Download or read book Borodidi written by Swapan Goswami and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-04-21 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was the first in series of books written by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyaya and published in 1913. Surendra, despite being born in a rich family, runs away from home to Kolkata. Loss of identity in a strange unknown place and severe financial crunch leads him to beg for survival. He finally seeks shelter as a teacher in a zamindar’s house, where the zamindar’s daughter is a young widow. It was an era when society looked down upon widows and exploited and mistreated them. They had to live a life of an ascetic, bereft of normal wants or pleasures. An unspoken emotional bond develops between the widow ‘Borodidi’ and Surendra. These emotions, innocence, and love transcend all physical barriers and is palpable in the author’s writings, even after a hundred years have lapsed.
Download or read book Gora written by Rabindranath Tagore and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2009-02-10 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nobel Prize-winning author Rabindranath Tagore’s most ambitious work Gora unfolds against the vast, dynamic backdrop of Bengal under British rule, a divided society struggling to envisage an emerging nation. It is an epic saga of India’s nationalist awakening, viewed through the eyes of one young man, an orthodox Hindu who defines himself against the British colonialist culture and finds himself approaching his nationalist identity through the prism of organized religion. First published in 1907, Gora questions the dogmas and presuppositions inherent in nationalist thought like few books have dared to do. This new, lucid and vibrant translation brings the complete and unabridged text of the classic to a new generation of readers, underlining its contemporary relevance.
Download or read book Rolling Stone written by Sumohan Banerjee and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If life is a river, then we are rolling stones in it. Krish moves on like a rolling stone. He loves observing the things and life around him. He loves exploring rustic people living at the lap of nature. His obsession with observation makes him a vagabond in the way of life. He gets involved in different childish adventures. He gets friends and loses them too. In Lalpahari, he gets reunited with his childhood friend Nita who in turn falls in love with him, but he falls in love with Koli. What happened after that? Did the rolling stone lose its mobility? To explore the unknown but colorful rustic Indian life in pre-digital era, take a stroll with Krish, the rolling stone.
Download or read book Apon Katha written by Abanindranath Tagore and published by Tara Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abanindranath Tagore recalls his childhood and ancestral home with meticulous detail and gentle affection.
Download or read book Gapapaiwa field notes written by Ed McGuckin and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Parineeta written by Saratchandra Chattopadhyay and published by Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2014-03-27 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this novel, Sharat Chandra has portrayed the external beauty as well as the internal beauty and mental feelings of the Indian woman with amazing dexterity. He has done so in such a perfect manner that no other novelist of Indian languages has been able to reach his level. lolita of 'Parineeta', like every female characters of other novels penned by Sharat Chandra, depicts live images of the problems related to the life of women, the internal clashes among them and their innate feelings Among many novels of Sharat Chandra, 'Parineeta' is a superior novel. Many successful movies have been made by taking this novel as a script base.
Download or read book Indian Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Quarterly Paper of the Oxford Mission to Calcutta written by Oxford Mission to Calcutta and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 1414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Learning Bengali written by Alibha Dakshi and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Eternal Saga of Love written by Rahul Singhal and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparative study of the various versions of Devdas that have been filmed in India till date.
Download or read book The Indian P E N written by and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Final Question written by Chattopadhyay Saratchandra and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2010 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The heroine, Kamal, is exceptional for her time. She lives and travels by herself, has relationships with various men, looks poverty and suffering in the face, and asserts the autonomy of the individual being. In the process, she tears apart the frame of the expatriate Bengali society of Agra, where she lives. Through Kamal, Saratchandra questions Indian tradition and the norms of nationhood and womanhood."--Back cover.
Download or read book Srikanta written by Saratchandra Chattopadhyay and published by Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel, Srikanta, depicts the story of a vagabond young man who wandered from one place to another harbouring some inexplicable yearning. He remained a stoic all his life even as he lived among beautiful women. He lived apathetic to worldly pleasures. He was dear to all but belonged to none. An immortal piece of work, the novel was written by globally renowned Bengalee story-teller Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay.
