#badal sarkar

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Sheersh Samachar: Bharat Mein Update Kiye Gaye Career Samachar

Bharat mein rozana naye rozgar avsar aate hain aur logon ke career mein badlav laate hain. Aaj hum apko kuch aise sheersh samachar surkhiyan prastut kar rahe hain jo Bharat ke vyavsayik maidan mein hui nayi gatiyon ko darshate hain.

Digital Vyavsayikta Mein Badlav: Digital praudyogiki ke badhte prayogon ne Bharat ke vyavsayik pehlu ko badal diya hai. Sarkar ke Digital India abhiyan ke tahat, bade shehron se lekar gaon tak vyavsayikta mein digitalaran ka samarthan mil raha hai. Startup shuruwatups aur digital seva pradan karne walon ke liye naye avsar khul rahe hain.

Sashakt Mahilaon Ki Shakti: Bharat mein mahilaon ke liye rozgar ke naye avsar badh rahe hain. Sarkari yojanaon aur niji kshetron mein mahilayon ke badhte hue pravesh se, shiksha, swasthya, aur praudyogiki mein unka yogdan badh raha hai. Mahilaon ko bade paimane par rozgar milne mein madad milti hai aur yeh desh ki arthik pragati mein bhi sakriya bhumika nibha rahi hain.

Naye Takneekiyon Mein Aage Badhna: Takneekiyon aur praudyogiki mein naye vikas se Bharatiya udyog aur vyapar ke career vikas ke avsar badh rahe hain. Bharat mein artifishiyal intilejens, blockchain takneek, aur saiber suraksha jaise kshetron mein viksit visheshgyon ki mang badh rahi hai. Yeh takneekiein naye roop se vyavsayikta ko samriddh banane mein madad karti hain.

Sustainable Vikas Ki Ore Badhav: Paryavaran aur samarthya ke madhyam se, Bharat mein paryavaran hitashi utpadan aur urja ke naye srot par dhyan diya ja raha hai. Is kshetra mein vyavsayik avsar badh rahe hain, jaise ki navi urja paddhatiyon, prakritik sansadhanon ka upayog, aur paryavaran sudhar ke kshetron mein.

Skill Development Aur Pariwartan: Skill vikas aur pariwartan ke kshetra mein Bharat mein badlav aaya hai. Sarkari aur niji kshetron mein skills vikas ke liye yojanaen aur prakriyaon mein sudhar aaya hai, jo yuvaon aur berozgaron ke liye naye avsar paida kar raha hai.

In sheersh samacharon se spasht hota hai ki Bharat mein vyavsayik maidan mein naye avsar prakriti ki or badh rahe hain. Yeh badlav desh ke arthik vikas ko tezi se age badhane mein madadgar sabit ho sakte hain aur logon ko naye aur samriddh career path par le ja sakte hain.

Is prakar, Bharat ke career samachar mein hote hue naye badlav aur avsar humein ummid dilate hain ki aane wale samay mein aur bhi pragati aur samriddhi ki or badhenge.

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Badal Sarkar’s modern classic play ‘Pagla Ghoda’ staged at Matrika Auditorium, SMVDU

Hill Thespians staged an absorbing presentation of Pratibha Agarwal’s Hindi translation of Badal Sarkar’s iconic Bengali play ‘Pagla Ghoda’, on the second day of the ongoing Festival of Plays, organized by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University Katra at Matrika Auditorium, here today. The modern Indian classic play written in 1967, deals with women question and emphasizes her subjugation in the patriarchy-entrenched Indian social system and its influences on both men and women.The play which uses surrealistic elements opens in a cremation ground at night, where four men are waiting for the incineration of the corpse of a young woman who has committed suicide. To pass the time, they play cards and drink liquor. The spirit of the young, nameless girl on the pyre motivates men to share their stories. They narrated love stories by each man in a roundabout revealing guilt in sacrificing his love instead of taking a risk in fear of social disapproval.

