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  • In Solidarity: The Women in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Novels

    Author: Pradipta Shyam Chowdhury

    The Women in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Novels explores the concept of “solidarity”, through an in-depth reading of the “Parsi-Pakistani-Punjabi” writer’s works. As a writer, Bapsi Sidhwa resists a defined category, which gives her the fluid perspective of an “insider-outsider”. In context of Third World feminism, Pradeepta Shyam Choudhary delineates the writer’s significant position in the discourse, drawing a parallel between her voice and the characters in her stories.

    Drawing on the motif of the feminist quest for self-establishment in her writings, this book analyzes the issues raised about lived experiences of women in the Third World in general, and South Asia in particular. It illustrates Bapsi Sidhwa as a reminiscent thinker, highlighting her acute awareness of social conditions.

    Bringing to the forefront the diasporic elements of her creative career, this book focuses mainly on four of Bapsi Sidhwa’s novels – WaterThe Pakistani BrideIce-Candy-Man, and An American Brat.

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  • Malekaadina Kathegalu

    Author: Malvika Tewari, Editor: Deepta Sateesh

    Malekaadina Kathegalu is a fictional story set in the rich dense rainforest of Agumbe, narrating the journey of Nitya, a young girl who travels to the small village with her father, a conservationist. This book is the result of a research experiment responding to and reimagining the People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR), a tool used to document biological diversity of local communities. Set in the Western Ghats, the story weaves popular references like Malgudi Days in the narrative with the experiences of the people living in Agumbe, Karnataka.

    To most people, the Western Ghats is a range of hills on the west coast of India with lush forests in the monsoon and a repository of minerals. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage site and a biodiversity hotspot. To the residents of Agumbe, it is much more: cultural relations, ritual practices, and connections with other-than-human sentient beings. The nature-culture understandings, which comprise of everyday practices of food, kitchen gardens, and medicinal practices, and wandering on foot are experienced by Nitya throughout the story.

    Malekaadina Kathegalu reflects the realities and complexities surrounding countless changes in ancient ecologies due to pressures of rapid development, and the diverse aspirations of new generations in a time of environmental crisis. It records the rich diversity of other-than-human beings and material and atmospheric changes across time through primary research using creative mixed methods.

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    450.00
  • Economics of Survival: Sustainable, Inclusive & Equitable Prosperity

    Author: Girish P Jakhotiya

    The last two decades have seen significant geopolitical and economic issues, like the global financial crisis, escalated tensions between Russia and Ukraine, a once-in-a-century pandemic, rising US-China tensions, and, most importantly, the weakening economies of rich countries. This book reflects on the ever-increasing inequality in our society and the possibilities of economic collapse, and argues for a different economic model. In a rapidly changing and uncertain world, this book highlights the importance of a macro-level approach in creating a global economy for the sustainable use of scarce resources. 

    This book identifies major gaps in the current global infrastructure, and goes on to propose a possible direction towards a peaceful and equitable coexistence. This book is an interesting read for scholars and students of geopolitics, economics, or international relations, and for the general reader interested in these fields.

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  • Cultural Studies

    Author: K Sripad Bhat

    Cultural studies is a unique discipline as it occupies a strategic location intersecting humanities and social sciences. It has emerged as one of the most seminal intellectual discourses of our times. This book provides an accessible and authoritative guide to the theory and practice of cultural studies.

    Prof K Sripad Bhat offers a comprehensive account of the trajectory and growth of cultural studies as a discipline since the 1960s. It introduces the reader to various models of cultural studies prevalent across the globe today.
    This book examines how cultural studies emerged by contesting the basic theoretical principles of conventional literary studies and created a niche for itself among the human sciences. It also analyzes at length, certain core areas and concepts associated with cultural studies like popular culture, multiculturalism, identity politics, race, gender, ideology, hegemony, and so on.

    What sets this book apart is the ‘Postscript’, which traces the historical significance and semantic metamorphosis of Samskrithi into culture in the early decades of the twentieth century, contextualizing cultural studies in India.

