‘डॉल हाउस’ - मनीषा शर्मा

डॉल हाउस’ उपन्यास हमारे समाज में स्त्री जीवन के पीछे छिपे उस वीभत्स सत्य को उजागर करता है जो उसके आगे लगे सभी सुनहरी परदों की पर्तों को उधेड़कर रख देता है। देवी के रूप में स्त्री को पूजने वाला हमारा समाज किस कद्र वहशी होकर स्त्रियों का शारीरिक और मानसिक बलात्कार करता है, इसे इस उपन्यास के माध्यम से महसूस किया जा सकता है। स्त्री को मात्र भोग्य वस्तु मानने वाला पुरूष वर्ग उसे केवल ‘भोग्य’ के रूप में देखता है। एक तरफ स्त्रियाँ जहाँ चाँद पर कदम रखकर अपना वर्चस्व स्थापित कर रही हैं वहीं हासिए के दूसरी ओर देखें तो स्त्रियों की स्थिति कुछ ज्यादा अच्छी नहीं है। अँधेरे बंद कमरों में अपराधियों सा जीवन जी रहीं ये स्त्रियाँ अपने अस्तित्व को बनाए रखने के लिए मात्र संघर्षरत नहीं हैं बल्कि तिल-तिल कर जलने और घुटने के लिए बाध्य हैं। इन लोगों के जीवन के सत्य को जब जानने का प्रयत्न किया तो पाया कि ये एक ऐसे दलदल के ऊपर अपना जीवन जी रही हैं कि जहाँ आत्मग्लानि और लोगों के वीभत्स व्यवहार के नीचे धंसते चले जाने के अलावा उनके पास कोई विकल्प नहीं है।

विवशताओं से घिरकर ‘बार घर’ में कार्य करने के लिए बाध्य ‘डॉल हाउस’ की नायिकाएँ क्षमा, निसार, माया, रागिनी

समाज की स्त्रियों के उस वर्ग का प्रतिनिधित्व करती हैं जो अपने अस्तित्व को बनाए रखने के लिए संघर्ष करते हुए यहाँ आ गई हैं। जिस्मानी नुमाइश की इस चमकदार दुनिया में रंगीले नोटों के ढेर का आकर्षण उन्हें एक ऐसे दलदल की ओर खींच ले गया है जहाँ से लौटकर आना नामुमिकन है। मुंबई की इन चमकदार और तंग गलियों में ऐसी तमाम रुहें अपने अस्तित्व को बनाए रखने के लिए भटक रही हैं या परिस्थितियों के कारण विवश हैं। पग-पग पर अपने भीतर मर रहे स्त्रीत्व और टूटे ख्वाबों के टुकड़े समेटते हुए वे किस तरह अपना जीवन व्यतीत कर रही हैं, इसका वास्तविक चित्र इस उपन्यास में उभर कर आया है।




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“I LOVE YOU… A LITTLE TOO MUCH” By SHAMBHAVIEE UPADHYAY

Love is like trudging on the sharp edge of a razor. If you're not careful, you're bound to hurt yourself.
It can leave you scarred for life and you might lose your faith in love altogether. Like some of us, Sharanya too believed that she couldn't fall in love with anyone; whether it was due to some preconceived notions or a personal experience, it is a mystery for her pals. She's an ambivert girl, stricken with her demons that keep haunting her. She believes that relationships these days are nothing but superficial, until she met Advay. He’s a carefree, tenderhearted soul, who tries to the best of his ability to reaffirm her faith in love. Sharanya, however, is headstrong and opts to live a life of denial. Did she give up on what her heart seeked so dearly or not -- explore her journey with “I Love You… a little too much”, a story of love, separation, feelings and emotions that will rekindle your heart with love.





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'Lily And The Spring' And 'The Collected Poems' By Spring Boy Saman

Saman speaks about fundamental things which are a part of every human life – love, sorrow, food, joy, work, crime, freedom, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion and death.

‘Lily and the Spring’ offers no short cuts or any formula to happiness or successful living essentially, but bids you to look closely into your own heart and divine minds.

The author’s second book, 'The Collected Poems' by Spring Boy Saman is a lake of poems. You taste one drop, you will consume it ooze by ooze. And finally, your thirst would be destroyed. The book contains the aroma smell of romance, love, nature, earth and the feelings of peace in death. The book offers no short cuts or any formulae to happiness or successful living. Essentially, it bids you to look closely into your own heart and divine mind.

