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Stories

By: Meera Nair

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The ten exquisitely crafted stories in Video introduce a gifted new writer whose straight-forward, elegant prose and bewitching storytelling talent combine in brilliant miniatures of contemporary Indian life. In the title story, an Indian man’s chance exposure to a Western-style porn film affects not only his marriage—his wife hides for hours, then days, then weeks at a time from his renewed desire—but also his neighborhood, as traditional notions of marriage, intimacy, and propriety confront the unspeakable, and the tacitly alluring. In “The Sculptor of Sands,” a superbly imagined mystical tale with the depth and resonance of legend, a slight young man’s sensuous sand sculptures transfix a seaside community and, despite their evanescence, leave an indelible impression on the women of the town. In “My Grandfather Dreams of Fences,” an aging landlord, convinced that his worker is stealing his land, desperately clings to the vestiges of a rigid class system, erecting fences with fervor while his dignity falls into disrepair. And in “The Lodger in Room 726,” a boy who daily brings breakfast to the new tenant in a rooming house unleashes a cascade of emotions previously unknown to him when he pursues his fantasy that the man is a well-known murderer on the lam. An astonishing debut, written with a wry intelligence and an irresistible blend of humor, wit, and pathos, Video masterfully evokes traditional Indian culture as it confronts the onrush of change. In subtle gestures and keenly ob-served details, Meera Nair reveals an entire world of gleaming particularity and transcendent emotional power.

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Birds at Random

By: Meera Nair

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Birds at Random

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Birds at Random

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Rudra Publications

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9391333176

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The Femme of Animal Kingdom

By: Meera Bharat

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The Femme of Animal Kingdom

By: Meera Bharat

This book is conceptualised by Pachyderm Tales and Compiled by Mayaakatha. (SHE) in itself means NATURE! Nature is the creator and the destroyer too. We take HER for granted. Humanitarian is in words, dictionaries or in literature. What we see around us is just a droplet in the ocean of Human around. Time immemorial we all have been battling with words, neighbors, for territories, for love or position. The five elements of nature is taught to a child in his/her school, to observe how canary yellow looks like in a laboratory experiment or to show how the gut system works in a frog which pinned to the board. How much do we teach our children about Nature that it is NATURE which created us and what we are giving back is in the form of chemicals to the vapors in the sky and barren land to our mother earth and depriving her of her children which is not human but the siblings called, “Trees, Birds, Insects and Animals.” This anthology would be a different take in the animal kingdom. Stories are powerful and when shared with children they take the outcome we picturize in our mind. Hence this compilation and a garland of stories focusing on (SHE) in the animal kingdom.

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Ukiyoto Publishing

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9354903673

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9789354903670

A Step in the Dark

By: Meera Shivashankar

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A Step in the Dark

By: Meera Shivashankar

In the bustling heart of London, classical dancer Maya and celebrated cricketer Ishaan cross paths in a whirlwind of passion. Both with pasts, find themselves drawn together in a moment of passion, never expecting a one-night encounter to change their lives forever. But when Maya discovers she’s pregnant with twins, their fleeting moment becomes the start of an unexpected journey. As Maya grapples with scars from a painful divorce and Ishaan’s cricket career teethers on the edge, they’re forced to face their new reality together. With societal judgment looming and ghosts of their past threatening their future, Maya and Ishaan must decide whether to embrace their hastily formed bond or let it crumble under the weight of their fears. Amidst the turmoil, an undeniable love begins to bloom, proving that even in the darkest moments, love has the power to light the way. A Step in the Dark is a sweeping tale of love and the courage to take a leap of faith when the future feels uncertain. It is a reminder that, even in the darkest of times, love has the power to heal, to transform, and to guide us home.

