ம. இராசேந்திரன் தஞ்சை தமிழ்ப்பல்கலைக் கழகத்தின் துணைவேந்தராகப் பொறுப்பு வகித்தவர். தமிழ்ப் பேராசிரியர். எழுத்தாளர். கணையாழி இதழின் வெளியீட்டாளர். கோயம்புத்தூரில் 2010 ஆம் ஆண்டில் நடந்த உலகத் தமிழ்ச் செம்மொழி மாநாட்டின் ஆய்வரங்க ஒருங்கிணைப்பாளர்.இவர் மெக்கன்சியின் சுவடிகளில் ஆய்வுசெய்து முனைவர் பட்டம் பெற்றார்.ம. இராசேந்திரன் தமிழ்நாடு அரசில் பல பொறுப்புகளை வகித்துள்ளார் - குறள் பீடம் பொறுப்பாளர், மொழிபெயர்ப்புத் துறையின் துணை இயக்குநர், அரசினர் கீழ்த்திசைச் சுவடிகள் ஆய்வு ...

**In British-occupied India, a young girl’s dream defies the limitations of her society.“This novel vivifies a unique era and culture as it movingly expresses how love and hope can blossom even under the most dismal of circumstances.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review“Venkatraman paints an intricate and convincing backdrop of a conservative Brahmin home in a time of change.”—Booklist, starred review**What if your only dream was forbidden?Fi...

Now considered a classic among readers interested in Tibetan Buddhism and pilgrimages of the spirit of all kinds, A Journey in Ladakh is Andrew Harvey's spiritual travelogue of his arduous journey to one of the most remote parts of the world--the highest, least populated region in India, cut off by snow for six months each year. Buddhists have meditated in the mountains of Ladakh since three centuries before Christ, and it is there that the purest form of Tibetan Buddhism is still practice...

Every sixth human being in the world today is an Indian, and every sixth Indian is an untouchable. For thousands of years the untouchables, or Dalits, the people at the bottom of the Hindu caste system, have been treated as subhuman. Their story has rarely been told. This remarkable book achieves something altogether unprecedented: it gives voice to India's voiceless.In Untouchables, Narendra Jadhav tells the awe-inspiring story of his family's struggle for...

Samskara is one of the acknowledged masterpieces of modern world literature, a book to set beside Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North. Taking its name from a Sanskrit word that means “rite of passage” but also “moment of recognition,” it begins when Naranappa, an inhabitant of a small south Indian town and a renegade Brahmin who has scandalously flouted the rules of caste and purity for years, eating meat,...

In Indus ancestral home, that she had escaped from so many years ago, nothing seems to have altered. Yet all is different. Akka, the rich family tyrant, is dead and the family is on the threshold of great change. And the key to their future now lies in Indus hands. This novel provides a penetrative insight into the joint family revealing its strengths and weaknesses, its props and parasites.

A pioneering collection describing and dramatizing the Nepalese diaspora - the displacement and exile of the Nepali-speaking world*SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE*A disfigured servant girl plans to flee Nepal; a Kalimpong shopkeeper faces an impossible dilemma; a Hindu religious festival in Darjeeling brings with it a sacrifice; a Nepali-Bhutanese refugee pins her hopes on the West; a Gurkha's daughter tries to comprehend her father'...

This is a delightful collection of twenty-five crisp and intriguing short stories that will enliven and charm your leisure hours. The writer employs the 'Today-technology' of story telling: An economy of words; a simplicity of style; and a tempo and cadence that match the brisk life-style of today.All the stories have an Indian aroma and diaspora

In this unforgettable memior, a young man finds himself disillusioned by the conventional expectations of his parents, teachers, and culture. Desperate to articulate his deepest hopes and dreams, he discards his university education and abandons home, family, and possessions to journey through Europe, the Middle East, and Asia in search of a meaningful life. Narrowly escaping death by sickness and drugs, he encounters the Tibetan refugees in exile and, entranced, finally stops running. He ...

Kuttiedathi and Other Stories is a careful collection of ten short stories. This collection brings together some of the most well known stories of M T Vasudevan Nair, fairly representative of his literary works. Written over a broad span of time from 1962 to 2000, the stories collected here reflect the built-in variety of his fictional concerns and the changing tones of his narration. M T Vasudevan Nair is a renowned Malayalam author and winner of the Jnanpith award for literature (1995). He...

"Festivals link us to our tradition and culture, and renew our spiritual and family bonds. The celebration of festivals by the whole community promotes the spirit of fellowship and charity.This series on festivals is presented in a story form to hold the childs interest. The books portray the fun and joy that festivals bring decorations, gifts, sweets, prayers,singing, dancing and sharing."

Daksha lives in a hamlet in the Himalayas. An orphan, she learns native medicine by assisting a vaidya. A chance encounter brings her to the notice of people who move her to town and admit her to a school.Daksha is unhappy there and wants to return to her hamlet – until a resourceful doctor helps her adjust to her new life.Daksha the Medicine Girl and The Missing Girl (also by the author) are used as supplementary readers in some schools in India.