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Something Understood and Other Stories
₹350.00Step into Dr Ajaya Upadhyaya’s fictional world forged from a blend of reality and make-believe, where being out of place becomes a journey of self-discovery. Here, events and encounters, seen with fresh eyes, offer unique perspectives on our life and times. The themes include the fragile nature of our mental balance, the unforeseen price of success, the incomparable power of the human touch and our special bond with animals. These engaging stories, primarily set in an Indian context, transcend geographical boundaries and cultures in their sensibility and speak to a global audience.
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Sona: One Woman, Many Lives
₹500.00SONA unfolds a heart-wrenching life story of an American woman, Sona, who wades her way into the world, alone and unprotected, with a cruel fate and battered soul. Commencing from Pasadena Drive, California, the story spans across countries and continents, snaking its way through different bars and prison houses, temples and retreats, hills and valleys, incrementally revealing all the myriad and impossible possibilities of life.
SONA is a story of one indomitable woman’s survival from the clutches of poverty, drugs, and sex, through the complex matrix of love, loss, and separation.
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Song in the Ruins
₹700.00SONG IN THE RUINS is an epic story of love, loss, acceptance and forgiveness, grounded in history, time and place. It spans across two continents, from a small village in India-to the turmoil ridden campuses at Stonybrook, Berkeley and beyond-to the serene Willamette River in the foothills of Calapooya Mountains in Eugene, Oregon. In the stretch of three decades, as the protagonist’s life unfolds and is overtaken by grief and death, the choice he makes can only be understood in the context of the setting.
When Mohan Samanta travels from his native India to America to pursue higher education, he expects to stay only long enough to complete his PhD. But this stretches into decades after he marries Sophie, a twice-married widow with a young son. For this, Mohan pays dearly when his parents back in India disown him for marrying a Christian. A decade later, the loving, secure life Mohan has built with Sophie crumbles after she takes her own life. Desperate to escape his immense pain, Mohan turns to philosophies of Gita and Vedanta, and to meditation. He becomes an ascetic and adopts the name Sukhatma, rejecting all ties to his past. But after years of training his mind to forget, Sukhatma must follow his guru’s command that, to forgive his parents and truly shed his past, he has to revisit the place he comes from. In the end, Sukhatma faces the ultimate test of choosing between his new life and the one he left behind.
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Songs from Then
₹250.00When the Bhasha Andolan engulfs the nation, Meghali’s parents choose their country over her. She survives the onslaught of the war, enduring excruciating brutality, violence, the loss of loved ones, and rape. Eventually escaping to Calcutta, where she finds a new beginning with her benefactor, Saheb, standing at the threshold of education, dignity, and a new lease on life. However, her fate, with its twists and turns, compels her to flee again, this time to London. There, Ava, an elderly woman of Armenian-Turkish descent, takes Meghali in. Despite the kindness she encounters, Meghali lives in constant fear of her past confronting her. Bolstered by the shocking bravery and compassion of others who have endured similar ordeals, such as James Kagiri Njûgu and Hania, and sustained by Ava’s gentle kindness amidst deceit, Meg—as she is known in the land of the Queen—forges a new life for herself. Songs from Then is an elegy, an evocative memorial to the victims of the twentieth century’s genocides. These intertwined stories create an analogy—intricate, opulent, and devastatingly poignant.
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Songs of Kabir
₹200.00“Kabir’s poems give off a marvelous radiant intensity.” — The New York Times Book Review. A weaver by trade and a mystic by nature, the 15-century poet Kabir created timeless works of enlightenment that combine the philosophies of Sufism, Hinduism, and the Kabbala. Expressed in imagery drawn from common life and the universal experience, Kabir’s poems possess an appealing simplicity. This collection of 100 songs reflects nearly every aspect of the mystic’s thought and emotions: ecstasy and despair, tranquil beatitude and fervid illumination, and moments of intimate love. The acclaimed translation is by Rabindranath Tagore, a popular Indian poet and Nobel laureate.
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Songs of Solitude
₹200.00A poetry collection by Snehaprava Das. Snehaprava Das, translator and poet, has rendered a number of Odia classics in English, including the first and second novels in Odia Padmamali and Bibasini respectively, in English. She had also translated several contemporary Odia fictions, poems, and non-fictional pieces in English. She has two collections of poems, Dusk Diary and Alone to her credit. At present she is associated with the Department of English, Utkal University, Odisha, as a guest teacher.
