Manik and I

Manik and I PDF Author: Bijoya Ray
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184757506
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 624

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It is unusual to come across a life so rich in varied experiences as the one that Bijoya Ray, wife and constant companion to the renowned film-maker Satyajit Ray, has lived. Despite being closely related, Satyajit—‘Manik’ to his friends and family—and Bijoya fell in love and embarked on a life together years before Ray’s groundbreaking film Pather Panchali was made, and their long, happy married life lasted right until Ray’s death in 1992. Bijoya Ray never felt the urge to write her memoirs, but was finally persuaded to pick up the pen when she was well into her eighties. Manik and I brims over with hitherto unknown stories of her life with Satyajit Ray, told in candid, vivid detail.

Manik and I

Manik and I PDF Author: Bijoya Ray
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184757506
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 624

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Book Description
It is unusual to come across a life so rich in varied experiences as the one that Bijoya Ray, wife and constant companion to the renowned film-maker Satyajit Ray, has lived. Despite being closely related, Satyajit—‘Manik’ to his friends and family—and Bijoya fell in love and embarked on a life together years before Ray’s groundbreaking film Pather Panchali was made, and their long, happy married life lasted right until Ray’s death in 1992. Bijoya Ray never felt the urge to write her memoirs, but was finally persuaded to pick up the pen when she was well into her eighties. Manik and I brims over with hitherto unknown stories of her life with Satyajit Ray, told in candid, vivid detail.

It's All About Love…

It's All About Love… PDF Author: Tanveer Singh,
Publisher: Sristhi Publishers & Distributors
ISBN: 9380349181
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 131

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Tanveer Singh is a law student based in Ludhiana. A topper in academics, he has participated in various debates and seminars, and has been consistently good sportsman representing his college as well as the State in Hammer Throw in various athletic meets. He aspires to be an eminent Jurist or civil servant and wants to work for Human Rights. He wishes to explore issues which have been neglected thus far and try to unveil their positive aspects to that social equality and justice prevail. He is currently attached with Crime Against Women & Children (Prevention) Cell of Ludhiana Police.

When Cupid Struck Me

When Cupid Struck Me PDF Author: Varsha Mahendra
Publisher: BooksClub
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :

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When Cupid Struck Me is an anthology written in the language of love with stories and poetry that will let your heart swing back and forth. Leafing through the tales of love you will experience a tinge of pain, pleasure, and all the shades of love.

Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne

Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne PDF Author: Upendra Kishore Ray Choudhury
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780143335894
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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Book Description
Artist, Musician, Man Of Science, Upendrakishore Roychoudhury Was A Man Of Many Parts. But It Is For His Writing For Children That He Is Best Remembered. This Book Is A Selection Of The Best Of His Stories And The Most Fascinating Of His Characters: Goopy And Bagha, Dedicated But Unsuccessful Musicians Who Are Cast Out Of Their Homes Because Their Music Drives Their Families And Neighbours Crazy; Tuntuni, The Little Bird; The Clever Fox; Majantali Sarkar, The Cat; The Intrepid Granny Hunchback; And Many Others. Swagata Deb S Vibrant Translation Brings Upendrakishore S Unique Magic To A Wider Audience.

Manifested Love

Manifested Love PDF Author: Panchi Bezbaruah
Publisher: Pencil
ISBN: 9358830867
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18

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This book is about a beautiful One-sided love story. The story of Pahi and Manik, where Pahi falls in love with Manik and after knowing that Manik doesn't like her she was heartbroken but still she couldn't unlove him or hate him. This story tells that when you love somebody you can't hate or unlove even if he doesn't like you. The way you like him and without any expectations how one keeps waiting for that person. Love is all about waiting and loving that person even if the other person doesn't love you.

Teatime for the Firefly

Teatime for the Firefly PDF Author: Shona Patel
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 146031929X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 339

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“Effortlessly transports readers back to India on the brink of independence . . . fans of women’s romantic fiction will be enchanted.” —Booklist, starred review My name is Layla and I was born under an unlucky star. For a young girl growing up in India, this is bad news. But everything began to change for me one spring day in 1943, when three unconnected incidents, like tiny droplets on a lily leaf, tipped and rolled into one. It was that tiny shift in the cosmos, I believe, that tipped us together—me and Manik Deb. Despite being born under an inauspicious horoscope, Layla Roy is raised to be educated and independent. By cleverly manipulating the hand fortune has dealt her, she finds love with Manik Deb—a man betrothed to another. All were minor miracles in India that spring of 1943, when women’s lives were predetermined—if not by the stars, then by centuries of family tradition and social order. Layla’s life as a married woman takes her into the jungles of Assam, where the world’s finest tea thrives on plantations run by native labor and British efficiency. Fascinated by the culture of expats who seem unfazed by earthquakes and man-eating leopards, she struggles to find her place among the prickly English wives, and the servants now under her charge. Navigating the tea-garden set won’t be her biggest challenge. Powerful changes are sweeping India on the heels of WWII. Colonial society is at a tipping point, and Layla and Manik are caught in a perilous racial divide that threatens their very lives. “A lyrical novel that touches on themes both huge and intimate.” —Kirkus Reviews

