Katha

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Author: Maitreyi Pushpa
Translator: Raji Narasimhan
81-87649-23-2
Price: 350
Pages: 600
Cover painting: Paresh Maity
Cover Design: Geeta Dharmarajan
2006

Alma Kabutari

The saga of Alma Kabutari does not begin with Alma herself. It has its roots in centuries of social and sexual subjugation of the kabutaris by the upper-caste kajjas. Like Chittor's Rani Padmini of yore, from whom the kabutaris are descended, the onus of breaking the vicious circle and reclaiming human status for her people falls on young Alma. The engrossing story of young Alma's evolution from victim to survivor to tenacious rebel, Alma Kabutari opens a window to the suffering and exploitation of a tribe that teeters at the very fringes of society even today, and that urgently needs our concern and understanding.
Maitreyi Pushpa has written consistently about rural politics and has endeavoured to explore the web of human relationships in a time of moral ambivalence and social uncertainty. She is the recipient of many accolades including the SAARC Literary Award for Alma Kabutari, the Premchand Samman and the Sahityakar Samman.

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Author: Imayam
Translator: D Krishna Ayyar
81-87649-27-5
Price: 250
Pages: 240
Cover painting: Kirann Telkar
Cover Design: Geeta Dharmarajan
2006

Arumugam

A timeless tale of a child denied his chidhood; Arumugam explores the relationship between a mother and son, the difficult emotions that weave their stories into a single fabric of love. Thrown from a secure, loving home into the cruel world of the Chekkumedu prostitutes, Arumugam learns that his perceptions of life are as unreal as wisps of smoke and understands in the end, that the only truth is the voice of a loving heart.

Expertly translated by D Krishna Ayyar, Katha presents one of the finest contemporary writers in Tamil.

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Katha

Love in the Time of Insurgency

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Katha

Originally

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Katha

The Sur

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Katha Ind

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Katha Novel

2003 . PB . Rs 200

5.5”x8” pp 216

ISBN: 81-87649-74-7

Translated from the Marathi

Cover painting: Chittrovanu Mazumdar

Cover Design: Geeta Dharmarajan

Seven Sixes are Forty Three

Author: Kiran Nagarkar

Translator: Shubha Slee

It’s a complex universe that Kiran Nagarkar leads us into. Seven Sixes are Forty Three explores the dimensions of relationships in terms of an empty physicality, and loneliness as an inherent element in modern lives. Translated by Subha Slee, the novel’s quest for compatibility is inspiring.

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Katha

The Heart Has Its Reasons

Originall

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Katha

The Su

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Katha Novel

2006 . PB . Rs 250

5.5”x8” pp 200

ISBN: 81-89020-38-2

Translated from the Asomiya

Cover painting: Tyeb Mehta

Cover design: Geeta Dharmarajan

The Man from Chinnamasta

Author: Indira Goswami

Translator: Prashant Goswami

Set in the times of unrest and turmoil at the turn of the twentieth century, the novel paints the hoary history of Assam's most famous temple of the Sakta cult, Kamakhya.

The story flows as swiftly as the Brahmaputra; it holds the reader's attention as seductively. And as the narrative moves inexorably towards its end, we see the power of the storyteller in Indira Goswami. This evocative translation by Prashant Goswami makes the novel a must read for all lovers of good fiction.