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Umr Bas Neend Si

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…

A Wasted Hour

A Wasted Hour Jeffrey Archer 2017 (ebook edition) Pan     A Wasted Hour is part of a series of short stories to be published. A quick read, the short story is about a young woman who aspires to be a writer and finds stories in the people she meets while hitchhiking to and from the…

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Autobiography of an Autism Entrereneur

Autobiography of an Autism EntrepreneurMythili Chari2017 Amarabharathi pp. 175 As the title suggests, the autobiographical writing by Chari details out her experiences in the field of educating children with autism, and her initiative of setting up her own institute. The anecdotal account begins with her childhood experiences and reminisces about what she considers are significant…

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Sita

Sita: Book 2 of the Ram Chandra Series Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana Amish Devdutt Pattanaik 2017 2013 pp. 361 pp. 316 Westland Penguin         Reading two different versions of Sita’s story in quick succession was a deliberate attempt. We have heard and read Ramayana from a male perspective often. I have read…

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On Education. Basudev Chatterji

Chatterji, B (2015). On Education. Economic and Political Weekly, L(34): 39-43.Chaterji presents his perspective on education in India, referring to it as one of the greatest challenges of contemporary times. He begins the paper by highlighting the significant role of Universities across the world in the process of development, particularly in their role as the breeding grounds…