{"product_id":"a-teashop-in-kamalapura-and-other-classic-kannada-stories","title":"A Teashop in Kamalapura and Other Classic Kannada Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eA teashop in Kamalapura overflows with the lives, squabbles and sounds of its neighbourhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTansen sorely regrets abandoning his gifted son Bilas Khan in a story set in the Mughal court.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA doting father sacrifices his children's happiness to serve the cruel demands of his upper-caste master.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn India almost unknown to us floods the pages of this significant series of short stories sourced from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRinging with the music of India's regional languages, and peppered with wit and social commentary, these stories are windows to the past and its people-the everyday struggles and joys; the ties of friendship and faith; the politics of love and rejection; the intricacies of betrayal and envy; and the conflicts of class and caste-while continuing to be relevant to our present, puncturing the boundaries of time and space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow much has Indian society changed?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow much of it has not?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mini Krishnan, Susheela Punitha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964635312175,"sku":"9789365693423","price":399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/9789365693423.jpg?v=1771334670","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/a-teashop-in-kamalapura-and-other-classic-kannada-stories","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}