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More importantly, to lift his head high and walk straight, Prabhu that he is finally t the threshold of understanding the reason for his birth. More importantly, to lift his head high and walk straight, Prabhu knows that he will have to, single handedly, help the boy re-grow his wings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWingless is not about a group of villagers-it is about human beings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpawning Stories\u003cbr\u003e-Times of India, Bangalore, India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEver since Indo-Anglican writing came of age, the country has seen a deluge of literary efforts in English. More often than not below the mark, the hectic writing reflected a certain degree of confidence; however ill founded. Few of these books ever caught the eye, but that did not stop the average Indian from writing in English. 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The human relationships have been worded delicately in them. The poetic imagination of the writer lifts the stories to the heights of idealism and at the same time, the earthly thoughts keep them tethered to ground realities. These stories woven with poetic craft, deft words and embroidery of emotional feelings turn them into a very fascinating tapestry that leaves deep impression on the reader’s mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt took a long period for Tagore’s creations to reach the non-Bangla readership in vernacular section. But Nobel prize for ‘Geetanjali’ spurred the activity of translation of Tagore’s works in other languages. Our translated ‘Geetanjali’ drew a good response.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Postmaster\u003cbr\u003e2. Come-Back of Munna\u003cbr\u003e3. The Garland\u003cbr\u003e4. Kabuliwala\u003cbr\u003e5. The Insight\u003cbr\u003e6. The Patriot\u003cbr\u003e7. Barren Hope\u003cbr\u003e8. Homage\u003cbr\u003e9. 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Seth's sure touch is really quite incredible, his characters are consistent from beginning to end.                                                                        - - The Hindu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePuts a subcontinent between hard covers .. Hundreds of people stream into view and are illuminated by the brilliant, warm lucidity of Vikram Seth's regard . . Conceived on the grand scale of the great 19th century novels -War and Peace. Middlemarch - A suitable boy grows to match them in its breadth and depth.. A massive and magnificent book.                                                                        - - The Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEverything appears familiar to us yet in fact it is newly minted by a master artist.                                                                        - - The Hindustan Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. 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A must for any student of Indian English writing, and an admirer of Raja Rao.\u003cbr\u003e = The Hindu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn acute case of Indian amnesia might be cured through Katha's endeavours to reclaim a lost legacy.\u003cbr\u003e = The Sunday Times of India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA good initiation for readers and scholars concerned with a search for meaning in life.\u003cbr\u003e = The Asian Age\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Katha Classic endeavour, a sincere and well-researched compilation … A laudable effort.\u003cbr\u003e = The Statesman \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Author \u003cbr\u003eI want to say to you in utter  honesty: I Would like to be completely nameless, and just be that reality which is beyond all of us who hear me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout The Editor\u003cbr\u003eMakarand Paranjape is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at-the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. He studied at, and received his master and Doctorate degrees from, the University of Illinois, USA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA poet, novelist, critic and columnist, he is the author of The Serene Flame and Playing the Dark God (poetry); This Time I Promise It’ll Be Different: Short Stories and The Narrator: A Novel (fiction); Mysticism in Indian English Poetry and Decolonization and Development: Hind Swaraj Revisioned (criticism). He has also edited six books, published several academic papers, and is a well-known literary journalist. He travels extensively, participating in both academic and non-academic gatherings, engaging in issues of culture, criticism, spirituality and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eForeword to Kanthapura\u003cbr\u003eKanthapura\u003cbr\u003eCompanions\u003cbr\u003eIndia - a Fable\u003cbr\u003eThe Serpent and the Rope\u003cbr\u003eThe Policeman and the Rose\u003cbr\u003eThe Cat and Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003eThe Writer and the Word\u003cbr\u003eComrade Kirillov\u003cbr\u003eThe Chessmaster and His Moves\u003cbr\u003eBhim, the Parrot\u003cbr\u003eRanchoddoss and his Daughter, Sudha\u003cbr\u003eOn Understanding\u003cbr\u003eWords of Acceptance\u003cbr\u003eThe