Vishwas Patil

A Dirge for the Damned

पानिपत

Panipat

On the life and works of Aṇṇā Bhāū Sāṭhe, 1920-1969, Marathi author.

Aṇṇā Bhāūñcī dardabharī dāstāna

This fast-paced novel featuring thrilling encounters, ambushes and races against time, highlights the issue of Naxalism plaguing Chhattisgarh and other states of India.

Dudiya in Your Burning Land

Mahanayak

झुंडीचे मानसशास्त्र अवगत असणे, ही गोष्ट अनेक लोकांच्या दृष्टीने फायद्याची असते. जगातील मोठमोठे कर्तबगार पुरुष, धर्मप्रवर्तक, साम्राज्यांचे संस्थापक, भिन्न-भिन्न विचारसरणींचे निष्ठावंत अनुयायी, प्रसिद्ध राजकारणपटू हे सर्वजण प्रच्छन्न मानसविशारद होते. झुंडींची मानसिक जडण-घडण कशी असते, हे या सर्वांना जणू जन्मतः कळते. या उपजत आणि अचूक ज्ञानाच्या जोरावरच ही मंडळी स्वत:चे श्रेष्ठत्व प्रस्थापित करू शकतात.

Zundiche Manasashastra (झुंडीचे मानसशास्त्र)

Keerti Ramachandra

It begins with a familiar story of displacement. The people of Jambhli have been ousted from their homes with promises of rehabilitation, and compensation in cash and land, to make way for an irrigation project and the construction of a large dam. The Jambhlikars’ anguish at leaving behind everything they have known and resettling among hostile strangers – the beneficiaries of the dam project – and their desperate search for alternative employment, for which they are neither trained nor qualified, are just the beginning of their troubles. In their search for a place to call their own, they must battle petty local politicians, scheming government officials strengthened by exploitative laws and self-serving social workers, and face the ultimate betrayal at the hands of trusted leaders. Yet, even as the fabric of their social structure disintegrates, their courage, faith and innate goodness shine through in the face of unspeakable hardship. Heartbreaking, humane and utterly relevant to our time, this remarkable Sahitya Akademi Award-winning novel stands apart in giving a voice to those who pay the price for progress and development, and in vividly encapsulating the struggles of the impoverished against a ruthlessly corporatized world.

A Dirge for the Dammed

Sanjay K. Sahay

Nihita Goel

Murtuza Jadliwala

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference On Secure Knowledge Management In Artificial Intelligence Era, SKM 2019, held in Goa, India, in December 2019. The 12 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 34 submissions. They were organized according to the following topical sections: cyber security; security and artifcial intelligence; access control models; and social networks.

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