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  • Geopolitics of the 21st Century

    Author: M D Nalapat

    The war in Ukraine has once again brought to the forefront the interconnectedness of countries to one another. Supply chains and markets have become global, and the need to ensure price and quality competitiveness on the part of manufacturers, service providers, and producers has meant increasing reliance among countries for sourcing items essential to their own economies. The consequence of such interdependence has resulted in the intersection of geopolitics with several aspects of our lives. Our societies are more closely connected than ever before. While there have been instances of peaceful coexistence, tensions within and between countries have multiplied and, at times, have erupted into open conflict. Understanding the ebb and flow of events within countries has become essential in comprehending global factors which affect our lives. This book provides an insight into significant dynamics of our time, and what they might lead us to.

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  • Sudharshana

    Editor: Adyanadka Krishna Bhat

    Sudarshana, a Felicitation Volume honoring the legendary Dr T. M.  A. Pai on his 80th birthday, is a fascinating work that offers a deep dive into the captivating history, politics, geography, culture, and art of the former South Canara District. With a plethora of insights and perspectives, this volume is an absolute treasure trove for anyone seeking to unlock the secrets of this region. It is worth noting that this district was eventually divided into two – South Canara and Udupi in 1999. The volume is a compendium of scholarly articles written by leading scholars drawn from a wide range of fields in South Canara and Karnataka.  These articles represent the forefront of academic inquiry and offer valuable insights into the complexities and nuances of the region.

    The story goes that when Dr. T. M. A. Pai was approached by his admirers to publish a book about him, he advised them to publish a book with articles pertaining to richness of contemporary South Kanara. Hence, emerged the compendium-Sudarshana. The chosen title of the volume, Sudarshana, embodies the essence of sublimity that characterizes the remarkable persona of Dr T. M. A Pai. His life is governed by a profound philosophy that served as a guiding light in all his endeavors.

    The book was initially edited by Prof Adyanadka Krisha Bhat and published by Vijaya College trust, Mulky in 1977. On the occasion of the 125th birthday of the founder of modern Manipal, Dr T.M. A Pai, the book is being republished by Manipal Universal Press.

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  • MOMO

    Author: Michael Ende ,Translator: Jayashree Kasaravalli

    The fantasy novel originally written in German and translated into English, has been enjoyed by millions of readers worldwide. It has now been translated into Kannada as well. The novel has a very unusual story about time. The story describes how people in the modern era use the time, and a girl named MOMO teaches how it should be used. Humans have stolen time from modern societies, and a little girl of mysterious origin brings it back. In today’s society, the story has timeless relevance.

    ನಗರದ ಅಂಚಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಳುಬಿದ್ದಿದೆ ಒಂದು ಆಂಪಿ ಥೀಯೇಟರ್. ಅಲ್ಲಿರುವ ದಿಕ್ಕಿಲ್ಲದ ಪುಟ್ಟ ಹುಡುಗಿ ಮೊಮೊ. ಒಂದು ದಿನ ಬೂದು ಬಣ್ಣದ ಬಟ್ಟೆ ತೊಟ್ಟು ದುಷ್ಟರು ಸದ್ದಿಲ್ಲದೇ ಬಂದು ನಗರವನ್ನು ಆಕ್ರಮಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅವರನ್ನು ಹಿಮ್ಮೆಟ್ಟಿಸುವ ಶಕ್ತಿಯಿರುವುದು ಮೊಮೊಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರ. ಅವಳು ಪ್ರೊಫೆಸರ್ ಹೋರಾ ಮತ್ತು ಅವರಲ್ಲಿರುವ ವಿಚಿತ್ರ ಆಮೆಯ ನೆರವಿನಿಂದ ಕಾಲದ ಸರಹದ್ದುಗಳನ್ನು ದಾಟಿ ಆ ದುಷ್ಟರ ಒಳಸಂಚುಗಳನ್ನು ಬಯಲುಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾಳೆ. ‘ಮೊಮೊ’ ಕಾಲವನ್ನು ಕದಿಯುವವರ ಕಥೆಯಾಗಿರುವ ಜೊತೆಗೇ ಕದ್ದ ಕಾಲವನ್ನು ಮತ್ತೆ ಜನರಿಗೆ ತಂದುಕೊಡುವ ಒಂದು ಮಗುವಿನ ಸಾಹಸಮಯ ಕಥೆಯು ಆಗಿದೆ.

