Download or read book THE VISHNU CHRONICLES written by Suhail Mathur and published by Om Books International. This book was released on 2017-01-21 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BOOK DESCRIPTION Legend has it that Jaya and Vijaya, Lord Vishnu’s palace guards, were cursed by the enraged Manasputras who ordained them to abandon Vaikuntha. But not before they were provided with an alternative—an alternative that would mould their uncertain future...and that of the Delhi-based graduate, Mohan Sharma, who, while flipping through the lesser-known pages of mythology, becomes cognisant of a sinister presence lurking around. This is followed by a cryptic letter, revealing the existence of his grandfather of whom he has no recollection. Pandemonium strikes as Mohan unwittngly unravels a closely guarded secret that shall bring him face-to-face with an unspeakable horror, his adversary who is blessed with the boon of immortality by Lord Shiva. Accompanied by five men, each possessing a distinct ability, Mohan must find the weapon, long forgo en by mankind, that can spell doom for his nemesis—Lord Rama’s wondrous bow...the ‘Kodanda’! ABOUT THE AUTHOR Suhail Mathur is the author of the bestselling historical c on, The Bhairav Putras. An alumnus of Delhi Public School, Noida and National Law University, Delhi, he also advises international law firms on various issues. Awarded the Best Book Reviewer 2013 by Tales Pensieve, Suhail is currently working with various production houses as a story, screenplay and dialogue writer. He has done English cricket commentary for Star Sports and Airtel’s mobile application. A lit fest regular, he has been listed as one of India’s ‘Top 51 Indian Authors to Follow’. He is also one of the country’s most prominent literary agents.

Download or read book The Sage s Secret written by Abhinav and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2018-09-07 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if the legend of Kalki, the tenth avatar of Vishnu, is an elaborate hoax created by Lord Krishna? In the year 2025, twenty-year-old Anirudh starts dreaming of Krishna. But these visions that keep flashing through his mind are far from an ordinary fantasy-they are vivid episodes from the god's life. Through these scenes, as Krishna's mystifying schemes are revealed, Anirudh slowly comes to terms with his real identity . . . He is the last avatar of Vishnu, sent to restore the balance between good and evil. But an ancient and powerful nemesis, burning with the fire of revenge, has already started assembling a clan of mighty sorcerers to finally be rid of the protector god and unleash depravity on earth. Will Anirudh realize his potential before it's too late? Or will the enemy destroy everything in their wake before the avatar finally manifests? This gripping read is the first part in the Kalki Chronicles, which unveils the greatest legend of the Kali yuga.

Download or read book Chronicles of the Mortal Vishnu written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Jewel of Vishnu written by R. Singh and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India's ancient scriptures, particularly in the south of the country, have always echoed with whispers regarding a vast lost continent that existed deep within the Indian Ocean at about the same time as Atlantis existed on the other side of the planet.Thousand year old scriptures written in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu mention katalkol, or seizure by the ocean as the reason for the continents' disappearance. During the Nineteenth Century, European writers began referring to this mythical continent as Lemuria. Like Atlantis, legends grew up about its advanced technologies and advanced civilization. Perhaps these stories about flying craft and super weapons have filtered down through the ages, to appear in later Hindu religious texts such as the epic Mahabharata. I speculate that Kumari Kandam may have been the proto-civilization of India, its survivors having brought their knowledge to India as refugees.Perhaps one day the truth of Kumari Kandam will be uncovered, and the truth is often stranger than fiction. Let me know what you think on my Facebook page. Well, I'd better get back to writing the second book. After all, Arul's adventure isn't over quite yet. One last word about the power of representation. When you read about someone who looks like you, perhaps sounds like you, it says that you have a right to exist in this world. The story of this world should not be told through the lens of only one culture. Children of colour the world over need more heroes and heroes like them. Happy reading. R.K. Singh

