Dhoop Ke Sikke: Ek Kavyamay Yatra Prasoon Joshi 2016 Rupa pp. 210 This book is a collection of songs written by Prasoon Joshi. I chanced upon this book while browsing online and picked it up thinking it to be a collection of Hindi poetry. It is not exactly poems only, but he has shared the…
Namak Swadanusar Nikhil Sachan 2017 Westland pp. 160 Namak Swadanusar is a collection of short stories that revolve around the most common theme that I read : Life. In the initial few stories, I was wondering why I picked up this book. I know why I picked it up: I was craving Hindi. It is…
Kuch Ishq Kiya Kuch Kaam Kiya Piyush Mishra 2017 (6 ed) Rajkamal pp. 150 The book is a collection of poetry by Piyush Mishra. I picked it up because it was on an eighty percent discount and because I wanted to read Mishra. I thought it will be a collection of his experiences and not…
उम्र बस नींद सी अज़ीज़ आज़ाद सूर्य प्रकाशन मंदिर बीकानेर पृ: 84 अज़ीज़ आज़ाद की ये ग़ज़ल इत्तेफ़ाक़न हाथ लगी। इंटरनेट पर मुफ्त पुस्तकें ढूंढने में कई ऐसे नाम मिले जो मैंने पहले कभी नहीं सुने थे। इसका एक बड़ा कारण है मेरी किताबों की दुनिया से दूरी। कभी सामान्य ज्ञान बढ़ाने के लिए किताबों या लेखकों के नाम मुझसे…
Mumma ki DiaryAnu Singh Choudhary2015Hindyugmpp. 159Mumma ki Diary is exactly what it claims to be. A non-fictional account of the life experiences of a young mother. Written in everyday Hindi, the book presents an episodic account of a young journalist, the author, from the time of her decision to have a child to her present…
Shehar Band Hai (Hindi) Ashvini Kumar Dube Bhartiya Gyanpith 179 pages The book is a collection of short stories by Dube. Part experiential, part fictional, each story presents a perspective on a social issue within the system in which it exists, functions, and is perpetuated. The narrative is rooted in the everyday and while it…
Name of the Book: Pachas Baras ka Bekar Aadmi (Hindi)Author: Ravindra VermaNo. of Pages: 136Year of Publication: 2011 (2nd edition)Publisher: Bhartiya GyanpithAbout the Book:The book is a collection of forty short stories by Ravindra Verma. Excepting the last story, that shares its title with the book, all other stories are not more than three to…
Name of the Book: Band Gali ka Aakhiri Makaan (Hindi)Author: Dharamvir BharatiNo. of Pages: 116Year of Publication: 2013 (17th edition)Publisher: Bhartiya Gyanpith About the Book:The book is a collection of short stories written by noted playwright, poet and writer, Dharamvir Bharati, between the years 1955 and 1969.The stories are mostly located in rural and semi…
