Humanitarianism and Democracy (Maanava Dharmah – Prajaaprabhutvam Cheti Shatakadvayam)
₹240.00
Author: M V Nadkarni
These Satkarnas are Prof Nadkarni’s passionate plea for an authentic democratic order which guarantees the rights of every citizen while each citizen participates in it being fully aware of his / her duties. The complementarity of rights and duties is shown to be the essence of genuine democracy.
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Bhagavantana Kandammagalu
₹190.00Author: Susmita Bagchi, Translator: Madhavi S Bhandary
ಅನುಪೂರ್ವಾ ಒಲ್ಲದ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ ಅನಿವಾರ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಅಮೇರಿಕಾ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಭಾರತಕ್ಕೆ ಬರಬೇಕಾಯಿತು. ಕಲಾಶಿಕ್ಷಕಿಯಾಗಿ ಅಲ್ಲವಳ ಜೀವನ ಸುವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಿತವಾಗಿ ಸಾಗುತ್ತಿತ್ತು. ಭಾರತಕ್ಕೆ ಹಿಂದಿರುಗಿದ ನಂತರ ಅವಳ ಬದುಕು ಆಮೂಲಾಗ್ರವಾಗಿ ಬದಲಾಯಿಸಬಹುದೆಂದು ಅವಳು ಕನಸು-ಮನಸಲ್ಲೂ ಎಣಿಸಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಒಮ್ಮೆ ಅವಳ ಕಾಲೇಜಿನ ಗೆಳತಿಯೊಬ್ಬಳು ಸೆರೆಬ್ರಲ್ ಪಾಲ್ಸಿ (ಮೆದುಳಿನ ಲಕ್ವ)ಯಿಂದ ಬಳಲುತ್ತಿರುವ ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಶಾಲೆ ‘ಆಶಾಜ್ಯೋತಿ’ಯ ಪರಿಚಯ ಮಾಡಿಸಿದಳು. ಅಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪಕಾಲ ಆರ್ಟ್ ಟೀಚರ್ ರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ವಯಂಸೇವಕಿಯಾಗಿ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡುವ ಅವಕಾಶವೂ ದೊರೆಯಿತು. ಚಿತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಬಿಡಿಸುವುದು ಹೇಗೆ, ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಹೇಗೆ ಬಣ್ಣ ತುಂಬಬೇಕು ಇತ್ಯಾದಿ ವಿಷಯಗಳನ್ನು ಅಲ್ಲಿಯ ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೆ ಹೇಳಿಕೊಡಲಾರಂಭಿಸಿದಳು. ಆದರೆ ಆ ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಅವಳಿಗರಿವಿಲ್ಲದಂತೆ ಗೆಳೆತನದ, ಪ್ರೇಮದ, ನಗುವಿನ, ಎಲ್ಲಕ್ಕಿಂತಲೂ ಮಿಗಿಲಾಗಿ ರೋಗದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಹೋರಾಡುವ ಪಾಠ ಅರ್ಥಾತ್ ಬದುಕಿನ ವಾಸ್ತವಿಕತೆಯ ಪಾಠ ಕಲಿಸಬಹುದೆಂದು ಅವಳಿಗೇನು ಗೊತ್ತಿತ್ತು! ಹೊರಜಗತ್ತು ಅವರನ್ನು ಶಾರೀರಿಕ ಅಥವಾ ಮಾನಸಿಕ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಿಂದ ದುರ್ಬಲರೆಂದು ತಿಳಿದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲಿ! ಆದರೆ ಅವರ ಅಂತರಂಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಏನನ್ನಾದರೂ ಸಾಧಿಸಬೇಕೆಂಬ ಅಪಾರ ಕ್ಷಮತೆ ಅಡಗಿದೆ ಎಂಬುದು ಅವಳ ಅರಿವಿನ ಕ್ಷಿತಿಜವನ್ನೇ ವಿಸ್ತರಿಸಿತು. ಅನುಪೂರ್ವಾ ಮತ್ತಾರೂ ಅಲ್ಲ, ಸ್ವಯಂ ಲೇಖಕಿಯೇ! ಈ ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಅಂತರಂಗದ ಪುಟಗಳನ್ನು ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಹತ್ತಿರದಿಂದ ನೋಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ; ತಿಳಿದಿದ್ದಾರೆ; ಮತ್ತದನ್ನು ಶಬ್ದಗಳ ಮೂಲಕ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯ ರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಜೋಡಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಈ ಒಂದು ರೋಚಕವಾದ ಕಥೆ ಒಡಿಯಾದಲ್ಲಿ ‘ದೇಬಶಿಶು’ವಾಗಿದ್ದುದು, ಅಜಯ್ ಪಟ್ನಾಯಕ್‌ರು ಅದನ್ನು ‘ದೇವಶಿಶು’ ವಾಗಿ ಹಿಂದಿಗೆ ಅನುವಾದಿಸಿದರು. ಆ ಹಿಂದಿ ಅನುವಾದವು ಜ್ಞಾನಪೀಠ ಪ್ರಕಾಶನದಿಂದ ಪ್ರಕಟಗೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಈ ಕೃತಿಯು ಬಿಕ್ರಮ್ ಕೆ. ದಾಸ್‌ರಿಂದ ‘Children of Better God’ ಎಂಬ ಹೆಸರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಆಂಗ್ಲ ಭಾಷೆಗೂ ಅನುವಾದಗೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಇದೀಗ ‘ಭಗವಂತನ ಕಂದಮ್ಮಗಳು’ ರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡದ ಓದುಗರ ಮುಂದಿದೆ.
