Indian Literature

'પુષ્પદાહ' એટલે પુષ્પને લાગતો દાહ. અમેરિકામાં વસતા ગુજરાતીઓના સમાજજીવનનો અંતરંગ પરિચય કરાવતી આ નવલકથા 'ડોક્યુ-નોવેલ' એટલે કે 'દસ્તાવેજી નવલકથા' છે. તેની વિશેષતા એ છે કે લેખકે આ નવલકથાનાં પાત્રોની વચ્ચે રહીને, તેમની મનોસ્થિતિનો અભ્યાસ કરતા રહીને આલેખન કર્યું છે. અમેરિકાનિવાસી મનોવિજ્ઞાનના શિક્ષક શાંતિભાઈના પુત્ર સંજયને પત્ની ચારુ થકી બે બાળકો જુલી અને રોબિન છે. ચારુએ સંજયનો ઉપયોગ અમેરિકા આવવાની સીડી તરીકે કરેલો છે. વલ્લભ ઠક્કર સાથે તેના સંબંધો છે. આ હકીકતની જાણ થતાં, સમજાવટની કોઈ અસર ન થતાં સંજય અને ચારુ છૂટાછેડા લે છે.

Sixteen-year-old Maya Krishnan is fiercely protective of her friends, immigrant community, and single mother, but she knows better than to rock the boat in her conservative Florida suburb. Her classmate Juneau Zale is the polar opposite: she’s a wealthy white heartbreaker who won’t think twice before capsizing that boat. When Juneau invites Maya to join the Pugilists—a secret society of artists, vandals, and mischief-makers who fight for justice at their school—Maya descends into the world of change-making and resistance.

Old Basar Mal remembers his love and homeland that he lost in Sindh, Pakistan during the Partition. A young graduate gets into an imaginary relationship with a girl at a yellow window. The Mumbai land mafia is after Basar Mal and his library. A chatty book cover relates the plight of books. A silent Mangan's ma washes and feeds a plastic doll she thinks is her son.

Three Brannock brothers came west. Now, only one of them survives, and Clint Brannock feels the weight of responsibility as a U.S. deputy marshal. Hunting down an outlaw in the Indian territories, Clint meets up with two of his nephews one destined to live or die by the gun, the other to live or die in his shadow. And in southern New Mexico, a beautiful sister-in-law, Elizabeth, presides over 100,000 rich acres and dabbles in a dangerous game.

આમ્રપાલી થી શરુ થયેલી નવલકથાઓને ગુપ્ત્યુગ નવલકથાવલી નામ આપ્યું છે,તે ઇતિહાસના ક્રમને જાણતા છતાં એમ સમજીને કે, ગણતંત્ર રાજતંત્ર ની પશ્વાદ ભૂમિકા ઉપર પણ નજર આવી જાય.'ચૌલુક્ય નવલકથાવલી' તેમજ 'ગુપ્ત્યુગ નવલકથાવલી' ની હિન્દી આવૃત્તિઓ પણ વોરા એન્ડ કં. મુંબઈ તરફ થી પ્રગટ થઇ છે. આ આવૃત્તિ માં ખાસ ફેરફાર કર્યો નથી.

રમણલાલ દેસાઈ ની લખેલી પુસ્તક ઠગ નું ઓડિયો રૂપાંતર શૈલેન્દ્ર પટેલ ની આવાઝ માં આઝાદી પહેલાંના સમયમાં સ્થાન લેતી આ નવલકથા, સંશોધન અને ફિલસૂફીના અનન્ય મિશ્રણ સમાન બની રહે છે.

Patrick Healy, a teacher, travelled around the world, talked with people in different places, and collected around 500 myths, legends, and folktales and their several alternative versions. His opinion and comments (directly or indirectly) are inevitable. This is the seventh volume of his work, 30 Indian Tales, in his words. He retold the stories with his own opinion and approach to them. Patrick is an Australian writer who has an abiding interest in the folklore of different cultures. He has lived and worked in Hong Kong for more than 25 years as a high school teacher.

આ પુસ્તક મુખ્યત્વે કૃષ્ણની મહાભારત યુદ્ધ તેના યાદવ પરિવાર સાથેના તેમના યુગના અંત સુધીના 36 વર્ષની અર્ધ-સાહિત્યની યાત્રા વિશે છે, શરૂઆતમાં ગાંધારી અને આખરે મહર્ષિ કશ્યપ દ્વારા શ્રાપિત હતો.

