Books By BS Murthy


Puppets of Faith: Theory of Communal Strife  (A Critical Appraisal of Islamic faith, Indian polity)
BS Murthy Puppets of Faith: Theory of Communal Strife (A Critical Appraisal of Islamic faith, Indian polity)

A critical appraisal of Islamic faith, Indian polity ‘n more

  • Religion
  • English
  • 99706 Words
  • Ages 16 and up
  • 1672
  • 3

On one hand, this ‘book of logic ‘n reasoning’ appraises the Islamic faith shaped by the sublimity of Muhammad's preaching in Mecca and the severity of his sermons in Medina, which together make it Janus-faced to bedevil the minds of the Musalmans.   That apart, aided by “... Read more...

Keywords: Islam, Muhammad, terrorism, Islamic extremism, radical Islam, jihad, fidayeen, Indian Muslims, Indain islam, Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, Hindu dharma, Sanatana dharma, communal strife, Pakistan, Sufism, Mohammad, [more]

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Benign Flame:  Saga of Love
BS Murthy Benign Flame: Saga of Love

  • Romance
  • English
  • 118351 Words
  • Ages 16 and up
  • 1275
  • 1

The attractions Roopa experienced and the fantasies she entertained as a teen shaped a male imagery that ensconced her subconscious. Insensibly, confident carriage came to be associated with the image of maleness in her mind-set. Her acute consciousness of masculinity only ... Read more...

Keywords: romance, menage a trois, love story, love triangle, general fiction, literary novel, eroticism, women's dilemma, Indian family saga, plot and character novel, Indian romance, Indian erotic romance, women's story, Indian women's story, Love and seduction, Indian fiction, ménage a trios, playbody, [more]

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Bhagvad-Gita: Treatise of Self-help
BS Murthy Bhagvad-Gita: Treatise of Self-help
  • Philosophy
  • English
  • 17121 Words
  • Ages 16 and up
  • 1109
  • 5

Bhagavad-Gita is the most beautiful, perhaps the only true philosophical song existing in any known tongue’ – so opined William von Humboldt, who wrote seven-hundred verses in its praise.   Though it is a matter of consensus that Bhagvad-Gita in the present length of seve... Read more...

Keywords: Bhagvad Gita, Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Bhagavad Gita, Mahabharata, Indian philosophy, Krishna, Asian philosophy, Body and soul, Sanskrit epics, Hindu epics, Indian epics, Hindu philosophy, Body mind and soul, Gita, Bhagawad Gita, Sanskrit Classics, Indian classics, Hindu classics, [more]

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Prey on the Prowl  - A Crime Novel
BS Murthy Prey on the Prowl - A Crime Novel
  • Mystery & Crime
  • English
  • 39108 Words
  • Ages 16 and up
  • 945
  • 0

Even as Detective Dhruva was enamored of Kavya, whom he rescues from her kidnapper, Radha, an alleged murderess on the run, gatecrashes into his life.   But when Kavya too joins him after her man was poisoned there ensues the tussle of a love triangle, which gets unravele... Read more...

Keywords: Crime novel, murder mystery, detective story, love and crime, Thriller, romance, women's writing, Women's dilemma, Detective novel, murder and revenge, women criminals, murderess, crime and eroticism, Perfect murder, Indian Crime fiction, Crime fiction, Indian murder mystery, Women killers, [more]

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Crossing the Mirage:  Passing through youth
BS Murthy Crossing the Mirage: Passing through youth
  • Romance
  • English
  • 55868 Words
  • Ages 16 and up
  • 927
  • 0

If passing through youth was like crossing the mirage of life for Chandra and Nithya, it proved to be chasing the mirage of love for Sathya and Prema though for plain Vasavi, Chandra's pitiable sibling, it was the end of the road.   As life brings Chandra, who suffers fro... Read more...