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Wodeyara Kaalada Mysurina Adalitha matthu Saamajika Ithihasa
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ವಿಜಯನಗರ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಉತ್ತರಾಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳೆಂದು ಹೆಸರಾಗಿರುವ ಮೈಸೂರಿನ ಒಡೆಯರು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಇತಿಹಾಸಕ್ಕೆ ನೀಡಿದ ಕೊಡುಗೆ ಅನನ್ಯವಾದುದು. ರಾಜಕೀಯ ರಂಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತ್ರವಲ್ಲದೆ, ಸಾಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಕ, ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯಿಕ ಹಾಗೂ ಕಲಾರಂಗಗಳಲ್ಲೂ ಮೈಸೂರು ಅರಸರು ವಿಜಯನಗರದ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಪರಂಪರೆಯನ್ನು ಮುಂದುವರೆಸಿದರು. ರಾಜಒಡೆಯರ್, ರಣಧೀರ ಕಂಠೀರವ, ಚಿಕ್ಕದೇವರಾಜ ಒಡೆಯರ್ ಅವರ ಆಳ್ವಿಕೆಯ ಕಾಲಘಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೈಸೂರು ಸರ್ವಾಂಗೀಣ ಪ್ರಗತಿ ಸಾಧಿಸಿತು. ಈ ವಂಶದ ಮೊದಲ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಅರಸು ರಾಜ ಒಡೆಯರ್‌ರಿಂದ ಆರಂಭಿಸಿ ಮೈಸೂರು ಆಂಗ್ಲರ ಅಧೀನವಾಗುವವರೆಗಿನ ಆಡಳಿತ ಹಾಗೂ ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಇತಿಹಾಸ ಇಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಮೈಸೂರು ಸಂಸ್ಥಾನದ ಎರಡು ಮಹತ್ವಪೂರ್ಣ ಶತಮಾನಗಳ ಕಾಲದ ಆಡಳಿತ, ಕಂದಾಯ ನೀತಿಗಳು, ನ್ಯಾಯಾಡಳಿತ, ಸೈನ್ಯ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ, ಪ್ರಾಂತೀಯ ಹಾಗೂ ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ಆಡಳಿತ, ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಜೀವನ ಹಾಗೂ ಧರ್ಮ, ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ, ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ, ಕಲೆ ಮತ್ತು ವಾಸ್ತುಶಿಲ್ಪ ಮತ್ತು ಆಸ್ಥಾನ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ ಹೀಗೆ ಬಹುಮುಖೀ ನೆಲೆಗಳ ವಿಸ್ತಾರವಾದ, ಅಧ್ಯಯನಪೂರ್ಣ ಸಂಶೋಧನಾ ವರದಿಯಾಗಿ ಇದು ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರೋತ್ತರ ತಲೆಮಾರಿನ ವಿದ್ವಾಂಸರ ಸಂಶೋಧನಾ ವೈಖರಿಗೆ ಒಂದು ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ ಉದಾಹರಣೆ ಎನ್ನಬಹುದು. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಅದರಲ್ಲೂ ಮೈಸೂರಿನ ಒಡೆಯರ ಇತಿಹಾಸದ ಬಗೆಗೆ ಸಂಶೋಧನೆಗಳು ಇನ್ನೂ ಕಣ್ತೆರೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಡಿ. ಎಸ್. ಅಚ್ಯುತರಾಯರ ಈ ಸಂಶೋಧನ ಕಾರ್ಯ ಮಹತ್ವಪೂರ್ಣವಾದುದು. ಅಂದಿಗೆ ಲಭ್ಯವಿದ್ದ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಬಗೆಯ ಮೂಲ ಹಾಗೂ ಆನುಷಂಗೀಕ ಆಕರಗಳನ್ನು ಬಳಸಿಕೊಂಡು, ಸಂಶೋಧನೆಯ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಚೌಕಟ್ಟಿನೊಳಗೆ ವಸ್ತುನಿಷ್ಠವಾಗಿ ರೂಫುಗೊಂಡಿದೆ ಈ ಕೃತಿ. ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಇತಿಹಾಸವನ್ನು ಪುನರ್ ರೂಪಿಸುವಾಗಲಂತೂ ಸಮಕಾಲೀನ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ರೂಪಗಳನ್ನೂ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಬಳಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಅಗತ್ಯ ವಿರುವೆಡೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿನ ಉಲ್ಲೇಖಗಳು, ಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿಗಳೂ, ವಿವರಣೆಗಳೂ ಈ ಸಂಶೋಧನೆಯ ಮೌಲ್ಯವನ್ನು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸಿವೆ. ಸಂಶೋಧನೆಗೆ ಪೂರಕವಾಗಿ ಗ್ರಂಥಋಣ, ನಕ್ಷೆಗಳು, ಸಂಕ್ಷೇಪಾಕ್ಷರಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ಒಡೆಯರ ವಂಶಾವಳಿ ನೀಡಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಆಧಾರಗಳ ಮೇಲಿನ ಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿಯು ಸಂಶೋಧಕರಿಗೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ಮೇಲಿನ ಒಡೆತನದ ದ್ಯೋತಕ. ಅಪಾರ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆಯ ಹಸ್ತಪ್ರತಿಗಳ ಮತ್ತು ಶಾಸನಗಳ ಬಳಕೆ ಈ ಕೃತಿಯ ಹೆಗ್ಗಳಿಕೆ.
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The King Who Got Lost: A Historical Play about Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
₹200.00Young Mummadi, put on the throne by the British after the last Mysore war in 1799, was brought up under the watchful guidance of the far-sighted and shrewd Dowager Maharani Lakshmammanni. After falling into the hands of the powerful and politically experienced Dewan Purnaiah, he had a tortuous and tortured life. The young prince was never able to outgrow the influence of two of these mentors. To add to this, Mummadi, fell prey to an easy and rather voluptuous life. He was married but in addition to his many wedded consorts, he was caught in the spying and quarrelsome domestic life. Mummadi could never, despite valiant efforts, free himself and grow into a self-confident king.
The pressures of the ruthless British administration and the local, disruptive, and rebellious chieftains made Mummadi’s life a sad, tragic tale bordering on the ridiculous and the pathetic.
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A Valiant Journey Through the Silk Route
₹575.00Author: Paravastu Lokeshwar, Translator: Shobha Dulluri
A Valiant Journey through the Silk Route is a travelogue that covers the incredible travel across the ancient Silk Route with the most alluring halts in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and China to achieve a lifetime dream of a vagabond. The journey that starts in New Delhi and ends in Beijing opens up new vistas that are fascinating. The route covers historical monuments, museums, ancient oases, cemeteries, rural settings, public marketplaces, and several other landmarks and attractions. The travel continues through the deserts, passes by the rivers, treks up on the mountainous terrains – the path through which the great ancient travellers trudged.
