YUNOVA Stories
People who built their skillsजिन लोगों ने अपने skill खुद बनाए
True stories of people who built a skill step by step, written from public sources, and where you can start on the same skill for free.ऐसे लोगों की सच्ची कहानियाँ जिन्होंने कदम-दर-कदम एक skill सीखा, public sources से लिखी हुई, और वह जगह जहाँ आप वही skill free में शुरू कर सकते हैं।
Language & CommunicationGulzar: from a Mumbai garage to the Jnanpith Award
Gulzar · Urdu poet, lyricist and film directorGulzar was a teenager doing odd jobs in Bombay when he was writing couplets in his spare time. Over more than seven decades he became one of the best-known Urdu poets of his era, a lyricist for Hindi cinema, a film director, and in 2024 a winner of India's highest literary honour, the Jnanpith Award. His story shows how a love of language, fed every day, can grow into a life's work.Read story →
Language & CommunicationRuskin Bond: the teenager who wrote a novel and never stopped
Ruskin Bond · Author of The Room on the Roof and more than 500 short stories and essaysRuskin Bond started writing his first novel when he was seventeen, far from home in England. That book, The Room on the Roof, won a literary prize, and its author went on to write hundreds of short stories, essays and novellas and dozens of books for children, most of them from a small town in the hills. His story shows what a steady writing habit and plain, honest words can do over a lifetime.Read story →- Language & Communication
Sudha Murty: an engineer who writes simple stories
Sudha Murty · Author, engineer and philanthropistSudha Murty studied in a Kannada-medium school, struggled with English in engineering college, and wrote her first English book only after she turned 50. Today her books, written in plain and simple language, are read in homes and schools across India. Her journey shows that clear writing is a skill you can start building at any age.Read story →