Download or read book Shri Ramlila Plays from Ramayan written by Sumant Gupta and published by Kush Aryan Gupta. This book was released on 2021-06-14 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shri Ramlila (The playful acts of Shri Ram) is a sequence of 24 one-act plays that depict his glory from birth to crowning. Readers can perform them as a complete epic, enact only one act, or use some dialogues as a short mono act. The book covers most stories of Shri Ramcharitmanas (written by Goswami Tulsidas Ji) and Valmiki Ramayan. Information from other holy books is also included. The details mentioned in the epics can overwhelm first-time readers. To help them, these are shown in summaries, lists, and pictographs. Hindi couplets (with meaning) and prayers translated into English aim to enrich the reading experience. Teachings and morals are in place to drive the religious and ethical messages. A list of characters, their personifications, backdrops, and props, will aid those who want to enact the plays. Scenes and dialogues have been written to cover the story in minimum acts. In short, the plays do cover most information written in the epic. Let's hope it inspires all to read the original masterpieces. Shri Ram, Jai Ram, Jai Jai Ram! Includes stories of Dus Avatar of Shree Vishnu Bhagwaan – Narasimha, Hari the tortoise, Varah the boar, Vamana Bharat Milaap, Sage Parashuram Lakshman Samvaad, Angad ka paon, Lakshman and Shurpanakha ki naak Sage Gautam and Devi Ahalya, Bhagirathi and Ganga jal, Creation of world by Brahma Ji Bajarang Bali’s Lanka Dahan, Sundar Kand Panch Kanya Tara, Kewat ki Naav, Shabri ke Ber, Bhakta Prahlad Nal Neel and Ramsetu (The bridge to Lanka), Shiva lingam in Rameshwaram, Roles of Devraj Indra, Agni Devta, Kamdev, Pawan, Varun, Narad Muni, Mayank, Matali, Jayant Goddesses Saraswati Ma, Lakshmi Ji, Parvati Mata (Sati), Mother Earth or Bhumi, Nidra Devi, Surasa, Swayamprabha Apsara Rambha, Menaka, and Urvashi Ayodhya Naresh Raja Dasharath, Raja Janak and the Pinaka, Shatrughan, Siddhartha, Sumantra, Kausalya, Kaikeyi, Sumitra, Sunaina, Manthara, Urmila, Shrutakirti, Mandavi, Ruma King Pratap Bhanu, Arimdarna, and Dharam Ruchi Sapta Rishi and other great sages like Rishi Agastya, Sage Bharadwaja, Sage Vishvamitra, Dev Guru Brhaspati, Guru Shatanand Ji, Priest Jabali, Sage Lomash, Shringi Rishi, Shutikshan Made for each other - Guru Vashishta & Arundhati, Rishi Atri & Anasuya Ji Spies Shardula, Shuka, & Sarana Doctor Sushena, Black Magician Vidyujjihva Rakshas Rani — Kaikesi, Mandodari, Sarama Narbhaakshi – Tadaka, Simhika Rakshasi Trijata, Lankini, Dhanyamalini, Ekajata, Harijata, Praghasa, Vikata, Durmukhi, Vinata, Chandodari, Pragasa, Ajamukhi, Ayomukhi Vaanar Raj Bali Vadh aur Sugriva, Honorable Kesari, Bear King Riksharaj Jambavan, Vibhishan Vaidya Susheshana & Sanjeevani Booty, Hanuman Ji & Dronagiri Monkey Warlords Rishabha, Arcishman, Sampati, Sharabha, Mainda, Dvivida, Gaja, Dadhimukha, Gavaya, Gavaksha, Vegadarshi, Vinata Tribal king Nishad Raj Guha & Bhils Crow Kakbhushundi – all-time best storyteller & devotee of Shri Ram Vultures - King of Birds Garuda, Sampati, Jatayu Wish-fulfilling Kamdhenu Cow, Kalpavriksha tree, & Chintamani Maricha & Golden Deer Charanas - the celestial bards, Ganas, Kinkaras Sudarshan, Bow, Arrows, Maces, Counch, Shankha, Bramashtra Villians like Hiranyakashipu, Lankapati Ravan, Kumbhakaran, Mahodara, Mahaparshva, Khar, Dushan, Trishira, Malyavan, Prahasta, Akampan, Mareech, Subahu, Meghnaad (Indrajeet), Akshay Kumar, Atikaya, Narantaka, Devantaka, Nikumbha, Mayasura, Jambumali, Suparshva, Viradh, Kalanemi Demon Army Generals of Dashkandhar - Prajangha, Tapana, Pratapana, Praghasa, Agniketu, Rashmiketu, Mitraghnu, Yajnakopa, Yagnashatru, Vajramushti, Ashaniprabha, Vidyunmali, Durmukh, Vajradamshtra, & Virupaksha
Download or read book The Shri Ramlila Challenge written by Sumant Gupta and published by Kush Aryan Gupta. This book was released on 2021-12-25 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Shri Ramlila Challenge” is a collection of 300 questions that has just one purpose — Inspire you to read the epic of Ramayan. If you have not read the epic, Shri Ramlila is much more than what you know. Try the quizzes. This book has 30 quizzes of 10 multiple-choice questions each. The first 24 quizzes divide Shri Ramlila into 24 topics and tell you more about his glory — from birth to crowning — 40 interesting facts in 3 minutes. The other six are general quizzes. Your chance to know the story of Ramayan in 90 Minutes! Did a teacher, relative, granny, grandpa, or TV reporter embarrass you by asking simple questions on the Ramayana? Take this crash course and turn the tables on them. The trivia is designed to let children master the crux of the Hindu Religious Epic in a few hours. The questions in the book are taken from Valmiki Ji’s Ramayana and Tulasi Das Ji’s Ramcharitmanas. Children, youth, adults, and the elderly can go through them — with friends or family — in homes, offices, gettogether, marriages, school, or even when alone. The book is written in simple English.
