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Akhepatar
''Akhepatar'' ( gu, અખેપાતર, en, An inexhaustible container) is Gujarati language novel written by Bindu Bhatt. The book was awarded by Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati in 2003. The book was critically acclaimed by several Gujarati authors including Mansukh Salla and Chandrakant Topiwala. Publication history The book was first published in September 1999 by R.R Sheth & Co., Ahmedabad. The book was reprinted in January 2007, May 2011 and in August 2012. The fourth edition of the book includes two critical articles. It has been translated in Hindi by Virendra Narayan Sinh and published as ''Akshaypaatra'' in 2011. Plot summary The novel begins with an aged woman named Kanchan returning to her native village in Jhalawad region of peninsular Saurashtra during the 1980s. She belongs to a Brahmin family the ancestors of which were engaged in priestly duties of the village. Having returned to the village to be with herself and chart the future as well as to come ...
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Bindu Bhatt
Bindu Bhat is a Gujarati language novelist, storywriter, critic and translator from Gujarat, India. Her novel '' Akhepatar'' (1999) received the Sahitya Akademi Award for the year 2003. Her other significant works include ''Mira Yagnikni Dayari'' (1992) and ''Bandhani'' (2009). Early life Bindu Bhatt was born on 18 September 1954 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan to Giradharlal and Kamalabahen. Her family later migrated to Limbadi and then Ahmedabad. After completing her schooling from B.A. Kanya Vidyalay, Limbadi, she got her Bachelor of Arts in 1976 from H.K. Arts College, Ahmedabad and Master of Arts in 1978 from School of Language, Gujarat University with Hindi literature as one of her subjects. She obtained her Ph.D. degree under Bholabhai Patel from the same university in 1983 for her research work ''Aadhunik Hindi Upanyas: Kathya Aur Shilp Ke Naye Aayam'' (Modern Hindi Novel: New Facets of Fiction and Form). In 1991, she married Harshad Trivedi, a Gujarati author and p ...
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Sahitya Akademi Award For Gujarati
Sahitya Akademi Award to Gujarati Writers by Sahitya Akademi. No Awards were conferred in 1957, 1959, 1966 and 1972. In 1969, Swami Anand, in 1983, Suresh Joshi, and in 2009 Shirish Panchal refused this award. Recipients References {{Gujarati literary awards , state=collapsed * Sahitya Akademi Award Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ... Gujarati literary awards ...
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Partition Of India
The Partition of British India in 1947 was the Partition (politics), change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in South Asia and the creation of two independent dominions: Dominion of India, India and Dominion of Pakistan, Pakistan. The Dominion of India is today the India, Republic of India, and the Dominion of Pakistan—which at the time comprised two regions lying on either side of India—is now the Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Bangladesh, People's Republic of Bangladesh. The partition was outlined in the Indian Independence Act 1947. The change of political borders notably included the division of two provinces of British India, Bengal Presidency, Bengal and Punjab Province (British India), Punjab. The majority Muslim districts in these provinces were awarded to Pakistan and the majority non-Muslim to India. The other assets that were divided included the British Indian Army, ...
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1999 Indian Novels
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Gujarati-language Novels
Gujarati (; gu, ગુજરાતી, Gujarātī, translit-std=ISO, label=Gujarati script, ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken predominantly by the Gujarati people. Gujarati is descended from Old Gujarati (). In India, it is one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Union. It is also the official language in the state of Gujarat, as well as an official language in the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. As of 2011, Gujarati is the 6th most widely spoken language in India by number of native speakers, spoken by 55.5 million speakers which amounts to about 4.5% of the total Indian population. It is the 26th most widely spoken language in the world by number of native speakers as of 2007.Mikael Parkvall, "Världens 100 största språk 2007" (The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007), in ''Nationalencyklopedin''. Asterisks mark th2010 estimatesfor the top dozen languages. Outside of Gujarat, Gujarati is ...
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Gujarati Sahitya Parishad
Gujarati Sahitya Parishad () is a literary organisation for the promotion of Gujarati literature located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was founded by Ranjitram Mehta with the aim of creating literature appealing to all classes of society and cultivating a literary sense among the people. Many prominent people including Mahatma Gandhi and Kanaiyalal Munshi have presided over the organisation. Its headquarters, located on Ashram Road, is known as Govardhan Bhavan. It has a conference hall and library. ''Parab'' is the monthly magazine of the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad and is published on the 10th of every month. Presidents Activities It published seven volumes of the ''History of Gujarati Literature'', of which the first volume covers a period of 1150 A.D to 1450 A.D. A weekly poetry workshop known as Budh Sabha is held on every Wednesday at the World Poetry Center of Parishad. It gives 30 prizes to writers in different genres of literature. The prizes given every ...
