Nurslings of Immortality presents thirty two essays written by Dr. Ashok K. Choudhury on major voices of contemporary Indian literature such as Mulk Raj Anand, U.R. Anantha Murthy, Gopinath Mohanty, Mahasweta Devi, Bhisham Sahni, Sachi Routray, Kaifi Azmi, Harivansh Rai Bhachchan, Subhas Mukhopadhyay, Indira Goswami, Ramakanta Rath, Nilamani Phookan, Daleep Kaur Tiwana, Manoj Das, Ramnath Shastri, Rajendra Keshavlal Saha, Sitakant Mahapatra, Janaki Ballav Patnaik, Gopi Chand Narang, etc. In these essays the author’s approach has been to look at an eminent contemporary Indian writer in relation to a local cultural ethos as well as to the larger context of world literature. Some of the Indian writers under discussion have been honoured with the most coveted of national and international awards.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ashok K Choudhury
Dr. Ashok K. Choudhury, associated with India's National Academy of Letters, is the first Indian scholar to do doctoral research on the role of National Academies in promoting art, literature and culture. Having brilliant academic records with both Master's degree and Bachelor's degree and securing first position is presently doing his postdoctoral research on the Thematical Varieties of Post-Independent Oriya Literature. Author of seven books and more than eighty articles based on erudite research, Dr. Choudhury was invited to join the team of scholars of A Critical Inventory of Ramayan Studies in the world, a joint project of Sahitya Akademi and Union Academic International of Bruxelles, Belgium. Recipient of Banshidhar Acharya Memorial Gold Medal, Dr. Choudhury is also the Visiting Faculty of Aggarwal college, (M.D. University, Rohtak), Ballabhgarh, Haryana.
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