Chander and Sudha

Chander and Sudha
Author: Dharamvir Bharati
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2016-06-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 8184750293

In the idyllic university town, young women daydreamed as they lay on the grass and gazed up at the clouds. Young men took morning walks at Alfred Park. Hot summer afternoons were for drinking sherbet and eating watermelons, and evenings were meant for reading poetry. It was also a time of stifling social mores, and love was an unattainable ideal seldom realized. Allahabad of the 1940s is the serene backdrop to the turbulence of Chander’s love for his professor’s daughter Sudha. Driven by his passionate belief in the transcending purity of their love, Chander persuades Sudha to marry another man, to devastating consequences. Unhinged by his separation from Sudha and consumed by a restless desire to make sense of love—Is it really about sex? Is the purity of love a lie?—Chander spirals into a destructive affair with the seductive Pammi. Immensely popular since its publication more half a century ago, Chander & Sudha continues to seduce readers with its potent mix of tender passion and heartbreaking tragedy.

You are the Best Wife

You are the Best Wife
Author: Ajay Pandey
Publisher: Sristhi Publishers & Distributors
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2015-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9382665544

Ajay believes in living for himself; Bhavna teaches him to live for others. Ajay is a planner for life; Bhavna makes him live in every moment. You are the Best Wife is a story of two people with contradictory ideologies who fall in love. It changes them for good. It changes the way they look at the world and the way the world looks at them. Until destiny reveals its plans. This is a true inspiring story of the author and his struggle with life, after his beloved wife left him halfway through their journey. But her last words, ‘you are the best husband’ gave him the strength to live on, and fulfil his promise of love. Told with frankness and doses of humor, this heartwarming tale of a boy and a girl who never gave up on their love in face of adversities, ends on a bittersweet and poignant note as Ajay comes to terms with the biggest lesson life has to offer.

The Nine-Chambered Heart

The Nine-Chambered Heart
Author: Janice Pariat
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 133
Release: 2018-05-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0008272557

From the winner of the Sahitya Akademi Young Writer Award and the Crossword Book Award for FictionShortlisted for The Hindu Prize for Literature 2015 ‘Explores with sharp beauty the mystery at the centre of loving anyone’ Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure

The Old Man And His God

The Old Man And His God
Author: Sudha Murty
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9351183378

As she goes about her work with the villagers, slum dwellers and the common men and women of India, Sudha Murty—writer, social worker and teacher—listens to them and records what they have to say. Their accounts of the struggles and hardships which they have at times overcome, and at other times been overwhelmed by, are put together in this book. There are stories about people’s generosity—and selfishness—in times of natural disasters like the tsunami; women struggling to speak out in a world that refuses to listen to them; and tales of young professionals trying to find their feet as they climb up the corporate ladder. Told simply and directly from the heart, The Old Man and His God is a collection of snapshots of the varied facets of human nature and a mirror to the souls of the people of India.

Mahashweta

Mahashweta
Author: Sudha Murty
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2007-09-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9351183408

Anupama looked into the mirror and shivered with shock. A small white patch had now appeared on her arm.' Anupama's fairytale marriage to Anand falls apart when she discovers a white patch on her foot and learns that she has leukoderma. Abandoned by her uncaring in-laws and insensitive husband, she is forced to return to her father's home in the village. The social stigma of a married woman living with her parents, her steother's continual barbs and the ostracism that accompanies her skin condition force her to contemplate suicide. Determined to rebuild her life against all odds, Anupama goes to Bombay where she finds success, respect and the promise of an enduring friendship. Mahashweta is an inspiring story of courage and resilience in a world marred by illusions and betrayals. This poignant tale offers hope and solace to the victims of the prejudices that govern society even today.

Three Thousand Stitches

Three Thousand Stitches
Author: Sudha Murty
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2017-07-14
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9386651602

So often, it's the simplest acts of courage that touch the lives of others. Sudha Murty-through the exceptional work of the Infosys Foundation as well as through her own youth, family life and travels-encounters many such stories . . . and she tells them here in her characteristically clear-eyed, warm-hearted way. She talks candidly about the meaningful impact of her work in the devadasi community, her trials and tribulations as the only female student in her engineering college and the unexpected and inspiring consequences of her father's kindness. From the quiet joy of discovering the reach of Indian cinema and the origins of Indian vegetables to the shallowness of judging others based on appearances, these are everyday struggles and victories, large and small. Unmasking both the beauty and ugliness of human nature, each of the real-life stories in this collection is reflective of a life lived with grace.

The Serpent's Revenge

The Serpent's Revenge
Author: Sudha Murty
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2016-10-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9385990179

How many names does Arjuna have? Why was Yama cursed? What lesson did a little mongoose teach Yudhisthira? The Kurukshetra war, fought between the Kauravas and the Pandavas and which forced even the gods to take sides, may be well known, but there are innumerable stories set before, after and during the war that lend the Mahabharata its many varied shades and are largely unheard of. Award-winning author Sudha Murty reintroduces the fascinating world of India’s greatest epic through the extraordinary tales in this collection, each of which is sure to fill you with a sense of wonder and bewilderment.

Elementary Hindi Workbook

Elementary Hindi Workbook
Author: Richard Delacy
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2021-04-13
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1462910076

b>This is an elementary level Hindi practice workbook. Intended as a companion to Elementary Hindi or as an independent study tool, this beginner Hindi workbook is the perfect guide for practicing and polishing your basic proficiency in the Hindi language and includes carefully crafted practice activities to read Hindi, write Hindi and speak Hindi. The variety of activities offers beginning level learners the range of practice opportunities they need. This workbook contains: Authentic dialogues. Comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar exercises. Translation exercises from Hindi into English and vice versa. Reading practice passages. And more!

The Mother I Never Knew

The Mother I Never Knew
Author: Sudha Murty
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2014-07-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9351187306

What secrets lurk in a family’s past—and how important are they in the here and now? Sudha Murty’s new book comprises two novellas that explore two quests by two different men—both for mothers they never knew they had. Venkatesh, a bank manager, stumbles upon his lookalike one fine day. When he probes further, he discovers his father’s hidden past, which includes an abandoned wife and child. Ventakesh is determined to make amends to his impoverished stepmother—but how can he repay his father’s debt? Mukesh, a young man, is shocked to realize after his father’s death that he was actually adopted. He sets out to find his biological mother, but the deeper he delves, the more confused he is about where his loyalties should lie: with the mother who gave birth to him, or with the mother who brought him up. The Mother I Never Knew is a poignant, dramatic book that reaches deep into the human heart to reveal what we really feel about those closest to us.

Scene

Scene
Author: Rahi Masoom Raza
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2017-12-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9352770439

A no-holds-barred expose of the Hindi film industry's sordid underbelly. Ali Amjad comes from Benares to make it as a scriptwriter in Bombay, only to experience the absurd and tragic reality behind the film world's glamour as he navigates through it with his fellow strugglers. A short, fascinating novel set in the Bombay of the 1970s, Rahi Masoom Raza's Scene: 75 is a crazy kaleidoscope of stories within stories populated by a cast of extraordinary and memorable - but also cynical and manipulative - characters, from struggling directors and wealthy lesbians to film-obsessed social climbers and sleazy producers. In this irreverent, surreal, deeply satirical and darkly humorous work, the author's biting prose takes an unflinching look at both Hindu-Muslim and class relations, as well as at how human ties corrode and wither because of ambition and self-interest. Superbly translated by Poonam Saxena, this lost classic from Rahi Masoom Raza rips off the tinsel curtain that hides the film industry's hypocrisy, insecurity and desperation for success. It is a novel that will delight and disturb in equal measure.