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  • Seasons of Sweetness

    by Radhika Sharma ...
    A debut poetry collection from the author of "Parikrama" and "Mangoes for Monkeys", "Seasons of Sweetness" is Radhika Sharma's homage to beauty and all delights beautiful. These poems explore the innumerable facets of beauty and celebrate natural beauty, divine beauty and everyday surprises. An offering to bridge the depths of interior life, the power of memory, the lyricism of song, the adventure ... Read more

    $4.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Policy Analysis in India

    by Namrata Chindarkar, Aditya Sinha, Amarjeet Sinha, Deepak Sanan, Nitya Khemka, Suraj Kumar, Manish, Kumar Vinay Pratap, Akay Mehra, Stuti Rawat, Yifei Yan, Shailaja Fennell, T.R. Raghunandan, Sidharth Santhosh, Radhika Jha, Vipul Mudgal, Dayashankar Maurya, Ishani Mukherjee, Rajeev Gowda, Amaan Asim, Saumya Varma, Sneha Koshy, Asmi Sharma ...
    Series series International Library of Policy Analysis
    What drives policy choices in the world’s largest democracy, and how do analysts shape decisions that affect more than a billion people?Bringing together leading scholars and seasoned practitioners, Policy Analysis in India maps the evolution of policy analysis since the country became independent and reveals how analysis is conducted across ministries, sectors and levels of government. Through ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Gautama's Curse

    The Sage, His Wife, and a Terrible Judgement

    by Radhika Nair Bhattacharya ...
    Series Book 2949 - The Ramayana Character Library
    Sage Gautama's curse transformed his wife Ahalya into stone—or did it? This book explores one of the Ramayana's most haunting episodes: the deception of Indra, the terrible judgment, and a woman's long waiting. Across traditions, the story shifts: in Valmiki, Ahalya is turned invisible and later liberated by Rama's touch; in Tulsidas, she is a stone that Rama breaks; in Jain tellings, the whole ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Ahalya's Stone

    Curse, Release, and Centuries of Reinterpretation

    by Radhika Nair Bhattacharya ...
    Series Book 2960 - The Ramayana Character Library
    Ahalya, the wife of sage Gautama, is one of the most enigmatic figures in the Ramayana—cursed to become a stone for centuries, then released by the touch of Rama's foot. But her story is far from uniform. In Valmiki's ancient Sanskrit epic, she is a penitent ascetic; in the Tamil Kamban, a victim of divine conspiracy; in Jain traditions, a different narrative altogether. Ahalya's Stone traces this ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Vali's Accusation

    The Dying Speech That Indicts Rama

    by Radhika Nair Bhattacharya ...
    Series Book 2926 - The Ramayana Character Library
    Few moments in the Ramayana cut as sharply as Vali’s dying words. As he lies on the forest floor, struck by an arrow Rama fired from concealment, the monkey king does not beg for mercy. He speaks—and his speech becomes an accusation that has echoed through the centuries. This book takes that speech as its centrepiece, examining Vali’s charge that Rama violated every code of honour a kshatriya ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Shambuka

    The Episode Many Traditions Reject, and Why

    by Radhika Nair Bhattacharya ...
    Series Book 2983 - The Ramayana Character Library
    The beheading of the Shudra ascetic Shambuka by Rama is one of the most troubling episodes in the entire Ramayana tradition. Found only in the oldest surviving version by Valmiki, it is deliberately omitted, altered, or rejected outright by dozens of later tellings across India and Southeast Asia. Why would a story that appears in the foundational text be so widely set aside? This book explores ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Kaikeyi Before the Boons

    The Warrior Queen Who Saved a King

    by Radhika Nair Bhattacharya ...
    Series Book 2876 - The Ramayana Character Library
    She was a warrior before she was a queen. Long before the fateful day in Ayodhya, Kaikeyi was the daughter of Kekeya, a princess trained in the arts of war. In Valmiki's Ramayana, she saved King Dasaratha's life on the battlefield and was granted two boons—boons that would later tear her family apart. But who was Kaikeyi before those boons? This book explores the woman behind the myth, drawing ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Line That Isn't in Valmiki

    Tracing the Lakshman Rekha

    by Radhika Nair Bhattacharya ...
    Series Book 2864 - The Ramayana Character Library
    Everyone knows the Lakshman Rekha—the sacred boundary Lakshmana drew around Sita's hut, beyond which she must not step. Yet this iconic moment, taught to children and featured in television epics, appears nowhere in the oldest and most authoritative telling, Valmiki's Ramayana. How did a line that never existed become one of the most powerful symbols in the entire epic tradition? This book ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Three Hundred Ramayanas

    Why the Story Has No Single Version

    by Radhika Nair Bhattacharya ...
    Series Book 2999 - The Ramayana Character Library
    Most of us think we know the Ramayana: the prince, the exile, the demon king, the war, the reunion. But which Ramayana? The story told in Valmiki's ancient Sanskrit epic is not the same one sung in Tulsidas's Hindi masterpiece, nor the one performed in Thailand's Ramakien. In Java, Sita is the hero. In Jain traditions, Ravana is a noble figure killed by Lakshmana, not Rama. This book is a guide to ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Reading Kaikeyi Fairly

    Villain, Instrument, or Mother?

    by Radhika Nair Bhattacharya ...
    Series Book 2877 - The Ramayana Character Library
    Kaikeyi has been called the villain who exiled Rama, the instrument of fate, and a mother desperate to protect her son. But who was she really? In this landmark character study, Radhika Nair Bhattacharya invites readers to set aside centuries of judgment and encounter Kaikeyi as the Ramayana's most misunderstood queen. Drawing on Valmiki's original epic, the Ramcharitmanas, Kamban's Tamil ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Sulochana

    Indrajit's Widow and the Epic's Most Painful Scene

    by Radhika Nair Bhattacharya ...
    Series Book 2906 - The Ramayana Character Library
    In the vast tapestry of the Ramayana, few figures are as overlooked and yet as devastating as Sulochana, the wife of Indrajit. When the invincible warrior falls to Lakshmana's arrow, it is Sulochana who must bear the unbearable: the sight of her husband's body, the weight of a kingdom's loss, and the silence of a widow's future. This book brings Sulochana from the margins to the centre, exploring ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Who Were the Vanaras? Monkeys, Forest Peoples, and Interpretation

    Unlocking the Many Identities of Rama's Fierce and Faithful Companions

    by Radhika Nair Bhattacharya ...
    Series Book 2935 - The Ramayana Character Library
    Who were the vanaras? Were they talking monkeys, a lost forest people, or divine beings in animal form? This book takes you on a journey across the Ramayana's many traditions to explore the true nature of Rama's most loyal allies. Drawing on Valmiki's ancient epic, the Jain Paumachariya, the Thai Ramakien, and living devotional practices, it untangles the complex layers of vanara identity. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD