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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]
The story begins on Eid morning, as Hamid sets out for the Eidgah with other boys from the village. Hamid is notably impoverished next to his friends, poorly dressed and famished-looking, and has only three paise as Eidi for the festival. The other boys spend their pocket money on rides, candies, and beautiful clay toys, and tease Hamid when he ...
Amar Goswami (1945–2012), Hindi author and journalist. Amir Khusro (1253–1325 AD), author of pahelis and mukris in the "Hindavi" dialect. Acharya Ramlochan Saran (1889–1971), author, grammarian and publisher. Abid Surti (1935–), author. Acharya Chatursen Shastri (1891–1960) Amrita Pritam (1919–2005) Asghar Wajahat (1946-) Hindi ...
Vishnu Prabhakar. Vishnu Prabhakar (21 June 1912 – 11 April 2009) was a Hindi writer. He had several short stories, novels, plays and travelogues to his credit. Prabhakar's works have elements of patriotism, nationalism and messages of social upliftment. He was the First Sahitya Academy Award winner from Haryana.
Subhadra Chauhan was born into a Rajput family in Nihalpur village, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. [6] She initially studied in the Crosthwaite Girls' School in Prayagraj where she was senior to and friends with Mahadevi Verma and passed the middle-school examination in 1919. She married Thakur Lakshman Singh Chauhan of Khandwa in 1919 when she was ...
Mahadevi Verma born (26 March 1906 – 11 September 1987) was an Indian Hindi -language poet, essayist, sketch story writer and an eminent personality of Hindi literature. She is considered one of the four major pillars [a] of the Chhayawadi era in Hindi literature. [1] She has been also addressed as the Modern Meera. [2]
Krishna Sobti. Krishna Sobti (18 February 1925 – 25 January 2019) was an Indian Hindi -language fiction writer and essayist. [1][2] She won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1980 for her novel Zindaginama[1][3] and in 1996, was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, the highest award of the Akademi. [4] In 2017, she received the Jnanpith Award ...
Harishankar Parsai (22 August 1922 – 10 August 1995) was an Indian writer who wrote in Hindi. He was a noted satirist and humorist of modern Hindi literature and is known for his simple and direct style. [1] He wrote vyangya (satire), which described human values and nature. They reflected his critical thinking and humorous way of describing ...