Confessions of a Economic Hitman, The World is Flat, A brief history of Time, The Tao of Physics, Life on the Mississippi, Living to tell the tale, My experiments with truth, The last Moghul, Hampi The forgotten empire, Orientalism, Seven years in Tibet, The naked Nagas, Biography of Napoleon, Walden, Waste Land, The autobiography of…
Victorian Prose marks a high point in the English Literature canon. For the first time the novel takes precedence over other forms of writing. This is also the age of periodicals and magazines opening up a different way of reading and writing in the form of serialisation. The Victorian novelists: Charles Dickens, George Eliot, WM…
A sudden rain springs forthInside the house the sound of the dropsIs drowned by the breeze of the air conditionerIt is rain at duskA group of school girls are surprisedThey sprint ahead in a cloud of giggle-gaggleAn elderly man walks with dignityAs the drops drench his shirtThe rhythm continuesLike a sing songIn an ebb and…
Emotively is what you could be passionate about; what lights up your sensual feelings or your imaginative vein. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte is one novel I can think about very keenly. The power of emotion in this fascinating love story is dark and deep. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is a classic emotion novel….
When somebody has studied English Literature at the Graduation level, it could mean he or she has a certain interest in the study of English. We see many people talking about communication skills in English which will put you on the highway to success, but really; Is proficient communication possible without the study of the Literature of that language? A student of Literature is expected to have a reasonable awareness of the writers, genres , the literary trends, the different ages and the movements in the growth and development of English Literature. Some of the books which helped me acquire a better understanding of the
My thoughts about Crime and Punishment and Brothers Karamazov resurface as I read Dostoyevsky’s Notes from the Underground. Human nature revels in his novels; revels in the candid display of monstrosity and hideousness, subterfuge and all embracing love. As a critic has remarked Dostoyevsky’s characters possess a dialogic imagination. They are very near to the…
The river long and lightLike the leaping flame of the candleSilent yet full of movementA small stream hereA mammoth sheet thereA perennial seekerSearching out theMighty seas and oceans
Unification of any region with another has to be not only territorial but also the emotional unity between the two people. This could be in various spheres like social, cultural, educational and economic. The integration that happens over a period between two regions which are very distinct ( as are Andhra and Telangana) has to be a process of trust building , empathy, honesty and statesmanship. Despite the good intentions and measures of the Andhra people the underlying theme and the rhetoric in the popular imagination of the Telangana people was mostly about exploitation and cornering the benefits ( Thousands of print and media hours
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn according to Ernest Hemingway “All modern American Literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.” The novel is a rich source to understand the American way of life in the early days of modernisation. For lovers of Nature and rivers especially, there is no better novel as…
One of the best books I have read in a long time is Orhan Pamuk’s My name is Red; a fantastic read. How do we describe a book where art and reality seem to seamlessly merge into one another? As I read the novel I was under a spell. I was carried away by the…