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“Dreams of a Cloudless Sky” By Devanshi Pandey

I am the night sky. The night sky is me. It took me fifteen years to realize why the night sky had always intrigued me; why, as a child, I'd always crawled away from my cradle to get a glimpse of the sheer darkness of the sky; why, even at 15, in this forlorn world, the glimmering stars are my companions. Their stardust's built of stories I have told them over years. It coaxes me, it's heat kindling fire in my torso, letting me feel the summer heat, walking through lanes of snow and mist. It has lived in me, in my veins, in my head, in my heart. I've learnt to embrace the beauty in it's pain, while just being wind, carrying florets with me and caressing it's calloused hands. It embraces me too as I lay under it, every time, batting my eyelashes and going back to dreams of a utopia, of a well orchestrated life. The night sky holds my dreams and problems, listens to them and softly drawls "One day, you'd be there." For I, am a dreamer, and it holds my fantasy. Rip the sky into shreds and you'll see the real me.
I am the night sky, the night sky is me. I hold the darkness but I hold stars, too, in me.

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“The Caged Souls” By Imtiyaz Ahmad Shah

‘The Caged Souls’ revolves around a few characters who became the victims of an unholy war in the past. Kashmir is the place where we witness bloodshed, brutality and torture every second day. Life is very tough in Kashmir and it is very hard to survive there. The book tells us the story of many people who were traumatized, victimized and almost beaten up to death. Their pain and sufferings led me to write this book. I, too, witnessed many illicit events in Kashmir when I was a child, at a time when I was not fully aware, but as time had passed, I came to know about many things, and I was finally able to express my thoughts and musings through my writing. Kashmir is a fully militarized zone, and we are forced to show identity cards by some migrated birds in our own beloved state. We don’t enjoy the freedom of speech and freedom of expression; our voices have been strangled and we are no longer the residents of Kashmir. The main reason behind writing this book is to highlight the key, unaddressed issues of Kashmir. The book is my dream project and it is very close to my heart. There are some themes of love and separation towards the end.

This is the story of everyone living in Kashmir—a novel about the journey, atrocities, pain, and oppression that has prevailed in Kashmir since decades. It depicts how Kashmiris have suffered and been tortured ruthlessly by some dominant forces. The novel also deals with themes of love and separation towards the end.

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“FALLEN TO RISE” By Bobby D’souza

A heart-warming, crazy roller coaster ride narrative of Bobby Dsouza’s simple but unique journey from a bankrupt lost ‘teen labourer’ on the streets of Mumbai, to someone who now inspires delegates across demographics. CEO’s, CXO’s, students & leadership teams have been his audience till date.

The journey starts from the story of a broken marriage of a woman at 25 (Bob’s mom), who works hard for the future of her 3 children, without any help from the society. The story takes you through scarcity, tears, happiness of this family bringing in laughter, romance & a whole loads of lessons of ‘Fallen to Rise’!

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“23:59:59” By Sadashiv Pradhan

Sadashiv, an MBA graduate from XLRI, Jamshedpur, started writing his debut novel 23:59:59 during his college. Since childhood, Sadashiv was a passionate storyteller and a prolific writer. Even during hectic and stressful days of B-school, he did not let his love for writing fade away. 23:59:59 was conceptualized during his XLRI days where he believed that there was a story to be told! Every year approximately 2 Lac candidates attempt common entrance tests to try and get an admission in the best B-schools of India. This is one of the biggest rat races of Indian educational system in which hardly few taste success – 23:59:59 is the story of those chosen few!
23:59:59 is a raw, unapologetically honest, extremely gripping, and beautifully complex attempt of uncovering a story inside the best B-schools of India. It holds a mirror to what really happens in a B-school, it depicts MBA culture for all its hypocrisy and glory. More importantly, it sheds light on what MBA in India claims to be and what it means in the end.
The quest for true passion vs the glamour of money, the need to achieve vs the love of learning, the 'Why MBA' fake answer vs the real motivation of people to do an MBA - these are some of the ethical conundrums around which Sadashiv has wonderfully woven his story. 23:59:59 is must read for all of those who want to relive their B-school journey, for those who soon going to be a part of bandwagon, and for those who wish to experience MBA culture in India.

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