English Literature

This is an exploration of how three English writers-Edward Carpenter, E.M. Forster, and Christopher Isherwood-all three of whom shared a similar sexuality, sought in Hindu spirituality one way of achieving personal autonomy and fulfillment.

Simti Zindagi by Harsh Mandar, 9382579419, 9789382579410, Yoda Press

A poetic evocation of the act of reading, a provocation for non-readers, a sparkling soliloquy for avid readers, and a philosophical reflection on what we call literature, Why Read? Is all of these things.Dantzig draws on humour and cogitation in ...

Calcutta is the central character in each of the three stories in this book. As all Bengalis will tell you, even when the city stands quietly in the corner, not saying a word, her presence may be deeply felt by those close to her. The House and Ot...

"Aditi Rao's writing is imbued with the attentiveness of a lepidopterist, the tenderness of an epicurean and the quiet, unflinching fortitude one associates with surgeons on the battlefront. The frontlines are those of attrition and loss – of the ...

Dhaka may be one of the most densely populated cities in the world – noisy, grid-locked, short on public amenities, and blighted with sprawling slums – but, as these stories show, it is also one of the most colourful and chaotically joyful places ...

Open Couplets [Paperback] Tosha Ghoshal

Blurb – “Before your cheek turns red beneath my slaps, a soft kiss for you. Before the whipping takes the skin off your back, two spoonfuls of pollen off the feet. Before the hired bulldozer grinds your ancestors to powder, a sacred pot. Before le...

Savitri Ammal's stories are about women like herself living in upper-caste households in Madras in the early part of the twentieth century. Published first in Tamil in 1958, the stories capture with subtlety and directness, the textures of the pri...

Into The Twilight of Sanskrit Court Poetry The Sena Salon of Bengal and Beyond by Jesse Ross Knutson, 9382579443, 9789382579441, Yoda Press

Award-winning novelist Randa Jarrar’s new story collection moves seamlessly between realism and fable, history and the present, capturing the lives of Muslim women and men across myriad geographies and circumstances. With acerbic wit, deep tendern...

Anjali Purohit’s lovingly crafted translations of Bahinabai Choudhari’s poetry bring into English both the cadence and the ethos of this remarkable woman’s oeuvre. Bahinabai (1880–1951) was named after a 17th-century saint who composed devotional ...

In Forsaken, Alexandre Bergamini draws us into a poeticyet precise account of his personal life his older brother ssuicide; his fraught relationship with his father who isashamed of his son and his sexuality; his travels; his sexualencounters; and...

About the Book Coldnoon Travel Poetics by Arup K Chatterjee

Before it Rains Again [Paperback] Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy and Rowena Hill

They called her 'Barsa' in Arabic. Barsa—the one who does not veil her face, the one who does not bow her head, the one who asks questions. "Sabitha and Rasheed, a doctor couple, leave their homeland in Kerala to work in the holy city of Mecca.The...

A baby visits Philadelphia and looks out on his family having breakfast, on people walking down the streets. The more he looks the more he sees. A monkey finds a top hat, a bat a kite, and a kachhua a skateboard amongst the houses, trees, and park...

In Sophia Naz's poems, one has the sense of being out in the open-of our beings fermenting as we read, of looking back from time to time, to check whether we are alone. We are never alone-there are the ancestors, both Naz's intellectual predecesso...

Would You Like Some Bread with that Book? and Other Instances of Literary Love

Our Lives Our Words Telling Aravani Lifestories

One of the three major women writers in Kannada in the early 20th century, Gouramma's career was only about eight years and 21 short stories long. Born in Kodagu (then called Coorg) in 1912, she was influenced by Gandhi after his visit to the dist...