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9364945158

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9789364945158

India in the Italian Renaissance

Visions of a Contemporary Pagan World 1300-1600

By: Meera Juncu

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India in the Italian Renaissance

Visions of a Contemporary Pagan World 1300-1600

By: Meera Juncu

India in the Italian Renaissance provides a systematic, chronological survey of early Italian representations of India and Indians from the late medieval period to the end of the 16th century, and their resonance within the cultural context of Renaissance Italy. The study focuses in particular on Italian attitudes towards the inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent and questions how Renaissance Italians, schooled in the admiration of classical antiquity, responded to the challenge of this contemporary pagan world. Meera Juncu draws from a wide-ranging selection of contemporary travel literature to trace the development of Italian ideas about Indians both before and after Vasco Da Gama’s landing in Calicut. After an introduction to the key concepts and a survey of inherited notions about India, the works of a diverse range of writers and editors, including Marco Polo, Petrarch and Giovanni Battista Ramusio, are analysed in detail. Through its discussion of these texts, this book examines whether ‘India’ came in any way to represent a pagan civilization comparable to the classical antiquity celebrated in Italy during the Renaissance. India in the Italian Renaissance offers a new and exciting perspective on this fascinating period for students and scholars of the Italian Renaissance and the history of India.

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Routledge

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1317447689

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Hangwoman

By: K R Meera

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Hangwoman

By: K R Meera

The Grddha Mullick family bursts with marvellous tales of hangmen and hangings in which they figure as eyewitnesses to the momentous events that have shaped the history of the subcontinent. When twenty-two-year-old Chetna Grddha Mullick is appointed the first woman executioner in India, assistant and successor to her father, her life explodes under the harsh lights of television cameras. When the day of the execution arrives, will she bring herself to take a life? Meera’s spectacular imagination turns the story of Chetna’s life into an epic and perverse coming-of-age tale. The lurid pleasures of voyeurism and the punishing ironies of violence are kept in agile balance as the drama hurtles to its inevitable climax.

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9351187268

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9789351187264

Medical Foods from Natural Sources

By: Meera Kaur

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Medical Foods from Natural Sources

By: Meera Kaur

Currently most published books on enteral nutrition support focus only on issues such as the rationale; specific nutrient requirements for various disease conditions; and practical approaches to the delivery, monitoring, and complications preventions while providing enteral nutrition support. None offer information relating to the developmental aspects of enteral foods, e.g. processing technology, types of ingredients, physicochemical and nutritional characteristics, shelf life evaluations, etc. These aspects are critical because they affect the overall acceptability, tolerance, and effectiveness of enteral nutrition support. Medical Foods from Natural Sources discusses the development of the enteral foods from the natural sources for the patients, such as barley, rice, eggs, milk, etc., and presents methods on how to prepare enteral foods from natural sources for use. The book fills the gap in the literature by discussing the history of enteral nutrition; interpreting the statistics regarding worldwide need for enteral nutrition support and cost involved; enumerating the processing technology to develop natural ingredients-based enteral foods; and describing the results of prospective clinical trials and case studies conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of enteral foods based on natural ingredients.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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038779378X

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9780387793788

Feature Writing

By: N. MEERA RAGHAVENDRA RAO

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Feature Writing

By: N. MEERA RAGHAVENDRA RAO

If we ask the lay readers why they read newspapers, the obvious answer would be to get news. However, what keeps the newspaper endearing and, in a way, enduring are the longer stories about people behind the news, about the humorous everyday experiences we all have, or the closer look at someone and the unexpected surprises we get in the process. In short, we call these features. In this substantially revised book on Feature Writing, the author with her vast experience discusses various aspects of Feature Writing. She focuses on different types of features found in newspapers—Humour and Satire, Brights, Human Interest Features, Travel Features and News Features—and illustrates each of these. In addition, she provides a detailed description of Profiles, Interviews, and Online Features with examples, and gives a clear analysis of Feature Writing Techniques. Intended as a text for students offering courses in Journalism, this book would also be extremely useful for freelance writers, and anyone who has a flair for writing. What is New to THE SECOND Edition Includes two new chapters on Obituary and Tribute, and Sports and new sections such as Blogs and Professionalism in Journalism. Provides more illustrations culled from recent newspapers. Gives explanatory notes on some key words used in the book, and a section on Vocabulary. What the Reviewers Say In this delightful book on FW [Feature Writing], Meera Raghavendra Rao brings home to us that writing a story or a novel is one way of discovering sequence in experience, of stumbling upon cause and effect in the happenings of a writer’s own life. In my view Meera Raghavendra Rao’s book on FW is an exceptionally good and useful book not only for all students of Journalism but also for all writers interested in FW. —V. Sundaram, News Today The author has used instances from her career spanning more than two decades to illustrate various situations in this book. —Deccan Chronicle The book is a rather exhaustive guide on ways to tell a feature story. Among the other pluses is the Indianness permeating the book—most sample articles are home-brewn. —The Hindu, Metroplus Weekend

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8120345797

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A River Runs Again

India's Natural World in Crisis, from the Barren Cliffs of Rajasthan to the Farmlands of Karnataka

By: Meera Subramanian

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A River Runs Again

India's Natural World in Crisis, from the Barren Cliffs of Rajasthan to the Farmlands of Karnataka

By: Meera Subramanian

India has endured a century of clouds heavy with acid rain, and rivers so thick with industrial effluent that they catch fire. Pollutants from toxic pesticides seep through the rich soils of rural Punjab, where a "Cancer Train" shuttles droves of farmers sick with chemical poisoning to oncology centers in foreign states. Sixty percent of the population lives without access to potable water. India's ecosystem is on a precipice. In A River Runs Again, Meera Subramanian explores this environmental catastrophe through the five elements that make the building blocks of life--earth, water, fire, air, and ether"--

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Ragamalika

An Anthology of Raga-Based Short Stories

By: Meera Shivashankar

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Ragamalika

An Anthology of Raga-Based Short Stories

By: Meera Shivashankar

Five years after her last romance novel, Meera Shivashankar returns with an anthology of raga-based short stories. A young woman named Nandini who is enamoured by a selfless man devoted to his only son; Nilakshi, a middle-aged woman who rediscovers her passion for dance; Anantha, who finds out some disturbing truths about her domineering mother; Raghuvir, a renowned classical musician who is shocked by the reviews of a music blogger; a famous celebrity who tried to take her own life - These are just some of the tales in this fascinating new anthology of short stories. Read all these and more in ‘Ragamalika’ -- an anthology of music-themed short stories by popular romance novelist Meera Shivashankar. Twelve skilfully crafted stories that examine the human heart and mind and the emotions ranging from love and jealousy to anger and revenge that govern the actions of people, giving us a poignant insight into people, each beautifully laced with a raga. Come lose yourself in the beauty of ‘Ragamalika’ and find a story and a raga that touch your soul. A must-read for lovers of contemporary fiction and Indian classical music.

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Notion Press

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1638327688

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Mathematics Class XI by Dr. Ram Dev Sharma, Er. Meera Goyal

SBPD Publications

By: Dr. Ram Dev Sharma,Er. Meera Goyal

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Mathematics Class XI by Dr. Ram Dev Sharma, Er. Meera Goyal

SBPD Publications

By: Dr. Ram Dev Sharma,Er. Meera Goyal

Unit I : Sets and Functions 1. Sets, 2. Relations and Functions, 3. Trigonometric Functions, Unit II : Algebra 4. Principle of Mathematical Induction, 5. Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations, 6. Linear Inequalities, 7. Permutations and Combinations, 8. Binomial Theorem, 9. Sequences and Series, Unit III : Co-ordinate Geometry 10. Straight Lines, 11. Conic Sections, 12. Introduction to Three-Dimensional Geometry, Unit IV : Calculus 13.Limits and Derivatives, Unit V : Mathematical Reasoning 14.Mathematical Reasoning, Unit VI : Statistics & Probability 15.Statistics, 16. Probability, Value Based Questions (VBQ) Board Examination Papers.

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9381865108

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9789381865101

Understanding Underachievement In School Children

By: Komilla Thapa,Meera Varma

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Understanding Underachievement In School Children

By: Komilla Thapa,Meera Varma

Study conducted in Allahabad, India.

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Concept Publishing Company

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8180694860

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9788180694868

Yellow Is the Colour of Longing

By: K.R. Meera

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Yellow Is the Colour of Longing

By: K.R. Meera

‘A literary heavyweight’—Indian Express In these bold, wry and ebullient stories, Meera’s astonishing range of narrative techniques is on full display as she expertly lays bare the faultlines behind the façade of everyday life, sometimes with dark humour and sometimes with astoundingly bitter sadness.

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8184755945

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Maya Saves the Day

By: Meera Nair

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Maya Saves the Day

By: Meera Nair

An escaped tiger. Lost parents. Puppies who need a home. What's a little girl to do?

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Penguin Random House India Private Limited

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9789353058524

Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee

By: Meera Syal

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Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee

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An Indian "Waiting to Exhale", this hilarious and moving new novel by the award-winning author of "Anita and Me" is the indelible portrait of a group of Indian women living in London and what happens when one of them makes a documentary starring the other two.