Download or read book In The Footsteps Of Rama written by Vikrant Pande and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vikrant Pande and Neelesh Kulkarni's quest to retrace the trail of Rama's fabled travels during his years in exile began with their trying to locate Chitrakoot on the map and realizing that they had little idea where it might be. Curious about the places mentioned in the Ramayana, they set off on a journey of their own, following Rama's route from Ayodhya to the Dandakaranya forest and Panchavati (near Nashik) and on to Kishkindhya (close to Hampi), Rameshwaram and Sri Lanka. Along the way they would discover how closely the narrative of the Ramayana is linked to local folklore, and how the stories of the Ramayana and the moral framework that binds them together still speaks to the people who live in the land across which Rama, Sita and Lakshman made their journey. For the armchair traveller as well as the enthusiast for epic tales, this is a wonderful book with which to revisit the world of the Ramayana.
Download or read book Performing the Ramayana Tradition written by Paula Richman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Performing the Ramayana Tradition: Enactments, Interpretations, and Arguments, edited by Ramayana scholar Paula Richman and Rustom Bharucha, scholar of Theater and Performance Studies, examines diverse retellings of the Ramayana narrative as interpreted and embodied through a spectrum of performances. Unlike previous publications, this book is neither a monograph on a single performance tradition nor a general overview of Indian theatre. Instead, it provides context-specific analyses of selected case studies that explore contemporary enactments of performance traditions and the narratives from which they draw: Kutiyattam, Nangyarkuttu and Kathakali from Kerala; Kattaikkuttu and a "mythological" drama from Tamilnadu; Talamaddale from Karnataka; avant-garde performances from Puducherry and New Delhi; a modern dance-drama from West Bengal; the monastic tradition of Sattriya from Assam; anti-caste plays from North India; and the Ramnagar Ramlila. Apart from the editors' two introductions, which orient readers to the history of Ramayana narratives by Tulsidas, Valmiki, Kamban, Sankaradeva, and others, as well as the performance vocabulary of their enactments, the volume includes many voices, including those of directors, performers, scholars, connoisseurs, and the scholar-abbot of a monastery. It also contains two full scripts of plays, photographs of productions, interviews, conversations, and a glossary of Indian terms. Each essay in the volume, written by an expert in the field, is linked to several others, clustered around shared themes: the politics of caste and gender, the representation of the anti-hero, contemporary re-interpretations of traditional narratives, and the presence of Ramayana discourse in everyday life"--
Download or read book Sri Ramayana Darshanam BharatMata Sadanam written by Vivekananda Kendra and published by Vivekananda Kendra. This book was released on 2017-01-28 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SRI RAMAYANA DARSHANAM - BHARATMATA SADANAM is a Pictorial Representation of the Exhibits and Write-up on SRI RAMAYANA DARSHANAM - Pictorial Exhibition, BHARATMATA SADANAM - Presentation in Statues and Pictures and VEERA HANUMAN STATUE situated at Vivekananda Kendra, Vivekanandapuram Campus, Kanyakumari-62902 (IN)
Download or read book The Future of Ritual written by Richard Schechner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant examination of cultural expression and communal action, The Future of Ritual asks pertinent questions about art, theatre and the changing meaning of 'culture' in today's intercultural world.
