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The Brahma Purana (Sanskrit: ब्रह्म पुराण, Brahma Purāņa) is one of the major eighteen Mahapuranas, a genre of Hindu religious texts. The extant text comprises 246 chapters. It is divided into two parts, namely the Purvabhaga (former part) and the Uttarabhaga (later part). The first part narrates the story behind the creation of the cosmos, details the life and deeds of Rama and Krishna. Chapters 70–175 deal with Gautami Mahatmya (Glorification of the Godavari River). The second part contains the details about the Purushottama Tirtha, which is one of the holy places.

Brahma Purana is a Mahapurana in which the Rajas guna prevails.^{[clarification needed]} It is the first of the eighteen Puranas in all the lists, except that of the Padma Purana.^[1]

See also[link]

• Gudhi Padwa

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Mani, Vettam. Puranic Encyclopedia. 1st English ed. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1975.
• Vyāsa [1982], Peter Schreiner and Renate Söhnen, editor(s), Brahmapurāṇa – Tübingen Purâna Project Version, (Tübingen: Tübingen Purâna Project, Seminar for Indology and Comparative History of Religions of the University of Tübingen, 1982–1988), full text available at http://sarit.indology.info/newphilo/navigate.pl?indologica.1

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For other uses, see Golden Age (disambiguation).

A Golden Age is the first novel of the Bangladesh born writer Tahmima Anam. It tells the story of the Bangladesh War of Independence through the eyes of one family. The novel was awarded the prize for Best First Book in the Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2008. It was also shortlisted for the 2007 Guardian First Book Award. The first chapter of the novel appeared in the January 2007 edition of Granta magazine.

Plot summary[link]

The plot of the novel describes the true story of the writer's grandmother during the Bangladesh Liberation War. During the war her grandma helped the Freedom Fighters by protecting their ammunitions. Once when the army came to her house and threatened that they would take the youngest son of the family if she did not give them the information about the fighters, she somehow successfully tackled them. The person who portrays the character is named Rehana Haque. The story also covers the inner conflict of Rehana as she loses the custody of her children after her husband's death. Along with her desperate attempt to win the minds of her children, she tries to protect them as they get involved in the war.

Characters[link]

• Rehana Haque: The main character.
• Sohail: Rehana's son.
• Maya: Rehana's daughter.
• Mrs. Chowdbury: Rehana's friend and neighbor.
• Silvi: Mrs. Chowdbury's daughter and a love interest of Sohail's.

External links[link]

• http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1957367,00.html
• http://www.thebookseller.com/?pid=2&did=21510

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