noted kannada author babu krishnamurthys awardwinning ajeya biographical novel on the life of revolutionary chandrashekhar azad will be released in english in the first week of august announced publishing house garuda prakashan on july 23 on the freedom fighters 115th birth anniversarythe book azad the invincible is translated into english by manjula tekal it builds a comprehensive portrait of the revolutionary through anecdotes letters his contemporaries biographical references and news sources from preindependence indiaazad the invincible is the exciting thrilling and ever inspiring saga of chandrashekhar azad the embodiment of courage conviction and heroism of indian freedom movement which is stranger than fiction it keeps the reader on tenterhooks from first page to last page said krishnamurthyoriginally published in kannada in 1974 the book which has seen numerous reprints also won krishnamurthy the karnataka sahitya academy awardaccording to the publishers the book details azads life and times from being born in a small village to povertystricken parents running away from home as a young boy becoming a coolie in mumbai learning sanskrit in varanasi to his beginnings in the freedom struggle through participation in the noncooperation movementit also details the politics at that time and looks into the questions like how and why he moved from being a gandhian to a revolutionary choosing the path of armed revolution instead as the means of combating the british colonial rule they said in a statement