Beautiful and the Cyberspace Runaway
Beautiful and the Cyberspace Runaway

Author: Suniti Namjoshi

Publisher: Tulika Books

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9788181467812

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Holiday plans for Aditi and the others go off track when a runaway computer programme, the irrepressible Mistress i, decides to take refuge with them. Hot on her heels is the scientist who created her, who threatens to put them in jail for kidnapping. And in the midst of all the commotion, Beautiful the elephant is determined to learn to be everything she thinks she isn't rational, sensible, logical and equable. From their peaceful home in Maharashtra, India, Aditi and her friends are catapulted into a strange encounter with cyberspace. In her astonishingly simple way, Suniti Namjoshi explores the connection between the two worlds cyber and real and throws up some interesting thoughts: Does a computer have a soul? And is 'getting updated' the equivalent of 'growing up'?

Monkeyji and the Word Eater
Monkeyji and the Word Eater

Author: Suniti Namjoshi

Publisher: Tulika Books

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9788181467799

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Danger! That's what the digital butterflies seem to be spelling out. There is a Word eater at large who snatches words as soon as they are uttered and makes them disappear. The 'monster' turns out to be just a little boy. Otto, Grendel's cousin -but he has formidable mental powers that can be matched only by Monkeyji. Armed with an ammunition of words hoarded by Siril and Gardy, the adventurers roam Hong Kong the city of dragons in search of him. There is tension and taut excitement as they finally take on little Otto and his platoon of crows, in the midst of which the author throws up an interesting idea: does something exist only if it has a name?

Advaita the Writer
Advaita the Writer

Author: Ken Spillman

Publisher: Tulika Books

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9788181469663

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A story about the love of books, the power of the imagination, of literary heroes and of the birth of dreams.

Feminist Fables
Feminist Fables

Author: Suniti Namjoshi

Publisher: Virago Press

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 125

ISBN-13: 9781853816604

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Feminist Fables is a reworking of fairy tale s and mixes mythology with the author''s original material an d imagination to make this a feminist classic. '

Adventures Of Feluda : Bandits of Bombay
Adventures Of Feluda : Bandits of Bombay

Author: Satyajit Ray

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2016-03-01

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 8184752121

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A murder in an elevator. A trail of heady perfume. The nanasaheb's priceless naulakha necklace. Feluda, Topshe and Jatayu are in Bombay where Jatayu's latest book is being filmed under the title Jet Bahadur. Soon after Jatayu hands over a package to a man in a red shirt, a murder takes place in the high-rise where the producer lives. Feluda and his companions find themselves in the midst of one of their most thrilling adventures ever, with a hair-raising climax aboard a train during location shooting. Feluda’s twelve greatest adventures are now available in special Puffin editions. Translated from the Bengali by Gopa Majumdar.

The Criminals of Kathmandu
The Criminals of Kathmandu

Author: Satyajit Ray

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2004-03-03

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9351181332

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A client with an evil lookalike. A stabbing in a hotel. A gang that peddles spurious drugs... The murder of a stranger in a Calcutta hotel leads Feluda and his friends to Kathmandu, straight into the den of Maganlal Meghraj, their old adversary. With an incident at Swayambhunath, an ambush in a prayer wheel factory, a thrilling night at the casino, and a prolonged LSD-induced delusion for Jatayu, the case soon turns into a memorable adventure. In a sensational climax, the master sleuth uncovers an international racket in spurious drugs and emerges victorious yet again.