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purushottam dev and padmavati 1 Apr, 1971

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Purushottam Dev, the Prince of Kalinga is a staunch devotee of Lord Jagannath of Puri. During a ride in a forest he meets and falls in love with Princess Padmavati of Kanchi. According to tradition, Purushottam Dev sweeps the chariot of Jagannath during the Car Festival. Padmavati's father is furious when he hears of this and refuses to marry his daughter to one who wields a broom. He humiliates Purushottam Dev who vows to take revenge despite his love for the princess. Padmavati despairs and is ready to end her life. But things suddenly take a turn for the better after Lord Jagannath himself assures Purushottam of his support.This Amar Chitra Katha is based on a legend from Orissa.

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Tales Told By Mystics 1 Sep, 2014

by Manoj Das

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Most of the tales retold in this volume circulate orally. The popular ones among them have been retold by different mystics in their own ways. Some stories can be traced to ancient works like the Puranas — and some to the Jalakas and the Kathasaritasagara. All the tales told by mystics are folktales — but only in a special sense. I have scrupulously steered clear of both the traditional folktales and the mythological tales, though a sprinkle of mythology—an occasional appearance of characters like Narada or Garuda could not have been avoided. I have come across plots of at least two of these stories circulating as ordinary folktales, naturally minus their didactic elements.
I was initiated to this genre of stories, when a child, by my mother, who in her childhood had gathered them from pilgrims and mendicants for whom her parental house was an ever-open shelter. Over the past four decades, I have continued to collect them from numerous sources— individual narrators and whatever records are available of tales told by Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Sri Ramana Maharshi, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Nigamananda, Sri Vijaykrishna Goswami, Swami Ramdas, Swami Rama Tirth, Yogiji Maharaj and others. One story is from Swami Brahmananda who lived at Chandod on the river Narmada— as communicated to me by my friend, Shri Champak Chatterjee, administrator and writer.
Some of these stories (like the four blind men debating on the shape of an elephant, or the story of the man who chanced upon the wish-fulfilling tree) are so widely known that I had reservations about including them in this volume. But, without them, the collection would lack its representative character. Hence they too are there.
I am entirely responsible for the way I have narrated them—for the aspects of the stories which I have emphasised, for they are the aspects which have impressed me. To the best of my conviction, the theme and the spirit of the stories have been faithfully projected.
The brief comments at the end of most of the stories may appear superfluous to some readers. In the eighties of the 20th century I serialised a number of these stories in The Indian & Foreign Review, a journal published by the Government of India mostly for circulation abroad. Brief notes stressing the significance of the stories were appreciated not only by foreign readers but also by Indians. Hence, except where a message is absolutely obvious, comments have been appended to the stories. I expect that there will be readers who will discover in the stories messages subtler than those hinted at by me.
I bow to the great Masters, the original tellers of these stories, in gratitude.

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My Little India 3 Aug, 2014

by Manoj Das

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There are many ways to look at India - rather many visions through which to experience the phenomenon that is
India. Born and brought up in a village inaccessible even for the bullock cart, and educated in village schools till
his early teens, this author’s vision of India had been often, if not always, coloured by his rustic emotions and
nostalgia. May he suggest that he be spared of any scrutiny with any yardstick of history, for this work is an
invitation to share, if you are in a leisurely mood, the author’s impressions of places and people, as his mind and
imagination recorded them over the years.
Visions could also be interspersed with one another while looking at India, as it happens in Mark
Twain’s summary of the country even though made in the nineties of the 19th century: ‘This is indeed India! The
land of dreams and romance, of fabulous wealth and fabulous poverty, of splendour and of palaces and hovels, of
famine and pestilence, of genii and giants and Aladin lamps, of tigers and elephants, the cobra and the jungle, the
country of a hundred nations and a hundred tongues, of a thousand religions and two million gods, cradle of the
human race, birthplace of human speech, mother of history, grandmother of legend, great-grandmother of
Tradition,...the one land that all men desire to see, and having seen once, by even a glimpse, would not give that
glimpse for shows of all the rest of the globe combined.’ (More Tramps Abroad-1897)
While the first few articles, on the Andamans are factual, ‘dreams and romance’ dominate the pieces on
Rajasthan and the rest are a fusion of objective experiences and subjective reactions. As the author is a bilingual
writer, most of these pieces have their Odia versions, compiled as Antaranga Bharat.

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Selected Fiction: Manoj Das 1 May, 2001

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In this collection of twenty-seven short stories, a novelette and a novel, there are many delightful tales, characters and situations to encounter and relish. The stories range from the light-hearted to the sombre. Many are laced with Manoj Das' characteristic irony. Told with humour and compassion, wit and sensitivity, this collection brings together the best of the works of one of India's most mature and rewarding writers.

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The Submerged Valley and Other Stories 2 Nov, 2015

by Manoj Das

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“Manoj Das is one of those writers who can express in simple language items of considerable importance while entertaining you, while making you laugh or cry, happy or sad. Manoj Das is a rare person in today’s world,” wrote John Harvey in The British Fantasy Society Bulletin.
How far is the supernatural from the natural, or the invisible from the visible? A story like “The Bridge in the Moonlit Night” or “Farewell to a Ghost” or “Friends and Strangers” inspires a sense of wonder on the issue—and unwittingly but lovingly we are escorted into a realm that is as unreal as the moonlight or the rainbow, and as real!
But there is even much more to this collection—the 3rd in the trilogy of short stories by the master story-teller: “Pundit pomposity is enjoyably pricked by Manoj Das”, as The Sunday Times (London) said way back in 1971, becomes prominently evident in several stories either subtly, or sadly or hilariously—but always unforgettably.

