The Congo river, which is located in the African continent is an important symbol in this novel. Joseph Conrad has used a variety of symbols in this novella, the river being one of those. In this novella, Joseph Conrad has… Read More »The Congo river importance in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
Ivory plays a significant role in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Ivory is a hard white material extracted from the tusk of elephants. Ivory is highly precious in Africa and Europe and it is used to create artworks and other… Read More »Ivory significance in Heart of Darkness
From where I sit on the high platform I can see the ferry lights crossingcriss-crossing the big river. I know the towns, the estuary mouth.There, beyond the last bankwhere the colour drains from heavenI can outline the chapters of the… Read More »The Voice of the Mountain by Mamang Dai
Small towns always remind me of death.My hometown lies calmly amidst the trees,it is always the same,in summer or winter,with the dust flying,or the wind howling down the gorge. Just the other day someone died.In the dreadful silence we weptlooking… Read More »‘Small Towns and the River’ poem by Mamang Dai
I’ve to go and meet Toba Tek Singh’s Bishan at Wagah I’m told he still stands on his swollen feetWhere Manto had left him,He still mutters:“Opad di gud gud di moong di dal di laltain”I’ve to locate that mad fellowWho… Read More »‘Toba Tek Singh’ poem by Gulzar
I shall return to this Bengal, to the Dhansiri’s bankPerhaps not as a man, but mayna or fishing-kite;Or dawn crow, floating on the mist’s bosom to alightIn the shade of this jackfruit tree, in this autumn harvest-land.Or may be a… Read More »‘I Shall Return to this Bengal’ poem by Jibanananda Das
For your lanes, my country,I can sacrifice all I haveBut the custom these days isNo one walks with head held high.The lovers looking for each other must sneak outAfraid of life and limb, andFor them, a new order of the… Read More »For Your Lanes, My Country by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Symbols are great ways to depict multiple meanings through a single object. Symbolism is used by writers to show their mastery by putting hidden meaning on the objects. In The color Purple also we see different symbols used to denote… Read More »Symbols in The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Alice Walker’s Pulitzer winning novel ‘The Color Purple’ is one of the best novels that exposes the reality of post slavery American society. The novel pictures the physical, economical, social and political environment that is faced by the Blacks even… Read More »Significance of purple in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple
Ashwatthama was the son of Guru Dronacharya and Kripi. He was born with a gem on his forehead which gives him power over all living beings lower than humans, it protects him from hunger, thirst and fatigue. Since Hastinapur ruled… Read More »Ashwatthama character analysis
