A Place to Live
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Publisher: Penguin Books India
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780143031598
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollection of short stories by various authors.
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The Tamil Story
Author: Dilip Kumar
Publisher: Eka
Published: 2024
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788196011819
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLittle-known magazines from the turn of the previous century and out-of-print editions from yesteryears to contemporary literary magazines and innumerable anthologies of both serious and popular short fiction.
One Part Woman
Author: Perumal Murugan
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 2018-10-23
Total Pages: 187
ISBN-13: 0802146732
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe “intimate and affecting” novel of an Indian couple’s quest for a child that sparked national conversations about caste and female empowerment (Laila Lalami, New York Times Book Review). Set in South India during the British colonial period, One Part Woman tells the story of Kali and Ponna, a married couple unable to conceive. The predicament is of major concern for their families—and the crowing amusement of Kali’s male friends. From making offerings at different temples to circumambulating a mountain supposed to cure barren women, Kali and Ponna try everything to solve the problem. But a more radical plan is required. The annual chariot festival, a celebration of the god Maadhorubaagan, who is part male and part female, may provide the answer. On the eighteenth night of the festival, the rules of marriage are relaxed, and consensual sex between unmarried men and women is overlooked, for all men are considered gods. The festival may be the solution to Kali and Ponna’s problem, but it soon threatens to drive the couple apart as much as to bring them together. Wryly amusing and deeply poignant, One Part Woman is a powerful exploration of a loving marriage strained by the expectations of others, and an attack on the rigid rules of caste and tradition that continue to constrict opportunity and happiness. Longlisted for the National Book Award
Krishna Krishna
Author: Intirā Pārttacārati
Publisher: New Horizon Media
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIndira Parthasarathy calls Krishna a metaphor that fulfils all the darkand lurking desires in our deep Unconscious and represents the collectivevision of the community as a whole. In his view Krishna cannot be judgedby the moral yardstick set for others.Krishna s magical charm has always appealed to people of allgenerations. People from different lifestyles have interpreted hisideologies based on their values. He exists in the imagination of theIndian people as the fountainhead of eternal energy, pranks and wisdom .His godfather-like relationship with the Pandavas, his political strategiesand his solutions to various problems continue to impress us even in thetwenty-first century.Narada, the narrator of the novel, begins the story with Jara the huntershooting an arrow at Krishna s feet in the aftermath of the Kurukshetrawar. Narada s witticisms enhance the spirit of the story. He unfolds tous the life of Krishna as revealed to Jara by Krishna himself. The pranksyoung Krishna played on the gopikas, his battle with various evil forces,his role in the lives of the Pandavas and the part he played in theKurukshetra war all these form interesting episodes in Krishna s life.Indira Parthasarathy s Krishna Krishna is more than the the lord s storyas told in the Harivamsam, Sri Bhagavatam, Vishnu Purana and theMahabharata. Here he is the hero, the central figure around whom thingshappen unlike the Krishna of the epics.The novel gives us the essence of the Krishnavatara, revealing thesurpassing love and compassion with which Krishna blesses all livingthings. The tale is told in a contemporary idiom, sparkling with referencesto events and personalities across aeons.
Selected Tamil Short Stories
Author: Rajendra Awasthy
Publisher: Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9788128804861
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Eighteenth Parallel
Author: Ashokamitran
Publisher: UN
Published: 2023-11-21
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789354424496
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs he negotiates friendships with Tamils like himself, Muslims, Anglo-Indians and girls, and struggles to make sense of peaceful Hyderabad's violent accession to the Indian Union, the horrors wreaked by the Nizam's Razakars, the communal riots, and World War II.
Language, Culture and Power
Author: C. T. Indra
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2017-11-13
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 1351335944
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume examines the relationship between language and power across cultural boundaries. It evaluates the vital role of translation in redefining culture and ethnic identity. During the first phase of colonialism, mid-18th to late-19th century, the English-speaking missionaries and East India Company functionaries in South India were impelled to master Tamil, the local language, in order to transact their business. Tamil also comprised ancient classical literary works, especially ethical and moral literature, which were found especially suited to the preferences of Christian missionaries. This interface between English and Tamil acted as a conduit for cultural transmission among different groups. The essays in this volume explore the symbiotic relation between English and Tamil during the late colonial and postcolonial as also the modernist and the postmodernist periods. The book showcases the modernity of contemporary Tamil culture as reflected in its literary and artistic productions — poetry, fiction, short fiction and drama — and outlines the aesthetics, philosophy and methodology of these translations. This volume and its companion (which looks at the period between 1750 to 1900 CE) cover the late colonial and postcolonial era and will be of interest to students, scholars and researchers of translation studies, literature, linguistics, sociology and social anthropology, South Asian studies, colonial and postcolonial studies, literary and critical theory as well as culture studies.
Along with the Sun
Author: Ki. Rajanarayanan
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2020-12-22
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 939032789X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA unique anthology of short stories from the 'Karisal' or 'Black Soil' region of Tamil Nadu. Edited by Ki. Rajanarayanan, one of the most acclaimed and influential writers in Tamil, these stories tell, with genuine affection and concern, of the lives of people living against the backdrop of the black soil land. Here the rain plays hide-and-seek, sometimes oppressing them with drought, sometimes with floods; caste and religion still form a large part of the social order; cattle and moneylenders decide the fate of populations; and local gods are a very real presence. Written by celebrated contemporary Tamil authors in a range of literary styles, these are stories that will resonate universally long after they are read.
Pudumaipittan
Author: Putumaippittan̲
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 872
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Pudumaipittan (1906-1048) was born in Thirupaathiripuliyoor, now known as Cuddalore town in Tamil Nadu. Spurning all comforts and luxuries of a coveted career in law, he chose the hard path of becoming a journalist. The present volume is aimed at presenting the complete short stories of Pudumaipittan written during a short span of fourteen years. This anthology also includes the lone novella he left incomplete. His characters are dotted over a very large social canvas ranging from the destitute Ammalu, a penniless mill worker who has to take care of her invalid husband to the tea estate collie worker Maruthi, compelled by circumstances to work in the tea estate and face all the travails of a coolie-life in distant Ceylon. These are of course randomillustrations of the large canvas on which Pudumaipittan revelled in creating a fine blend of magical romantic satirical realism. Pudumaipittan was one of the pioneers of short story writing along with Manikodi group of writers in Tamil to establish the genre of short stories. His writings occupy a pivotal place in the history of short story writing in Tamil." -- Book jacket.
The Vintage Book of Modern Indian Literature
Author: Amit Chaudhuri
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2004-11-09
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 037571300X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn recent years American readers have been thrilling to the work of such Indian writers as Salman Rushdie and Vikram Seth. Now this extravagant and wonderfully discerning anthology unfurls the full diversity of Indian literature from the 1850s to the present, presenting today’s brightest talents in the company of their distinguished forbearers and likely heirs. The thirty-eight authors collected by novelist Amit Chaudhuri write not only in English but also in Hindi, Bengali, and Urdu. They include Rabindranath Tagore, arguably the first international literary celebrity, chronicling the wistful relationship between a village postal inspector and a servant girl, and Bibhuti Bhushan Banerjee, represented by an excerpt from his classic novel about an impoverished Bengali childhood, Pather Panchali. Here, too, are selections from Nirad C. Chaudhuri’s Autobiography of an Unknown Indian, R. K. Narayan’s The English Teacher, and Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children alongside a high-spirited nonsense tale, a drily funny account of a pre-Partition Muslim girlhood, and a Bombay policier as gripping as anything by Ed McBain. Never before has so much of the subcontinent’s writing been made available in a single volume.
