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Author: Āśāpūrṇā Debī Publisher: Orient Blackswan ISBN: 9788125026501 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 612
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The First Promise is a translation of Ashapurna Debi s novel, Pratham Pratisruti, originally published in Bengali in 1964. Celebrated as one of the most popular and path-breaking novels of its time, it has received continual critical acclaim: the Rabindra Puraskar (the Tagore Prize) in 1966 and the Bharitiya Jnanpith, India s highest literary award, in 1977. Spanning the late eighteenth and early twentieth centuries, Ashapurna tells the story of the struggles and efforts of women in nineteenth-century, colonial Bengal in a deceptively easy and conversational style. The charming eight-year old heroine, Satyabati is a child bride who leaves her husband s village for Calcutta, the capital of British India where she is caught in the social dynamics of women s education, social reform agendas, modern medicine and urban entertainment. As she makes her way through this complex maze, making sense of the rapidly changing world around her, Satyabati nurtures hopes and aspirations for her daughter. But the promises held out by modernity turn out to be empty, instigating Satyabati to break away from her inherited world and initiate a quest that takes her to the very heart of tradition.
Author: Āśāpūrṇā Debī Publisher: Orient Blackswan ISBN: 9788125026501 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 612
Book Description
The First Promise is a translation of Ashapurna Debi s novel, Pratham Pratisruti, originally published in Bengali in 1964. Celebrated as one of the most popular and path-breaking novels of its time, it has received continual critical acclaim: the Rabindra Puraskar (the Tagore Prize) in 1966 and the Bharitiya Jnanpith, India s highest literary award, in 1977. Spanning the late eighteenth and early twentieth centuries, Ashapurna tells the story of the struggles and efforts of women in nineteenth-century, colonial Bengal in a deceptively easy and conversational style. The charming eight-year old heroine, Satyabati is a child bride who leaves her husband s village for Calcutta, the capital of British India where she is caught in the social dynamics of women s education, social reform agendas, modern medicine and urban entertainment. As she makes her way through this complex maze, making sense of the rapidly changing world around her, Satyabati nurtures hopes and aspirations for her daughter. But the promises held out by modernity turn out to be empty, instigating Satyabati to break away from her inherited world and initiate a quest that takes her to the very heart of tradition.
Author: Biresh Barman Roy Publisher: Notion Press ISBN: 1639574239 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 143
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This is an inspiratory fact of our family. This book highlights the positivity of life. To enrich further the positivity of life, I wish to imbibe the spirit of survival with a poetic line from a poem by Sri Rabindranath Tagore which states, “No one should fear the black cloud in the sky, you all know that there is always the shining Sun behind the cloud.” It is you and only you who is the architect of your own fate. This book is a gift to my grandson, to guide him when he finds himself in tough times.
Author: Samaren Roy Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 0595342302 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 188
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Calcutta, for whose slums and poverty many moan, has been a city swept by various imported ideas and vibrant with indigenous ones. In the process it has evolved into a creative center, especially in the fields of arts, thought, and science. Controversy is what the city has thrived upon, despite its multiplicity of problems. The book deals with some of the controversies and their contribution to contemporary society and culture. "...a very well informed account--highly perceptive--of intellectual trends and related changes in Calcutta." Robert J. Crane Ford-Maxwell Professor of South Asia History Syracuse University
Author: G.P.Baroowah Publisher: Notion Press ISBN: 1945400226 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 270
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The news of attack on school children flashed in news papers, TV and Radio. The incident gave everyone anguish. Yet two American teenagers from Los Angeles decided to fly down to Kolkata in search of the golden goose.... Shankar and Siddarth were on a secret mission, which meant spending three months visiting cremation grounds, place of birth of a great Monk, railway stations, taking interviews of well-known persons, visiting convents, schools and institutions, where the great Monk they were inspired by spent his early life and youth. After completing their mission both the boys returned to the USA along with their grandparents. With their new found wisdom, they had entered an eloquent, tough, nationwide competition. Did the Monk help them to victory?
Author: All India Radio (AIR), New Delhi Publisher: All India Radio (AIR),New Delhi ISBN: Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 60
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"Akashvani" (English) is a programme journal of ALL INDIA RADIO, it was formerly known as The Indian Listener. It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes, who writes them, take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists. It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation. The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service, Bombay, started on 22 December, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in English, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927. From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it used to published by All India Radio, New Delhi. From 1950,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later, The Indian listener became "Akashvani" (English ) w.e.f. January 5, 1958. It was made fortnightly journal again w.e.f July 1,1983. NAME OF THE JOURNAL: AKASHVANI LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English DATE, MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 28 JANUARY, 1973 PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Weekly NUMBER OF PAGES: 60 VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. XXXVIII, No. 5 BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED (PAGE NOS): 25-58 ARTICLE: 1.The Pleasures of Reading 2. Talking About Books 3. Tagore's Gora--A Critical Appreciation 4.Processing of Books In Libraries 5. Building Up the Library Collections 6.The New Role of Libraries 7. The Newspaper and Public Opinion Moulding 8. Survey of German Indology 9. Distributing Paperbacks in India AUTHOR: 1. R. Kuppu Rao 2. B. R.Nanda 3. K. R.Vasudevan 4. K. A. Isaac 5. P. Ramanujan Nair 6. K. C. John 7. Somdeb Das Gupta 8. Dr. Herbert Herring 9. G. L. Mirchandani KEYWORDS : 1.Reading Makes Happy,Types of Book, Keeping Company with Great Minds Books our Sincere Friends 2.The Liberals-All Leaders no Followers,An Outstanding Liberal,Man OF Cosmopolitan Outlook 4.Classification,Schemes of Classification, Catalogue 5. Books Selection 6. Referring Service, Documentation Service. Prasar Bharati Archives has the copyright in all matters published in this “AKASHVANI” and other AIR journals. For reproduction previous permission is essential.
Author: Āśāpūrṇā Debī
Author: Āśāpūrṇā Debī
Author: India. Census Commissioner
Author: India. Census Commissioner
Author: Deepali Barua
Author: Biresh Barman Roy
Author: University of Madras
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Author: Samaren Roy
Author: G.P.Baroowah
Author: All India Radio (AIR), New Delhi