Download or read book Life and Teachings of Sri Odiya Babaji Maharaj written by Swami Akhandanand Saraswati and published by Srikanth s. This book was released on with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timeless compilation of teachings and Life of Sri Odiya Babaji Maharaj, the paramaguru of Swami Akhandananda Saraswati Ji Maharaj of Vrindavan.
Download or read book Shri Ram Yogi Yug Shreshtha Volume II written by Dr. Purnima Trivedi Kulkarni and published by Booksclinic Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-02 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book To Be Continued written by Robert C. Allen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Be Continued... explores the world's most popular form of television drama; the soap opera. From Denver to Delhi, Moscow to Manchester, audiences eagerly await the next episode of As the World Turns, The Rich Also Weep or Eastenders. But the popularity of soap operas in Britain and the US pales in comparison to the role that they play in media cultures in other parts of the world. To Be Continued... investigates both the cultural specificity of television soap operas and their reception in other cultures, covering soap production and soap watching in the U.S., Asia, Europe, Australia and Latin America. The contributors consider the nature of soap as a media text, the history of the serial narrative as a form, and the role of the soap opera in the development of feminist media criticism. To Be Continued... presents the first scholarly examination of soap opera as global media phenomenon.
Download or read book Shri Ram Yogi Yug Pathik Volume V written by Dr. Purnima Trivedi Kulkarni and published by Booksclinic Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-02 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book LzeroVE STORY written by Sumant Gupta and published by Kush Aryan Gupta. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is LOVE spelled with a Zero in it? Find out in Chapter 13 and 5 different endings! Thirty-Six hours in Incessant Rain! Thunder! Lightening! Floods! - No electricity & telephones! Is this scary environment right for romance? An eligible bachelor who picked up a gorgeous beauty thought so. Coy, innocent, playful, and naughty - This enchantress stole his heart and took it away with her! No phone number! No address! No message! Not even a goodbye! Guess why? Betrayal? Love Triangle? Mafia? Kidnapping? Orthodox Family? Race? Religion? Diseases? Wealth? No! Our sensitive heartbroken handsome was also clueless. Help came unexpectedly. A genius hacked servers and found the damsel. Reuniting with her beau, she was crazier in love than ever before. Now, two happy endings were on the cards! But the end was more bizarre than the disappearing act! Angelic, childlike & lovable young adults meet accidentally, and then Karma separates them. When things become too sweet, they turn sour. And when one puzzle is solved, another comes up. Unique characters in this tale: Luv: Intelligent & smart. IIT graduate. India Head of an MNC. This stylish single rides a cruiser bike & lives in a posh locality of Mumbai. Despite being young, tall, handsome, and fit, this stud has no girlfriends. Is he waiting for the right girl? Or is he too shy? Anamika: BFF of Shruti. Attractive enough to win a beauty pageant or Miss World title. Shruti: Queen bee & Luv's younger sister is looking for a beautiful & cultured sister-in-law. One who can woo her brother & live happily ever after with him. Her secret desire is that Anamika & Luv should marry each other. With great expectations, she creates conditions to help the perfect couple kickstart their romantic journey. All three look forward to it. But will the sword of destiny chop their plan? Surveen: Luv's next-door diva. Loyal & devotional fans worship her. The hot & spicy neighbor wants to hook the domesticated cash cow, Luv. Gul: Oozing sensuality, this dove-eyed Bengali is here to make the simple story complex. Manohar Lal: Luv's best friend & engineering college classmate. A poor man's educated & talented son who becomes a determined python coder. This CEO of a Fortune 500 software giant makes academics look easy. From MIT to Cornell, every library has papers written by him. This natural actor dreams of acting in movies - being an American spy, a yoga guru, or a musician. But his parents want him to prepare for competitive exams. Optimistic, he learns to Tango and develops skills to charm an unidentified chic - his future wife. Suzie: French intern & a florist. Studying in the USA. The best sparkling wine that France has ever brewed. Manohar's fiancée? His traditional parents have different ideas. Bulbul: A dark horse with the potential to win any race. Old Monk & Kingfisher: College education is incomplete if you don't do assignments of these honorary professors. They teach how to do nothing. If a timid student gets their blessings, he transforms into a bold and confident leader. In their presence, opponents become buddies. Some accept them with reverence and humility - others hate him. Their teachings guide & aid disciples till eternity. Thor: The paranormal God of lightning & thunder plays a memorable cameo - striking loudly & often - scaring tender venerable girls. Is he working hand-in-hand with Cupid? Meeta: Nerdy batchmate of Luv. This nagging wife has no role, but her harassed husband wants to have a few beers in peace. So we let him in, for old times' sake. A fun-filled & humorous encounter between teens who have grown up. Devor this addictive collection of joyful & gleeful incidents, & share happiness. Sweet Romance - no offensive language, explicit sexual details
