Tradition Against Modernity
R K Narayan is a great novelist who still lives in the mind of readers, India as well as abroad. Narayan had more ‘spell-bound power’ and offered a more consistent, prolific output over 66 more years ...
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. ...
Insight into Experiences and Challenges
The Truth about Me: A Hijra Life Story by A Revathi is a memoir that utilises various narrative techniques to convey the author's journey as a transgender woman in India. These techniques help provide...
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...
Pamela or Virtue Rewarded
Pamela or Virtue Rewarded is an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson, first published in 1740. It is considered one of the earliest examples of the English novel and is significant for its exploratio...
The Kerouac Narrative
Jack Kerouac's On the Road is a novel that employs several narrative techniques to capture the spirit of the Beat Generation and the author's own experiences on the road. These techniques contribute t...
Father’s Help
Father's Help is one of R K Narayan's most popular short stories from his famous collection Malgudi Days. In this story, he presents a young boy, Swaminathan who is unwilling to go to school but is fo...
Kanthapura
Kanthapura is the first novel of Raja Rao. It was written in France thousands of miles away from India and yet it gives a most graphic, vivid and realistic account of the Gandhian freedom struggle in ...
Grim Realities, Hopeful Hues
Justice V R Krishna Iyer was a Supreme Court Judge and Minister who reformed the Indian criminal justice system. He stood up for the poor and the underprivileged. Throughout his life, he remained a hu...
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...