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During last centuries great authors have written master pieces which are still considered great writings but now it is not always possible to read them all and in entirety though we have a carving to read them. Vishv Books presents for such vivid readers a selected collection of condensed novels of...

This book, originally called Oru Kadalore Kiramathin Kathai, deals with the fall of feudalism as the forces of modernity advance and their presence felt even in a small and obscure village. It is the story of a landlord in Travancore, whose villagers rebel against his tyrannical rule.Thoppil Mohammed...

Attachment is predominant in mankind. Some see joy in money, some see only grief in money, some see it in licentiousness and some see it in sacrifice. Therefore no one can draw a line where it can be otherwise simply because it is always a subjective issue in everyone’s view and that too how he...

A brilliant, unsparing novel about divorce and its implications in Indian society. This is the story of Simrit, lost and bewildered as she struggles to cope with the emotional shock of a divorce plus a brutal divorce settlement inflicted on her. Ostracized, victimized and shackled by memories of the...

Delhi, 1947. The city surges with Partition refugees. Eager to escape the welter of pain and confusion that surrounds her, young Krishna applies on a whim to a position at a preschool in the princely state of Sirohi, itself on the cusp of transitioning into the republic of India. She is greeted on...

With shaking hands Anand opened the right-hand drawer of the dressing table . . . . Anand didnt know what to do. How could he ever be happy again. His friend Rami, the gardeners grand-daughter, and the gardener had been sent away and it was all his fault. Maybe just maybe his and Ramis old rag doll Seethu could help him. For Seethu could think; she could talk; she was a wonder doll!

Here is the story how the decadent Hindu society of Pandits turned a loving man into a beast of revenge. The gallant Kala Chand who was ready to die for his faith but lived for love, was transformed into Kala Pahad, the perverse killer and destroyer of Hindu faith. Abandoned by his loving Muslim wife and affectionate Hindu relations, Kala Pahad though he won an empire, lost his soul…

If the presence of Ayurveda in modern times invites surprise, its renewed vigour in the age of globalisation gives rise both to romantic celebration and incredulous hostility. This kind of response suggests that our understanding of modern Ayurveda has not kept pace with the growth of the phenomenon...

A tiny lynx cub with no mother. A wise monk in an ancient monastery. A destiny to be fulfilled. A perilous journey across the Himalayas. A battle against time to save the cub's life. A firm friendship between two boys, worlds apart, united by their love of animals. Based on a true story and set in Tibet...

When Nasreen loses both her parents, she goes to live with her grandparents. Living a cloistered life, she has no friends and when away from school, spends most of her time in the library. And then she finds Bangaru, the magical cat, who is to change her life. From that day onwards she is lonely no more....

This thirty-eighth volume of the People’s Linguistic Survey of India is devoted to the Indian Sign Language (ISL), the language of the Deaf in India. The articles in the volume are divided into four parts. The first discusses both its formal linguistic and ‘orthographic’ features; the second...

In the stories where the Mahabharata speaks of life, women occupy a central place. In living what life brings to them, the women of the Mahabharata show, that the truth in which one must live, is however, not a simple thing; nor can there be any one absolute statement about it. Each one of them, in her...

Outside, the palm trees wail, with the wild monsoon wind in their hair. In her hospital bed, Rita lies still, her ears tuned to the wind. Recovering from her breakdown,she sifts through seasons full of memories - of her self-absorbed, critical parents; her demanding role as family breadwinner from the...

The past 2000 years witnessed the downfall and slavery of Hindus. They went on bending the knee to Greeks, Shakes, Huns, Arabs, Mughals, Turks, French and British down the ages. They even showed their backs to a handful of Abysinians and Slaves in the battlefield and rubbed their nose on their...