Rani Padmini
Rani Padmini

Author: StoryBuddiesPlay

Publisher: StoryBuddiesPlay

Published: 2024-08-14

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13:

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As the final assault on Chittor commences, Rani Padmini and her Rajput defenders face their ultimate test against Sultan Khilji’s overwhelming forces. With Khilji's siege engines and reinforcements threatening to breach the fort's defenses, Padmini orchestrates a daring counteroffensive to disrupt the enemy’s plans. The fierce battle unfolds with both sides fighting with relentless determination. Amidst the chaos, Padmini’s strategic brilliance and the indomitable spirit of Chittor’s warriors turn the tide. The siege reaches its climax as Khilji's forces retreat, leaving Chittor victorious but battered, marking a historic triumph in the face of insurmountable odds. Rani Padmini, Siege of Chittor, Sultan Khilji, Rajput defenders, Counteroffensive strategy, Final assault, Historic victory, Battle tactics, Fort defenses, Strategic brilliance.

The Methuen Drama Anthology of Modern Asian Plays
The Methuen Drama Anthology of Modern Asian Plays

Author: Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2014-05-22

Total Pages: 529

ISBN-13: 1408176505

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A companion volume to Modern Asian Theatre and Performance 1900–2000, this anthology contains nine emblematic scripts from twentieth and twenty-first century Asian theatre. Opening with a history of modern Asian drama and a summary of the plays and their contexts, it features nine works written between 1912 and 2009 in Japan, China, Korea, India, Indonesia and Vietnam. Showcasing fresh contemporary writing alongside plays central to the established canon, the collection surveys each playwright's work, and includes: Father Returns by Kikuchi Kan Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner and the Farewell Speech by Okada Toshiki Sunrise by Cao Yu I Love XXX by Meng Jinghui, Huang Jingang, Wang Xiaoli, Shi Hang Bicycle by O Tae-sok The Post Office by Rabindranath Tagore Hayavadana by Girish Karnad The Struggle of the Naga Tribe by W. S. Rendra Truong Ba's Soul in the Butcher's Skin by Luu Quang Vu The chronological and geographical breadth of the anthology provides a unique insight into modern Asian theatre and is essential to any understanding of its relation to Western drama and indigenous performance.

Hiding in Plain Sight
Hiding in Plain Sight

Author: Nuruddin Farah

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2014-10-30

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0698170970

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A bold new novel that “augments a body of work worthy of a Nobel Prize” (Kirkus Reviews), from the internationally acclaimed author of North of Dawn Nuruddin Farah—“the most important African novelist to emerge in the past twenty-five years” (The New York Review of Books)—returns with a provocative, unforgettable tale about family, freedom, and loyalty. A departure in theme and setting, Hiding in Plain Sight is a profound exploration of the tensions between liberty and obligation, the ways in which gender and sexual orientation define us, and the unintended consequences of the secrets we keep. When Bella, a fashion photographer living in Rome, learns of her beloved half-brother’s murder, she travels to Nairobi to care for her niece and nephew. But when their mother resurfaces, reasserting her maternal rights and bringing with her a gale of chaos and confusion that mirrors the deepening political instability in the region, Bella must decide how far she will go to obey the call of sisterly responsibility.

Notes on Love in a Tamil Family
Notes on Love in a Tamil Family

Author: Margaret Trawick

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-11-10

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 0520912802

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Love, as a force in human affairs, is still not given much attention or credency by social scientists. With Notes on Love in a Tamil Family, Margaret Trawick places the notion of love prominently in social scientific discourse. Her unforgettable and profusely illustrated study is a significant contribution to anthropology and to South Asian studies. Trawick lived for a time in the midst of one large South Indian family and sought to understand the multiple and mutually shared expressions of anpu--what in English we call love. Often enveloping the author herself, changing her as she inevitably changed her hosts, this family performed before the young anthropologist's eyes the meaning of anpu: through poetry and conversation, through the not always gentle raising of children, through the weaving of kinship tapestries, through erotic exchanges among women, among men, and across the great sexual boundary. She communicates with grace and insight what she learned from this Tamil family, and we discover that love is no less universal than selfishness and individualism.

Tiger
Tiger

Author: Stephen Mills

Publisher: Firefly Books

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1552979490

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A rare look at a magnificent predator. Supple, powerful, long, lean and intense, tigers are one of the world's most beautiful predators. Though fierce and efficient, an estimated 5,000 tigers are all that survive in the wild. Tiger provides a thorough understanding of this remarkable animal based on firsthand observations. Using stunning photography and maps, the book reveals how shrinking habitats and decreasing food supplies are forcing tigers to live in unnaturally high densities, often with deadly results. Tiger draws on the latest research and extensive field experience to deal with every aspect of its behavior: Social structures Breeding patterns and family life Martial arts-like hunting tactics Dietary favorites and oddities Communication and interaction. Two hundred and fifty photographs capture tigers in range of activities: devouring prey in the jungle, at play with cubs, warding off scavengers, at rest and on the prowl. Fascinating commentary offers intriguing new ideas about supporting this critically endangered animal, a first step in ensuring that they never die out.

Religion Against the Self : An Ethnography of Tamil Rituals
Religion Against the Self : An Ethnography of Tamil Rituals

Author: Isabelle Nabokov Assistant Professor of Anthropology Princeton University

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2000-08-28

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0198027354

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In this comprehensive analysis of South Indian village Hinduism, Isabelle Nabokov shows that a wide spectrum of Tamil rituals effects transformations of identity through similar processual and symbolic operations. She reveals that such operations may lead participants to adopt personalities which are at odds with themselves.

The Trip
The Trip

Author: Bijay Behera

Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers

Published: 2022-06-13

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13:

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Two friend Akash and Bijay went to Nagpur to meet their old friend Anand. They met after a long time and recalled their old college days. They had fun together and enjoy it a lot but it became a twist when Anand was leaving Nagpur forever and the railway platform was the witness of their love separation between Anand and his girlfriend Neha. Though the trip was memorable, it still has some sweet and bitter memories which no one wants to recall.

REBIRTHS
REBIRTHS

Author: Denvor Fernandez

Publisher: Partridge Publishing

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1482817187

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When Dominic opened his eyes, he remembered everything that happened in his past three lives. He was: Padmini, a temple dancer caught in the net of social evils. Immanuel, a dacoit in the times of Jesus Christ, who believed that he is the Messiah. Abdulla, an ordinary worker who toiled to build the Taj Mahal.