Download or read book Swarnalata written by Tilottoma Misra and published by Zubaan. This book was released on 2013-07-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in mid-nineteenth century Assam when the forces of tradition were being challenged by new concepts of modernity, Swarnalata is the story of three women from very different social backgrounds each caught in the whirlpool of change, each trying to chart out her own course in life heroically, silently. As the intertwined lives of Swarnalata, Tora and Lakhi unfold, the reader is taken on a fascinating journey into the social milieu of the times where issues like women’s education and widow remarriage held centre stage. The plight of indentured labour, peasant resistance against colonial exploitation, the reformist initiatives of the Brahmo Samaj and the proselytizing efforts of the Christian missionaries are themes that run throughout the narrative. Real historical personages—such as Rabindranath Tagore—are presented side by side with fictional characers, resulting in a wonderful blend of history and fiction. Swarnalata was first published in Asomiya in 1991. It was awarded the Ishan Puraskar by the Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad in 1995 and translated into Bangla and Hindi under the ‘Adaan-Pradaan’ programme of the National Book Trust. The Asomiya original is now in its fourth edition and has received wide critical acclaim in the last 15 years. Published by Zubaan.
Download or read book Striker Stopper written by Moti Nandy and published by Hachette India. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Striker is the story of a young football player, Prasoon Joshi, whose father, once a top scorer in the Calcutta League, is completely sidelined after being accused by the club of deliberately throwing the winning goal. As a young player struggling to make his mark, Prasoon not only has to battle the ruthless exploitation of the football clubs, his family?s straitened financial circumstances, and his own development as a player, but he has also to exorcise his father?s ghosts. Stopper, on the other hand, is the story of the much older Kamal Guha, a veteran player with an eclectic record, now playing the final game of his career... Both novellas brilliantly capture the heady highs, and the crushing lows, the heroism ? and the ignominy ? of sport. However, it is always the game, and the action on the field, that is the real hero of Moti Nandy?s writing.
Download or read book The First Promise written by Āśāpūrṇā Debī and published by Orient Blackswan. This book was released on 2004 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First Promise is a translation of Ashapurna Debi s novel, Pratham Pratisruti, originally published in Bengali in 1964. Celebrated as one of the most popular and path-breaking novels of its time, it has received continual critical acclaim: the Rabindra Puraskar (the Tagore Prize) in 1966 and the Bharitiya Jnanpith, India s highest literary award, in 1977. Spanning the late eighteenth and early twentieth centuries, Ashapurna tells the story of the struggles and efforts of women in nineteenth-century, colonial Bengal in a deceptively easy and conversational style. The charming eight-year old heroine, Satyabati is a child bride who leaves her husband s village for Calcutta, the capital of British India where she is caught in the social dynamics of women s education, social reform agendas, modern medicine and urban entertainment. As she makes her way through this complex maze, making sense of the rapidly changing world around her, Satyabati nurtures hopes and aspirations for her daughter. But the promises held out by modernity turn out to be empty, instigating Satyabati to break away from her inherited world and initiate a quest that takes her to the very heart of tradition.
Download or read book Thumbkin written by Abanindranath Tagore and published by Ponytale Books. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hriday, a naughty little boy, is unthinkingly cruel to animals. He goes his merry way till a terrible crime causes him to be turned into a Thumbkin with no prospect of return to the human world. Now, he is at the mercy of the very same animals he has wronged, and is desperate to make amends. But all the animals are happy with his situation! Finally, the pet lame swan of the family takes pity and Hriday is wafted away on his creaky wings to the Himalayas in search of Lord Ganesha who can save him. Little does Hriday realize that this will be the beginning of the strangest adventure in the worlds of mice and men, Gods and demons, hate and love, and better understanding . . .
