Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes is a book of the Hebrew Bible. The Hebrew title of the Book is Qohelet, a term related to the verb qāhal, “to gather, assemble.” The English name derives from the Greek translation of t...

Pather Panchali -Romantic and Realistic

In a folk narrative of any culture, there are always both romantic and realistic elements. Generally, the description is romantic with realism lurking within it. Thus, Pather Panchali by Bibhutibhusha...

A Rich Tapestry of Characters

Amitav Ghosh's novel The Shadow Lines is a rich tapestry of characters, each with their unique complexities and motivations. The novel's protagonist, an unnamed young boy growing up in Calcutta, India...

The Shadow Lines

The Shadow Lines (1988) by Amitav Ghosh is a book that captures the perspective of time and events, of lines that bring people together and hold them apart, lines that are visible from one perspective...

A Delightful Hodgepodge

The Alice books mingle human and animal characters with nursery rhyme figures and game pieces come to life. Alice, of course, is an ordinary little girl from Victorian England. At first, her encounter...

On the Road

On the Road by Jack Kerouac is a seminal work that has become a cornerstone of the Beat Generation's literature. The semi-autobiographical novel, published in 1957, is an account of Kerouac's journeys...

A Terrible Matriarchy

Easterine Kire is a well-known English writer from Nagaland. Most of her writings are about the Naga people and their society. She has lucratively captured the true essence of Naga life by exploring t...

A Diverse and Dynamic Cast

On the Road by Jack Kerouac features a diverse and dynamic cast of characters, each representing various aspects of the Beat Generation's ethos and the counterculture of the 1950s. Almost all characte...

A Gandhian Novel

Kanthapura is a fictional but realistic account of how the great majority of people in India lived their lives under British rule and how they responded to the ideas and ideals of Indian nationalism. ...

What I Believe

E M Forster is primarily known as a novelist, short story writer and literary critic of a rare distinction. Though his contribution to English essays is substantial, he has yet to receive the critic...