Fist Full of Sand is a collection of skillfully crafted and powerful stories of recent immigrant Indians who came to the United States to live, raise their families and be part of this country despite the cultural clashes, social upheaval and generational divide. These are their tales of confl ict, tradition and belief, success and failure, hope and aspirations for the future.

The stories may be fi ctional but most of them are woven around the true incidents and common concerns of the Indians living in America. The message in the book is “Life is like a fi st full of sand which cannot be held tight. More you try to hold it more it slips through your fi ngers. Life is an adventure full of challenges. Don’t dwell on them. Learn from them and move on”

Fist Full of Sand is a collection of skillfully crafted and powerful stories of recent immigrant Indians who came to the United States to live, raise their families and be part of this country despite the cultural clashes, social upheaval and generational divide. These are their tales of confl ict, tradition and belief, success and failure, hope and aspirations for the future.

The stories may be fi ctional but most of them are woven around the true incidents and common concerns of the Indians living in America. The message in the book is “Life is like a fi st full of sand which cannot be held tight. More you try to hold it more it slips through your fi ngers. Life is an adventure full of challenges. Don’t dwell on them. Learn from them and move on”

Fist Full of Sand is a collection of skillfully crafted and powerful stories of recent immigrant Indians who came to the United States to live, raise their families and be part of this country despite the cultural clashes, social upheaval and generational divide. These are their tales of confl ict, tradition and belief, success and failure, hope and aspirations for the future.

The stories may be fi ctional but most of them are woven around the true incidents and common concerns of the Indians living in America. The message in the book is “Life is like a fi st full of sand which cannot be held tight. More you try to hold it more it slips through your fi ngers. Life is an adventure full of challenges. Don’t dwell on them. Learn from them and move on”

Book description: In fifteen stories unified by a piquant sense of place and vivid dialogue,readers are immediately taken away from India´s teeming cities to a single mud-walled village, "Saratpur", and its rich panoply of memorable characters. The author introduces you to his Hindu and Muslim neighbors,their customs, family life, conflicts and their hopes for the future. These are timeless stories of family feuds, the force of the supernatural,marriage rituals, struggles of life in both drought and monsoon, the role of caste and the perils of revenge. Read along with us as we meet cooks, Indian civil servants, blacksmiths, lawyers, village sweepers, cycle-repairmen, camel drivers, local politicians and others whose lifestyles are seldom highlighted in much current literature about India. The first-person perspective I adopt offers frank intimacy and a freshness that comes from being a young American living for two years in a small village on the cusp of dramatic social and cultural change.

Book description: In fifteen stories unified by a piquant sense of place and vivid dialogue,readers are immediately taken away from India´s teeming cities to a single mud-walled village, "Saratpur", and its rich panoply of memorable characters. The author introduces you to his Hindu and Muslim neighbors,their customs, family life, conflicts and their hopes for the future. These are timeless stories of family feuds, the force of the supernatural,marriage rituals, struggles of life in both drought and monsoon, the role of caste and the perils of revenge. Read along with us as we meet cooks, Indian civil servants, blacksmiths, lawyers, village sweepers, cycle-repairmen, camel drivers, local politicians and others whose lifestyles are seldom highlighted in much current literature about India. The first-person perspective I adopt offers frank intimacy and a freshness that comes from being a young American living for two years in a small village on the cusp of dramatic social and cultural change.

Book description: In fifteen stories unified by a piquant sense of place and vivid dialogue,readers are immediately taken away from India´s teeming cities to a single mud-walled village, "Saratpur", and its rich panoply of memorable characters. The author introduces you to his Hindu and Muslim neighbors,their customs, family life, conflicts and their hopes for the future. These are timeless stories of family feuds, the force of the supernatural,marriage rituals, struggles of life in both drought and monsoon, the role of caste and the perils of revenge. Read along with us as we meet cooks, Indian civil servants, blacksmiths, lawyers, village sweepers, cycle-repairmen, camel drivers, local politicians and others whose lifestyles are seldom highlighted in much current literature about India. The first-person perspective I adopt offers frank intimacy and a freshness that comes from being a young American living for two years in a small village on the cusp of dramatic social and cultural change.

