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His work include sundry which was published in 1898 and this is actually the first punjabi novel which is about sikh woman’s parents during the mutual persecution
- Bijai singh (1899)
Gobind Singh
A young writer female whose first book The God of Small Things won for her a booker prize
Arundhati Roy
is set in Kerala in the 1960s, and it follows matriarch Ammu’s family through both ordinary and tragic events, focusing most memorably on her “two-egg twins,” Estha and Rahel. The accidental death by drowning of a visiting English cousin has a pivotal effect on their young lives. The novel is told in nonlinear time through a jigsaw of vivid encounters and descriptions, recounted in exquisite prose. The reader pieces together a childhood world that is interrupted by adult tragedies and their effect on Velutha, the twins’ friend who belongs to India’s Dalit caste.
The God of Small Things
woodcutter wrongly accuses his neighbor’s son of stealing his ax, only to find it himself later. This story highlights the dangers of pre-judging and the importance of objective thinking.
The missing axe
The most reliable source of the doctrine of the ancient sage confucius
Lun yu
Book of changes
I Ching
” is an ancient Chinese divination manual and a book of wisdom which interprets hexagrams (symbols made up of six stacked horizontal lines) formed by tossed coins to form answers to questions about the future.
Book of changes
Was the most important early interpreter of the philosophy of Taoism
Chuang Tzu
Known as the old philosopher
Lao Tzu
Was a taoist teacher who had many philosophical differences with his forbears
Lieh Tzu
Was not a taoist scholar but the grandson of the founder of the han dynasty
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Lui an
Records of the grand Historian
Ssu-ma Ch’ien
also known as “Questions and Answers in the Mountains,” presents a dialogue between the speaker and a silent, majestic mountain. The poem explores themes of Taoism, nature, and detachment from worldly concerns, ultimately conveying a sense of peace and freedom found in the natural world.
Conversation in the Mountains
she is considered as one of the most or she’s considered as the first major female chinese poets and shes considered most famous female poets
Li ch’Sing-chao
is a blend of short narratives, personal musings, and many lists of observations and experiences which Sei finds beautiful or interesting. These components are loosely connected and are not compiled in chronological order.
Sei especially enjoys describing the customs of Empress Teishi’s court throughout the year, such as New Year games and parades, and the rich, carefully selected clothing worn during various court festivals. She has especially fond recollections of exhilarating events like the Kamo High Priestess’s procession, and a Sutra Ceremony at which Her Majesty was particularly radiant and even invited the youthful Sei to witness proceedings from the imperial seating area. She also describes pilgrimages to shrines, journeys that have both religious and sightseeing aspects.
The pillow book
Every single thing
PRIEST SAIGYO
How Helpless My Heart
Omo komachi
ecounts the struggle for power between the Taira (or Heike) and Minamoto (or Genji) houses in the late twelfth century. With the Taira’s defeat in 1185 and the establishment of a new warrior government by the victorious Minamoto, the medieval age began.
The Tale of Haike
a collection of Kenkō’s thoughts about the world around him, much like Sei Shōnagon’s Pillow Book. The cheerfulness of the Pillow Book, however, is replaced by a feeling of melancholy and nostalgia, because the court was — culturally as well as politically — losing its importance in Japanese society.
Essays in Idleness
It comprises seven different accounts of a crime, related by different characters to an unspeaking audience (the police commissioner or a priest).
In the Grove
