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Siril and the Spaceflower

Author : Suniti Namjoshi

Publisher : Tulika Books

Page : 72 pages

File Size : 30,69 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Folklore

ISBN : 9788181467805

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Siril the ant is not his practical, rational self at all. He gazes at the sky all night, mumbles to himself, doesn't answer when spoken to... Beautiful is puzzled and upset. Is he in love? She is even more startled when she discovers that he intends to build a spaceship and fly to one of Jupiter's moons, in response to a sad cry for help! In spite of Beautiful's misgivings, the adventurers do zoom into space with the help of anti-gravity pads, the scientific genius of the Techno Sage, and some very useful mind power from the other sages. But can they really help a moon correct its path? A sci-fi fan herself, Suniti Namjoshi takes the genre way beyond its usual orbit, combining the thrill and beauty of the world beyond with gentle sentiment and unusual insights.



Beautiful and the Cyberspace Runaway

Author : Suniti Namjoshi

Publisher : Tulika Books

Page : 72 pages

File Size : 22,34 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Folklore

ISBN : 9788181467812

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Holiday plans for Aditi and the others go off track when a runaway computer programme, the irrepressible Mistress i, decides to take refuge with them. Hot on her heels is the scientist who created her, who threatens to put them in jail for kidnapping. And in the midst of all the commotion, Beautiful the elephant is determined to learn to be everything she thinks she isn't rational, sensible, logical and equable. From their peaceful home in Maharashtra, India, Aditi and her friends are catapulted into a strange encounter with cyberspace. In her astonishingly simple way, Suniti Namjoshi explores the connection between the two worlds cyber and real and throws up some interesting thoughts: Does a computer have a soul? And is 'getting updated' the equivalent of 'growing up'?



Monkeyji and the Word Eater

Author : Suniti Namjoshi

Publisher : Tulika Books

Page : 72 pages

File Size : 21,29 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Folklore

ISBN : 9788181467799

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Danger! That's what the digital butterflies seem to be spelling out. There is a Word eater at large who snatches words as soon as they are uttered and makes them disappear. The 'monster' turns out to be just a little boy. Otto, Grendel's cousin -but he has formidable mental powers that can be matched only by Monkeyji. Armed with an ammunition of words hoarded by Siril and Gardy, the adventurers roam Hong Kong the city of dragons in search of him. There is tension and taut excitement as they finally take on little Otto and his platoon of crows, in the midst of which the author throws up an interesting idea: does something exist only if it has a name?



Advaita the Writer

Author : Ken Spillman

Publisher : Tulika Books

Page : 56 pages

File Size : 49,96 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Authors

ISBN : 9788181469663

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A story about the love of books, the power of the imagination, of literary heroes and of the birth of dreams.



Suki

Author : Suniti Namjoshi

Publisher : Zubaan

Page : 107 pages

File Size : 12,41 MB

Release : 2014-04-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9383074647

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In Suki, fabulist Suniti Namjoshi weaves a delightful tapestry from threads of longing, loss, memory, metaphor, and contemplation. The whole picture is a stunning evocation of the love and friendship shared between S and her Super Cat, Suki, a lilac Burmese. Suki suggests that she could be a goddess, and S her high priestess. S declines, but as they discuss the merits of vegetarianism, or the meaning of happiness, or morality, or just daily life, it soon becomes clear that the bond between them is a deep and complex one. The days of Suki's life are figured as leaves, which fall vividly but irrevocably into time's stream and are recollected with a wild tenderness by the grieving S, who learns through the disciplines of meditation how to lose what is most loved. This beautiful narrative, both memoir and elegy, offers solace and celebration to everyone who has felt the trust that passes between a person and a beloved creature. Published by Zubaan.



Vacuum Flowers

Author : Michael Swanwick

Publisher : Open Road Media

Page : 233 pages

File Size : 49,27 MB

Release : 2016-05-31

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1504036506

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A cyberpunk thriller from Nebula Award winner Michael Swanwick that explores bioengineering, wetware, and the riddle of personality Rebel Elizabeth Mudlark is a recorded personality owned by corporate giant Deutsche Nakasone. When Rebel’s personality is uploaded to persona tester Eucrasia Walsh and burned into her brain, Rebel escapes the corporation and takes off across an exotically transformed solar system, hijacking Eucrasia’s body and becoming the most wanted fugitive in existence. A fast-paced technological thriller, Vacuum Flowers allows the reader to consider the implications of bioengineering while providing an entertaining and dynamic story. Reminiscent of the innovative work of Philip K. Dick, William Gibson, and Bruce Sterling, this high-tech work of science fiction carves out a niche all its own with themes as relevant today as when it was first published.



Feminist Fables

Author : Suniti Namjoshi

Publisher : Virago Press

Page : 125 pages

File Size : 30,24 MB

Release : 1981

Category : Fables, English

ISBN : 9781853816604

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Book Description

Feminist Fables is a reworking of fairy tale s and mixes mythology with the author''s original material an d imagination to make this a feminist classic. '



What Should I Make?

Author : Nandini Nayar

Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.

Page : 26 pages

File Size : 23,19 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Cookery, Indic

ISBN : 1582462941

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While his mother makes chapatis, Neeraj transforms a piece of dough into different animals.



Writing Spaces: Readings on Writings, Vol. 2

Author : Charles Lowe

Publisher : The Saylor Foundation

Page : 366 pages

File Size : 12,38 MB

Release :

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN :

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Book Description

Volumes in Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing offer multiple perspec- tives on a wide-range of topics about writing. In each chapter, authors present their unique views, insights, and strategies for writing by ad- dressing the undergraduate reader directly. Drawing on their own ex- periences, these teachers-as-writers invite students to join in the larger conversation about the craft of writing. Consequently, each essay func- tions as a standalone text that can easily complement other selected readings in writing or writing-intensive courses across the disciplines at any level.



Writing Spaces 1

Author : Charles Lowe

Publisher : Parlor Press LLC

Page : 268 pages

File Size : 21,3 MB

Release : 2010-06-18

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1602358311

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Volumes in Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing offer multiple perspectives on a wide-range of topics about writing, much like the model made famous by Wendy Bishop’s “The Subject Is . . .” series. In each chapter, authors present their unique views, insights, and strategies for writing by addressing the undergraduate reader directly. Drawing on their own experiences, these teachers-as-writers invite students to join in the larger conversation about developing nearly every aspect of craft of writing. Consequently, each essay functions as a standalone text that can easily complement other selected readings in writing or writing-intensive courses across the disciplines at any level. Topics in Volume 1 of the series include academic writing, how to interpret writing assignments, motives for writing, rhetorical analysis, revision, invention, writing centers, argumentation, narrative, reflective writing, Wikipedia, patchwriting, collaboration, and genres.