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Vacanāmṛtam – Nectar of Sayings
₹600.00Translator : Mangesh Venkatesh Nadkarni
The Śiva Śaraṇas of medieval Karnataka left a rich legacy of what are called Vacanas, or “Sayings,” in Kannada. These Vacanas were far ahead of their times in social awareness. They deplored the caste system and discrimination, upheld the dignity of women in family and society, stressed on the priority of work, and advocated charity, in addition to devotion to One God – Śiva. They also imparted practical wisdom for living honourably and meaningfully in the world.
Though the book is primarily meant for those who do not understand the original in Kannada, Kannadigas can also benefit from it. This is because the most interesting (320) of the vast number of Vacanas (more than 20,000) are selected and made accessible in one place here. The translations here are not literal or mechanical. They bring out the intent of the Vacanas while being truthful to the original at the same time.
Manipal Universal Press (MUP) is dedicated to making Vacana Sahitya accessible to the English audience. As a part of this effort, we have published a book titled Akka Mahadevi: The Questioning Poet-Saint. This work explores the life and enduring legacy of Akka Mahadevi, the influential 12th Century Kannada poet whose profound vacanas continue to inspire readers today.
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Karakarthaprabodhini
₹345.00Author: Shivani V
Kaumudī (water lily) is the primer to study Sanskrit grammar, yet an ardent reader might find it a maze to untangle from its complexities. There is a need of Kaumudī (moonlight) to blossom it and show the light to reach its core. Kārakārthaprabodhinī is such an attempt. Kāraka, a factor that determines the relation between verb and the constituent words of a sentence, enables the reader to understand the intent of the sentence and thus critical discourses too. The Sanskrit grammatical texts and discourses have elaborated on the subtleties of Kāraka. Due to its profundity, there was a need for a lucid writing for the scholars and students for easy comprehension, which can be a reference book. Dr Potti made this possible for the Malayalam readers. Dr Shivani presents it for the Sanskrit fraternity too, with an introduction by Dr Varakhedi.
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Saga of The Uprooted
₹95.00Author: Ranga Hari, Translator: Saratchandra Shenoi
This English translation of Visthapanachi Katha, a Konkani Khanda Kavya, depicts the saga of the migration of the Konkani community from Goa to a land far away from home. This collection of poems encapsulates the reign of a colonial power over the region of Goa that began with the entry of the Portuguese in the 16th century. It illustrates the displacement of the Konkani people and their resurgence at Cochin port. The poems describe the transformation of Goa – both culturally and topographically – and the people of Goa who were plundered, displaced, uprooted, and were forced to strip off their culture and identity. The poet is unfolding the tale of his very own ancestors by tracing out these events and graphically portraying the plight of the Konkani people. Saratchandra Shenoi, the author of this English translation, is a multilingual translator and a Sahitya Akademi Award winning (Antarnad – 1999) Konkani poet based in Kochi. He has over twenty books to his credit which include collections of poetry, works of fiction and non-fiction, translations, edited anthologies and language guides. Ranga Hari is the author of the Konkani original text titled Visthapanachi Katha. He has written more than twenty-five books in different languages, and was associated with Bharatiya Sikshan Mandal and Vidya Bharati.
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Akka Mahadevi, the questioning poet-saint
₹255.00Author: D A Shankar
This book presents the mystical ruminations and literary excellence of Akka Mahadevi, the earliest example of a gender-liberated woman writer, credited with the composition of over four hundred and forty remarkably self-explorative Vachanas. Akka Mahadevi represents a powerfully authentic female voice of the radical, egalitarian Sharana Movement, which questioned the socially established barrier between genders and ushered in a world of socio-cultural equality.
In this book, the author explores the questioning spirit intrinsic to Akka Mahadevi’s life and writings, as she questions the widely held conventional norms: the traditional husband-wife relationship, her parents, elders; she questions Basavanna and Allama for their habituated patriarchal manner of speaking, and she bravely questions her personal deity whom she loves and adores. Apart from discerning a credible ‘history’ and background to Akka’s works, this book makes available a rendition of her selectively profound and memorable Vachana in modern English, that crosses the ?the gulf of language and the gulf of time.
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