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031227856X

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9780312278564

Jezebel

A Novel

By: K.R. Meera

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Jezebel

A Novel

By: K.R. Meera

Translated from the Malayalam by Abhirami Girija Sriram and K.S. Bijukumar Jezebel, a young doctor in Kerala, struggles against the cruel realities of a patriarchal world-realities that not even her education, resolve or professional brilliance can shield her from. Her already contentious divorce proceedings go suddenly awry, and her unhappy marriage holds complex secrets. In K.R. Meera's blistering new novel, which takes the form of a courtroom drama to show us the rich inner worlds of its characters, we see Jezebel reflect on her life and its pivotal points as she takes the stand. Through her memories, we see her grow from a reticent, serious young woman to a rebel who refuses to bend to the conventions of society. Like the Biblical story of Queen Jezebel, who was much maligned as a scheming harlot and infamously thrown to her death from her palace window, Jezebel is a novel that asks if independent women can ever live lives that are free of judgement K.R. Meera's hypnotic prose, in this elegant translation from the Malayalam by Abhirami Girija Sriram and K.S. Bijukumar, makes resonant allusions to the Bible in powerful ways that elucidate the correlations between legend and the protagonist's life while also exploring how sexuality and gender roles are manipulated by the dictates of society.

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9354926673

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9789354926679

Anita and Me

By: Meera Syal

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Anita and Me

By: Meera Syal

This poignant coming-of-age tale follows Meena, a young girl growing up in the only Punjabi family in a 1970s Black Country mining village. Meena spends her days happily getting into scrapes with the other local children until one day the impossibly cool Anita enters her life. Suddenly Meena knows exactly who she wants to be but is Anita all that she seems? Soon Meena's world is turned upside down as she is caught between two very different cultures. Anita and Me paints a comic, poignant, compassionate and colourful portrait of village life in the era of flares, power cuts, glam rock, decimalisation and Ted Heath. It has been adapted for the stage by the multi-award-winning Tanika Gupta.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1783199326

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Yellow Is the Colour of Longing

By: K.R. Meera

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Yellow Is the Colour of Longing

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The Poison of Love

By: K R Meera

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The Poison of Love

By: K R Meera

When Tulsi first meets Madhav, she is irrevocably drawn to his chiselled good looks and charm. Although wary of his many dalliances and the string of broken hearts left in his wake, she is surprised by the intense desire that Madhav arouses in her. And before long, she forsakes her family, her prospective career, her fiancé—all for the love of this inscrutable man. But love can be like poison. And nothing can prepare Tulsi for the heartache and betrayal that lie ahead. Years later, Tulsi escapes to the ancient city of Vrindavan, seeking redemption amidst the cries and prayers of its anguished widows. However, when her past catches up with her, old wounds resurface with dramatic consequences. By turns savage and tender, The Poison of Love is a spellbinding tale of love and sacrifice, pain and retribution, confirming K.R. Meera as one of our most fearless and accomplished writers.

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Random House India

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0143439685

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A Step in the Dark

By: Meera Shivashankar

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A Step in the Dark

By: Meera Shivashankar

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9364945158

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The House of Hidden Mothers

By: Meera Syal

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The House of Hidden Mothers

By: Meera Syal

Dazzling. Intense and gritty at times, sparkling and hilarious at others. I found it absorbing, witty, joyous and moving...and that's all I really want from a book!' - JO BRAND 'Warm and witty' Sunday Times 'The gifted Syal does it again' Indpendent HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO GET THE LIFE YOU CAN'T HAVE? Shyama, aged forty-eight, has fallen for a younger man. They want a child together. Meanwhile, in a rural village in India, young Mala, trapped in an oppressive marriage, dreams of escape. When Shyama and Mala meet, they help each other realise their dreams. But will fate guarantee them both happiness'... Brimming with warmth, wit and indignation, Meera Syal immerses us in a devastating story of friendship, family and the lengths we will go to have a perfect life. THE HOUSE OF HIDDEN MOTHERS is her long-awaited third novel and shows Meera Syal at the height of her literary powers 'Brilliant. It is destined to be a bestseller.' - ESTHER FREUD

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1862300534

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