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Showing posts with label Novel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Novel. Show all posts
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Three Act Tragedy
Author: Agatha Christie
Language: English
Genre: Crime novel
Publication date: 1934
Three Act Tragedy is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie.
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Quotes from Book "Aanandmath"
Quotes from Book “Aanand Math”
1. “vando maatarma\
saujalaama sauflaama malayajaSaItalaama\”
SasyaSyaamalaama\ maatarma\ |
SauBa`jyaaotsnaapaulaiktayaaimanaIma\
Fullakusaimataad`madlaSaaoiBanaIma\
sauhaisanaIma\ saumaQaur BaaiYaNaIma\
sauKadama\ vardama\ maatarma\ ||1||
vando maatarma\|
kaoiT kaoiT kNz kla kla inanaad kralao,
kaoiT kaoiT BaujaOQaR-ta Karkrvaalao,
Abalaa kona maa eta balao|
bahubalaQaairNaIma\ namaaima taairNaIma\
irpaudlavaairNaIma\ maatarma\ ||2||
vando maatarma\|
tauima ivadyaa, tauima Qama-
tauima hRid, tauima mama-
tvaM ih pa`aNaa: SarIro
baahutao tauima maa Saikta,
hRdyao tauima maa Baikta,
taaomaar[- pa`itamaa gaiD maindro maindro ||3||
maatarma\ vando maatarma\|
tvama ih dugaa- dSapa`hrNaQaairNaI
kmalaa kmaladlaivahairNaI
vaaNaI ivad\yaadaiyanaI,
namaaima tvaama\ namaaima kmalaama\
Amalaama\ Ataulaama\ saujalaama\ sauflaama\ maatarma\ ||4||
vando maatarma\ |
Syaamalaama\ sarlaama\ sauistamaama\ BaUiYataama\
QarNaIma\ BarNaIma\ maatarma\ ||5||
vando maatarma\ |”
Author : – Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay
Book : - Aanand Math
Friday, September 17, 2010
RANBHULI
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BOOK REVIEW “RANBHULI”
Author: Gopal Nilakanth Dandekar
Genre: Novel
Language: Marathi
Pages: 111
Cost: 15 Rs.
Publisher: Majestic Book Stall
First Published: January 1978
Go. Ni. Dandekar is one of the most published, popular and well crafted authors in Marathi literatures. His major areas of work were travelogues, in which he described and enlightened the real historical and cultural wealth of Maharashtra i.e. network of forts in Maharashtra. He also authored books centered on old Marathi culture in villages of Konkan, biographies of famous Marathi poet-saints, as well historical and social novels.
“Ranbhuli” is one such book, where one of the most prominent forts in Maharashtra’s history and culture Raigad is used almost as one of the character in the book. The book is about a girl who is full of life. And who is in so much in love with the fort and her village that she couldn’t live anywhere else. When she got married and has to move away she keeps coming back. When she is forced to move to the city she could not cope up with it, it was like life was sucked up out of her.
I think this is a must read book and if I have to rate it I will give 10 out of 10.
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Friday, May 1, 2009
The Scent of Earth in August
Book Review: “The Scent of earth in August”
Author: Feryal Ali Gauhar
Language: English
Genre: Novel (Fiction)
Pages: 281
Cost: 250 Rs.
Publisher: Penguin Books
First Published: 2002
THIS is a book written by a Pakistani Author. I think Book is set in 1990. As Pakistan is a country which is following a self destruction mode led by Talibanis and other terrorist activities. So I was very much curious about way people in Pakistan living their life in such extreme condition. And that is the reason I picked up this book. Although this book is not at all about terrorist activities and their effects in Pakistan. As book is set in 1990 and I guess Pakistan was more stable country at that time in terms of terrorism.
The book is set in the city of Lahore in Pakistan, in an area called Kucha Miran Shah. It is also called as Tibbi Galli. This is actually a red light area, occupied by prostitutes and courtesans and by the people dependant on them. As city of Lahore is built by Nababs, there are lots of Havelis in this lane. Which seen very rich days once but now collapsing every day and occupied by prostitutes and courtesans who can not afford to pay even the electricity bills. The lane is at its peak only after sunset. It is full of drug addicts. The lane is occupied by many miserable, poor, crushed people.
