Books and Authors

Books and Authors A A Backward Place : Ruth Prawer Jhabwala A Bend in the Ganges : Manohar Malgonkar A Bend in the River : V. S. Naipaul A Billion is Enough : Ashok Gupta A Bride for the Sahib and Other Stories : Khushwant Singh A Brief History of Time : Stephen Hawking A Brush with Life : Satish Gujral A Bunch of Old Letters : Jawaharlal Nehru A Cabinet Secretary Looks Back : B. G. Deshmukh . A Call To Honour-In Service of Emergent India : Jaswant Singh A Captain's Diary : Alec Stewart A China Passage : John Kenneth Galbraith A Conceptual Encyclopaedia of Guru Gtanth Sahib : S. S. Kohli A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy : Karl Marx A Critique of Pure Reason : Immanuel Kant A Dangerous Place : Daniel...

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Some Famous Characters in Literature

Some Famous Characters in Literature Adam : A character in the Bible, also in `Paradise Lost' by Milton. Aladdin : A well-known character in the `Arabian Nights', in possession of the magic ring and lamp. Alice : A little girl in `Alice in Wonderland' and `Through the Looking Glass' by Lewis Carrol. Ariel : In `The Tempest' by William Shakespeare, an airy Spirit which is controlled by Prospero. Anna Karenina : The heroine of the novel of the same name by Leo Tolstoy. Ancient Mariner : A character in the poem of the same name by S. T. Coleridge, who describes his supernatural experiences to the wedding guests. Antonio : A character in `The Merchant of Venice' by Shakespeare. Shylock the cruel money lender, is bent on taking one pound of flesh from...

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Famous Indian Authors

Famous Indian Authors Assamese: Hem Chandra Barua, Madhav Kondali, Hem Chand Goswami, Birendra Kumar  Bhattacharya(Recipient of Jnanpith Award, 1979), Nilmani Phukan (Winner of Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad Award for 2000). Apoorva Sharma (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2000), Indira Goswami(Winner of the Jnanpith Award for 2000), Mahima Bora (Recipient of Sahitya Academy Award for 2001), Nalinidhar Bhattacharya (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2002). Bireshwar Barua(Winner of Sahitya Academy award, 2003). Hirendra Nath Dutt (Winner of Sahitya Aeademy Award, 2004) Bangla: B. B. Bandhopadhyay, Rabindra Nath Tagore, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Tara Shankar Bandhopadhyaya (Recipient of Bhartiya Jnanpith Award, 1966), Sarat Chandra, R. C. Dutt, Kazi...

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India's Best Books Since Independence

India's Best Books Since Independence No.BookAuthor 1.A House For Mr. BiswasV.S. Naipaul 2.Aag Ka DariyaQurratulain Hyder 3.Adha GaonRahi Masoom Reza 4.Adhe AdhureMohan Rakesh 5.All About H. HatterrGV Desani 6.Aranyer Din RatriSunil Gangopadhyay 7.Charandas ChorHabib Tanvir 8.ChidamabaraSumitranandan Pant 9.CoolieMulk Raj Anand 10.DipshikhaMahadevi Verma 11.English AugustUpamanyu Chatterjee 12.Family MattersRohinton Mistry 13.Ghasiram KotwalVijay Tendulkar 14.God of Small ThingsArundhati Roy 15.Golden GateVikram Seth 16.Hajar Churashir MaMahasweta Devi 17.IndulekhaO. Chandu Menon 18.Interpreter of MaladiesJhumpa Lahiri 19.KanthapuraRaja Rao 20.KayarThakazhi Sivasankara Pillai 21.Khasakinte IthihaasamO.V. Vijayan 22.Kitne Pakistan Kamleshwar 23.Kitni Navon Men Kitni BarAjneya 24.KrishnakaliShivani 25.KurukkuFaustina...

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