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Tarabharti Aakash O Anyanya Gapa
₹280.00This collection has 30 short stories written in a poetic style. The collection has received 35th Bhubaneswar Pustakmela award in 2019.
Born in 1973, Dr. Biraja Routray is a powerful voice among contemporary voices in Odia short stories. His short stories and poems are around the variance of the day-to-day life of a common man. He remains in the continuous search of life and shares his experience in the form of short stories with readers. His five short story collections are ‘Gahali Arapakhe, ‘ ‘Bahubachan, ‘ ‘Pratipakshara Hasa, ‘ ‘Bishama Bahu, ‘ ‘Purna o Sunya.’ He also has four poetry collections and a collection of essays to his credit.
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Tarjani
₹225.00Tarjani (Index Finger) is a collection of fourteen short stories which appeared earlier in well-known Odia magazines and were loved by readers. These stories are based on day-to-day lives of individuals, exploring human behaviour, personal beliefs, loneliness and even idiosyncrasies. Some social customs have been lampooned without any pedagogical pretensions. Joy and pain have both been celebrated with clever twists. The themes are varied, some of them being quaint tales told with simplicity and detachment. The title story starts with death but ends with life, exploring generational relationships. Subtle humour is used as an effective tool in many stories. The author is nowhere condescending but has assumed the role of a detached reporter of life as it moves. Readers will find every story a compelling read, urging them not to put the book down.
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Tathapi Asiba Pheri
₹200.00କବିତା ଯେ ନୀରସ, କଠୋର ହୃଦୟରୁ ବାହାରି ପାରେନା? ତେବେ ଝରଣାର ଜନ୍ମ ହୁଏ କିପରି, କେଉଁଠାରୁ, କାହା ଛାତି ଚିରି? କବିତା ଓ ଝରଣା ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଆପଣ ପ୍ରଭେଦ ବାରିପାରିବେ ନିଶ୍ଚିତ, କିନ୍ତୁ କେତେଟା? ଝରଣା ପ୍ରବହମାନ। କବିତା ପ୍ରବହମାନ। ଝରଣା ନାରୀଟିଏ। କବିତା ନାରୀଟିଏ। ଉଭୟରେ ଭଗିନୀ, ଜନନୀ, ଜାୟା, ମାତାମହ ଆଦି ଶବ୍]ଦର ଜୀବନ୍ତ ସଂଜ୍ଞା ରହିଛି। କବିତା କେତେବେଳେ ନଦୀ, କେତେବେଳେ ଝରଣା। କବିତାକୁ ଦନ୍ତୁରତା ରୋକିପାରେନା।
ଆଜି ସେ ନାହାଁନ୍ତି। ଥିଲେ କେତେ ଭଲ ହୋଇଥାଆନ୍ତା। ମୋର ସବୁ ବହି, ମୋର ପ୍ରଗତିକୁ ଦେଖି ସେ କେତେ ଖୁସି ହୋଇଥାଆନ୍ତେ, ସେଇଥିରେ ମୋର ପେଟ-ମନ-ଆତ୍ମା ପୂରିଉଠି ଥାଆନ୍ତା। ତାଙ୍କରି ପାଇଁ, ତାଙ୍କରି ଯାତ୍ରାପଥ ପାଇଁ, ତାଙ୍କରି ଆସିବା ଓ ଯିବା, ଯିବା ଓ ଆସିବା ପାଇଁ ଏଇ ପଥ- ଏଇ ଶବ୍]ଦ ପଥ।
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Tathapi Sunyata
₹200.00‘Tathapi Sunyata’ is novelist Vanumati Sahoo’s twelfth novel. The novel depicts lively and philosophically the contemporary human nature that reflects pathos, agony, despair, happiness, aspirations, love, affection and splendour of life. Like her previous novels, this novel will undoubtedly touch the hearts of the readers.
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Thakura Ghara
₹280.00Thakura Ghara is a Sahitya Akademi award-winning short story collection by eminent Odia author Kishori Charan Das. This has 20 powerful short stories. This collection has been translated in many Indian languages and Indian national television Doordarshan has made a telefilm based on the title story Thakura Ghara.
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The Actor
₹350.00Binod is a young theatre artist who works for Dasabhuja Theatrical Company. He is well educated and had an ardent desire to become a lecturer in a college but fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don’t always like. On his visit to Puri, he looks at Lord Jagannath, Sudarshan Chakra, and the flag on it and envisages staging the play ‘Neela Saila’ for Bali Yatra Play competition based on Surendra Mohanty’s novel ‘NeelaSaila’ on history, myth, and legends. It was difficult to find a playwright who can dramatize the novel. An old playwright Dhira babu gives his consent to write but he falls sick. Finally, Binod takes the responsibility to write the play and to give the direction. He overcomes the hurdles in staging the play ‘NeelaSaila’ and it wins the first prize in the competition. The agony of a theatre artist and a playwright is well outlined in the story.