Directed and designed by young Sunil Sharma, today’s play was an engaging presentation by five amateur actors who were able to glide between the intense layers, subplots, and intertwining backstories of all five characters. Sunaina Kumari effortlessly slipped into multiple roles of Malti, Mili, Laxmi, and Ladki. Her perfect timing of intermittent dialogues and free-flowing on-stage movements knitted the narration. She successfully modulated her sonorous voice along with changing the colors of her dupattas rendering individuality to all four women characters. Sunil Sharma as Satu, Javed Gill as Kartik, Neeraj Sethi as Shashi, and Shubham Rajput as Heemadari, spoke respective lines with the flow and drove the play forward. The production design was marked by well thought and executed blocking, movements, and physical behavior. The music and light design also added emotional intensity to the scenes. Prof. RK Sinha Vice Chancellor, Sh. Nagendra Singh Jamwal JKAS Registrar, Sh. Neeraj Gupta JKAS Finance Officer, deans, directors, faculty, staff and large number of students were also present on the occasion.

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Remembering great theatre director Badal Sarkar on his 94th birth anniversary.

Badal Sircar (15 July 1925 – 13 May 2011), also known as Badal Sarkar, was an influential Indian dramatist and theatre director, most known for his anti-establishment plays during the Naxalite movement in the 1970s and taking theatre out of the proscenium and into public arena, when he founded his own theatre company, Shatabdi in 1976. He wrote more than fifty plays of which Ebong Indrajit, Basi Khabar, and Saari Raat are well known literary pieces.

A pioneering figure in street theatre as well as in experimental and contemporary Bengali theatre with his egalitarian "Third Theatre", he prolifically wrote scripts for his Aanganmanch (courtyard stage) performances and remains one of the most translated Indian playwrights. Though his early comedies were popular, it was his angst-ridden Ebong Indrajit (And Indrajit) that became a landmark play in Indian theatre. Today, his rise as a prominent playwright in 1960s is seen as the coming of age of Modern Indian playwriting in Bengali, just as Vijay Tendulkar did it in Marathi, Mohan Rakesh in Hindi, and Girish Karnad in Kannada.

He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1972, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1968 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honor in the performing arts by Govt. of India, in 1997.

Badal Sircar influenced a number of film directors, theatre directors as well as writers of his time.

Film director Mira Nair in an interview mentioned, "For me, Kolkata was a formative city while growing up... I learned to play cricket in Kolkata, but more than anything, I learned to read Badal Sircar and watch plays written by him for street theatre. "

To Kannada director and playwright, Girish Karnad, Sircar's play Ebong Indrajit taught him fluidity between scenes, while as per theatre director-playwright Satyadev Dubey, "In every play I've written and in every situation created, Indrajit dominates."

To Actor-director Amol Palekar, "Badalda opened up new ways of expression."

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नाटक पगला घोड़ा - कथानक एवं रंगदृष्टि (Badal Srakar's Pagla-Ghoda: A revi...

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Badal Sarkarer Natya Sangraha Boi pdf

Badal Sarkarer Natya Sangraha Boi pdf

Badal Sarkarer Natya Sangraha Boi pdf

Number of Books- 20 File type- pdf Qualities- Best, no watermark

Badal Sarkar (July 15, 1925 – 13 May 2011) is an internationally renowned Bengali theatrical personality who is known as the proponent of the theater of a different genre called Third Theater. This great dramatist became known for writing anti-government drama during the Naxalite movement of the…

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Have you seen Uri tho? Like sure I agree that it shouldn't have been released in an election year, but India has Freedom of Expression, it would be gross violation to stop/delay a film, esp. after the kind of nonsense Padmavat and Udta Punjab had to go through.

