Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana)

Farrukh Dhondy

A New Translation

Rumi

'A beautiful collection, full of affection and an extremely funny book.' - Salman RushdieIn this collection of nine linked stories, young Farrukh recounts his years growing up in a Parsi neighbourhood in Poona during the fifties.Sarbatwalla Chowk is the centre of the world of those he remembers: Eddie the Inventor and his Big Boy; the massive Samson, who lives on the street and refuses to get a job; the blind man and his guide, Black Dog, supposed to have special powers; Terry Soakum, the Australian crybaby who has his eye on Farrukh's swimming trunks; Confession D'Souza, the scholarship boy who loses favour with the Jesuits over a 'dirty book' and later becomes a courageous journalist; Chamak, a permanent pimple on his big nose, who wants to win the college elections and the heart of 'Jhansi-ki-Rani'. There's Farrukh himself, distressed over a pair of broken spectacles, or a knife-fight at school.Warm, funny, sometimes sad but always delightful, Poona Company seems as fresh as when it was first published in 1980, and presents a picture of small-town India observed with a sharp eye and a fond heart - a combination still rare in Indian fiction.

Poona Company

Who Is Johnson Thhat? And How Has He Managed To Escape Justice For So Long, Even When In Jail? In A Kathmandu Casino, Retired Inspector Pradhan Nabs The Notorious Serial-Killer Who Has Eluded Him For Twenty-Five Years. But Did Pradhan Just Get Lucky Or Is There A Larger Plan At Work? Why Would Thhat Risk Coming To Nepal Though He Is Still Wanted There For An American Girl'S Murder? What Is The Message He Now Desperately Wants To Get Across To The American Government? Pradhan Tries To Piece The Puzzle Together From What Thhat Tells Him And Leaves Out. About The Beginning Of His Career In Crime As A Teenager In France; The Search For His Indian Father; Being Drawn Into The World Of Diamond Smuggling; His 'Chemistry' With His Accomplice, The Ravishing Ravina, Together With Whom He Drugged, Robbed And Killed Tourists In Thailand And India, Before Being Caught And Sent To Tihar. Did Thhat Mastermind His Own Long Imprisonment? Is He Behind An International Double-Cross, Involving The Taliban, His Prison Connections With Pakistani Terrorists, And The Cia? Has Thhat Finally Been Made To Pay For His Crimes Or Is He Just Playing The Biggest Con Of His Life?

A Novel

The Bikini Murders

Marked by lyrical beauty and spiritual insight, a deep understanding of human suffering that coexists with rapturous abandon, the poems of Jalaluddin Rumi continue to be relevant almost eight centuries after they were composed, with contemporary audiences finding new meanings in them. Rumi's poems bring together the divine and the human, the mystical and the corporeal to create a vivid kaleidoscope of poetic images. While many recent 'translations' have sought to give Rumi's poetry a certain hippy sensibility, robbing it of its true essence, Farrukh Dhondy attempts to bring out the beauty and sensibility of the verses whilst imitating the metre of the original. Dhondy's translations provide a modern idiom to the poems, carefully keeping intact their religious context.

Rumi A New Translation

Bombay Duck

CLR James will be remembered wherever cricket is played, yet his career is enigmatic. Farrukh Dhondy's new biography sets out to decode the enigma and unravel the long journey James made from Trinidad to Brixton. CLR James was a marxist philosopher, intent on paper at least on world revolution. But later in life, he rejected the incendiary rhetoric of his youth. He was an unabashed elitist, but at the same time fought discrimination of any sort. Farrukh draws on his friendship with CLR James, which began when James was already an old man and continued until his death at the age of 89. He assesses the contribution James made to modern political thinking and to the growth of Black consciousness. He celebrates his love of cricket and shows how the concepts of fair play and gamesmanship could and did become the abiding principles of a Black colonial revolutionary.

CLR James

An insightful portrait of the West Indian historian and revolutionary political activist traces his youth in Trinidad, his lifelong advocacy for the oppressed, his Marxist political activities, and his remarkable fiction and nonfiction works, which played an influential role on the American Black Power movement and independence movements in Africa and the West Indies. 12,500 first printing.

A Life

C.L.R. James

Prophet of Love

Love, devotion, suffering and longing mysteriously co-exist in the poems of Jalal-ud-din Rumi. Composed almost eight centuries ago, the deep spirituality and buoyant wisdom of the poems are a source of inspiration to millions today. Farrukh Dhondy's translations not only offer a modern idiom to the poems, but also faithfully keep intact their religious context. With selections from Rumi's masterpieces the Masnavi and Diwan-e-Shams, as well as his ghazals, this volume is a poetry lover's treasure-trove.

Rumi: A New Collection

"High Impact" offers high-interest books for the full secondary age range to motivate reluctant readers. Grouped into four language levels (reading ages A 6-7, B 7-8, C 8-9 and D 9-10), they gradually develop students' literacy skills and confidence.

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

Who is Johnson Thhat? And how has he managed to escape justice for so long, even when in jail? In a Kathmandu casino, retired Inspector Pradhan nabs the notorious serial-killer who has eluded him for twenty-five years. But did Pradhan just get lucky or is there a larger plan at work? Why would Thhat risk coming to Nepal though he is still wanted there for an American girl's murder? What is the message he now desperately wants to get across to the American government? Pradhan tries to piece the puzzle together from what Thhat tells him - and leaves out. About the beginning of his career in crime as a teenager in France; the search for his Indian father; being drawn into the world of diamond smuggling; his 'chemistry' with his accomplice, the ravishing Ravina, together with whom he drugged, robbed and killed tourists in Thailand and India, before being caught and sent to Tihar. Did Thhat mastermind his own long imprisonment? Is he behind an international double-cross, involving the Taliban, his prison connections with Pakistani terrorists, and the CIA? Has Thhat finally been made to pay for his crimes - or is he just playing the biggest con of his life?

Bikini Murders

The author of Bombay Duck tells the intricate story of Rose, following her from present-day London to Shakespearean England in a tale of mystery that poses a startling theory about Shakespeare's plays.

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