Download or read book Vishnu s Crowded Temple written by Maria Misra and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As it enters its sixtieth year of independence, India stands on the threshold of superpower status. Yet India is strikingly different from all other global colossi. While it is the world's most populous democracy and enjoys the benefits of its internationally competitive high-tech and software industries, India also contends with extremes of poverty, inequality, and political and religious violence. This accessible and vividly written book presents a new interpretation of India's history, focusing particular attention on the impact of British imperialism on Independent India. Maria Misra begins with the rebellion against the British in 1857 and tracks the country's advance to the present day. India's extremes persist, the author argues, because its politics rest upon a peculiar foundation in which traditional ideas of hierarchy, difference, and privilege coexist to a remarkable degree with modern notions of equality and democracy. The challenge of India's leaders today, as in the last sixty years, is to weave together the disparate threads of the nation's ancient culture, colonial legacy, and modern experience.

Download or read book The Book of Vishnu written by Nanditha Krishna and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with an investigation of the possible non-Vedic, Dravidian origins of Vishnu, this book describes his form, aspects and attributes, as well as his various incarnations, such as Matsya the fish, Kurma the tortoise, Vamana the dwarf and many more.

Download or read book Vishnu Dreams written by Ven Begamudré and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ven Begamudré's latest work of fiction combines Hindu mythology with the story of a family. Through the veil of Vishnu's unions with Lakshmi and his incarnation in the tale of Manu and the fish, the novel portrays a pair of siblings as they navigate 1960s North American culture under the weight of their emotionally abusive father and ambitious mother. By day Subhas and Durga master the logistics of junior highschool in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, while at night they watch the disintegration of their parents' marriage. Following the breakup, and in the wake of an unfortunate misunderstanding between the two siblings, Durga moves to Canada with their mother, while Subhas remains in the United States with their father. Now in her late teens and training as part of the Seaforth Highlanders reserve regiment in Vancouver, Durga struggles to find her way in a place she loves, while back in Pennsylvania, Subhas works a part-time job at a gas station during the oil crisis. "About 1983 I made fictional sketches about a young woman named Jo who joined the army reserve as a clerk. Her best friends at a Vancouver high school included Meg, a vain debutante; Beth, a shy pianist with a terminal illness; and Amy, a hot-headed cowgirl from the interior of BC. They were sisters in spirit alone and none had the last name of March. Soon I forgot about these characters-much to the relief, no doubt, of Louisa May Alcott, whose novel Little Women had enchanted me during a visit to my home state in South India. Then, in the early 1990s, Carol Shields' short story 'Soup du Jour' inspired me to write and publish a long story called "Indian Cookery," which brought to life an army major named Durga Kumar Mackenzie. To avoid worrying about her upcoming tour of duty with UNPROFOR in the former Yugoslavia, Durga thinks about an affair that her married sister is having with an unmarried doctor. Finally, one day in the late 1990s, Durga tapped me on the shoulder and said, 'Ven, I never had a sister. I had a brother. Here's what happened in our teens, when we moved from Canada to the States during the Vietnam War. Are you listening or what?'" This book is a smyth-sewn paperback. The text is typeset in Rialto and printed offset on laid-finish paper making (estimated) 160 pages trimmed to 4.5 × 7 inches, bound into a paper cover and enfolded in an offset-printed jacket.

Download or read book The Jewel of Vishnu written by R. K. Singh and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The OMG Chronicles written by Peter Rodger and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2006, frustrated with religious turmoil, fanaticism, and fundamentalism, filmmaker Peter Rodger set out on a quest across 23 countries to shoot the epic nonfiction motion picture Oh My God in an attempt to understand what the concept of God meant to people in all walks of life. This book chronicles Peter’s extraordinary adventure as he circled the globe, asking an amazing array of characters the simple (but not-so-simple) question: "What is God?" This is a story of overcoming challenges, as well as a unique travelogue and social snapshot. It delves into the pain of persevering in times of trouble and is also a testament to adhering to one’s own convictions. Philosophical, searching, funny, and very personal, this work will make you laugh out loud, and at other times make you cry. It is devoid of theology, but touches faith on both religious and nonreligious levels. It is objective, yet there are many opinions. Above all, it is a chance to be whisked away from the comfort of your own home to visit places and people, famous and not; and absorb their profound, irreverent, blasphemous, spiritual musings . . . on an age-old query. Their words will stir up passion, curiosity, self-examination, and wild imagination. Oh My God! Prepare for the ride.