No, I haven’t seen it. I have no issues with Uri being made or released, but I do have a problem with the language of the movie. It’s an election year, and right from the dialogues in the trailer, it was blatantly obvious that it was pandering to the hate-mongering right-wing nationalists. Yes, Freedom of Expression in media is absolutely imperative, but I feel media makers have a responsibility to ensure that their stuff doesn’t propagate and inflame such opinions and sentiments, especially in the divisive climate we have right now. The movie is about an army operation; they should have focused entirely on the specifics of the strikes, how they planned and executed it, the technical aspects, etc. Of course, I recognize that a military movie cannot be completely objective and there will be some amount of negative sentiment expressed against “the enemy”. But filling the trailer itself with dialogues like “Pakistan jo bhaasha samjhta hai ussi bhaasha mein unko samjhaane ka waqt aa gaya”, “Yeh naya Hindustan hai, ghar mein ghusega bhi aur marega bhi” (notice the use of “Hindustan”, when the official name of the country is Bharat [Gannrajya]), “Khoon ke badle khoon”, “Unhe Kashmir chahiye aur humein unka sar”, “Apni bahattar hooron ko humaara salaam bolna; kaho daawat pe intezaar karein, aaj bohut saare mehmaan bhejne waale hain…” is plain hate-mongering and in increasingly poor taste. There’s a difference between patriotism and jingoism, and it’s clear which one of these Uri chose to espouse. You can already see the rise of such movie-making in the country, encouraged by the success of Uri.

My discontent with this movie cannot be compared to the protests against Padmavat/Udta Punjab, because those protests were created and propagated BY elements of the BJP, the same party that profits from Uri’s uber-nationalist rhetoric. Nihalani said so himself that he was directed by the Ministry of I&B to block the release of Udta Punjab (clearly because one of the biggest driving forces of the drug problem of Punjab was the Badal government in power at the time, who were/are an ally of the BJP). The BJP came outright and called for a ban for Padmavat, even with the movie already portraying the Rajputs as saintly and the Muslims as “barbaric”, and it glorifying a regressive custom like Jauhar, based on god-knows-what khayali pulaao (they also wanted a ban on Bajrangi Bhaijaan based on its name.) Basically, the BJP has been amply using the medium of Bollywood to influence/further its agenda; that Muslims are to be otherized and “defeated”, problems caused by the BJP and their allies don’t exist, glorifying their campaigns (Toilet: Ek Prem Katha), women are not to have sexual agency (Lipstick Under My Burkha), movies vilifying the opposition (Indu Sarkar, The Accidental Prime Minister) are to be given absolute free reign, etc.

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Anirban Bhattacharya opens up about horror-comedy Ballabhpu...

Anirban Bhattacharya opens up about horror-comedy Ballabhpu…

Anirban Bhattacharya is riding high on the phenomenal success of his first directorial series Mandaar, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The prolific actor turned director is now all set to woo the audience with his debut feature film Ballabhpurer Roopkotha that blends the genres of horror and comedy by pulling inspiration from the play of thespian Badal Sarkar. As the film releases today…

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Shyam Maheshwari, The Grate Man Behind Film Industry

Shyam Maheshwari is an Indian director and writer, who is noted for his work primarily in the Marathi TV and film industry. From 2000 to 2002, he assisted directors like Ashish Patil, Nivedita Basu, Suraj Rao, Santosh Badal, and the famous television series Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. Having started his career as an assistant director with the popular TV series, Kyunki. Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (2000-02), he made his directorial debut with Kuchh Jhuk Palkein in 2002. His other notable directorial credits include Maat Ki Banno (2010), a TV series, and eventually made his feature film directorial debut with Charandas Chor (2017).

Shyam Maheshwari is a well-known personality of the Indian television industry. His notable work during the television career was Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu This in which Anil Nagpal, Anand Gandhi, and Rajesh Joshi have penned the script. Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu was a touching work for Shyam Maheshwari. Ekta Kapoor and her mother, Shoba Kapoor, produced the family drama. The show’s story is about the perfect daughter-in-law Tulsi Virani and her family. The notable cast members of the television serial are Smriti Irani as Tulsi Mihir Virani, Dinesh Thakur as Govardhan Virani, Shakti Singh as Mansukh Govardhan Virani, Amar Upadhyay as Mihir Mansukh Virani, Sudha Shivpuri as Amba Govardhan Virani, etc.

Shyam Maheshwari directed some shows like Kuchh Jhuki Palkein in 2002, Maati Ki Banno in 2010, Charandas Chor in 2017, Pyari Dadi Maa in 2020. One of the most popular stars of the Bhojpuri cinema, Dinesh Lal Yadav shared the first look of Pakkhi Hegde’s upcoming Shyam Maheshwari directorial ‘Pyari Dadi Maa’. Both the actors have been featured together in several hits and received praise for performances.

