..adaab arz hai 
I would appreciate a list of Urdu books on the following topics/areas
And English mein
iss tareeqay se main apni reading range baRhaana chaahita hooN I can do the same for others too :))
Rumaani novel
Shermeeli...by Razia but or salma kanwal
mulla nasurdin ke latifay....by mulla ji baqalm khud:)
Right now yahi zeHn meiN heiN :)
Oh haaN...long time ago i read this novel by Zaka-ur-rab-rubaab..."Tujh bin teri bina roye"....Sighz Sighz Sighz....asif bhai aap ru ru ke pagal ho jayeiN ge:) dil mazboot hei tou paRhiye ga:)
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Originally posted by Asif:
**..adaab arz hai :)
I would appreciate a list of Urdu books on the following topics/areas
2.aik tanz o mazaaHiyya kitaab
Urdu ki aakhri Kitab- Ibne INsha
English
Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy. Douglas Adams.
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintainance.
Jonathan Livingstone Seagull. Richard Bach
Illusions. Richard Bach
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Originally posted by Fraudz:
English
Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy. Douglas Adams.
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Ditto.
Whatever you read, don't miss Bano Qudsia's Raja Gidh. A must read.
For non-fiction, Steven Hawkin's A brief History of time.
Roman
42!!!
Fraudia,
Trust me, I am half through asking the right question! Just need couple of more galaxial years! :)
Sorry...Shermeeli is by Bushra Rehman:)
On a serious note Asif....aap samandar ko koozay meiN band kerne ko keh rahe ho....its really hard to pick just one book and say ...here is the best book ...go read it:)
but these guys recommended excellent books:)
Seagull is a must read...infact it is a kinda book u wanna read again and again...and good thing is its very short....u'll read it in an hour or so....
I haven't read illusions yet...but just ordered it:)
And Raja Gidh.....excellent Novel....i wish ke some one translate it in english so the whole world can enjoy it....
Another Urdu book i'll recommend is "Ali'Poor ka Ailee" by Mufti Sahib.....Es book ko Urdu ka guru garanth saab kehtay heiN....and insha ji said ...ke es book ko aisay hi paRhna chaiay jesay hammaray sikh bhai "Garanth saab" paRhtay heiN....Choki pe rakh ke morchhal ke neechay beth ke:)
"Udaas nasleiN" by Abdullah hussain....but if u have read "War N Peace" then don't bother...
My personal fav...."Parinday" by TaRaR sahib.....must read.....
Angraizi....hmmm
Candide by voltaire!!!!
Dream Play by strindberg...(i really really luv this one)
Tanzo'mizzah....hmmmm....forget all those baRay BaRay mashoor writers like yousfi , col. khan and insha ji :)...read Maj.Ishfaq's
"Gentleman bismillah", "Gentleman Alhamdulillah", and third is i guess "Gentleman Mashallah"...(i haven't read the third one:-()
ok enuff for now....Ab poora mahina araam se betho...paRho paRho aur sirf paRho:)
Happy Reading:)
Ciao
naiko
know any places I can get my hands on the "gentlemen" books. The clowns here at the desi store have a limited selection.
Or I will have to wait until someone is coming from Pakistan. I know Azkar's wifey is in Pak, maybe I can get him to get her to get them for me..such a long process.
as far as enlgish books go. I would recommend the entire foundation series by asimov and Rama series by clark.
moi sci fi fan.
I would recommend that you read Rama .. but don't read any further..
it gets worse.. but most probably you will jus because you wan' to find out what happens next... my advice DONT..
i wanted to break something after i read the third and fourth
AHHHH
Black Zero I agree, only read it to find out what happens in the end, the dewd had an amazing concept, too good but wanted to put a closure on it too soon and thus killed the latter books.
Fraud Bhai…i just checked it for u…sang-e-meel has both books:)
Go to www.sang-e-meel.com
but they don’t accept credit cards yet…so u have to send them a check and they’ll mail u the books…
PS. they do have an excellent collection of books…
Oh haaN Asif don't miss "Metamorphosis" by Kafka......
The book which I will recommand is
"RAJA GIDH".If you believe in thought provoking book then I will say that "RAJA GIDH" is the book of next century.
For poetry I will suggest Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
For humor I will tell any book by Mushtaq Yousafi.
For romantic novel I will give you the name of Rahim Gul's "Tun Tarara".
For travel stories everybody's favorite Mustanser Hussain Tarar.
I don,t read historic novels.I like to read
history.So sorry about that.
And for afsana I will send you to Munshi Prem
Chand and especially his book "HUM PAGAL HAIN".
THIS IS
GUPORA
[This message has been edited by GUPORA (edited March 31, 2000).]
Thankoo everyone for all those suggestions :)
Special thanx for Naikoo :)
I started reading Yousufi's Zargazisht for tanz o mizaaH but couldn't finish it...it started well and then...god, who wants to read about his adventures in banking?!! (he does have a wonderful stlye of writing though==the section on the adaab of eating kebabs in Delhi was brilliant!! and I love his constant interjections of Ghalib et al.)
Perhaps I will try his other books...
Ahmad Faraz --he is one of my fave . :)
Hitchhiker's guide--not my style of SF! (I like REAL SF)
Razia BuTT --read a few of her books. v. good :)Sharmeeli I haven't yet read...will do so :)
..I tried to find Raja Gidh in the lib. but it was not there...(the local libaray does urdu books too :))...WILL insha Allah read it...
started the english transl. of udaas naslein by abdullah hussain himself..didn't finish it..might read the urdu instead...
Brief History of Time --read. okay.
(Note: You should read "Surely, Your're Joking Mr. Feynman!" by R. Feynman, Nobel physicist --THAT is awesome :))
...
Asif,
Can’t suggest any urdu (have only read translations, and Romanized urdu shairi (can’t read urdu
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As far as english go, here’s some of my favorites (by author):
Hemingway
-For Whom the bell Tolls
-Farewell to Arms
Steinback
-The winter of our discontent
-The moon is down
Hugo
-Les Miserables
Austen
-Pride & Prejudice
Ayn Rand
-The Fountainhead
-Atlas shrugged
Dumas
-The viconte de Bragleaone
-the Count of Monte Cristo
jeffery Archer
-Kane & Abel
-As the Crow Flies
REAL sci fi?
how much real could it be than that?
just because its not like 2001?
SCifi dunn hafta be serious, or drama or just action oriented :)
Fraudia bhai jaan
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I mean what is called “HARD” sci-fi–that is sci-fi grounded in real science…
Waisay kisee nay "Dastaan-e-ameer hamza" parrhi hai kya?
Khurram have u read Hemingway's "Sun Also Rises"....i like that one...
Austin...hmmm:)...is too zanana ....angrezi ki bushra rehman or salma kanwal:)i'll its better to watch 2 hr movie based on her novels than reading those lengthy novels:)
Hugo's...Les miserables is a very good choice....i still have to watch the show...may be one of these days....
X-Factor...ofcourse ....Daastan-e-Amir Hamza
is a must read....i luved that character "Ummro Ayyaar"...and his "ZaNbeel"....
Kaliya sub ke liay .. jo bhi kitab chahiay .. Kaliya say roju karain.