Indian Literature

The novel begins in the decade of 1990s. The world had changed overnight. The wall of Berlin had vanished, and the great and mighty Soviet Union was vanishing. But in India, the report of the Mandal Commission was creating new frontiers. Meanwhile Advani started his rathyatra.

1970 के दशक के उत्तरार्ध में, उत्तर भारत के एक छोटे-से क़स्बे रामनगर में बिताए गए एक बचपन का वृत्तांत है ‘लपूझन्ना’। नौ-दस साल के बच्चे की निगाह से देखी गई ज़िंदगी अपने इतने सारे देखे-अदेखे रंगों के साथ सामने आती है कि पढ़ने वाला गहरे-मीठे नॉस्टैल्जिया में डूबने-उतराने लगता है।

Agla Prishth' allahabadi chaatra jeevan ki dastaan par, apne samay ki sarvadhik charchit kriti 'Shesh Agle Prishth Par' ke lokpriya lekhak K.D. Singh ki agaami kriti hai. Allahabad mein padh rahe, aur competition ki tayyari kar rahe chaatron ke sukh-dukh, utsaah-nairaashya, hatasha, kshobh, ke bawjood, jeevan

In this Indian folktale, a young turtle shares a shallow lake with unlikely friends—two geese. But when the lake starts drying up, the stubborn turtle must follow his winged friends’ advice, or he’ll be left out to dry.

Kajal knows she is not a good person. If she were, she wouldn’t selfishly be risking her sister’s soul in a dangerous bid to bring her back to life. She would let Lasya rest in peace—but Kajal cannot stand the horror of living without her. As Kajal prepares for the resurrection, the worst happens: Her sister’s soul warps into a bhuta—a murderous, wraith-like spirit—and Kajal gets sentenced to death for her sister’s rampage. There seems little hope of escape until two strangers offer to free her.

दिव्य प्रकाश दुबे की ये 16 कहानियाँ, अलग-अलग शहरों में रहने वाले आम और ख़ास दोनों तरह के लोगों को नए शेड में दिखाने की कोशिश करती हैं। वे लोग, जो अपनी आधी-अधूरी हसरतों के साथ भी पूरे हैं।

तितलियों के पीछे दौड़ते बचपन की ये कहानी, उजली रातों में मुठ्ठी भर जुगनू पकड़ने की कहानी है। पगडंडियों पर बाहें फैलाए उड़ने की और किसी पेड़ की फुनगी पर बैठ नदी के पार ढलते सूरज को निहारने की कहानी है। ये कहानी बगीचे में चिड़िया के एक-एक तिनके जुटाने और गिलहरी के अमरूद से आम तक फुदकने के बीच मिट्टी के खिलौने बनाने की है। ये उन दिनों की कहानी है जब दिल और दिमाग़ एक ही बात सोचा करते थे, एक ही बात कहा करते थे। बचपन के सतरंगी सपनों वाली ये तितलियों के पीछे भागने की कहानी है।.

संग्रह की हर कहानी हिंदी साहित्य में वर्तमान लेखन की बँधी हुई परिपाटी तोड़कर अपना रास्ता बनाना चाहती है और यह आपके साथ से ही संभव है।.

प्रेम कितना मोहक, सम्मोहक और मादक होता है.. उसके विभिन्न पड़ावों से गुजरते हुए मैंने यह जाना है। 'मन पतंग दिल डोर' को लिखते हुए मैंने महसूस किया है कि मोहब्बत का कोई मौसम नहीं होता। वो जब हो जाए वही उसका मौसम हो जाता है। यौवन जब आता है तो अनेक मधुर एहसास लिए आता है.. उन एहसासों को शब्द मैंने नहीं दिए हैं बल्कि उन्होंने खुद अपने लिए शब्द चुने हैं।

In the tradition of the Native American storyteller, Jamake Highwater weaves generations of legends and stories into the haunting legend of a handsome young brave named Anpao. When Anpao falls in love with the beautiful Ko-Ko-mik-e-is, she tells him she belongs to the Sun alone. Before they can marry, Anpao must complete a dangerous journey to the house of the Sun to get permission to wed his beloved. As a sign of the Sun’s approval, the scars will be melted from Anpao’s tawny cheek.