Download or read book The Bachelorette Bucket List Crushed Crumpled written by Sumant Gupta and published by Kush Aryan Gupta. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read about a hopelessly romantic girl who declares that she will lie to win her love. The dreamer wants a fairy tale in her life. There was one problem - Her boyfriend was a saint! This story of first love with a happily ever after ending will make you smile even with tears in your eyes. Fresh out of IIM-Ahemdabad, excitedly, she moved to Mumbai to join her first job. What could be more thrilling than living an independent life in a big city, alone in a friend's apartment? She had many dreams and had prepared a long list. Weirdly, a stranger began striking them off - one after another. Did he know? He was a young and handsome bachelor - head of the office next door. This man of outdated principles was an unintentional heartbreaker. He broke every heart which was given to him - in college & then at work. Will the curse of broken hearts let him remain happy? Classmates, BFFs, colleagues, & subordinates do flirt harmlessly - They are humans who need to laugh the stress away. Unfortunately, cupid can strike anywhere - studying together or working in teams. The trouble begins when he hits only one of the two lovers. Then, hearts ache or break. The characters of the novel: Hriday: means heart in Hindi. An IIT engineer & Emory MBA heads the Indian operations of an MNC. The software giant employs 200 youngsters, smart & intelligent, so definitely good-looking. The CEO has a posh three-bedroom apartment, a Ducati motorbike, & a fat paycheck, but he is single, despite his pleasing personality. Simplicity, purity of thought, & good work ethic have kept him a bachelor. Jiniya: means flower in Bengali. True to her name, she is as desirable as a morning rose. We don't know much about her! Why? She is a pretty compulsive liar. We know about her being well educated, fresh post-graduate, & starting a career in a private finance company. The unmarried nymph admits that she lies! Find out why? Gurnoor: is a feminine Sikh name (light of God). This Punjabi Jat is number two in Hriday's office. The efficient coder, bubbly entertainer, & magnetic charmer had zero fat on her well-toned hourglass figure. When she was a student, this mesmerizing beauty had the nickname Tornado. Why? Da Ji: in mythology, was a favorite consort of King Zhou of Shang in China. A classic example of how a beautiful woman can cause the downfall of a dynasty. Our Da Ji has European genes in her. The British brunette is not like her Chinese namesake. Or is she? Jugnu: a fitness freak villager from Agra. Thanks to his stock-picking skills, he is Warren Buffet in the making. Married to a homemaker Asha, he stays with his parents in a villa. Careful! He is Hriday's BFF. Rocky (Jiniya's elder brother), Feku Sabmekov (Russia), Nirek, Vibhi, Wafa, & Elizabeth (American) are spices that flavor the ingredients of this LzeroVE STORY drama. Roll Over Beethovens (Chuck Berry) & Every Breath You Take (Police) are the music & song which inspire our musicians & singers. Drew Barrymore in 50 First Dates is the dreamgirl. Dom Perignon Champagne, Pinot Noir, & Long Island Iced Tea are for celebrations. We gift Godiva chocolates. London Eye, Thames River, Electric Cinema, Atrium Bar, The Shard, & Little Venice ignite passion. Gypsy Vanner (Horse) is our official ride to theme parties. With divine blessings of God (Lord Ganesh & Lord Hanuman).
Download or read book AKASHVANI written by All India Radio (AIR), New Delhi and published by All India Radio (AIR),New Delhi. This book was released on 1973-04-15 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Akashvani" (English) is a programme journal of ALL INDIA RADIO, it was formerly known as The Indian Listener. It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes, who writes them, take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists. It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation. The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service, Bombay, started on 22 December, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in English, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927. From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it used to published by All India Radio, New Delhi. From 1950,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later, The Indian listener became "Akashvani" (English ) w.e.f. January 5, 1958. It was made fortnightly journal again w.e.f July 1,1983. NAME OF THE JOURNAL: AKASHVANI LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English DATE, MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 15 APRIL, 1973 PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Weekly NUMBER OF PAGES: 56 VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. XXXVIII. No. 16 BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED (PAGE NOS): 13-54 ARTICLE: 1. Romance of Pay Day 2. Music in Indian Films 3.Books on My Shelf 4. The Importance Being 'Nobody' AUTHOR: 1. A. S. Prabhudesai 2. Girija Rajendran 3. Atul Sinha 4. Vasant Joshep KEYWORDS : 1. February - most beloved Month 2. Background Score,Anew Composer. 3. Bhutto-Quest for Power 4. Somebody,Nobody Prasar Bharati Archives has the copyright in all matters published in this “AKASHVANI” and other AIR journals. For reproduction previous permission is essential.