Keywords: Indian novel, romance, love story, women's writing, general fiction, Literary novel, novel, fiction, Juvenile delinquient, erotic romance, Indian erotic romance, women's dilemma, literary fiction, Indian literature, Indian love story, Indian romance, Poetic Justice, Just deserts, [more]

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Glaring Shadow  - A stream of consciousness novel
BS Murthy Glaring Shadow - A stream of consciousness novel

  • Romance
  • English
  • 52185 Words
  • Ages 16 and up
  • 863
  • 1

In a stream of consciousness mode, Glaring Shadow is the self-account of the life and times of a man, who liquidates his immense wealth only to consign it to the flames.   The agony and ecstasy of his life as he makes it big in our materialistic world and the way he loses... Read more...

Keywords: Indian novel, stream of consciousness novel, women's writing, love story, romance, memoir, erotic romance, Indian fiction, Indian love story, literary novel, Indian literary novel, Indian literary fiction, Literary fiction, Indian general fcition, Indian general novel, General fcition, General novel, Childhood stories, [more]

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Onto the Stage  - Slighted Souls and other stage and radio plays
BS Murthy Onto the Stage - Slighted Souls and other stage and radio plays
  • Drama
  • English
  • 53548 Words
  • Ages 16 and up
  • 798
  • 1

A compendium of the author’s Indian stage and radio plays:   "Slighted Souls" is a poignant love story set in rural Telangana, beset with feudal exploitation of the downtrodden dalits. Besides forcing the dalits to toil in the fields as bonded labor without impunity, the ... Read more...

Keywords: Stage play, Radio play, Theatre, Drama, Indian stage play, Indian drama, Indian radio play, Indian theatre, Indian love story, Love story, Indian fiction, Political stage play, Revolution, Rebellion, Romantic stage plays, Romantic radio play, Sexual harassment at workplace, Sexual harassment, [more]

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Sundara Kãnda: Hanuman's Odyssey
BS Murthy Sundara Kãnda: Hanuman's Odyssey

  • Religion
  • English
  • 40926 Words
  • Ages 16 and up
  • 693
  • 3

WhileMahabharata's Bhagvad-Gita is taken as a philosophical guide, Ramayana's Sundara Kãnda is sought for spiritual solace; many believe that reading Sundara Kãnda or hearing it recited would remove all hurdles and usher in good tidings!   Miracles apart, it's in the natu... Read more...

Keywords: Indian mythology, Ramayana, Sundara Kanda, Rama's story, Lanka, Hanuman, Sita's captivity, Sanskrit Classics, Religion, Hinduism, Hindu mythology, Sanskrit epics, Hindu epics, Indian epics, Valmiki, Rama, Sita, Ravana, [more]

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Jewel-less Crown: Saga of Life
BS Murthy Jewel-less Crown: Saga of Life

  • Romance
  • English
  • 77272 Words
  • Ages 16 and up
  • 673
  • 2

It's perilous penning this blurb. It's fine when man is modest about his work. It even affords him the aura of an invisible crown! But what about his work? Were it an art or craft, it is there for all to see. What of a literary work of an unheralded author? Well, laud... Read more...

Keywords: Indian novel, love story, women's dilemma, general fiction, literary novel, romance, deceit, betrayal, women's writing, Artha, Kama, Dharma, Moksha, Rags to riches, juvenile delinquency, Indian romance, Indian eroticism, Women's dilemma, [more]

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Stories Varied  - A Book of Short Stories
BS Murthy Stories Varied - A Book of Short Stories

  • Short Story
  • English
  • 22497 Words
  • Ages 16 and up
  • 321
  • 1

This is a collection of the author’s short stories that deals with women's dilemmas in the Indian social milieu accompanied with unique denouements.   While 'Ilaa's Ire' contrasts woman's lot of the day with her eminence in the Vedic Age, '201' Qualms" depicts her predica... Read more...

Keywords: Short stories, Women's Stories, Love story, Indian love stories, Indian women's stories, Indian short stories, Short fiction, Women's dilemma, Love jihad, Love triangle, Other woman, Romantic stories, Lesbian, Old flame, Infidelity, Love affair, love affair, contemporary romance, [more]

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