Dr. Sujata Asst. Prof. in English, Department of Humanities and Management, FET, MRIU, Faridabad (Haryana), India Abstract: The paper probes the role of spiritual in communicating Narayan’s overall life vision. Narayan is a mature artist who has his feet firmly rooted in his social and cultural ethos. His chief protagonists, though leading the most ordinary…
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Social Realism in A River Sutra
Snigdha Mishra Gita Mehta’s novel A River Sutra (1993) develops through six subsequent stories narrated by people who come on Narmada pilgrimage. The novel is a rather noble approach to present an array of social realities of India together; such as, human greed and hypocrisy, widening chasm between rich and poor, women suffering, child abuse,…
Women’s Portrait Gallery in Samina Ali’s Madras on Rainy Days
Saykar Satish Govind Assistant Professor, Department of English, D.P.Bhosale College, Koregaon Samina Ali’s novel Madras on Rainy Days is the reflection of her own life. Samina Ali says: “India is my birthplace and home, my heart, my core. My first book, MADRAS ON RAINY DAYS, is entirely set in Hyderabad because I wanted to start…
Two Excerpts from Who’s Afraid of the Booker Prize?
novel by peter cowlam Who’s Afraid of the Booker Prize? consists of a Foreword and Diary entries, supposedly penned by Alistair Wye, amanuensis to celebrity English novelist Marshall Zob. What follows is Wye’s Foreword, and his diary entry of June 25th, recounting events at a private party Zob has thrown for the great and good…
Theme of Immigration in the Novels of Rohinton Mistry
Mrs. Priyambda Singh Dr. Vikas Jaoolkar Asst Proff (Humanities) Head Dept. of English Truba Group of Institutes Govt. Hamidia College Bhopal (M.P) Bhopal (M.P) INTRODUCTION Rohinton Mistry was born and brought up in Mumbai in the mid fifty’s, migrated to Canada at the age of 23. Mistry belongs to that class of the Indian authors…
Theme of Love in Manjul Bajaj’s Come, Before Evening Falls
Dr. K.K.Sunalini Asst. Prof. of .English Ramappa Engineering College Warangal Come, Before Evening Falls is a novel which weaves the story set in the year 1909 in Rohtak Division of the erstwhile Punjab province. Though the story has past historical reference, it has the stark and brutal choices that confront young people as they try…
Human Relationships and Moral Goodness in Iris Murdoch’s Novels
Dr Dinesh Panwar Assistant Professor Department-Applied Science& Humanities Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College Ghaziabad (U.P.) Among the philosophers and novelists of the last half- century, Iris Murdoch is remarkable for her preoccupation with the conception of morality. In her fictional and philosophical work Murdoch can be regarded as a great supporter of the perspective of…