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    450.00
  • Bio Banking for Affordable Healthcare Practices and Research

    Editors: Praveen Hoogar, N Udupa

    Bio Banking for Affordable Healthcare Practices and Research provides a holistic understanding of how bio banking is an essential component of crucial treatments. This extends to understanding bio banking processes in a post-accident period as well, where shortage of bio elements such as blood, skin, eye, bone, platelets, kidney, liver, or any genetic components during treatment might cause a serious issue. The book explains how bio banking extends a helping hand in crucial situations where a small negligence might cost a life or lifetime injury.

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  • The Pollen Waits on Tiptoe

    Author: Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre  Translator: Madhav Ajjampur

    The book presents English translations of 26 selected poems of 20th-century Kannada literature’s varakavi (heaven-touched poet) and one of the greatest lyric poets to have lived: Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre.

    Although no selection of Bendre’s poems, even in the original Kannada, can ever be representative of the astonishing range of his poetry, the poems in this book give the reader a sampling of some of the different types of poems Bendre wrote – including the blank verse of his sonnets, the free verse of some of his later poetry, and the overwhelmingly-euphonic lyric poems of his first period. Several of the included poems are also acknowledged classics.

    A standout feature of this book is its character as a multimedia presentation. Given the exceptional aural quality of Bendre’s poetry, a provision has been made for the reader to listen to audio recordings of each poem, in both its original and translated forms. Also included are Afterwords which, among other things, contain stories about Bendre, interesting anecdotes related to the poems, and reflections on the process of translation.

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  • The Wisdom Behind Surgical Aphorisms
    What the masters tell us

    This book aims to accomplish the following goals:

    – To provide timely advice to surgeons both young and old in times of clinical dilemma

    – To reiterate the well-established principles of clinical surgery like meticulous history taking, diligent examination, and keen observation

    – To reassure budding surgeons that apprehension and self-doubt are not new and can be overcome by perseverance

    – To warn the younger generation that the basic principles like a thorough knowledge of anatomy have not become obsolete with the advent of technology

    – Above all, to emphasize that surgery is as much an art as it is science and is a vocation that is fulfilling in the truest sense

    Hands-on training in clinical skills is being increasingly neglected. The advent of competitive MCQ-based exams to gain entry into postgraduate training has made young medical graduates more intent on collecting facts than skills. Hence, young surgeons of today are ill-prepared to face the real world filled with uncertainties. This book is written primarily to guide these young and unsure surgeons, through the fatherly advice contained in the aphorisms. Of course, the wisdom behind the aphorisms is timeless and could be inculcated by the young and the old alike.

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  • The King Who Got Lost
    A Historical Play about Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar

    Young 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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  • Grama Sannidhya
    ಗ್ರಾಮ ಸಾನ್ನಿಧ್ಯ

