Animalia Indica : (Record no. 67581)
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| fixed length control field | 02550nam a22001577a 4500 |
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| fixed length control field | 210927b2019 |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789388292573 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | Fiction ROY-S |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | edited by Roy, Sumana |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Animalia Indica : |
| Remainder of title | the finest animal stories in Indian literature / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | edited by Sumana Roy |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | India |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Aleph Book Company |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2019 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 283 p. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price type code | INR |
| Price amount | 699.00. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | For centuries, the animal kingdom has captured the Indian imagination. And the land of the<br/>Panchatantra and the Jataka Tales continues to give rise to literary masterpieces. Some of<br/>the greatest stories in modern Indian literature have animals as protagonists.<br/>In Animalia Indica, Sumana Roy collects the best fiction written about animals from the past<br/>hundred years or so. Beginning with Premchand’s classic, ‘A Tale of Two Bullocks’, and<br/>taking in its sweep some of the greatest pieces of literary fiction to have originated in India<br/>including ‘Rikki-Tikki-Tavi’ by Rudyard Kipling, ‘Mahesh’ by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay,<br/>‘The Mark of Vishnu’ by Khushwant Singh, ‘A Horse and Two Goats’ by R. K. Narayan,<br/>‘Poonachi’ by Perumal Murugan, ‘The Crocodile and the Monkey’ by Vikram Seth, ‘The<br/>Reflections of a Hen in Her Last Hour’ by Paul Zacharia, ‘The Last Tiger’ by Ruskin Bond and<br/>‘Elephant at Sea’ by Kanishk Tharoor, the stories in Animalia Indica are guaranteed to dazzle<br/>the reader.<br/>These stories, centred on animals, and written over the last hundred years or so, are among<br/>the greatest feats of creation in the annals of modern Indian literature. Once read, their<br/>flaming brilliance will ensure they are never forgotten.<br/>A Tale of Two Bullocks by Premchand<br/>Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling<br/>Mahesh by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay<br/>Jumman by Shripad Narayan Pendse<br/>Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell<br/>The Flood by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai<br/>The Mark of Vishnu by Khushwant Singh<br/>Bulbuls by Habib Kamran<br/>A Horse and Two Goats by R. K. Narayan<br/>The Copper-tailed Skink by Manjula Padmanabhan<br/>The Last Tiger by Ruskin Bond<br/>The Owlet Who Craved the Sun by Achyutananda Pati<br/>The Crocodile and the Monkey by Vikram Seth<br/>Labour by R. R. Borade<br/>The Reflections of a Hen in Her Last Hour by Paul Zacharia<br/>The Summer of the Crows by Nilanjana Roy<br/>Poonachi by Perumal Murugan<br/>A Tale of Animals by Moti Lal Kemmu<br/>Elephant at Sea by Kanishk Tharoor<br/>Snake by Sujatha<br/>And Then Laughed the Hyena by Syed Muhammad Ashraf. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Fiction |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
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| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | FIC | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | Fiction "1st Floor" | 27/09/2021 | 1 | Fiction ROY-S | 43142 | 13/07/2024 | 12/03/2024 | 27/09/2021 | Books |