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India
This book explores the role of public action in eliminating deprivation and expanding human freedoms in India. The analysis is based on a broad and integrated view of development, which focuses on well-being and freedom rather than the standard indicators of economic growth. The authors place human agency at the centerstage, and stress the complementary roles of different institutions (economic, social, and political) in enhancing effective freedoms.
Heirloom Treasures: The Cultural Tapestry of India
This book is an anthology of stories from the magazine India Beckons. We have picked up the best stories in the heritage, culture and travel space and made a volume on that. The stories talk about travel, culture, heritage, and traditions of Indians. India is a profoundly complex and beautiful country and, as you travel across the country, you can find some beautiful stories and places unravelling for the traveller. The book is for people who would like to learn more about India’s heritage and are looking for the right places in India to include in their travel plans. This book is also a good read for children who want to learn about the diverse traditional and cultural values that stitch ...
The Vantage Point
The Vantage Point is a collection of slice-of-life short stories, dealing with contemporary themes, relationships, and angst of human existence. The protagonists break the proverbial glass ceilings. The characters fight and survive all odds. Issues of familial bonding are captured within the evolving social milieu. The Elephant Ride is a charming story of a young couple and their child, who is suffering a serious health issue. Shanta’s World is a story of determination of a village belle, who fights serious odds to make her place under the sun. The Winning Hand is a poignant story of Pia and her elder sister Ria, who out of habit usurps everything that Pia likes, until she faces the day of reckoning.
Twinkling Stars and Other Poems
Twinkling Stars and Other Poems is a poetry book for small children which will make children laugh, think, recite and have fun. The poems relate to a child’s world and observations, everyday situations which they may encounter.
The Colour Of Water
The Colour of Water is an a book of short, flash and micro fiction. The stories are eclectic and range from the Afro American historical fiction to a grieving British spy on a mission to the tale of a mother caught in the middle of gunshots in the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Each story deals with human emotions and sentiments and brings out the subtle nuances of human predicament in the face of adversity. Stories like Before Dawn and The Dark Room explore the dark side of human nature, taking the reader through the minds of women whose lives have been off the beaten track. Every story offers the reader an interesting and intriguing plot. “Arunima Hoskote’s vivid descriptions and tight, tense prose will have you on the edge of your chair! Whether she takes us inside the mind of a spy running from assassins, or we mourn a lost love; through flash fiction or longer pieces; Hoskote’s writing will leave you wanting more.” - Nicky Moxey, Writer of the Henry Baker series
Ellipses: A Collection of Poems
This is a collection of poems composed by Arunima Hoskote. It reveals not just the poet’s journey through the dense and light moments of life but also reveals a spirit of enquiry and a temperament disposed towards astute perception of the mysteries of life. This is an anthology that evokes, provokes, questions, demands, suggests, reminds, and conjures up the mundanities of everyday life in an extraordinary manner. The poetry composed here tells the remarkable truths in a simple and humdrum way that touches readers in a breeze, without jarring them out of the reverie of life. The Journey is just that – about the journey of life, through the proverbial ups and downs and cliched yet unique ...
The Changing World of Contemporary South Asian Poetry in English
This collection uses a transnational approach to study contemporary English-language poetry composed by poets of South Asian origin. The poetry contains themes, motifs, and critiques of social changes, and the contributors seek to encapsulate the continually changing environments that these contemporary poets write about. The contributors show that English-language poetry in South Asia is hybridized with imagery and figurative language adapted from the vernacular languages of South Asia. The chapters examine women’s issues, concerns of marginalized groups—such as the Dalit community and the people of Northeastern India—, social changes in Sri Lanka, the changing society of Pakistan, and the formation of the identity in the several nation states that resulted from the British colony of India.
Born Again on the Mountain
‘I realised that I had to do something in my life so that people would stop looking at me with pity’ National level volleyball player Arunima Sinha had a promising future ahead of her. Then one day she was shoved from a moving train by thieves as she attempted to fight them off. The horrific accident cost the twenty-four-year-old her left leg and sporting career, but it never deterred her. Two years later she had retrained as a mountaineer and become the first female amputee to reach Mount Everest. This is her unforgettable story of hope, courage and resilience.
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Other Side of the Divide
Pegged on journalist Sameer Arshad Khatlani's visit to Pakistan, this book provides insights into the country beyond what we already know about it. These include details on the impact of India's soft power, thanks to Bollywood, and the remnants of Pakistan's multireligious past, and how it frittered away advantages of impressive growth in the first three decades of its existence by embracing religious conservatism. The book profiles extraordinary people-lawyers, poets, musicians and even a former military chief-who stood up to an oppressive state. It has historical anecdotes, like the story of an ordinary woman who became the 'muse and mistress', and often the 'brains behind the regime of a ...