    ಗ್ರಾಮ ಭಾರತವೇ ನೈಜ ಭಾರತವೆಂಬ ಉಕ್ತಿಯೊಂದಿದೆ. ಈ ಉಕ್ತಿ ಅತಿಶಯೋಕ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲ.  ಪಂಜಾಬ ಸಿಂಧ, ಗುಜರಾತ, ಮರಾಠ, ದ್ರಾವಿಡ, ಉತ್ಕಲ, ವಂಗ ಎನ್ನುವಾಗ ಅಥವಾ ಸುಜಲಾಂ, ಸುಫಲಾಂ, ಮಲಯಜ ಶೀತಲಾಂ, ಸಸ್ಯಶಾಮಲಾಂ, ಮಾತರಂ… ವಂದೇ ಮಾತರಂ ಎನ್ನುವಾಗ ನಮ್ಮ ಕಣ್ಣೆದುರು ಬಂದು ನಿಲ್ಲುವುದು ಭಾರತದ ವೈವಿಧ್ಯಪೂರ್ಣ ಗ್ರಾಮಗಳು, ಅಲ್ಲಿನ ಜನ-ಅವರ ಜನಜೀವನ. ಬದಲಾದ ಹಾಗೂ ಬದಲಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವ ಭಾರತೀಯ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ, ಕೊಳ್ಳುಬಾಕ, ನಗರೀಕೃತ ನಾಗರೀಕತೆ, ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ಬದುಕಿಗಿಂತ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠವಾದುದೆಂಬ ಒಂದು ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತ ಯುವಪೀಳಿಗೆಯನ್ನು ಅನಾವಶ್ಯಕ ಅನುಮಾನಗಳಿಗೆ ತಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಇದೊಂದು ಅರೆಬೆಂದ ಚಿಂತನೆ. ಭೂತಾನದಂತಹ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ಸಂತೋಷ- ಸಂತೃಪ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಅವನ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಮಾಪನವಾಗಿ ಬಳಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಈ ತೆರನಾದ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ ಸಹ್ಯ ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ವಾತಾವರಣದಲ್ಲಷ್ಟೇ ಸಾಧ್ಯ-ಷಹರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅಲ್ಲ. ಈ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಸಕ್ತ ಪುಸ್ತಕವನ್ನು ರಚಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಅಂತಿಮವಾಗಿ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ’ ಎಂಬ ಪದದ ನಿಜಾರ್ಥವೇನೆಂಬ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ’ ಪುಸ್ತಕದುದ್ದಕ್ಕೂ  ಕಾಡುತ್ತ ಹೋಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಹಲವು ವರ್ಷಗಳಿಂದ ಲೇಖಕನನ್ನು ಕಾಡುತ್ತ ಬಂದ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ’, ಪುಸ್ತಕದ  ವಿವಿಧ  ಅಧ್ಯಾಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ತಲೆ ಎತ್ತಿ, ಗೊಂದಲ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸುತ್ತವೆ. ಸುಮಾರು ಆರು ದಶಕಗಳಿಗೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ನೆಲದ ಸಂಪರ್ಕ,  ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟ ಅನುಭವಗಳು, ಅಪಾರ ಸಂದೇಶಗಳನ್ನು ಪುಸ್ತಕದಲ್ಲಿ ದಾಖಲಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ಬದುಕಿನ ಅನನ್ಯತೆಯನ್ನು ಅನಾವರಣಗೊಳಿಸುವ ಕಾಯಕವನ್ನು ಈ ಪುಸ್ತಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಐವತ್ತನೆಯ ದಶಕದ ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ಬದುಕನ್ನು, ಅಂದಗಾರಿನ ಊರು, ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ, ಶಾಲೆ, ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣರು, ಅವರ ಬದುಕಿನ ಪರಿ, ಜೀವನಾನುಭವ, ಸ್ನೇಹ ಭಾವ, ಸಜ್ಜನಿಕೆ, ತೃಪ್ತ ಜೀವನ ಇನ್ನಿತರ ವಿವರಗಳೊಡನೆ ದಾಖಲಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಪರ್ಯಯವಾಗಿ, ಬದಲಾದ ಇಂದಿನ ಅಂದಗಾರನ್ನು (2020) ಚಿತ್ರಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಇದರ ನಡುವೆ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಬೇರೆ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಗಳ ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ಬದುಕಿನ ವಿವರಗಳನ್ನು ಕೊಡಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಲೇಖಕನ ಬದುಕಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾದು ಹೋದ ಗ್ರಾಮವರೇಣ್ಯರ ನೆನಪು ಈ ಪುಸ್ತಕದಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಗಾಂಧೀಜಿ ಪ್ರಣೀತ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಯೊಡನೆ ಸದಾ ಅನುಸಂಧಾನದಲ್ಲಿರುವ, ಸ್ನೇಹ, ಸಹೃದಯತೆ ಸದಾಚಾರ, ಸಹಬಾಳ್ವೆ, ಸಂತೃಪ್ತಿಯ ತಂಗುದಾಣಗಳಾದ ಸಹಸ್ರಾರು ಹಳ್ಳಿಗಳ ರೂಪಕವೊಂದನ್ನು ಒದಗಿಸುವ ಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ ‘ಗ್ರಾಮ ಸಾನ್ನಿಧ್ಯ’ ಕೃತಿಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ.