Memories of a Cairo Fugitive

Memories of a Cairo Fugitive PDF Author: KRISHNA WASHBURN
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466914076
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 347

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After a hasty escape to Egypt to avoid punishment for his partner, Lord Greenwich's vast financial crimes, former Mombasa solicitor and gigolo, Manik Mudigonda, is forced to adapt to a life without parties and without company in pre-World War I Cairo. Once again, the rejected Brahmin prince from Benares tries to find a niche for himself in an alien land that doesn't initially seem to have a niche for a piebald, red-eyed, bulimic criminal lawyer without much self confidence, and yet it is in arid, claustrophobic, poorly governed British Egypt that Manik's professional and personal lives come into full bloom. Not only does Manik's legal career flourish against all odds, fighting for his criminal clients' rights to appeal, coping with embedded corruption, racism, and constant condescention, but also he succeeds at initiating his first monogamous relationship, hidden from the disapproving glare of Egyptian culture. An ode to resiliance in the face of unusual hardship, the synchronicity of strength and fragility of the human psyche, and the elusive, inexplicable nature of love, Manik Mudigonda tries to narrate his life, if for no other reason than to try to remember.

Manik

Manik PDF Author: Amo Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781724002136
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 342

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I'm Beatrice Kennedy, but everyone calls me Beat. I live a low-key life, fresh out of college and drifting from town to town until I find my home. I love music, and how it stirs even the deepest and untouched parts of your soul. Depending on what you choose to listen to, would depend on what it touches. It's the drug we all damper in, only different strains. My strain is Jazz. The smooth instrumental strums that take over me. The sound of cigar smoke, bourbon and an old dusty fedora hat. My strain wasn't rap, and it sure wasn't laced with some A-class shit like murky blue eyes casted down from the Lord and the Devil's handcrafted smile. I knew who he was--the whole world did. One fateful night set off a chain of events, events that no one was coming back from. You can't save people who don't want to be saved. You can't pull them up from the ocean when they've latched themselves to an anchor. Love was my anchor, destruction was the water that was drowning me, and the rope that was so tightly clamped around my ankles, was woven with the lyrics of Aeron Romanov-Reed, also known as, 'Manik. He steals hearts from all around the world, but one night, he stole something that wasn't his to steal. Me.

Stolen Legacies

Stolen Legacies PDF Author: Aditya Banerjee
Publisher: Aditya Banerjee
ISBN: 1777357829
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275

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A box goes missing in the state archives, and no one is entirely sure of its contents. The police aren’t interested in investigating the case. A young journalist looking into its disappearance is struggling to recover from his last article, which caused a scandal at his newspaper. He is paired up with a senior journalist who is not well-liked in the organization. As they start investigating the disappearance of the box, they quickly realize that it is connected to other incidents—one with deadly consequences. As they start getting closer to the truth, they find that no one wants the contents to be made public. They are unsure of whom to trust, and the story has the makings of a deep-rooted conspiracy. Help and resistance both come from unlikely sources. Any action they take will have profound personal consequences for the people involved and create a nationwide uproar. In the midst of an election, there are too many powerful forces working against them. They must decide how far they want to go and whether solving the mystery of the missing papers is worth the price and the risks.

Twilight in a Knotted World

Twilight in a Knotted World PDF Author: Siddhartha Sarma
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9386797933
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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The soil of central India hides more than the bones of long-dead giants. The East India Company is master of almost the entire subcontinent, but real power is now with the Crown. Far from the great games of the empire, Captain William Henry Sleeman is content to administer Jabalpur district and dig for remnants of petrified bones with his charming and knowledgeable wife. Until he is tasked with investigating the activities of an obscure group of criminals who are said to strangle their victims. As Sleeman uncovers the many layers of the Phansigar problem, he finds a language unlike any other, and a set of beliefs, lore and superstitions seemingly drawn from the soul of the countryside. He finds orchards of corpses, and a hierarchy of stranglers, but also ordinary men driven to murder. He hears subtle murmurs of discontentment at the changes which have come to a land believed by some to be unchanging. He finds auguries of a conflict to come. And behind it all, the legend of a mysterious, beautiful man, whose capture might be the key to understanding the Phansigars. Sleeman’s inquiries will make him confront the nature of his beloved adopted homeland and of the mighty people in Calcutta who he serves. Through the prism of caste, the consequent web of intricate social and cultural relationships, and the nature of travel in the hinterland, he will see the real face of India and come across its uncomfortable, bleak truths. But to unravel such truths is not easy…