Download or read book Ayoni and Other Stories written by Alladi Uma and published by Katha. This book was released on 2001 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From dark dilemmas to sharp wounds. That is what this unique collection by writers spanning a century can be summed up as. The stories, unflinching in style and content, focus on women s issues like abortion, rape, dowry and beyond. Each piece is reflective of a path-breaking vision that has altered the Telugu literary scene in form, style and content.
Download or read book Katha Prize Stories written by Geeta Dharmarajan and published by Katha. This book was released on 2002 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Bani Basu`S Latest Novella On Kolkata, And M. Mukandan`S On Kalarippayattu, Katha Honours The Novella For The First Time. They Add Distinction To Six Other Outstanding Stories In This Annual Volume.
Download or read book Gold Nuggets written by Bhadriraju Krishnamurti and published by Sahitya Akademi. This book was released on 2004 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Collection Of Post-Independence Telugu Short Stories Reflects All The Major Trends And Thematic Concerns Of The Telugu Short Stories Of The Post-Independence Period. The Telugu Short Story Right From Its Inception In 1910 Has Demonstrated Its Serious Engagement With Social Issues And Is Imbued With A Strong Sense Of Social Awareness And Responsivenes. The Post-Independence Telugu Short Story Continued This Tradition In Terms Of Its Thematic Preoccupations. The Selection Comes From Different Regions Of Andhra Pradesh: Andhra (Coastal Districts), Rayalaseema And Telangana And Record With Rare Sensitivity The Specificities Of The Sub-Cultures Of These Regions. The Stories Trace The Impact Of All The Important Socio-Political Movements That Have Swept Across The Telugu Land In The Post-Independence Era: Socialism, Communism, Feminism, Civil Right Movement And The Dalit Movement. The Lives Of Telugu People, Urban And Rural Upper Middle Class, Middle Class And The Downtrodden, Professionals And BeggarsýAre Represented In A Rich Mosaic Of Differences.
Download or read book Short Stories written by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer and published by Katha. This book was released on 1996 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He Had Eventful Experiences In A Prison And An Asylum. He Travelled With Sufis And Sanyasis And Did Odd Jobs. At The End Of It, Basheer Has A Bagful Of Stories. Coming From The Man Who Alerted The Map Of Malayalam Fiction Five Decades Ago, This Volume Of Short Stories Is Bound To Be An Unforgettable Experience.
Download or read book Ramayana Stories in Modern South India written by Paula Richman and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2008-03-06 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fresh perspectives on the classic Indiana epic.
Download or read book A Child Widow s Story written by Monica Felton and published by Katha. This book was released on 2003 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving biography of a charming woman, Sister Subbalakshmi, and the inspiring story of her great reform.
Download or read book Singarevva and the Palace written by Chandrasekhara Kambar and published by Katha. This book was released on 2002 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mohana Oh Mohana and Other Poems written by Ke Śivāreḍḍi and published by Sahitya Akademi. This book was released on 2005 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book Brings Together For The First Time In English Translation Some Of The Best Poems Of K. Siva Reddy, One Of The Most Powerful Poets In Telugu Today. Rural Agricultural Life And Nature In All Its Variety, Childhood, Women, Immense Faith In Man And Life, Oppression, Exploitation And Revolution, Power Of The Collective Strength And The Power Of The Word Are Some Of The Recurrent Subjects In His Oeuvre That Spans More Than Decades Of His Life.
Download or read book Hauntings written by Suchitra Samanta and published by Katha. This book was released on 2000 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elusive and jelly-like, the 13 ghost stories in this volume conjoin two different worlds: ethereal and the real. It features female protagonists who speak of intersecting, universal women-experiences of love and rape, loneliness and betrayal, marginalization and dark dilemmas. These are the elements through which the haunting stories are told in a quintessentially Bengali idiom. The volume s stories are by writers spanning the entire twentieth century: Rabindranath Tagore, Pramatha Chaudhuri, Panchkori De, Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, Mahasweta Devi and the like.
Download or read book The Essence of Camphor written by Naiyer Masud and published by Katha. This book was released on 1998 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the magic realm of a glass wharf to the sorrows of a community of wastelanders. From the visceral immediacy of filial bonds to memories that haunt, Naiyer Masud s fictional world is an experience. The Essence of Camphor, the first ever English translation of Masud s work, is evidently an example of Masud s unique and original style that is unparalleled.
Download or read book Vyasa and Vighneshwara written by Anand and published by Katha. This book was released on 2000 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vyasa and Vighneshwara is a fine example of storytelling at its best. A complete piece of work, it leaves the reader to discover and explore stories within stories, past within the future, memory within myth. In course, the reader gets involved in a curious, dynamic process, along with the writer, of tying and untying knots. Amazingly, it rebuilds and reestablishes the concept of story.
Download or read book Visions revisions written by Keerti Ramachandra and published by Katha. This book was released on 1995 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tweleve award winning translations of short stories by master storytellers from the first All India Katha Trans-lation Contest are testimony to this most variegated literary form.
Download or read book Downfall by Degrees written by ʻAbdullāh Ḥusain and published by Katha. This book was released on 2003 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Downfall by Degrees brings you three short stories and two novellas by Abdullah Hussein, recipient of the Adamjee Award, Pakistan s highest literary prize.
Download or read book The End of Human History written by Ḥasan Manẓar and published by Katha. This book was released on 2002 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conflicts generated by regional and religious chauvinism create dark fissures in The End of Human History. A collection of Urdu short stories by well-known writer Hasan Manzar, this volume is a true-to-life sketch of people from all quarters of life. Depicted with compassion, Manzar s art and craft of storytelling is frankly overwhelming.
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Download or read book Rajaji written by Monica Felton and published by Katha. This book was released on 2003 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scintillating biography of C Rajagopalachari statesman, shrewd politician and a good father.
Download or read book Translating Desire written by Anjana Sharma and published by Katha. This book was released on 2002 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a stealthy silence that is challenged in an inspiring volume on sexuality in contemporary Indian culture. This anthology is a timely intervention that not only attempts to locate sex as a tangible truth in an Indian context but also inspires a hundred questions regarding hidden contours.
