Divya

Divya
Author: Yashpal
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2009-02-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 8184758200

‘His ideas and his contribution to Indian literature were . . . revolutionary’ —The Hindu Divya leads a blissful life within the secure walls of the palace even as the world outside rages with caste politics and religious strife, until one night of pleasure changes her entire world. She gets pregnant only to be spurned by her lover. To preserve her high born family’s name she leaves her sheltered existence and trudges through life on her own, first as a slave and then as a court dancer. Adversity finally opens her eyes to the truth—a woman of a high family is not free. Only a prostitute is free. Divya decides that, by enslaving her body, she will preserve the freedom of her mind. Set in the first century BC against a background of the conflict for supremacy between Hindu and Buddhist ideologies, Divya is a poignant tale that combines vivid imagination with rich historical details. ‘Reminiscent of George Orwell . . . Here too is the biting satire of society as seen through the savage eye of an uncompromising non-conformist’—Dawn

Machinehood

Machinehood
Author: S.B. Divya
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2022-03-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1982148071

Baksidestext: "Welga Ramirez, executive bodyguard and ex-special forces, is about to retire early when her client is killed in front of her. It's, 2095 and people don't usually die from violence. Humanity is entirely dependent on pills that not only help them stay alive but allow them to compete with artificial intelligence in an increasingly competitive gig economy. Machinehood is a thrilling and thought-provoking novel that asks: if we won't see machines as human, will we instead see humans as machines?"

Divya's Dharma

Divya's Dharma
Author: Shaun Mehta
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2004-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1418414816

Divya, an East Indian Canadian, travels to Southern India as an exchange student where she is overwhelmed by its extraordinary beauty and ugliness, its vibrancy and hypocrisy. As Divya discovers the past that her family has desperately tried to conceal, she is faced with a daunting choice: to fulfill her role as a dutiful daughter, or to search her soul and follow her Dharma. Divya's Dharma is a story about tragedy, love, and spiritual growth. Issues such as India's staggering poverty, appalling corruption, and the horrors of inter-caste wars are woven into a plot driven by characters and events that shape and change Divya's life forever.

What I Am

What I Am
Author: Divya Srinivasan
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2021-08-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593204018

The creator of Little Owl's Night explores and celebrates the complexities of what makes us who we are in this comforting and thoughtful picture book. A young narrator describes herself: a girl, a granddaughter, Indian, and American. Soon, we see the young girl as a plethora of things: selfish and generous, mean and kind, brave and mischievous. While many of these qualities oppose each other, the context and illustrations make it abundantly clear that she speaks the truth. She is a walking contradiction, and that is precisely what makes her both a unique individual and an essential piece of the greater world around her. Divya Srinivasan shows what makes us human and proud to be who we are.

Remembering Divya bharti

Remembering Divya bharti
Author: AMIT WALIA & PRIYA WALIA GOGIA
Publisher: ashka publication
Total Pages: 56
Release:
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1304312534

The book "Remembering Divya Bharti" is a biographical account that delves into the life and tragic death of the Bollywood actress Divya Bharti. This biography captures her journey from a young girl with dreams of stardom to her rapid rise in the Indian film industry, and her untimely death at the age of 19. Divya Bharti began her career in the Telugu film industry with a successful debut in the film "Bobbili Raja" in 1990. She quickly gained popularity and transitioned to Bollywood, where she starred in several hit films such as "Vishwatma," "Shola Aur Shabnam," and "Deewana." Her career, though brief, was marked by significant achievements and a rapid rise to fame. Her personal life, particularly her secret marriage to producer Sajid Nadiadwala, and the mysterious circumstances surrounding her death, are central themes in the book. On April 5, 1993, Divya fell from the balcony of her fifth-floor apartment in Mumbai. Despite various theories and media speculation, the police investigation concluded her death as accidental, though it left many questions unanswered【16†source】【17†source】. The book offers a detailed look at Divya's professional achievements, her vibrant personality, and the controversies that followed her sudden demise, providing a comprehensive insight into the life of a star who left a lasting legacy in Indian cinema.

