Catagory: Fiction

Written in an autobiographical style and divided into four parts, Srikanta is Sharatchandra Chattopadhyay’s most memorable, interesting and readable work, which captures the woman’s emotional workings very well despite being based on a male lead. The hero, Srikanta is portrayed as a carefree wanderer and it is against his nature to stay in one place for long. If there was anyone to call him their own, it was his classmate, Rajlakshmi, who tried to claim him as her own by putting a garland of karandas around his neck at the age of 9 when he was 14. But could she make him hers? Find out in this novel.

Celebrated author, Narendra Kohli’s novel Vasudev is a tale about the ultimate will to live. The hardships faced by Devki and Vasudev are incomparable to anything in this world. Living like slaves all their lives, they were forced to watch as their six sons were murdered. Outside of family, community and empire, no possibility of finding any aid became apparent, yet their energy to keep up their struggle did not ebb. After Vasudev’s initial struggle, this war was fought by This is not just a story of faith underneath the surface of worship but of a struggle for independence against an evil and mighty ruler under the surface of politics.

Vaishali ki Nagarvadhu is a classic novel which is considered to be one of the best Hindi novels of all times. It is based on the life of Amrapali. Acharya Chatursen has said on the subject of this novel:
‘I take back all my books thus far and declare Vaishali ki Nagarvadhu as my only work.’
This novel presents a vivid image of life in India. The novel’s main character is a personification of pride and vanity, the universal beauty Ambapaali, who was declared a Vaishya by force, and remained the focus of all political and social life across India during her time, for half a century.

This is Acharya Chatursen’s most popular novel, which is based on the Ram Katha, but whose protagonist is not Rama but Ravana. In this novel, the author details other aspects of Ravana’s personality that made him superior to Rama. According to this book, Ravana devised a new cultural system that would unite the North with the South, which he called the Rakshasanskriti. When Ravana went to Lord Shiva, he described the culture as ‘we protect. This is our rakshasanskriti.’

This novel details the tragic tale of the fall of the Somnath Temple, which once radiated indescribable glory, in the wake of Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi’s seventeenth invasion.

This is the biography of the man who revolutionized the world of technology, the co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc., Steve Jobs.

In the lure of the golden future promised by the Independence, the public may have settled for a sip of the poison that was Partition, but the question of whether the partition was absolutely necessary, still remains unanswered. After all what were the pressing reasons that forcibly ripped the country into two halves? The segregationist policies of the Muslim League? The lack of common ground and determination among the Indian masses? The irresponsibility of the Congress? Or Gandhiji’s principles of non-violence? Who was responsible? Why couldn’t the Hindus and Muslims bear to live together? What were the leaders of the country occupied with? What was their role? Where were they in the midst of such division? The celebrated writer, Priyamvad, has made an attempt to find the answers to all these questions and many more.

This book is based on the personality and accomplishments of the famous Punjabi saint and poet, Bulleshah. Bulleshah’s name is intertwined with the subtle fragrance of Punjab’s soil; he is highly revered as a Sufi poet all across North India. He always shunned the caste system and stood against hypocrisy and was convinced of the power of nurturing an unwavering love for God. His verse was brimming with the essence of Punjabi folk culture. Each one of his works is reflective of the truth of life and the universe. Bulleshah was, in reality, merely a singer and poet dedicated to the cause of human well-being. This book contains representative poems in Punjabi and Urdu about Bulleshah, with their Hindi versions.

This is an easy-to-read Hindi edition of Be A Winner Everytime. Change your perspective, change your life! Such is the promise of this book, which teaches you how to manage your life in a simple, straightforward manner so you can gain stability and success and emerge a winner! Full of anecdotes and inspirational stories, this is Promod Batra at his best. In his special, down-to-earth and informal style, he helps you look at life from a different perspective so you can be a winner every time!

This is a special collection of ghazals, qatas and shers by the renowned poet, Kuldip Salil. At times gentle, at times charged with emotion that touches the soul, these verses are mesmerising. There is no corner of existence obscured from the eye of the poet. On the one hand, he sweeps away the reader with his romanticism, but on the other, he misses no opportunity to critique the injustices in our society