Kalyug Kand
Kalyug Kand

Author: Bhagwat Sharma

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2015-01-08

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1499031270

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Kalyug Kand is an epic poem in English, about three hundred pages long. It comes in rhyme and rhythm, like Hindi poetry. English poetry doesnt come like this. All of its characters are taken from Ramayana. These characters, while speaking in their roles as per episode from Ramayana, in between start speaking of what is wrong with todays world. This book does not fall into any known category of books. The revelations of this book are not available with the world of scholars. It shows that the world governments fight against extremism and terrorism is like fighting flood with firefighting equipment. It tells the extremists and terrorists that they do not know their aims, and what they have taken up is not the question of weapons. The book is written in seven chapters, but its theme is not divided in chapters. It takes up the question of governance of public life and traces its genesis to Rig Veda and Old Testament.

Srimad Bhagwat Puran
Srimad Bhagwat Puran

Author: B. K. Chaturvedi

Publisher: Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 8128822527

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The ‘Srimad Bhagwal’ itself is believed to be the gem among all the sacred Puranas as it emphasises on the devotion to Lord. Vishnu’s incarnation, Lord Krishna. It is believed to have been authored by the great sage Vedavyasa when he felt a great unrest troubling his soul after authoring the Mahabharat. Although this Purana itself is believed to be a part of Skanda Purana, it is its lyrical beauty and devotion to Krishna that made it most popular. It enlists 22 incarnations of Lord Vishnu, while other sacred accounts of the Sanatana Dharma believe that there were nine incarnations and one is yet to come. Normally in the Purana, the tales or stories frequently overlap with each other giving emphasis on a different point. Owing to paucity of space, many of the stories have been given a brief mention in this work with the footnote guiding to the sources, to get the full story in the other Puranas. There are also certain variations in the details of the stories which have been also marked within parenthesis. Also, many details mentioned in this Puran which may appear uninteresting, have been deliberately left out. Some of the stories which are well- known have been skipped. For example, the Ramakatha or the details about other incarnations popularised by other sacred sources. The main emphasis in culling out the stories has been on those stories that reveal the basic moral fiber of our ethos. These stories have been recreated keeping in mind the comprehension of our young learners and hence making these stories more logical. This work is only an attempt to make our society recapture its roots. That is why the language and style have been used with great care so as to make the stories readable and comprehensive. It is hoped that our discerning readership will accord it a warm welcome. Lastly, the author wishes to record his gratitude to Narenderji of Diamond Pocket Books whose crusade to publish the gems of our cultural and religious ethos has few parallels in the field of publishing.

Shyam Benegal
Shyam Benegal

Author: Samir Chopra

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2020-12-10

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1350063568

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For over forty years, Shyam Benegal has been one the leading forces in Indian cinema. Informed by a rich political and philosophical sensibility and a mastery of the art and craft of filmmaking, Benegal is both of, and not of, Bollywood. As a philosophical filmmaker Benegal brings to life the existential crisis of the downtrodden Indian, the 'subaltern' if you will-the serf, the peasant, the woman-and imposes a distinctive philosophical vision on his cinematic reworkings of literary products. To understand Benegal's cinema is to understand, through his lens, modern India's continued process of political and social becoming. Focusing on the philosophical depth of Benegal's oueuvre, Samir Chopra identifies three key aspects of his work: - A trio of films which signalled to middle-class India that a revolt was brewing in India's hinterlands - Two sets of movies which make powerful feminist statements and bring viewers into the lives of Indian women by showcasing strong, interesting female characters - Benegal the master storyteller, who possessed of a unique fabulist style in a reboot of the Indian epic Mahabharata, a Ruskin Bond novel set during the Indian Mutiny of 1857, and a Rashomon-like retelling of an Indian experimental novel, where three perspectives converge to form a unified whole

Folklore Studies in India: Critical Regional Responses
Folklore Studies in India: Critical Regional Responses

Author: Sahdev Luhar

Publisher: N. S. Patel (Autonomous) Arts College, Anand

Published: 2023-02-25

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 8195500846

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Folklore Studies in India: Critical Regional Responses is an interesting compilation of twenty-eight critical articles on the beginning of folklore studies in the different parts of India. In the absence of a book that could map the history of Indian folklore studies single-handedly, this book can be deemed as the first-of-its-kind to feature the historical development of folklore studies in the different states of India. This book succinctly introduces the readers to the folk culture, folk arts, and folk genres of a particular region and to the different aspects of folkloristic researches carried out in that region.

Full Moon Day
Full Moon Day

Author: Adarsh Kumar Khare

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2018-07-05

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1643245864

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It is based on a true story of Bundelkhand. The story revolves around a young man, Kali whose father was thrashed, humiliated and made financially spineless by most influential, wealthy and powerful person of the village, known as ‘Master’ as a sign of hooliganism. His father died because of his lost honour and later his mother died too in worry of her son. By that time Kali was only 10 years old. Kali was made orphan but he was determined to avenge his parent’s death even though he was financially and physically very weak. After 10 years, he got the opportunity to avenge his parent’s death. He did not kill the Master but left him in a situation, where it was near impossible for Master to survive. Kali fled out of the village without knowing whether Master was killed or not. Kali returned to the village after 30 years in disguise. Was he able to kill the Master? Was he recognized by the villagers? The story is about the trauma suffered by Kali and the decisions he has taken on difficult situations.

