Manas Ka Hans

This novel, based on the life of Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, a well-known Bengali novelist and short story writer, is literary and biographical fiction. Sarat Chandra Chatterjee was arguably one of the most popular novelists in the Bengali language. He mainly wrote about the lifestyle, tragedy and struggle of the common people and social practices, because of which he was able to touch the lives of several people. While there are several books published on the life of Sarat, however, no book has been as well-researched and detailed.   

In the Republic of Vaishali - which comprises eight different states and is run by their elected representatives - lives the beautiful Ambapali. Considered to be the most beautiful woman in the whole republic, she is eventually forced to dedicate herself to the republic as a Nagarvadhu (literally, the wife of the city). She, however, demands various privileges in exchange for this and is granted all of them by the authorities, with the condition that she must fulfil her duties well.  

Maati hee vinaashleela bani aur ussi maati se fhir mila punarjeevan. 1999 mein Odisha mein ek aisa bhayankar cyclone aaya jo uttari mahasagar mein abhi tak ka sabse vinaashkari cyclone tha. Samudra ka paani tatt ko paar kar 35 kilometer andar tak pahuch kar Jagatsinhpur zile ke tamaam gaaon ko tahas-nahas kar gaya aur anumaan hai ki 50,000 logon ki ismein jaan gayi.

द्रौपदी महाभारत ही नहीं, भारतीय जीवन तथा संस्कृति का एक अत्यन्त विलक्षण और महत्वपूर्ण चिरत्र है-परन्तु साहित्य ने अब तक उसे प्रायः छुआ नहीं था।

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