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Book recommendations: Indian authors, Hindi or other Indian language books?
Posted: 29 Aug 2020, 14:17
by R Lefler
I'm studying Hindi and I want to study other Indian languages in the future. I was wondering if anyone has a favorite Indian author they could share? Maybe one with both Hindi and English versions of their book available so I can study the language and still understand the story? Has anyone found a Hindi/English side by side book they liked? I'm also interested in the same for other Indian languages.
Re: Book recommendations: Indian authors, Hindi or other Indian language books?
Posted: 31 Aug 2020, 00:50
by Varsha22
The Palace of by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is a retelling of the Indian epic Mahabharata. The interesting thing is that, it's told from a women's perspective.
History, religion and feminism all come together in this masterpiece. It's a great introduction to Indian psyche too. Every Indian has an inclination of the stories of this epic.
It's available in both Hindi and English. You will not be regret reading it.
Re: Book recommendations: Indian authors, Hindi or other Indian language books?
Posted: 31 Aug 2020, 05:52
by Varsha22
I meant The Palace of Illusions.
Re: Book recommendations: Indian authors, Hindi or other Indian language books?
Posted: 12 Nov 2020, 14:56
by Eriny Youssef
The God of Small Things
Re: Book recommendations: Indian authors, Hindi or other Indian language books?
Posted: 28 Dec 2020, 14:39
by Lila Randhawa
You can read books by Munshi Premchand, Rabindranath Tagore, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, etc. Both Hindi and English translations of their works are readily available.