Download or read book The Puffin Mahabharata written by Namita Gokhale and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-01-21 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘A long, long time ago, in the ancient lands of India, known in those days as Bharatvarsha, a family quarrel grew into a bloody war. There had been wars before, and there have been wars since, but that mighty battle between warring cousins of the Kuru clan has become a part of the mythology and history of India. Told and retold a million times, the story of the Mahabharata is about defeat as much as victory, about humility as much as courage. It is the greatest story ever told.’ Like a modern-day suta or storyteller, Namita Gokhale brings alive India’s richest literary treasure with disarming ease and simplicity. She retells this timeless tale of mortals and immortals and stories within stories, of valour, deceit, glory and despair, for today’s young reader in a clear, contemporary style. A brilliant series of evocative and thoughtful illustrations by painter and animator Suddhasattwa Basu brings the epic to life in a vibrant visual feast. Matchless in its content and presentation, The Puffin Mahabharata is a book that will be cherished by readers of all ages.
Download or read book The Serpent s Revenge written by Sudha Murty and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-10-26 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How many names does Arjuna have? Why was Yama cursed? What lesson did a little mongoose teach Yudhisthira? The Kurukshetra war, fought between the Kauravas and the Pandavas and which forced even the gods to take sides, may be well known, but there are innumerable stories set before, after and during the war that lend the Mahabharata its many varied shades and are largely unheard of. Award-winning author Sudha Murty reintroduces the fascinating world of India’s greatest epic through the extraordinary tales in this collection, each of which is sure to fill you with a sense of wonder and bewilderment.
Download or read book The Boys who Fought written by Devdutt Pattanaik and published by Puffin Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the forest, the mighty eat the meek. In human society, the mighty should take care of the meek. This is dharma" -- Back cover.
Download or read book The Puffin Book of 1000 Fun Facts written by Puffin Books and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover some fascinating trivia in this compilation of 1000 fun facts from the worlds of science, literature, history, entertainment and more. This book reveals facts you may never have heard of before such as: which is the most ‘stolen’ book in the world, how can one marry a dead person, and how did the word ‘dude’ originate?
Download or read book Evil in the Mahabharata written by Meena Arora Nayak and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good and evil, loyalty and treachery, faith and doubt, honour and ignominy—the Mahabharata has served as a primer for codes of conduct to generations of Hindus. Over time, the epic has also fascinated those who love a tale well told. In its telling, however, the story has lost much of its richness and nuance, and the characters have become one-dimensional cut-outs—either starkly good or irredeemably evil. In this reinterpretation, Meena Arora Nayak analyses how the values espoused in the Mahabharata came to be distorted into meagre archetypes, creating customary laws that injure society even today.
Download or read book The Mahabharata written by Meera Uberoi and published by . This book was released on with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In Search Of Sita written by Namita Gokhale and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sita is one of the defining figures of Indian womanhood, yet there is no single version of her story. Different accounts coexist in myth, literature and folktale. Canonical texts deify Sita while regional variations humanize her. Folk songs and ballads connect her timeless predicament to the daily lives of rural women. Modern-day women continue to see themselves reflected in films, serials and soap operas based on Sita’s narrative. Sacrifice, self denial and unquestioning loyalty are some of the ideals associated with popular perceptions of Sita. But the Janaki who symbolized strength, who could lift Shiva’s mighty bow, who courageously chose to accompany Rama into exile and who refused to follow him back after a second trial, is often forgotten. However she is remembered, revered or written about, Sita continues to exert a powerful influence on the collective Indian psyche. In Search of Sita presents essays, conversations and commentaries that explore different aspects of her life. It revisits mythology, reopening the debate on her birth, her days in exile, her abduction, the test by fire, the birth of her sons and, finally, her return to the earth—offering fresh interpretations of this enigmatic figure and her indelible impact on our everyday lives.
