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Mahabharata by C.Rajagopalachari
A long time ago two families were to inherit a vast kingdom known as the Kuru Empire The five sons of Pandu called the Pandavas were brave warriors each of them born with divine blood running through their veins They were virtuous examples of humanity at its peak They were endowed with wisdom patience strength knowledge and compassion Their cousins the hundred sons of Dhritarashtra were called the Kauravas The Kauravas were greedy always hankering after more wealth Since neither Pandu nor Dhritarashtra were suited to reign over the kingdom the throne had to be equally divided between these two families However the Kauravas cheated the Pandavas out of their share and drove them into a long exile They constantly try to kill them throughout their exile but the Pandavas persist At long last they return to claim their rightful inheritance but the Kauravas are not ready to part with even a portion of the kingdom With the stage set the Pandavas and the Kauravas meet in an epic battle on a fie
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"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."So begins Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's witty comedy of manners--one of the most popular novels of all time--that features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet as they play out their spirited courtship in a series of eighteenth-century drawing-room intrigues.
A Modern approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning
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