People say he is the most read author after William Shakespeare. One reads a short story expecting a twist in the tale, a sudden change in the plot, an unexpected turn of events etc, as in O.Henry, Saki or Guy De Maupassant. Sometimes the short story is an exploration of character, a delineation of a…
అది 19 వ శతాబ్దం. మొదటిసారిగా తన ఖండాంతరాల ఆవల ఉద్భవించిన శక్తుల ధాటికి ఆఫ్రికా ఖండం ప్రభావితం చేయబడుతున్న శతాబ్దం. సాంప్రదాయ సంస్కృతి, జీవన శైలి, మతం, కుటుంబ నిర్మాణం లాంటి అన్ని వ్యవస్థలు ఈ ఆటుపోట్లలో చిక్కుకొని తీవ్ర సంక్షోభం ఎదుర్కొంటున్న సందర్భాన్ని రచయిత ఆవిష్కరిస్తారు., తింబక్తు మాలి, సూడాన్ మధ్య ప్రాంతాల్లో ఒక భాగాన్ని సెగు అని పిలుచుకుంటారు. ఇక్కడ యొరోబా, బంబారా, ఆషాంతి తెగల మధ్య జరిగిన సంఘర్షణని ఈ నవలలో…
When India won the World cup in 1983, I was in Madras in my 10th standard and I can recall the headiness and excitement in the air as we ran from the hostel to a neighbor’s house to catch glimpses of the Indian team lifting the cup. I have followed nearly all the matches that India have played here or abroad mostly on T V or in the news columns, but I have never been to watch a match live. There was a time in 1980 when Pakistan toured India; I went into the Chepauk stadium with my Dad to watch the action.
I was deeply enchanted after reading Nelson Mandela’s ‘Long walk to Freedom.’ What I found most interesting was the question the author poses to himself; Should an individual live for his family or the society; a question obviously confronted by many great freedom fighters. Mandela’s life belongs to the category of saints and apostles for…
Irony penetrates the structure of the novel Pride and Prejudice. The irony of Jane Austen is very subtle and we can understand it only when we understand the emphasis and the tone of her language. The very opening sentence of the novel is a fine specimen of verbal irony. “It is a truth universally acknowledged…
It has been a long time since I have left my village to live in a city. A city dweller left without anything to do has to find ways to consume time. A village has its charms and interests which give a feeling of time standing still and an unchanging scene. After a long time I made a chance visit to a village and could see a fair.
A close reading of Jane Eyre as a novel of conscience, independence, moral resolve, deprivation and the sustaining presence of nature.
Romantic poetry or poetry by the Romantic poets will have had a lasting impact in the formative years of every poet. After the formative phase is over, a writer may evolve a poetic voice of one’s own or adopt a more contemporary or impacting narrative poetic form in line with their preference. But who has…
Of love and other demons by Marquez took me into familiar territory; the territory in my cerebral space which is especially reserved for the fictionary tales of Marquez. This space gets activated as the indicators that receive signals begin to infuse my creative imagination, for reading a manuscript from Marquez is like awakening my dormant…
Thank you for posing the question, as it has helped me arrange a few thoughts about both the writers. When you read the works of Tolstoy you get a feeling that you are listening to the words of a saint. Tolstoy's work can be compared to a mighty ocean or a pinnacle of glory beckoning…