'ચિત્રલેખા'માં ધારાવાહિક સ્વરૂપે પ્રકાશિત આ નવલકથા પુસ્તકસ્વરૂપે સન 2000માં પ્રકાશિત થઈ. તેને ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ અને ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય અકાદમી બન્ને દ્વારા 'વર્ષની શ્રેષ્ઠ નવલકથા' ઘોષિત કરવામાં આવી.

"This is the story of Mary Prince", who was sold into slavery at the age of 12 for £38 sterling. It is the first account of the life of a black woman ever to be published in the United Kingdom, and it was published at a time when slavery was still legal in the British Colonies. "The history of Mary Prince" is firsthand testimony of the brutalities of enslavement. Its tone is direct and authentic, which makes this vivid story go straight to the heart.

Ankita Sharma has the world at her feet. She is young, good-looking and smart and has tonnes of friends and boys swooning over her. College life is what every youngster dreams of, and she also manages to get into a premier management school for her MBA. Six months later she is a patient in a mental health hospital. How did Ankita get here? What were the events that led to this? Will she ever get back her life again? Life has cruelly and coldly snatched that which meant the most to her, and she must now fight to get it all back.

Life is built on single decisions. Choose wisely. It’s one of life coach Nikki Parekh’s mottos. That and being open to opportunities and taking leaps without fear. But when Nikki accepts her boyfriend’s casual proposal of marriage, she wonders if it’s just too soon, too spontaneous—and so sudden that she seeks out the advice of her not-so-nurturing mother, Tara. To Nikki’s surprise, Tara, who raised her daughter to be self-sufficient, urges Nikki to trust her decision.

Chanakya Niti or Cāṇakya Nīti (IAST) (चाणक्य नीति) is a compilation of Sanskrit (संस्कृत) verses, known as aphorisms by Chanakya (आचार्य चाणक्य: 375–283 BCE). He was a teacher, author, strategist, philosopher, economist, jurist and a royal advisor. He authored the ancient Indian political treatise, the Arthashāstra (अर्थशास्त्र). He is considered the pioneer in the field of political science and economics in India. Around 321 BCE, Chanakya assisted the first Mauryan emperor, Chandragupta, in his rise to ...

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जावेद कश्मीरी को उनकी तलाश थी जिन्होंने उस पर और उसके परिवार पर जुल्म किए थे. मगर उसके रास्ते में अड़े खड़े थे "चलते पुर्जे"! और चलते पुर्ज़ों से जावेद अकेला नहीं निपट सकता था. उसे विजय-विकास की ही नहीं बल्कि अलफांसे की मदद भी हासिल हुई. ये सब मिल कर भी चलते पुर्ज़ों को सबक़ सीखा पाए कि नहीं? ये बता रहें हैं "वेद प्रकाश शर्मा"! सुनिए उनकी इस नायाब कृति को और अनुभव कीजिए जादुई लेखन और आवाज़ के मेल को!

We think of love stories as those that end in happily-ever-after. But thousands of years ago, in ancient India, love was understood in a different way—as one of the four aims of life, as a means for spiritual growth, as a celebration of the play of the Divine. As something profound, beautiful, and sometimes elusive.

Kalki Hari arrives at Indragarh to find out that his brother has been taken prisoner, his beloved is about to be butchered and the city is embroiled in a ghastly war with the Naga queen and Dakshini king. Armed with a mighty sword forged by a god, he fights to take the city back from his nemesis, the evil Kali. But the Avatar of Vishnu is at a crossroads. It is his destiny to fight the last battle with Adharm and obliterate evil from this world. However, he has stumbled upon a terrible truth over the course of his journey ... a truth that may change everything.

Left destitute and alone with her mother after her father abandoned them, Erin Saddler is shocked when she learns her mother has arranged for her to be a mail order bride to a Mr. Rich McNettle. But they are out of money, and marriage is their last chance for a stable life. So Erin agrees to travel west to wed this man she's never met. But when a stagecoach accident and a brave man step in to her destiny, she begins to believe that God has other plans for her.

From Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling to Satyajit Ray and R. K. Narayan, this text is a collection of spine-chilling tales of the supernatural from India.

यह उपन्यास असली खिलाड़ी उनके चर्चित उपन्यासों में से एक है. इसका हर पन्ना कुछ ऐसे राज़ खोलता है, जो कि उपन्यास के किरादारों में हमारी रूचि को और बढ़ाते हैं. ऑडियोबुक में रूप इस उपन्यास का आना उन सभी के लिए तोहफ़ा है जो उपन्यासों के लिए अपने दिल में ख़ास जगह रखते हैं.