Mary Braddon’s novel was published in the year 1862. The blurb calls it a disturbing exploration of the dark side of respectable Victorian society. Helen Maldon, Lucy Graham and then Lady Audley is the principal character of the novel. As her transformation from one figure to another takes place she works towards erasing her life…
In the days of the Wild West, when writers were busy writing about questions like, freedom, love, morality, Edgar Allan Poe was delving into the more mysterious aspects of life which touched upon the eerie, the grotesque, the occult and the arcane. The stories of Poe have an aura of the mysterious and Gothic about…
What intrigued me about the novel was the ending. I could not understand why the novelist had to devote more than 6 pages for the preparations of war going on in France while Nana lies in the hospital bed. Nana leads a life of pleasure and un forbidden freedom. She is the embodiment of sensuality….
A return to Achebe’s landmark novel and the tragedy of an individual, a culture and a social order confronted by disruptive historical change.
The endeavor of Philosophy is to understand the position of the human being in the Universe, the Nature of life, the cause and purpose of creation and the classic conundrum as to ‘Who am I?’ Rene Descartes famously declared “I think therefore I am” imparting essentiality to thought and contemplation. In Buddhism humans are beings with a mind stream. Although, other animals like Monkeys, Dolphins, Chimps and Elephants can think and display intelligent behavior, it is the human being, who is capable of ‘self-reflection’ which opens the doors of philosophy and epistemology. The primary question or quest that has spiraled generations of thinkers has been
I knew nothing about comics until my 7th standard. In my 7th standard I joined a new school in Chennai and I was introduced to Comics by my friends who used to read them on the under desk while bending their heads, pretending to write. They would not lend them to me to take to the hostel. I could borrow only in the school hours.
భిభూతి భూషన్ బందోపాధ్యాయ వనవాసి ఒక ప్రకృతి ఆరాధకుని జీవితం గురించిన ఈ నవలలో వర్ణన, సౌందర్య పిపాస, ప్రకృతి ఆరాధన అత్యంత రమణీయంగా ఉన్నది. బీహార్లోని కుసినది, లవటాలియా అడవుల్లో కచేరి పనులు చక్కబెట్టడానికి వచ్చిన రచయిత నిర్జన, నిశీధీ, సౌందర్యంతో శోభిల్లుతున్న ఆ వనాలలో లీనమైపోతాడు. ఆ అరణ్యవాసుల జీవన సౌoదర్యం, బ్రతుకు పోరాటాలతో మమేకమవుతాడు. భూమికీ, పర్యావరణానికీ, మానవ అభివృద్దికి, పురోగతికి వైరుధ్యం ఉన్నది. బీహార్ ప్రాంతం లోని జమీందారుల ఎస్టేట్ లను…
A reflection on love in García Márquez’s fiction and the many forms desire, memory, patience and human attachment can take.
The story of seven generations, whose most ancient ancestor is Kunta Kinte, a Gambian. He is abducted forcibly from his African village and enslaved. The author Alex Haley goes back, back to his roots, to his great great great grand father’s African village putting together all his painstaking research to produce this moving book. In…
What other place for a teacher than a classroom; A room with a class of students willing to learn from their teacher. All other sources or gadgets of learning like learning platforms, digital classrooms, Tabs, Apps, Guides can never replace the teacher. A Teacher who ‘Knows’ the subject, ‘Knows’ the students and ‘Knows’ to submerge the individual identity in the collective wisdom of the class, reigns supreme. For a good class to happen (Not in the Physical sense) the teacher should have a clear plan in place as to the objectives of the session, learning content to be transferred, creative thinking to be encouraged and