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Kundanika Kapadia
Kundanika Kapadia (11 January 1927 – 30 April 2020) was an Indian novelist, story writer and essayist from Gujarat. Biography Kundanika Kapadia was born on 11 January 1927 in Limbdi (now in Surendranagar district, Gujarat) to Narottamdas Kapadia. She completed her primary and secondary education in Godhra. She participated in the nationalist Quit India Movement in 1942. In 1948, she completed a BA in history and politics from Samaldas College, Bhavnagar, affiliated with University of Bombay. She pursued an MA in entire politics from Mumbai School of Economics but could not appear in examinations. She married the Gujarati poet Makarand Dave in Mumbai in 1968. They did not have any children together. She co-founded Nandigram, an ashram near Vankal village near Valsad, with him in 1985. She was known as Ishamaa by her Nandigram fellows. She edited ''Yatrik'' (1955–1957) and ''Navneet'' (1962–1980) magazines. * * * She died on 30 April 2020 at Nandigram near Vankal village in ...
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Ila Arab Mehta
Ila Arab Mehta (born 16 June 1938) is a Gujarati novelist and story writer from Gujarat, India. Biography Mehta was born on 16 June 1938 at Bombay (now Mumbai) to Gujarati writer Gunvantrai Acharya. Her family belonged to Jamnagar. She completed her schooling from Jamnagar, Rajkot and Mumbai. She completed BA with Gujarati in 1958 from Ramnarain Ruia College and MA in 1960. She taught at Ruia College from 1960 to 1967 and later at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai from 1970 to her retirement in 2000. Works In her early days, Mehta wrote in ''Akhand Anand'', ''Navneet'' and ''Stree Jeevan'' magazines. She has written several novels including ''Trikonni Tran Rekhao'' (1966), ''Thijelo Akar'' (1970), ''Radha'' (1972), ''Ek Hata Diwan Bahadur'' (1976), ''Batris Laksho'' (1976), ''Varasdar'' (1978), ''Avati Kalno Sooraj'' (1979), ''Batris Putalini Vedana'' (1982), ''Ane Mrityu'' (1982), ''Dariyano Manas'' (1985), ''Vasant Chhlake'' (1987), ''Nag Pariksha'', ''Panch Pagala Prithvi Par'' ( ...
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Mansukh Salla
Mansukh () Mansukh is an Indian masculine given name derived from a Sanskrit word meaning "happy heart". Notable people of this name include: *Mansukh Bhuva, Indian politician *Mansukh L. Mandaviya (b. 1972), Indian politician *Mansukh C. Wani (d. 2020), Indian academic and organic chemist *Bhai Mansukh Bhai Mansukh ( pa, ਭਾਈ ਮਨਸੁੱਖ ) was a devout Sikh and a trader from Lahore region and was disciple of the Guru Nanak. He embraced Sikh faith in company of Bhai Bhagirath (Nambardar of Mailsihan, Shahkot, who Durga worshipper, conv ..., Sikh, disciple of Guru Nanak References {{given name, type=both Indian masculine given names ...
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Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominalization, nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural diffusion, diffused there from the northwest in the late Bronze Age#South Asia, Bronze Age. Sanskrit is the sacred language of Hinduism, the language of classical Hindu philosophy, and of historical texts of Buddhism and Jainism. It was a lingua franca, link language in ancient and medieval South Asia, and upon transmission of Hindu and Buddhist culture to Southeast Asia, East Asia and Central Asia in the early medieval era, it became a language of religion and high culture, and of the political elites in some of these regions. As a result, Sanskrit had a lasting impact on the languages of South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia, especially in their formal and learned vocabularies. Sanskrit generally connotes several Indo-Aryan lang ...
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Gujarat
Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth-most populous state, with a population of 60.4 million. It is bordered by Rajasthan to the northeast, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu to the south, Maharashtra to the southeast, Madhya Pradesh to the east, and the Arabian Sea and the Pakistani province of Sindh to the west. Gujarat's capital city is Gandhinagar, while its largest city is Ahmedabad. The Gujaratis are indigenous to the state and their language, Gujarati, is the state's official language. The state encompasses 23 sites of the ancient Indus Valley civilisation (more than any other state). The most important sites are Lothal (the world's first dry dock), Dholavira (the fifth largest site), and Gola Dhoro (where 5 uncommon seals were found). Lothal ...
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Karachi
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former capital of Pakistan and capital of the province of Sindh. Ranked as a beta-global city, it is Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre, with an estimated GDP of over $200 billion ( PPP) . Karachi paid $9billion (25% of whole country) as tax during fiscal year July 2021 to May 2022 according to FBR report. Karachi is Pakistan's most cosmopolitan city, linguistically, ethnically, and religiously diverse, as well as one of Pakistan's most secular and socially liberal cities. Karachi serves as a transport hub, and contains Pakistan’s two largest seaports, the Port of Karachi and Port Qasim, as well as Pakistan's busiest airport, Jinnah International Airport. Karachi is also a media center, home to news channels, film and f ...
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