The Pukur
The Pukur

Author: D K Powell

Publisher: Histria Books

Published: 2022-09-27

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 1592112234

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When 12-year-old Sophie Shepherd is orphaned after a motor accident she is left scarred both physically and emotionally. Recovery is slow - first at hospital, and then living with her only blood relative, her aunt. Her nightmares torment her and Sophie is withdrawn and fragile. But rather than support her, a jealous and cruel uncle-in-law destroys her life all over again. Dumped in rural Bangladesh without warning, with an uncle she didn't even know existed, who she hates, and who doesn't want her there, Sophie has to come to terms with grief, loss, and a totally alien culture. Her Uncle Joshua can't abide the girl and won't entertain the idea of dealing with this head-strong teenage girl. Nothing is allowed to interrupt his beloved bachelorhood and peaceful tranquility, with which he has bound up and silenced his own hurts for a long time. The only one he allows into his trust is the beautiful Didi who serves him faithfully.Together, they start to find out how to accept one other and find a way through the troubles forced upon them. Sophie begins to find friends and allies in the strangest of circumstances and learns that first impressions can be wrong, very wrong. In the middle of all this, literally, is the pukur, sitting there ominously calling to Sophie, inexplicably bringing peace to her uncle while increasingly confronting Sophie with her demons. As her nightmares threaten to consume her from within, Sophie finds her fate is entirely entwined in the dark depths of the pukur.

Bends and Shades
Bends and Shades

Author: JAHED RAHMAN

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2014-02

Total Pages: 855

ISBN-13: 1493175041

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Bends and Shades is a profile of a life journey. As the surrounding setting, societal values and practices underwent unexpected changes, that life would be seen in a new perspective with every bend. Unprecedented political developments in the India-Pakistan-Bangladesh subcontinent impacted that journey too as did the evolving social fabric of life in the context of different faiths, discrete practices, and divergent but often conducive community living. Some of these bends touch upon the specific characteristics of certain races and societies while other bends capture historical specifics pertaining to geo-political conflicts including the Taliban phenomena and current fight against terrorism. Another touches upon the enigma faced by many immigrants, particularly in raising children in foreign lands, and highlights the need for better integration with their adopted society. As each bend in a river is shaded with different fragrance, so too the bends in the long arc of life

Tale of a Territorial Thief
Tale of a Territorial Thief

Author: Mrinmoy Chakraborty

Publisher: K.K. Publications

Published: 2022-03-06

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13:

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Thieves were not necessarily looked down upon in India as villains or parasites. In this country, besides mythological thieves, there were legendary thieves who are alive in collective and individual memory. In the Barak Valley region of Assam there was the concept of baadi rakhal, or the protector of the household, which happened to be a snake. The venomous snake was religiously worshipped and believed to be the protector of the household from all danger! Similarly, almost all villages had their own and well-known thief, who would punish the disloyal in the locality by breaking into his house and protect the loyal households from any other burglar from outside or inside the village. He was duly revered as a hero and substantially compensated. The great thieves of that time inflicted no harm to the weak and poor and enjoyed the power and prestige as admissible to a person who would practice a respectable profession. Different localities in that region had many such hero thieves, one at a time in a particular territory. Here is a story of such a well-known thief.

The Oxford Guide to the Atlantic Languages of West Africa
The Oxford Guide to the Atlantic Languages of West Africa

Author: Friederike Lüpke

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2024-11-07

Total Pages: 785

ISBN-13: 0191056154

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This volume presents the first book-length overview of the Atlantic languages, a small family of languages spoken mainly on the Atlantic coast of West Africa. Languages in this area have been used in diverse multilingual societies with intense language contact for the whole of their known history, and their genealogical relatedness and the impact of language contact on their lexicon and grammar have been widely debated. The book is divided into four parts. The first provides an introduction to language ecologies in the area and includes two accounts of the genealogical classification of Atlantic languages. Chapters in the second part offer grammatical overviews of individual languages, including the most important non-Atlantic contact languages (Casamance Creole and Mandinka), while the third part explores Atlantic languages from a typological perspective, with chapters that explore formal and semantic aspects of their nominal classification systems, nominalization strategies, their rich system of verbal extensions, and the stem-initial consonant mutation that is attested in a subset of languages. The final part of the book investigates Atlantic languages in their social environments, including the creation of creole identities, secret languages, Ajami writing practices, language acquisition, the spread and use of Fula as a lingua franca, digital language practices, and language ideologies. The volume is an essential tool for linguists interested in the languages of West Africa, language history and classification, patterns of language use in Atlantic societies, and typology and language contact more broadly.

