Delightful nonsense

“Our mother was the Pussy Cat, our father was the Owl, And so we are partly little beasts and partly little fowl. The brothers in the family have feathers and they hoot, While all the sisters dress in fur and have long tails to boot.”

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Encounters

Amitav Ghosh - Tangled Paths of Modernity

[Part – 2]

To some it truly sings a siren song What Amitav Ghosh fictional and non-fictional writings demonstrate to us is the way we can catch the complex forces unleashed by globalisation in the culture-specific interactive sites and moments that only gifted writers are capable of depicting. He deftly avoids the twin dangers of a totalising universalism and self-contained localism.

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Cultural Scene

Ulysses and social issues

In this week’s column, we examine how celebrated author James Joyce depicted changing ethos in his master piece Ulysses. Characters in James Joyce’s Ulysses are not only reflecting upon the time but also craftily articulated the socio-cultural issues of the day.

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