![]() ![]() you respect your parents, it is not a system you rebel against or fight against when you don’t conform, it is your parents you kick in the teeth. In an e-mail interview, Amulya Malladi, author of The Mango Season was candid and rather pragmatic about the process as she has seen and experienced it herself: “I think it is quite common. This seems to be equally important between the sexes -Vikram Seth’s tome, A Suitable Boy devoted 1,000 plus pages to the suitability of various arrangements! Because, the idea if not the eventuality of arranged marriage is so much a part of the fabric of Indian (and the Diaspora) life and culture, many individuals acquiesce to parents’ wishes and give the “look see” process a try. Interestingly, while different results are often represented in fiction in regards to arranged marriage, there is a constant: nearly all parents, no matter what the eventual outcome, hope to be able to “arrange” a suitable marriage partner. of late, writers have seemed to key in on one aspect of Indian life that alternately baffles, amazes and appalls: arranged marriage. ![]() Judging from the subject matter of more than a few South Asian novels published in the U.S. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The women featured in Dakini Power-contemporary teachers of Tibetan Buddhism, both Asians and Westerners, who teach in the West-have been universally recognized as accomplished practitioners and brilliant teachers whose life stories demonstrate their immense determination and bravery. What drives a young London librarian to board a ship to India, meditate in a remote cave by herself for twelve years, and then build a flourishing nunnery in the Himalayas? How does a surfer girl from Malibu become the head of the main international organization for Buddhist women? Why does the daughter of a music executive in Santa Monica dream so vividly of peacocks one night that she chases these images to Nepal, where she finds the love of her life in an unconventional young Tibetan master? Pema Chödrön, Joan Halifax, and ten other female Tibetan Buddhist teachers share inspiring personal stories, revealing how we can embody Buddhist wisdom and overcome everyday challenges ![]() ![]() ![]() Deprivation follows them to Chicago – and for Harry, life becomes more difficult still as he finds himself torn between his responsibilities to his mother, and his first love. But the regular pleas to relatives in Chicago yield nothing, until one day, when Harry is twelve years old, the family looks on astonished as he opens a letter which contains the longed-for steamship tickets.But the better life of which they'd dreamed proves elusive. This is the true story of those harsh years, overshadowed by the First World War.Amidst the hardship and suffering, Harry's devoted mother clings to a dream – that one day they might escape this grinding poverty for the paradise of America. The follow-up to the critically acclaimed THE INVISIBLE WALL, THE DREAM is the fascinating, true story of the Bernstein family as they cross the Atlantic in search of a better life.On a narrow cobbled street in a northern mill town young Harry Bernstein and his family face a daily struggle to make ends meet. ![]() ![]() “Yeah, you matched well,” agreed Marcus, wearing his usual clown-wide grin, which made most females melt while it irritated the shit out of Dante. She gave Trick a reprimanding look for his teasing, but Dante could see that she was hiding a smile. No sooner had he set aside his empty cereal bowl than Grace, undeniably the world’s best cook, collected it. “All I’m saying is that you guys looked cute together,” teased Trick as he leaned back in his seat opposite Dante at the long oak table. Was there a funny side to a female maintaining you were her mate to her seven brothers who wanted your balls on a plate for “abandoning” her? He knew the enforcers were playing with him, but he was too agitated to see the funny side of things. ![]() ![]() ![]() “She’s not my mate,” he repeated for the tenth time. Dante shot a fierce scowl over his coffee mug at Dominic, Tao, Trick, and Marcus. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unlike most ufologists, who settle on a literal interpretation of such phenomena, Keel is broad-minded and courageous enough to include all possibilities - including the impact of occultists and spies on the fields of ufology, conspiracy, and cryptozoology. Our Haunted Planet is an entertaining survey of anomalous "Fortean" events such as UFOs, enigmatic stone monuments, Men in Black, missing ships and aircraft, phantom radio broadcasts, teleportation, missing time, black magick, tulpas, angels, demigods, tricksters, and much more. Could an unseen, prehuman race have taken careful measures to remain hidden from surface dwellers? Are they still watching us from their secret hiding places, manipulating and misleading us, using us for their own entertainment, and controlling our actions? ![]() Keel brings into chilling focus strange truths about the Earth and its mysterious inhabitants. ![]() Since the beginning of recorded time, mankind has been plagued by unknown forces and beings, baffled by archaeological phenomena, and haunted by the inexplicable accuracy - and inaccuracy - of prophecies and "visions." In the classic Our Haunted Planet, John A. ![]() ![]() This novel delineates the almost cosmic important of faith by exploring the author’s relationship with