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Thiruvaimozhi, a significant work in the Tamil Vaishnava canon, was composed in the eighth century by Nammaazhwaar, 'our one who goes deep', the most prominent of the twelve Vaishnava Aazhwaar saints. The poet ascribes this impressive 1,100-verse work not to himself but to one whom he visualizes as the very spirit of truth, from whose mouth it emerges as 'holy utterance'. Taken as a whole, Thiruvaimozhi reflects a broad view of what the poet saw as the innate human need to venerate, and his belief that the god of the sky, of all-encompassing space itself-Vishnu-was the 'original god', containing in himself all others. Superbly translated by Vasantha Surya, this book brings together a selection of 110 verses of the Thiruvaimozhi, showcasing its intricate weave of sense and syllable and its sparkling insights that echo the highs and lows of the enquiring human spirit. Using an interlinear format, the book provides an English translation along with the Tamil original and transliterated text.

Ruskin Bond is a master of the short story. This pitch-perfect collection brings together the very best tales he has written in thetwenty-first century. The book starts with the title story, 'Song of the Forest', which has never been published before, and includesextraordinary pieces of fiction like 'A Man Called Brain', 'Rhododendrons in the Mist', and 'Miracle at Happy Bazaar'. Dazzling,comic, and gripping, Song of the Forest is the latest masterpiece from India's most beloved writer.

Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955) needs no introduction. One of the greatest stars of Urdu literature, Manto published overtwenty collections of short stories in a literary career spanning almost two decades. Several of these have been adapted into filmsand plays that have won a multitude of awards and his stories about the 1947 Partition remain some of the best accounts everwritten on the catastrophic event.This book is the first of a three-volume series which will contain all of Saadat Hasan Manto's 255 known stories translated intoEnglish for the very first time. Volume I collects fifty-four stories and two essays written by Manto about his time in Bombay andPoona in colonial India. The anthology includes well-known stories like 'Mummy' and 'Janki', which provide rare insights intothe Poona film industry; the fascinating story of 'Babu Gopinath'; and 'My Marriage' and 'My Sahib', two essays that read almostlike stories. These meticulous translations by award-winning writer and translator Nasreen Rehman, distil the aura that Mantocreates of a time, a place, and a moment