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C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar, famously known as C.P., was born in 1879 to a marriage that was a celebrated union of two leading Tamil Brahmin families. He became one of India’s greatest constitutional lawyers, a passionate general secretary of the Indian National Congress, a loyal dewan of the princely state of Travancore and vice-chancellor of two different universities simultaneously. In the midst of a lecturing tour at universities in London and Oxford in 1966, ...
Nissim Ezekiel is probably the most famous living Indian poet in English. Displaying a dedication of heroic dimensions to his vocation, he has created an oeuvre remarkable for its range and depth. He was responsible for spearheading the modernist revolution in Indian poetry in English. All but divorcing his wife, denying his family time and commitment, creating and fighting enemies, Ezekiel has served the muse indefatigably and evangelically, and at great ...
The present book is a product of A. Raghu’s passionate commitment-spanning twenty years-to literature and cultural studies. The volume stands out for its astonishing thematic range, its daring intellectual originality and its brilliant polemical skill. Form Advaita to postmodernism, from Advaita to postmodernism, from Philip Sidney to Nissiam Ezekiel, form Manon-maniyam Sudaram Pillai to George Bernard Shaw, from Indian writing in English to Australian ...