The Blue Umbrella By Ruskin Bond The Blue Umbrella is a 1980 Indian novel by Ruskin Bond. The story is set in a small village in Garhwal, where a young girl named Binya acquires a beautiful blue umbrella, sparking envy among the villagers, especially an old shopkeeper named Ram Bharosa. This novel was later adapted … Read more
बेताल पच्चीसी (betal pachisi) सोमदेव भट्टराव बेताल पच्चीसी एक प्रसिद्ध भारतीय लोककथा संग्रह है, जो विक्रमादित्य और बेताल के रोचक और रहस्यमयी किस्सों पर आधारित है। इस कथा का मुख्य पात्र राजा विक्रमादित्य है, जिसे एक तांत्रिक 25 बार एक पेड़ से लटके हुए बेताल को पकड़ने का आदेश देता है। हर बार जब राजा … Read more
प्रेमचंद की सर्वश्रेष्ठ कहानियां प्रेमचंद हिंदी और उर्दू के प्रसिद्ध लेखक थे, जिनका असली नाम धनपत राय श्रीवास्तव था। उनका जन्म 31 जुलाई 1880 को उत्तर प्रदेश के लमही गाँव में हुआ था। प्रेमचंद ने अपने साहित्यिक कार्यों में समाज की वास्तविक स्थितियों, किसानों की समस्याओं और गरीबों के संघर्षों को प्रमुखता से उभारा। उनकी … Read more
1984 George Orwell, Thomas Pynchon (Foreword) A masterwork of insurrection and confinement, where Big Brother is watching and conflict is peace and freedom is enslavement Mind Police Orwellian Big Brother These terms are already part of our lexicon because to George Orwell’s iconic dystopian novel 1984. A man’s nightmare journey through a universe of warring nations, a … Read more
The Shining #1 The Shining Stephen King Jack Torrance’s opportunity for a new beginning at the Overlook Hotel is ideal. His job as the off-season caretaker at the evocative old hotel will give him lots of time to write and be with his family. However, as the severe winter weather arrives, the picturesque setting becomes increasingly … Read more
Asian Saga: Chronological Order #1 Shōgun James Clavell Following his shipwreck, Englishman John Blackthorne awakens in Japan, a country that very few Europeans have visited or even heard of. Entering the confined society of seventeenth-century Japan, where the distinction between life and death is extremely thin, Blackthorne is forced to navigate not just a strange people … Read more
The Book Thief Markus Zusak The year is 1939. Germany during Nazi rule. The nation is choking on air. There has never been a busier death and there ever will be. Liesel’s life is altered by picking up a solitary thing that is partially concealed in the snow beside her brother’s grave. She had accidentally … Read more