{"product_id":"the-view-from-here-stories-and-poems-of-many-indias-1","title":"The View From Here: Stories And Poems Of Many Indias","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 440\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 12-01-2026\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e The erudite Kannada scholar and critic D. R. Nagaraj wrote, “To read fiction is to know the fate of a society through its metaphors. But quite often literature consciously takes upon itself the responsibility of exploring the state and fate of this society…” This is precisely what the stories in this collection do: they may speak of past and present, but really it is the future—that we fear and dream of and hope for—that we want to speak and hear about. And these sto-ries we share, most through the gift of translation, live through their meta-phors; the metaphors the writers and translators hold in their hands like bless-ings—or timely curses…’ Githa Hariharan, from her Introduction, ‘At the Pace of a Thousand Storms’\u003cbr\u003e\n‘Can poetry be political? … The poems in this anthology tell us without doubt or apprehension: “Yes, poetically political if not politically political.” And as we finish reading these poems, we realize that politics and poetry, in their real spirit, are two ways of telling the truth, and have been engaged—and continue to engage—in an endless conversation.’\u003cbr\u003e\nK. Satchidanandan, from his Introduction, ‘Poetically Political’ During the seven years of its existence, from 2015 to 2022, the multilingual journal of culture Guftugu resolutely asserted India's diversity against the at-tempt to force fit the country into a single mould. Selected from the twenty-two published issues of Guftugu, The View from Here arms us with prose and verse that bear powerful witness to the many Indias, past and present. Twenty stunning stories and more than fifty memorable poems are, together, unflinch-ing in their insistence on diversity, dissent and, most of all, equality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789390343911\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.4 x 8.3 x 1.3 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51231516066096,"sku":"PrakashBooks_9789390343911","price":450.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/71P06giuJIL_8939e71a-e4e7-471b-bbb2-2a373f9edb15.jpg?v=1774846332","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/the-view-from-here-stories-and-poems-of-many-indias-1","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}