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K. G. Sankara Pillai

(India, 1948)

Born in 1948, K.G. Sankara Pillai is one of Kerala’s finest poets. A recipient of the state and central Sahitya Akademi Awards in 1998 and 2002 respectively, he has authored three volumes of poetry in Malayalam. His fourth collection is due for release later this year. His poetry has been translated into Chinese, French, German and Sinhala. He lives in Thrissur, Kerala.

POEMS BY K. G. SANKARA PILLAI

BALDNESS

BETWEEN THE NECTAR AND THE POISON

DEEP WITHIN

GOORKHA

PHOTOS IN VARIOUS POSES

THE DHOBI AND THE DHOTI

THE TREES OF COCHIN

WHO ELSE IS THERE TO COME?

Pinjar

Pinjar is based on the famous novel by the same name by noted poet writer amrita Pritam, winner of Gyanpeeth Award and various literary awards including the Sahitya Academy award(first woman to receive it). Amrita Pritam was also nominated to Rajya Sabha Upper House of India for her contribution to Indian literature. Pinjar has been translated into eight languages. Noted writer Khushwant Singh has translated Pinjar in English. In Yugoslavia a radio series based on Pinjar was aired. She was also nominated for the poetess of the millennium for poetry in Punjabi. Pinjar also reflects amrita Pritam’s poetic side.

The story of Pinjar is set in the backdrop of riots during the partition of India & Pakistan. It’s a gripping tale of human spirit to overcome hate with compassion and love, Intolerance, cruelty, kidnapping and rape of women rendered thousands of innocent lives as destitute, yet love and humanism blossomed.

The Killer Instinct - Major General O P Sabharwal

The Killer Instinct Book Description

Timely and thought provoking book, which merits study by professional, by those entrusted with responsibility of formulating policy, and, for its topically and readability by the lay reader too.

Brahmi

The earliest known Indian script is Brahmi

Brāhmī is the modern name given to the oldest members of the Brahmic family of alphabets. The best known inscriptions in Brāhmī are the rock-cut edicts of Ashokain north-central India, dated to the 3rd century BCE. These are traditionally considered the earliest known examples of Brāhmī writing, though recent discoveries suggest that it may be somewhat older, dating back as far as the 6th century BCE (see Tamil-Brahmi).

ঝুম্পা লাহিড়ী

Jhumpa Lahiri (Bengali: ঝুম্পা লাহিড়ী; born on July 11, 1967) is an Indian American author. Lahiri's debut short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies (1999), won the 2000Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and her first novel, The Namesake (2003), was adapted into the popular film of the same name. She was born Nilanjana Sudeshna, which are both "good names," but goes by her pet name Jhumpa.

Short story collections

• Interpreter of Maladies (1999)
• Unaccustomed Earth (2008)

Novels

• The Namesake (2003)

Short stories

• "Nobody's Business" (12 March 2001, The New Yorker) ("The Best American Short Stories 2002")
• "Hell-Heaven" (24 May 2004, The New Yorker)
• "Once In A Lifetime" (1 May 2006, The New Yorker)
• "Year's End" (24 December 2007, The New Yorker)

Anita Mazumdar Desai

Anita Mazumdar Desai (born June 24, 1937) is an Indian novelist and Emeritus John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has been shortlisted for the Booker prize three times. Her daughter, the author Kiran Desai, won the 2006 Booker prize.

Selected works

• The Zigzag Way (2004)
• Diamond Dust and Other Stories (2000)
• Fasting, Feasting (1999)
• Journey to Ithaca (1995)
• Baumgartner's Bombay (1988)
• In Custody (1984)
• The Village By The Sea (1982)
• Clear Light of Day (1980)
• Games at Twilight (1978)
• Fire on the Mountain (1977)
• Cry, The Peacock (1963)
• The village by the sea (1982)