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Rai was born in Leicester in 1971, to Punjabi parents. [1] At the age of eleven, he read The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend , which inspired him to take up writing. He has also cited Roald Dahl as an early influence on his writing. [ 2 ]
(Un)arranged Marriage is the story of Manjit (nicknamed Manny), a teenage boy living in Leicester, England.His strict Punjabi parents are disappointed in Manny's poor behaviour and grades at school, so they decide to arrange a marriage between Manny and a girl from India, whom he does not know.
Khulasat-ut-Tawarikh (Persian: خلاصة التواریخ, "Epitome of History") is a Persian language chronicle written by Sujan Rai Bhandari in the Mughal Empire of present-day India. It deals with the history of Hindustan (northern Indian subcontinent ), and it also contains details about the contemporary Mughal Empire.
The History of Bali covers a period from the Paleolithic to the present, and is characterized by migrations of people and cultures from other parts of Asia. In the 16th century, the history of Bali started to be marked by Western influence with the arrival of Europeans, to become, after a long and difficult colonial period under the Dutch, an example of the preservation of traditional cultures ...
Between 1908 and 1923, the press published 87 of Tagore's works, including Gitanjali, Chokher Bali, Gora, and Galpaguchchha. [2] [6] [7] The Indian Press was also the first to publish an illustrated edition of Tagore's works in 1909, featuring seven of his own illustrations. [2]
The earliest, and only, record of paintings at Kertha Gosa dates from 1842 and is written in a lontara (a book that holds prayers, the history of Bali, and epics). [ citation needed ] Also it is not known whether the paintings were a permanent feature of the pavilion or if they were a temporary decoration for a celebration.
His father, Raja Rai Narain Bali Bahadur, died early when Rajeshwar was 10 years of age. After completing his studies, he took over the reign of Dariyabad as 14th Taluqdar . Dariyabad was a large Kayastha state in Awadh (Oudh), United Provinces (since 1950 called Uttar Pradesh ).
Having been translated into Turkish and Arabic, the book remained in circulation for a thousand years, and it is among the most influential books of Islamic historical literature. While the author claims the book is a Persian translation of al-Tabari 's History of the Prophets and Kings , it is actually an independent work.