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2. Chitralekha (novel) - Wikipedia

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   Chitralekha is a 1934 Hindi novel by the Indian writer Bhagwati Charan Verma about the philosophy of life, love, sin and virtue. The author was still practicing law at Hamirpur when he wrote the novel, which brought him immediate fame and started his literary career. It is said to be modelled on Anatole France 's 1890 novel Thaïs but set in ...

3. Nirmala (novel) - Wikipedia

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   Nirmala. (novel) Nirmala [a] is a Hindi novel written by Indian writer Munshi Premchand. The melodramatic novel is centered on Nirmala, a young girl who was forced to marry a widower of her father's age. The plot unfolds to reveal her husband's suspicion of a relationship between her and his eldest son, a suspicion that leads to the son's death.

4. Chandrakanta (novel) - Wikipedia

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   Chandrakanta is notable for introducing the concepts of "Aiyyar" and "Tilism" to Hindi literature. Aiyyar/Aiyyara [ edit ] According to Devaki Nandan Khatri, an Aiyyar (male) or Aiyyara (female) is a secret agent spy fighter.

5. Hindi literature - Wikipedia

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   Hindi literature ( Hindi: हिन्दी साहित्य, romanized : hindī sāhitya) includes literature in the various Hindi languages which have different writing systems. Earliest forms of Hindi literature are attested in poetry of Apabhraṃśa like Awadhi, and Marwari languages. Hindi literature is composed in three broad ...

6. Malgudi Days (short story collection) - Wikipedia

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   Malgudi Days is a collection of short stories by R. K. Narayan published in 1943 by Indian Thought Publications. [1] The book was republished outside India in 1982 by Penguin Classics. [2] The book includes 32 stories, all set in the fictional town of Malgudi, [3] located in South India. Each of the stories portrays a facet of life in Malgudi. [4]

7. Ashtavakra Gita - Wikipedia

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   Overview. Ashtavakra Gita is a dialogue between Ashtavakra and Janaka on the nature of Self/Atman, reality and bondage. [9] It offers a radical version of non-dualist philosophy. The Gita insists on the complete unreality of the external world and absolute oneness of existence. It does not mention any morality or duties, and therefore is seen ...