{"product_id":"a-very-indian-christmas-the-greatest-indian-holiday-stories-of-all-time-hardcover","title":"A Very Indian Christmas: The Greatest Indian Holiday Stories of All Time - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSalman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRabindranath Tagore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJhumpa Lahiri\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFew countries celebrate religious and cultural festivals with greater passion, imagination, and joy than India.\u003c\/strong\u003e And among the many festivals of this gloriously diverse, multicultural nation is Christmas. The Christian communities of India celebrate the birth of Christ with food, music, lights, prayer, family gatherings, charity, and other age-old traditions. This anthology captures the distinctive magic of Christmas in India and in the Indian diaspora with a splendid collection of essays, stories, poems, and hymns―both in English and translated from India's other languages. It includes works by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, Booker Prize winners Salman Rushdie and Aravind Adiga, Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri, Khushwant Singh, Jerry Pinto, Damodar Mauzo, Vivek Menezes, Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, and others writing about Christmas in Goa, Kerala, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, as well as in London and Cambridge, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSALMAN RUSHDIE \u003c\/strong\u003e(1947- ) was born in Bombay. His second novel, \u003cem\u003eMidnight's Children\u003c\/em\u003e, won the 1981 Booker Prize. After his fourth book, \u003cem\u003eSatanic Verses\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in 1988, he became the subject of assassination attempts and a \u003cem\u003efatwa\u003c\/em\u003e calling for his death, issued by Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJHUMPA LAHIRI\u003c\/strong\u003e (1967- ) was born in London to immigrants from the Indian state of West Bengal. Her family moved to the United States when she was three years old. She won the Pulitzer Prize for her short story collection \u003cem\u003eInterpreter of Maladies\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRABINDRANATH TAGORE \u003c\/strong\u003e(1861-1941) won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913, the first to be awarded to an Asian. He was an eminent Bengali poet, critic, essayist, composer, and author of short fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eARAVIND ADIGA \u003c\/strong\u003e(1974- ) won the 2008 Booker Prize for his debut novel \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eWhite Tiger\u003c\/em\u003e. He was born in 1974 and has written three other novels--\u003cem\u003eAmnesty\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSelection Day\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLast Man in Tower\u003c\/em\u003e--as well as a story collection, \u003cem\u003eBetween the Assassinations\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKHUSHWANT SINGH \u003c\/strong\u003e(1915-2014) wrote many novels including \u003cem\u003eTrain to Pakistan\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Company of Women\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as nonfiction works like \u003cem\u003eA History of the Sikhs.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJERRY PINTO \u003c\/strong\u003e(1966- ) is a Mumbai-based novelist, short story writer, translator, and journalist. He won the Windham-Campbell Prize in 2016 for his fiction. He is a Roman Catholic of Goan origin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 140\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 10.1 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44338084380774,"sku":"9781954404250","price":35.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/hxU8SwJJRF9781954404250.webp?v=1768531856","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/a-very-indian-christmas-the-greatest-indian-holiday-stories-of-all-time-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}