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Some 14 Odd Years
Some 14 Odd Years is a story about a single girl named Ronkini. Ronkini acts as the author's mouthpiece. So, through Ronkini the author gives some message to the society. The theme of the novel is 3 Dimensional. The 3D feature so this novel is Friendship, Unconditional Love and Women Empowerment. By women empowerment the author doesn’t mean equality among men and women. By empowerment, the author believes in the equality of all women in the society. A single girl and a girl separated from her husband is always given a frowned look in the society. A married woman is given the highest respect in the society. But just like a married woman all women deserves the same respect. Women empowerment will only be successful when women will start respecting women. Once women starts respecting women than men too will be bound to respect all women in the society.
Patchwork Woman
A fifty-year-old widow, Devika Sanyal fights free from the shadows of a shackled and loveless marriage and from the accepted societal norms to find herself and her true love.
The Violent Domestic
In 2005, after considerable campaigning by women’s groups, the Indian government brought in an important new law, the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA). A civil law, the PWDVA was meant to combat violence against women in familial and intimate spaces. In The Violent Domestic, the authors ask: how effective has this law been? Have there been any changes in institutional regimes and their politics as a result of this legislation? They look at seven districts of West Bengal and interrogate, through the testimonies of survivors, whether the law reshapes the domestic, or whether the embeddedness of violence in the domestic is so complete that change through law must necessarily be partial and imperfect. Importantly, the questions the authors ask go beyond the heteronormative approach that centres only the married woman in the discourse around domestic violence. They include the voices of lesbian and transgender women, as well as women with physical and psycho-social disabilities. Given these unique insights, The Violent Domestic will be a welcome addition to legal and gender studies.
Love of the Nile and Ganges
As a child, Kakoli's cherished connection was with her nanny, Casaba. Tragically, at age 11, a fatal plane crash left Kakoli orphaned. Being raised by her grandparents in the tranquil city of Rishikesh, the company of her nanny was also gone. In her early 20s, she loses her grandparents and has no one to call family. She firmly believes that anyone she loves will inevitably be taken away. She works for causes such as child trafficking. When a charismatic man from Egypt enters her life, a passionate connection grows. Suddenly, this man vanishes, leaving Kakoli to question the depth of their relationship. She cannot forget him! But how can she win him back as he now resides in the Royal palace in Jaipur, in the company of the enigmatic philanthropist Princess Akshata? This man's unexpected return and unique proposal challenges Kakoli to reevaluate the boundaries surrounding her heart. Will Kakoli consider a second chance at love and life?
The Unknown Errors of Our Lives
In nine poignant stories spiked with humor and intelligence, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni captures lives at crossroad moments–caught between past and present, home and abroad, tradition and fresh experience. A widow in California, recently arrived from India, struggles to adapt to a world in which neighbors are strangers and her domestic skills are deemed superfluous in the award-winning “Mrs. Dutta Writes a Letter.” In “The Intelligence of Wild Things,” a woman from Sacramento visits her brother in Vermont to inform him that back in Calcutta their mother is dying. And in the title story, a painter looks to ancient myth and the example of her grandmother for help in navigating her first real crisis of faith. Knowing, compassionate and expertly rendered, the stories in The Unknown Errors of Our Lives depict the eternal struggle to find a balance between the pull of home and the allure of change.
Trishala Born a prostitute
Trishala, “Born A Prostitute”, tells the story of a young girl named Trishala, who is born in a community which is into Caste Based Prostitution. She was initiated into this profession when she was just 12 years old with the Nath-Utarna Ceremony, and sold to the highest bidder for the night. Since then, every night she had to entertain a new customer. Trishala had never experienced a world outside her village and had a deep longing for true love. Trishala’s village Kashipur was the badlands between Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, it is a dystopic underbelly, and a regressive crime infested matriarchal community. Siddharta, a business tycoon with a dejected past, accidentally lands hi...
Mamata Banerjee: My Unforgettable Memories
This is India's first English translation of Mamata Banerjee's memoirs. Based on her previous writings in Bengali, this succint account spans through her life, right from her youth to her political career. Her humble upbringing comes to the forefront as she expresses her innate desire to nurture her political career with her values. A journey into the life of one of India's most renowned politicians, this memoir is poignant and forthright account of her trials and tribulations, which have inevitably contributed to both her personality and her role as a politician.
Logically Stupid, that’s Love
Kartik: Yes, I want to be successful, and that's not a crime. Trust me, I too would have wanted the same as Ms. Stupid, but I can't toss away my hard-work of years for a girl. We would have had a beautiful love story had she not been my boss's daughter. Sahana: I know he’s ambitious and doesn't know his heart well. But I'm sure one day Mr. Logical will come to my way of thinking, and we'll have a beautiful life together thereafter. He flirted with her for five days; she waited for him for five years, only to be shattered irrecoverably one day. Logic seems to be winning the battle, until destiny refuses to move on and adamantly brings them face to face again. In life’s moments of struggle and comfort, the heart and mind must join hands to combat. A love story dedicated to the generation that never values what comes easy. Wish a few logics were a little less stupid. But nevertheless… Logically Stupid, That’s Love.
Portuguese Studies Review, Vol. 16, No. 2
This issue of the Portuguese Studies Review presents essays by Glenn J. Ames, N. Shyam Bhat, Sim Yong Huei, Maria Cristina Moreira and Sérgio Veludo, Ana Mónica Fonseca and Daniel Marcos, Reinaldo Francisco Silva, Filipa Fernandes, and Robert Simon. The topics covered range from colonial Christian proselytization to the political interaction between Portuguese Goa and the Karnataka, war and diplomacy in the Estado da India (1707-1750), Portuguese military uniforms in the nineteenth century, perceptions of the United States through immigrant eyes, French and German military support for Portugal in 1958-1968, the politics of water supply, and the poetics of Herberto Helder.
1998 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness
The ongoing financial crisis has raised questions about the underpinnings of development assistance and the role of international financial institutions. A new development assistance framework, grounded in partnership, is emerging. That is the backdrop for this year's review, which--as in past years--tracks the World Bank's operational performance based on the findings of recent evaluations. After the backdrop provided in chapter one, the chapters that follow review recent evidence about the Bank's development effectiveness. Chapter 2 describes project and sector performance trends. Chapter 3 considers recent evaluation lessons at the country level. It draws on OED's (Operations Evaluation Department) country assistance evaluations to help draw out the lessons of the ongoing crisis. Chapter 4 draws lessons that can be inferred from thematic studies. The final chapter discusses the implications for Bank operations and evaluation.
