The contemporary world is characterised by a widening gap between, mass civilisation and minority culture. Much of our public discourse paradoxically uses a language that is unintelligible and esoteric, clearly beyond the reach of the common reader. Literary journalism is either to simplistic or too dense. The critic is largely redundant to his/her cultural milieu. The present book brings together a set of essays on literature, culture and literary conversations that have appeared in some of the leading forums in the country. Straddling the many worlds—from Cairo to Cambridge, from Sandra Gilbert to Sri Aurobindo—the perspectives aim at the creation of a cultured community.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sachidananda Mohanty
Recipient of The Katha Award - 1992 (Presented by the President of India) , Sachidananda Mohanty is currently on the faculty of the Department of English, University of Hyderabad. The author has earlier taught English Literature at Utkal and Berhampur University in Orissa. Educated at Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education, Pondicherry and the University of Hyderabad, Dr. Mohanty received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1987. He was the British Council Visitor in U.K. for 1990 and during 1990-91 he was the Visiting Fulbright Scholar at the Humanities Research Centre, University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A. Dr. Mohanty's writings have appeared in some of the leading journals and newspapers of the country and his first book Phonix in Peacock's Land : D.H. Lawrence Scholarship in India (co-authored) was earlier published by The Writer's Workshop, Calcutta.
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