In summary of this book, the author takes the readers from the understanding that the Aztec Indians were violent creatures who honored the God of war and sun and many other to give pleasure to the Aztecs. There is the realization that only a few over 400 skulls are left and some of them were of European decent. The Aztec Civilization lasted for a long time approximately 300 years. The dominant language was Nahuatl and food was tamales with the Valley of Mexico being the origination of the nation. The population of the Aztec nation still numbers over 1 million persons. The tradition and also the art still remains of great interest to people of our modern day civilization. All types of passageways were built for the Aztecs to rise to such a huge powerful nation. Their religion focuses on many Gods and the unique offering of their own tribes flesh and blood as sacrifice to the many Gods sets this tribe into it's own classification of Indians. Even a warrior could be sacrificed. For gold and slaves, Cortes was seen as a large white God, but of course, the fights began when he started melting gold that the Aztecs used to honor Gods. In 1521, small pox ran rampant throughout the Aztec people and a huge percentage died which left the tribe to be much smaller than before. Still today in Mexico, the cuisine that the Aztecs had flavored are honored. Scribe outlined a rough draft and detailed of veggies, insects, shells, and minerals were used to create various colors as simple tools made of wood, rock, and bone produced beautiful items. Pots were carved for the upper class. Coatlicue respresents the pain of life. Tezcatlipoca is the God of magic, war and death. Xipe Totec is the God of spring and new life and the god of suffering. Xochipilli is the prince of flowers , god of dawn, dance and love. Huchuetecti is the God of fire. Tloque Nahuaque is the Lord of everywhere. Quetzalcoatl is the God of knowledge, creation,priesthoo, and wind. Tlaloc is the God of rain. Mictlantecuhtl is the God of the dead. Chalchiuhtlicue is the Goddess of the lakes. Tezca is the God of fate and creation. Huitzilopochtli is the God of war, sun, and the nation. Pictograms would record events that scribes would sketch. These were important to the nation. From 1517-1519 Aztec Emperor Montezuma II had a sense of foreboding of evil omens came in series. Montezuma demanded that the soothsayers identify the meaning of these omens. The truth is that the Spanish were making their way to his territory. February 1519, Cortes defied the governor and he moved swiftly to seize all meat supplies in Santiago and set sail at daybreak on February 18, 1519. Cortes went to Cozumel and say the Mayan pyramids. He went to the tip of the Yucatan and to Potonchan. The natives were unfriendly to him and a bloody battle happened where a total of 400 Indian warriors were driven off. From Potonchan, the fleet carried to the Isle of Sacrifices where Juan de Grijalva had arrived and Cortes was treated nicely. Then Montezuma arises. Cortes conveyed himself as an ambassador of a king. Cortes did not know that Tenochtitlan was 200 miles away. On November 8, 1519, the Spaniards marched. The Aztecs led the Spaniards into the center of the city where Moontezuma honored them. Cortes was amazed at the treasures of Tenochtitlan.

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allama mashriqi was an eminent mathematician and scientist and a renowned scholar who broke records at Punjab and Cambridge Universities. He was one of the founding fathers of Pakistan and the founder of the Khaksar Movement; he played a vital role in the independence of Indo-Pakistan. The first part of this book is an eye opener, as Mashriqi�s grandson reveals facts from Pakistan�s history that are unknown to many.

dr. akhtar hameed khan was a scholar, a world renowned social scientist, and the founding father of the Pakistan Academy for Rural Development and the Orangi Pilot Project. His projects acclaimed global recognition and are benefiting millions of poor people around the world. Mashriqi and Dr. Khan were closely related. Both men�s services to Pakistan are unprecedented as they successfully mobilized the masses for their causes: Mashriqi for freedom and Dr. Khan for poverty alleviation. Mashriqi�s followers were in millions while Dr. Khan�s projects are benefiting millions.

allama mashriqi was an eminent mathematician and scientist and a renowned scholar who broke records at Punjab and Cambridge Universities. He was one of the founding fathers of Pakistan and the founder of the Khaksar Movement; he played a vital role in the independence of Indo-Pakistan. The first part of this book is an eye opener, as Mashriqi�s grandson reveals facts from Pakistan�s history that are unknown to many.

dr. akhtar hameed khan was a scholar, a world renowned social scientist, and the founding father of the Pakistan Academy for Rural Development and the Orangi Pilot Project. His projects acclaimed global recognition and are benefiting millions of poor people around the world. Mashriqi and Dr. Khan were closely related. Both men�s services to Pakistan are unprecedented as they successfully mobilized the masses for their causes: Mashriqi for freedom and Dr. Khan for poverty alleviation. Mashriqi�s followers were in millions while Dr. Khan�s projects are benefiting millions.