Gora (1909) is the fifth in order of writing and the largest of Tagore’s twelve novels. It was serialised in a literary magazine Probasi from 1907 to 1909. Being a complex novel, it can be studied and interpreted at different... (Continue reading)
It was one of those rare occasions when the modern paintings of M V Devan and some others were being exhibited in Thiruvananthapuram and I came across my teacher Sri Ayyappa Paniker (not yet Dr Ayyappa Paniker) standing in front... (Continue reading)
A bouquet for senses, this purely literary work is an exceptional creation in almost all the respects…Superb plot, extraordinary expressions, excellent language and author’s utmost command on the rhythm of the story makes the novel one of the best works... (Continue reading)
Latha Prem Sakhya, Nature at my doorstep. Roots and Wings Publishers, 2011, pp.xxi + 103,Price Rs.150/-, ISBN 978-81-909900-3-5. ‘Nature at my doorstep’ is the second published work of Latha Prem Sakhya,, the earlier being ‘Memory Rain’, a collection of poems... (Continue reading)
Won Indian Ruminations Literary Award – Malayalam Poetry 2011 ‘Poems are born unknowingly in a mysterious moment’ is the quote on his writings by the poet Rajesh Chithira. ‘Unmathathakalude Crash Landingukal’ his first anthology is a nice collection of poems.... (Continue reading)
Ajoy Kumar’s ‘Anganeyorumambazhakalam’ Shared Indian Ruminations Literary Award 2011 for best Malayalam Non Fiction with Sulfikar’s book – ‘Fern Hill – Nithya Chaithanya yathi randu sanyasikalkkayacha kathukal’ As a child, I was puzzled by a rare doubt, road! To put... (Continue reading)
The sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines (give or take a couple), usually rhymed, usually written in iambic pentameter; a song usurped by ideas. A sonnet often presents an argument, perhaps a romantic plea in the guise of a... (Continue reading)
Dr. R. C. Shukla (b. April 7, 1943) is a well-known poet of Modern India. Though he has been writing poems in English for the last forty years, his first collection of English poems entitled Darkness at Dawn (1990) came... (Continue reading)
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 struggle to define herself and attain an autonomous selfhood, esp. in cross- cultural crisis, a subject... (Continue reading)
RK Das giving his book to Abdul Kalam Azad It gives me great pleasure to unveil The Grass-Flower, a beautiful collection of poems of Ramakanta Das .His sensitive perceptions of the life around him and his own inner being interacting... (Continue reading)