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Gunahon Ka Devta

गुनाहों का देवता

by Dharamvir Bharati

★★★★★ 4/5 · Poornadnyan rating

The big idea

In Allahabad, Chander and Sudha share a deep love that his idealism will not allow him to accept – with heartbreaking results.

Read it if…

Young readers and anyone who loves an emotional love story.

Skip it if…

You find intense, idealistic romance hard to enjoy.

Key ideas in 2 minutes

  1. Idealism can hurt the people we love most.
  2. Unspoken feelings shape lives as much as spoken ones.
  3. Love and sacrifice are not always the same thing.

Our review

One of the best-selling Hindi novels of all time, read and re-read by generation after generation of young readers.

Emotional and very readable. Keep tissues nearby.

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