India Today Feb 7 2000 THE BETTER MAN BY ANITA NAIR PENGUIN PRICE: Rs. 250 PAGES : 361 Gaze of the Inner Eye Grey shadows of a tortured soul-and more resplendent colours of an idyllic setting By Alka Nigam At the fin de siecle, Anita Nair’s imposing debut novel leads our agitated souls back […]
Archives for January 2017
The Outsider
Voice of Women Publication : Sri Lanka Introduced by Alka Nigam FOREWORD In this new novel, “The Outsider”, Jean Arasanayagam is caught in the act of self-searching. In the process, she finds her psyche tormented by an acute sense of rootlessness and her present ,since it does not spring directly from her […]
Confessional Poetry of Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton
http://www.amazon.in/Confessional-Poetry-Robert-Lowell-Sylvia/dp/8190977121 Foreword to the book by Alka Nigam During the first five or six decades of twentieth century , after the publication of THE WASTE LAND in 1922, writing of poetry in English saw unprecedented changes in style and sensibility and diversified in many different channels . It was a part of a larger […]
Aesthetic Dimensions of Eastern UP
Development of Eastern UP Pioneer Saturday: Dec 31, 1988 Uttar Pradesh has a world of its own and is the nerve centre and soul of India. Nature has lavished her with hills and fields and bestowed upon her the choicest gifts in the form of rivers—Ganga, Yamuna and Ghagra. History has left its indelible […]
Banarasi Babu
Times of India You going boat ride. OK come. No talk here. People watching. Golden temple, Kedar temple famous. Lots tourists coming. Season off now. Winter season coming. (Boatman). Varanasi ancient city, Sir. Very very old. Varuna plus Assi jointed both called Varanasi. (Guide). Bijjaness is OK in Banaras. Here your tea is coming. […]