Download or read book Shakuntala written by Ashok Sinha and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an English translation of the Sanskrit classic Play Abhijnan Shakuntalam by the great poet and Playwright Mahakavi Kalidas, written around 220 CE. The play is about the strange fate of Shakuntala, a simple, beautiful ascetic lady. King Dushyant meets her and falls in love with her. They get married. After some time, king Dushyant returns to his capital, assuring her that he would soon send for her. However, due to the curse by a wrathful sage, Durvasa, the king completely forgets about her. Humiliated, Shakuntala goes off into the forest to live by herself. In due course, she gives birth to a boy, whom she names Bharat. Fortuitously, following certain turns of events, Durvasas curse is removed, and the king remembers all about Shakuntala. He tries to find her, but of no avail. One day, he accidentally meets the young boy, Bharat, in the forest. The family is thus united and happily returns to the capital. Bharat grows up to become a great emperor. The original name of India is Bhaarat after his name. Rama, worshipped by Hindus all over the world as an Incarnation of God, was a descendent (some 6000-7000 years ago) of emperor Bharat.
Download or read book The Puffin Book of Magical Indian Myths written by Anita Nair and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Surya the sun god got married, his wife could not bear the heat of his rays and ran away. Surya was heartbroken and the world plunged into darkness. A dwarf asked a king for some land, which he measured with three footsteps, and ended up claiming the earth and the sky. Sage Daksha got his daughters married to the moon, but later, in a fit of rage, cursed the moon with consumption, making it wax and wane. These are some of the fifty myths from India recounted in this fabulously produced book. From wise sages to demonic asuras, beautiful river deities to arrogant kings, wayward gods to brave princes, this collection of myths showcases the most enchanting and magical stories from Indian mythology.
Download or read book Paro written by Gokhale Namita and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 1985 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paro Is A Heroic Temptress, Alluring And Rapacious, The Stuff Of Legend. As She Wanders Through The World Of Privilege And Scotch Whisky That The Urban Rich Inhabit, She Is Constantly Observed By The Acid Priya, Eternal Voyeur And Diarist& This Is A Dazzling Moral Tale, Sharp, Sexy And Funny.
Download or read book Puffin Mahabharat Hindi Mahabharat written by Namita Gokhale/नमिता गोखले and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2023-09-21 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘प्राचीन भारत भूमि को भारतवर्ष के नाम से जाना जाता था। उस समय दो परिवारों के बीच एक झगड़ा शुरू हुआ, जो धीरे-धीरे रक्तपात में बदल गया। कुरु वंश के चचेरे भाइयों के बीच लड़ा गया यह भयानक युद्ध अब भारत की पौराणिक कथाओं और इतिहास का हिस्सा बन चुका है। तब से लाखों बार बताई और दोहराई गई महाभारत की यह कथा हार और जीत के बारे में तो है ही, साथ ही विनयशीलता और साहस के बारे में भी है। यह अब तक सुनाई गई सबसे महान गाथा है।’ नमिता गोखले भारत के सबसे समृद्ध साहित्यिक खज़ाने में से मनुष्यों और देवताओं की इस कालातीत कहानी को नई पीढ़ी के लिए साफ-सुथरे ढंग से फिर सुनाकर उसमें छिपी वीरता, छल, महिमा और निराशा की कहानियाँ सामने लाती हैं। चित्रकार और एनिमेटर शुद्धसत्व बसु की बनाई विचारशील चित्रों की शानदार कड़ी मनोहारी दृश्यों के ज़रिए इस महाकाव्य को साकार करती है। अपनी सामग्री और प्रस्तुति में बेजोड़, महाभारत – नई पीढ़ी के लिए हर पाठक को पसन्द आएगी।
Download or read book The Mahabharata written by and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mahabharata is one of the greatest stories ever told. Though the basic plot is widely known, there is much more to the epic than the dispute between Kouravas and Pandavas that led to the battle in Kurukshetra. It has innumerable sub-plots that accommodate fascinating meanderings and digressions, and it has rarely been translated in full, given its formidable length of 80,000 shlokas or couplets. This magnificent 10-volume unabridged translation of the epic is based on the Critical Edition compiled at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. * The final volume ends the instructions of the Anushasana Parva. The horse sacrifice is held, and Dhritarashtra, Gandhari, Kunti, Vidura and Sanjaya leave for the forest. Krishna and Balarama die as the Yadavas fight among themselves. The Pandavas leave on the great journey with the famous companion—Dharma disguised as a dog. Refusing to abandon the dog, Yudhishthira goes to heaven in his physical body and sees all the Kurus and the Pandavas are already there. * Every conceivable human emotion figures in the Mahabharata, the reason why the epic continues to hold sway over our imagination. In this lucid, nuanced and confident translation, Bibek Debroy makes the Mahabharata marvellously accessible to contemporary readers.
