When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Godaan - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godaan

    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 ...

  3. Story within a story - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_within_a_story

    Having a character have a dream is a common device to embed one narrative or scene within another. (Painting by William Blake, 1805) A story within a story, also referred to as an embedded narrative, is a literary device in which a character within a story becomes the narrator of a second story (within the first one). [1]

  4. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_literary_terms

    Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...

  5. Hindi literature - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi_literature

    Hindi literature (Hindi: हिंदी साहित्य, romanized: hindī sāhitya) includes literature in the various Central Indo-Aryan languages, also known as Hindi, some of which have different writing systems. Earliest forms of Hindi literature are attested in poetry of Apabhraṃśa such as Awadhi and Marwari.

  6. Names for India - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_India

    Even today, many Hindu nationalists and Hindi speakers in India argue for the word Bharat to become the only official name of the country. The word Bharat comes from ‘Bharatavarsha’ (the land of the Bharatas), with these Bharatas being one of the early Vedic groups who moved from the Indus Valley to the Ganges Plain between 1200 BCE to 800 BCE.

  7. Haroun and the Sea of Stories - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haroun_and_the_Sea_of_Stories

    The name "Kahani" itself means "Story" in Urdu and Hindi, and is ultimately revealed to be the name of the sad city; a revelation that removes the sadness from the city's people. The Moon Kahani is, throughout most of the plot, divided into two sections equal in size, one of which is kept in perpetual daylight and the other in perpetual darkness.

  8. Gora (novel) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gora_(novel)

    Throughout the story, Tagore weaves a tapestry of diverse perspectives and ideologies, showcasing the richness of India's cultural heritage. He presents a vivid picture of the social, political, and religious landscape of the time, raising essential questions about unity, diversity, and the role of individuals in shaping their communities.

  9. Chandrakanta (novel) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrakanta_(novel)

    The Story unfolds around the efforts of Virender Singh for breaking Tilism and King Shivdutt trying to stop him to do the deed himself. Chandrakanta , the novel, has many sequels, prominent being a 7-book series ( Chandrakanta Santati ) dealing with the adventures of Chandrakanta and Virendra Singh's children in another major tilism.