जैनेंद्र की तीसरी औपन्यासिक कृति ‘त्यागपत्र’ है। इसका प्रकाशन सन 1937 में हुआ। इसका अनुवाद अनेक प्रादेशिक तथा विदेशी भाषाओं में हो चुका है। हिंदी के भी सर्वश्रेष्ठ लघु उपन्यासों में मृणाल नामक भाग्यहीना युवती के जीवन पर आधारित यह मार्मिक कथा अत्यंत प्रभावशाली बन सकी है। उसका भतीजा प्रमोद उसकी पीड़ा को समझता है। […]
The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy
“They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved and how. And how much.” The year is 1969. In the state of Kerala, on the southernmost tip of India, fraternal twins Esthappen and Rahel fashion a childhood for themselves in the shade of the wreck […]
War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
Tolstoy’s epic masterpiece intertwines the lives of private and public individuals during the time of the Napoleonic wars and the French invasion of Russia. The fortunes of the Rostovs and the Bolkonskys, of Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei, are intimately connected with the national history that is played out in parallel with their lives. Balls […]
कामायनी – जयशंकर प्रसाद
जयशंकर प्रसाद की सर्वश्रेष्ठ रचना… प्रस्तुत हैं पुस्तक के कुछ अंश जिस समय खड़ी बोली और आधुनिक हिन्दी साहित्य किशोरावस्था में पदार्पण कर रहे थे। काशी के ‘सुंघनी साहु’ के प्रसिद्ध घराने में श्री जयशंकर प्रसाद का संवत् 1946 में जन्म हुआ। व्यापार में कुशल और साहित्य सेवी – आपके पिता श्री देवी प्रसाद पर […]
The Argumentative Indian – Amartya Sen
In sixteen linked essays, Nobel Prize–winning economist Amartya Sen discusses India’s intellectual and political heritage and how its argumentative tradition is vital for the success of its democracy and secular politics. The Argumentative Indian is “a bracing sweep through aspects of Indian history and culture, and a tempered analysis of the highly charged disputes surrounding […]
Dreams from My Father – Barack Obama
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father—a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man—has been killed in […]
स्मृति की रेखाएँ – महादेवी वर्मा
स्मृति की रेखाएँ में निरन्तर जिज्ञासाशील महादेवी ने अपनी स्मृति के आधार पर अमिट रेखाओं द्वारा अत्यन्त सहृदयता-पूर्वक जीवन के विविध रूपों को चित्रित कर पात्रों को अमर कर दिया गया। मदादेवी ने अपने अधिकांश रेखाचित्रों में निम्नवर्गीय पात्रों की विशेषताओं, दुर्बलताओं और समस्याओं का चित्रण किया है। वृद्ध ‘भक्तिन’ की प्रगल्भता तथा स्वामि-भक्ति, ‘चीनी युवक’ की […]
Indian Philosophy – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
This classic work is a general introduction to Indian philosophy that covers the Vedic and Epic periods, including expositions on the hymns of the Rig Veda, the Upanisads, Jainism, Buddhism and the theism of the Bhagvadgita. Long acknowledged as a classic, this pioneering survey of Indian thought charts a fascinating course through an intricate history. From the […]
Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens
Oliver, a poor orphan, escapes the miserable workhouse where he was born only to fall into the clutches of a band of pickpockets led by the odious Fagin. Yet no amount of cruelty can destroy his purity…and through his goodness, he finds salvation. Source of Image and Content :- https://www.lexile.com/book/details/9781402754258/