 While sharing the poster, the actor urged fans to watch the trailer of the film directed by Shyam Maheshwari. In the trailer is about an old woman who takes care of small children and manages her family.

In 2016 Shyam Maheshwari composed the script of the movie M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story. M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story is a biopic of the famous cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the former captain of the Indian National Cricket Team. The story depicts the struggle and efforts of Mahendra Singh Dhoni to become the most loved cricketer all over the world. On 30th September 2016, the movie hit the box office and gained lots of appreciation, awards, and positive reviews.

 Apart from Hindi, M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story was also dubbed in Tamil and Telugu languages. Neeraj Pandey has directed the film. Sushant Singh Rajput as Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Anupam Kher as Paan Singh Dhoni, Kiara Advani as Sakshi Singh Dhoni, Bhumika Chawla as Jayanti Gupta, Disha Patani as Priyanka Jha, Shantilal Mukherjee as Station Master Shishir Sarkar, and Kali Prasad Mukherjee as Animesh Kumar Ganguly are the cast members of the film. In 2017 Shyam Maheshwari directed and wrote a movie titled Charandas Chor.

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Upcoming Writer Director and The Creative Man Behind Film Industry-Shyam Maheshwari

An Indian director and writer, Shyam Maheshwari is noted for his work primarily in the Marathi TV and film industry. He started his career as an assistant director with the popular TV series, Kyunki. Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (2000-02), he made his directorial debut with Kuchh Jhuk Palkein in 2002.

Shyam Maheshwari is an Indian director and writer, who is noted for his work primarily in the Marathi TV and film industry. From 2000 to 2002, he assisted directors like Ashish Patil, Nivedita Basu, Suraj Rao, Santosh Badal, and the famous television series Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. He started his career as an assistant director with the popular TV series, Kyunki. Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (2000-02), he made his directorial debut with Kuchh Jhuk Palkein in 2002. His other notable directorial credits include Maat Ki Banno (2010), a TV series, and eventually made his feature film directorial debut with Charandas Chor (2017).

Shyam Maheshwari is a well-known personality of the Indian television industry. His notable work during the television career was Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu This in which Anil Nagpal, Anand Gandhi, and Rajesh Joshi have penned the script. Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu was a touching work for Shyam Maheshwari. Ekta Kapoor and her mother, Shoba Kapoor, produced the family drama. The show’s story is about the perfect daughter-in-law Tulsi Virani and her family. The notable cast members of the television serial are Smriti Irani as Tulsi Mihir Virani, Dinesh Thakur as Govardhan Virani, Shakti Singh as Mansukh Govardhan Virani, Amar Upadhyay as Mihir Mansukh Virani, Sudha Shivpuri as Amba Govardhan Virani, etc.

Shyam Maheshwari directed some shows like Kuchh Jhuki Palkein in 2002, Maati Ki Banno in 2010, Charandas Chor in 2017, Pyari Dadi Maa in 2020. One of the most popular stars of the Bhojpuri cinema, Dinesh Lal Yadav shared the first look of Pakkhi Hegde’s upcoming Shyam Maheshwari directorial ‘Pyari Dadi Maa’. Both the actors have been featured together in several hits and received praise for performances.

While sharing the poster, the actor urged fans to watch the trailer of the film directed by Shyam Maheshwari. In the trailer is about an old woman who takes care of small children and manages her family.

In 2016 Shyam Maheshwari composed the script of the movie M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story. M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story is a biopic of the famous cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the former captain of the Indian National Cricket Team. The story depicts the struggle and efforts of Mahendra Singh Dhoni to become the most loved cricketer all over the world. On 30th September 2016, the movie hit the box office and gained lots of appreciation, awards, and positive reviews.

Apart from Hindi, M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story was also dubbed in Tamil and Telugu languages. Neeraj Pandey has directed the film. Sushant Singh Rajput as Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Anupam Kher as Paan Singh Dhoni, Kiara Advani as Sakshi Singh Dhoni, Bhumika Chawla as Jayanti Gupta, Disha Patani as Priyanka Jha, Shantilal Mukherjee as Station Master Shishir Sarkar, and Kali Prasad Mukherjee as Animesh Kumar Ganguly are the cast members of the film. In 2017 Shyam Maheshwari directed and wrote a movie titled Charandas Chor. 

