Andha Yug is a 1953 verse play written originally in Hindi by renowned novelist, poet and playwright Dharamvir Bharati. The play is set in the last and the eighteenth day of the Great Mahabharata war. The five-act tragedy was written… Read More »‘Andha Yug’ as an allegory of Indo-Pak Partition and World War
About the poet- Thangjam Ibopishak Singh is among the leading and most popular poets of the Northeast of India. Based in Imphal, he writes in Manipuri, the language of the indigenous Meitei community. He has published six volumes of poetry,… Read More »Dali, Hussain, or Odour of Dream, Colour of Wind by Thangjam Ibopishak Singh summary
About the poet Thangjam Ibopishak Singh is among the leading and most popular poets of the Northeast of India. Based in Imphal, he writes in Manipuri, the language of the indigenous Meitei community. He has published six volumes of poetry,… Read More »The Land of the Half-Humans by Thangjam Ibopishak Singh Summary
Today I implore Waris Shahto speak up from his graveand turn over a page of the Book of Love. When a daughter of the fabled Punjab wepthe gave tongue to her silent grief.Today a million daughters weepbut where is Waris… Read More »I Say unto Waris Shah by Amrita Pritam
About the poet – Rabindranath Tagore was an Indian poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.… Read More »When my play was with thee by Rabindranath Tagore summary | Verse 97 of Gitanjali
I My uncle from Wangu asked me:How many bushels of paddyHave you stored for this season?I asked my friend Kesho again:How many kgs of poems have you written for this month? Write and then tear up, write and then… Read More »‘Dali, Hussain, or Odour of Dream, Colour of Wind by Thangjam Ibopishak Singh
For six months just head without body, six months just body without head, has anyoneseen a land inhabited by these people? No? I have; it’s not a folktale; I’ve not only seen but have been to that land. For six… Read More »The Land of Half Humans by Thangjam Ibopishak Singh
About the poet William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and became a pillar of the Irish literary establishment who… Read More »Sailing to Byzantium by WB Yeats summary
About the poet – Rabindranath Tagore was an Indian poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.… Read More »Light, oh where is the light? by Rabindranath Tagore summary
About the poet T.S. Eliot was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor. Considered one of the 20th century’s major poets, he is a central figure in English-language Modernist poetry. Eliot first attracted widespread attention for his poem… Read More »The Hollow Men by T.S. Eliot summary