Gowri
Gowri

Author: Rajkiran.R

Publisher: Educreation Publishing

Published: 2017-07-28

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13:

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Gowri is the story of a traditional young girl who had her own dreams and ambitions. But her life takes a turn when she was bound to accept the circumstances of her life and walk with the society.The story also reflects the traditional Indian culture and the changing society over the time. It also highligts the truth behind ancient traditions and religious practices that existed in the subcontinent.

Shishya
Shishya

Author: Birri Sangha

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2010-06-24

Total Pages: 585

ISBN-13: 1452079765

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"Shishya is he who sees the living flame within” Shishya “the internal guiding light” will help enlighten and take the reader through a personal journey of self discovery. In this exceptional debut, the spiritual poet, Biri Sangha shares a deep insight into raw emotion and feeling. The tenderness of love and despair when it is gone, compounds Shishya's underlying mood of human nature. The poems capture the very essence of empty yearning through to celebration of self discovery and hope... As you discover the “Shishya” you will discover the path to true light, you will understand the need for the soul to be fragmented before it can be fused together again...stronger, wiser, more beautiful... The testing comes before reinforcing... The hardship comes before the celebration... Death of all fear comes before the birth of a soul reawakened, a child reborn. Most journeys are outwards but the most interesting journey is the journey inwards to the centre of your thoughts. This is where it all begins-the source of all thoughts; the ocean of all sources. As you unearth the realisation that the soul cannot be overcome by life's weathering you will realise the true secret of Shishya. "Where the soul finds reconciliation, resolution, strength, clarity, sense of direction and purpose. This is where we settle all karma and find our true dharma”. "The poems are warmly spontaneous. Exploring the moment, singularly for all its intrinsic joy and celebration. One can feel the soul rising and soaring”.

Tales From the Vedas & Other Scriptures
Tales From the Vedas & Other Scriptures

Author: Dr. B.K. Chaturvedi

Publisher: Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

Published: 2014-10-28

Total Pages: 10

ISBN-13:

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Vedas are the ancient tomes of Hindu religion which are the treasure troves of the values of an ideal life. Various tales given in the Vedas and other Scriptures give a detailed account of the origin of universe, man, nature, animals, Brahm, God, ages, society, culture, sin and virtues, life and death, king and subjects, planets and Nakshatras, dissolution of the world, etc. The Vedas are a storehouse of knowledge. Even a small Mantra, though consisting of a mere few syllables, shows unfathomable depth and vastness of the universe. This book has been prepared by culling some tales from these very precious gems of divine learning.

Hijras, Lovers, Brothers
Hijras, Lovers, Brothers

Author: Vaibhav Saria

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2022-11-28

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 019287389X

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Against easy framings of hijras that render them marginalized, Saria shows how hijras makes the normative Indian family possible. The book also shows that particular practices of hijras, such as refusing to use condoms or comply with retroviral regimes, reflect not ignorance or irresponsibility but rather a specific idiom of erotic asceticism arising in both Hindu and Islamic traditions. This idiom suffuses the densely intertwined registers of erotics, economics, and kinship that inform the everyday lives of hijras and offer a repertoire of self-fashioning distinct from the secularized accounts within the horizon of public health programmes and queer theory. Engrossingly written and full of keen insights, the book moves from the small pleasures of the everyday laughter, flirting, and teasing to impossible longings, kinship networks, and economies of property and of substance in order to give a fuller account of trans lives and of Indian society today.

India and Its Intellectual Traditions: of Love, Advaita, Power, and Other Things
India and Its Intellectual Traditions: of Love, Advaita, Power, and Other Things

Author: Vinay Lal

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2024-02-28

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 0198887167

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The book, the third volume to emerge from the enterprise known as 'The Backwaters Collective on Metaphysics and Politics', attempts to further the collective's ambition to put into question the certitudes of conventional social science discourse, decolonize the dominant knowledge frameworks, and understand how the intellectual and cultural resources of Indian civilization may be deployed to think both, about some problems in contemporary politics and culture, and to introduce greater plurality into the world of modern knowledge systems. Some of the collective's members remain deeply committed to reinitiating metaphysics into politics, and similarly, the collective's enduring interest in Narayana Guru is reflected in at least three chapters. Although engagement with Gandhi and Ambedkar is a familiar part of the Indian intellectual landscape, other chapters on offer pivot around histories of power, performative traditions, and modes of worship. Unlike the scholarship that is now the norm, organized around a distinct theme, this volume exhibits a more daring approach to India's intellectual traditions, traversing the world of Kannada intellectuals, the Kashmir Shaiva tradition, a Marathi Bhakti poet, and a contemporary Indian philosopher, as much as conceptual ideas drawn from a wide array of Indian texts and experiences.