Vishv Books imprint: 22 books

This section serves up the very best of Kipling’s short stories. Kipling’s fame as a short fiction writer is based predominantly on three types of stories: his exotic tales of India, his narratives about the military, and his children’s books. His portrayal of India and its culture occupies...

Four Chapters denounced terrorism when revolutionary terrorism was a symbol of courage, dedication, sacrifice and heroism. The main plot revolves around the story of two modern Bengali lovers. The revolutionary movement in Bengal provides a special dramatic setting to their love. The Hidden Treasure...

Tagore’s creativity seemed a counterpart to the creativity of the universe as a whole. ‘The Religion of Man’ was what he called it; but ‘The Poet’s Religion’, the title given to the first lecture in Creative Unity 1922, would be a better name, since the religion is inseparable from ‘his’...

This collection of O. Henry's finest stories is a showcase for the uniqueness and sheer variety of one of the best and widely popular short story writers that America has produced. Though O. Henry was frequently thought of as a 'funny' writer, he did address the darker side of life in some of his...

This collection of O. Henry’s finest stories is a showcase for the uniqueness and sheer variety of one of America’s best and widely popular short story writers. His stories expressed the effect of coincidence on character through humour, grim or ironic and often had surprise endings, a device...

This book contains numerous interesting stories related with human behaviour, human socio-psycho-logical character, metabolic change in psyche as well as the impact of socio-political changes of time and situations. It is the hard fact that many stories portrayed have not linked with pragmatism and...

George Barnard Shaw once remarked about the plays of Shakespeare that Shakespeare had presented idiot characters, how could people bear them till centuries. Was Hamlet such an idiot that could do nothing except making idle talk and searching mystery of life? Why is this the most popular play of Shakespeare?...

Shakespeare's romantic play ' Cymbeline' is carefully set in the pre-Christian Roman era. The main theme of Cymbeline–Posthumus' wager on the chastity of his wife, Imogen–Shakespeare derived from a story in Boccacio's Decameron. But he put this Italianate intrigue...

The book titled Simon’s Papa and other Stories comprises various interesting stories related to human life on pragmatic, imaginative thought process. Most of the stories give the lesson to live a placid life. Simon’s Papa is one of the inspiring stories. Let’s read, relish and acknowledge....

Leo Tolstoy started writing short stories after he left the military in 1856 and grew as a new rising star in literature of Russia. The war of Crimea provided him the background for his future stories. However, “how much land does a man need” had always influenced him during his future writing...

It is a guide for you, i.e. for a woman of 21st century. It takes care of every minute detail required to be known by a teenager girl or by any adult woman which she, otherwise, will not know as they always hesitate to ask! Instead of acquiring a second hand information from the elders or from friends...

Shivaji always felt that Hindu kings if they ever met, they met in battlefield. Therefore Ekoji, younger brother of Shivaji, who snatched the rule of Thanjavur, was arrested for not surrendering. However two junior officers, Sayyed and Kajanji smuggled Ekoji safely to Thanjavur. For their this bold...

With modern thoughts, romantic nature and a stranger to the unpleasant experiences of life, dream girl Reema became Deepika for a short period and went to Mahabaleshwar. Here when she meets a stranger, she hopes that her dreams will come true. Why Reema becomes Deepika? What incidents take place in...

Young vivacious Puja visits her sister in Nainital, where she accidentally runs into Raj Mehra, a handsome writer. A chance meeting with this dashing and witty stranger culminates into a series of exciting episodes for Puja. She finds herself drawn towards his charm and straightforwardness and eventually...