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Tagore’s Idea of Nation and Nationalism in Gora – Nakul Kundra, Amritsar

Tagore’s Idea of Nation and Nationalism in Gora -  Nakul Kundra, Amritsar

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)

The Scent of Frangipani – G.Krishnan, Kerala

The Scent of Frangipani - G.Krishnan, Kerala

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)

Reviewing Amit Upadhyay’s ‘Good is God and Evil is Evil’ by Dr. Anil Kumar, Delhi

Reviewing Amit Upadhyay's 'Good is God and Evil is Evil' by Dr. Anil Kumar, Delhi

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)

Inspired by Love – Anna Maria reviewing Latha Prem Sakhya’s ‘Nature at my Doorsteps’

Inspired by Love - Anna Maria reviewing Latha Prem Sakhya's 'Nature at my Doorsteps'

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)

A Mysterious ‘Crash landings’ by Rajesh Chithira – Sandhya S.N

A Mysterious 'Crash landings' by Rajesh Chithira – Sandhya S.N

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)

Reviewing Ajoy Kumar’s ‘Anganeyorumambazhakalam’ by Sabu J. Nair

Reviewing Ajoy Kumar's 'Anganeyorumambazhakalam' by Sabu J. Nair

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)

21 Lines Fusion Sonnets of 21st Century by Sonnet Mondal – A Review by Patricia Prime, New Zealand

21 Lines Fusion Sonnets of 21st Century by Sonnet Mondal  - A Review by Patricia Prime, New Zealand

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’ s ‘The Parrot Shrieks 2′: A Portrayal of Lover’s Cravings for ‘Anand’ or Bliss – Abnish Singh & Dr. Shardha Sharma – Uttar Pradesh

Dr. R.C Shukla' s 'The Parrot Shrieks 2': A Portrayal of Lover’s Cravings for ‘Anand’ or Bliss - Abnish Singh & Dr. Shardha Sharma – Uttar Pradesh

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)

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

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 struggle to define herself and attain an autonomous selfhood, esp. in cross- cultural crisis, a subject... (Continue reading)

Reveiw of R.K.Das’s ‘The Grass Flower’ by Dr. P.G Rama Rao, Hyderabad

Reveiw of R.K.Das's 'The Grass Flower' by Dr. P.G Rama Rao, Hyderabad

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)

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