Curious by seeing famous writer/poet Gulzar’s name associated with it, we bought Half a rupee : Stories (Kindle Edition) at very affordable rate from Amazon. The book is translated in English by Sunjoy Shekhar. We have already posted our views and reviews about the same in the first segment of reviews for this book. Book Title : Half a Rupee: ... Read More »
Budi Kaki (बुढ्ढी काकी, actually it should spelt as Buddhi Kaki/Budhdhi Kaki) a story by Late Munshi Premchandji (known as the Shakespeare of Hindi Literature) is focused on another social issue. It is emotional depiction of the ignorance faced by the old people by the modern(!) generation. TV Serial : Guldasta Producer : Sunil Batta, Drashti Films Writer : Munshi ... Read More »
Episode #13 of Hindi TV Serial Bharat Ek Khoj (which was aired on DoorDarshan and now is available as a set of DVD for home viewing); explores the second segment of the tale of Ashoka. The first part of the same is reviewed here. We see that now Ashoka (aka Ashok) is the king of Magadha. He have started spreading ... Read More »
In the first part of the reviews of the book Obsession: Eternal Stories Of Life And Death we took a look to the short stories written by Stormy and Bishwa. Book Title : Obsession: Eternal Stories Of Life And Death Authors : Gurpartap Khairah, Bishwa Sigdel, Stormy Hazarika, Suraj Sinha Publisher : Tara India Research Press (2013/2014) Total Pages : ... Read More »
Episode 7 of Upanishad Ganga brings us the influence and importance of Vedanga (aka Vedang) via the story of Bhaskaracharya who is referred by a lot of astrologists. TV Serial : Upanishad Ganga Producers : Chinmaya Mission Director : ChandraPrakash Dwivedi Starring : Abhimanyu Singh, Vishwa Badola, Rushad Rana, Jaya Bhattacharya, Zakir Hussain, Mukesh Tiwari, Vrajesh Hirjee, Sai Deodhar, Purva ... Read More »
Story #3 of Hindi TV Serial Guldasta is titled as Ek Anch Ki Kasar (एक आंच की कसर). It explores story of a so called gentleman who is living a life with dual personalities. The story is focused on one of the major social problems – Dowry. Though with the literacy and women empowerment, the problem is reduced at a ... Read More »
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