Bandicoots In The Moonlight

Author : Avijit Ghosh
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Indic fiction (English)
ISBN : 0143103792

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Bandicoots in the Moonlight by Avijit Ghosh Pdf

&Lsquo;I Grew Up In A Place Where Every Student Appearing For The School Finals Was Accompanied By Four Experts Who Wrote The Answers Outside Before They Were Smuggled In. Where Buying A Train Ticket Was Uber Uncool Because Only Cowards Paid To Travel. Where Dating A Woman Was Unheard Of But Mating Was Commonplace, And Where The Loss Of Male Virginity Often Had Something To Do With Goats . . .&Rsquo; Teenage Boy Anirban Roy Grows Up&Mdash;Not A Lot Wiser&Mdash;In A Small Town In &Rsquo;70S Bihar Where His Policeman Father Is Posted To Pick Up Intelligence On The Looming Naxalite Menace. Ganesh Nagar Possesses Neither Village Simplicity Nor Urban Slick But Observes A Line Of Ethics That Defies Codification. It Takes Time For Anirban To Learn To Juggle Adolescent Angst And Ping-Pong Hormones, Loyal Friends And Part-Time Criminals, A Bewildering Succession Of Topsy-Turvy Lessons In Life And Lust, Yet Manage To Keep The Balls In The Air. There Are Close Encounters With Animals, Too: Experiments With Reptiles; The Sighting Of Bandicoots In Full Flight, Their Sleek Coats Gleaming In The Moonlight; The Hazards Involved In Stealing A Parrot Nestling; The Part Played By A Domestic Fowl In Curing Snakebite And Predicting Death; And The Unusual Role Of Donkeys In Satiating Adolescent Lust. Rites Of Passage Never Got So Down And Dirty As In Journalist Avijit Ghosh&Rsquo;S Earthy Account Of Boy-To-Manhood In Fictional Ganesh Nagar, An Introverted District That Could Exist In India Anytime, Anywhere.

Author : Avijit Ghosh
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789385890352

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Bandicoots in the Moonlight by Avijit Ghosh Pdf

I grew up in a place where every student appearing for tile school finals was accompanied by four experts who wrote the answers outside before they were smuggled In. Where buying a train ticket was uber uncool because only cowards paid to travel. Where dating a woman was unheard of but mating was commonplace, and where the loss of male virginity often had something to do with goats ••• Teenage boy Anirban Roy grows up- not a lot wiser- in a small town in 70s Bihar where his policeman father is posted to pick up intelligence on the looming Naxalite menace. Ganesh Nagar possesses neither village simplicity nor urban slick but observes a line of ethics that defies codification. It takes time for Anirban to learn to juggle adolescent angst and ping-pong hormones, loyal friends and part-time criminals, a bewildering succession of topsy-turvy lessons in life and lust, yet manage to keep the balls in the air. There are close encounters with animals, too: Experiments with reptiles; the sighting of bandicoots in full flight, their sleek coats gleaming in the moonlight; the hazards involved in stealing a parrot nestling; the part played by a domestic fowl in curing snakebite and predicting death; and the unusual role of donkeys in satiating adolescent lust. Rites of passage never got so down and dirty as in journalist Avijit Ghosh's earthy account of boy-to-manhood in fictional Ganesh Nagar, an introverted district that could exist in India anytime, anywhere.

Author : Nilanjana Roy
Publisher : Random House Canada
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345815583

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The Hundred Names of Darkness by Nilanjana Roy Pdf

"A delight to read. Eliot's Old Possum would have enjoyed these Practical Indian Cats." Salman Rushdie In the sequel and conclusion to her critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling novel, The Wildings, Nilanjana Roy takes us back to the Delhi neighbourhood of Nizamuddin, and its unforgettable cats--Mara, Southpaw, Katar, Hulo and Beraal. As they recover slowly from their terrible battle with the feral cats, they find their beloved locality changing around them. Winter brings an army of predators--humans, vicious dogs, snakes, bandicoots--along with the cold and a scarcity of food...Unless Mara can help them find a safe haven, their small band will be wiped out forever. With the assistance of a motley group of friends including Doginder, a friendly stray; Hatch, a cheel who is afraid of the sky; Thomas Mor, an affable peacock; Jethro Tail, the mouse who roared; and the legendary Senders of Delhi, Mara and her band set out on an epic journey to find a place where they can live free from danger.

Author : Usha Diptivilasa
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-23
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781643244365

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Of Age and Agelessness by Usha Diptivilasa Pdf

This is a delightful collection of twenty-four poems written by a normal yet ‘phenomenal woman’ who expresses with exquisite sensitivity the joys, sorrows, gains, losses, achievements and regrets of her life as a professional teacher, wife, mother, daughter and daughter-in-law. Dr. MITA BOSE, Retd. Associate Professor of English, IP College, Delhi University Usha Diptivilasa recreates a world that most of us have left behind, but all of us yearn to go back to. You can read these poems anytime, be it a summer afternoon or a winter night. They make you feel contemplative and leave you enhanced. There’s a clarity of vision in these poems. AVIJIT GHOSH, Sr. Editor, The Times of India The ditties hummed in this book capture the flavour of daily experiences, even as the poet pens to capture word-buds waiting to sprout. Imagery flows freely from infinite passion for the depth of experience and feeling. The fine impress of the pressed dandelion, scramble to perfection in the little blue book, farewells on divergent tracks: these and other vignettes form the spectrum of thought. The volume tries to fathom the range of emotions along the journey of time from dawn to dusk of life.