There is no hero or heroic personality in this novel. All the characters in the book are deeply drown in their misery and sorrow. All have very much dark shades to their characters. I mean none of them are likable. Some of them are just dragging their life along and miserable without love which they could not hold on to. But still hoping for miracle to happen every day. Some of them still are waiting for love, hoping to find it again and again. Some living in past, some in future but present is gloomy for all of them.
Only likeable or rather pitiable character is of a Mute girl Fatimah, who became mute when acid, was thrown in her open mouth. She is most pitiable may be because she is mute, abandon by her mother and raised by three prostitutes. She is a main protagonist of the novel. The book starts with her and ends with her. There are many other pitiable characters. Almost all the women, as they find it hard to survive once they lost their beauties in old age. They have no one to look after them. But most hideous character would be the Moulavi who sexually abuses young boys. And drug addict mother of Fatimah who don’t mind selling her daughters for money.
There are many harsh realities posted in this book, like somewhere in the book author mentioned how boys of age 9–10 are picked up from the mosques and sent to Kashmir. Then the declaration by drug addict mother of Fatimah that "The worst of the Arabs still pay a lot more than our own kind" is shocking. Then the way book describes how rich Arab Sheikhs treatment to these young girls of 13-14 is hideous.
The book is nothing great, no big time dramatic or something. It is miserable, dirty, it is painful. But still people should read it once because I always believe books take you places without even going there. If you want to know how does red light area of Lahore look like, how are the people living there, this is a book for you. As it is well described in this book. This book is based on film Tibbi Gali. So some might prefer watching movie rather than reading books but I will suggest you read book as movies not always able to show all the details. And also take away the fun of visualizing the story by ourselves. If I have to rate the I will give 4 out of 10.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Book Review: "Kalandar" - (Marathi)
Book Review: “KALANDAR” (Marathi)
Author: Shri. Na. Pendase
Language: Marathi
Genre: Novel
Publisher: Majestic Prakashan
Pages: 403
First Published: August 1983
I read two other books ‘Lavhali’ and ‘Rathchakra’ by Shri. Na. Pendase and after reading those I am Fan of his work. Shri. Na. Pendase is now one of my favorite authors. I have decided to read all the books written by him. So when I had my eyes on this book which was written by Shri. Na. Pendase, there was no second thought while picking up this book.
When I read first few pages of the book, I felt little disappointed that book will not be as good as I anticipated. As from the start only author keep on bombarding and explaining the place and time in which the novel is based. For sometime it is hard to understand what he wants to say and where is he taking this novel. But few pages after everything gets settle down and you come to know what gem of a book this is. You can read this as periodic novel. Because it is based in the period of 1930 to 1940 about the period of World War II. And it is based in Mumbai. The book was more interesting for me as book describes the Mumbai of 1930. Today Mumbai has widened its boundaries, Mumbai is spread over from Churchgate to Virar and from CST to Vashi then there is also Navi Mumbai. But when we read the book we realize that during that period Mumbai was considered only up to Churchgate to Dadar. Even the suburb like Andheri was considered as out of city. So not only people transform, cities, villages, nations also transformed themselves over the years or decades so much so that it is hard to recognize.
The book is story of ordinary people. They are not by any measures special. They are people among us and around us. It is a story of a boy who follows his heart, and while doing so he has to face opposition from not only by society but by his own family and his love ones. So much so that he always have to run away from them. It is a story of people who live their life cripplers without any self esteem. There life is so much ruined as they allow other People to dominate them and their life. So to come out of misery they are always on a look out for help from others. The protagonist of the novel is a person to whom these cripplers want to hold on to. And the protagonist is more than happy to help these people but while helping these people his life goes through huge mess.
I really enjoyed the novel; all the characters are so well developed. You can not find any flaws in any of the character. All the books I read of Shri. Na. Pendase is based on middle class people living Mumbai Chawls but all of them are different from each other. There are many similarities in it but he has new story to tell in every book. If I have to rate this book I will give 8 out of 10.
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