Monthly Archives: July, 2011

Articles

Self Help Books – Ramaprasad, Kerala

In my early sixties I still look for self help books whenever I visit a bookshop. Having played a vital role in my life...

IR - July 9, 2011

Book-Reviews

The Notion of selfhood in Bharati Mukherjee’s ‘Wife’ and ‘Jasmine’ : A Comparative Study – Reetika Jamwal, Himachal Pradesh

Bharati Mukherjee, an Indian- American immigrant author, and a professor of English at the University of California represents in her novels the contemporary woman’s...

IR - July 9, 2011

Poetry

Sweat – Mahnaz Badihian, California

Sweat Long time ago I was a seed Growing up in the far land Thinking I will root there for ever But I pollinated in strange lands for...

IR - July 9, 2011

Fiction

The city never sleeps – Amitava Nag, Kolkata

The city wakes up. The Point of View of the reader finds an over-bridge. More focus. A huddle of men – aged and young....

IR - July 8, 2011

Interviews

“I believe, Buddha was the greatest poet on this planet earth.” – Nimal Dunuhinga, Poet, Sri Lanka

‘I am not a scholar, just a sailor, but I learned a few things from the Life-school. At last I found, Man does not...

Premji - July 8, 2011

Articles

“Gori Chitti” to Sportscaster – Meera Venkatesan

A young girl, with evidently little sophistication is quite worried. Her parents are discussing about the boy who is coming to see her next...

IR - July 8, 2011

Poetry

Beauty – Anand GR Viswanathan

Beauty is The Promise We keep rising from a failure! Beauty is the Innocence Smile and Curiosity We observe in our Child! Beauty is the Small Sacrifices Made to...

IR - July 8, 2011

Poetry