Mutiny in The Ark

Mutiny in the Ark is a collection of thirteen fascinating stories depicting realities of everyday life in. Indian society today Sharad Chandra generally writes of life among the financially well off whom happiness has eluded. They seek, but do not find. And the reasons show up in misplaced social norms and beliefs, frustrated personal persuasions, and sometimes in simple pressures of modern life. Receptive to candour and uprightness Sharad Chandra has also exposed, in a most interesting and witty manner, the duplicitous and hypocritical side of human behaviour. Overall the stories are believable though unrelenting.

Well known Camus specialist Sharad Chandra writes in English, Hindi, and French. Besides monographs on Albert Camus, she has published short fiction, poetry, and articles in well-known journals in English and French. Her first short story in Hindi was published in 1960.

She has travelled widely and has received a number of Scholarships and Residencies from CITL Arles (France), Fondacion Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, and Harry Ransom Research Center, University of Texas in Austin. Some of her published titles are: Sense of the Sacred: Camus and India, The Higher Fidelity, Albert Camus and Indian Thought, Camus and India, Camus et L' Inde (editions indigene, Montpellier), Albert Camus et L' Inde ( editions Balland, Paris), Albert Camus our Bhagavadgita, The Visit and Other Stories, To Kya?, Ekant Mein Akele, Padari Maafi Maango, Concrete and Paper (Poetry), and Marta Shahar (Poetry).

Sharad Chandra has also translated into Hindi (from the original) celebrated poets and writers like Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Mallarme, Fernando Pessoa, Jose Saramago, Albert Camus, Sartre, Michel Deon, Claude Simon, Amin Maalouf, and Atiq Rahimi. Her awards include, Grand Prix from 1' Academie francaise, Paris, and Dwiwagish Samman from the Translators Association, India.

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