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  • MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE
    What doctors, patients, and hospitals should know

    The title Medical Negligence is sufficient to illustrate the contents of the book which helps retain knowledge and information about the field of Medicine and Health Science. The author gives an introductory note on several important medical specialities, with relevant case laws in, as many as, 37 chapters which are categorized into five sections. The book covers several important subjects such as the doctor-patient relationship, salient features of the Consumer Protection Act, the concept of medical negligence – civil and criminal, the importance of valid informed consent and the principle of res ipsa loquitur, etc. The chapters on almost every branch of Medicine and Surgery contain a wealth of up-to-date information on the current scientific understanding of the subject, which intends to present medical malpractice in the larger context of the admirable advances in medicine and which have made life much safer and better in the last few decades. The book contains detailed guidelines for doctors, patients, and hospitals in three different chapters with a concluding chapter on Medical Insurance. The book is written in a lucid style that can be understood not only by physicians and lawyers but also by the public.

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  • Reimagining Border in
    Cross-border Education

    Universities are inherently and definitionally universal in their quest for the creation and dissemination of knowledge. They are set to defy borders that exist in parochial forms. Globalization which opened up borders has by design or default created inequalities and imbalances in knowledge systems. Undoubtedly, knowledge is power but the difference in the power that is intrinsic to it and the power that is ascribed which is determined by dominant political and economic hierarchies.<br><br>If knowledge predominantly flows from global north to global south, people seeking knowledge move from global south to global north. These imbalances are also seen within these regions, between cultures and communities, one claiming superiority over the other. These realities call for a reassessment of not only what constitutes knowledge, but also what encompasses the idea of borders. Through this book, we wish to see more elaboration on the inclusive role of education that can act as an equalizer or as a catalyst for creating a level playing field across borders.

