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The Tempest
The Tempest is one of the most popular plays of William Shakespeare. The play is set on a remote island inhabited by Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan, and his daughter, Miranda. Prospero, now a magician, uses his magic to control the spirits of the island. With the help of the spirit Ariel, he conjures a tempest in the sea to draw in his brother, Antonio, and Alonso, King of Naples, who had unlawfully stolen his dukedom. The play revolves around Prospero’s attempt to restore himself and his daughter to their rightful position.This short narrative version of the play has been suitably adapted to help introduce the play to young readers. It can be read by children or read to them by parents who wish to introduce them to the play. It can also be used by teachers as a classroom resource. The easy-to-read narration and comic-style illustrations are sure to captivate children’s interest and develop their reading skills.
Four stories from Tagore
towering figure of the Bengal Renaissance, Tagore's influence on Bangla literature has still not diminished. During a long and creative career, he excelled in the different art forms that he practised-poetry, drama, music, novels and short stories. In 1901, he founded Shantiniketan (Abode of Peace), in Bolpur near Kolkata, an educational institution where education was to be imparted in an unrestricted manner. He was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in 1913, for his poetic work Gitanjali (An Offering of Songs) which he himself had translated into English from his various volumes of poetry. He was knighted in 1915, but returned Bagh massacre of 1919. He died in 1941, heartbroken by a number of personal tragedies and disillusioned by the outbreak of the Second World War in Europe. Through primarily remembered as a poet, Tagore s short stories have earned a pride in modern Bangla literature. The stories in this collection are respresentative of Tagore s writings. We find the empathy of a father for a stranger in The Kabuliwala, the sorrow of parting in The Postmaster, the comic in When Wishes Come True and the social divide that riches cause in The Return Gift.
The black apple
In a world of red and green apples, the Black “Diamond” Apple is a rare unknown variety from the family of Hua Niu apples grown in a small mountain city of Tibet. This book is a kaleidoscope of the world and its structures from the eyes of a black apple – an outsider – a thinker struggling with everyday realities of life.Having felt like an outsider all my life – an estranged soul sitting at the edges of society, questioning existing constructs of human life and dreaming of new ones, I have been silently preparing myself to write this account for 10 years now. It is a raw and vulnerable confession of my chaotic self-discovery journey which encourages you to introspect and formulate your own guide for change. This book is structured as a deep and intimate conversation with you, meant to outline a bold and unfiltered perspective on life, career, and relationships. It is my attempt to analytically reflect on some of the most abstract and pertinent questions in life – How do you progress on the search for meaning? What does it mean to be unresolved internally? How do you accept your own darkness? What is the process of detachment from a caregiver? If some comparison is inevitable, who do you benchmark your life with? How is the idea or image of love formed? What does it mean to be an outsider? and many more….Do you think you are a black apple or know someone who might be? Then read on…
