Book Specifications Isbn-13 9789391047634 Language English Binding Paper Back Publisher Aleph Book Company Publishing Date 2022-04 Product Edition 1 Total Pages 216
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About The Book: Great Indian Childrens Stories
Great Indian Childrens Stories, Edited By Award-Winning Writer Stephen Alter, Collects Nine Delightful Short Stories For Older Children By Some Of Indias Foremost Writers. The Handpicked Stories In This Anthology Include Classics Such As Rabindranath Tagores 'The Kabuliwallah, Revolving Around An Unlikely Friendship Between A Little Bengali Girl And An Afghan Man; Munshi Premchands 'Idgah, The Heart-Warming Story Of The Gift A Young Boy Gives To His Grandmother On Eid; Mahasweta Devis 'The Why-Why Girl, The True Story Of A Young Girl From The Shabar Community With An Indomitable Spirit; Ruskin Bonds 'The Blue Umbrella, A Tale Of Jealousy And Understanding Set In The Pristine Garhwal Hills; Khushwant Singhs 'Portrait Of A Lady, A Poignant Story About A Young Boy And His Beloved Grandmother; And Shashi Tharoors 'The Boutique, A Sensitive Account Of An Adolescent Boys Rite Of Passage To Adulthood.
About The Author: Stephen Alter
Stephen Alter Is The Author Of More Than Twenty Books Of Fiction And Non-Fiction, Including The Secret Sanctuary And The Cloudfarers. Wild Himalaya: A Natural History Of The Greatest Mountain Range On Earth, His Most Recent Work Of Non-Fiction, Received The 2020 Banff Mountain Book Award In The Mountain Environment And Natural History Category. His Memoir, Becoming A Mountain: Himalayan Journeys In Search Of The Sacred And The Sublime, Received The Kekoo Naoroji Award For Himalayan Literature. His Most Recent Works Of Fiction Include Birdwatching: A Novel And In The Jungles Of The Night: A Novel About Jim Corbett, Which Was Shortlisted For The Dsc South Asian Literature Award. Alter Has Taught At The American University In Cairo, Egypt, Where He Was Director Of The Writing Programme For Seven Years. Following This, He Was Writer-In-Residence At Mit For Ten Years. Among The Honours He Has Received Are Fellowships From The Guggenheim Foundation, The Fulbright Program, The East West Centre In Hawaii, And The Banff Centre For Mountain Culture. He Is Also The Founding Director Of The Mussoorie Mountain Festival.