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  • Madhavi Kathana Kavya

    ವ್ಯಾಸ ಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಉದ್ಯೋಗ ಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಬರುವ ಒಂದು ಉಪಾಖ್ಯಾನವನ್ನಾಧರಿಸಿ ಬರೆದ ಒಂದು ಕಾವ್ಯವಿದು. ಮೂಲಕಥೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಧವಿಯ ಶೋಷಣೆ ಎದ್ದು ಕಾಣುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ವಿಶ್ವಾಮಿತ್ರ ಶಿಷ್ಯನಾದ ಗಾಲವನು ತನ್ನ ವಿದ್ಯಾಭ್ಯಾಸವನ್ನು ಮುಗಿಸಿ ಹೊರಡುವಾಗ ‘ಗುರುದಕ್ಷಿಣೆಯಾಗಿ ಏನನ್ನು ಕೊಡಲಿ?’ ಎಂದು ಕೇಳುತ್ತಾನೆ. ವಿಶ್ವಾಮಿತ್ರರು ಗುರುದಕ್ಷಿಣೆ ಬೇಡವೆಂದರೂ ಕೇಳುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಕೊನೆಗೆ ವಿಶ್ವಾಮಿತ್ರರು, ‘ಒಂದು ಕಿವಿ ಮಾತ್ರ ಕಪ್ಪಾಗಿರುವ ಎಂಟುನೂರು ಶ್ವೇತಾಶ್ವಗಳನ್ನು ಕಾಣಿಕೆಯಾಗಿ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಬಾ’ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಆದರೆ, ಅಂಥ ವಿಶೇಷ ಗುಣದ ಕುದುರೆಗಳು ಬಹಳ ದುರ್ಲಭವಾದುವೆಂಬುದನ್ನು ಅರಿತಾಗ ಗಾಲವ ದಾನಶೂರ ಯಯಾತಿ ಮಹಾರಾಜನ ಬಳಿ ಸಹಾಯ ಬೇಡಲು ಹೋಗುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಆಗಷ್ಟೇ ದೊಡ್ಡದೊಂದು ಯಾಗ ಮುಗಿಸಿದ ಯಯಾತಿಯ ಬಳಿ ಅಶ್ವಗಳಿಲ್ಲ. ಆದರೆ, ತನ್ನ ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠೆಯನ್ನು ಉಳಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದಕ್ಕೋಸ್ಕರ ಯಯಾತಿ ತನ್ನ ಮಗಳು ಮಾಧವಿಯನ್ನು ಗಾಲವನ ವಶಕ್ಕೆ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ‘ರೂಪಸಿಯಾದ ಈಕೆಯನ್ನು ಬೇಕಾದ ಹಾಗೆ ಬಳಸಿಕೊಂಡು ನಿನಗೆ ಬೇಕಾದ ಅಶ್ವಗಳನ್ನು ಪಡೆ’ ಅನ್ನುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಹಾಗೆ ಗಾಲವನು ಮಾಧವಿಯನ್ನು ಮೂರು ಮಂದಿ ರಾಜರ ಬಳಿಗೆ ಕರೆದೊಯ್ದು ಅವರಿಂದ ತಲಾ ಇನ್ನೂರು ಅಶ್ವಗಳನ್ನು ಪಡೆದು ಆ ರಾಜರುಗಳಿಗೆ ಒಂದು ವರ್ಷದ ಮಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಮಾಧವಿಯನ್ನು ಒಪ್ಪಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಮೂಲ ಕಥೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಧವಿಯ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನ ಸಂಘರ್ಷಗಳು ವ್ಯಕ್ತವಾಗಿಲ್ಲ. ‘ಪುರುಷರಿಂದ ಲೈಂಗಿಕವಾಗಿ ಎಷ್ಟು ಸಾರಿ ಬಳಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟರೂ ನನ್ನ ಕನ್ಯತ್ವ ಉಳಿಯುವಂಥ ವರ ನನಗಿದೆಯಾದ್ದರಿಂದ ನಾನು ನಿನಗೆ  ಸಹಾಯ ಮಾಡಬಲ್ಲೆ’ ಎಂದು ಗಾಲವನ ಬಳಿ ಅವಳೇ ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾಳೆ . ಓಎನ್‍ವಿ ಕುರುಪ್ ಬರೆದ ಈ ಕೃತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರು ಕೆಲವು ಬದಲಾವಣೆಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಇಡೀ ಕಥೆಯನ್ನು ಪುರುಷರಿಂದ ಘೋರ ಅನ್ಯಾಯಕ್ಕೊಳಗಾಗಿ ಮಾನಸಿಕ ಯಾತನೆಯನ್ನು ಅನುಭವಿಸಿರಬಹುದಾದ ಮಾಧವಿಯ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಿಂದ ಬರೆಯಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಇದರ ಸ್ತ್ರೀವಾದಿ ಓದು ಒಂದು ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟ ಅನುಭವವನ್ನು ನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ.ಮಲಯಾಳದ ಜ್ಞಾನಪೀಠ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ವಿಜೇತ ಸಾಹಿತಿ ಓಎನ್‍ವಿಕುರುಪ್ ಅವರ ‘ಸ್ವಯಂವರಂ’ ಎಂಬ ಖಂಡಕಾವ್ಯದ ಭಾವಾನುವಾದವಿದು. ಮಹಾಭಾರತದ `ಉದ್ಯೋಗ ಪರ್ವ’ ದಲ್ಲಿ ಬರುವ ಒಂದು ಉಪಾಖ್ಯಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಪುರುಷ ವರ್ಗದಿಂದ ಘೋರವಾಗಿ ಶೋಷಣೆಗೊಳಗಾದ ಮಾಧವಿ ಈ ಕಥೆಯ ನಾಯಕಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದು ಇಡೀ ಕಾವ್ಯವೇ ಅವಳ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಕೋನದಿಂದ ರಚಿತವಾಗಿದ್ದರಿಂದ ಸ್ತ್ರೀವಾದಿ ಓದಿಗೆ ಒಳಪಡಿಸಲು ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಸೂಕ್ತವಾದ ಕೃತಿಯಿದು ಎಂದೆನ್ನಿಸಿ ಅನುವಾದಕಿ ಅದರ ಶೀರ್ಷಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ‘ಮಾಧವಿ ಕಥನ ಕಾವ್ಯ’ವೆಂದು ಬದಲಾಯಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ . ಇದನ್ನು ಓದಿದಾಗೆಲ್ಲ ರಾಮಾಯಣದ ಸೀತೆಯ ನೆನಪಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.