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Play - Pagala Ghoda (Scene work)

Playwright - Badal Sarkar

Date - 18/10/2021

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Birthday wishes to Girish Karnad who turned 81 today. Girish Raghunath Karnad is a contemporary writer, playwright, screenwriter, actor and movie director in Kannada language. His rise as a playwright in 1960s, marked the coming of age of modern Indian play writing in Kannada, just as Badal Sarkar did in Bengali, Vijay Tendulkar in Marathi, and Mohan Rakesh in Hindi. He is a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India. For four decades Karnad has been composing plays, often using history and mythology to tackle contemporary issues. He has translated his plays into English and has received acclaim. His plays have been translated into some Indian languages and directed by directors like Ebrahim Alkazi, B. V. Karanth, Alyque Padamsee, Prasanna, Arvind Gaur, Satyadev Dubey, Vijaya Mehta, Shyamanand Jalan and Amal Allana. He is active in the world of Indian cinema working as an actor, director, and screenwriter, in Hindi and Kannada flicks, earning awards along the way. He was conferred Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan by the Government of India and won four Filmfare Awards where three are Filmfare Award for Best Director - Kannada and one Filmfare Best Screenplay Award.

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"Sarkar sirf Adani Ambani ki baat sun rahi hai. Gareeb aadmi ki avaaz koi nahi sun raha. Ye dictatorship hai. Jaise ki koi martial law laga hai. Indira Gandhi ke samay bhi aisa nahi tha" : Sukhbir Badal, Shiromani Akali Dal at Parliament today. https://t.co/NPNu1Gw7Ox

— Smita Prakash (@smitaprakash) Jul 28, 2021

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I love this post it has given me a list of some new books to read. I would also add:

- Kanthapura by Raja Rao. A novel that tells the story of a small isolated village in Karnataka to which the tidings of Gandhism arrive and the crisis this causes among the village people. There are many characters, but they are all lively and adorable. The storytelling by an old grandmother makes the story an amazing mix of traditional storytelling and modern novel. Did I say I love this novel?

- Six Acres and a Third by Fakir Mohan Senapati. I started with Kanthapura but this may be my favourite Indian novel ever. It also tells the story of a village, in Orissa this time. It is hilarious, although the backstory is tragic. When I read it, it made me wonder about the philosophy of what makes truth truth and logic.

- Umrao Jan Ada by Ruswa. This one has been adapted several times into movies (with Rekha and Aiswarya Ray as Umrao Jan). I have only seen the songs though. If late Mughal rule, Lucknow, urdu poetry and the lives of courtesans interests you, this is a great novel to read.

- The Legends of Khasak by O. V. Vijayan. The novel that made me fall in love with Malayali literature. I wish there were more translations because Malayalam is too hard to learn (I tried!!). If this is a novel or a long poem in prose form, I cannot tell yet. It reads like a realistic reverie. The main story follows a young man who leaves the city to become a schoolteacher in a village, but there are many other stories intertwined. The ending almost killed me.

- The Tale of the Hansuli Turn by Tarashankar. This is the first novel I read in Bengali and my god was it hard. I'm not entirely sure I understood everything because the language is so well adjusted to the characters. There is an English translation now, I wonder how they did it! This also a village story, with many characters, who belong to what the British called a "criminal tribe" and who were at the very bottom of social ranks. The Second World War looms over even this small place of Bengal, and we witness how the tribe fractures and fights to adapt to the world changing around them in a painful transition.

I also recommend Jalsaghar by Tarashankar or its movie adaptation by Satyajit Ray. A peek to the crumbling zamindari world and the rise of a new merchant class.

- Parashuram's stories. After Tarashankar's raw and tragic writings, I had to recommend him because his parodies do not lack any depth but they are soothingly funny.

- Badal Sarkar's plays. I have only read Baki Itihash which a family drama but it was so good I really want to read all of his works. He struck me as much as Girish Karnad did and since he has already been recommended I wanted to add him too.

I may add about poetry later now I have some cats to attend to who are meowing desperatedly because it's dinner time!!

