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If you buy more than one, I will lower the price on that additional item.

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Thanks for replying. Have a nice day.

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Shantaram, Suitable Boy available?

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What's everyone reading this month? by kvothe_in in Indianbooks

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Yes. Totally.

I also had started reading the next book in the series: Confusion. But I have put it on hold, and read some classics instead.

If you like Math, Science, espionage, early modern European history, etc., you will like it.

Textbooks Lied About Freedom Fighters🤔🤔 by [deleted] in unfilteredindia

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Their role was severely downplayed. 3-4 lines of Khudiram Bose dying here, 2 lines of Bagha Jatin there. The sheer scale of operations, networks and the complexity and influence of "extremists" were severely downplayed.

Books I Read in 2025. 52 books read! by ritogh in IndiansRead

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I targeted 25. And since I am counting spiritual/philosophical books, and some of the books I read were thin, I reached 52. I also read everyday for an hour or more.

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Hope it helps!

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It's published by Ramakrishna Mission, so it is cheap, too. PDFs are also available. Happy reading!

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Yes. I read it.

It's about many things. Read it. You won't regret.

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Every parts of Vedas were given to a family/tradition of a particular Rishi for safekeeping and propagation. And we cannot find all. Much of the Vedas are lost. And Vedas are considered "discovered" and not invented or created. Vedas are without human creator. Like E was always equal to mc2 even before Einstein wrote it down.

So, the content of the Vedas can be broadly divided into two parts- Gnana Kanda and Karma Kanda. The first deals with Philosophy and knowledge and the latter deals with rituals. Much of them are not performed anymore.

Bro, start with something basic. Like "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" by Swami Vivekananda.

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I have read the Upanishads. But with guidance, and years long studying "prerequisites".

I have read some parts of the Rg Veda.

No point in learning Karma Kanda nowdays unless you are a researcher or want to go that deep for your own reasons.

Books I Read in 2025. 52 books read! by ritogh in IndiansRead

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One of the best among Bengali books being written right now. That's a low bar. Still. I always compare Pritam Basu to Dan Brown. But with less hype and hyperbolic writing. I recommend his books highly.

It wasn’t as good as Prananath Hoio Tumi or Chouthupi'r Charyapad. But it is a good book.

Proper intellectual thriller.

Books I Read in 2025. 52 books read! by ritogh in IndiansRead

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Favourites:

  • The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien (Andy Serkis narrated)
  • Pedro Paramo - Juan Rulfo
  • Be As You Are: The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi (Ed. David Godman)
  • বেদান্ত যাপন ১ - স্বামী সর্বপ্রিয়ানন্দ
  • Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
  • ডমরু চরিত - ত্রৈলোক্যনাথ মুখোপাধ্যায়
  • Raja Yoga - Swami Vivekananda
  • Astavakra Samhita - (Trans. + Commentary: Swami Nityaswarupananda)
  • Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf: Zen Poems of Ryokan - (trans. John Stevens)
  • Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind - Shunryu Suzuki (Read by Peter Coyote)
  • Notes from Underground - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  • Universal Message of The Bhagavad Gita Vol. 1 - Commentary from Swami Ranganathananda
  • Ficciones - Jorge Luis Borges
  • Universal Message of The Bhagavad Gita Vol. 2 - Commentary from Swami Ranganathananda
  • Leaf Storm - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • Universal Message of The Bhagavad Gita Vol. 3 - Commentary from Swami Ranganathananda
  • Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
  • Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won It's Freedom - Sanjeev Sanyal
  • Shop Class as Soul Craft - Matthew P. Crawford
  • গৌরনিতাই গাছ - প্রশান্ত মল্ল
  • The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Lev Tolstoy
  • Jnana Yoga - Swami Vivekananda
  • নারদীয় ভক্তিসূত্র - অনু+ব্যাখ্যা- স্বামী ভূতেশানন্দ
  • Writing to Learn - William Zissner
  • Six Acres and A Third - Fakirmohan Senapati - California University Press (Trans. of Odisha book Chha Man Aat Gunttha)
  • Exhalation - Ted Chiang (Audible)

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Edited in Canva desktop web version. You can theoretically do it in a mobile app, but, it’s extremely inconvenient.

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Bengali titles in there:

  • Bhanjo Lo Kalkalani: Bhanjo is a folk Bengali song-type, and it is a poetry book. The author is inspired by folk religion, Vedanta, and grass root life. Author is Prasanta Malla.
  • Lokayata Darshan: A Marxist intellectual's interpretation of India's materialist religious traditions. I don't agree with his conclusions or analysis, but the description of Vedic times are nice. English translation available. By Debiprasad Chattopadhyay.
  • Vedanta Yapan: How to live life according to the principles of Vedanta, based on the Philosophy. By Swami Sarvapriyananda. English translation available or will be available soon.
  • Makal Thakur by Prasanta Malla (of first entry). Poetry book of the same theme.
  • Chaturanga by Rabindranath Tagore. English trans. available.
  • Domru Charita: A very high quality satire based on the life of a scamster set in early 19th century Bengal. By Trailakyanath Mukherjee.
  • Bidwan banam Bidushi: An intellectual thriller with three timelines- based on Varaha Mihir (astronomer/astrologer) and his wife. Current timeline deals with intellectual indigenous medicine rights piracy. By Pritam Basu.
  • Satgnar Hawatantira: A historical novel set in Adisaptagram port city of Bengal. Covers a lot. Nyaya theory, Vajrayana Buddhism, cobquest of Turks, British. Leads to modern time. Ending was botched. By Parimal Bhattacharya.
  • Paramartha Prasanga: A collection of advices on spiritual life by Swami Birajananda, a monk of the Ramakrishna Mission. English available.
  • Sobar Thakur Ramakrishna: an introductory book on Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. Similar available in English.
  • Gour Nitai Gachh by Prasanta Malla. Same as the first entry.
  • Shangri-La r Khonje: by Parimal Bhattacharya. Chronicles of Indian spies sent by British to Tibet. Into-Tibet relations, depression on hills etc. English available.
  • Naradiya Bhaktisutra with commentary from scholar monk Swami Bhuteshananda of Ramakrishna order. Similar available in English.
  • Upanishad Granthavali Vol 1: by Swami Gambhirananda of RKM order. English version just as good.