This Novel by Famous novelist Shailesh Matiyani, Sarpgandha is a living depiction of today’s Indian environment. Breaking the bonds of caste system, the more comfortable it is, the harder to suffer its consequences. Sarpgandha is a successful novel from a pedagogical point of view due to its ease and interestingness.
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We Teen
We Teen is the second novel of Gorki after Fomr Gordeyev which was published in 1900. Gorki has illustrated in this novel before revolution of Russia and the futility of passive resistance against the injustices of life. The three protagonists of this novel want to redeem themselves from the cruel bonds of life in different ways.
Sewasadan
Along with the problem of women life in Sevasadan, the priests of the society, mandarins, the moneylender, the courtesans of reforms, the arrogance, hypocrisy, characterlessness, dowry-practice, mismatched marriage, bribery of police, prostitution, double character of man, communal malice etc. get details of social distortions.
Animal Farm
‘All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.’
Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion under the leadership of the pigs Napoleon and Snowball leads to the animals taking over the farm. Vowing to eliminate the terrible inequities of the farmyard, the renamed Animal Farm is organized to benefit all who walk on four legs. But as time passes, the ideals of the rebellion are corrupted, then forgotten. And something new and unexpected emerges . . .
Animal Farm—the history of a rebellion that went wrong—is George Orwell’s brilliant satire on the corrupting influence of power.
Animal Farm
This novel has striven to establish how despite the differences in their inner and outer natures, humans and animals can and must live in harmony. A fascinating narrative with some of the most memorable characters and unique setting, Animal Farm is a perennial classic.
1984
This book is written by George Orvel in 1948, but he put it’s title 1984, because they go ahead of their time and imagine a time in which the ruling power keeps an eye on its citizens and is also not in favor of giving them basic freedom.
Thackeray Mansion
In this sequel to Chowringhee, the third instalment in the life and tribulations
of the naïve and innocent young Shanker, he is once again out of a job
and without a roof on his head. After much difficulty he finds a job as a
manager in a grand but crumbling building in the posh area of the city:
Thackeray Mansion on Scudder Street. The narrator directs his keen eye
and sympathetic ear to tell captivating stories of those who live in the
homes within a home of Thackeray Mansion, and those who work in it. The
mysterious disappearance of Philip sahib’s wife, the hilarious monologues
of the feisty Poppy Biswas and the grouchy Baradaprasanna, the seductive
Sulekha Sen who morphs into the respectable Seema Chatterjee, and
the love of Dorothy Watts for Rabindranath Tagore: stories nestle within
stories and the result is an astonishing novel filled with joys and sorrows,
laughter and tears, despair and hope.
The Avenger
A plane full of college girls is blown up by Sikandar Khan, a Pakistani terrorist. Former Special Forces officer Suvir Suri is called upon to lead a counterterrorism operation to and the killer. Then Sikandar Khan resurfaces to launch a second attack that can send India and Pakistan to war. The walls are closing in on Suvir. Will he be able to stop this rising tide of terror or will it sweep away all his efforts?
Just For You
When you love someone, what’s there to prove?
Everything!
It looks like life is teaching Rohit a lesson. His publishing deals, his relationships, even his job-nothing seems to be working out. To make matters worse, Karan is still trying his best to ruin him as a writer. But when Nisha leaves him, it’s the ultimate blow.
To win her back Rohit must prove he loves her enough to do things that matter to her: like helping Tara find a publisher. As Rohit takes control of his life, he begins to find things slowly changing for the better for him too.
But will Nisha be happy with that? Will she come back to him?
Just for You is an adorable, bittersweet story about love and its responsibilities.
Nine Book Three
NONE CAN CHANGE THE PAST, BUT THE FUTURE IS ANYBODY’S GAME . . .
271 BC
On the one side is the Mauryan Empire under Ashoka, growing from strength to strength. On the other end is the highly trained spy, Vassa, a Kalingan.
Ashoka and his army are moving towards Kalinga and it is predicted that nothing can stop it from annihilating the Kalingans.
THE BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL HAS JUST BEGUN!
Vassa needs to move quickly if he wants to change the destiny of his people. His mission is to hit at the very source of this powerful kingdom – the virtually indestructible, NINE.
Can he go beyond all that is mortal and achieve the impossible?
Gripping and unrelenting, NINE; The Rise of the Kaligan will hold you spell bound.