Devta (meaning Demi-god in
HinduismHinduism is the predominant religion of the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism is often referred to as ', a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal law", by its adherents. Generic "types" of Hinduism that attempt to accommodate a variety of complex views span folk and Vedic Hinduism to bhakti tradition, as...
) is a serialized fantasy story written in the
UrduUrdu is a Central Indo-Aryan language of the Indo-Iranian branch, belonging to the Indo-European family of languages. It is one of the two official languages of Pakistan. It is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of five Indian states...
language by Mohiuddin Nawab. It has been published monthly for 33 years in the Pakistani magazine
Suspense DigestSuspense 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
PakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located at the crossroads of South Asia, the Middle East, and Central Asia...
,
IndiaIndia, 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, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...
and various parts of world where Urdu is spoken.
Devta is fictional autobiography of Farhad Ali Taimur, a man who has gained amazing
telepathicTelepathy is supposed to be the transfer of information on thoughts or feelings between individuals by means other than the five senses . The term was coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Fredric W. H...
powers.
Devta is one of the longest continuously-publishing / published stories ever, and continues to add new chapters monthly.
Devta (meaning Demi-god in
HinduismHinduism is the predominant religion of the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism is often referred to as ', a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal law", by its adherents. Generic "types" of Hinduism that attempt to accommodate a variety of complex views span folk and Vedic Hinduism to bhakti tradition, as...
) is a serialized fantasy story written in the
UrduUrdu is a Central Indo-Aryan language of the Indo-Iranian branch, belonging to the Indo-European family of languages. It is one of the two official languages of Pakistan. It is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of five Indian states...
language by Mohiuddin Nawab. It has been published monthly for 33 years in the Pakistani magazine
Suspense DigestSuspense 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
PakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located at the crossroads of South Asia, the Middle East, and Central Asia...
,
IndiaIndia, 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, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...
and various parts of world where Urdu is spoken.
Devta is fictional autobiography of Farhad Ali Taimur, a man who has gained amazing
telepathicTelepathy is supposed to be the transfer of information on thoughts or feelings between individuals by means other than the five senses . The term was coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Fredric W. H...
powers.
Devta is one of the longest continuously-publishing / published stories ever, and continues to add new chapters monthly. It is uncertain when (or if) the story will be completed. It was started in February, 1977 and it has been appearing every month in Suspense Digest. It is a non-stop endless story to be continued till the last breath of the writer Mohiuddin Nawab.
Records
- COMPARISON OF DEVTA WITH PREVIOUS GUINNESS RECORDS AND READING TIME OF DEVTA:
(1) Devta has 11206310 words as compared to 2070000 words of Les Hommes de bonne volonté (Men of Good Will) by Louis Henri Jean Farigoule alias
Jules RomainsJules Romains, born Louis Henri Jean Farigoule , was a French poet and writer and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement. His works include the play Dr...
, of France recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records, 1994.
(2) Devta has 49 volumes published and volume No(s). 50, 51, 52 & 53 under print as compared to 40 volumes of novel Tokugawa Ieyasu by Sohachi Yamaoka, recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records, 1997.
(3) Devta has 22412620 characters (=letters) as compared to 9609000 characters of
A la Recherche du Temps PerduIn Search of Lost Time or Remembrance of Things Past is a semi-autobiographical novel in seven volumes by Marcel Proust. His most prominent work, it is popularly known for its extended length and the notion of involuntary memory, the most famous example being the "episode of the madeleine"...
(Remembrance of Things Past) by
Marcel ProustValentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust was a French novelist, essayist, and critic, best known as the author of À la recherche du temps perdu , a monumental work of twentieth-century fiction published in seven parts from 1913 to...
recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records, 1998.
(4) Reading Time of Devta: Total reading time 01 Month (=30 days), 03 Days (=24 hours each), 08 Hours, 23 Minutes & 13.783..... Seconds required, applying marathon event / endurance GUINNESS rule of 5 minutes break / rest interval after each completed hour, continuous reading of 14777 pages (@ 3 minutes per digest size page reading) & 55 lines (@ 2.432..... seconds per line reading) of Devta published up to September, 2008.
- DEVTA's RECORDS ARE CHANGING CONSTANTLY.
GUINNESS RECORDS RESEARCH SERVICES' COMMENT:
.....Unfortunately, your proposal has not been confirmed as a record on this occasion.
Guinness letter dated: 4 October, 1999.