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Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man, published by Oxford University Press, is the English version of the novel originally written in Kannada, by U. R. Ananthamurthy. The translation is done by A. K. Ramanujan. This educational edition of Samskara explains why the novel is both a religious and contemporary poetic reworking of ancient Hindu myths and themes. The central event of the story is death, which evokes in its wake a plague, moral chaos and a rebirth. Depicting a decaying Brahmin colony in a village of South India, the novel was extremely popular with both general readers and critics. This edition in English has been designed for students with exercises comprising a variety of questions. About U. R. Ananthamurthy U. R. Ananthamurthy was one of India's leading modern writers. He did all his creative writing in Kannada. A Jnanpith awardee and author of five novels, including the widely acclaimed Samskara (the current title), he has several collections of short stories, poems, plays, and critical writings to his credit. He was the Vice-Chancellor of the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, and the President of the Central Sahitya Akademi. About Oxford University Press Oxford University Press is a renowned publishing house that develops and publishes high quality textbooks, scholarly works, and academic books for school courses, bilingual dictionaries and also digital materials for both learning and teaching. It is a division of the University of Oxford. The first book was locally published in the year 1912. Some of the books published under their banner are: India’s Ancient Past, Atkins’ Physical Chemistry, Companion to Politics in India, Sociology: Themes and Perspectives, and Common Mistakes at IELTS Advanced …and How to Avoid Them.