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Devika Panikar

Devika Panikar
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Devika Panikar has been teaching English Language and Literature since 2006 and is an Associate Professor under the Directorate of Collegiate Education, Government of Kerala. She views teaching as both a vocation and a collaboration —an exchange of ideas grounded in empathy, communication, and creativity. Believing that proper education connects the classroom to life, she strives to inspire curiosity and critical thought in her students. This website reflects her ongoing journey as an educator, offering lecture notes and learning resources curated to enrich and support her learners.

Waiting

Rabindranath Tagore's Wai...

The Metaphoric and Metonymic Poles

Roman Jakobson's The Meta...

Adam

Rainer Maria Rilke's poem...

The Piece of String

Guy de Maupassant's The P...

There’s a Certain Slant of Light

Emily Dickinson's poem Th...

The Formalist Critics

In The Formalist Critics,...

Pied Beauty

As with several poems by ...

The Repentant Sinner

Leo Tolstoy's The Repenta...

Close Reading, Paraphrasing and Summarising

Close reading, paraphrasi...

Barriers to Communication

Barriers to communication...