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IN CONVERSATION... |
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In a free-wheeling chat with Ambika Ananth in Bangalore, Keki Daruwalla talks of the challenges facing Indian English poetry and other issues. Says he, “Getting the reading public to take to poetry would be the first challenge. Secondly, the English poets are criticised for not relating to contemporary reality, as they should and they are sniped at by Indian language poets. And …….”
Also listen to the other conversation the noted Oriya writer, Ramakanta Rath had with Manu Dash, in the section.
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BOOK REVIEWS... |
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“The pumping heart of the novel or the tale’s emotional centre is powered by a superb language—assured and eloquent, supple and elegant. With her deft touch the author has manipulated the intersecting fragments of loss into a poignant story of our mixed-up times.” So writes Dr Murari Prasad on Kiran Desai’s Booker winning novel “The Inheritance of Loss”.
Read yet another engaging review by Prof R K Singh in the section …
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FICTION... |
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“The same thing happened to me, mother. I thought that only my death would destroy Basaviah. So I left everything one day and went on my way. A few days after I had left, Basaviah expired. He didn’t have a reason to live anymore … After he died I forgot all the ballads; a famous man that I was, became nothing. Thus I avenged.”
Read the story of human passions and how they undo lives in this simple, yet effective fiction of the well-known Kannada writer, Late P Lankesh in Ankur Betageri’s translation. The section offers other interesting tales …
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POEMS... |
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“i do not bear scars / or trauma / of what you did /
and yet i search / feverishly / through all /
the news / of abuse that speak of /
a stolen childhood.”
Read Srividya Sivakumar’s candid portrayal of childhood games that leave lifelong impact, and other equally compelling poems of others in the section …
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