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Sparsha
₹170.00Lipika Mohapatra’s second short story collection “Sparsha” has sixteen stories that take anyone from California to India as they explore the family life, feelings and new places. In these stories interpretation of life gives a glimpse to the secrets and doubts of human heart.
“Life is a flower shrub. Take care of it. Let it bloom its own way. Who are you to decide the color, shape and quantity of the flowers?” – a quote from the story “Sparsha” which was published in leading daily “Sambad”.
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Sphardhita Naree Swara: Kalajayee O Samakala Odia Kabita
₹350.00ପ୍ରାଚୀନ ଓଡ଼ିଆସାହିତ୍ୟରେ ନାରୀକବିଙ୍କ ସଂଖ୍ୟା ସୀମିତ । ମାତ୍ର ସୁଖର କଥା ଯେ ଆଧୁନିକ ଯୁଗରେ ନାରୀଶିକ୍ଷାର ପ୍ରସାର ଘଟିବା ଫଳରେ ନାରୀକବିମାନଙ୍କର ସଂଖ୍ୟାରେ ବୃଦ୍ଧି ଘଟିଛି ଏବଂ ସେମାନଙ୍କର ଅବଦାନ ମଧ୍ୟ ଅବିସ୍ମରଣୀୟ । ଏଥିନିମନ୍ତେ ଊନବିଂଶ ଶତାବ୍ଦୀର ପତ୍ରପତ୍ରିକା ଏକ ପ୍ରଶସ୍ତ ମାର୍ଗଟିଏ ପ୍ରସ୍ତୁତ କରିଛି । ସାଂପ୍ରତିକ ସମୟରେ ଯଦିଓ ସୋସିଆଲ୍ ମିଡ଼ିଆ ଏକ ପ୍ରମୁଖ ଭୂମିକା ଗ୍ରହଣ କରିଛି ମାତ୍ର ପ୍ରକାଶନ ଜଗତର ଅବଦାନ ମଧ୍ୟ କିଛି କମ୍ ନୁହେଁ । ଉକ୍ତ ସଂକଳନରେ ପଞ୍ଚଦଶ ଶତାବ୍ଦୀରୁ ୧୯୮୫ ମସିହା ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଜନ୍ମିତ କବିମାନଙ୍କର କବିତାକୁ ସଂକଳନ ପରିସରଭୁକ୍ତ କରାଯାଇଛି । ସଂପ୍ରତି ନାରୀକବିଙ୍କର ସଂଖ୍ୟା ଆଦୌ ଗୌଣ ମନେହୁଏନା; ଯାହା ଓଡ଼ିଆ ସାହିତ୍ୟ ପାଇଁ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଶୁଭଙ୍କର । ଉକ୍ତ ପୁସ୍ତକଟି ଗବେଷକ, ଛାତ୍ରଛାତ୍ରୀ ତଥା ପାଠକୀୟତା ହାସଲ କଲେ ଅନୁଗୃହୀତ ହେବି ।
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Splendid Signature
₹200.00Splendid Signature: Rhythmic Strokes of a Quill falls under the category of women’s writing, a distinct presence in the cultural domain today. It tells us about the problems women face with respect to their right of equality, dignity and independence. In their case, motherhood is not the only issue, the family and traditional norms are not the only concerns. There are aspects stretching to the larger social expanse that exerts its influence at subtle as well as unsubtle levels. Expressing oneself poetically is a task of its own kind. One runs into the many ideological and value-related hurdles, making the scene problematic if not threatening.
While reading the poems of Malakshmi Borthakur in this volume, one is struck by their simplicity and directness. The words therein denote a message of deep questioning. The outlook working behind the poems seldom comes in the way of communication. It relates to the reader concretely and tellingly, making her/ him feel that all is not right with the world. Yet, there is expression of fulfillment at a few places in the same life-conditions that prevail. As such, the poetic utterances emphasize hope and positive intervention.
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Sriradha
₹180.00Ramakant Rath’s magnum opus SRIRADHA is acknowledged as a modern Odia classic. It has sixty-one poems, each presented in the form of a monologue. In these poems, Radha repudiates the image attributed to her in Vaishnav literature and explores herself through an intense experience of love and separation. She is not the playmate of Krishna; she is herself. The Radha-Krishna myth has for centuries inspired poets and artists. In SRIRADHA, Ramakanta Rath reinterprets this myth to liberate Radha from her image in traditional literature and introduces her as an exceptional character who combines in herself the tenderest emotions of love with the yearning to discover her own identity.SRIRADHA won the prestigious Saraswati Samman for 1992.
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