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The Address of God
₹500.00TheAddressofGod, which is, at first sight, a collection of columns written on different occasions to reflect upon or make sense of particular incidents experienced or witnessed by its central character reminds one of a pointillist painting. Each piece in this volume can be seen as a dot on a richly complex canvas which, in combination with other dots, illuminates the shifting contours of a moral and social universe in flux. Apparently unconnected with each other and recounting seemingly isolated events in the lives of ordinary, unremarkable characters, these pieces cumulatively create a living mosaic of impressions that helps one pierce to the fundamentals of existence. The Address of God is studded with such luminously evocative images, which lead us to the rich texture of the meaning underlying the deceptively ordinary surface of the pieces. They disclose the inscrutable wisdom of the heart to which petty calculations of human intellect are utter strangers. The volume draws its intensity from the unobtrusive mastery with which the author employs these images. They stay with us long after we rise from a reading of the narrative the author has expertly woven from fragments of everyday experienc
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The Age Of Innocence
₹300.00The return of the beautiful Countess Olenska into the rigidly conventional society of New York sends reverberations throughout the upper reaches of society.
Newland Archer, an eligible young man of the establishment is about to announce his engagement to May Welland, a pretty ingénue, when May’s cousin, Countess Olenska, is introduced into their circle. The Countess brings with her an aura of European sophistication and a hint of scandal, having left her husband and claimed her independence.
Her sorrowful eyes, her tragic worldliness and her air of unapproachability attract the sensitive Newland and, almost against their will, a passionate bond develops between them. But Archer’s life has no place for passion and, with society on the side of May and all she stands for, he finds himself drawn into a bitter conflict between love and duty.
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The Amazing Chantu
₹300.00CONTENTS
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THAT LITTLE BIRD
THE RED AND THE BLUE
THE TWO FRIENDS
THE LONG JUMP
THE HAUNTED HOUSE
THE MIRACULOUS LAMP
A UNIQUE MARRIAGE
THE BREAKUP
THE BIRTHDAY
THE MOST VALUABLE STUDENT
THE ANT
THE AMBROSIA FRUIT
THE BUTTERFLY
THE FAIRIES
THE BALLOONS
The Amazing Chantu
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The Arch of Fire
₹250.00‘The Arch of Fire’ is based on the Naxalite’ tactic against the Indian State. Seizing land from oppressors and redistributing it amongst the peasants has been the aim of the Naxalites since its creation. In 1967, oppressed peasants inspired by the communist movement raised their bows and arrows against the feudal landowners in Naxalbari. Naxalites, raised their upgraded, more sophisticated weapons against mining corporations and development projects which threatened to expel indigenous tribes or Adivasis from their ancestral lands in order to exploit the mineral-rich soil. The Naxalite movement as we know it today, its emergence is a result of the various fragmentations of communist ideologies in India over time. Hence, in order to comprehend the nature of Naxalism, one must first delve into its own tumultuous history. This novel received Odisha Sahitya Academy award in 1989.
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The Bard and his Sister-in-Law
₹450.00A historical novel/biographical nonfiction by award-winning feminist author/poet Mallika Sengupta from Kolkata, India, ‘Kabir Bouthan’ focuses on the multifaceted history of the illustrious Jorasanko Thakurbari, Kolkata, the birth place of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore (mentioned in the book as ‘Rabi’). The narrative chronicles the inter personal relationships between the men and women inside that mansion and their personal journeys which become historically significant in terms of gender and culture studies of the pre-independence era in India and also in terms of the development of Tagore’s poetic persona. Through this deeply layered narrative encompassing the lives of Rabi, his family members, and especially his two enigmatic sisters-in-law, Gyanadanandini and Kadambari Devi, Sengupta reflects on the daily rigmarole of the lives of the characters amid the backdrop of the Renaissance in Bengal. Through her effortless and nuanced narration and storytelling, she also unfolds the subtle nuances of the socio-political history of Bengal in those times.
Seeped in the diverse cultural history of the Thakurbari where stalwarts in literature, art, theater and humanities were born, rooted in the rich legacy of Bengal, this book also documents the dramatic and inspiring transformation of women like Gyanadanandini, Kadambari, Swarnakumari Devi, while also tracing their emotional journeys, celebrating their free spirits and their quest for self-expression during the strife-ridden colonial regime in India.
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The BigBridge Book of Contemporary Indian Poetry
₹450.00Indian poets writing in English have earned their space on the global stage, forging new paths and moulding the language to suit the Indian landscape, concerns, and themes. When Nissim Ezekiel crossed new frontiers with his ‘A Time to Change’ in 1952, it was recognised as one of the first significant books of postcolonial poetry in English; decades later, however, sceptics continued to ask why Indians insisted on writing in English and not in their mother tongues. An exasperated Saleem Peeradina said to me in an interview soon after his debut poetry collection First Offence appeared in 1980, “This question should be outlawed!” Mercifully, though such discussions may still linger in some academic circles, the issue no longer merits attention, at least among poets.
