Updated July 2, 2022 “A Modest Proposal ..” is a satirical essay by Jonathan Swift which seeks attacking British Policy towards Irish Citizen and bashing mercantilism of the Age. On the face, though it suggests that the poor Irish might ease their financial stress by selling their young ones as commodity. A Modest Proposal was … Read more
Updated October 10, 2022 The legendary Sarojini Naidu is famously known as Nightingale of India. She was a poet, freedom fighter and has credit of being first woman president to INC and first women governor to Independent India. Sarojini worked as Suffragist in England and used her expertise in India for Women’s right. Hind Kesari … Read more
Updated July 2, 2022 Possibly, “A Letter of Advice to a Young Poet” by Jonathan Swift is one of the best classical satire aiming to uplift the standard of poetry. Through this ironical essay, Swift intends to impart some scholarly bits to the poetasters of his time. In fact, Jonathan was one of the greatest … Read more
Updated October 10, 2022 Jonathan Swift (1667– 1745) was great literary figure of the 18th century precisely, in the Age of Pope. “The Battle of Books”, “A Tale of a Tub”, Gulliver’s Travels”, “The Drapier Letters”, “A Modest Proposal”, “A Meditation Upon a Broomsticks, “A Letter of Advice to a young poet” etc. by Swift … Read more
Updated October 10, 2022 The history of Anglo-Indian poetry starts with Henry Louis Vivian Derozio [H.L.V. Derozio] having influence of Romanticism. Derozio was mixed descent of Portuguese, Indian, and English but took pride in calling himself an Indian. His name is also synonymous with Young Bengal Movement [Bengal Renaissance], a social cultural movement. Vivian Derozio … Read more
Updated October 10, 2022 ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ by Earnest Hemingway is a short Novel and an acclaimed fiction work of 20th century. Instant novel is a tale of an old fisherman viz. Santiago who could not catch a fish for 84 straight days. The plot of the novel is simple yet gripping. … Read more
Updated February 28, 2023 Open and frank expression about being a woman in India starts with Kamala Das. Kamala Suraiyya was her last assumed name after converting to Muslim from Brahmin. She started writing under the pen name of Madhavikutty but the Fandom also remembers her as Kamla Dass, Kamala Surayya, kamalasurayya and simply Ami … Read more
Updated October 10, 2022 The Nun’s Priest’s Tale is a pioneering work by Geoffrey Chaucer (1340- 1400) who claims high regards as the father of English Poetry. Precisely, Chaucer was the most paradigmatic poet of the 14th century. It is said that with him is born our real poetry. So much so that, the English … Read more
Updated June 30, 2022 “An Essay on Dramatic Poesy” is dialogue based prose work to defend ‘drama’ by John Dryden (1631- 1700), the father of modern English poetry and criticism. Dryden dominated literary life in England during the last four decades of the seventeenth century. He was a great poet, critic, dramatist, satirist and translator. … Read more
Updated July 2, 2022 It is extremely insightful to see Dryden in ‘Lives of Poets’ composed by Samuel Johnson. Samuel has credit of being the first lexicographer of the English language. He was the most dominating figure in the literary and cultural domain of England in the second half of the 18th century. Under ‘Lives … Read more