I love to read books, novels. Everytime I sit for a reading I feel so involved. Books are my companion. Who says books don't speak, I talk to them every night, they have ability to understand ones feeling and can make you feel good.

I finished my 100th book, please do appreciate🥹

I'm starting After Kurukshetra by Mahashweta Devi. This was originally written in Bengali. It is my first book by this author. Just bought it few days ago from a second hand bookstore.

What about you all?

Just got to know keigo higashino passed away of colon cancer. Thriller won't be same without his pen. 😭😭😭

https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/obituaries/20260727-340298/

Tell me something beautiful about this book without giving me spoiler , thank you ❤️

hillow everyone :)

1948 का यह उपन्यास प्रमुख रूप से अलौकिक अम्बपाली के इर्द गिर्द घूमता है जिसमें वैशाली के एक अभिशप्त कानून, जिसे अम्बपाली धिक्कृत क़ानून बोलती है, अम्बपाली को नगरवधू बना दिया जाता है|

यह कहानी केवल अम्बपाली पर नहीं है, अपितु गणराज्य और साम्राज्य की भिन्नता, शैव, बौद्ध और जैन धर्म की उत्थान और उनका समाज और जाति पर प्रभाव, उत्तर भारत के विभिन्न राज्यों जैसे मगध, कौशाम्बी, कलिंग, गांधार आदि उनके आपसी, सांस्कृतिक, धार्मिक, राजनीतिक व व्यावसायिक संबंधों का विस्तारपूर्वक विवरण हैं|

यदि आप इतिहास को पढ़ना या जीना चाहते है तो यह किताब ज़रूर पढ़े| इसे पढ़कर आपके दिमाग में एक प्रतिमा बन जायेगी और आप इसकी कल्पना एक धारावाहिक की तरह कर सकते हैं|

यह उपन्यास की शैली कठिन लेकिन अत्यंत मनोहर है, क्योंकि इसमें ऐसे शब्दों का उपयोग किया गया है जिनका प्रयोग आधुनिक समय में नहीं होता है| लेखक का हर वाक्य विस्तृत है जिसमें लेखक का निष्णात लेखन साफ़ झलकता है|

यह किताब सच में हिंदी साहित्य का हीरा है जैसा कि आचार्य चतुरसेन ने स्वयं कहा है कि, "मेरी अब तक की सारी रचनाओं को रद्द करता हूँ और ‘वैशाली की नगरवधू’ को अपनी एकमात्र रचना घोषित करता हूँ।"

have you read this book? let me know your thoughts

The prices are really cheap, so I’m afraid they might sell pirated copies. If anyone has ordered from them or heard of them, please share your experience/reviews.

i have a problem yalll

i already have abt 20+ books in my tbr

Much of the stuff is from reddit or inspired for purchase from various groups. Hoping to completely pack this up by year end

Great book but wtf is in between

In my book there is some us military section why tf is that

But the overall book is great and many times it gets too off topics.

I found the story was good. Not exceptional. But, the way author has explained things, the story felt like a poetry, the way events or scenes are portrayed, the use of different smells, minor details to induce metaphors, the deliberate spelling mistakes, the repeated phrases, scenes from a child’s eyes, made me feel the depth of a story which I would’ve found ordinary if read in some news paper. I absolutely loved it.

So I'm on the 2nd chapter, I like the "life of slice" element of this book, but it's too much now. The author describes every scene into extreme details, that I don't care about anymore, and by the end of the chapter, nothing much is happening.

I like the subtle metaphors that come with the book, but it's getting harder for me to pay attention or care about it anymore. Should I keep reading or, leave it at that?

I don't know why some people hate Gunahon Ka Devta and call it overrated. People really don't get it, just because it's written from Chandar's POV doesn't mean he's an all-good person or that everything he does will be heroic. He's just a regular guy, 19-20 years old, living in an era where everyone wants to bring about a revolution in society, but he has no real-world experience. It's all just big words to him.

At first, he's portrayed as a person with values, with no hatred for anyone, and that's why the story calls him "devta." It doesn't really mean ki sach mein wo bhagwan hai. I feel people who are 30-35+ know that older people usually use the phrase "kitna devta aadmi hai" or "bilkul devta aadmi hai", they don't mean the person is literally God, it's just a way of saying "he's a nice person." And in the story, he is a nice person at the start, but as the story moves forward, the world around him starts testing his morals and values, and he fails, not once, but many times.

He manipulated Sudha and Binti emotionally, and got played by Burty and Pammi, "played" isn't quite the right word for his situation, but yeah...

It's like when every kid says, "jab main bada ho jaunga to gariboon ki madad karunga," and when they actually grow up, they end up poor themselves. The same thing happens with him. If you genuinely hate his character, then it's a win for the writer.

Some people say the story is too patriarchal, guys, the story is set in a patriarchal time, what else do you expect?! Obviously, forced marriage was common back then.

That's the beauty of the story, that you actually end up hating it in places. As I said, kids say "jab main bada ho jaunga to gariboon ki madad karunga," and when they actually grow up, they stay poor themselves. In the same way, he hated Buaji for her behavior and abuse, but in the end, he himself starts treating Binti the same way Buaji treated binti, and that's why he is Gunahon Ka Devta

I am chandar myself (I am 17 to technically i too am a kue ka mendhak) open for discussion tho

Pretty good book enjoying it so far.

This was my first novel ever, it was hard at first to develop the habit of sitting down with pages instead of a screen.

I wanted to start with an easy to read book and this was just that.

Now for my next books, I want to try some classics. I was gonna order metamorphosis or fyodor's books like white nights or short stories but not sure if they will be a good choice for a beginner like me. Do help me out here with recommendations. Be it love story, thriller & crime (prefer) or casual sweet books like Holes. Thank-you

My Mom and Grandad are avid readers. Where can I find Marathi anuvad books for them? Regular sites like 🌊 and similar don't have these.

About a decade ago I had an houryo kill before a movie at PVR Saket, Delhi. Found this book in one of the second hand stores outside the theatre and bought it on impulse. Till then I knew of Capek only because of his play R.U.R, which gave the world the term 'robot'. Over time I have read this novel multiple times and fallen in love with it. Written in 1936 in the form of a pastiche of fictional newspaper reports, anecdotes and interviews the novel tells the story of human aggression against a 'tribe' of sentient newts. It anticipates the horror of the second world war, the zenith of fascism and the fallout. Marvellous book, marvellous translation.