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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.

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.

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.

Shreya and her twin brother, Sushant, are attacked by a mysterious stranger with extraordinary powers. Fighting for their lives, and unable to hold out against him, Shreya falls back, in desperation, upon an ancient legend. But when an ancestor from deep antiquity unexpectedly appears in response to Shreya’s cry for help, the lives of the twins take an unexpected turn.

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.

An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he'll be reunited with his loved ones after death in an eternal hereafter. Then, he dies. Soren wakes to find himself cast by a God he has never heard of into a Hell whose dimensions he can barely grasp: a vast library he can only escape from by finding the book that contains the story of his life. In this haunting existential novella, author, philosopher, and ecologist Steven L. Peck explores a subversive vision of eternity.

Audible prastut karta hai Crime Stories by Delhi Press ka sankalan. Akhbaar ki surkhiyon mein kayi apraadh ke qisse dil dehla dete hain. Aakhir sach kya hai, koi hadsa kaise hua, uske peechhe kiska haath tha, apraadhi bach kar kaise nikla? Ek ghatna ke peechhe kayi raaz hote hain, chhupi huyi kahaniyan hoti hain aur gupt kadiyan hoti hain. Har kirdaar ki alag maansikta hoti hai, jise samajhne ke liye unki duniya mein jaana padta hai. Hatya, balatkaar, chori, dhokhe ki kahaniyan samaaj ke ek aise pehlu par roshni daalti hain jise samajhna mushkil aur dilchasp bhi. Sansanikhez khabaron ke peechhe romanchak kahaniyan hain jo suljhaana kathin hai. Satya ki talaash mein tehkikaat karte kirdaar aapke saamne kayi sawaal layenge. Yeh kahaniyan aapko apraadh ke uss mod tak le jayengi jahan rahasya ke saath uljhan aur halchal bhi hai. Kya aap sach ki iss khoj mein shaamil hona chaahenge?

Aavarana: The Veil by S. L. Bhyrappa is a story of a free-spirited and rebellious young woman, Lakshmi, who marries the man she is deeply in love with. Amir, her husband, requests she convert to Islam, and she reluctantly agrees. Despite her father being completely against the marriage, she breaks ties with him and changes her name to Razia. However, things change for the worse, and she discovers a different side to Amir. He is not the progressive and liberal person she thought he was.

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।

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...

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Audible prastut karta hai Darling Democracy, ek Audible Original, in association with Hind Yugm. Best-selling lekhak Nilotpal Mrinal ke shadb. Bilaiya naamak gaon me panchayat chunav ki sugbugahat ke saath jab gaon ki seat Adiwasi ghoshit hoti hai tab vartmaan mukhiya Rang Bahadur Singh pareshan ho uthta hai. Malum chalta hai ki uss gaon me ek vidhwa adiwasi mahila hai jo ab nirvirodh mukhiya chuni jayegi. Usi dauran ek baniya ke beta ek adiwasi ladki ko bhaga le jata hai. Tab use manakar wapas gaon me laya jata hai aur baniya samaj us ladki ko chunav ladane ki taiyari karne lagta hai. Udhar vartman mukhiya ko pandit Tribhuj ne salah diya ki wo kisi adiwasi mahila se shadi karke rajput dwara shaasan karne ki parampara ko bacha sakte hain. Mukhiya aisa hi karta hai. Tabhi pandit Tribhuj ka beta ek adiwasi girlfriend se court marriage karke wapas lautata hai. Ab Bilaiya gaon mein mukhiya ke 4 candidate taiyaar ho jate hain. Lekin tabhi khabar aati hai ki panchayat chunav abhi nahin hoga. Iss tarah sabke armanon par pani fhir jata hai. Disclaimer- Iss show mein apshabd aur kadi bhasha aur vayask shrotaayon ke liye vayask saamagri hai, jismein antrang drishya shaamil hain jo kahani ke anuroop hain. Yeh poori tarah kaalpanik hai aur vaastavik vyakityon, vyavsaayon, sthaanon ya ghatnaayon ke saath koi bhi samaanta maatr sanyog hai. Iss show ka uddyeshya kisi vyakti, sansthan, jaati, samudaay, nasl ya dharm ko thes pahunchaana ya badnaam karna ya kisi sansthan ya jeevit ya mrit vyakti ko badnaam karna nahin hai. Shrotaaon ko apne vivek ka istemaal karne ki bharpur salaah di jaati hai.

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

A murder has taken place in a tony Mumbai neighbourhood. A prime suspect, Prashanth, keeps his silence in the interrogation room as Inspector Khan plays the tapes of his therapy sessions. The explosive tapes, surreptitiously recorded by therapist Shaily Gupta, slowly reveal shocking information about Prashanth, about his relationship with his girlfriend Sonya, about the therapist and about the gruesome murder in question.

The bestselling novel from international literary phenomenon Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist. ‘Love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer…’ So says Maria, a young Brazilian girl convinced from an early age that she will never find true love. A chance meeting in Rio takes her...

Audible prastut karta hai Walkman: Karthik Ke Jasoosi Karnamein, ek Audible original, in association with Hind Yugm. Lekhak Shan dwara.

Audible prastut karta hai Family Drama Stories by Delhi Press kahaniyon ka sankalan. Paarivarik sambandh gehre hote hain lekin kaafi naazuk bhi hote hain. Kayi baar ek hi ghar mein rehte huye bhi parivaar ke sadasya ek doosre ko nahin samajh paate. Lagaav ke saath ek doosre ke prati dwesh, gussa aur kadvahat aane lagti hai jab samaajik mulya aur apni soch mein antar hota hai. Shaadi ke baad aksar rishton mein badlaav aane lagta hai aur mahilaon ko ek naye parivaar mein jagah banaane mein dikkat aati hai. Saas-sasur bahu ko kabhi beti ki tarah apna lete hain aur kabhi unko paraaya samajhte hain. Samvedansheel aur manoranjak drishti se paarivarik rishton ko prastut karti yeh kahaniyan ghar, samaaj aur badalte samay ki jhalak deti hain. Har ghar ki kahani vishesh hai, lekin har kahani mein aapko apne ghar ka koi sadasya, apne parivaar ki paristhityan bhi zaroor milengi!

Audible prastut karta hai Crime Stories by Delhi Press ka sankalan. Akhbaar ki surkhiyon mein kayi apraadh ke qisse dil dehla dete hain. Aakhir sach kya hai, koi hadsa kaise hua, uske peechhe kiska haath tha, apraadhi bach kar kaise nikla? Ek ghatna ke peechhe kayi raaz hote hain, chhupi huyi kahaniyan hoti hain aur gupt kadiyan hoti hain. Har kirdaar ki alag maansikta hoti hai, jise samajhne ke liye unki duniya mein jaana padta hai. Hatya, balatkaar, chori, dhokhe ki kahaniyan samaaj ke ek aise pehlu par roshni daalti hain jise samajhna mushkil aur dilchasp bhi. Sansanikhez khabaron ke peechhe romanchak kahaniyan hain jo suljhaana kathin hai. Satya ki talaash mein tehkikaat karte kirdaar aapke saamne kayi sawaal layenge. Yeh kahaniyan aapko apraadh ke uss mod tak le jayengi jahan rahasya ke saath uljhan aur halchal bhi hai. Kya aap sach ki iss khoj mein shaamil hona chaahenge?

Audible prastut karta hai Crime Stories by Delhi Press ka sankalan.

Audible prastut karta hai Aakhri Stoppage, ek Audible Original, in association with Hind Yugm. Lekhak Vimal Chandra Pandey ke shabd.