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Godan, Premchand's last completed novel is considered his best work. It is the most realistic interpretation of Indian village society, the backbone of India. It is a story of changing people, hungry and sem-starved, yet hopeful and optimistic, in the truest spirit of the age it represents.
The Great Vagabond was originally written in Hindi under the title of Awara Messiah by the noted Hindi writer and Poet Vishnu Prabhakar. It is translated by Jai Ratan into English. It is based on the life of the celebrated Bengali novelist, Sarat Chandra Chatterjee who strode the Bengali literary scene as a colossus. The original Hindi Awara Messiah was the result of Vishnu Prabhakar’s painstaking research and literary virtuosity. The author had personally ...
This anthology spans almost half a century of literary endeavour in the field of Hindi fiction--a period of intense literary activity, varied in its approach and wide in its scope. In making the selection Jai Ratan has not only chosen from the veterans in the genre of the short story, such as Amarkant, Bhisham Sahni, Kamleshwar, Nirmal Verma and Mohan Rakesh, but included younger writers who will carry the torch forward. Of special interest are the works of women ...
She was Munni, she was Dilaram, and then she became Begum Samru. A meteoric rise, from a mere nautch-girl to an empress of Delhi. A saga of passion, intrigues and courage which thrills and enthralls. But it is a real character, a character from history, will all the ingredients of a Shakespearean tragedy. An eminently readable novel by a master craftsman who grew into a legend.
Dislocated by the turn of events following the partition of the subcontinent, the protagonists of the novel, Asim and Saran have a chance meeting at Frankfurt, Germany and are friends in an instant. In taking us through their adventures all over Europe and later to their reunion with Usha and Naima in India, the novel not only depicts the complex social and emotional relationships, but also grapples with the trauma of alienation. Adrift is a human document of ...