Author : Bhaichand Patel
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9788184755985

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Bollywood's Top 20 by Bhaichand Patel Pdf

A spectacular collection that celebrates Bollywood’s most enduring superstars Hindi cinema has wielded a hypnotic charm over viewers for close to a century, with its melodious music, colourful drama and lively plotlines. But at the heart of its mystique is the galaxy of stars who continue to mesmerize audiences. Bollywood’s Top 20 is a definitive collection of original essays, paying tribute to the biggest stars of all time—from Ashok Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Raj Kapoor, Nargis and Madhubala to Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Kareena Kapoor. Each piece offers unique insights into the struggles and triumphs, downfalls and scandals, and the inscrutable X factor of these talented actors that turned them into demigods and divas.

Author : Avijit Ghosh
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9788184752564

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CINEMA BHOJPURI by Avijit Ghosh Pdf

Cruel landlords; crafty moneylenders; corrupt politicians; righteous heroes and uninhibited dancing girls—just some of the characters of a successful Bhojpuri film. Often considered kitschy and crude by ‘polite’ society; Bhojpuri cinema has had astounding success from the 1990s onwards; which can only be explained by its overwhelming popularity among the other half of new India. What is it that makes Bhojpuri cinema tick? What is the logic of its aesthetics? And most importantly; how did these regional language films become a profitable industry? Answering many of these questions and written with a deep sensitivity for the genre; Cinema Bhojpuri is the one of the first studies of the history and themes of Bhojpuri cinema—the poor cousin of Bollywood. Basing his research on extensive personal interviews and analyses of trade journals from the 1960s onwards; Avijit Ghosh’s fascinating study unveils much about Bhojpuri cinema—from the making of the first Bhojpuri film; Ganga Maiya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo; to the terrible lows of the 1980s when Bhojpuri cinema all but died; and right down to the present when the breathlessly-paced masala entertainers of Manoj Tiwari; Ravi Kishan and Dinesh Lal Yadav ‘Nirahua’ gave life to what Hindi cinema had left behind—rural India.

Author : D. Shyam Babu,Ravindra S. Khare
Publisher : Pearson Education India
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Caste
ISBN : 8131754391

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Caste in Life by D. Shyam Babu,Ravindra S. Khare Pdf

Author : Prabhat K. Singh
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781443852142

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The Indian English Novel of the New Millennium by Prabhat K. Singh Pdf

The Indian English Novel of the New Millennium is a book of sixteen pieces of scholarly critique on recent Indian novels written in the English language; some on specific literary trends in fictional writing and others on individual texts published in the twenty-first century by contemporary Indian novelists such as Amitav Ghosh, Kiran Desai, Aravind Adiga, K. N. Daruwalla, Upamanyu Chatterjee, David Davidar, Esterine Kire Iralu, Siddharth Chowdhury and Chetan Bhagat. The volume focuses closely on the defining features of the different emerging forms of the Indian English novel, such as narratives of female subjectivity, crime fiction, terror novels, science fiction, campus novels, animal novels, graphic novels, disability texts, LGBT voices, dalit writing, slumdog narratives, eco-narratives, narratives of myth and fantasy, philosophical novels, historical novels, postcolonial and multicultural narratives, and Diaspora novels. A select bibliography of recent Indian English novels from 2001–2013 has been given especially for the convenience of the researchers. The book will be of great interest and benefit to college and university students and teachers of Indian English literature.

Author : Mark Carthew
Publisher : Leaping Lizards Press
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780648446897

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Newt, Lutes and Bandicoots by Mark Carthew Pdf

Newts playing lutes and striped bandicoots Floating around under bright parachutes... Dive into any page of this action-packed book of rhymes, riddles and pictures and be lost for hours. Can you find a flute, a suit or a boot? What about a bed, a thread or a newlywed? Each rhyme and riddle is a clue to the different creatures, people, places, actions, or things to be found on each page. Hours of fun for everyone!

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Film festivals
ISBN : WISC:89112964457

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Rāshtrīya Filma Puraskāra by Anonim Pdf

Author : Joyce Rogers Wolkomir,Richard Wolkomir
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1992-11-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 0471572616

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Junkyard Bandicoots and Other Tales of the World's Endangered Species by Joyce Rogers Wolkomir,Richard Wolkomir Pdf

A collection of easy-to-read stories concerning the world's endangered species that includes over 35 groups with rare examples (the razorback sucker, desert tortoise, etc.) not found in other books. Contains the various ways in which humans are helping to save these species, information on things children can do to help plus discussions on the importance of habitats. Attractively illustrated with detailed line drawings of each species.

Author : William Sylvester Walker
Publisher : London : [s.n.]
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Australian literature
ISBN : IND:30000009673132

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When the Mopoke Calls by William Sylvester Walker Pdf

Author : Bernard Juillerat
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000323894

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Children of the Blood by Bernard Juillerat Pdf

This fascinating book, translated from the French, explores the Yafar society, a forest people living by shifting cultivation, hunting and gathering. Based on fifteen years of research, it offers a detailed examination of all aspects of a society whose material and nutritional relations with their rainforest environment are mediated by a sociocultural system based on a carefully negotiated relationship with natural forces, and harmony between the sexes. The author shows how these basic ideas can be found in the ritualized and institutional aspects of the Yafar's social life, as well as their mythology. Rich in detail and insight, this book fully documents the Yafar's complex ritual involving a symbolic exchange with the spirit world, a secret cult, and curing rites presided over by hereditary religious officials. The author's analysis of Yafar ideologies reveals that sexual reproduction is the key to their society and the model for continuity and regeneration prescribed by nature.

Author : Henry Nottidge Moseley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Challenger Expedition
ISBN : IOWA:31858046742817

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Notes by a Naturalist by Henry Nottidge Moseley Pdf

Author : Henry Nottidge Moseley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Challenger Expedition
ISBN : HARVARD:32044019421429

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Notes by a Naturalist on the "Challenger" by Henry Nottidge Moseley Pdf