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  2. "Bhisham Sahni's last published book, an autobiography with the quiet title Aaj Ke Ateet (The Pasts of the Present), is a beautiful culmination of a lifetime of excellent writing. Apart from giving us an intimate account of some of the salient phases of his life, it epitomizes his literary qualities.

  3. Aug 4, 2024 · Bhisham Sahni was a Hindi writer, actor, teacher, translator, and polyglot who was especially known for his poignant and realistic work Tamas (1974; Darkness), depicting the aftermath of the 1947 partition of India.

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  4. Bhisham Sahni has 72 books on Goodreads with 10684 ratings. Bhisham Sahni’s most popular book is तमस.

  5. Aug 31, 2015 · BhishamSahni’s last unpublished novel on Gautama Buddha was written in English. He did numerous translations of Indian and foreign writers into English and Hindi, including Tolstoy’s ‘Resurrection’ and his novelettes. He translated his own novels, ‘Tamas’ and ‘MayyadaskiMaadi’ into English.

  6. Jan 1, 1982 · The last of Sahni's work in Penguin's Modern Classics series is Mansion, a gripping tale about power, its arrogance and spectacle and the many claimants and renouncers, who desire or fear it. Magnificient in scope and intensely moving, Mansion spans the long years between the fall of the Khalsa regime and the turbulence of the British Raj.

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  7. Jul 31, 2003 · His other novels greatly enrich our understanding of the complexities of human nature and relationships. His last novel, Neelu, Nilima, Neelofer , was published in 2000. His short stories,...

  8. Jul 11, 2019 · So compelling is the book that it has been translated into English three times — most recently in 2018 — and also made into an iconic TV serial by Govind Nahalani. Sahni’s writings earned him the Shiromani Writers Award in 1979, Padma Bhushan in 1998 and Sahitya Akademi fellowship in 2002, among countless others. Show Full Article.