the two men of faith. The book fuses together distinct narratives - conversations with Lewis, excerpts from some of his sermons as well as his conversations with Covington, and numerous stories about him. This church primarily served as a haven for the homeless. He was also an ex-convict and catered to the needs of poor parishioners. He formed a bond with an African-American Protestant minister, Pastor Henry Covington who was from the I Am My Brother’s Keeper Church. Somewhere while having these conversations, the author begins to explore the larger meaning of faith. This term can be sourced back to the Yiddish word for rabbi. ![]() In this work, Lewis is referred to as The Reb. Numerous conversations with the rabbi have been recorded by the author. The author agreed to this and then moved to a journey of finding who Lewis was as a man. This work was conceived by the author at the request of Albert L. ![]() Written by arushi Singh and other people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tout en effectuant de longs séjours en Inde et au Pakistan, elle suit des études de psychologie et de sociologie à la Sorbonne. ![]() Percevant l’Islam comme une religion ouverte et tolérante, elle conçoit son identité musulmane comme « une appartenance plus qu'une religion » à une époque où elle adhère aux « valeurs gauchistes » ambiantes. À l’âge de 20 ans, la quête de ses origines l’amène à découvrir l’Islam dans textes des grands soufis. Orpheline de sa mère peu après sa naissance, elle est élevée dans un milieu catholique. Née à Paris en 1940, Kenizé de Kotwara est la fille d’une princesse turque, membre de la Dynastie ottomane (petite-fille du sultan Mourad V par sa mère Hatidjé Sultane) mariée à un rajah indien mais réfugiée à Paris. Kenizé Mourad est une romancière et journaliste française d'origine turco-indienne. ![]() ![]() ![]() Patchett’s usual leaping-off point takes a group of strangers and throws them together into an unusual situation to see what happens. It strikes me that Tyler and Ann Patchett use similar approaches to their work. ![]() In Tyler’s fictional families, if anyone actually serves milk and cookies, there’s something vaguely discomfiting about it. Still, there’s a perpetual edge to her stories. Tyler offers literary comfort food without apology as she noted in a 2015 interview, a reader looks to Philip Roth for “piss and vinegar” and to her for “milk and cookies.” ![]() It is long since readers have understood her universe and eagerly return to it with each new release. ![]() There is a phenomenon at work when the quietest possible story with the sparest of plots still compels a reader to sit for hours and let the tale unspool in its own time, content to see where it will go next - even when it’s clear the path is through familiar territory.įrench Braid is Tyler’s 24th novel, and that body of work forms a unified whole of style, place, and character. ![]() ![]() ![]() Personal benefit includes, but is not limited to: financial gain from sales or referral links, traffic to your own website/blog/channel, karma farming, critiques or feedback of your work from the community, etc. ![]() Interactions should not primarily be for personal benefit. Interact with the community in good faith. Respect for members and creators shall extend to every interaction. Visionīuild a reputation for inclusive, welcoming dialogue where creators and fans of all types of speculative fiction mingle. We reserve the right to remove discussion that does not fulfill the mission of /r/Fantasy. We welcome respectful dialogue related to speculative fiction in literature, games, film, and the wider world. r/Fantasy is the internet’s largest discussion forum for the greater Speculative Fiction genre. For updated information regarding ongoing community features, please visit 'new' Reddit. Resource links will direct you to Wiki pages, which we are maintaining. Please be aware that the sidebar in 'old' Reddit is no longer being updated with information about Book Clubs and AMAs as of October 2018. ![]() ![]() ![]() It would be interesting to see what she could do with a new set of characters. There are good moments in this book, but it is very slow and never reaches the heights of which George has proven capable in the past. In Just One Evil Act, the 18th, this trend continues, as the pair goes to Italy to help one of Havers' friends search for his missing daughter. Nearly every long-running series begins to show wear over time, however George's recent entries have grown longer and correspondingly less propulsive and less acute. ![]() Elizabeth George's first several mysteries featuring the mismatched Scotland Yard partners Thomas Lynley (a good-looking aristocrat) and Barbara Havers (the opposite) were some of the finest America has ever produced, plotted with stunning swiftness but simultaneously capable of penetrating psychological depth. William Boyd is the author of ten novels, including A Good Man in Africa, winner of the Whitbread Award and the Somerset Maugham Award An Ice-Cream War, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and shortlisted for the Booker Prize Brazzaville Beach, winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize Any Human Heart, winner of the Prix Jean Monnet and Restless, winner of the Costa Novel of the Year. When a book begins with a British earl at a roller derby, it may be that his creator is out of ideas for what to do with him. ![]() |