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The Bhagavad – Gītā

Transcreator: P. Lal Pages: 400 (a pocketbook edition) Year of Publication: First published 1965, first pocketbook edition 1995, twelfth edition 2010, updated edition 2016 Price: Rs 200 ISBN: 978-93-5045-142-7 (9789350451427) About the Book: An updated edition of Professor P. Lal’s final, revised transcreation of the Gītā – what he referred to as the “definitive” edition. The book contains the Sanskrit ślokas and the English transcreation of the same on corresponding pages for easy readability.

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The Mahabharata of Vyasa ~ Book XII The Complete Santi Parva Part 2 (Moksha-Dharma)

Translator: Pradip Bhattacharya Pages: 1112 Year of Publication: 2016 Price: Rs 2000 ISBN: 978-93-5045-122-9 (9789350451229) About the Translator Pradip Bhattacharya retired from the Indian Administrative Service as Additional Chief Secretary (Development and Planning) to the Government of West Bengal. He graduated with Honours in English from St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta, where he was later Lecturer in English for two years. He took his M.A. in English as a student of Presidency College from the University of Calcutta, being placed first in the first class with gold and silver […]

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Handpicked Tales from Mizoram

Author: Margaret L. Pachuau Pages: 160 Price: HB Rs 200, FB Rs 150 Year of Publication: 2008 ISBN: HB 978-81-8157-743-6 (9788181577436) FB 978-81-8157-744-3 (9788181577443) About the Author: Margaret L. Pachuau completed her post graduation as well as her advanced research in English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. A keen researcher and translator, she has several published works to her credit. Teaser: From the Foreword “This collection of select folk tales and short stories from Mizoram has been intended to trace […]

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M D Rāmanāthan

Author: P. Ravikumar Translator: M. Dakshinamurthy Pages: 96 Year of Publication: 2015 Price: Rs 200 ISBN: 978-93-5045-097-0 (9789350450970) About the Author: Born in 1952, P. Ravikumar has written two long poems and many articles. His first poem, Em Dee Rāmanāthan, appeared in 2004, and his second, Nachiketas, in 2009. The Hindi translation of Nachiketas was published in 2013. Ravikumar is also a music critic and journalist and was on the editorial board of the Keralakaumudi daily. He is now the Literary Editor of the […]

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Selected Assamese Poetry

Translator: Surajit Borooah Pages: 156 Year of Publication: 2015 Price: Rs 300 ISBN: 978-93-5045-115-1 (9789350451151) About the Translator: Born in 1945, Surajit Borooah has been a broadcaster with All India Radio and Doordarshan, president of North East India Forum for English Studies and the vice-president of North East Writers’ Forum, a professor of English at Arya Vidyapeeth College, Guwahati (where he retired in 2006), and an eminent sportsperson in the 1960s and 1970s. He has also been on the Board, in several […]

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Mrityunjaya ~ The Death Conqueror

Author: Shivaji Sawant (Translated by P. Lal and Nandini Nopany) Pages: 698 Year of Publication: First published 1989, Sixth edition 2015 Price: Rs 1000 ISBN: 978-93-5045-110-6 (9789350451106) About the Book: Our bestselling English translation of Shivaji Sawant’s Marathi classic inspired by the story of Karna in Vyasa’s Mahabharata. Professor P. Lal and Nandini Nopany, with Shri Sawant’s permission, translated the book from the Hindi version by Om Shivaraj. Between 2008 and 2015, five new editions of the book have been […]

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Jaiminiya Ashvamedha Parva

Transcreator: Shekhar Kumar Sen, Edited by Dr Pradip Bhattacharya Pages: 488 Year of Publication: 2008 Price: HB Rs 800, FB Rs 500 ISBN: HB 978-81-8157-849-5 (9788181578495) FB 978-81-8157-850-1 (9788181578501) About the Book: Translated from Sanskrit, shloka by shloka, by Shekhar Kumar Sen, this is Jaimini’s version of The Asvamedhika Parva, in The Mahabharata. The book has 5 colour miniatures from Emperor Akbar’s commissioned translation of The Ashvamedha, a long detailed scholarly introduction and very useful glossaries of war weapons, trees […]

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Different Women, Different Worlds: Ten Short Stories by Odia Women Writers

Description: Author: Seemita Mohanty (translator) Pages: 124 Year of Publication: 2013 Price: Rs 250 ISBN: 978-93-5045-059-8 (9789350450598) About the Translator: Dr Seemita Mohanty is an Associate Professor in English in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha. Her research interests include Indian English literature, English Language Teaching and Linguistics. She has published one book of criticism, A Critical Analysis of Vikram Seth’s Poetry and Fiction (2007) and regularly translates from Odia into […]

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Mrityunjaya: The Death Conqueror (4th Ed)

Description: Author: Shivaji Sawant (Translated by P. Lal and Nandini Nopany) Pages: 698 Year of Publication: First published 1989, Fourth edition 2011 Price: Rs 800 ISBN: 81-7189-002-4 (8171890024) About the Book: Our bestselling English translation of Shivaji Sawant’s Marathi classic inspired by the story of Karna in Vyasa’s Mahabharata. Professor P. Lal and Nandini Nopany, with Shri Sawant’s permission, translated the book from the Hindi version by Om Shivaraj. Between 2008 and 2011, three new editions of the book have […]

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Mrityunjaya: The Death Conqueror (5th Ed)

Description: Author: Shivaji Sawant (Translated by P. Lal and Nandini Nopany) Pages: 698 Year of Publication: First published 1989, Fifth edition 2014 Price: Rs 1000 ISBN: 978-93-5045-079-6 (9789350450796)About the Book: Our bestselling English translation of Shivaji Sawant’s Marathi classic inspired by the story of Karna in Vyasa’s Mahabharata. Professor P. Lal and Nandini Nopany, with Shri Sawant’s permission, translated the book from the Hindi version by Om Shivaraj. Between 2008 and 2014, four new editions of the book have been […]

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