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American Slave Narratives: Paul Laurence Dunbar’s The Sport of Gods, Richard Wright’s Native Son and Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching Godis a fine study of African American literature. Like Indian Dalit literature African American literature is a significant body of literature which everyone must read for enriching humanity. The book contains three chapters. The first chapter is a critical analysis of Paul Laurence Dunbar’s ...
In the 1970s, Sarah Lloyd, a landscape architect from England, was at a railway station in Calcutta when she met Pritam Singh—nicknamed Jungli by his mother—a Nihang Sikh with a ‘powerful face that instantly compelled’ her. Soon after, Sarah travelled to Amarkot, Jungli’s village near Amritsar, and started living with him and his extended family—his stepfather, Pitaji; his mother, Mataji; Balwant, Jungli’s brother, who ...
Contents: 1. The Nature of Language. 2. Acquisition of the First Language. 3. Approaches to Language Teaching. 4. Grammar-Translation Method. 5. Structural Approach. 6. Audio-Lingual and Direct Method. 7. Bilingual Method. 8. Communicative Language Teaching. 9. Language Content and Kinds of Lessons. 10. Techniques for Teaching English. 11. Teaching English in Universities, Teaching English in English Medium Schools. 12. Equipping the English Teacher, ...
Between the Two Dams is a collection of poems written in Maithili by Taranand Viyogi, which has been translated by Prabhat Jha in English. The poems written by Taranand Viyogi reflects upon many themes which are personal, social or political. The book is a gateway to the world of Mithila Lok. Lok in the sense of people as well as the land. Most of these poems center around the Koshi region or people belonging to that region. Apart from that, there are many poems ...
Since his school days, Amar Nath Dwivedi has been writing poetry, first in Hindi and then in English. Here Dr. Dwivedi has put together all his poetry in English: Random Reflection (1994), Fine Frenzy (1998), Protest Poems (2002), Beyond Borders (2008), and Wayward Wanderings (2012). He has also included here some of his newest poems. With this compilation, Dwivedi's English poetry will be readily available to readers and researchers.
Dr. Dwivedi is a widely ...
When eleven-year-old Dev’s father dies, he can’t stop lashing out at those he loves. Until he meets Sanjay, a sprite-like being who claims there is a battle raging inside Dev’s own body. Sanjay embarks on a perilous journey beginning in the darkest realm at the bottom of Dev’s spine. As he searches for the noble warrior Prince Arjun, the only hope to defeat wicked Prince Ego, Sanjay encounters starving mobs, thieving gangs, water worlds ...
M.K. Gandhi: An Autobiography is the story of Gandhiji’s, covering his life from early childhood through to 1920. It gives an authentic account of the personal life of a man who led millions into independence. Gandhiji wrote in his autobiography that the three most important modern influences in his life were Leo Tolstoy's The Kingdom of God Is Within You, John Ruskin's Unto This Last and the poet Shrimad Rajchandra. In the last chapter, he notes that his ...
Arriving running, he extended his hand to pull out the arrow from the leg.
Krishna raised his hand in objection…
Jaraa said, “Why? O Lord, Why?”
“Let it be brother..! Do not attempt to make Mother Gaandhaari’s words go in vain..!” Krishna replied in a very steady tone.
“I have committed a great sin. Please forgive me, O Lord..! Thinking that you were a jungle animal….I…. shot at arrow at you. Jaraa started ...
Romantic Strain in Henry Derozio and Kalapi is a study on the influence of Romanticism and Romantic poetry on literature written in Indian languages. However, a comparative study of two poets from two different languages can serve to shed new light on the way the Romanticism influenced Indian literature. The book comprises a comparative study of Henry Derozio, the first Indian English poet and 'Kalapi', Sursinhji Takhtsinhji Gohil, a Gujarati poet with respect to ...
Bibhu Padhi has published eleven books of poetry. His poems and scholarly articles have appeared in distinguished magazines and journals throughout the English-speaking world, such as Encounter, Contemporary Review, Poetry Review, Poetry Wales, The Rialto, Stand, The Atlantic Review, The American Scholar, Colorado Review, Commonwealth, Confrontation, Interpretations, Modern Fiction Studies, Modernist Studies, Philological Quarterly, New Letters, Poet Lore, ...
Written by one of the most popular and widely acclaimed mystery novels writer in English — Agatha Christie, the present novel, The Secret Adversary, is a detective novel. It introduces the characters of Tommy and Tuppence who feature in three other Christie novels and one collection of short stories; the five Tommy and Tuppence books span Agatha Christie's writing career. The Great War is over, and jobs are scarce. Tommy Beresford and Prudence ...
Prof. (Dr.) Ajay Kumar Patra former UGC-Emeritus Fellow of Post-Graduate Department of Zoology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar has been conferred the most coveted and globally reputed Professor E.P. Odum Gold Medal -2007 and professor J.S. Datta Munshi Gold Medal-2009 by international Society for Ecological Communication at an International Symposium held at Dumka (Jharkhand). Dr. Patra has also been awarded Best Citizen of India Award in 2008 by International ...
Abdul Karim was 24 years old when he was dispatched from Agra to serve 68-year-old Queen Victoria as an attendant. The tall and handsome Indian Muslim didn't speak a word of English, nor the Empress of India any Urdu. What followed was a relationship of such intimacy and tenderness that the British establishment tried their hardest to destroy all evidence of it. In Victoria and Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant historian Shrabani Basu ...
Jivan Singh, bastard son, returns to Delhi after fifteen years of exile to find a city on fire with protests and in the grip of drought. On the same day, Devraj, father of Jivan's childhood playmates, founder of India's most important Company, announces his retirement, demanding daughterly love in exchange for shares. Sita, his youngest child, refuses to play, turning her back on the marriage he has arranged. Her sisters Gargi and Radha must take over the Company ...
Mohan Rakesh was a towering figure in Hindi fiction and drama. More than a decade in the making, and put together in collaboration with the author, this volume makes a broad range of his work available to English readers. The stories here range from humorous, satirical studies of human foibles, to profound, painful commentaries on the complexities of the human condition. A translation of Adhe Adhure, the play that thrust Indian drama into modernity and one of the ...
Lieutenant Anton Hofmiller, an Austro-Hungarian cavalry officer stationed far from home, is invited to a lavish party at the mansion of a rich Hungarian landowner, Lajos. In a world of luxurious living far removed from the bare life at the barracks, Anton meets Edith, the daughter of the host, and spontaneously asks her for a dance. When he realizes a sickness has left her crippled for life, deep compassion for her overtakes him, leading Edith to fall in love ...
This tells the story of six months in the life of a 29-year-old woman from Taiwan, Gao Mei Lin, who returns home from India after having travelled alone, most importantly pursuing her interest in Buddhism. During the next six months of Gao Mei Lin’s life, leading up and ending with her 30th birthday party in her home town of Hualien, she wrestles with two major themes.
The first theme has to do with Mei Lin’s religious or spiritual transformation from ...
Fed up with his tedious desk job, a young man decides to quit on an impulse. He wants to write a novel, but doesn’t think he has a story to tell. So the would-be writer, who was raised in a kotha, sets out to travel, hoping to arrive somewhere: at a destination, at a story. But it’s not just about arriving. What about the journey? The joy and pain of trudging through the country without a plan, or a map? If his aim is to write, who will document his ...