Mamaji
Mamaji

Author: Ved Mehta

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2020-11-05

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0241504902

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Book 2 in Ved Mehta's Continents of Exile series. Nearly 50 years in the making, Continents of Exile is one of the great works of twentieth-century autobiography: the epic chronicle of an Indian family in the twentieth century. From 1930s India to 1950s Oxford and literary New York in the 1960s-80s, this is the story of the post-colonial twentieth century, as uniquely experienced and vividly recounted by Ved Mehta. Translating individual experience into the universal, Mehta recounts the story of his mother's arranged marriage to a British-trained doctor and, by extension, of an ancient Indian family's struggle to find its place in a modern, rapidly changing world.

Ledge Between the Streams
Ledge Between the Streams

Author: Ved Mehta

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2020-11-05

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 0241504929

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Book 4 in Ved Mehta's Continents of Exile series. Nearly 50 years in the making, Continents of Exile is one of the great works of twentieth-century autobiography: the epic chronicle of an Indian family in the twentieth century. From 1930s India to 1950s Oxford and literary New York in the 1960s-80s, this is the story of the post-colonial twentieth century, as uniquely experienced and vividly recounted by Ved Mehta. Set against the distant storm of the Second World War and the waning light of British Raj, Ved Mehta's brilliant memoir Ledge Between the Streams tells of an Indian childhood and the coming to terms with growing blindness: how, despite his disability, he learned English, Braille, horseback riding, bicycling, touch typing, and roller skating.

The Essential Ved Mehta
The Essential Ved Mehta

Author: Ved Mehta

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2014-12-01

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 9351185761

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This definitive collection of Ved Mehta’s work contains excerpts from nearly all his writings, many of which first appeared in the New Yorker. It begins with his first book, the classic autobiography highlighting his blindness, Face to Face, and features his iconic books about India and his family saga, Continents of Exile. Each entry comes with a reflection by Mehta. Authoritative and illuminating, the book is not just an introduction to this seminal author but also a passionate record of a writer looking back upon his own work.

Vedi
Vedi

Author: Ved Mehta

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2020-11-05

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 0241504910

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Book 3 in Ved Mehta's Continents of Exile series. Nearly 50 years in the making, Continents of Exile is one of the great works of twentieth-century autobiography: the epic chronicle of an Indian family in the twentieth century. From 1930s India to 1950s Oxford and literary New York in the 1960s-80s, this is the story of the post-colonial twentieth century, as uniquely experienced and vividly recounted by Ved Mehta. Ved continues the story of Ved Mehta's two earlier memoirs, Daddyji, a biographical portrait of his father, and Mamaji, an exploration of his mother and her history. The focus here turns toward Mehta's childhood, his education in an Indian orphanage for the blind, and the general experience of blind people in India.

Sound-Shadows of the New World
Sound-Shadows of the New World

Author: Ved Mehta

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2020-12-03

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 0241504937

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Book 5 in Ved Mehta's Continents of Exile series. Nearly 50 years in the making, Continents of Exile is one of the great works of twentieth-century autobiography: the epic chronicle of an Indian family in the twentieth century. From 1930s India to 1950s Oxford and literary New York in the 1960s-80s, this is the story of the post-colonial twentieth century, as uniquely experienced and vividly recounted by Ved Mehta. In 1949, fifteen-year-old Ved Mehta -- blind since the age of four -- left his native India and travelled alone to a school for the blind in Arkansas, USA. For the next three years he studied with over a hundred blind or partially sighted children at the school. Here, he would learn how to deal with Western teachers, date girls, and begin to perceive objects by means of 'sound-shadows'. Sound-Shadows of the New World brilliantly traces the emigrant experience amid the difficult transition from adolescence into adulthood.

Inspector Ghote, His Life and Crimes
Inspector Ghote, His Life and Crimes

Author: H. R. F. Keating

Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd

Published: 2020-08-01

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 1448304016

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The best of the shorter adventures of Inspector Ghote, 'one of the great creations of detective fiction' (Alexander McCall Smith), are brought together in this page-turning collection of short stories - with a brand-new introduction by bestselling author Vaseem Khan. Inspector Ganesh Ghote of the Bombay CID stands alongside Hercule Poirot and Sherlock Holmes as one of the best-loved of fictional detectives. Mild mannered, often hamstrung by his refusal to accept bribes or force false confessions, but unparalleled in his determination to catch his killer, Ghote has delighted readers since his first appearance in print in 1967. This collection of short stories brings together some of the best of Ghote's shorter adventures. From 'The All-Bat Hat' to 'Murder Mustn't At All Advertise, Isn't It?', these stories celebrate Ghote and his painstaking investigative powers. Plus, an introduction by H. R. F. Keating himself gives a fascinating insight into the creation of the good detective, and how his life as a policewalla changed and evolved over the years to reflect real-life police work in the contemporary Bombay of the past.

Mangoes for Monkeys
Mangoes for Monkeys

Author: Radhika Vyas Sharma

Publisher: One Point Six Technologies Pvt Ltd

Published: 2018-09-11

Total Pages: 103

ISBN-13: 9352010841

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Spanning eight decades, Mangoes for Monkeys tells the story of its protagonist Suchitra and her promise to the monkeys in her sylvan childhood home. From pre-independence India to the year 2000, Mangoes for Monkeys catalogues Suchitra's life journey as a woman, mother, wife, artist and photographer. Weaving a tapestry of emotions and relationships, Radhika Vyas Sharma, keeps the focus on Suchitra and her metamorphosis from an unsure teenager to a wise woman of the world. Additionally, whether Suchitra's monkeys will get to feast on mangoes in the thick of winter makes for a surprise and nail-biting finish.

Aftertaste
Aftertaste

Author: Namita Devidayal

Publisher: Random House India

Published: 2011-11-20

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 8184002300

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In her bestselling novel Aftertaste (over 5000 hardback copies sold), Namita Devidayal provides a captivating account of a baniya family settled in Punjab headed by a matriarch, Mummyji, who is in hospital after a stroke. The Todarmal family, glued together by money not love, includes the weak and emasculated Rajan Papa who is desperately in need of cash; Sunny, the dynamic head of the business with an ugly marriage and a demanding mistress; Suman, the spoilt and greedy beauty of the family who is determined to get her hands on Mummyji’s best jewels; and Saroj, Suman’s unlucky sister, who has always lived in her shadow. Each one of them wants Mummyji to die.

Transitions
Transitions

Author: Linda Bates

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1998-07-13

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780521657822

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This book bridges the gap between writing paragraphs and writing essays. The second edition of the Student's Book updates the readings written by a wide range of culturally diverse international authors - and adds news supplemental reading lists to most chapters. To move students more quickly into essay writing, the second edition reduces the number of paragraph writing assignments. The book focuses on a single theme per chapter and integrates the reading grammar, and editing activities. It includes assignment-specific peer-response sheets, guides students through peer-response activities, and addresses grammar points in the editing checklist.