Joys of Jayanagar

About the Book

" The story relates to the adventures of two academic professionals. One born and bread in arctic Finland, and other born and bread in tropical India. By accidents of karma in previous existence, they get glued up and buttered in New York. In their romantic dream of 'Wonder that was India, they return to his homeland to settle down in Bangalore. Their confrontation with contemporary Indian social reality results in conflict of sensibilities. They endure little ironies, agonies, and ecstasies. The narrative has literary flavor against the background of globalizing cultural mythologies, classical and modern, in three continents. The juxtaposing of myths, legends, symbols, and some 'sacred cows and bulls' in good natured humor, makes it a challeging reading."

About the Author

Dr. John A, Karkakala, born in India, was educated at Bombay, London, and Columbia Universities. He served in India's Foreign Missions in London, Geneva and UN in New York for seven years. As Professor of Comparative Eurasian Lit., he taught at the State University of NY, and Columbia University. Currently he is a member of two Columbia University Seminars - Shakespeare, and South Asia. He has published two novels, a volume of poetry, literary portrait of Jawaharlal Nehru; essays on Indo-English Lit., and Bibliography of Indo-English Lit. 1800-1966,jointly with Leena A, Karkala, Adjunct Prof. of English, NY Institute of Technology. His Anthology of Indian Literature, from Vedas to Gitanjali, published by Penguin Books, was adopted as text in several colleges in USA and Canada and English medium colleges in Asia.