Indian academia

Recently I have seen a lot of excellent posts in the dark academia tags which call out the euro-centrism of this subculture and also give great recommendations for non-white cultural academia. So I decided to put together works of Indian authors that I read growing up in India as a literature student. Please note this list leans heavily towards works centred on Bengal due to my own heritage, and is by no means comprehensive or meant to represent the entire, varied diaspora of India.

Historical/political fiction:

the lives of others by neel mukherjee: chronicling the rise and fall of a bengali family against historical events like the partition, the 1943 famines, the bengal emergency etc. diverse cast of characters retelling history through multiple povs, lyrical prose, incredible research providing an insight into naxalite bengal. talks about how it feels to be a leftist when you are born and brought up in bourgeois privilege.

the lowland by jhumpa lahiri: everything!! written by jhumpa lahiri!! should be savoured!! but this gorgeous book in particular made me UGLY CRY. to summarise without spoilers, it’s a story about two brothers, separated by inches and then by miles, a story about student revolutionaries, bengal burning and boston beaches, and it’s a story about a beautiful, brilliant, tormented woman who loves and loathes in equal measure.

the shadow lines by amitav ghosh:** intergenerational trauma, dhaka riots and the entwined histories of two families- one in london and the other in calcutta. sharp, bittersweet and sometimes rather scandalous. if you enjoy ggm’s works try this.

a flight of pigeons by ruskin bond**: after her father is killed in the 1857 sepoy mutiny, an anglo-indian girl, her mother, and female relatives are given shelter by the muslim family of one of the chief rebels. set in north india near UP, ruskin bond’s writing is powerful and explores found families and the price of imperialism and war. chef’s kiss.

train to pakistan by khuswant singh: the horrors of post independence sectarian violence as recounted by a fictional village on the indo-pak border with a population largely comprising muslims and sikhs. a harrowing read but evocative and honest.

shalimar the clown by salman rushdie: allegorical story about the kashmir valley unrest, told through the insane, shakespearean revenge tragedy spun out by kashmiri tightrope walker shalimar who falls in love with boonyi, a beautiful pandit girl, a love that dooms him.

a fine balance by rohinton mistry**: four strangers’ lives spill into each other as india crumbles under the 1975 emergency. this one has everything political commentary, social satire, depiction of economic hardships and a whole range of characters from diverse backgrounds. side note: it’s a pretty heavy and tragic read, please be careful.

Societal stories

the guide by rk narayan: raju, an impoverished, street smart boy in a fictional south indian town takes to conning people as a tour guide but things spiral out of control when he has an affair with a married classical dancer. allegorical writing, funny and eccentric, and there’s a LOT of satire about desi stereotypes: fraud religious leaders, scandalous village affairs, neocolonial mindsets and well, dancing. had a great read of this one. don’t watch the film, it’s inaacurate and the author himself didn’t like it :(

malgudi days by rk narayan: set in the same town as the guide, a collection of short stories about the colourful lives of small town dwellers, from astrologers to doctors to postmen. it’s funny and poignant in equal measure. there’s not a single mediocre story in here, they’re all just……charming.

interpreter of maladies by jhumpa lahiri: stories set in boston and bengal about ordinary indian people and ordinary indian lives which are just so, so MASTERFULLY written and in such crystal bright detail it feels all too real. I recommend a temporary matter, when mr pirzada came to dine, sexy, mrs sen and this blessed house.

em and the big hoom by jerry pinto**: a goan family in late 20th century mumbai + their experience when the mother is diagnosed with bpd. I haven’t read this book but it was highly recommended by my friends + authors who are greatly esteemed by me

any and every work by ruskin bond because my man literally GREW up around ayahs and tonga drivers and lonely gardeners and sad kite-makers and friends in small places. I recommend road to the bazaar: a collection of short stories about north indian children involving tigers in train tunnels, beetle races, rooftop gardens and the feeling of being home again.

the white tiger by aravind adiga**: epistolary novel that deals mostly with the class struggle in india as told by a village boy, who travels to delhi for work and his slow rise to success through monumental obstacles. a good read to look into the lives and the plight of underprivileged workers and the persisting class disparity in globalised india.

city of djinns by william dalrymple: travelogue/memoir/anecdotes of the author’s time in delhi as he researches for the detritus of history in the country capital. non fiction but every bit as riveting as a well spun story.