When superstar athlete Jim Thorpe and football legend Pop Warner met in 1904 at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, they forged one of the winningest teams in American football history. Called "the team that invented football", they took on the best opponents of their day, defeating much more privileged schools such as Harvard and Army in a series of breathtakingly close calls, genius plays, and bone-crushing hard work.

James Fenimore Cooper was the most popular American writer of his day, but today he is best known for The Last of the Mohicans. A part of his Leatherstocking Tales, The Last of the Mohicans takes place in 1757 during the French and Indian War, when France and England battled for control of the American and Canadian colonies.

In Indian Country: Missing. Two young Lakota women, Anya Fast Runner and Veronica Likes Pretty Dresses, have gone missing, one reported missing on the reservation and the other in the county, Mike taking the report himself. Both cases are obviously related and both ladies were last seen with his old nemesis Raymond Angry Boy Whitecloud.

On Mahashivratri, when the moon casts a crimson glow and bats scurry across the night sky, the Vetaals appear from the shadows to take revenge against an ancient custom led by a sadistic demigod. The only one who stands between them and the future of humankind is Vikramaditya, the king of Avantika. But to battle against these dark forces, he needs an ally. An ally who whispers with blood between his teeth, the one who speaks in riddles—the original Veetal. Will Vikramaditya be able to convince the Veetal to help him defeat this unbeatable enemy?

A fitting but entirely independent sequel to Boots Belts Berets, her celebrated book about life at the National Defence Academy, On the Double follows the continuing adventures of Pessi, Maachh, Porky, Sandy and Zora as they navigate the obstacle course that is the IMA. Their love of fun breathes life into their time together, and their friendship and dare-devilry guarantees sleepless nights for their Company Commander.

One cold night, three friends revel in intoxication, discovering a bag filled with banknotes. However, their joy is short-lived as the very night witnesses the announcement of demonetization. In the midst of people queuing up at banks to exchange 2,000-rupee notes, the trio finds themselves grappling with the challenge of exchanging the entire bag. Caught in the chaos of demonetization, the story unfolds as these friends navigate through local mafias, undercover agents and the police. Will they succeed in their mission amidst the mayhem caused by demonetization?

कुछ साल पहले पिंकी और मंटू का प्रेम-पत्र सोशल मीडिया पर वायरल हुआ और ऐसे वायरल हुआ कि उसे शेयर करने वालों में हाईस्कूल-इंटरमीडिएट के छात्र भी थे और यूनिवर्सिटी के प्रोफेसर भी। लेकिन उस छोटे से प्रेम-पत्र के पीछे की बड़ी कहानी क्या थी, यह किसी को नहीं मालूम। क्या था उन दो प्रेमियों का संघर्ष? ‘चाँदपुर की चंदा’ क्या उस मंटू और पिंकी की रोमांटिक प्रेम-कहानी भर है?

Despite the immense popularity of yoga today, there is surprisingly little knowledge of its roots among practitioners. This book brings together the core teachings of yoga in the words of their authors, rather than in the secondary versions of modern interpreters. Including key passages from the Upanishads, the Buddhist and Jaina traditions, the yoga sections of the Indian Tantras, and many texts that are being critically translated for the first time, Roots of Yoga provides a comprehensive and immediate insight into the essential texts of the Indian traditions of yoga.

Dr. Trisha Raje is San Francisco’s most acclaimed neurosurgeon. But that’s not enough for the Rajes, her influential immigrant family who’s achieved power by making its own nonnegotiable rules: Never trust an outsider, never do anything to jeopardize your brother’s political aspirations, and never, ever, defy your family. Trisha is guilty of breaking all three rules. But now, she has a chance to redeem herself. So long as she doesn’t repeat old mistakes.

New York City, 1972. Jaryk Smith, a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto, and Lucy Gardner, a southerner, newly arrived in the city, are in the first bloom of love when they receive word that Jaryk's oldest friend has died under mysterious circumstances in a rural village in eastern India. Traveling there alone to collect his friend's ashes, Jaryk soon finds himself enmeshed in the chaos of local politics and efforts to stage a play in protest against the government—the same play that he performed as a child in Warsaw as an act of resistance against the Nazis.