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  • Policy Analysis in India

    by Namrata Chindarkar, Aditya Sinha, Amarjeet Sinha, Deepak Sanan, Nitya Khemka, Suraj Kumar, Manish, Kumar Vinay Pratap, Akay Mehra, Stuti Rawat, Yifei Yan, Shailaja Fennell, T.R. Raghunandan, Sidharth Santhosh, Radhika Jha, Vipul Mudgal, Dayashankar Maurya, Ishani Mukherjee, Rajeev Gowda, Amaan Asim, Saumya Varma, Sneha Koshy, Asmi Sharma ...
    Series series International Library of Policy Analysis
    What drives policy choices in the world’s largest democracy, and how do analysts shape decisions that affect more than a billion people?Bringing together leading scholars and seasoned practitioners, Policy Analysis in India maps the evolution of policy analysis since the country became independent and reveals how analysis is conducted across ministries, sectors and levels of government. Through ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Earthly Playing Field

    A Novel

    by Radhika Singh ...
    Series series Nonaligned
    Love and revolution in a crumbling world order.Roma has a steady job, a mortgage, and a surrogate family in Queens. But as she moves through her daily routines, the powerful Empire that rules her world bares its teeth elsewhere—crushing freedom movements across the planet, including the Punjabi farmers’ uprising where her younger brother struggles on the frontlines.Roma’s life is upended when her ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Who Were the Vanaras? Monkeys, Forest Peoples, and Interpretation

    Unlocking the Many Identities of Rama's Fierce and Faithful Companions

    by Radhika Nair Bhattacharya ...
    Series Book 2935 - The Ramayana Character Library
    Who were the vanaras? Were they talking monkeys, a lost forest people, or divine beings in animal form? This book takes you on a journey across the Ramayana's many traditions to explore the true nature of Rama's most loyal allies. Drawing on Valmiki's ancient epic, the Jain Paumachariya, the Thai Ramakien, and living devotional practices, it untangles the complex layers of vanara identity. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Shambuka

    The Episode Many Traditions Reject, and Why

    by Radhika Nair Bhattacharya ...
    Series Book 2983 - The Ramayana Character Library
    The beheading of the Shudra ascetic Shambuka by Rama is one of the most troubling episodes in the entire Ramayana tradition. Found only in the oldest surviving version by Valmiki, it is deliberately omitted, altered, or rejected outright by dozens of later tellings across India and Southeast Asia. Why would a story that appears in the foundational text be so widely set aside? This book explores ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Kaikeyi Before the Boons

    The Warrior Queen Who Saved a King

    by Radhika Nair Bhattacharya ...
    Series Book 2876 - The Ramayana Character Library
    She was a warrior before she was a queen. Long before the fateful day in Ayodhya, Kaikeyi was the daughter of Kekeya, a princess trained in the arts of war. In Valmiki's Ramayana, she saved King Dasaratha's life on the battlefield and was granted two boons—boons that would later tear her family apart. But who was Kaikeyi before those boons? This book explores the woman behind the myth, drawing ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Ahalya's Stone

    Curse, Release, and Centuries of Reinterpretation

    by Radhika Nair Bhattacharya ...
    Series Book 2960 - The Ramayana Character Library
    Ahalya, the wife of sage Gautama, is one of the most enigmatic figures in the Ramayana—cursed to become a stone for centuries, then released by the touch of Rama's foot. But her story is far from uniform. In Valmiki's ancient Sanskrit epic, she is a penitent ascetic; in the Tamil Kamban, a victim of divine conspiracy; in Jain traditions, a different narrative altogether. Ahalya's Stone traces this ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Women of Ayodhya

    Queens, Servants, and the Palace's Inner World

    by Radhika Nair Bhattacharya ...
    Series Book 2891 - The Ramayana Character Library
    The palace of Ayodhya was not merely a seat of power—it was a world unto itself, and at its heart lived the women who shaped the Ramayana from within. This book brings their stories into focus, drawing on Valmiki, Tulsidas, Kamban, and the Jain Paumachariya to reveal a rich tapestry of queens, handmaids, and unseen labourers. Kausalya's quiet dignity, Kaikeyi's fierce ambition, Sumitra's steady ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Tara's Lament and the Widow's Voice in the Epic

    Uncovering the Strength and Wisdom of Grief in the Ramayana

    by Radhika Nair Bhattacharya ...
    Series Book 2928 - The Ramayana Character Library
    Tara's Lament and the Widow's Voice in the Epic reclaims one of the most powerful yet overlooked moments in the Ramayana. Across Valmiki, Kamban, Tulsidas, and Southeast Asian traditions, Tara's grief over the death of Vali speaks with a force that challenges assumptions about feminine silence and submission. This book explores how her lament transforms into a platform for political rebuke, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Two Boons

    How a Battlefield Promise Undid a Kingdom

    by Radhika Nair Bhattacharya ...
    Series Book 2873 - The Ramayana Character Library
    One battlefield vow. Two devastating boons. The exile of Prince Rama changed the course of Ayodhya forever—but what drove Queen Kaikeyi to make that demand? This book delves into the pivotal moment at the heart of the Ramayana: the promise Dasharatha made to his queen after she saved his life in battle, and the two boons she later claimed. Why did she wait so long? Who whispered in her ear? And ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Three Hundred Ramayanas

    Why the Story Has No Single Version

    by Radhika Nair Bhattacharya ...
    Series Book 2999 - The Ramayana Character Library
    Most of us think we know the Ramayana: the prince, the exile, the demon king, the war, the reunion. But which Ramayana? The story told in Valmiki's ancient Sanskrit epic is not the same one sung in Tulsidas's Hindi masterpiece, nor the one performed in Thailand's Ramakien. In Java, Sita is the hero. In Jain traditions, Ravana is a noble figure killed by Lakshmana, not Rama. This book is a guide to ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Reading Kaikeyi Fairly

    Villain, Instrument, or Mother?

    by Radhika Nair Bhattacharya ...
    Series Book 2877 - The Ramayana Character Library
    Kaikeyi has been called the villain who exiled Rama, the instrument of fate, and a mother desperate to protect her son. But who was she really? In this landmark character study, Radhika Nair Bhattacharya invites readers to set aside centuries of judgment and encounter Kaikeyi as the Ramayana's most misunderstood queen. Drawing on Valmiki's original epic, the Ramcharitmanas, Kamban's Tamil ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Vali's Accusation

    The Dying Speech That Indicts Rama

    by Radhika Nair Bhattacharya ...
    Series Book 2926 - The Ramayana Character Library
    Few moments in the Ramayana cut as sharply as Vali’s dying words. As he lies on the forest floor, struck by an arrow Rama fired from concealment, the monkey king does not beg for mercy. He speaks—and his speech becomes an accusation that has echoed through the centuries. This book takes that speech as its centrepiece, examining Vali’s charge that Rama violated every code of honour a kshatriya ... Read more

    $4.99 USD