Yesterday’s Train to Nowhere
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This is a compilation of seventeen unique ‘feel good’ short stories inspired by real-life incidents that reflect the inimitable yet enchanting adventures of a young doctor newly commissioned into the medical corps of the Indian Army and posted to a remote military cantonment in the Northeast of the country four decades ago. While imparting medical aid, advice and relief to the soldiers and their families is the essence of his newfound life, his experiences and interactions while on duty make for fun and often illuminating stories. This narrative is also a testimony to the intricacies of army life and its culture, the ethos and its spirit and celebrates in full measure the honourable life lived and the camaraderie enjoyed by the men and women in uniform. Many of the tales have joyful endings, a few culminate in tears but nonetheless, they reveal the soul of those bygone days of youthful exuberance and the carefree life in olive – green. This is just the kind of book that will appeal to the discerning reader seeking a large measure of humour, cheer and optimism in these difficult times.
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This is a compilation of seventeen unique ‘feel good’ short stories inspired by real-life incidents that reflect the inimitable yet enchanting adventures of a young doctor newly commissioned into the medical corps of the Indian Army and posted to a remote military cantonment in the Northeast of the country four decades ago. While imparting medical aid, advice and relief to the soldiers and their families is the essence of his newfound life, his experiences and interactions while on duty make for fun and often illuminating stories. This narrative is also a testimony to the intricacies of army life and its culture, the ethos and its spirit and celebrates in full measure the honourable life lived and the camaraderie enjoyed by the men and women in uniform. Many of the tales have joyful endings, a few culminate in tears but nonetheless, they reveal the soul of those bygone days of youthful exuberance and the carefree life in olive – green. This is just the kind of book that will appeal to the discerning reader seeking a large measure of humour, cheer and optimism in these difficult times.
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ISBN978-93-90882-42-7
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Pages208
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Avg Reading Time6 hrs
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Age18+ yrs
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Country of OriginIndia
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‘दोस्ती’ कथाकार अमरकान्त के संस्मरणों का संग्रह है। इसकी शुरुआत ही एक ऐसे संस्मरण से होती है जिसमें हमें बाद में अत्यन्त प्रतिष्ठित हुए रचनाकारों के शुरुआती दिनों और उनके संघर्षों का विवरण प्राप्त होता है। ‘लेखक की दोस्ती’ शीर्षक इस वृत्तान्त में कमलेश्वर, मार्कण्डेय, भैरवप्रसाद गुप्त, दुष्यन्त कुमार और अन्य समकालीनों की मित्रताओं और निजी व सामाजिक-रचनात्मक द्वन्द्वों का लेखा-जोखा पढ़ते ही बनता है। संस्मरण विधा में प्रवेश करते ही अमरकान्त जी की लेखनी इतनी चुटीली और चुस्त हो जाती है कि उनकी एक-एक पंक्ति आपको पकड़कर रखती है। उपरोक्त के अलावा इस पुस्तक में महादेवी वर्मा, नागार्जुन, रेणु, रवीन्द्र कालिया, मोहन राकेश आदि से सम्बन्धित संस्मरणों के अलावा कुछ यात्रा-वृत्तान्त भी शामिल हैं। ‘मेरा बचपन कब समाप्त हुआ’ शीर्षक लम्बे संस्मरण में अमरकान्त अपने जीवन के उन दिनों को याद करते हैं जब उनकी किशोर चेतना अलग-अलग दिशाओं से समझ और संस्कार ग्रहण कर रही थी। इस आलेख में कई बेहद मनोरंजक घटनाओं के विवरण भी उन्होंने दिए हैं और उस समय के सामाजिक-राजनीतिक हालात के भी। अमरकान्त और उनके समय को जानने-समझने में उनके ये संस्मरण साहित्य के अध्येताओं और पाठकों, दोनों को रुचिकर तथा सार्थक प्रतीत होंगे।
Pashubhasha Visheshgya Doctor Dolittle Ki Kahani
- Author Name:
Alok Kumar
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यह कहानी एक ऐसे व्यक्ति की है जो पशु-भाषा विशेषज्ञ था। डॉक्टर जॉन डूलिटिल। जो था तो इंसानों का डॉक्टर किन्तु उसके पशुप्रेम ने उसे इंसानों से दूर कर जानवरों के करीब ला दिया। उसने जानवरों की भाषा सीखी और उनका इलाज करने लगा। उसकी प्रसिद्धि इतनी फैली कि अफ्रीका से उसे एक संदेश आया। वहाँ के बंदरों को जानलेवा बीमारी से बचाने के डॉक्टर जॉन डूलिटिल अपने पशुओं के साथ एक ऐसी खतरनाक और रोमांचक यात्रा पर निकल पड़ा जिसे आप कभी भी नहीं भुला सकेंगे।
Hundred Petalled Lotus
- Author Name:
Gadiyaram Ramakrishna Sarma +1
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This book is English translation by M V Chalapathi Rao of Gadiyaram Ramakrishna Sarma's Sahitya akademi award winning Telugu Autobiography,Satapatramu, Sahitya Akademi.