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  • A Valiant Journey Through the Silk Route

    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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  • R Manual for Health Science Researchers

    This book provides a step-by-step approach to the use of R software. R is an open source programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics, and is widely used by statisticians for developing statistical software and data analysis. R is freely available under the GNU General Public License and pre- compiled binary versions are provided for various operating systems. R uses a command line interface. This manual is intended to serve as a self-teaching resource for health science researchers, who shy away from biostatistics and its analysis by statistical softwares. An explanation to the statistical concept is provided prior to the R demonstration. A beginner can start with the exploratory data analysis and then step up to the advanced areas.

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  • Quality in Pharmaceutical Education, Research and Practice (vision 2020)

    The book discusses the topics related to quality in education and research. It begins with a topic on Good Science, Education, and Teaching. Next chapter on Total Quality Management in pharmacy education highlights the importance of quality pharmacy education. There are focused chapters emphasizing the importance of quality education in pharmaceutics, medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutical biotechnology, pharmaceutical services, and pharmacognosy. The book includes a brief note on scope and potential in pharmacovigilance and quality of pharmaceutical sciences journals.

     

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  • Pharmaceutical Marketing Management

    The book begins with a brief overview of Indian and Global Pharmaceutical Market. It discusses unconventional topics related to pharmaceutical marketing. Most of the chapters like Segmentation, Promotional Mix, Consumer Behaviour and Pricing etc, explain the basic concepts with an emphasis on the Phrama perspective. Chapters are updated with recent developments in those fields. Clinical Research has always been under scan, the chapter on clinical research covers the latest amendments and discusses the future trends. Chapter Cosmeceutical gives an overview of Cosmeceutical market scenario and the growth drivers. The book includes a brief note on Ethics.

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  • Mutualistic Interaction between Flowering Plants and Animals

    The plant-animal interactions, both mutualistic and antagonistic, play a crucial role in the diversification of plants and animals, and are important in functioning of communities in their natural habitats. The mutual interactions between the flowering plants and the animals, in pollination and seed dispersal, largely determine the reproductive success of the flowering plants. Maintenance of these eco-services is critical for the sustainability of our biodiversity. India, with its rich biodiversity and leveling of crop yields in recent years would benefit from research in the area of plant-animal interactions. This volume includes chapters on various aspects of mutualistic plant-animal interactions. In particular the fundamental and applied aspects of ecoservices – pollination and seed dispersal are covered comprehensively. It also covers tritrophic interaction and the potential of genomics in studies on the plant-animal interactions. The book will be of interest to post-graduate students, teachers and researchers in the areas of Biology, Ecology, Botany,
    Zoology, Agri-horticulture, Forestry, and Conservation Biology.

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