A comparison of the lives and writing of Devkota and Nirala by Murari Madhusudan Thakur. Sahitya Akademi Award 2021

The dialects and languages spoken by tribals in India are very large in number. The literary compositions in most of them have survived in oral form though some tribal languages have taken to writing as means of recording literary compositions. Conventionally, they have been perceived as mere anthropological curiosity, or at best a source for oral history. They have rarely been translated into English or an Indian language as a representation of tribal imagination. In order to meet the long felt need for brining out a systematic series of India's tribal literature, sahitya Akademi has established a project of Indian Literature in Tribal Languages and Oral Traditions.

Adorations of the Ancients offers a complete English translation of all 19 stories from Vaddaradhane in a single volume. These stories represent the earliest prose in 10th-century Halagannada. Initially, they seem to be highly religious, emphasising ethics and morality aligned with the Jain tradition. However, as creative works, they function on multiple levels: realistic, mythical, fantastic, quasi-historical, worldly, monarchical, economic, and socio-cultural. The characters are consistently portrayed within various economic classes and, interestingly, rarely within caste groups. Women characters are depicted as strong and decisive. This translation is based on R.L. Anantharamaiah’s edition of Shivakotyacharya’s Vaddaradhane. It aims to balance the limitations and scope of equivalents and approximations, making the reading experience enjoyable while maintaining scholarly interest.

Tales of Tomorrow is a fascinating, engaging mix of both old and young storytellers, guided by the brief that 'tomorrow' always leaps out of the ubiquitous womb of 'yesterday'. Chosen from among a vast array of short fiction that the ever-burgeoning Indian English has yielded over the past thirty years or more, Tales of Tomorrow endorses as well as interrogates the notion of Indianness, as it is often understood today. Some of these stories overpower us with the urgency of an insiders' view, while others tantalise us with a double vision of an 'insider-outsider', capturing all hues of the hydra- headed Indian reality. The collection reveals a new vibrant face of India, poised delicately on the edge of change and renewal. Drawn from different geographical regions, and representing the literary spirit, folk idiom and local culture of each, these stories authenticate a medley of bold, confident voices that are likely to resonate much longer than we may have imagined.

Marathi has an unbroken literary tradition of over eight centuries, divided conveniently into two distinct periods, classical and modern. The Classical period spans six centuries, remarkable for poetry, devotional and heroic. Jnandev, Namdev, Eknath, Tukaram and Ramdas have become household names throughout India. While Virasaiva, Jain, and Muslim poets have enriched the secular and spiritual content, wandering minstrels have sung heroic ballads. New forms of literature have flowered from the nineteenth century under the impact of English education and western thought. The Chiplunkar, Apte, Anil Despande, Phadke, Khandekar, Mardhekar, Rege and Gadgil. Tracing the earliest reference to Maharashtra in a rock inscription of the fourth century, the history concludes with the formation of the state in 1960.

Selected Readings of Sri Ramanuja: Sri Ramanujacharya is one of the three great acharyas whose Sahasramanotsava was recently celebrated with joy and grandeur. His efforts to uplift the poor and oppressed are remarkable. Over his 120-year life, he authored numerous works to inspire devotion in the masses by emphasising the concept of Saranagati or Prapatti (self-surrender to God). Scholars from both Eastern and Western traditions, including Swami Vivekananda and Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, as well as Goethe and Ninian Smart, have honoured Ramanuja with high praise. His altruistic service, compassion, and love for the uneducated and impoverished remain relevant today. This book, in 25 chapters, explores the influence of the Vishishtadvaita philosophy within Indian tradition, organised into three sections: Predecessors of Ramanuja, Ramanuja himself, and his Successors. The final chapter discusses Ramanuja's enduring significance for the 21st century, offering a comprehensive overview of his contributions to Indian thought.