Silence of Mahatma Gandhi\u003cbr\u003eChronology \u003cbr\u003eMap\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Raja Rao \/ Katha \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776644591785,"sku":"32738","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/32738_23b90a20-ae81-45c5-bbe7-3b3ae892e1bd.jpg?v=1625528994"},{"product_id":"32755-seasons-of-flight","title":"Seasons of Flight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Manjushree Thapa\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Aleph Book Company\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2012\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 255\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9789382277491\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrema, a young woman adrift in war-torn Nepal, with little to bind her to her family, village and country, wins a green card in a US government lottery and emigrates to Los Angeles. In this unfamiliar metropolis she struggles to invent a life she can call her own, even as love and sexual awakening transform her. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd in the end, a chance discovery of the endangered El Segundo Blue butterfly brings her to a fragile sense of belonging.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDITORIAL REVIEWS:\u003cbr\u003e'A great read from a distinctive and elegant writer at the top of her game.'\u003cbr\u003e  = India Today\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA well-crafted novel, and beautifully written.\u003cbr\u003e = Khushwant Singh, Hindustan Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Manjushree Thapa's novel is pure poetry… Since novels about immigrants are churned out by the more striking for the way in which it makes the usual rare.'\u003cbr\u003e  =The Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A delightful read about self-discovery, sexual awakening and the search for an identity in a foreign land.'\u003cbr\u003e  =The Hindu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Thapa has a light touch and maintains an admirable balance between telling a story and making socio-cultural observations.'\u003cbr\u003e  =Outlook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDealing sensitively with the dilemma faced by immigrants who find themselves at home neither in their land of origin nor in their adopted country, Thapa avoids the temptation to make larger political or social statements about the two societies […] Thapa's lucid prose describing [her protagonist's] thoughts and emotions rings true to life, and is the novel's most significant strength […] [A] near-perfect performance.'\u003cbr\u003e  =Himal Southasian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As one woman's personal story, as an immigrant narrative, Thapa's novel is engaging. But it's the background of Nepali politics and the country's moment in history that lends it force. After all, it is a territory where Thapa, whose former work includes the critically acclaimed Forget Kathmandu, is on firm ground.'\u003cbr\u003e  =The Indian Express\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A brilliantly poetic and yet so contemporary a tale of a young Nepali woman's […] journey in search of personal fulfillment […] Through all [the] multiple layers and themes […] [y]ou sense Nepal's melancholy and feel the emptiness of life torn by strife,and you also live the air-conditioned loneliness of Los Angeles. And this is the mark of an extraordinary author.'\u003cbr\u003e  =The Sunday Indian \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eManjushree Thapas's Season of Flight is many things - a love story, an immigrant tale,a matter-of-fact telling of the costs of war, a manifesto for environmentl conservation, a meditatin on faith and chance.  A novel could sag under the burden of such weighty themes, but Thapa pulls them together flwlessly.\u003cbr\u003e = India Today\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA haunting tale of misplced identities, and at the same time, an expression of solitude…Seasons of Flight [is] a book for the 21st century Nepali: young, eager to migrate because of the lack of opportunities, and tormrnted by the constant turmoil back home.'\u003cbr\u003e  =The Kathmandu Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003eBeing Nepali\u003cbr\u003eHappy Family in Mongolia\u003cbr\u003eThe Woman Who Was Drifting \u003cbr\u003eA Whole Other Life\u003cbr\u003eIn the Old-Growth Forest\u003cbr\u003eNo Soy Mexicana\u003cbr\u003eA Letter from an Americana\u003cbr\u003eThe Boy Who Disappeared\u003cbr\u003eA Place Called Los Angeles\u003cbr\u003eTwenty-Six\u003cbr\u003eThe Reyes City Tour\u003cbr\u003eArrival\u003cbr\u003eLittle Nepal\u003cbr\u003eTo Reach America\u003cbr\u003eThe Hunger, the Wanting\u003cbr\u003eAn American Relationship\u003cbr\u003eThe God Within\u003cbr\u003eNothing Happened\u003cbr\u003eThe Migration of Carlos Reyes-Garcia\u003cbr\u003eComo Ha Dicho\u003cbr\u003eHer Mother, Laughing\u003cbr\u003eDeep Dust\u003cbr\u003eMomos in America\u003cbr\u003eThe Spectre of History\u003cbr\u003eYou Must Not Despair\u003cbr\u003eSanctuary\u003cbr\u003eA Flutter of Blue\u003cbr\u003eA Complete Life\u003cbr\u003eThe Man Who Kept Reappearing\u003cbr\u003eBastard Love\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Manjushree