Ek kahani...khidaki
Author: Yadav, Sandeep
Genre: Social Novel
Year: 2024 | Pages: 200 | Origin: IND | BA Seq Num: 87220
In this narrative, Siya embodies the role of a soldier's wife, showcasing not only the challenges faced by military spouses but also symbolizing the importance of family unity and resilience in overcoming obstacles. Through her journey, the story aims to inspire society to value and respect women within the family, offering a potential solution to the rising number of family court cases. By recognizing women's contributions and treating them with dignity, society can move towards a new direction of harmony and empowerment
Shall We Tell The President
Author: Archer, Jeffrey
Genre: Thriller
Year: 2024 | Pages: 272 | Origin: IND | BA Seq Num: 90047
Translated
At the end of the book 'Prodigal Daughter., Florentina Kane is declared the first female President of the United States.
One evening, at 7.30pm, the FBI learns of a plot to assassinate the President. At 8.30pm, five people receive detailed information about the plot. By 9.30pm, four of the five are dead.
Only FBI agent Mark Andrews knows when the assassin will strike. He also knows that a senator is involved. He has only 6 days, 13 hours, and 37 minutes to save the President and determine where and how the assassin will strike. Can he save the President?
Heera Mandi
Author: Rajan, Rajendra
Genre: Social Novel
Year: 2024 | Pages: 144 | Origin: IND | BA Seq Num: 87202
Two young men, teetering on the brink of adulthood, pulsating with youthful vigor and longing for love, cross paths with a seasoned procurer who leads them into the labyrinthine streets of Heera Mandi. Heera Mandi - a notorious enclave in Lahore - where every window, every door beckons with the promise of fleeting pleasures for a price. In pre-partitioned India, Lahore stood as the epicenter of music, dance, art, literature, trade, and opulence, with Heera Mandi gleaming as its infamous yet alluring jewel, drawing all to its glamorous allure.
The novel delves into the unique ambiance and sophistication of Lahore during that era, a period renowned globally for its vibrancy, serving as an evocative backdrop to this engrossing and accessible narrative
Laptein
Author: Mudgal, Chitra
Genre: Short Stories
Year: 2024 | Pages: 110 | Origin: IND | BA Seq Num: 87192
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Samandar Bhar Ret
Author: Meel, Sandeep
Genre: Social Novel / Short Stories
Year: 2025 | Pages: 192 | Origin: IND | BA Seq Num: 90049
In prehistoric times, the desert of present-day Rajasthan was an ocean. With the passage of time and the changing nature of nature, this ocean's waters dried up and it was filled with sand. Sand became the desert's identity and reality, and this novel is set against this backdrop. Its characters travel between ancient times and the present, bringing with them their own stories.
Reading these stories, one feels as if nothing has changed in society. Just as in the past, lovers still face violence and injustice, and people must rebel against authority for their rights. This novel encompasses every aspect of desert life, revealing the changing nature of the intertwining of nature and humanity
Ek yahoodi ladki ki talash
Translated title: Dora Bruder
Author: Modiano, Patrick
Genre: Social Novel / Historical
Year: 2023 | Pages: 160 | Origin: IND | BA Seq Num: 86660
Translated
Patrick Modiano opens Dora Bruder by telling how in 1988 he stumbled across an ad in the personal columns of the New Year's Eve 1941 edition of Paris Soir. Placed by the parents of a 15-year-old Jewish girl, Dora Bruder, who had run away from her Catholic boarding school, the ad sets Modiano off on a quest to find out everything he can about Dora and why, at the height of German reprisals, she ran away on a bitterly cold day from the people hiding her. He finds only one other official mention of her name on a list of Jews deported from Paris to Auschwitz in September 1942.
With no knowledge of Dora Bruder aside from these two records, Modiano continues to dig for fragments from Dora's past. What little he discovers in official records and through remaining family members, becomes a meditation on the immense losses of the period - lost people, lost stories, and lost history. Modiano delivers a moving account of the ten-year investigation that took him back to the sights and sounds of Paris under the Nazi Occupation, and the paranoia of the Pétain regime as he tries to find connections to Dora. In his efforts to exhume her from the past, Modiano realizes that he must come to terms with the specters of his own troubled adolescence. The result, a montage of creative and historical material, is Modiano's personal rumination on loss, both memoir and memorial
Ek tanashah ki premkatha
Author: Chaturvedi, Gyan
Genre: Romance / Social Novel
Year: 2024 | Pages: 312 | Origin: IND | BA Seq Num: 87181
This narrative unveils the tyranny within love itself - the dominance of affection and the affection for control. Love, initially borne of devotion, gradually tips its scales towards one party, evolving into a quest for power where other affections lose their significance. The tale commences with the intertwined stories of three lovers who mistakenly perceive their actions as acts of love, when in reality, they are enforcing dominance, possessiveness, and cruelty. Their relationships have become entangled webs from which their once-liberated souls, once dedicated entirely to love, now struggle to break free.
Before comprehending their predicament, a fourth lover emerges - a patriot and the nation's ruler - who believes that patriotism alone reigns supreme, viewing other affections as mere hindrances. Thus begins the true essence of the story. This marks Gyan Chaturvedi's seventh novel, skillfully interweaving satire within its narrative fabric. With each work, Chaturvedi has intricately crafted a new landscape of storytelling, continually refining his style and thematic exploration. From the rugged terrains of Bundelkhand to urban landscapes, his satire has honed its edge. In this novel, he scrutinizes the universal theme of love, examining it from the angle where it proves to be fatal for its characters. Such narcissistic love spares no one - be it the lover's paramour, the husband's wife, or the ruler's nation
Akhbaar mein photo
Author: Rishi, Ravi
Genre: Short Stories / Social Novel
Year: 2024 | Pages: 112 | Origin: IND | BA Seq Num: 87183
Akhbar Mein Photo is a collection of stories by Ravi Rishi, based on real-life situations and circumstances he experienced in his own environment. They contain the sweet fragrance of village soil, the bittersweet experiences of struggling people in the metropolis, and a thrilling tale of unrequited love. Written in simple, easy, and flowing language, these stories thoroughly entertain the reader
Premchand Ki Swatantrata Sangram Kathayen
Author: Pallav
Genre: Short Stories
Year: 2025 | Pages: 208 | Origin: IND | BA Seq Num: 90059
These 16 stories by Premchand, written during the British rule, depict how the people of our country fought against foreign subjugation and achieved independence.
It's heartening to learn about the various aspects of this struggle led by Mahatma Gandhi - Satyagraha, prohibition, the sacrifice of jobs, and patriotism - even after nearly a hundred years.
These stories remind us how much sacrifice, hard work, and long-term dedication this independence entailed.
Dr. Pallav, a well-known scholar, critic, and editor of Hindi literature, has compiled this collection of Premchand's stories and written a lengthy introduction
Vanya
Author: Kulshreshtha, Manisha
Genre: Short Stories / Social Novel
Year: 2024 | Pages: 144 | Origin: IND | BA Seq Num: 87185
'Vanya' refers to rivers that flow through the forest. These rivers flow freely. No matter how many obstacles they face, they fall asleep, then awaken and flow again.
The stories in this collection are about tribal women like Vanya. These stories of tribal identities are not stories of tribal discourse in any conventional sense, but rather a window that gives you the opportunity to peek into their literature.
While writing them, I realized that you can't simply tell the stories of tribal life. To do so, you need to bring that primitive idiom, simple linguistic lyricism, vivid visuality, movement, stories handed down from your ancestors, a sense of friendship with trees and animals, and that concern for the forest
