Wednesday, May 30, 2007

ROZ EK SHER

For Ayn Rand and her creations John Galt and Robert Ruark, who lived the essence of the following sher:

अपना ज़माना आप बनाते हैं अहले-दिल
हम वे नहीं कि जिसको ज़माना बना गया
-जिगर मुरादाबादी

apnaa zamaanaa aap banaate hain ahle-dil
hum ve nahiin ki jisko zamaanaa banaa gayaa
-Jigar Muradabadi

We bravehearts make our own world
We have not let the world make us

English translation by Manish Modi
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MRITYUNJAY
Classic Novel on the Life of Karna
By Shivaji Savant
Hindi tr. by Om Shivraj
First published in 1974
32nd hardcover edition in 2006
220 x 140 mm    700 pp
Hardcover     Rs. 380

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