Hindi

The books talks about the long period of Indian public life in which ordinary people of Hindu and Muslim religions, without any ideological insistence or conscious effort, were developing as a common cultural unit while living in the natural flow of life. They were building a shared society, which would have come before the world as a unique social structure if the divisive forces had not stood in the way.

An old couple receives a day-old female goat kid as a gift from the cosmos. Thus begins the story of Poonachi, the little orphan goat. As you follow her story from forest to habitation, independence to motherhood, you recognise in its significant moments the depth and magnitude of your own fears and longings, fuelled by the instinct for survival that animates all life. Masterly and nuanced, Perumal Murugans tale forces us reflect on our own responses to hierarchy and ownership, selflessness and appetite, love and desire, living and dying.

Jayanthi Ranganathan is one of the few writers in Hindi who has experimented a lot in form, format, content and placement. Not by fitting into a pattern, but by creating new patterns. Worked in 'Dharmyug' for 10 years and with Dharamveer Bharti for 4 years.Since then till today she is among us as the pinnacle of Hindi journalism. F.O. Zindagi is a new novel by Jayanti, which puts Millennials at the centre.

From the literary point of view, this novel can only be called shocking. But it is very readable - the reader will keep turning its pages. This is the story of a lonely, good man who is wandering in search of sex. From this point of view the novel is very successful. It is surprising that in this country full of talented writers, only an 85-year-old writer had to come forward to give an accurate portrayal of sex. Khushwant Singh has related the hero Mohankumar with women of many religions - Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and Sikh - and in the end this novel leaves a sadness.

This is the story of the eponymous character Nirmala, a fifteen-year-old girl who is forced to marry a man almost her fathers age. One of the most popular novels of its time, Nirmala depicts the Indian society and the condition of women in it. A heart-rending read, the novel continues to remain a bestseller years after its first publication.

A compilation of four books from Ibne Safi's bestselling Imran series, featuring Ali Imran, the handsome yet comical secret agent who is actually the head of the Secret Service. The novels in this omnibus are Khaufnak Imarat, Chattano mein Aag, Behrupiya Nawab and Khauf ka Saudagar.

'''Ladies Circle'' is an impeccable campus where there is no purdah. Where everything is open How talkative women are in the matter of sexuality, beating any urban openness. These are not just entertaining stories, they are bringing out the truth of our times by manipulating reality with the help of virtual truth. With the introduction of this book, Geetashree, who fought for women with her pen, had run away from home for her career and since then she has been continuously writing for women to get equal status and freedom in the society.

This is the heart-rending love story of an 18-year-old lady. She meets her lover, but she doesn’t tell him who she is; she writes a long letter immersed in pain during her last moments. She reveals that she was the mother of his child and the child was now dead.

He was the Quasimodo who rang the chapel bell. The ugly hunchback of Notre Dame. He was built so strangely that he was immediately elected the pope of the fools. This is his story.