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A Guardian and a Thief : A Novel. by Majumdar, Megha.;
Megha Majumdar's electrifying follow-up to her acclaimed New York Times bestseller A Burning--longlisted for the National Book Award--is set in a near-future Kolkata ravaged by climate change and social disharmony, in which the lives of five characters collide and their fates become inextricably linked--a propulsive and shattering tour de force. In a dystopic Kolkata beset by flooding and blight, Ma, her two year old daughter Mishti, and her elderly father Dadu are just days from leaving the collapsing city behind to join Ma's husband in the home he has been building for them in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After procuring long-awaited passports and visas from the consulate, they pack their bags for the flight to America. But in the morning, they awaken to discover that Ma's purse, with all the treasured documents within it, has been stolen. A Guardian and a Thief tells two stories: the story of Ma and her family, their struggle to emigrate to America, and their devastation in the wake of the theft that changes their fate to one of implacable tragedy; and the story of Boomba, the thief, whose hunger and desperation to care for his family drive him to commit a crime whose consequences he cannot fathom. With stunning control and command, Megha Majumdar paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of two families whose destinies become inexorably entangled, wresting compassion from each narrative as the complexities of each character's circumstances--their helplessness in the face of poverty and corruption, and the need to stave off encroaching catastrophe--are captured with clarity and piercing empathy. A masterful new work from one of the most exciting voices of her generation.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Literary; FICTION / World Literature / India / General;
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The rumor : a Jataka tale from India / by Thornhill, Jan;
When a mango crashes down on a hare she thinks the world is breaking up. Panic-stricken, she spreads the rumor and causes a stampede of animals.
Subjects: Rumor; Hares; Lions; Tales; Jataka stories, English.;
© c2002., Maple Tree Press,
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Secrets of State / by Palmer, Matthew,1966-;
Formerly the top South Asia expert in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Argus Systems' consultant Sam Trainor stumbles across an intelligence anomaly that could potentially stoke the simmering conflict between India and Pakistan, nuclear-armed rivals that have already fought multiple wars. And Sam's new employer could be up to its neck in it.
Subjects: Political fiction.; Suspense fiction.; Government consultants;
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The god of small things / by Roy, Arundhati.;
Subjects: Children;
© c1997., Random House of Canada,
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Gandhi / by Pastan, Amy.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-125), Internet addresses and index.The story of Gandhi's life told with the help of extensive photographs.LSC
Subjects: Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948; Statesmen; Nationalists;
© 2006., DK Pub.,
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Seven blind mice / by Young, Ed.;
Retells in verse the Indian fable of the blind men discovering different parts of an elephant and arguing about its appearance. The illustrations depict the blind arguers as mice.
Subjects: Fables.; Elephants; Folklore; Narrative poetry.;
© c1992., Philomel Books,
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Desert girl, monsoon boy / by Dairman, Tara.; Sreenivasan, Archana.;
"Two families flee extreme weather in India and come together on a mountaintop"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Families; Sandstorms; Monsoons;
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Victory city : a novel / by Rushdie, Salman,author.;
In the wake of an insignificant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms in fourteenth-century southern India, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. Pampa Kampana becomes a vessel for the goddess Parvati, who begins to speak out of the girl's mouth. Over the next two hundred and fifty years, Pampa Kampana's life becomes deeply interwoven with the great city of Bisnaga. As years pass, rulers come and go, battles are won and lost, and allegiances shift, the very fabric of Bisnaga becomes an ever more complex tapestry--with Pampa Kampana at its center.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Parvati (Hindu deity); Cities and towns; Goddesses;
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The ministry of utmost happiness / by Roy, Arundhati,author.;
Subjects: Interpersonal relations; Self-realization;
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Such big dreams / by Patel, Reema,author.;
"Rakhi is a twenty-three-year-old former street child haunted by the grisly aftermath of an incident that led her to lose her best friend eleven years ago. Constantly reminded she doesn't belong, Rakhi lives alone in a Mumbai slum, working as a lowly office assistant at Justice For All, a struggling human rights law office headed by the renowned lawyer who gave her a fresh start. Fiercely intelligent and in possession of a sharp wit and an even sharper tongue, Rakhi is nobody's fool, even if she is underestimated by everyone around her. Rakhi's life isn't much, but she's managing. That is until a fading former Bollywood starlet tries to edge her way back into the spotlight by becoming a celebrity ambassador for Justice For All. Steering the organization into uncharted territories, she demands an internship for her young Canadian family friend, Alex, a Harvard-bound graduate student. Ambitious, persistent, and naive, Alex persuades Rakhi to show him "the real" India. In exchange, he'll do something to further Rakhi's dreams in a transaction that seems harmless, at first. As old guilt and new aspirations collide, everything Rakhi once knew to be true is set ablaze. And as the stakes mount, she will come face to face with the difficult choices and moral compromises that people are prepared to make in order to survive, no matter the costs. Reema Patel's transportive debut novel offers a moving, smart, and arrestingly funny look at the cost of ambition and power in reclaiming one's story."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Human rights workers; Interpersonal relations;
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