I have always thought about whether studying literature is different from reading it. What do you think, friends? I am sure many will agree and others will disagree. Life is made of complex combinations, and we should accept the same.…
Reading poems to make yourself happy is a jolly thing to do. No pressure to score marks, understand the nuances, interpret every use of imagery or write an explanation of certain lines that lingers in mind. A reader reads poems…
Indian literature has been rich, traditionally as well as in any way you would like to scrutinise this. Like its culture and civilisation, great history and even the ruins of the golden years that we associate with the term mythology,…
D H Lawrence's classic novel Sons and Lovers, published in 1913, is still a work that is prescribed in the syllabus of various universities in India and outside. The novel has crossed over 100 years and still finds its place…
I have been reading books professionally for more than 4 years now. By reading professionally, I mean the whole process of reading is for the purpose of providing my critical feedback to the authors and also to the readers by…
Indian English poetry has always been in a state of the subconscious, if not unconscious. However, there have been patches or phases in the journey of Indian English poetry where readers could see an effort by some of the poets…
After a long time, a positive trend can be witnessed in Hindi poetry by the Indian poets. Though this trend may have many different connotations for different readers, an average reader wants to see popularity for the literature he or…
I have been a reader for almost all my life. (Given that we consider life only after the day we become aware of ourselves and we are able to read and understand things our own way.) I have read many…
M K Naik termed him as the father figure who shaped the younger generation of poets after himself. And this is not the only appreciation that Nissim Ezekiel received in his lifetime. He has received many words of praise from…
What is God? Who is God? Why is God and how is God… there are many questions like these that often pop-up in our thoughts, more than often if I may say – human life is too fragile at times…