Download or read book The Legend of Parshu Raam written by Dr Vineet Aggarwal and published by Random House India. This book was released on 2015-12-16 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was the guru of Bhishma Pitamah... He was the avatar of Vishnu but a disciple of Shiva... And He shall be the martial guru of Kalki, the last Avatar in this Yuga! When the Chandravanshi emperor Arjun began expanding his empire to the entire world, the Asuras hit back with an insidious plan. Caught in the crossfire is Raam, who comes back from his penance tofind 21 arrows piercing his father's body. Raam vows to avenge his death by killing the evil Kshatriyas 21 times starting with Arjun. Thus begins The Legend of Parshuram.

Download or read book Mahayoddha Kalk i written by Kevin Missal and published by Fingerprint! Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END. Kalki Hari arrives at Indragarh to find out that his brother has been taken prisoner, his beloved is about to be butchered, and the city is embroiled in a ghastly war with the Naga queen and Dakshini king. Armed with a mighty sword forged by a god, he fights to take the city back from his nemesis, the evil Kali. But the Avatar of Vishnu is at a crossroads. It is his destiny to fight the last battle with Adharm and obliterate evil from this world. However, he has stumbled upon a terrible truth over the course of his journey . . . a truth that may change everything. Will Kalki be able to win against Adharm and fulfil his destiny? Or will the world lose its greatest hero and head towards destruction? Find out in the explosive last book of the Kalki trilogy. ' A young fantastical fictioneer' - The Hindu

Download or read book Mythology of Vishnu and His Incarnations written by Manohar Laxman Varadpande and published by Gyan Publishing House. This book was released on 2009 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Vault of Vishnu written by Ashwin Sanghi and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Age of Shiva written by Manil Suri and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-08-17 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India, 1955. As the scars of Partition are beginning to heal, seventeen-year-old Meera sits enraptured: in the spotlight is Dev, singing a song so infused with passion that it arouses in her the first flush of erotic longing. But when Meera's reverie comes true, it does not lead to the fairy-tale marriage she imagined. Meera has no choice but to obey her in-laws, tolerate Dev's drunken night-time fumblings, even observe the most arduous of Hindu fasts for his longevity. A move to Bombay seems at first like a fresh start, but soon that dream turns to ashes. It is only when their son is born that things change and Meera is ready to unleash the passion she has suppressed for so long.

Download or read book The City of Devi written by Manil Suri and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-02-26 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armed only with a pomegranate, Sarita ventures into the empty streets of Mumbai, on the eve of its threatened nuclear annihilation. She is looking for her physicist husband Karun, who has been missing for over a fortnight. She is soon joined on her quest by Jaz - cocky, handsome, Muslim, gay, and in search of his own lover. Together they traverse the surreal landscape of a dystopia rife with absurdity, and are inexorably drawn to the patron goddess Devi ma, the supposed saviour of the city. Groundbreaking and multilayered, The City of Devi is a fearlessly provocative tale of three individuals balancing on the sharp edge of fate.

Download or read book The Book of Vishnu written by Nanditha Jagannathan Krishna and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Vishnu written by Devdutt Pattanaik and published by Vakils, Feffer & Simons Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 1999 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an attempt to understand the meaning of Vishnu worship in our time. Written in simple narrative style, it takes us through Vaishnava imagery, philosophy, beliefs, customs, history, folklore and myth. The author has tried to reach out to young and old alike, retelling familiar legends of Rama and Krishna as well as unfamiliar ones like those of Vishnu's consort and son.