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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 ...
Notable awards. Sahitya Akademi Award (2013) Mridula Garg (born 1938) is an Indian writer who writes in Hindi and English languages. [1][2] She has published over 30 books in Hindi – novels, short story collections, plays and collections of essays – including several translated into English. [3] She is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi ...
An Autobiography. 1936. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The Story of My Experiments with Truth. 1940s. Paramahansa Yogananda. Autobiography of a Yogi. 1946. Rajendra Prasad, first president.
Print. Rashmirathi (Rashmi: Ray of light Rathi: One who rides a chariot (not the charioteer) Rashmirathi: Rider of the chariot of light) is a Hindi epic written in 1952, by the Hindi poet Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'. [1] The epic poem narrates the story of Karna, who is regarded as one of main protagonists of the Hindu epic- Mahabharata.
Archived from the original on 25 January 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2009. ^ "Poet Kailash Vajpeyi honoured with Sahitya Akademi award". The Times of India. 24 December 2009. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. ^ "Uday Prakash, M P Veerendra Kumar among Sahitya Akademi Award winners". Net Indian. 21 December 2010.
e. Krishan Chander (23 November 1914 – 8 March 1977) was an Indian Urdu and Hindi writer of short stories and novels. Some of his works have also been translated into English. He was a prolific writer, penning over 20 novels, 30 collections of short stories and scores of radio plays in Urdu, and later, after partition in 1947, took to writing ...
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 ...