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  2. List of Vetala Tales - Wikipedia

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    The demon narrates the story of "Three sons" (below) to Vikramaditya. This narrative does not occur in any of the Sanskrit recensions. It begins Lāl's Hindi translation, and has a close analogue in the Thirty-Two Tales of the Throne of Vikramaditya (Simhāsana Dvātriṃśikā). Burton includes it in his introduction. Three sons

  3. Tomb of Sand - Wikipedia

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    Tomb of Sand (originally titled Ret Samadhi, Hindi: रेत समाधि) [2] is a 2018 Hindi-language novel by Indian author Geetanjali Shree. It was translated into English by U.S. translator Daisy Rockwell. [3] In 2022, the book became the first novel translated from an Indian language to win the International Booker Prize. [4] [5] [6] [7]

  4. List of literary works by number of translations - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the most translated literary works (including novels, plays, series, collections of poems or short stories, and essays and other forms of literary non-fiction) sorted by the number of languages into which they have been translated.

  5. Idgah (short story) - Wikipedia

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    "Idgah" tells the story of a four-year-old orphan, named Hamid who lives with his grandmother Amina. Hamid, the protagonist of the story, has recently lost his parents; however, his grandmother tells him that his father has gone to earn money , and he will come back with sackloads of silver. His mother has gone to Allah to fetch lovely gifts ...

  6. Versions of the Ramayana - Wikipedia

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    Based on this, in 1996 an abridged translation into English, was published by writer Arshia Sattar under the Penguin publishing house Valmiki Ramayana. In September 2006, the first issue of Ramayan 3392 A.D. was published by Virgin Comics, featuring the Ramayana as re-envisioned by author Deepak Chopra and filmmaker Shekhar Kapur.

  7. Mirza Sahiban - Wikipedia

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    Mirza and Sahiban under the tree. Mirza Sahiban [a] (Punjabi: [mɪɾzaː saːɦɪbãː]) is a traditional Punjabi tragedy originally written by the 17th-century poet Pilu.Set in a village in Jhang, the tragedy follows the romance between two youths, belonging to chieftain families of their respective clans, their elopement and eventual demise.

  8. Godaan - Wikipedia

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    Godaan (Hindi: गोदान, Urdu: گودان, romanized: gōdān, lit. 'cow donation') is a Hindi novel by Munshi Premchand. It was first published in 1936 and is considered one of the greatest Hindi novels of modern Indian literature. Themed around the socio-economic deprivation as well as the exploitation of the village poor, the novel ...

  9. Vijaydan Detha - Wikipedia

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    Vijaydan Detha (1 September 1926 – 10 November 2013), also known as Bijji, was a noted Indian writer of Rajasthani literature. [1] He was a recipient of several awards including the Padma Shri and the Sahitya Akademi Award.