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Karimayi
The story of the archetypal Mother, the mother of all Chandrashekhar Kambar s stories, variously called Mayi, Idimayi, and now Karimayi, is at the heart of this novel. The narrative of Karimayi moves through an astounding time span, beginning from the mythopoeic times of Goddess Karimayi s birth to the historical and cultural shifts in the life of a small rural community called Shivapura during the British colonial era. Written in the Kannada language in 1975, Karimayi breaks the familiar narrative of an idyllic and traditional village community getting destroyed by the incursion of modernity. Instead, the multiple and layered narrative of Karimayi weaves everything into itself the story of the village s past, the myth of Karimayi, the disorder that sets in with the invasion of colonial modernity and the lure of the city, but, most importantly, also of the disruption of another form of native modernity that the village community has already begun to incorporate into its rhythms of life. "
Rocks of Hampi
The Rocks Of Hampi In The Poem Of That Title Are An Extension Of The Fiend Of The Folktales; They Are Frozen Memories, Amorphous Archetypes Of A Lost World Of Primal Experience, The Thirst Of The Scorching Sun: The Buffaloes That Cannot Swim, The Flames Of ShivaýS Third Eye, Tales Waiting To Bloom, Ahalya Waiting For Emancipation, Yet Unable To Become The Powerful Phallus Or Event A Limb Of Shiva. The Rocks Want To Converse With The World, To Make Friends With The Mother And The Baby, Ignite Memories Thus Anamnesing The World Obivious Of Its Past, Or Inspire Revenge. They Also Symbolise The Fantasy Of Untamed Freedom: They Are Naked Wild Horses Waiting To Gallop Away To The Horizon. The Inversion Works Here Filling The Non-Living Rocks With Life, Turning Memories Into Dreams And Making The Silence Speak. The Rocks Belong To The World Of The Fiend Of He Folktale And To That Of Myth And Like The Fiend Framed And Kept In A Museum, The Rocks Are Frozen Dreams Of Liberation Now Under The Tourist Gace.
Chakori
Narrative poem.
Two Plays
In Chandrasekhar Kambar's timeless classic The Bringer of Rain: Rishyashringya, a village afflicted with a deadly famine eagerly awaits the arrival of the chieftain's son, whose homecoming promises the return of rain. As the death toll rises, age-old secrets are unravelled and mythical forces step out of hiding. Will the sky relent? Power and bloodshed run hand in hand in Kambar's latest, Mahmoud Gawan. Set in the fifteenth-century Bahamani Sultanate, it follows Gawan's rise to fame during a time of intense civil strife when empires routinely rose and fell. Alluring and sublime, Two Plays is a must-read for anyone hoping to dip their toes into the rich waters of Kannada folklore and theatre.
Shiva's Drum
'...It looks like the rhythm of Shivapura life is upset. Even the seasons don't keep time. The river looks wasted. The waves no longer run with a youthful vigour. The rocks under water are like bones jutting out of an old face.' In Shivapura, the villagers worship their gods and nature, and cultivate the crops that their forebears have been growing since time immemorial. Sweet water flows in the Chalimele river, the trees bear delicious fruit, and the cattle and other animals are part of the household. But Baramegowda, the landowner and headman, replaces traditional crops with sugarcane, a cash crop, and encourages the excessive use of chemical pesticides, amassing great wealth. He also enli...
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Downfall by Degrees
Downfall by Degrees brings you three short stories and two novellas by Abdullah Hussein, recipient of the Adamjee Award, Pakistan s highest literary prize.
Translating Partition
This collection is about those on the wrong side of the border. Apart from offering a perspective on displaced people and communities, the stories talk about people as religious and linguistic minorities in post-Partition India and Pakistan. These narratives offer insights into individual experience, and break the silence of the collective sphere.
Hindi
The stories in this anthology hold an element of surprise for Western readers who expect an Indian narrative technique and an Indian fabric of life. On the contrary, the stories talk about universal experiences that go beyond geographical boundaries and reach out to share a modern twentieth century sensibility with the West. A must for readers with a thirst for cross-cultural experiences.