Thapa \/ Aleph Book Company \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776644788393,"sku":"32755","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/32755_c2082f9d-eafd-4240-b6b7-ece53db7aa67.jpg?v=1625529002"},{"product_id":"32756-tilled-earth-stories","title":"Tilled Earth  - Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Manjushree Thapa\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Aleph Book Company\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2012\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 222\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9789382277514\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComprising perfectly crafted micro stories, and stories of conventional length, Tilled Earth offers glimpses into the private dramas of people caught midlife: an elderly woodworker loses his way in a modern Kathmandu neighborhood; a homesick expatriate nurses a hangover; a clerk at the Ministry of Home Affairs learns to play Solitaire on the computer; a young woman goes to Seattle as a student, and finds herself becoming an illegal alien; a retired secretary visits the Buddha’s birthplace, Lumina, only to find his deepest insecurities exposed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDITORIAL REVIEWS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuirky, but excellent, short stories … written with the right touch of poetry that turns the mundane into he magical.\u003cbr\u003e = The Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThapa paints her protagonists finely and weaves them into images of the new and old Nepal, a nation now going through a transformation so drastic that it seems unrecognizable from even [a few] years ago.'\u003cbr\u003e  = Hindustan Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The stories in [Tilled Earth] are full or scattered pieces of sudden insight… Thapa is profoundly attuned to the rhythm and idiom of her native soil.'\u003cbr\u003e  = The Kathmandu Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Manjushree Thapa continues to use language with skill and insight with discretion. These stories do not burst upon you with an éclat…rather, they sort of steal upon you, leaving you with a faint, almost elusive. Shock of recognition.'\u003cbr\u003e  = Outlook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eManjushree Thapa's stories fall into the category that the Japanese call \"palm-of-the-hand\" stories. Some of them are just a page long, delicate or witty sketches that trace a mood, or a moment[…] Thapa's skill is in evoking the passage of time and recording tectonic shifts of cultural disruption with an eye that is both clinical and as delicate as the flutter of a butterfly's wings […] There is both a sense of despair and celebration that is brilliantly balanced.'\u003cbr\u003e  = India Today\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Not a single story in this collection disappoints. The writing is simple and uncluttered, unlike the lives of some of Thapa's characters and in contrast to the changes Nepal has experienced in recent years […] Tilled Earth is a quiet, thoughtful collection of stories; nothing dramatic or melodramatic, but intense nonetheless.'\u003cbr\u003e  = SAWNET Book Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Thapa's characters are refreshingly real, and her writing is entertaining […] The crispness of her tone and her gentle humor speak volumes for her self-assurance as a writer. Her people-old woodworkers, retired babus, lyricist-politicians, engineers, feminists, NGO employees, old Civil Servants and American Leftists-are all etched in precisely, with fondness and dignity.'\u003cbr\u003e  = Time Out\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Some of [Thapa's] short stories beautifully evoke an entire world in just one or two paragraphs […] Thana's irony [can be] crushing, but it is when she leaves some channel of redemption open for her characters that Tilled Earth is most satisfying.'\u003cbr\u003e  = Mint\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003eHeera Maharjan Loses His Way\u003cbr\u003eSoar\u003cbr\u003eSolitaire\u003cbr\u003eSound That the Tongue Learns to Make\u003cbr\u003eNineteen Years His Junior\u003cbr\u003eThe Secretary of the Student Union Makes a Career Choice\u003cbr\u003eFriends\u003cbr\u003eThree Hundred Rupees\u003cbr\u003eDiesel\u003cbr\u003eI Don’t Like Shanta Khanal\u003cbr\u003eLove Marriage\u003cbr\u003eIn This World As a Betel Nut\u003cbr\u003eThe Student in Love\u003cbr\u003eThe Hungry Statistician\u003cbr\u003eThe Buddha in the Earth-Touching Posture\u003cbr\u003eTa’Angzoum among the Cows\u003cbr\u003eThe Newly Appointed Chemistry Professor\u003cbr\u003eThe Eldest Son Thinks of Home\u003cbr\u003eTilled Earth\u003cbr\u003eThe European Fling \u003cbr\u003eThe Girl of No Age\u003cbr\u003eCredits and Acknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Manjushree Thapa \/ Aleph Book Company \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776644853929,"sku":"32756","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/32756_b8bd17cb-86ba-4a74-a5ba-708070e5d493.jpg?v=1625520441"}],"url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/de\/collections\/fiction-notable-authors.oembed?page=2","provider":"The India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}