Little Owl's Night

Little Owl's Night
Author: Divya Srinivasan
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2019-01-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1984835769

Little Owl enjoys a lovely night in the forest visiting his friend the raccoon, listening to the frogs croak and the crickets chirp, and watching the fog that hovers overhead.

Divya Darshan

Divya Darshan
Author: Sadguru Sri Sri Arjun
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2017-08-18
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1947586394

His holiness Sadguru Sri Sri Arjun, a saint from Odisha presented ‘Divya Darshan’ or the Philosophy Divine to the world in the year 1976. Born to a tribal family in the year 1933 in the hilly region of Rayagada District in Odisha and just a literate up to standard VIII, he got his enlightenment in the year 1967 and thereafter gave a very lucid and original elucidation of Truth, Consciousness, Creator and the Creation etc. He was working for Hindustan Aeronautics Limited at Sunabeda till he shed his mortal body in 1989. Divya Darshan is neither any community nor any creed, neither any bloc nor any sect. The ultimate goal of man is to become divine and realise divinity. Divya Darshan is therefore a way of life, a way to true and divine life. It belongs to none and at the same time belongs to everybody. He, who knows it, owns it. According to Divya Darshan, “Ignorance is the cause of sufferings. Ignorance breeds sins and sins cause sufferings. If you want to live, be dutiful. If you want peace and happiness, possess divine virtues. If you desire liberation, acquire self-knowledge. Love others if you yearn for good will; be truthful and humble if you want blessings; hold unto love if you want bliss; try to know your true self if you want liberation from all sufferings. God resides as all-pervasive, eternal and infinite Pure-consciousness. Possess divine qualities and realise Him to enjoy bliss. This is no life at all. To know Him who has infused life into this life is true life which is the goal of every one. To know the Law of Eternity is knowledge and observing the same is Dharma. Whatever faith or religion you may belong to, liberation is unattainable without self-knowledge. Man being absolutely divine, he should pursue divine knowledge and acquire divine virtues.” Sadguru Sri Sri Arjun asserts that even a person leading a worldly life can perform spiritual practice to realise one’s true self.

Divya Far from Home

Divya Far from Home
Author: Sita Jit
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2024
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1669077969

Nine-year-old Divya did not want to leave New Delhi and move to the United States, and she certainly does not want to share a room with her cousin, or start a new school, but her parents did not give her a choice.

Curb

Curb
Author: Divya Victor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021
Genre: POETRY
ISBN: 9781643620701

Winner of the 2022 PEN Open Book Award! Winner of the 2022 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award! Finalist for the 2022 CLMP Firecracker Awards in Poetry! Curb maps our post-9/11 political landscape by locating the wounds of domestic terrorism at unacknowledged sites of racial and religious conflict across cities and suburbs of the United States. Divya Victor documents how immigrants and Americans navigate the liminal sites of everyday living: lawns, curbs, and sidewalks, undergirded by violence but also constantly repaved with new possibilities of belonging. Curb witnesses immigrant survival, familial bonds, and interracial parenting in the context of nationalist and white-supremacist violence against South Asians. The book refutes the binary of the model minority and the monstrous, dark "other" by reclaiming the throbbing, many-tongued, vermillion heart of kith.

Me and Ma

Me and Ma
Author: Divya Dutta
Publisher: Random House India
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2017-02-10
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0143439707

‘Divya writes of difficult times with candour and heart-rending simplicity’ Shabana Azmi Capturing the beauty of a mother–daughter relationship, Divya Dutta in this moving memoir celebrates her mother’s struggles to turn her into the woman she is today. Divya walks us through the most intimate memories of her life, those that strengthened her relationship with her mother. The incredible bond she forged with her mother helped her through tragedies and difficulties, discouragements and failures and led her to become an award-winning actor of stature, both in the Hindi as well as the Punjabi film industry. Me and Ma is a celebration of Divya’s exemplary achievements. It is also an honest, intimate and heartfelt tribute to the force behind her success—her mother.