Indian Literature

ನನ್ನ ಮೊದಲನೇ ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಕಾಡು ಹಾದಿಯ ಜಾಡು ಹತ್ತಿ ಎಂಬುದು ಒಂದು ರೀತಿಯ ಆಕಸ್ಮಿಕ ಕೃತಿ ಅಂತಲೇ ನನ್ನ ಭಾವನೆ. ಇದು ನನ್ನ ಪ್ರಥಮ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನವಾಗಿದ್ದರಿಂದ ದೊಡ್ಡ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಕಥೆಗಳನ್ನು ಯಾರೂ ಓದಲಾರರು ಹೀಗಾಗಿ ಪುಟ್ಟ ಕಥೆಗಳನ್ನೇ ಬರೆಯಬೇಕು ಎಂಬುದಷ್ಟೇ ತಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿತ್ತೇ ಹೊರತು, ಎಂಥಾ ಕಥೆಯನ್ನು ಬರೆಯಬೇಕೆಂಬ ಪೂರ್ವಾಲೋಚನೆ, ಸಿದ್ದತೆಯಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಹೀಗಾಗಿ ಅದರಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಕಥೆಗಳೂ ಸಂದರ್ಭಾನುಸಾರಕ್ಕೆ ತಕ್ಕಂತೆ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸಲ್ಪಂಟಂತವು. ನಾನು ಕಂಡು ಕೇಳಿ, ಅನುಭವಿಸಿದ ಘಟನೆಗಳನ್ನೇ ಪುಟ್ಟ ಪುಟ್ಟ ಕಥೆಗಳನ್ನಾಗಿ ಹೊಸೆದೆ, ಓದುಗರಿಗೆ ಕಥೆಗಳು ಹತ್ತಿರವಾದವು. ಅನುಭವದ ಕಥೆಗಳಾಗಿದ್ದರಿಂದಲೇ ಅವು ಓದುಗರಿಗೆ ಆಪ್ತವಾಗಿದ್ದು. ಕಾರಣ, ನನ್ನ ಅನುಭವಗಳು ಅವರವೂ ಆಗಿದ್ದವು.

হারবার্ট নবারুন ভট্টাচার্যের একটি বিখ্যাত বই। বইটি বাংলা সাহিত্যের একটি কালজয়ী রচনা। গল্পটি শুরু হয় একটা সুইসাইডের ঘটনা দিয়ে এবং মূল চরিত্র হারবার্ট সরকার নামে এক ভাগ্যহত যুবক মৃত ব্যক্তির আত্মাদের সাথে কথা বলতে পারে। সে প্রায়ই চিলেকোঠার ঘরে রবীন্দ্রনাথ, নেহেরু বা আরো অনেকের সাথেই কথা বলে।

সাহিত্য একাডেমী পুরস্কার প্রাপ্ত লেখিকা বাণী বসু কলকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় থেকে ইংরাজি সাহিত্যে উচ্চশিক্ষা লাভ করেন এবং বহুদিন যুক্ত ছিলেন অধ্যাপনার সঙ্গে। পরবর্তীকালে প্রতিষ্ঠিত লেখিকা হিসেবে খ্যাত বাণী বসু মহাভারত নিয়ে প্রচুর চর্চা করেন। মহাভারতের বিভিন্ন চরিত্রকে নিজস্ব দৃষ্টিভঙ্গী ও সহানুভূতির মোড়কে পাঠকের সামনে তুলে ধরেন। মহাভারতের রচয়ীতা কৃষ্ণ দ্বৈপায়ন ব্যাসের জীবন কাহিনী এক নতুন আঙ্গিকে পরিবেশন করেছেন তাঁর অন্যতম উপন্যাস "কৃষ্ণ"তে। ব্যাসদেবের জীবনের বিভিন্ন পর্ব.

দেখো, সবাই দেখো, এই আমি দুর্যোধন, যাঁরি পুত্র হই, আর যার রণকৌশলের প্রদর্শনেই ভ্যাবাচ্যাকা খেয়ে যাই না কেন, আমার এই ক্ষমতা।

বাণী বসু-র লেখা আরেক অনবদ্য উপন্যাস, কালিন্দী।

A Girl from Zanzibar is a riveting modern immigration story for a brave, new, and globalized world. Current events, murky international finance, intrigue, and a search for self are played out in the story of Marcella DiSouza. Marcella is a smart, ambitious young woman of Portuguese Indian-Arab background, who follows a dangerous path from her home in Zanzibar to the shadowy business world of London to a teaching position in a small Vermont college.

