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Beyond the Shores of Home
A tradition bound widow existing precariously at the largesse of her brother’s family in a remote provincial village has no choice but to barter her young daughter for the future of her son. Forced into an early marriage and full of apprehension, her daughter Savithri journeys to the dense plantations of Malaya and evolves into a woman who cautiously embraces change, new relationships and most importantly her grand-niece, Elisa. Living on her own terms and to make amends for a wrong committed by her family, Elisa thinks nothing of reaching out to Madison Blue, a teenager who lives with her alcoholic mother in a trailer park. Blue, with Elisa's help, discovers her true calling and fulfills the dream of a fallen woman.
Wives, Widows, and Concubines
Debates about family, property, and nation in Tamil India
Two Virgins
About the Book : - She tossed and turned, her body an alien creature full of strange, strong impulses beyond her control. Saroja lives in a village with her parents, aunt and beautiful elder sister Lalitha. Saroja s life is uncomplicated, and simple things give her joy like the birth of a calf or a taste of one of Chingleput s sweets. Lalitha, on the other hand, believes she is too good for the village. Ambitious and spoilt, she has dreams of being a movie star that are fulfilled when a film-maker casts her in his documentary on village life. Overnight Lalitha becomes the talk of the town; her latent sexuality manifests itself and she uses her elevated status to her advantage. Basking in Lal...
That's it But
For the first time in English a selection of fiction, non-fiction and poetry showcasing the breadth and depth of one of the most versatile and innovative Tamil writers is available. Known for technical brilliance, Ramaswamy s writing is underscored by compassion, humour and disquieting endings.
A Feeling for Feminism
A Feeling For Feminism Is A Collection Of Stories Written By V. K. Subramanian, Which Reflects His Empathy For Women, Especially The Women Of India.In These Stories, Various Feminine Facets Are Dealt With Understanding And Insight: Women As Affectionate Sisters, Tender, Loving Mothers, Devoted Wives, And Women Facing The Brutal Realities Of Life: Betrayal, Disappointment And Ingratitude.A Feeling For Feminism Will Provide Entertaining Reading For All. For Feminists It Will Be Soothing Nectar. For Those Who Live Outside India, The Book Will Be A Revealing Guide To The Social Mores Of India. To Movie Makers And Television Producers, It Will Be A Veritable Treasurehouse Of Ideas.
Memorial Stones
The Story Of This Novel Is Woven Round A Mosque And Its Surroundings. The Author Introduces The Reader To A Burial Ground Where Many Extinguished Lives Have Found Their Lives And Resting Place. The Novelist Resurrects Their Lives And Makes The Characters Re-Enact Their Roles. The Key Figure Is Pukkoyo Thangal Of The Rich Arakkal Family Whose Character Is A Rare Mixture Of Dignity, Benevolence, And Inhuman Lust. The Story Of The Novelist Is Supplemented By Those Of A Horde Of Others Quite Different In Their Nature And Approach To Life And SocietyýCantankerous, Selfish Men, Their Innocent And Salient Victims, Illegitimate Children Of The Wealthy Who Suffer Life Long Humiliation, And Conscientious But Helpless Spectators Of This Drama, Etc.
Chettinad kitchen
Authentic recipes from one of the most popular cuisines in India, in an easy, step-by-step format ideal for modern-day cook.
Waterness
A collection of 10 unforgettable stories, Waterness captures the spalshing colours of life in Punjai, in the heart of Thanjavur district. Set against a broader perspective of modern urban life and the piercing pressures of alienation, these stories are about memories, and about memory.
Kalki
‘Kalki’ R. Krishnamurthy, one of the pioneering giants of the Tamil press in the tumultuous times of the nationalist movement, was a versatile and prolific writer, inscribing the urgencies of his time in his fiction. This collection brings together the best of Kalki’s short stories, which contain some of his most colourful and enduring characters and themes of Tamil popular fiction of the nineteen thirties and forties. There is in these stories the heady urgency of the freedom struggle, the piquant humour of the parodied Tamil gothic and devastating social satire. In her sensitive translations, Gowri Ramnarayan has succeeded in capturing the nuances of the gently mordant wit that made Kalki’s stories the highlight of the magazines they were originally published in, creating for themselves a dedicated following that flourishes undiminished to this day. Coinciding with the centenary of Kalki’s birth, this volume is a well-deserved tribute to a writer whose breadth of vision and genius imagined and served a new India.
The Last Wedding Celebrated in Kadaiyur
This collection of eleven short stories was written originally in Tamil. All of them are set in South India (mostly in Bengaluru and Chennai). They all are about ordinary people who could be our neighbours and about day to day incidents. All of them are simple, easy to read with a nice surprise in the end. As many reviewers and readers in Tamil and the ones who have seen the English manuscript have said “ all the stories have the simple narration style like that of RK Narayan and the twist in the end like that of O’Henry. I am sure everyone with some connection to India, South India in particular will enjoy reading these stories
