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A woman grieves a miscarriage, haunted by the Buddha's birth. An artist with schizophrenia tries to survive hatred and indifference in small-town India by turning to the beauty of sculpture and dance. Orphans in India get pulled into a strange "rescue" mission aimed at stripping their mysterious powers. A brief but intense affair between two women culminates in regret and betrayal. A boy seeks memories of his sister in the legend of a woman who weds...
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The King of the Dark Chamber is a symbolic drama exploring themes of faith, power, citizenship, and love. Part meditation on human government, part reflection on humanity's connection to god, Tagore's play is a masterpiece of Indian literature. "My faith is, to go on obeying the King- it does not matter whether he is a real one or a pretender. What do we know of Kings that we should judge them! It is like throwing stones in the dark-you are almost...
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Song of the Bamboo: O South Wind, the Wanderer, come and rock me, Rouse me into the rapture of new leaves. I am the wayside bamboo tree, waiting for your breath to tingle life into my branches. O South Wind, the Wanderer, my dwelling is in the end of the lane. I know your wayfaring, and the language of your footsteps. Your least touch thrills me out of my slumber, your whisper gleans my secrets. (Enter a troop of girls, dancing, representing birds.)...
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In the pages of this book, you'll find a collection of poems that have been written with heart and soul. These poems are a reflection of the human experience - the joys, the sorrows, the triumphs, and the struggles. They explore the beauty of the world and the complexity of the human spirit.
Each poem is a journey, a window into a different perspective, a moment in time captured in words. Some of the poems are light and whimsical, while others are...
6) Petals 2024
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Petals 5th Edition" is the highly anticipated annual anthology from Caroling Pen Publishing. This exquisite collection showcases the literary talents of a diverse group of writers, bringing together an array of captivating stories, poems, and essays that are sure to captivate readers. Each piece within "Petals 5th Edition" is a carefully cultivated petal, adding its unique color and fragrance to the collective bouquet of literature. This anthology...
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"Asian Americans inhabit a purgatorial status: neither white enough nor black enough, unmentioned in most conversations about racial identity. In the popular imagination, Asian Americans are all high-achieving professionals. But in reality, this is the most economically divided group in the country, a tenuous alliance of people with roots from South Asia to East Asia to the Pacific Islands, from tech millionaires to service industry laborers. How...
8) 3 sections
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"3 Sections" confronts perplexing divisions of contemporary life -- a wayward history, an indeterminate future, and a present condition of wanting to outthink time.
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The art of porcelain manufacturing is linked closely to China and its history, appearing in the 7th century when it became an important symbol of royalty or high status. The masterpieces of the genre featured in this book range from simple tea bowls and fantastic vases to hair ornaments, figurines and snuff boxes with intricate, multi-coloured designs. The presentations of these fragile objects are accompanied by an informative outline of the history...
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Writers Editors Critics (WEC) An International Biannual Refereed Journal of English Language and Literature Volume 7, Number 2 (September 2017) ISSN: 2231-198X RESEARCH ARTICLES Sharan Speaks: Colours of Resistance and Emancipation on the White Paper - Jaydeep Sarangi Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet: An Appraisal of Life Skills - S. Kumaran Analyzing Intertextuality in Paulo Coelho's Manuscript Found in Accra - Joji John Panicker Multicultural Ideologies...
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International Journal on Multicultural Literature (IJML) Volume 6 Number 2 (July 2016) ISSN 2231-6248 Highlights include: "Portrayal of Man-Woman Pairs in the Fictional World of D. H. Lawrence: An Analysis" --S. Chelliah "Feminism and Feminist Literary Theory: A Brief Note" --C. Ramya "Portrayal of Feminine Spaces and Sensibilities in the Short-fiction of Alice Munro" --Syed Mir Hassim & M. Revathi "Violence, Memory and Identity in Indian English...
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John Samurai – Reflection PoetryA book full of inspiring and delightful ruminations. Exquisite poetry that will make you ponder and will get you closer to Satori. Enlightenment. This book was written in order to entertain and leave a gasped by its profundity every reader of any walk of life. You can be a housewife or a professor at MIT and you still will find something in this book that will make you want to read more of it. There are jokes in this...
13) Lost and found
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Nate's search for his missing sneaker leads him to many other things he has lost and is delighted to find again.
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Adventure. Passion. Justice. Struggle. Revolution. Faith. These words exude the spirit of youth and fill this collection of poems--Daisaku Ikeda's odes to those who are the hope of humanity. With his own youthful spirit evident in every line, the philosopher and peace activist inspires, consoles, celebrates and challenges young people, expressing his deep feelings for them and his undying hope that they will find true meaning in their lives and be...
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Sandhya, or Songs of Twilight (1917) is a poetry collection by Dhan Gopal Mukerji. Published while Mukerji was a young student in California, Sandhya, or Songs of Twilight is the second collection of poems from the first Indian writer to gain a popular audience in the United States. Lyrical and romantic, Mukerji's poems capture his commitment to beauty while maintaining his sense of isolation and exile as a young man living far from home. In "Symbolism,"...
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Katsushika Hokusai was among the foremost ukiyo-e artists of his generation, and his Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji ranks among the best-known series of Japanese woodblock prints. This edition presents a full-color reprint of that enduring masterpiece, plus the artist's later black-and-white series, One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji. A must for all lovers of Japanese art.
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A short play [11 scenes] derived from a classic piece of Thai lore. An injured Siamese soldier happily returns from the eastern war front; dreaming only of domestic bliss with his wife & child. But what he finds back in his teak home on the banks of the Phra Khanong River is like something from his nightmares.
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Rajani: Songs of the Night (1916) is a poetry collection by Dhan Gopal Mukerji. Published while Mukerji was a young student in California, Rajani: Songs of the Night is the debut collection of poems from the first Indian writer to gain a popular audience in the United States. Lyrical and romantic, Mukerji's poems capture his commitment to beauty while maintaining his sense of isolation and exile as a young man living far from home. In "Bhikshu's Song,"...
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Some Excerpts from the Book:The Celebrity:The First Class was very sparsely occupied, just two or three people in all those 20 odd seats. I spotted one face that struck my solar plexus like a ton of bricks. She was wearing Salvar-kameez and had covered a good portion of her head with the Dupatta. She pretended to be engrossed in a book, quite oblivious of the surroundings. The setting sun shone through the window on her side. She was wearing very...
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