The Adventure Of The Bengal Tyger
The Adventure Of The Bengal Tyger

Author: Sunny King

Publisher: Educreation Publishing

Published: 2017-04-19

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13:

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This book is a breathtaking and gripping tale, of thrills mystery and suspense, featuring the sharpest & smartest private investigator Satya and his colleague Indro. From Calcutta to Canada and from America to Australia spans the case book of Satya. The Napoleon secret is a case specially chosen from the adventure of the Bengal Tyger. It has family values tested in times of crises and a friendship to cherish for a lifetime. It covers a wide range of emotions from anger to fear, from revenge to deception and from greed to amazement, Along with lethal gun fight and intelligent deductions with ruthless crime syndicates in the midst of kidnapping, blackmail and murder. Covering major cities of the world like Paris, London and Calcutta. "The Napoleon Secret" a black secret finally revealed, that led to kidnapping, brutal tortures, blackmail and murder. It takes all of Satya's skill to investigate and to bring the case to conclusion. I present this book not as a series of lectures but as an adventurous journey. For the first time revealed to general public. This is the first in the definitive Satya series – a treasure for all fans of mystery writing will wish to possess. Get prepared to explore the world of Satya. Prepare yourself to dig deep in to heart of The Bengal Tyger and his adventure of epic proportion. SATYA = the man who cremated crime in the fire of his own skills. The Adventure of the Bengal Tyger , The Napoleon Secret

Stroke of Death
Stroke of Death

Author: Shampa Roy

Publisher: Hachette India

Published: 2024-09-20

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9357313141

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The year is 1904 and there's a storm brewing on the horizon... Nothing ever disturbs the quaint idyll of the village Rajapur. That is, until one day, a young widow is discovered bludgeoned to death, flies swarming over her corpse. Called in to investigate, Bansidhar, the local daroga, is at his wits' end about this grisly murder, further complicated by the slain woman's ties to the most important household in the village - the Rajbari. Inspector Dhananjoy Lahiri has just arrived at his friend Bansidhar's for a break from work, but he can't stop himself from being drawn to the gruesome case. As the duo begins to dig deep into the victim's life and her relationships with the people she worked for, they discover that the Rajbari residents are hiding secrets of their own. With the clock ticking, will the two of them be able to find the killer before tragedy strikes again?

From Field to Factory
From Field to Factory

Author: Morton Klass

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780761804208

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From Field to Factory explores the impact of a modern factory on a Bengal agricultural village and the impact of the village's social and ideological systems on the factory. Morton Klass provides ethnographic data on life and work in both the village and factory and assesses theories of community, caste, village religion, and industrialization. This book will interest sociologists and anthropologists interested in South Asia, community structure, caste, village-level religion, and the anthropology of work. Previously published in 1978 by the Institute for the Study of Human Issues.

The Endless Night
The Endless Night

Author: Eugene D’Rozario

Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd

Published: 2017-12-12

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1788033299

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As a child, Eugene happily grew up in a large middle-class family with his mother in a rural village while his father worked away in Darjeeling, India. On September 5, 1962, a tragedy struck his family shattering their dreams, their happiness and their life. Eugene was only ten. Consequently, it left him in a dead end, an unknown world completely lost without hope, love, and security. The volatile vulnerability in a boarding house; the aftermath of the famine and the flood as well as the atrocity of war and crossing to India on foot, nearly cost his life. Eugene pledged himself; nothing was going to deter him from achieving his success. With initiative and perseverance, he risked his life and plunged into the unknown. In the process, he went through fire and water yet he believed in his instinct and followed his heart. In the end, Eugene achieved something extraordinary. The Endless Night is not simply a true story about his childhood and young adulthood, it is also about to connect with the young generation, not just teaching them to value life but also helping them to understand why they want to value others. It is a captivating, amusing, adventurous, and inspiring book.

The Masala Box
The Masala Box

Author: Rachna Kheria, Sarin Mathur, Sireesha Kadiyala,Vidhi Kheria

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2020-11-20

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1636067301

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Variety is the spice of life… We present to you an anthology of short stories to celebrate various memories and experiences, both real and imagined - sweet, savoury, tangy and quintessentially umami - in life. The Masala Box is an offering of four authors who hail from diverse backgrounds. Together they present an array of narratives, exploring a humanity in a way that touches the heart and makes it experience the very spice of life. PROCEEDS OF THE BOOK GO TOWARDS CHARITY

The Rishi of Bangladesh
The Rishi of Bangladesh

Author: Dr Cosimo Zene

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-04-08

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 1136861394

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This book is a study of the changing relationship over time (1856-1994) between the Rishi, an ex-Untouchable jati of Bengal/South-West Bangladesh, and various groups of Catholic missionaries. The book's originality and importance lies in its multi-disciplinary approach which combines anthropological fieldwork, historical research, philosophical enquiry and contemporary missiological debates. Moreover, it addresses issues of great current relevance in its discussions of Orientalism, Neo-colonialism and Otherness.