Compiling Editors
Samir Ranjan Das
Sudarshan Das

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The Lady Who Died One and a Half Times and Other Fantasies 16 Jun, 2013

by Manoj Das

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Of the eleven stories (the twelfth is almost a novelette), seven are expansions of and development over tales from the Jatakas and the Panchatantra. The narration clearly indicates the point where the original version ended so far as the plot is concerned (even though that part too is retold by the author in his own way in keeping with the totality of the story), and then from where the author builds up the story according to his own inspiration.
The other pieces, including the title story The Lady Who Died One and a Half Times, are the author's original contribution to the lore. The last story, Sharma and the Wonderful Lump is hardly a fantasy but for the mild miracle at the end when the hero's aboo melts away.

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The Escapist 3 Jun, 2013

by Manoj Das

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“Chance is the pseudonym of God which He uses when He does not wish to put down His signature” could probably be described as the theme of this absorbing novel. But “everything about The Escapist has the irony of a magician who hides his true face behind a mask and drowns everything in a peal of laughter”; observed Dr. H.P. Shukla in his deep study of this work in the ‘Visva Bharati Quarterly’. By the time one completes reading the novel; one would have felt the title revealing a sense quite different from its ordinary meaning—something akin to the escapism of Francis Thompson in The Hound of Heaven. This not-too-long novel stirs a reader’s sensibility at various planes—from the one that shows the play of unexpected forces in our normal life to the plane where we reflect on the very purpose of life. A saga of soul’s journey through life’s darkness into the infinity of the blue… Why do our dreams get shattered? Why are we confronted by the unexpected and the inscrutable? The turbulence of our passion—the pangs of their frustration—do they play and role in our life’s journey - and journey towards what? How distant is that goal?The Escapist is not just an absorbing novel—but a voyage and an exploration.

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The Miracle and Other Stories 19 Sep, 2014

by Manoj Das

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In this second selection of short stories by Manoj Das, the readers can have glimpses of the range of realism and psychological penetration that are the author’s forte.
Be it “The Shadow” or “The Son and Father”, the profundity that runs as the undercurrent in them stirs the psyche of the reader and points at the truth that there are characters who live a reality that is so different—yet a reality.
While some of the stories in this selection are pointing at the ironies of life (“The Different Man”, “The Gold Medal”, “The Assault”, “The Centenarian”, “The Machine Gun”, “Two Slippers and a Soul”, “The Crooked Staff”, etc.) some others are (“The Interlopers”, “The Miracle”, “The Crocodile’s Lady”) reveal the unexpected that, by the time the characters make inroads into our empathy , remain unexpected no longer.

Samir Ranjan Das
Sudarshan Das
[Compiling Editors]

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Old Folks of the Northern Valley and Other Stories 19 Sep, 2014

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There is little doubt that Manoj Das is a great storyteller of the subcontinent and he had too few peers, no matter what yardstick is applied to measure his ability as an artist, wrote the noted critic A. Russell, some decades ago.
While the secret of this great storyteller is his insight into the mysteries of the human psyche, the two other outstanding characteristics that have secured for him the status of a legend in his country are his masterly handling of the Indian ethos and his spontaneous blithe style.
Out of about two hundred short stories of his, we present in this volume a selection of twenty that are marked by light humour and very humane satire. Compilations of the other varieties are to follow.

Samir Ranjan Das
Sudarshan Das
[Compiling Editors]

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Kabita Utkala 29 Dec, 2015

by Manoj Das

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Kavita Utkala is a unique collection of poems – each one a reflection on a legend or a legendary character belonging to the heritage and history of the state of Odisha, earlier known as Utkala and Kalinga. There is no work of this nature in any Indian language, to the best of our knowledge.

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Aakash-Sanket (Hindi Edition) 1 Jan, 2010

by Manoj Das

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“चलिए, अब आप मुझे मेरे अगले सवाल का जवाब दीजिए। आपके बकरे का नाम क्या था?”
“जी?”
“देखिए, यहाँ जितने भाई खड़े हैं, उन सबने अपने-अपने पालतू जानवरों को कुछ-न-कुछ नाम दिया होगा। प्यारा-प्यारा नाम। है न? उदाहरण के तौर पर...”
एक ग्रामीण, जो हर बात को मजाक में उड़ाने में माहिर था, झट से बोला, “मैं अपनी बिल्ली को ‘महारानी’ कहकर पुकारता हूँ और अपने बैल की जोड़ी को ‘दुधिया’ और ‘लकदक’!”
“यह हुई न बात! अब छाकू भाई, तुम भी अपने प्यारे दिवंगत बकरे का नाम बताओ। यह तो बहुत बढ़िया होना चाहिए।”
छाकू की गरदन लटक गई।
“तुम इससे कितना प्यार कतरे थे—यह तो अब साफ हो ही गया है। दूसरे, क्या हमें यह बताने की कृपा करोगे कि कल तुमने अपने इस अति विशिष्‍ट बकरे को क्या खिलाया था?”
छाकू के हाथ-पाँव फूले दिख हरे थे।
“पनीर का क

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