Pundit Ravi Shankar:

An artiste who reached divine heights of music

Pundit Ravi Shankar was a great personality in the Hindustani tradition of music. He was a musician who had reached divine heights of music. He was an artiste who could easily define and embody the term ‘Ghandarva’ (a great musician). Above all, he was a great human being.

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Encounters

Amitav Ghosh’s tangled paths of modernity

Ghosh’s chosen medium is English; There are many South Asian writers whose language of choice is English. Broadly speaking there are two groups of writers outside the Anglo-Saxon domain who write in English.

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Cultural scene

Ulysses and language

James Joyce’s Ulysses is a seminal literary production in the 20th century on many counts. One among many is the author’s playing of the language. As observed by Declan Kiberd, Joyce has used language not merely as a mood of expression but also as a means to achieve diverse objectives.

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