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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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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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A Literal Journey: Encountering Writers Workshop

Author: Jed Bickman Pages: 212 Year of Publication: 2009 Price: HB Rs 300, FB Rs 200 ISBN: HB 978-81-8157-891-4 (9788181578914) FB 978-81-8157-892-1 (9788181578921) About the Author Jed Bickman is, in his own words, “a young American wanderer.” After graduating from Brown University with a degree in American Literature, he was awarded the Arnold Fellowship by the same university to undertake a research project abroad. His project aimed at focusing on independent publishers in India and he chose to intern with […]

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Writing Short Stories: A Guide to Mastering the Craft

Author: Suseela P. Ravi Pages: 116 Year of Publication: 2009 Price: HB Rs 250, FB Rs 200 ISBN: HB 978-81-8157-921-8 (9788181579218) FB 978-81-8157-922-5 (9788181579225) About the Author Suseela Panda Ravi is a physician who practised in the United States for thirty years and returned to India in 2004. She attended creative writing workshops at Stanford University for two years. Her fiction has appeared in e-journals like Muse India and in magazines such as Katha Kshetre and India Currents. She received […]

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Mrityunjaya: The Death Conqueror (4th Ed)

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 been […]

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Mrityunjaya: The Death Conqueror (5th Ed)

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 printed.

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Gondwana: A Journey to the Centre of India

Author: Lahar Singh Pages: 506 Year of Publication: 2009 Price: HB Rs 500, FB Rs 300 ISBN: HB 81-8157-853-2 (8181578532) FB 81-8157-854-9 (8181578549) About the Author Lahar Singh, or John Beaumont Ash, was born on 16th December 1947. He passed away on 31st January 2008. Gondwana was published posthumously. Ash was multi-faceted. He was a linguist, a photographer, a writer, a historian a lover of people and a lover of communication. He first came to India in 1973 and traveled […]

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In the Land of the Pandavas

Author: Mahbubar Rahman Pages: 108 Year of Publication: 2014 Price: Rs 300 ISBN: 978-93-5045-087-1 (9789350450871) About the Author: Mahbubar Rahman is a physicist by education and civil servant by profession. He always had a strong interest in music and books but actually started pursuing a literary career in earnest somewhat late in life. Before this, he was involved with literary circles and book forums held by professional Bengalis posted in the then West Pakistan. In independent Bangladesh, he started writing […]

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Once There Was a Girl (Vattathul)

Author: R. Vatsala (Translated from Tamil by K. Srilata and R. Vatsala) Pages: 320 Year of Publication: 2012 Price: Rs 400 ISBN: 978-93-5045-027-7 (9789350450277) About the Author A poet and fiction writer, Vatsala started writing at the age of 48. She retired from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, in 1999. Her short stories have won the Illakia Chintani award, the Agni-Subhamangala award and the Rajeswari Balasubramaniam prize. Vatsala’s poems have been translated into English and appear in anthologies like […]

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