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Indian Children's Favorite Stories

Author : Rosemarie Somaiah

Publisher : Tuttle Publishing

Page : 64 pages

File Size : 48,1 MB

Release : 2020-04-14

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 146290632X

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This colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents Indian fairy tales and other folk stories that the whole family will enjoy! Indian Children's Favorite Stories is a charming selection of eight Indian tales that provide an insight into traditional Indian culture. They make perfect new additions for story time or bedtime reading. Retold for an international audience, the beautifully illustrated stories will give children of all ages a glimpse into the fables and folklore of India, including tales of how Lord Krishna escapes the evil Kamsa's repeated attempts to kill him, and how the elephant keeper's daughter, Rani, humbles an unwise and unjust king by emptying his storehouses of rice. Featured Indian stories include: The Story of Rama, the ancient Indian tale of a prince's exile and return to his homeland Sukhu and Dukhu, two sisters--one kind, one selfish--and their different fates Munna and the Grain of Rice, how a good and clever girl saves her people from hunger And five more wonderful tales to delight story lovers everywhere. A glossary is also included, so that everyone can understand and appreciate the Indian words scattered throughout the stories. The Children's Favorite Stories series was created to share the folktales and legends most beloved by children in the East with young readers of all backgrounds in the West. Other multicultural children's books in this series include: Asian Children's Favorite Stories, Indonesian Children's Favorite Stories, Japanese Children's Favorite Stories, Singapore Children's Favorite Stories, Filipino Children's Favorite Stories, Favorite Children's Stories from China & Tibet, Chinese Children's Favorite Stories, Korean Children's Favorite Stories, Balinese Children's Favorite Stories, and Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories.



The Great Indian Novel

Author : Shashi Tharoor

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 626 pages

File Size : 44,46 MB

Release : 2011-09-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1628721596

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In this award-winning novel, Tharoor has masterfully recast the two-thousand-year-old epic, The Mahabharata, with fictional but highly recognizable events and characters from twentieth-century Indian politics. Nothing is sacred in this deliciously irreverent, witty, and deeply intelligent retelling of modern Indian history and the ancient Indian epic The Mahabharata. Alternately outrageous and instructive, hilarious and moving, it is a dazzling tapestry of prose and verse that satirically, but also poignantly, chronicles the struggle for Indian freedom and independence.



Khushwant Singh Best Indian Short Stories Volume 1

Author : Khushwant Singh

Publisher : Harper Collins

Page : 272 pages

File Size : 13,30 MB

Release : 2012-06-06

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9350292939

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The Indian short story is extraordinary in its ability to stick to the traditional rules of the craft and still demonstrate remarkable originality. It revolves around a limited number of characters, confines itself in time and space, and has a well-plotted narrative that drives its central theme. Within the traditional framework, however, creativity flowers and a fresh and imaginative story emerges. This volume is chock-full with such stories, written by authors well known in their regional languages as well as those who have made a name for themselves in English literary circles. Carefully selected by India's literary giant, the late Khushwant Singh, these pieces represent the best of Indian writing from around the country.



The Greatest Indian Stories Ever Told

Author : Arunava Sinha

Publisher : Aleph Book Company

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 19,74 MB

Release : 2023-07-05

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9789393852878

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The Greatest Indian Stories Ever Told is a selection of some of the finest literary short fiction written by Indian writers since the genre came into being in the country in the late nineteenth century. Including early masters of the form, contemporary stars, as well as brilliant writers who came of age in the twenty-first century, this anthology takes in its sweep stories from the various regions, languages, and literatures of India. These authors are some of the most feted in the annals of Indian literature and have, between them, won virtually every major literary prize on offer-including the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Jnanpith Award, the Sahitya Akademi Award, and numerous state, national, and international honours.



English, August

Author : Upamanyu Chatterjee

Publisher : New York Review of Books

Page : 356 pages

File Size : 44,11 MB

Release : 2006-04-04

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9781590171790

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Agastya Sen, known to friends by the English name August, is a child of the Indian elite. His friends go to Yale and Harvard. August himself has just landed a prize government job. The job takes him to Madna, “the hottest town in India,” deep in the sticks. There he finds himself surrounded by incompetents and cranks, time wasters, bureaucrats, and crazies. What to do? Get stoned, shirk work, collapse in the heat, stare at the ceiling. Dealing with the locals turns out to be a lot easier for August than living with himself. English, August is a comic masterpiece from contemporary India. Like A Confederacy of Dunces and The Catcher in the Rye, it is both an inspired and hilarious satire and a timeless story of self-discovery.



Tales from Indian Country

Author : George Emery Stewart

Publisher :

Page : 334 pages

File Size : 40,5 MB

Release : 1997

Category : Social Science

ISBN :

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Stories and legends from Uintah and Duchesne counties.



The Portfolio Book of Great Indian Business Stories

Author : Penguin Books India

Publisher : Penguin UK

Page : 325 pages

File Size : 49,81 MB

Release : 2015-05-15

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9352140214

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How did Dhirubhai Ambani build a polyester plant in record time? What made JRD Tata launch India’s first airline? How did Vijay Mallya wrest control of Shaw Wallace from Manu Chhabria? Why did Bhai Mohan Singh fall out with his favourite son and lose control of Ranbaxy? The Portfolio Book of Great Indian Business Stories contains excerpts from a selection of the finest business books published by Penguin Portfolio. This anthology features snippets from the lives of some of the most eminent business leaders India has seen—M.S. Oberoi, Ratan Tata, Aditya Birla and Rahul Bajaj, among others. There are tales of outstanding successes, crushing failures, extraordinary challenges and relentless determination, some of which chronicle the times when these legends were just simple businessmen trying to make a mark. The grit and ruthless persistence of these men defined who they were and the legacies they left behind.





Indian Old-man Stories

Author : Frank Bird Linderman

Publisher : U of Nebraska Press

Page : 216 pages

File Size : 18,18 MB

Release : 2001-09-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780803280014

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The Indians of the northwestern plains always laughed at the tales about Old-man, heard around the lodge fire in the wintertime after sunset. For a powerful character, he was comically flawed. Old-man made the world but sometimes forgot the names of things. Victim and victimizer, he seemed closer to common experience than the awesome god Manitou. Frank B. Linderman thought Old-man was, under different names, a god for many Indian communities. ø These stories?collected from Chippewa and Cree elders and first published in 1920?are full of wonder at the way things are. Why children lose their teeth, why eyesight fails with age, why dogs howl at night, why some animals wear camouflage?these and other mysteries, large and small, are made vividly sensible.



Famous Indian Stories

Author : M. G. Narasimha Murthy

Publisher :

Page : 120 pages

File Size : 10,89 MB

Release : 2009-01-01

Category : Short stories, Indic

ISBN : 9788125034285

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This anthology introduces to the reader some of the best short stories written by famous Indian authors of recent times. It brings together an impressive span of Indian writing in English from the turn of the 19th century to the late 20th century. These stories are representative of the fine art of story writing and the different techniques adopted by writers considered to be the great Indian masters. Famous Short Stories by Indian Writers explores themes that are crucial for the context and study of Indian Writing in English. Stories like Tagore s Kabuliwallah , Premchand s The Voice of God and Masti Venkatesha Iyengar s The Curds Seller locate the individual s identity in the family and community. Other stories in the collection, Mulk Raj Anand s The Gold Watch , Khushwant Singh s Mark Of Vishnu and Manohar Malgonkar s Upper Division Love also provide insights into relationships formed between different social groups, British and Indian, employer and employee, the privileged and the underprivileged.