Devta
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Devta is a serialized fantasy story written in the Urdu
language by Mohiuddin Nawab. It was published monthly for 33 years in the Pakistani magazine Suspense Digest
, which is available in Pakistan
, India
and various parts of world where Urdu is spoken. Devta is the fictional autobiography of Farhad Ali Taimoor, a man who gained amazing telepathic
powers.
Devta is one of the longest continuously-publishing / published stories ever. It was started in February, 1977 and it has been appearing every month in Suspense Digest with its concluding chapter published in January 2010 with the death of its fictional telepathic narrator Farhad Ali Taimoor.
, of France.
Devta has 49 volumes published and volume No(s). 50 through 53 under print as compared to 40 volumes of novel Tokugawa Ieyasu by Sohachi Yamaoka.
Devta has 22,412,620 characters as compared to 9,609,000 characters of A la Recherche du Temps Perdu
(Remembrance of Things Past) by Marcel Proust
.
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
language by Mohiuddin Nawab. It was published monthly for 33 years in the Pakistani magazine Suspense Digest
Suspense Digest
Suspense Digest is the largest circulated monthly Urdu language magazine in Pakistan. The approximately 320-page magazine is published by Jasoosi Publications. The first issue was launched in January 1972...
, which is available in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and various parts of world where Urdu is spoken. Devta is the fictional autobiography of Farhad Ali Taimoor, a man who gained amazing telepathic
Telepathy
Telepathy , is the induction of mental states from one mind to another. The term was coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Fredric W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research, and has remained more popular than the more-correct expression thought-transference...
powers.
Devta is one of the longest continuously-publishing / published stories ever. It was started in February, 1977 and it has been appearing every month in Suspense Digest with its concluding chapter published in January 2010 with the death of its fictional telepathic narrator Farhad Ali Taimoor.
Records
Devta has 11,206,310 words as compared to 2,070,000 words of Les Hommes de bonne volonté (Men of Good Will) by Louis Henri Jean Farigoule alias Jules RomainsJules Romains
Jules Romains, born Louis Henri Jean Farigoule , was a French poet and writer and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement...
, of France.
Devta has 49 volumes published and volume No(s). 50 through 53 under print as compared to 40 volumes of novel Tokugawa Ieyasu by Sohachi Yamaoka.
Devta has 22,412,620 characters as compared to 9,609,000 characters of A la Recherche du Temps Perdu
In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time or Remembrance of Things Past is a novel in seven volumes by Marcel Proust. His most prominent work, it is popularly known for its considerable length and the notion of involuntary memory, the most famous example being the "episode of the madeleine." The novel is widely...
(Remembrance of Things Past) by Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental À la recherche du temps perdu...
.