Download or read book The Puffin Book of Classic Indian Tales for Children written by Meera Uberoi and published by Penguin Global. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated collection of over forty folk tales from India, manny of them based on Hindu mythology.
Download or read book Lost in Time written by Namita Gokhale and published by Puffin Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I am the rakshasa Ghatotkacha, born of the Lord Bhimasena and the lady Hidimba. I rule over hill and vale, wood and stream, protecting the spirit of the forest and all who live in it.' Young Chintamani Dev Gupta, on holiday in a bird camp near Lake Sattal, is transported via a wormhole to the days of the Mahabharata. Trapped in time, he meets Ghatotkacha and his mother, the demoness Hidimba. But the gentle giant, a master of illusion and mind-boggling rakshasa technology, wields his strength just as well as he knows the age-old secrets of the forest and the elemental forces. And in his enlightening company, Chintamani finds himself in the thick of the events of the most enduring Indian epic. An intense yet tender look at a rare friendship as well as the abiding puzzles of the past, this is a fascinating read.
Download or read book My Little Book of Krishna written by Penguin India and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2021-08-09 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let's dive into the vast and wonderful world of Hindu mythology! Naughty little Krishna's search for butter leads to an unexpected adventure. With charming illustrations and simple language, this short tale about Krishna will entertain and delight. · This series of charmingly illustrated board books introduces kids to some of the best known and best loved gods from popular Hindu mythology, including Krishna, Ganesha, Lakshmi, Hanuman, Shiva and Durga. · Dotted with interesting facts about each god as well as an interactive seek-and-find activity. · Suitable for bedtime reading and parent-child association. · Perfect way to familiarize babies with India's rich cultural fabric. · These books offer a fun and enjoyable introduction to timeless myths and festivals for modern kids. · A must have to impart important life lessons from various gods and goddesses. · Collect all books in the series! WHY YOU SHOULD BUY THIS BOOK: · AGE APPROPRIATE: Written in simple language to make reading easy for readers 3 and up · STURDY AND DURABLE: Perfect for learning and playing for a long time · SAFE FOR BABY: Handy format makes this safe for your baby · PERFECTLY SIZED BOOKS: Easy and convenient for little readers to hold · BRIGHT AND FUN PICTURES: To keep your little one interested and engaged · A PERFECT GIFT SET: For every preschooler for a holistic learning experience
Download or read book Fun in Devlok written by Devdutt Pattanaik and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-09-05 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is Indra an unhappy god? Why is the cow such a cool animal? Who is the demon of forgetfulness? Master storyteller Devdutt Pattnaik answers these curious questions and reveals many more secrets of the world of gods and demons in this delightfully illustrated omnibus, featuring all six tales in the Fun in Devlok series. Follow Harsha as he discovers the secret to happiness, listen to Gauri’s fascinating conversation with a talking cow, play dumb charades with Shiva, find out why identity cards are important even for Krishna, join the fight between between Kama and Yama, and learn why the river Saraswati disappeared mysteriously. Jump right in. The gates of Devlok are open.
Download or read book The Great Indian Novel written by Shashi Tharoor and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this award-winning novel, Tharoor has masterfully recast the two-thousand-year-old epic, The Mahabharata, with fictional but highly recognizable events and characters from twentieth-century Indian politics. Nothing is sacred in this deliciously irreverent, witty, and deeply intelligent retelling of modern Indian history and the ancient Indian epic The Mahabharata. Alternately outrageous and instructive, hilarious and moving, it is a dazzling tapestry of prose and verse that satirically, but also poignantly, chronicles the struggle for Indian freedom and independence.
