Tuesday, November 20, 2007



BOOKS BY NEMICHANDRA

Short Story collections: ‘Nemichandrara kathegalu’ (Stories of Nemichandra – this compiles all my short stories written so far, also includes the 3 short story collections which were published in the years 1985, 1992 and 1997)

Baduku Badalisabahudu: Collection of articles – CHANGE LIFE

Dudiva Hadiyali Jotheyagi:
For the working couple

Scientific Biographies: Madam Curie
Thomas Alva Edison
Women Nobel Laureates in Science
Ida Scudder (founder of Vellur Medical Hospital)

Other Biographies: ‘Nanna kathe.. Namma kathe’ (My story... Our story - translation
of the fight of a woman against domestic violence)
‘Bhavri Devi’ – waiting for justice (Fight for justice of an illiterate
village woman who was gang raped for stopping a child marriage )
‘Belegere Janakamma’ – Biography of one of the pioneering
poetess of pre-independent India
‘Novigaddida Kuncha’ (Biography of the famous Dutch painter
Van Gogh)

Interdisciplinary Studies: ‘Literature and Science’

Mahila Adhyayana (Collection of essays on Women Studies)

Travelogues: Ondu Kanasina Payana
( ‘A dream travel’ – about my travel through England and Europe in search of women scientists and writers. This travel also included my specific visit to Germany’s Nazi Camps, to Berlin and Munic as part of preparation for my novel – Yad Vashem)

Peruvina Pavitra Kaniveyalli’ (‘In the sacred valley of Peru’ – about my travel through Peru - describes the land and the people, the Andean culture and civilization, the Spanish invasion of Quechva society in the 16th century, the decade long dictatorship supported by world’s super power in the 20th century, the left wing revolution, the struggling democracy, disappearing of Amazon forests at alarming rate etc..)

Novel: ‘Yad Vashem’ -The novel is about a little Jewish girl (who has escaped from Nazi Germany) growing up in old Bangalore in Hindu family. It is her search for her lost family in later years that takes her through Germany, America and ultimately lands her at Israel, in the middle of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Science Writings: ‘A computer for your house’
‘Electronics and Computers’