The Portable North American Indian Reader (Viking Portable Library)

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The statistical argument of seeing India as a preeminent Hindu country (colonial narrative), according to author is a conceptual confusion, for our religion is not our only identity, nor necessarily the identity to which we attach the greatest importance. History of India, like every other part of world, does contain nightmarish elements, but it also involves people of dissimilar convictions coexisting peacefully in creative activities of literature, music, painting, jurisprudence etc. Sen argues, with much conviction, that India’s past is important for an adequate understanding of the capacious idea of India. Living in harmony since centuries the current upheaval challenges the acceptance of other communities in India. Further giving West a chance to discriminate against the developing countries on the basis of their dominant religion. Whereas the developed countries are not known by their religion but through their work, culture and ethics. This dire change in perception leads to deception as the majority religion is given much more priority than the minorities, which in recent times seem to become the reality of today's India especially after the CAA/NRC legislation. We started off as an open group, but then seemed to attract all sorts of rude, abusive disruptive elements. So with great deliberations we decided to make it a private group attempting to screen in those who are genuinely interested, and not those who join for promoting their work by hook or by crook, and those who are bent upon stalking vulnerable individuals. Accepting you here shows our trust in you, and you may reciprocate being an active, friendly member ;-) Rather than imitating their Western counterparts, Indian YA authors have instead chosen to express their ‘Indian’ voices by exploring the stories of Indian teens and their trials and tribulations. Says Basu, ‘A couple of years later [after 2000], there were a slew of really good ones: Siddhartha Sarma’s The Grasshopper’s Run, which won the first Crossword Children’s Book Award in 2009 and Samit Basu’s Terror On The Titanic, for instance.’ Derrida, J. ([1980] 1985). Des tours de Babel. In Joseph F. Graham (Ed.), Difference in Translation (pp. 165–207). Cornell University Press.

One of India’s most celebrated and cherished novelists, Perumal Murugan is famed for his willingness to depict rural village life in his literature. He explores the lives, traditions, habits, and behaviours of India’s out-of-the-way communities. Amartya Sen is a renowned Economist and a Noble Laureate, he is not much of a historian and this book stands testimony to that. Haven’t most of us been obsessed with flying witches, magic schools, dazzling vampires (yes, I’m looking at you, #TeamEdward) and fantastical adventures at some point in our lives? As teens, we loved the world that young adult (YA) literature exposed us to – one filled with stories of the supernatural, of romance and of adventure – just as we were about to step into a new adult world. YA literature has since been our constant friend, our companion whenever we felt alone when fictional characters understood us more than our parents would. Perhaps that is why we feel such an affinity for the genre, and it shows in the ripples it has created in the world.This is a very engaging collection of essays and lectures that Prof. Sen delivered on various occasions. Well, it was interesting initially, where Arjuna's dialogue with Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita and the sage Javali's criticism of Rama's actions in the epic Ramayana are presented as proof of the essential questioning nature of our culture. Also, the author explains well how ancient India was not all spirituality and there was a lot of reasoning and science - and atheist thought was at least as important as the theist stream. Akbar and his polyglot religion of 'Din Elahi'; Tagore's humanism as opposed to Gandhi's nationalism; and the difficulty to extract an 'indigenous' Indian culture from the curious mixture that we currently have - these are all proof of what an assimilatory society we were: and trying to prune us down to one dimension will definitely diminish us. I agree wholeheartedly with you, Dr. Sen. The point of literature is, and always will be, to bring about change. While romance has been a selling point for years, YA readers in the West have also had the opportunity to explore books on magic and the supernatural, along with those on contemporary issues such as LGBTQIA+, politics, etc. Epic literature is not history but is again a way of looking at the past.” Romila Thapar, Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300 7. The Wonder That Was India: A Survey of the History and Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent Before The Coming of the Muslims by A.L. Basham The Wonder That Was India: A Survey of the History and Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent Before The Coming of the Muslimswas published in 1954 Gandhi, M. K. ([1946] 2007). Foreword. In The Gospel of Selfless Action or The Gita According to Gandhi (pp. i–vi., M. Desai, Trans.). Navajivan.

In total, Speechify features more than 130 natural-sounding voices in over 30 different languages, many of which are available in different accents as well as both male and female voices. You can even adjust the reading speed of the voiceover.It is not wholly surprising, however, that, when India began to reassert herself, two nations should have replaced the single British Raj; but all impartial students must regret that the unity of the Indian sub-continent has been once more lost, and trust that the two great nations of India and Pakistan may soon forget the bitterness born of centuries of strife, in cooperation for the common welfare of their peoples.” A.L. Basham, The Wonder That Was India: A Survey of the History and Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent Before The Coming of the Muslims 8. Empire of the Moghul Series by Alex Rutherford Empire of the Moghul Seriesis a historical fiction that stretches over six books As the genre of Indian YA continues to develop, it is bound to see a lot of trial and error. This is something that Lubaina Bandukwala, commissioning editor at Nova, Scholastic’s young adult imprint, agrees on. She says, ‘Our styles are uncompromising now, we aren’t afraid to explore darker stuff in YA novels. YA readers are few and discerning, and you cannot mess it up. But what’s encouraging is this – a few years ago, you could only name a few authors who wrote promising, edgy YA lit. Now, we have Kanika Dhillon, Sampurna Chatterjee, Jerry Pinto jumping on to this. And writers are not hesitant to write anything.’ Johnston, J. (1992). Translation as Simulacrum. In L. Venuti (Ed.), Rethinking Translation: Discourse, Subjectivity, Ideology (pp. 42–56). Routledge.

Pity those who never got to know about sensible right wing. Our nobel laureate goes on with his center-left position throughout the book, word 'hindutva' occurs at numerous places. There is an old adage that a specialist is someone who knows more and more about less and less, until finally, he knows everything about nothing. I found this statement to apply to Mr. Amartya Sen perfectly. Let me confess that this is the only book by Mr. Sen I have had the opportunity of reading. And I have to say - the experience was disappointing. What I had hoped to be an informative, well-researched account of Indian philosophies and schools of thought turned out to be an amateur interpretation of the Indian culture as perceived by the author. Codell, J. F. (2006). Excursive Discursive in Gandhi’s Autobiography: Undressing and Redressing the Transnational Self. In D. Amigoni (Ed.), Life Writing and Victorian Culture (pp. 123–144). Aldershot. By the book’s halfway point, no longer is it their choice how they conceive, but rather something that their brothers and parents must play at, as though Ponna and her husband Kali are their chess pieces, and the upcoming Chariot Festival their game board.The history is basic. He doesn't delve into anything more than what Westerners already know about India - Hinduism, Mughals and Independence. Using the same references to highlight the same points weakens the argument. Naipaul, V. S. ([1972] 1976). Indian Autobiography. In The Overcrowded Barracoon and Other Articles. Penguin. Desai, M. ([1927] 2018). Translator’s Preface to the First Edition. In M. K. Gandhi (Ed.), An Autobiography, or The Story of My Experiments with Truth (p. 39, Trans. M. Desai and Introduced and annotated by T. Suhrud). Yale University Press. Most of us are familiar with the broad outline of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Therefore, it is not surprising that readers like to read mythological fiction which is based on these stories. After all, it is the default setting of an Indian childhood! Nandy, A. (2018). Foreword. In M. K. Gandhi (Ed.), An Autobiography, or The Story of My Experiments with Truth (pp. xiii–xv, M. Desai, Trans. and Introduced and annotated by T. Suhrud). Yale University Press.