Retellings/Biographies

rajkahini (transl: stories of kings) by abanindranath tagore: stories about the rajput rulers of western india and their glorious, semi-mythological histories of battles and heartbreaks and visions. the author was often termed a lyrical artist because his descriptive prose is so good it feels like a painting put into words.

empress: the astonishing reign of nur jahan by ruby lal: a feminist biography of my favourite figure from history, nur jahan, and her deliciously satisfying ascent as the sole female sovereign in the line of the great mughals. but wow, what a woman.

the palace of illusions by chitra banerjee divakaruni: retelling of the great epic mahabharata but from draupadi’s point of view. poetic and magical, and her descriptions of female rage and the unfairness of society even in mythical canon is SUPERB.

Poetry!

sarojini naidu: patriotism, society, feminism, romance

nissim ezekiel: postcolonial, satire

ak ramanujan: society, classical retellings, folktale inspired poetry

agha shahid ali: socio-political, ghazal inspired poetry

tishani doshi: feminist, contemporary

eunice d'souza: contemporary, gender politics

Pure self indulgent recs

hayavadana by girish karnad: a ridiculous, criminally hilarious play-within-a-play about a love triangle and accidental body/torso swaps and a goddess who couldn’t care less and a man with a horse head. yeah.

devdas by sarat chandra chattopadhyay: pls stop shoving the movie down my throat it’s the cringiest depiction of bengali culture ever but yeah the novel is 💗💗 and it’s about childhood sweethearts dev and paro, the cost of obsessions and lusts and an enigmatic courtesan chandramukhi who keeps loving the wrong things.

any and every work by rabindranath tagore should be considered academia but in particular his short stories, like the kabuliwalah and the postmaster.

the byomkesh bakshi series by sharadindu bandyopadhyay: written in the vein of poirot but in colonial bengal, follows one (1) sleuthy boy and his sidekick as they unravel psychological crimes and murder mysteries. some stories are just genuinely scary and all have eclectic casts. sharadindu said homoerotic/feral women/immoral genius people rights!

Like I said this list is not comprehensive!!! But I tried my best!!! I think we should really try to decolonize our reading tastes. And yes I purposely left out Arundhati Roy (because she is literally the only Indian author ever recommended in lists) Vikram Seth (because I do not like him) and Roshani Chokshi (because any one of the above)

I hope you guys get some good picks from this list :)

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By

Mukund Marulkar

Shankar Jaikishan and Their Directors

Shankar Jaikishan’s immense talent, professionalism, success and popularity, made them the number 1 choice of movie makers.

Following is a list of all directors who worked with them and the movies with their release dates.