Download or read book Theatres of India written by Ananda Lal and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theatres of India, edited by Professor Ananda Lal, is a comprehensive and accessible guide to theatre in India. The volume surveys both rural and urban modes of Indian theatre across its history of over 2000 years. The first section brings together entries that discuss theatres of India's linguistic regions. The second section includes entries on specific forms and genres, as well as on topics such as street theatre, music, and Tagore's dramatic oeuvre. The book avoids both the Western scholarship's obsession with traditional Asian forms of performance, as well as Indian city-based theatre workers' view that traditional forms do not even qualify as 'theatre'. 'Theatre' in this volume is defined as any form that contains theatre's fundamental element, acting. Importantly, the entries are accompanied by photographs of performances that allow us to view the 'visual-ness' of India's performance forms. In keeping with the highest standards of international reference publishing, Ananda Lal has compiled and edited material from several contributors so that each entry allows us to tap individual documentation and knowledge. Also included in this pioneering, authoritative, and collective resource are short bibliographies for every entry on the regional theatres. Theatres of India will be useful for general readers, theatre professionals, as well as students and researchers of theatre and performance studies.
Download or read book Localization and Globalization of Religions written by Maurits S Hassankhan and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2023-12-12 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the adaptation of Hinduism and Islam in diasporic settings and inter-religious relations in the Girmit diaspora. Archival research, micro-biographies, and ethnographic studies shine light on the development of Hindu and Muslim communities around the world, and the relationships between them, to deliver new insights into the history of indentured labour and its impact on the formation of religious heritage and identity. Twelve chapters cover regions including the Southern Pacific, Indian Ocean, and the Caribbean. Part I examines Hinduism in Mauritius, South Africa, Fiji and the Caribbean, while Part II considers the Muslim diaspora. Importantly, Part III looks at the relationships between these two religious groups within the Girmit diaspora, including interreligious cooperation and the experiences of religiously mixed families. Includes perspective from historians, sociologists, anthropologists, linguists and others. Features contributors based in Australia, France, Fiji, Mauritius, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and the USA.
Download or read book Chandkoor s Journey written by Uta Sojat and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During a trip to India, retiree Annie and her friend Leila hire Amarnath as their driver in Rajasthan. Having fallen in love with India's colours, aromas, sights, sounds, and people, the friends return for another vacation. This time, Annie's and Amarnath's lives become linked in unexpected ways. Annie travels to India many more times and acquaints herself with the unknown, exotic culture in the circle of Amarnath's family and clan. She chances upon the most unusual adventures - unusual for a western, middle-class woman. The novel is, in equal measure, a testimony to love and a fascinating evocation of Indian culture, seen through Annie's eyes. It brilliantly captures love's triumph over inevitable culture clashes, embedded in narratives about Rajasthan's architecture, legends, art, festivals, and ordinary family life.
Download or read book The Hindus written by Wendy Doniger and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engrossing and definitive narrative account of history and myth that offers a new way of understanding one of the world's oldest major religions, The Hindus elucidates the relationship between recorded history and imaginary worlds. Hinduism does not lend itself easily to a strictly chronological account: many of its central texts cannot be reliably dated even within a century; its central tenets karma, dharma, to name just two arise at particular moments in Indian history and differ in each era, between genders, and caste to caste; and what is shared among Hindus is overwhelmingly outnumbered by the things that are unique to one group or another. Yet the greatness of Hinduism - its vitality, its earthiness, its vividness - lies precisely in many of those idiosyncratic qualities that continue to inspire debate today. Wendy Doniger is one of the foremost scholars of Hinduism in the world. With her inimitable insight and expertise Doniger illuminates those moments within the tradition that resist forces that would standardize or establish a canon. Without reversing or misrepresenting the historical hierarchies, she reveals how Sanskrit and vernacular sources are rich in knowledge of and compassion toward women and lower castes; how they debate tensions surrounding religion, violence, and tolerance; and how animals are the key to important shifts in attitudes toward different social classes. The Hindus brings a fascinating multiplicity of actors and stories to the stage to show how brilliant and creative thinkers - many of them far removed from Brahmin authors of Sanskrit texts - have kept Hinduism alive in ways that other scholars have not fully explored. In this unique and authoritative account, debates about Hindu traditions become platforms from which to consider the ironies, and overlooked epiphanies, of history.