This is to say that my book “Life’s Little
Tales” has been published. It was published in April this year. It is published by Sikshasandhan, ND – 7, VIP Area, IRC Village, Bhubaneswar – 751015.
Tel: 074- 2556109, Fax: 0674- 751015.Email: sikshasandhan@gmail.com Website: www.sikshasandhan.org.in
Price: Rs 195/
This book is a collection of twenty one short essays.
Written in a casual and narrative mode, these personal and reflective essays
are about an Odia village boy’s growing up: his negotiating with his world,
relishing its beauty and facing its challenges, and trying to make sense of his
world and himself. These are about the people he met, the stories he heard in
his childhood, the books he read and re-read, not once but many times, the
thoughts and the ideas that opened his eyes and also about the varied experiences he
gathered in various real-life situations that impacted his thinking and
understanding. As he responded in intellectual and emotional terms to what he
had come across and internalized, he almost lived them.
These pieces explore themes ranging from foods and football to the way we use language and think and talk about it, to the predicament of the day-to-day life to some puranic tales and that fascinatingly many-layered epic – Sarala Mahabharata.
Covid -19- induced stay at home for more than a year and a half has been for me the time to live with memories and reflections. And talking to self and listening to him, of which these pieces are an expression.
