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The Forgotten Ram: Lore and Legend of Sir Chhotu Ram is a quasi-fictional biography centered on the stalwart peasant leader Chaudhary Chhotu Ram. It is woven out of folklore and oral narratives gathered about him. The book includes about twenty- two chapters spanning his life that illustrate a watershed time in the history of undivided Punjab. The text blends narrative, dialogue, sketches and commentary to imaginatively reconstruct the rural life of Punjab in ...
Despite conflicting dilemmas that contend with the idea of co-existence in a globalized world, individuals continue to reaffirm that minds are shaped not by footprints on the sands of time, but by what each one of us, as a unique person, experiences on the shores of life. Shaping Minds showcases how individual viewpoints and personal encounters with life and art transcend dramatically distressing mindsets that have become immune to the clash of communities, ...
Contributed articles chiefly on Indic English literature and Hindi literature by 20th century women authors with special reference to the depiction of women in them.
This book introduces Auden to a new generation of English-language readers all around the world. The author wisely views Auden as a man on a quest; he certainly follows all of Auden s many quests, some of which led to disillusionment and sorrow. He writes about Auden warmly and intimately as though he were a friend or acquaintance. This compassionate and caring book will send readers back to Audens poetry, essays, and plays.
These animated conversations with contemporary American authors foreground in their frankness and energy, the powerful dynamic that relates society, polity, art and ideas to the making of the American mind. These figures--alert to the events and challenges surrounding them--often address the variable human factor in the inequities of power within the United States and its relationship to the rest of the world. Together, they provide an intimate and distinctive ...