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Ai Ladki is prose in poetry, the tale of an old woman awaiting death and musing about her life. Without any fear of the imminent death, she is eager to start all over. The book describes the life instinct, the undaunted will to live.
To Save Me From Following In The Footsteps Of My Older Brothers Who Had Taken The Road To The Next World, It Was Decided . . . To Sell Me As Soon As I Was Born. No Part Of The Money That Was The Price Of My Life Fell To My Share. All I Got Was The Name Pinned On Me Like A Badge, Which Indicated My Sold Status Bechan. Pandey Bechan Sharma Ugra S Memoir, Apni Khabar, Is Considered To Be The First Autobiography Written In Modern Hindi That Displays A Striking Originality In Its Tone And Style. It Marked A Radical Departure From The Established Autobiographical And Biographical Conventions Of Its Time, And Is Now Regarded As An Example Of A New Genre Of Writing Because Of Its Intrinsic Modernity...
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How is a writer formed? Yes, through labour, commitment, perseverance, grit and various other things that we keep hearing about. But equally, a writer is formed through the workings of a particular kind of sensibility. As Vineet Gill attempts to understand this writerly sensibility in Nirmal Verma's life and work, he finds that the personal and the literary are, on some level, inseparable. In this masterly deep dive into the world of one of Hindi literature's pioneers, Gill looks at the scattered elements of Verma's life as ingredients that went into the making of the writer. The places he lived in, the people he knew, the books he read are all reflected, in Gill's view, in Verma's stories and novels. This is a work of intense readerly analysis and considered excavation-a contemplation on Verma's oeuvre and its place in world literature.
This book presents an examination of fictional representations, in books and films, of the 1947 Partition that led to the creation of the sovereign nation-states of India and Pakistan. While the process of representing the Partition experience through words and images began in the late 1940s, it is only in the last few decades that literary critics and film scholars have begun to analyse the work. The emerging critical scholarship on the Partition and its aftermath has deepened our understanding of the relationship between historical trauma, collective memory, and cultural processes, and this book provides critical readings of literary and cinematic texts on the impact of the Partition both ...
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This Revised And Enlarged Edition Of The Directory Of Publishers And Booksellers In India Contains Much Larger Number Of Addresses Of Publishers And Booksellers. Further, Much More Information Has Been Given About Them And Their Field Of Operation. The Directory Includes Postal Addresses, Phone Numbers, Fax Numbers, Email Addresses And Websites, Wherever Available, Of More Than Eight Thousand Leading Indian Publishers, Wholesalers, Booksellers, Importers And Exporters.It Is Hoped That The Directory In Its Present Form Would Be Highly Useful For Publishers And Booksellers In Mailing Their Publicity Material. The Directory Would Be Of Great Value For Librarians For Getting Information About Publishers And Booksellers In India For Their Procurement Of Books.The Directory Would Also Be Useful For Those Who Provide Materials And Services For Publishers And Booksellers E.G. Paper Manufacturers & Distributors, Computers (Software & Hardware) Suppliers, Packaging Machinery & Materials Suppliers, Printers & Binders, Epabx-Manufacturers & Distributors, Office Furniture And Equipment And Photocopy Machines Suppliers, Slotted Angle Racks Manufacturers And Suppliers, Etc.