Author: Gita Wolf
Publisher: Tara Books
Keywords: lion, hungry
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 2006-03-01
List price: $20.95
ISBN-10: 8186211020
ISBN-13: 9788186211021

Winner of the Alcuin Citation for Excellence in Book Design "If tasty food has been called toothsome, then by extension, this tale of folk wisdom is handsome, for it is an extremely pleasant book to hold and page through."-Kirkus Reviews This award-winning handcrafted picture book is an adaptation of a traditional Indian folk tale about a hungry but lazy lion who would rather trick other animals than hunt for his food. The vibrant and humorous art is rendered in the Warli style of folk painting from western India, usually found on the walls of tribal houses. Illustrations and text in this ha

Author: Gita Wolf
Publisher: Tara Books
Keywords: purple, turns, sparrow, hen
Number of Pages: 13
Published: 2004-04-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 8186211195
ISBN-13: 9788186211199

Designed as a scroll, and silk-screened by hand on handmade paper, this is a cheerful adaptation of a traditional folk tale. Hen-sparrow falls into a vat of dye and turns quite purple. Her strange new color turns the entire kingdom upside down, but Hen-sparrow quite likes herself purple . . .Inspired by medieval Indian art and narrative traditions, this visual and tactile treat has a clever feminist twist. The form of the book and the cumulative rhyme re-create the age-old magical experience of storytelling with pictures.Winner of the Grand Prix at the prestigious Biennale of Illustrations, Br

Authors:Sudarshan Khanna, Gita Wolf,
Publisher: Tara Books
Keywords: materials, everyday, tales, toys
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2004-04-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 818621142X
ISBN-13: 9788186211427

This highly original craft book redefines play for today’s child and his or her educators. Featuring science notes and thoughtful essays on the politics of play, as well as folk toys made by children from throwaway things, the book draws on actual experiences in the classroom to argue its case."For those who value creativity over instant gratification and human growth over consumerism, Toys and Tales will strike a chord."-Wendy Varney

Author: Gita Sen
Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
Keywords: gender, management, system, series, stakeholders, manual, mainstreaming, finance, reference, governments
Number of Pages: 36
Published: 2000-01-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0850926009
ISBN-13: 9780850926002

Addresses both concepts and practical steps for mainstreaming gender in the policies, plans and programs of Ministries of Finance. Includes detailed discussion of changes in the role and influence of Finance Ministries over the last two decades. Explores how to mainstream gender in the work of Finance Ministries including macroeconomic management, and structural reforms. Offers tools for engendering national budgets, recommendations for promoting attitudinal change, and concrete case studies.

Author: Gita Vittal
Publisher: Academic Foundation
Keywords: wife, bureaucrat, experiences, reflections
Number of Pages: 164
Published: 2007-09-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 8171884717
ISBN-13: 9788171884711

Written by the wife of a former secretary of telecommunications in the Indian government, this memoir provides a lighthearted look at one woman’s journey from bookish college girl to memsahib. The difficulty of pursuing her own career is part of the story, but mostly the book is a captivating and witty account of the people she met, the problems she solved, and the funny things that happened on the path to becoming a quite highly-placed—and then retired—bureaucrat’s wife.

Author: Gita Mehta
Publisher: Editorial Kairós
Keywords: cola, karma
Number of Pages: 218
Published: 1999-06-30
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 8472454398
ISBN-13: 9788472454392

Author: Gita Mehta
Publisher: Vintage
Keywords: sutra, river
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 1994-06-28
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0679752471
ISBN-13: 9780679752479

With imaginative lushness and narrative elan, Mehta provides a novel that combines Indian storytelling with thoroughly modern perceptions into the nature of love--love both carnal and sublime, treacherous and redeeming. "Conveys a world that is spiritual, foreign, and entirely accessible."--Vanity Fair. Reading tour.