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What do you do when you fall in love with your next-door neighbour? You peer at each other through a hole in the fence and eventually climb over. Sybil is a member of The Good-Hearted Gardeners, a Society for Well-Meaning Efforts for the Betterment of Language and the Salvation of the Planet, which her lover, Demo, is allowed to join. It's funded by MI5, who ask them to monetise and weaponise the English language. Soon afterwards they discover that English is even more widespread than anyone had thought. Even the birds and the fish, the cows and the kangaroos can speak it - when they choose. The Good-Hearted Gardeners set about trying to talk to anyone - crows, magpies, robins, goldfish, cows, horses, rats, mice - who will talk to them. With climate change and technology gone mad, what's in store is a frightening scenario that threatens everyone - humans, animals, plants. Can the headlong rush to extinction be halted? When the birds, and the cows and the horses and the mice and all the rest come together, much is made possible. But at what cost? Will the planet and its inhabitants be saved? A comedic allegory for our future.

A reworking of fairy tales from the East and West.

"The bestselling 15-book fantasy series"--Cover.

Aditi and friends set out to help the twins Roshan and Rohit who live in London. The River Thames has been poisoned and they are shocked to find out that a River Dragon is dying in its waters.

A modern fairytale about an ant, an elephant, a monkey and a girl, who set out to tame a supposedly fiery dragon.

Foxy Aesop offers a virtuoso display of how one can use the building blocks of a fable in a variety of ways. Eccentric, darkly comic, and wryly amusing, Suniti Namjoshi's fable will surprise and delight any fans of Angela Carter or Margaret Atwood.

Born in Mumbai in 1941, the author is an important figure in contemporary Indian literature in English. This book brings together her writings, starting with "Feminist Fables", and including excerpts from "St Suniti and the Dragon", "The Mothers of Maya Dip", and her series of Aditi books for children, such as "Aditi and the Thames Dragon".

In this delightful book, the reader is invited to overhear a series of playful, sharp philosophical debates between the author and her beloved cat. To Sukia sulky, silky feline who believes she is a goddessher owner is simply her high priestess, there to do her bidding. To Sunitia writer, poet, fabulist and feminist iconSuki is a stroppy cat who talks too much. But as they discuss the merits of vegetarianism, or the meaning of happiness, or war, or morality or any topic under the sun, it soon becomes clear that the bond between human and animal is a deep, complex and loving one. Far more than a personal memoir about a dearly departed pet, Sukiis a philosophical novel, full of tender wisdom. It is a unique exploration of the relationship between human and animal. Readers who have enjoyed J. R. Ackerley sMy Dog Tulip, Nilanjana Roy sThe Wildings, or Paul Auster sTimbuktu, will fall in love with the maddening, lovable, unique character that is Suki as seen through the eyes of Suniti Namjoshi, her companion, fellow-traveller and one of the foremost women writers of her generation."

Every retelling of a myth is a reworking of it. Every hearing or reading of a myth is a recreation of it. It is only when we engage with a myth that it resonates, becomes charged and recharged with meaning. And so it is in Building Babel, a book that re-engages with myth through the cyberworld, where worlds intersect and are transformed. Exploratory and experimental, Suniti Namjoshi's work is studied around the world for its transformative creations.