This book takes place in the 1800s when the Native Americans were fighting for their way of life. During this time, many immigrants were arriving in America. This immigrant's name is Sheffy. He, too, had a dream of coming to America, and saved all his money to start a new life in the free world.

In 1903, over 300 Indian children from across America lived at the Fort Shaw Indian Boarding School in a remote, isolated valley in Montana. Among the children were a handful of teenage girls, many who had only lived in tepees. They quickly learned to play basketball and resoundingly crushed all opponents, including men's and women's university teams. After the games, the girls recited Shelley and Longfellow, played mandolins and violins, sang, danced, and pantomimed.

Jack Lark, once the Scarlet Thief, has fought hard for his freedom. But will he risk it all to do the right thing? Bombay, 1857. India is simmering with discontent, and Jack Lark, honourably discharged from the British army, aims to take the first ship back to England. But before he leaves, he cannot resist the adventure of helping a young woman escape imprisonment in a gaming house. He promises to escort Aamira home, but they arrive in Delhi just as the Indian Mutiny explodes.

This magnificent novel by one of America’s finest writers is the epic of one man’s remarkable journey, set in nineteenth-century America against the background of a vanishing people and a rich way of life. At the age of twelve, under the Wind moon, Will is given a horse, a key, and a map...

As a woman of the Lakota Indian tribe, Macha has often been encouraged to mingle with the townsfolk of Daisy Creek. That was how she came to know Mr. Dennis Forks, the town's new blacksmith who settled in Daisy Creek some months ago. Ever since she first saw him, Macha has found herself drawn to Dennis.

Siddhartha is a novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with a spiritual journey of self-discovery during the time of the Gautam Buddha. Throughtout the story, Hesse conveys a profound message for everyone who seeks meaning in their lives. The setting is India, but the concerns of Siddhartha are about the connection between mind, body, and spirit as universal. He goes through many changes during the course of the book, and each new life experience brings a new awakening, and brings him closer to the truth.

Patrick Healy, a teacher, travelled around the world, talked with people in different places, and collected around 500 myths, legends, and folktales and their several alternative versions. His opinion and comments (directly or indirectly) are inevitable. This is the seventh volume of his work, 30 Indian Tales, in his words. He retold the stories with his own opinion and approach to them. Patrick is an Australian writer who has an abiding interest in the folklore of different cultures. He has lived and worked in Hong Kong for more than 25 years as a high school teacher.

Millie Sloan and her family have spent their lives toiling at the hands of others. When she and her brother, Buck, get an opportunity to start a new life in Wyoming Territory, they head west to the vast and open frontier. They arrive only to discover that someone from Millie's past is waiting there for her. This time, Millie vows not to allow her heart to be torn in two.

Childhood innocence is shattered for 12-year-old Rosalie Weston when she witnesses a frightening incident at her favorite outlook in the lush Appalachian forest around the home where she lives with her mother, grandmother and aunt. Past and present intertwine when Rosalie and her friend, Willis, uncover family secrets that will forever impact the course of their young lives.

Camping in the north woods, fishing, boating and hiking all suddenly become commonplace experiences to the members of the Sugar Creek Gang as they learn about the rites of Chippewa burial ceremonies from a real live Indian. But that is not all that happens as they visit the Indian cemetery.

A narrative of the unparalleled adventures of Matthew Brayton is compiled for the satisfaction of those who wished to preserve a memorial of his romantic history. Extraordinary as the incidents may appear, there is abundant proof of their entire truth. Living witnesses bear testimony to the circumstances of the mysterious loss of the hero, and his identity is established by incontrovertible proofs. Numerous circumstances also confirm the account given by him of his adventures during the 34 years spent among the Indians.

সুনীল গঙ্গোপাধ্যায় এর অনান্য ছদ্মনামের মধ্যে একটি - নীললোহিত। নীললোহিত সমগ্রের চারটি ভাগে , উনি লিখেছেন জীবনের নানান ভাবনা এবং তার অনুভূতির কথা। জীবনের এই পথ-চলার গল্পে বারবার উঠে এসেছে বহু মানুষ তাদের নিজস্ব যাপনের খুঁটিনাটি নিয়ে। আর তারই

പട്ടിണിപ്പാവങ്ങളായിരുന്ന കർഷകത്തൊഴിലാളികളുടെ മേൽ ഫ്യൂഡൽ പ്രഭുക്കളായിരുന്ന ഭൂവുടമകൾ അടിച്ചേൽപ്പിച്ചിരുന്ന ക്രൂരതകളുടെ കഥകൾ നിരത്തുകയാണ് തകഴി ശിവശങ്കരപ്പിള്ളയുടെ ഈ ക്ലാസിക് നോവൽ.

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