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Bichhde Sabhi Baari Baari by Bimal Mitra
Bimal Mitra is the author of the story Sahib, Bibi Aur Ghulam. Guru Dutt made a film on it in the early 60s, just...
Abhay Mishra’s journey with Ganga
Abhay Mishra and Pankaj Ramendu traveled across Ganga and found stories of its decay and exploitation that they put in their book Dar Dar...
Dar Dar Gange by Abhay Mishra and Pankaj Ramendu
Another Bibliophile recommended this book Dar Dar Gange to me. And I immediately picked it up, as it was one of the very few...
Saamarthya by Shashiprakash Saini
A small self-published book of Hindi poems by a Kashi resident comes to me for review. And I tell the poet that it is...
Kashi Marnanmukti by Manoj Thakkar & Rashmi Chhazed
Kashi Marnanmukti is a very difficult book to review. But I am so happy that I read it. That too, read it at the...
Yogayog by Rabindranath Tagore, Tr by Ilachandra Joshi
Yogayog by Rabindranath Tagore is the third book that I have read by Gurudev after Gora and Aankh Ki Kirkiri. I am amazed at...
Gandhari Ki Atmakatha by Manu Sharma
Gandhari Ki Atmakatha, Ah Mahabharat again! This time as a story of Gandhari, only focusing on what she knew, what she saw and her...
Dharti Aur Aasmaan by Acharya Chatursen
Dharti Aur Aasmaan is a collection of short stories by a master storyteller. Who I thought wrote only historical fiction. There are stories based...
Chitralekha by Bhagwaticharan Verma
Human nature, it’s changing needs and wants, its relationship with God and the various ways to reach the ultimate truth have always been the...
Raag Darbari by Shrilal Shukla – Book Review
Raag Darbari is a Sahitya Academy award-winning work of noted Hindi writer Sh Shrilal Shukla. It is probably one of its kinds book that...