What makes a dutiful daughter, wife, and mother? What makes a good Indian woman?
Devi returns to Madras with an American degree, only to be sucked in by the old order of things-a demanding mother’s love, a suitable but hollow marriage, an unsuitable lover who offers a brief escape. But the women of the hoary past come back to claim Devi through myth and story, music and memory. They show her what it is to stay and endure what it is to break free and move on. Sita has been the ideal daughter-in-law, wife and mother. But now that she has arranged a marriage for her daughter she has to come to terms with an old dream of her own. Mayamma knows how to survive as the old family retainer, bending the way the wind blows. But, through Devi, she too can see a different life.
A subtle and tender tale of women’s lives in India, this award-winning novel is structured with the delicacy and precision of a piece of music. Fusing myth, tale and the real voices of different women, The Thousand Faces of Night brings alive the underworld of Indian women’s lives.
This book will help you build a strong team that delivers. It also offers practical tips for effective leadership to boost your team’s productivity, especially because working hard is no longer enough to help you hold down a job. But setting up the ideal network and putting in smart effort will win you the recognition you deserve.
This is a collection of Gopaldas Neeraj’s final works. Kumar Chandrahas, the music composer on some of these verses, has curated these works on the insistence of Neeraj ji himself. Neeraj ji wanted his last work to be a collection of Chandrahas’s favourite songs. Chandrahas ji has also included a few of his own poems that are close to Neeraj ji’s heart.
Winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award for 2021
‘A personal story of the way that the caste system in India [. . .] imprison[s] the humanity of those within them’-Gloria Steinem
Kumaon, 1856. History has already begun its steady march. Six native women clad in black and scarlet pichauras huddle around Naineetal Lake, attempting to cleanse it of ominous influences. These are the days of Upper Mall Road (for Europeans and their horses) and Lower Mall Road (‘for dogs, servants and other Indians’). Amidst a theatre of British impunity, feisty young Tilottama Dutt, whose uncle is hung when he protests the reigning order, and her daughter, Deoki, confront change as Indians and as women.
Things to Leave Behind brings alive the romance of the mixed legacy of the British-Indian past. Full of the fascinating backstory of Naineetal and its unwilling entry into Indian history, throwing a shining light on the elemental confusion of caste, creed and culture, illuminated with painstaking detail, here is a fascinating historical epic and Namita Gokhale’s most ambitious novel yet.
Find out how Snoffle the squirrel stops acting foolishly
Snoffle the squirrel is very, very, very silly. She can’t take anything seriously. One day, an incident in Foggy Forest makes her feel very serious indeed. What happens?
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Bobo the bear is always bored. Even when his friends try to entertain him, all he says is ‘How boring!’. One day, when everyone leaves him alone he realizes how many things there really are to do. What does he learn?
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Zeezee the zebra is always moping around. One day, all the animals in Foggy Forest decide to show her how being sad is a downer for everyone. What do they do?
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Coco the chameleon is always confused about what colour he should be. In fact, he’s confused about everything. One day, he’s in two minds about going to a fun party. What does he decide?
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Gigi the giraffe is jealous of everyone. She never realizes how much she has. One day, she discovers that she has something no one else does. What is it?
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Flutter is a happy little butterfly who makes everyone laugh. One day, she sees that everyone in Foggy Forest is upset. She devises a plan to make them all happy again. Does it work?
