Inspirational Fiction

Strange as it may appear, Draupadi, the most accomplished heroine of the Mahabharata, happens to be the most suffering, most sacrificing, and yet most misunderstood character from the epic. Though counted among the five supremely virtuous women, honoured as pancha sati in mythology, the name Draupadi still bears stigma and is often contemptuously uttered by people in society as the woman who brought about the greatest war of all time. Pratibha Ray makes a determined effort to present a balanced portrayal of the epic character.

Gautam Buddha Ki Prerak Kahaniyan by Mukesh ‘Nadan’ offers a collection of motivational stories from the life of Lord Buddha, aimed at inspiring children and imparting valuable moral lessons.

Julia Fletcher takes her job seriously. Even as she’s planning to leave her post as the U.K.’s Minister of Loneliness, a government role designed to address the emotional epidemic plaguing modern citizens, Julia is invested in her successor, choosing to conduct the interviews herself. When an internet rabbit hole leads her to Henry Hall, a writer and iconoclastic, beloved professor at New York University, Julia’s interest is piqued.

A book of twenty-six poetic essays written in English, Kahlil Gibran’s Devdoot is full of religious inspirations. With the twelve illustrations drawn by the author himself, the book took more than eleven years to be formulated and perfected and is Gibran’s best-known work. It represents the height of his literary career as he came to be noted as 'the Bard of Washington Street.'

Kaartik aur aaravee donon ek hee kŏlej men paḍhxte hain. Kŏlej men freshar paarṭee ke dauraan aaravee ḍaŏs karatee hai. Use dekhakar kaartik usase dostee naheen pyaar karanaa chaahataa hai. Ek din kaartik apanee pareshaaniyon kaa bojh lekar paark men baiṭhakar sochataa rahataa hai. Tabhee ek shakhs aataa hai aur kahataa hai ki main bhagavaan hoon, sab pareshaanee ṭheek kar doongaa. Kaartik usakee taraf dekhataa hai, aur bolataa hai, jaa_o jaa_o....

Vo haavee hotaa gayaa mujh par main halkee hotee ga_ii us par. Hamaaree mahaphail aksar jamatee rahee. Meraa reetaapan belaag, bekhaupha, pooree bebaakee se badastoor unmaad kee tarah baahar aakar apanaa rng dikhaataa rahaa. Andar kaa sab achchhaa-buraa is kitaab ke pannon par jyon kaa tyon chhitar gayaa hai. Geet-gazal-kavitaa, naa jaane ye kyaa hai....

Part of the #TwentyIn2020 collection for Black British writing, In Her Voice is an anthology that celebrates five poetry collections. This includes Locating Strongwoman by Tolu Agbelusi, Where the Memory Was by Hibaq Osman, Jamakespeare by Brenda Garrick, The First Collection by Sarah Lipton-Sidibeh and On Reflection by Adjoa Wiredu.

You’re Not a Girl in a Movie is a new collection of powerful poems by Hala Alyan, winner of the Arab American Book Award in Poetry and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. In these nine extraordinary poems, Alyan wrestles with the intimate themes that have driven her acclaimed body of work to date: the aching loss of homeland, the image and worth of women, and the violence of love. In Beirut, Brooklyn, and roads in the American West, she unravels the effects of decades of war and displacement on love and human worth and identity.

Beyond Thoughts is a poetry collection that explores the root cause of anxiety, depression, guilt, shame, negative thinking, and emotional suffering to help you heal. This book will take you on a beautiful journey of self-discovery, self-love, happiness, hope, and deep healing to help you find inner peace in a simple yet profound way.

Jeevan mein hamaare saamane ka_ii aisee paristhitiyaan aatee hain jinhen ham badalanaa chaahate hain, unhen behatar banaanaa chaahate hain, fir chaahe vo cheezaen aapake ateet se judee huii hon yaa fir aapake vartamaan se. Amit guptaa kee raat ke us paar unake man ke bheetar chalane vaalee khoj kaa lekhaa-jokhaa hai, jisamen vo sapanon kee, jeevan roopee prashnon ke uttar kee aur ujaale kee khoj men juṭe hue hain.

Uttara Rao, Janaki Paranjape, Arvind Shah, K. Subba Rao and Sumitra Iyer first cross each other’s paths at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in 1999. Coming from vividly different backgrounds, the five soon became friends. As they navigate relationships, careers and life, they vow to...

Bestselling author Prakash Iyer uses simple but powerful anecdotes and parables from all over the world to demonstrate what makes for effective personal and professional leadership. Iyer draws lessons from sources as diverse as his driver, a mother giraffe, Abraham Lincoln, and footballers in...

இப்புத்தகத்தின் தொகுப்பிலுள்ள இரு நாவல்களுமே ஆன்மீகத்தை மையமாக கொண்டவை. ஒரு கதை நகரத்திலும் மலைத்தலம் ஒன்றிலும் நடக்கிறது. இன்னொன்று நகரத்தோடு முடிந்து போகிறது.

From the creator of the beloved and universally acclaimed television series BoJack Horseman, a fabulously off-beat collection of short stories about love—the best and worst thing in the universe. Written with all the scathing dark humor that is a hallmark of BoJack Horseman, Raphael...

From Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling to Satyajit Ray and R. K. Narayan, this text is a collection of spine-chilling tales of the supernatural from India...

Much-Afraid begins her journey, crippled and disfigured, with the cry, "Oh, if only I could escape from this Valley of Humiliation altogether and go to the High Places." She leaves her Fearing relatives behind, and presses on to the Realm of Love. As the Chief Shepard explains, no Fears can live in this realm, because "perfect love casts out fears and everything that torments".

Need Machine clamors through the brain like an unruly marching band. Both caustic and thoughtful, these poems offer a topography of modern life writ large in twitchy, neon splendor, in a voice as sure as a surgeon and as trustworthy as a rumor. Honest, irreverent, and sharply indifferent, this audiobook will "hogtie you with awe."

Soon to be a NETFLIX Original Series. A POWERFUL NEW NOVEL set in a divided Naples by ELENA FERRANTE, the New York Times best-selling author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lost Daughter. “There’s no doubt [the publication of The Lying Life of Adults] will be the literary event of the...

Ceremony is a collection for those on the cusp of becoming. It is a reminder that we were not meant to fit into this world perfectly, but to live in such a way that might forge a path all our own. It is a reminder that we are one with each other and nature itself. It is a reminder that we contain within us the latent potential of every future possibility we can conceive of. It is a reminder that we often must release what is not ours in order to receive what is, that we are all born with a unique imprint to leave upon the world, and that self-love is not an infatuation, but a homecoming.

Dr. Ritu Dubey kaa pahalaa kavitaa-sangrah.