The language of childhood is Universal. Is there any writer who does not wish to go back to those happy, innocent days when life was an endless discovery spent in the company of friends. R.K.Narayan’s Swami or Chami as he is affectionately called by his Grandmother in the TV series ‘Malgudi Days’ beautifully recreated by…
Anne Bronte’s The Tenant of Wildfel Hall is unlike any novel that I have read so far. Not getting into the details of the story which was considered far too liberal or immoral for those times, I shall touch upon the power of the novel for presenting two remarkable characters in Mr. Arthur Huntingdon and…
Mark Twain’s ‘The Prince and the Pauper’ is a romantic tale of mistaken identity and how the situation of the Prince, who is identical in appearance to the pauper, becomes miserable after the exchange. His romantic notion of freedom and liberty from the artifice and monotony of his existence turns out to be an irreversible…
After scaling high ground in Australia, India has been given a reality check in the WTC championship by Newzealand. They claimed the inaugural ICC World test championship of cricket defeating India by 8 wickets at Southampton. A team which could fight back with a line-up of reserve palyers against Australia in their backyard , faltered at the most crucial moment with all the senior players back in action. The Kiwis deserved to win , not because of superior team composition, but because of a better strategy and inspired tactics.
Reading a novel can be a weighty matter especially when the novelist looks at the more serious side of life. Expecting an instance of light hearted fun and comedy in a novel like ‘The Rainbow’ would be a misjudgment since the novel’s energy and force are vital to propel the characters ahead in a spiritual…
The digression on the length of a novel may be continued for a few more pages, to support my argument that it is not the length that merits the reading of a novel more than once. J.D. Salinger’s ‘Catcher in the Rye’ is a short novel but requires a lot of reader engagement because of…
Ever since India went into its first Lockdown, Education has been one sector, which has been hit very badly. The absence of a regular schooling schedule, has meant that the kids who do not have access to Smart phones/Computers with connectivity have been left out of the formal schooling system for prolonged periods, without support from teachers, peer learning and interaction and the guiding force of a curriculum especially at an age when they need it the most. The social, psychological cost of this break is immense and when compounded with the number of students going through this phase, will certainly drag the enrichment of
I had no idea about this novel. I should have read it long ago but it has been reserved for me after I have read the other Bronte novels; Villette, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and Elizabeth Gaskell’s biography of Charlotte Bronte. This is my first novel of Anne Bronte and I have ‘The Tenant of…
On the question of reading a novel more than once, one of my Professors made me understand how wonderfully difficult it is, to read the novel ‘Ulysses’ to get a sense of the novel’s intricacy and extravagance. I feel it is a writer’s novel. It is not a novel for the reader as it cannot…
How many times should one read a novel? This is a question that has been in my mind for a long time. With the amount of time at my disposal, after professional and personal work has been fulfilled and the large number of books which ought to be read, it is indeed very difficult to…