Fansi ke Takhte Se
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Juliyas Fuchik
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चेकोस्लोवाकिया के पत्रकार, साहित्यालोचक और कम्युनिस्ट नेता जूलियस फ़ूचिक ने ‘फाँसी के तख़्ते से’ पुस्तक नाज़ियों की क़ैद में रहते हुए काग़ज़ के छोटे-छोटे टुकड़ों पर लिखी थी। बर्लिन की एक नात्सी अदालत तब उन्हें मौत की सज़ा सुना चुकी थी, और मृत्यु उनके सामने थी। अदम्य साहस और भविष्य में अटल विश्वास की सूचक इस पुस्तक में न सिर्फ़ फ़ासिस्ट क्रूरताओं के भयावह चित्र दिखाई पड़ते हैं, बल्कि उस व्यक्ति के नैतिक बल की प्रेरक छवियाँ भी दिखाई देती हैं जो फ़ासिज़्म का शिकार ज़रूर था, लेकिन उससे हारा नहीं; इतिहास के सामने उस अमानवीय शक्ति को उसने मुजरिम के रूप में खड़ा किया; और उस पर फ़ैसला भी दिया। दुनिया की अनेक भाषाओं में अनूदित हो चुकी इस पुस्तक में फ़ूचिक ने अपनी मनस्थिति के अलावा तत्कालीन घटनाओं के बहाने अपने विचार भी प्रकट किए हैं और मनुष्यता के शान्तिपूर्ण भविष्य में अपना गहरा विश्वास और जीवन से अपने अटूट प्रेम को भी व्यक्त किया है। माना जाता है कि यह पुस्तक उस लड़ाई में जोकि फ़ासिज़्म की बर्बरताओं के ख़िलाफ़ दुनिया में लड़ी गई, या लड़ी जा रही है; एक प्रेरक घटक के रूप में स्वीकार की जाती रही है।
Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee The Great Educationist
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Namarta Sharma +1
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Whatever has been written about Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee so far doesn't do justice to his tremendous and multi-faceted personality. This leading sentiment is behind the motivation for writing the present book. A lot has been written about Dr Mookerjee's political endeavours. However, his persona is immeasurably significant beyond his political life. The simplest explanation of his life proclaims him master of social, educational and economic thought. This book attempts to know how Dr Mookerjee became a powerful personality, an educationist, a thinker, and an administrator. The focal point is to explore the new experiments and innovations he brought into the world of education. He always saw the role of education as of utmost importance in the process of national regeneration. Throughout his life, he spoke in favour of teaching, teachers and students. He was an educationist par excellence. It was under his tenure that Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore delivered the convocation address in Bengali, which was no less than a revolution in British India. This book will help the readers see the profound blending of tolerance, humanity, and tradition, together with the scientific outlook in the personality of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee.
M.K. Gandhi An Autobiography
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M.K. Gandhi
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist, who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British Rule, and in turn inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā (Sanskrit: "great-souled", "venerable"), first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa, is now used throughout the world. Born and raised in a Hindu family in coastal Gujarat, western India, Gandhi trained in law at the Inner Temple, London, and was called to the bar at age 22 in June 1891. After two uncertain years in India, where he was unable to start a successful law practice, he moved to South Africa in 1893 to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit. He went on to stay for 21 years. It was in South Africa that Gandhi raised a family, and first employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights. In 1915, aged 45, he returned to India. He set about organising peasants, farmers, and urban labourers to protest against excessive land-tax and discrimination. Assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921, Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, and above all for achieving Swaraj or self-rule. Gandhi's vision of an independent India based on religious pluralism was challenged in the early 1940s by a new Muslim nationalism which was demanding a separate Muslim homeland carved out of India. In August 1947, Britain granted independence, but the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two dominions, a Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan
Getting Dressed And Parking Cars
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Alok Kejriwal
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Getting Dressed and Parking Cars captures the minute-to-minute, event-by-event, nail-biting business adventure of Alok Kejriwal’s fourth entrepreneurial venture—Games2win. The Walt Disney Company acquired Alok’s previous company. Games2win has been creating car parking and dress-up games online with the aim of becoming India’s most successful casual gaming start-up in the global market. Each chapter in this book captures Alok’s real-life experience of building, scaling and routinely failing in his venture. The book throbs with adrenaline as Alok thrills readers with stories of his website traffic vanishing in thin air, his games getting stolen, his arrest and his partner’s amazing creation of ‘invisible’ ads. Getting Dressed and Parking Cars is not a book glorifying a successful start-up but a journey of business adventures that celebrates the spirit of ‘starting something’. Think of it as a playbook for professionals and entrepreneurs to create something new . . .
