share With The Readers Lak S Idea Of India And His Love Affair With A Glorious And Perplexing Land.