Raja Sharma: 876 books

The voice of the singer was coming from my right side. I began to walk towards it. It was a handsome young man, singing an Arabic song. He had a one string musical instrument called ‘Iktara’ in his hand. I heard the words very attentively. He was singing, “Everyone wants at least a little love...

“These human relations are incomprehensible,” said Paras, looking at his friend who was sitting across the table in that small restaurant. It was on the second floor of a shopping complex, a kind of attached terrace where there were about ten tables for the visitors.Nadeem finished his...

Imagining that such a beautiful woman would be so close to him, Shridhar got extremely excited and enthusiastic. He had very faint image of her in his mind, but his artist’s mind had already begun to complete her picture.He imagined her sitting in the veranda, wandering in the valley, or...

The letter that was open in front of my eyes was a kind of journey into past. I had already read it thrice, but I wanted to read it once again to find out whether I had missed something. The fourth reading of the letter began very slowly and attentively. The writer and the receiver of the letter were...

Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani was also known as Dhirubhai; he was born on 28 December, 1932, at Kukaswada near Chorwad, Junagadh district (now the state of Gujarat, India) to Hirachand Gordhandhas Ambani and Jamnaben in a Gujarati family of modest means.Ambani’s success story is nothing short...

In this book you will find some of the best Danish recipes in complete detail. Each recipe is followed by the ingredients required and step by step instructions for the preparation of the dish.Danish Cuisine: Volume OneCopyrightChapter One: Glazed MushroomsChapter Two: Barley SoupChapter Three:...

The natural beauty of the state leaves the visitors spellbound and they promise to come back over and again. Beautiful beaches, gardens, rivers, springs, and modern cities provide enough to a visitor. The multi-lingual society makes it easier for the visitor to converse with even a common man in Pondicherry because most of the natives speak English, Portugese, and other languages.

“Maus” can not be confined to a particular genre because it is obviously a very great mixture of history, fiction, biography, memoir, and autobiography.“Maus” is the first graphic novel that received the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in the year 1992.The narrative opens in the year...

It is a semi-autobiographical novel. The story is set in the author’s hometown of Greenville, South Carolina.Ruth Anne “Bone” Boatwright is the narrator of the story. The story revolves around the central character and narrator, Bone, beginning with a conflict between Bone and Glen, her...

“Go Set a Watchman” by Harper Lee was first published on 14th of July, 2015. It is the author’s second published novel. Before this novel, Harper Lee had written the Pulitzer Prize winning novel “To Kill a Mockingbird.”The title of the book “Go Set a Watchman” comes from Isaiah...

“Native Son” by Richard Wright was first published in 1940. It was originally the title of Nelson Algren’s first novel, “Somebody in Boots.” The story of that novel was based on a piece of doggerel about the first Texan.In the year 1933, Algren and Wright met at John Reed Club and...

A Child Called “It” by Dave Pelzer was first published in 1995. It was the author’s debut book, a nonfiction memoir.Between the age of four and twelve, he used to be abused by his mother. The memoir tells the story of that period in his life. As the child, the author had to go through...

“My Brilliant Friend” by Elena Ferrante was first published in 2012. It happens to be the first novel in “Neapolitan Quartet,” a four part series. The other three novels in the series are The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, and The Story of the Lost Child, published...

“Mrs. Dalloway” by Virginia Woolf was first published on 14th of May 1925. It is one of the most prominent works of Virginia Woolf.The book describes a day in the life of the title character, Mrs. Dalloway. Her full name is Clarissa Dalloway. She happens to be a fictional woman living in...