Raja Sharma: 465 books

“The Alchemist” was originally written in Portuguese by Paulo Coelho. It was titled ‘O Alquimista.’ The book was first published in 1988. It is an allegorical novel that revolves around the story of a shepherd named Santiago.The story is about the protagonist's journey to Egypt,...

In this fast paced world, people hardly get time to pause and think about the forces which motivate or retard them. They are immersed in their works so deeply, earning and arranging that there is hardly any time for them to read the stories which children used to read in the past. Nowadays,...

In this fast paced world, people hardly get time to pause and think about the forces which motivate or retard them. They are immersed in their works so deeply, earning and arranging that there is hardly any time for them to read the stories which children used to read in the past. In this fast...

“The Breadwinner” by Deborah Ellis was first published in 2000. The book is also known as “Parvana.” The book proved to be highly successful, and amazingly by October 2013, 39 English language editions of the book were published.The titular character Parvana is the protagonist of the...

The story of a person, who was aspiring to be a writer, while earning his livelihood by driving a cab in New York City, can definitely make readers believe that there is definitely something called destiny.You never know when your luck turns and sun begins to shine. That dark night which had...

A big room in a big mansion, well furnished and well decorated, but gloomy and forlorn. Curtains are drawn, a dim light makes things visible, and morning light seems to be trying to penetrate the curtains. Shashtriji is in his bed, Vasundhara is slowly walking towards him, she carries a cup of tea...

“As You Like it” by William Shakespeare is a pastoral comedy. It is presumed that the play was written between 1599 and 1600. The play is said to be highly inspired by “Rosalynde” which was written by Thomas Lodge. “Rosalynde” was the early prose romance. There is no reliable record...

The book “A Passage to India” by E. M. Forster is based on the subject of the relationship between the East and West. The story is set against the backdrop of the British Raj in India and it moves along the Independence movement in India in the 1920s. “A Passage to India” was considered...

In this fast paced world, people hardly get time to pause and think about the forces which motivate or retard them. They are immersed in their works so deeply, earning and arranging that there is hardly any time for them to read the stories which children used to read in the past. Nowadays,...

But, in the recent years it has been noticed that a very large majority of the students, without reading the original texts, rely on the guide books or notes prepared by their teachers or others. This is definitely not a healthy habit because students do pass their exams with the help of such notes;...

“Death and the Maiden” by Ariel Dorfman was first published in 1990. Its world premiere was held on 9th of July, 1991, at the Royal Court Theatre in London.The first production of the play was directed by Lindsay Posner. Before the play was launched, there was one reading and one workshop...

Mohit tried his best but he could not fit boy Jaidev in this gentleman’s figure. The man had very dry face, sunken cheeks, and eyes like two hollows. He had dark complexion, tanned in sun heat. Seeing his unkempt hair, Mohit deduced that he was in some kind of trouble, or very much worried...

I could feel the eyes piercing through my back and shoulders but I remained still in front of the book-case. Something was forcing me to turn but I was not turning. I had searched hundreds of shelves and I had only been able to find two books, though they were not in my course of study. If Pooja saw...

“The Book Thief” was written by Markus Zusak, an Australian novelist. It was a highly successful book when it was published in 2006 for the first time. The story of the novel is narrated by Death. The story is set in Nazi Germany. The narrator explains that he was very busy like Germany...