ISBN 9789354475320|Hardcover|419 pages|2024|Speaking Tiger
An epic book on an epic city: Maya Nagari features twenty-one short and long stories from seven languages, written over seventy years, selected and introduced by two quintessential Mumbaikars.
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ISBN 9789354475320|Hardcover|419 pages|2024|Speaking Tiger
An epic book on an epic city: Maya Nagari features twenty-one short and long stories from seven languages, written over seventy years, selected and introduced by two quintessential Mumbaikars.
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‘You cannot catch a city in words. You cannot catch a city at all,’ write the editors of this anthology. So how do you get the spirit of India’s great metropolis, the Maya Nagari, the city of dreams, between the covers of a book? Shanta Gokhale and Jerry Pinto decide to bring together their favourite short stories about the city they call home, and hope that a narrative will emerge. And it does—a rich, varied, vibrant portrait of the republic that goes by many names – Bombay, Mumbai, Momoi, Bambai and many others.
In the twenty-one stories of this collection, there is the city that labours in the mills and streets, and the city that sips and nibbles in five-star lounges; the city of Ganapati and Haji Malang and the Virgin Mary; the city that is a sea of people and speaks at least a dozen languages. There are stories translated from Marathi, Urdu, Gujarati, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, and stories written originally in English. Among the writers are legends and new voices-Baburao Bagul, Ismat Chughtai, Pu La Deshpande, Urmila Pawar, Mohan Rakesh, Saadat Hasan Manto, Ambai, Jayant Kaikini, Bhupen Khakhar, Cyrus Mistry, Vilas Sarang, Tejaswini Apte-Rahm and Anuradha Kumar.
Editors:
Shanta Gokhale and Jerry Pinto
ISBN:
9789354475320
Publisher:
Speaking Tiger
Binding:
Hardcover
Pages:
419
Year of Publication:
2024
Edition:
First
Condition:
New
Country of Origin:
India
About the Contributors
Goa Writers is a vibrant, diverse community of writers with a strong connection to Goa. Most of us are published authors or journalists, though there are some who are working to get there. We meet every month, for the mutual support and solidarity that only other writers can extend, with the express purpose of encouraging more and better writing from and about India's smallest state. Initiated in 2005 after a workshop by Victor Rangel-Ribeiro - who remains the group's doyen at the age of 97 - Goa Writers have gone on to publish many dozens of books, contribute mightily to periodicals both in and outside Goa, and host many important workshops and related cultural events, including the acclaimed Goa Arts & Literature Festival, now in its 12th edition. In 2021, our beloved member Damodar Mauzo won the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award in the country. GW's first anthology Inside Out (2011) is now out of print but remains precious for anyone interested in Goa or good writing from India. From Mind to Keyboard (2015) is a useful collection of the writing journeys of our members (and some others) which is now used as reference material by students of journalism.
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Shanta Gokhale has written two novels in Marathi, Rita Welinkar and Tya Varshi. Both won the Maharashtra State Award for the best novel of the year and have been translated by her into English. Her most recent book is her memoir, One Foot on the Ground. In 2016, she received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for her overall contribution to the performing arts. She has also received lifetime achievement awards from Thespo, Ooty Literary Festival and Tata Literature Live!.
Jerry Pinto is the author of Murder in Mahim (2017) and Em and the Big Hoom (2012; winner of the Hindu Prize and the Crossword Book Award), and the non-fiction book Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb (2006; winner of the National Award for the Best Book on Cinema), among others. He teaches journalism at the Sophia Institute of Social Communications Media in Mumbai and is on the board of directors of Meljol, which works in the sphere of child rights. In 2016, Jerry Pinto was awarded the Windham-Campbell Prize and the Sahitya Akademi Award.