Tanqidi aur Taqaabuli Mutaalena is the first of its kind in Urdu Language where tasawwuf and bhakti have been dealt with simultaneously, and that too in the real perspective of both trends. It reveals, in nutshell, that there may be apparent similsarities among tasawwuf , mysticism or surrealism and bhakti but they all have different concepts or no concept of God. Therefore, they are not one and the same indeed. However, all the three spritual courses emphasize on benevolence and doing good to humanity and rendering service Tanqidi aur Taqaabuli Mutaalena is the first of its kind in the Urdu language where tasawwuf and bhakti have been dealt with simultaneously, and that too in the real perspective of both trends. It reveals, in a nutshell, that there may be apparent similarities among tasawwuf, mysticism or surrealism, and bhakti, but they all have different concepts or no concept of God. Therefore, they are not the same, indeed. However, all three spiritual courses emphasise benevolence doing good to humanity and rendering service to the creatures of God. An attempt has also been made to find out the similarities and differences between the oneness of God (Tauheed) and Vedic monotheism on one hand and wahdatulwujud (unit of existence) and wahdatushshuhud (unity of divine manifestation) on the other, to the creatures of God. An attempt has also been made to find out similarities and differences between the oneness of God (Tauheed) and Vedic monotheism on one hand and wahadatulwujud (unit of existence) and wahdatushshuhud (unity of divine manifestation) on the other.

A literary digest of South Indian Languages.

A prequel to a History of Indian Literature 1800-1910, the present volume deals with the first nine hundred years of the medieval period of Indian Literary history. The literary scene in India during the period presents a fantastically varied and wide spectrum of thought and expressions, here vibrant, there dull, now vigorous and natural now sophisticated and recondite at once sublime and crude

Once Upon a time by A. Sethumadhavan, is a novel which surrounds priyamvada, who is an HR professional, and a single parent at the centre of its narrative. The strong undercurrent of this award-winning title is the way woman asserts her independence and deft strokes in the book suggest how a professional woman scores. The novel very beautifully depicts the personal journey of a single parent, where are dilemmas which priyamvada faces, doing a tightrope walk between the labor force and the managements, trying to fill the vacuum in her daughter’s life and consciously attempting to steady her own emotional moorings.

Indian English literature began as an interesting by-product of an eventful encounter in the late eighteenth cntury between a vigorous and enterprising Britain and a stagnant and chaotic India, and is now nealy twi hundred years old. It is literature written originally in English by authors Indian by birth, ancestry or nationality. It is no part of English literature any more than American literature or Australian lterature can be said to be branch of British literature. It is legitimatly a part of Indian literature, since its differntia is the expression in it of an Indian ethos.

it is a collection of 25 travel tales that talk about his trips around the world.

The vitalityof Punjabi lietrature, its rootedness in its landscape, and its concern with the totality of human experience is evident everywhere in this volume. While it will be of undoubted value to the student of Punjabi literature, we also hope that its vitality and readability will make it attractive to other readers as well.

Compilation of papers presented at symposium on Parsin Contribution to Indian Literature organised by Sahitya Akademi in 2015 at Mumbai.

A monograph in English by P.N. Kawthekar on the 11th century Kashmiri poet.

स्वाधीन भारत का हिंदी साहित्य शीर्षक ग्रंथ, जिसका आलोच्य काल 1947-2010 है, हिंदी साहित्य की विविध प्रवृत्तियों और विधाओं का ऐतिहासिक तथा विश्लेषणात्मक अध्ययन प्रस्तुत करता है। यह एक ऐसा साहित्येतिहास ग्रंथ है जिसमें कोशिश की गई है कि उल्लेख्य योग्य सभी लेखकों एवं उनकी कृतियों का उल्लेख हो तथा महत्त्व के अनुसार उन लेखकों-कृतियों पर छोटी-बड़ी मूल्यांकपरक टिप्पणियाँ रहें। किसी प्रकार की व्यक्तिगत या विचारधारात्मक गुटबंदी से मुक्त होकर साहित्य का एक व्यापक समावेशी चित्र सामने आए, जो पाठकों, छात्रों और शोध-अध्येताओं के लिए उपयोगी हो।

स्वाधीन भारत का हिंदी साहित्य शीर्षक ग्रंथ, जिसका आलोच्य काल 1947-2010 है, हिंदी साहित्य की विविध प्रवृत्तियों और विधाओं का ऐतिहासिक तथा विश्लेषणात्मक अध्ययन प्रस्तुत करता है। यह एक ऐसा साहित्येतिहास ग्रंथ है जिसमें कोशिश की गई है कि उल्लेख्य योग्य सभी लेखकों एवं उनकी कृतियों का उल्लेख हो तथा महत्त्व के अनुसार उन लेखकों-कृतियों पर छोटी-बड़ी मूल्यांकपरक टिप्पणियाँ रहें। किसी प्रकार की व्यक्तिगत या विचारधारात्मक गुटबंदी से मुक्त होकर साहित्य का एक व्यापक समावेशी चित्र सामने आए, जो पाठकों, छात्रों और शोध-अध्येताओं के लिए उपयोगी हो।

ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಅಕಾದೆಮಿಯ ಪ್ರಧಾನ ಉದ್ದೇಶದಂತೆ ಇತರ ಭಾರತೀಯ ಭಾಷೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಅನುವಾದಗೊಳ್ಳಲು ಒಂದು ಪ್ರಾತಿನಿಧಿಕ ಕಥಾ ಸಂಕಲನವನ್ನು ಸಂಪಾದಿಸಿಕೊಡುವಂತೆ 2008ರಲ್ಲಿ ಅಕಾದೆಮಿಯ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಲಹಾ ಸಮಿತಿ ಲೇಖಕರಾದ ಶ್ರೀ ಫಕೀರ್ ಮಹಮದ್ ಕಟ್ಟಾಡಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಡಾ.ಕೃಷ್ಣಮೂರ್ತಿ ಹನೂರು ಅವರನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿಕೊಂಡಿತು. ಅದಕ್ಕನುಗುಣವಾಗಿ ಆಧುನಿಕ ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಥಾಲೋಕದ ಹಿರಿಯ ಚೇತನ ಮಾಸ್ತಿಯವರಿಂದ ಮೊದಲುಗೊಂಡು ವಿವಿಧ ಮನೋಧರ್ಮಗಳಿಗೆ ಸೇರಿದಂತಹ ಮೂವತ್ತು ಕಥೆಗಾರರ ಕಥೆಗಳನ್ನು ಸಂಪಾದಕರು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಕಳೆದೊಂದು ಶತಮಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಥಾ ಜಗತ್ತು ತೆರೆದುಕೊಂಡ ಪ್ರಕ್ರಿಯೆ, ಅದರ ವೈವಿಧ್ಯತೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಅನಾವರಣಗೊಂಡ ರೀತಿಯನ್ನು ಸಮರ್ಥವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರತಿಪಾದಿಸುವ ಕಥೆಗಳು ಈ ಸಂಕಲನದಲ್ಲಿವೆ. ಶ್ರೀ ಫಕೀರ್ ಮಹಮದ್ ಕಟ್ಟಾಡಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಡಾ.ಕೃಷ್ಣಮೂರ್ತಿ ಹನೂರು ಇಬ್ಬರೂ ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟ ಕಥೆಗಾರರಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ದರು ಹಾಗೂ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ, ವಿಮರ್ಶೆ ಇನ್ನಿತರ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಪ್ರಕಾರಗಳಲ್ಲೂ ಗಣನೀಯ ಕೊಡುಗೆಗಳನ್ನು ನೀಡಿರುವ ಲೇಖಕರಾಗಿ ಜನಪ್ರಿಯರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

भारतीय भासावां मांय डोगरी कहाणियां आपरी अळगी मठोठ राखै। डीगा डूंगर, चीड़-देवदार रा जंगल अर लोक-संस्क्रति डोगरी कहाणियां में गमकै। केंद्रीय साहित्य अकादेमी कांनी सू प्रकासित राजस्थानी में उल्थासुदा औ डोगरी कथावां रौ संकलण निश्चै ई एक महताऊ ग्रंथ है। क्यूंकै इण पोथी में डोगरी रा सबळ अर नांमी रचनाकारां री कहाणियां भेली है।

A collection of short-stories set in the 20th Century India for the 21st Century kids & a nostalgic walk, for their parents & grandparents. Although this book has been named after the city of Chandausi, it contains stories from various places like Rishikesh, Agra, Champaran, Tilhar, Sambhal, Kanpur, Banaras, Lucknow and many others. These are the short stories of a bygone era-a period when India had either not gained independence or had been independent for not more than 35 years. These are the tales of journeys-taken up from the early 20th century to the end of a millennium, from Shahjahanpur to Delhi, from Bijnor to Hyderabad, from Hathras to Sweden & Norway, from Lakshmi Talkies, Allahabad to Night Watchman, Bangalore, from Panki to USA, from Dehradun to Canada, from Chandausi to Australia and many others. We are sure in all these stories, you will be able to find at least one character, which reminds you of your own self-of what you are, were or always wanted to be. Let us know the character with whom you have been able to relate to the most. Happy reading. “Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration,”-Thomas A. Edison. -Here’s a collection of short stories to inspire the readers.