Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, one of the most popular Bengali novelists of the 20th century, wrote stories reflecting obvious sincerity and basic realism. Many of his works represent the plight and oppression faced by women in rural Bengali society during that period. He condemned and wrote about the social superstitions and narrow mindedness that had engulfed the country.

Chandranath by Sarat Chandra is a popular novel depicting the love story of Chandranath and Saryu. The way Sarat Chandra portrays the intricacies of a relationship bounded in childhood, is worth reading. The way the lovers overcome the obstructions while breaking the shackles imposed by the society, makes their love deeper and stronger with time.

It is a collection of divine lines which is told by Sri Sri Ramakrishna. This book has a hardcover binding and is published in Bengali language.

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Isvar Chandra Vidyasagar, also spelled Isvarcandra Bidyasagar, (born Sept. 26, 1820, Birsingha, Midnapore district [India]—died July 29, 1891), Indian educator and social reformer considered the father of Bengali prose.

He was a brilliant student at Sanskrit College, Calcutta (now Kolkata), where he received the title Vidyasagar (“Ocean of Learning”), and in 1850 he was appointed head pandit (scholar-teacher) of Fort William College, Calcutta. A year later he became principal of Sanskrit College, where he promoted the study of English and admitted students of lower castes.

Vidyasagar was well-read in English literature and was influenced by Western ideas. Although an orthodox high-caste Brahman, he took a leading part in social reform movements, notably a successful campaign to legalize remarriage of widows, many of whom had been married for the first time in childhood. He opposed child marriage and polygamy and did much to promote the education of girls, but his reforming zeal met with much opposition from orthodox Hindus.

• From a small boy growing up in Rameswaram, to becoming the country’s eleventh President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s life has been a tale of extraordinary determination, courage, perseverance and the desire to excel.
• In this series of anecdotes and profiles, Dr Kalam looks back on key moments in his past-some small and some momentous-and tells the reader how each of them inspired him profoundly. With warmth and affection, he talks about the people who left a deep impression on him as he was growing up and as an adult, and the lessons he drew from his interactions with them.
• He describes those who have been the closest to him-his father with his deep love of God, his mother and her great kindness, his mentors who helped shape his thoughts and outlook. There are heart-warming accounts here of his childhood years spent in a small town by the Bay of Bengal and the many struggles and sacrifices made on the path to becoming a scientist and then the President of India.
• Dr Kalam also writes about the times when failure and dejection nearly overtook him and how he prevailed over those obstacles by drawing strength from books and spirituality. Nostalgic, honest, and deeply personal, My Journey is the story of a life as rich as it is unusual-and the beautiful lessons to be learnt from it.

• India has some of the best astrologer in India. Many of them are practitioners of Vedic Astrology, but in tune with the trends, some of them have also mastered other occult sciences like Numerology, Palmistry, Tarot, Kabalah, I-Ching, etc. in order to cater to different tastes and give more nuanced predictions.
• Vedic astrology is different than western astrology, and it has come from the Vedas, the great Hindu texts of antiquity. Today, Vedic astrology is gaining cachet in the West, as it is believed to be more precise and accurate than traditional Western astrology.
• Its spiritual underpinnings also ensure that it is less about fortune-telling and more about the evolution of the human soul as it strives to unite with the Divine. Let’s see who are the top 10 astrologers in India.