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इंसानी जीवन कितना क्षणभंगुर है, इसे देखना हो तो किसी अस्पताल में जाकर कुछ दिन ठहर जाइए। नामालूम क़िस्म की अनगिनत बीमारियाँ वहाँ जीवन को छीनने के लिए मुँह बाए खड़ी दिख जाएँगी। लेकिन इसी बीच कोई मरीज़ कुछ दिन बाद बीमारी को हराकर बेड से उठ खड़ा होता है और यह बता देता है कि जीवन बहुत बड़ा है, बस उसके लिए लड़ना आना चाहिए।

He was meant to die on the battlefield. Karna, once the greatest warrior, survived the war that brought the world to its knees. Now, he lives in quiet obscurity, a teacher at a humble Gurukul, trying to bury the ghosts of Kurukshetra beneath lessons of peace. But the past never truly dies.

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Diwan-e-Ghalib is the famous collection of poetic works of legendary Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib.

Carrie White is no ordinary girl. Carrie White has the gift of telekinesis. To be invited to Prom Night by Tommy Ross is a dream come true for Carrie – the first step towards social acceptance by high school colleagues. But events will take a decidedly macabre turn on that horrifying and endless night as she is forced to exercise her terrible gift on the town that mocks and loathes her...

The novel is set in Varanasi. Chetan Bhagat initiates the story through the central character of Gopal. It is through Gopal's narration of his life to the author that we are introduced to Raghav and Aarti. The story revolves around these three characters. While Gopal comes from a poor family, Raghav comes from a well-off family. Both set out to achieve success and realise their dreams.

Award-winning Japanese author and poet Mieko Kawakami brings Ashes of Spring, a collection of short stories set in everyday life in Japan just before the pandemic lockdown.

Two young manager graduates, with nothing similar in family backgrounds and temperament, join a New York international bank on the same day - and take entirely different routes to success.

Ek aisee prem kahaanee jo adhooree rah ga_ii par bhaarat ke lie varadaan saabit huii. Ek aisaa niahsvaarth prem jo ek ḍaayaree men khokar rah gayaa.

पुलिसनामा: जहाँ मुर्दे भी गवाही देते हैं के सभी किस्से सच्ची घटनाओं पर आधारित हैं, जिनका लेखक चश्मदीद था या फिर ये किस्से उसके पास स्टाफ रिपोर्टर से पहुँचे। दो दशकों से अधिक क्राइम और राजनीति पर रिपोर्टिंग करते हुए लेखक ने पुलिस तंत्र और उनके काम करने के तरीकों को बहुत नजदीक से देखा-समझा है। पुस्तक बताती है कि समाज को अपराध-मुक्त रखने की ज़िम्मेदारी में कभी अजीबोगरीब घटनाएँ, मजेदार वाकयात और कभी-कभी एनकाउंटर भी हो जाते हैं। इन परिस्थितियों में पुलिस को कभी वाहवाही मिलती है तो कभी धिक्कार। लेखक ख़ाकी वर्दी वालों को इंसान की तरह देखना-समझना नहीं भूलते और यही बात इस किताब को ख़ास बनाती है।

An easy but interesting listen, When Strangers Meet.. has a story to which youth can relate. It shows the father-son relationship from the points of view of the three main characters in the audiobook, each belonging to different ethnicities and stratas of society.

It begins with a glimpse or a passing thought. It ends in obsession. One day a renowned author discovers that his wife, a war correspondent, has disappeared leaving no trace. Though time brings more success and new love, he remains mystified – and increasingly fascinated – by her absence...

Border Roads Organization is responsible for building roads in Himalaya at huge heights, where no other country perhaps can build roads. The high altitude at such places is always challenging and tiring for machines as well as for humans. Low oxygen level, below zero temperature, eccentric nature, colossal snow piles on roads, and unpredictable landslides are few factors that affect human lives in such areas.

Twenty-five-year-old Jinni lives in Mumbai, works in a hip animation studio and is perfectly happy with her carefree and independent existence. Until her bossy grandmother shows up and announces that it is Jinni s 'duty' to drop everything and come and contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from their sleepy hometown, Bittora.

Adultery, the provocative new novel by Paulo Coelho, best-selling author of The Alchemist and Eleven Minutes, explores the question of what it means to live life fully and happily, finding the balance between life's routine and the desire for something new.

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.

Meet Akhila: 45 and single, an income-tax clerk, and a woman who has never been allowed to live her own life - always the daughter, the sister, the aunt, the provider - until the day she gets herself a one-way ticket to the seaside town of Kanyakumari. In the intimate atmosphere of the all-women sleeping car - the 'Ladies Coupe' - Akhila asks the five women the question that has been haunting her all her adult life: can a woman stay single and be happy, or does she need a man to feel complete?

कोई भी धर्म मन:शांति प्राप्त कर इंद्रियों पर विजय पाने का एक माध्यम है। चूँकि यह एक माध्यम है, इसलिए इसका अन्य किसी भी माध्यम की तरह सही या ग़‌लत दोनों तरह से इस्तेमाल हो सकता है। सही रास्ता अतिउच्च दर्जे का आध्यात्मिक सुख देकर मानव को मानवता के क़रीब लाता है, तो ग़लत रास्ता धार्मिक उन्माद फैलाकर मानवता को शर्मसार करता है।

Essays in Love is a stunningly original love story. Taking in Aristotle, Wittgenstein, history, religion and Groucho Marx, Alain de Botton charts the progress of a love affair from the first kiss to argument and reconciliation, from intimacy and tenderness to the onset of anxiety and heartbreak.

Captivating and suspenseful, Best Kept Secret is the third novel in international bestseller Jeffrey Archer’s outstanding Clifton Chronicles. It sees our hero Harry Clifton and Giles Barrington, brother of Harry’s beloved wife Emma, become entwined in the fate of the Barrington family...