With numerous illustrations of art, iconography and sculptures from different regions of India, it examines a breath-taking variety of female forms of divinities, celestial nymphs and others symbolizing youth, beauty and sensuousness. Referring to features of art of different periods under various dynasties, like the Gupta art, it focuses on representation of female forms and couples particularly erotic realizations in art, i.

e., nude figures and mithuna scenes.

It studies the figures carved on various materials and in different styles, highlighting the salient features of each. The influence of religious traditions, as Tantrism, on the art depicted is painstakingly traced.

Giving examples from famous temples of Khajuraho, Bhubaneshwar, Puri, Konarka, Nagda, Belur, Halebid, Ajanta and Ambarnath, the work examines expressions, postures and attitudes of figures to show that they reflect physical bliss, emotional and psychological expressions, and the spiritual state. The book will be useful for scholars of art and art historians in particular who are keen on understanding the aesthetics of Indian art (less)

Books that sell ought to be brought out but books that express offstage concerns should also be given place. The present venture takes into consideration the twofold subject of children's literature and children in literature.

It is of interest to those who wish to explore the recesses from where the adult behaviour emanates. It presents many less verbalized realities of childhood, its beauty, joy as well as challenges.

Many papers bring out thinking of a society that shapes children and their world. Some papers take into stock the popular trends in children's literature.

Overall the book Children and Literature is a tribute to the truly inspiring phenomenon of childhood (less)

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Colonial Through Romantic is available for use in Paperback binding. * The book summary and image may be of a different edition or binding of the same title.

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Most originate in North India for the edification and amusement of the followers. Jain literature is both rich and varied.

Stories were told in verse and prose, in Sanskrit and in vernacular languages. Some resemble simple folk tales while others are as sophisticated as courtly romances.

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Writers who are discussed in this volume are Salman Rushdie, Shashi Tharoor, R.K.

Narayan, Kamala Markandaya, and Khushwant Singh from contemporary Indian writers in English and regional writers such as Kalki and T. Janakiraman from Modern Tamil Literature.

Rushdie's 'love-hate' relationship with India is discussed in one essay, while his controversial portrayal of modern Indian leaders and matinee-idols in his novel The Moor's Last Sigh is analysed from a post modern perspective in a companion piece. Shashi Tharoor is revealed as a distinguished predecessor of Rushdie in his The Great Indian Novel.

John Steinbeck, the Nobel-prize winning American novelist is the subject of a few essays that perceptively analyse certain remarkable aspects of his fiction, especially the Indian influence on his thinking and writing. Among Steinbeck's novels discussed are The Grapes of Wrath, To a God Unknown, The Cannery Row Novels, viz.

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