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Selected Poems of Nirala (by Suryakant Tripathi Nirala)

This volume presents a selection of seventy-six poems of famous poet Nirala's translated into English..

Selected Verses of Vemana (by A Translation)

An excellent translation which gives the readers a glimpse of great Telegu poet Vemana of medieval times.

More than 3,000 poems have been attributed to Vemana. Many of them are of a prosaic nature, and would be of interest only to the scholar. The editors have therefore selected about 350

Savitri (by Sri Aurobindo)

The tale of Satyavan and Savitri", Sri Aurobindo noted, "is recited in the Mahabharata as a story of conjugal love conquering death. Sri Aurobindo has widened the original legend and turned it into a symbol in which the soul of man, represented by Satyavan, is delivered from the grip of death and ignorance through the love and power of the Divine Mother, incarnated upon earth as Savitri.

The Purananuru - Four Hundred Songs of War and Wisdom (by Eminent Contributors)

The Purananuru, an anthology of poems from Classical Tamil, is one of the oldest Tamil anthologies extant, and was compiled almost two thousand years ago, between the first and third centuries CE. One of the eight Sangam anthologies, it consists of four hundred poems, of more than 150 poets.

Rabindranath Tagore - Selected Poems and Songs (by Rabindranath Tagore)

The present volume offers a comprehensive selection of Roy�s translations form Tagore, including nearly 170 songs, which are more readings of the originals, than renderings. This selection of the poems and songs of Rabindranath Tagore translated by Kshitis Roy was planned as a joint tribute to Tagore in commemoration of his hundred and fiftieth birth anniversary

Beastly Tales - From Here and There (by Vikram Seth)

This is a book that displays the astonishing versatility of the poet who gave us 'The Golden Gate' and 'All you who Sleep Tonight'.

From the impish to the brilliantly comic, Vikram Seth's animal fables in verse can be enjoyed by young and old alike. Familiar characters in a

Poems of Environment (by H C Lakshman)

This anthology of poems focus on environment, ecology, and wildlife.