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| Focus – German Literature – Some Glimpses |
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In this special Issue, to commemorate Hyderabad Literary Festival 2012 (Jan 16-18), where Germany is the ‘Featured Nation’, we offer glimpses into German thought and literature that had profound impact on the 20th century. Dr. Charanjeet Kaur, editor of this section, comments, “This feature is a tribute to the rich intellectual content of the German experience, which has produced 13 Nobel Laureattes in Literature from 1902 to 2009” and “We present insights into the writings of some of the stalwarts: Frederic Nietzsche, Bertolt Brecht, Anne Frank, Elie Weisel, Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Viktor Frankyl and Bernhard Schlink. Of course, this is just skimming the surface – an appetiser rather than the main course and we seek to build upon it. We cannot but remember other greats like Gunter Grass, Herman Hesse, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Frederic Schlegal, Heinrich Boll, Herman Bloch, Stefan Sweig and Herta Muller on this occasion.”
Read on to savour this German experience... >>>
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| Feature – Indian Writing in English |
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In his annual survey Prof GJV Prasad takes a critical look at Indian English literature and says “it has always been a problematic category, especially so in the last decades of its emergence in the world market – what is Indian and what is Indian English?” Responding to skepticism whether the beast of Indian English literature still exists, he says quite emphatically that not only it does but is alive and kicking!
On the current trends he observes, “We need to take new genres like the graphic novel and new market niche fiction seriously for they say quite a bit about our changing values – both aesthetic and political. There is a whole cyber world out there which we need to pay attention to and celebrate for, after all this Issue is in front of you because of the internet.” Read on to discover the new writings...>>>
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ARTICLES / DISCUSSIONS
We engage Gulzar and Pavan K Varma, Guests of Honour at HLF-2012, in conversation on their work. Sanjukta Dasgupta writes on Julian Barnes’s Booker Prize winning book and says merit and readability need not be mutually exclusive. Find the other articles >>>
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BOOK REVIEWS
Reviews in the section are by Nuggehalli Pankaja of ‘Perfectly Untraditional’, by Pramod K Das & N Jena of ‘The Poetics of Histor’, by Rita Nath Keshari (pic) of ‘Golden Island’ and Sneha S Kanta of ‘The Second Choice’
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FICTION
Gautam Maitra’s (pic) ‘Varsha’s Encounter’ deals with poignancy of facing startling revelations about oneself. Other engaging short fictions are KS Kanakasabapathi’s ‘Dora’, Shaily Sahay’s ‘Roodrabhisheka’ and Tulsi Charan Bisht’s ‘Twilight’. >>> |
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POETRY
Read delightful poetry of Dushyant, Jairaj Padmanabhan, Krishna Chakravarthy,
Sandip Sahoo, Sesnarine Persaud, Shobhana Kumar and Zinia Mitra that chief editor Ambika Ananth says provide reality through sustained imagination. Read on
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GALLERY
The sections offers a glimpse into the unique town and city architecture of Germany, as a supplement to coverage on German literature in this Issue.>>> |
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