Padchihna Bulate Hain
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Devendra Swarup
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प्रो. देवेंद्र स्वरूप—इतिहासकार, पत्रकार, अध्यापक, चिंतक, लेखक—72 वर्ष के सार्वजनिक जीवन में हजारों लोगों से संपर्क; सभी से आत्मीय संबंध पर उनमें से कुछ से अधिक प्रभावित। उनके द्वारा लिखे गए कुछ संस्मरणों में किसी व्यक्ति पर ही नहीं, वरन् तात्कालिक परिस्थितियों एवं कालखंड पर भी टिप्पणी होती हैं। राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ की व्यक्तित्व-निर्माण की पद्धति की झलक और इस निर्माणशाला से निकले लोगों द्वारा खड़े किए गए कुछ प्रकल्पों की जानकारी। सामाजिक एवं राष्ट्रीय कार्यों में जीवन खपाने वाली कुछ विभूतियों का परिचय। पठनीय ग्रंथ।
Charlie Chaplin: A Complete Biography
- Author Name:
Nandini Saraf
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Charlie Chaplin, the universal comic icon, who with his lovable portrayal of a ‘tramp’ made and still makes the world laugh. The Hitler’s toothbrush moustache, the bowler or derby hat, the coat a size or two too small, the baggy trousers, the floppy shoes and the cane made him the most unforgettable character. The mere mention of his name conjures a picture of him as the tramp. One of the most pivotal stars of the early silent era of Hollywood, Charlie Chaplin’s films made everyone laugh and cry at the same time. The world cinema is indebted to him for films like ‘The Kid’, ‘The Gold Rush’, “The Circus,” ‘City Lights’, ‘Modern Times’ and ‘The Great Dictator’. An enigma to the world, people have vast curiosity about his life and his body of work. This book is an attempt to unravel the various aspects of his life and his struggles. The happiness and the despair, the controversies and the acclaims are all revealed in this authentic biography of this great legend. Though he is no more between us but he continues to live in our memories.
The Diary of a Young Girl
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Anne Frank
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Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has since become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. The Diary is a lot of things all at once. It is an amusing, enlightening, and often moving account of the process of adolescence, as Anne describes her thoughts and feelings about herself and the people around her, the world at large, and life in general. It is an accurate record of the way a young girl grows up and matures, in the very special circumstances in which Anne found herself throughout the two years during which she was in hiding. And it is also a vividly terrifying description of what it was like to be a Jew — and in hiding— at a time when the Nazis sought to kill all the Jews of Europe.
Aamir Khan A Social Spark
- Author Name:
Kirti Sisodia
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Aamir Khan is a multifaceted individual—an actor, filmmaker, social activist, and fundamentally, a good human. While he has achieved fame, glamour, and success, he also feels a moral obligation to give back to society. His films, including Jo Jeeta Vo Sikandar, Lagaan, 3 Idiots, Tare Zameen Par, Rang De Basanti, PK, and Dangal, along with the widely known TV series Satyamev Jayate, address sensitive issues often overlooked or unexplored by mainstream cinema. Through Satyamev Jayate, he brought awareness to social problems already present in our homes and society, helping viewers understand the realities faced by many. His journey reflects growth through struggles and experiences, shaping him into both a successful actor and a socially conscious individual. His films raise awareness and influence society, highlighting his commitment to mindful storytelling. This book is not about Aamir as a person but about his mindset—the drive to serve society and take bold, sometimes risky, steps as an artist.
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08/03/2023
Theerthika Palanisamy
Life in Olive Green is not simple or easy, in so many ways. But a certain amount of discipline and compassion could make the job lovable. "Yesterday's train to nowhere" by Krishna Rau is a compilation of 17 real life inspired stories, a memoir of his olive green days in his life. The language is expressive and easy to follow. All the stories are unique and engaging. The story that I liked the most is Romeo,Juliet and the elephant. It is hilarious, fun and cute , all at the same time. PPP, I immediately fell in love with his antics and how the author pulled him out of his mess. A beautiful read you can enjoy with a hot cup of coffee on a breezy day!
03/01/2023
Lokeshna Bulani
This amazing collection of short stories is in the book. that depict different aspects of life in uniform. Rau has expertly incorporated fun into each of his but concentrated on the characters in his writings. Be it a cook and either a helicopter pilot or his brother-in-law who actually drops the physician off at the airport. They are all quite unique characters. Suitable for readers of all ages, including those who enjoy light reading and well-told stories. Rau communicates with his readers right away, which is something that many well-known authors struggle with. I read from cover to cover because I couldn't put it down, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I really laughed a few times. Kudos to the author ❤️✨ Rating : 🌟🌟🌟🌟/5