As much as Narendra Kohli is known for the narrative and flow of his writings, he is also for the clarity of his thoughts. He often hears that people are afraid to talk to him. Do not know what he would say next. He believes that ‘we should always speak the truth.’ The society says “so”, but most people do not have the courage to listen to it. Most people speak what others want to hear. But these small things, which we do not give much importance or do not consider necessary, are a mirror of our personality.
Samaaj, jismen main rahataa hoon, reflects the same ideology of the author. This memoir of sweet and sour experiences of Narendra Kohli’s writings and life is also interesting and serious as well. There is sarcasm in this as well as poise. It is also the truth of life, and life itself. Kohli’s strong writing has made it more intense and livelier.
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Saza
This is the poignant story of two young girls born under different circumstances. Life-loving girlfriend Rashi does not want her lover to know of her sufferings when she meets her lover. She suffers herself but does not allow her mind to be exposed. The character of Urmil and Ramindra is touching the deep of heart. In fact, this novel brings hears to every reader’s eyes.
1857 Ka Mahasangram
The revolution of 1857 is considered the first freedom struggle. There is an interesting and authentic description of the fight of fighters like Mangal Pandey, Rani Jhansi, Tantya Tope, Bahadur Shah Zafar etc. for freedom against the British. This book is written on base of authentic sources, so the song of fighters given in this book. This book is undoubtedly very useful for the students of History.
Man Ka Meet
This is a story that gives a pleasant feeling of the love of Narsingh and Gori. In front of the false ethnic campaign, its relationship, love and humanity, everyone starts to appear dwarf characters as well as the reader also feel pleasure. This story of repentance and mentality is itself a representative story of the new age.
Biraj Bahoo
After teaching the lesson of self-devotion, the man made the woman a toy in his hand. Biraj also grew up in a similar environment. She had accepted her husband is the top most. She herself suffered pain, but tried in every way to keep happy. But what did she get in return for all this? Scorn, hate. Biraj suffering from fever, hungry from thirty days, she went to beg rice soaked in the rainy dark night for her husband Neelambar and Neelambar did doubt on her and he blamed on her.
Sharatchandra Ki Shreshtha Kahaniyan
These representative stories of Sharat Chandra have a lively depiction of society. On the one hand the idols of humanism, love and sacrifice are revealed, on the other hand, the cruelty of man and his selfish face are exposed. These stories are definitely going to shock the mind of the reader.
Devdas
Devdas and Parvati of Talsonapur village are bound by childhood in integral affection formulas, but due to Bhiru tendency of Devdas and false falsehood of his parents, both are unable to get married. The selfish father of Parvati has sold her to forty years old Duhaju Buuwan Chaudhari for hoping to get two or three thousand rupees, whose married girl was older than Parwati. Devdas, who is immersed in the Nairasya due to fruitless love, starts consuming liquor, due to which his health falls drastically.
Swami
Swami is the victory saga of married love over illicit love, in which the tone of the woman’s response is very deep. In fact this is the story of the tearful woman in the social and classical laws, in which the voice has been raised against social oppression. It is very touching story.
Jagran
The novel has a strong depiction of love and male and female relationship. Along with keeping the side of love, Sharad Chandra has actually brought the agony of Patita, Kulta, victim, suppressed and tortured woman to life in this novel. He has proved that he is not only a favorite writer of the common reader, but has made the life struggle of the common man the subject of his novel.
The City of Good Death
Banaras, Varanasi, Kashi. India’s holy city on the banks of the Ganges has many names but holds one ultimate promise for Hindus. It is the place where pilgrims come for a good death, to be released from the cycle of reincarnation by purifying fire.
As the dutiful manager of a death hostel in Kashi, Pramesh welcomes the dying and assists the families bound for the funeral pyres that burn constantly on the ghats. ‘The soul is gone, the body is burnt, the time is past,’ he tells them. ‘Detach.’ After ten years in the timeless city, Pramesh can nearly persuade himself that here there is no past or future. He lives contentedly with his wife, Shobha, their young daughter, Rani, the hostel priests, his hapless but winning assistant, and the constant flow of families with their dying.
But one day the past arrives in the lifeless form of a man pulled from the river-a man with an uncanny resemblance to Pramesh. Called ‘twins’ in their childhood village, he and his cousin Sagar were inseparable until Pramesh left to see the world and Sagar stayed back to look after the land. After Pramesh married Shobha, defying his family’s wishes, a rift opened up between the cousins that he had long since tried to forget.
For Shobha, Sagar’s reemergence casts a shadow over the life she’s built for her family. Soon, an unwelcome guest takes up residence in the death hostel, the dying mysteriously continue to live and Pramesh is forced to confront his own ideas about death, rebirth and redemption.
Told in lush, vivid detail with an unforgettable cast of characters, The City of Good Death is a remarkable debut novel about family and love, memory and ritual, and the ways in which we honour the living and the dead.