Padmavati - A Katha Classics

Author: A Madhaviah
Translator: Meenakshi Tyagarajan
Publisher: Katha
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 288
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8187649283

Description

A hundred years ago, a salt inspector in Tamil Nadu had a grand dream of a story that spoke of love and jealousy and all things that lie in between - the stuff that dreams inevitably are made of even today. Starting in 1898 he worked on it for many years, creating a story of Thailand.

A story, a history, a mirror held up to today's foibles, men and women described with that unerring eye for detail, the essence of the way India lives.

This work from A Madhaviah, writer par excellence, has a sparkling translation by Meenakshi Tyagarajan with superb illustrations from none else than M Krishnan, the well-known wildlife photographer and spokesman for nature.

This hugely enjoyable novel is introduced by A Maharani.

Contents

INTRODUCTION
A Madhavan

TRANSLATOR'S NOTE
Meenakshi Tyagarajan

AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
A Madhaviah

PADMAVATI
Part One
Part Two
A Note on Pasdmavati Part Three

CHRONOLOGY

Bibliography
Map