Raj Kapoor-5

Barsaat-April 22, 1949

Awara-December 14, 1951

Shree 420-September 16, 1955

Sangam-June 18, 1964

Mera Naam Joker-December 18, 1970

Amiya Chakravarthy-6

Badal-May 1, 1951

Daag-July 4, 1952

Patita-January 1, 1953

Badshah-January 1, 1954

Seema-1955

Kathputli-January 1, 1957

Kishore Sahu-5

Kali Ghata-January 1, 1951

Mayur Pankh-April 9, 1954

Kismet Ka Khel-February 3, 1956

Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai-March 4, 1960

Hare Kanch Ki Chudiyan-January 1, 1967

Ravindra Dave-1

Nagina-January 1, 1951

O. P. Dutta-1

Parbat-January 1, 1952

M. Sadiq-1

Poonam-January 1, 1952

Raja Nawathe-6

Aah-March 22, 1953

Prema Lekhalu-December 24, 1953

Avan-March 22,1953

Basant Bahar-December 7, 1956

Gumnaam-December 24, 1965

Bhai Bhai-1970

Devendra Goel-1

Aas-January 1, 1953

Bhagwan Das Verma-3

Aurat-1953

Pooja-January 1, 1954

Baaghi Sipaahi-1958

D. D. Kashyap-2

Naya Ghar-January 1, 1953

Halaku-January 1, 1956

Ramesh Saigal-1

Shikast-September 18, 1953

Prakash Arora-1

Boot Polish-March 26, 1954

Ananth Thakur-1

Chori Chori-January 1, 1956

Mohan Segal-3

New Delhi-September 14, 1946

Krorepathi-1961

Kanyadaan-January 1, 1968

Vijay Bhatt-2

Patrani-January 1, 1956

Hariyali Aur Raasta-January 1, 1962

Sohrab Modi-1

Rajhath-January 6, 1956

Narendra Suri-1

Begunah-January 1, 1957

Nitin Bose-1

Kathputli-January 1, 1957

Bimal Roy-1

Yahudi-September 5, 1958

Hrishikesh Mukherjee-5

Anari-January 16, 1959

Aashiq-January 1, 1962

Asli Naqli-April 5, 1962

Sanjh Aur Savera-January 1, 1964

Gaban-July 1, 1966

L. V. Prasad-2

Chhoti Bahen-February 6, 1959

Beti Bete-January 1, 1964

Om Prakash-1

Kanhaiya-July 30, 1959

Subodh Mukherjee-3

Love Marriage-December 14, 1959

Junglee-October 31, 1961

April Fool-March 8, 1964

Naresh Saigal-3

Main Nashe Mein Hoon-January 1, 1959

Ujala-January 1, 1959

Boy Friend-August 11, 1961

Harnam Singh Rawail-2

Shararat-August 1, 1959

Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raha-1961

T. Prakasa Rao-6

College Girl-January 1, 1960

Sasural-April 4, 1961

Hamrahi-January 8, 1963

Suraj-March 25, 1966

Duniya-December 28, 1968

Rivaaj-January 1, 1972

Bhappi Sonie-7

Ek Phool Char Kante-January 1, 1960

Janwar-1965

Pyar Hi Pyar-October 7, 1969

Brahmachari-April 26, 1968

Tum Haseen Main Jawan-July 24, 1970

Jawan Mohabbat-January 1, 1971

Preetam-January 1, 1971

Radhu Karmakar-1

Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai-January 1, 1961

Shakti Samanta-4

Singapore-January 1, 1960

An Evening in Paris-March 10, 1967

Pagla Kahin Ka-January 1, 1970

Jane Anjane-May 17, 1971

Mohan Kumar-3

Aas Ka Panchi-January 1, 1961

Ayee Milan Ki Bela-January 1, 1964

Aman-January 1, 1967

Nasir Hussain-1

Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai-May 5, 1961

B. R. Panthulu-1

Dil Tera Diwana-January 1, 1962

Lekh Tandon-5

Professor-January 1, 1962

Amrapali-January 1, 1966

Jhuk Gaya Aasman-January 1, 1968

Prince-January 1, 1969

Jawan Pyar Miley-January 1, 1970

Amar Kumar-2

Rangoli-January 1, 1962

Mehfil-1981

C. Sridhar-3

Dil Ek Mandir-January 1, 1963

Dharti-January 1, 1970

Duniya Kya Jane-January 1, 1971

R. C. Talwar-1

Ek Dil Sau Afsane-January 1, 1963

Ajit Chakrabarty-1

Apne Hue Paraye-January 1, 1964

K. Shankar-5

Rajkumar-January 3, 1964

Sachhai-January 1, 1969

Pardey Ke Peechhey-January 1, 1971

Bandagi-January1, 1972

Chhote Sarkar-November 22, 1974

Ramanand Sagar-2

Zindagi-January 1, 1964

Arzoo-January 1, 1965

Sachin Bhowmick-1

Janwar-January 1, 1965

Manmohan Desai-1

Badtameez-January 1, 1966

Krishan Chopra-1

Gaban-January 1, 1967

Pramod Chakravarthy-2

Love in Tokyo-January 1, 1966

Tumse Achha Kaun Hai-January 1, 1969

Shankar Mukherjee-1

Pyar Mohabbat-January 1, 1966

Basu Bhattacharya-1

Teesri Kasam-January 1, 1969

S. Pachchi-3

Around The World-January 1, 1967

International Crook-July 22, 1974

Eent Ka Jawab Pathhar-January 1, 1982

Alo Sircar-1

Chhoti Si Mulaqat-January 1, 1961

Mahesh Kaul-2

Diwana-January 1, 1968