Month: September 2015

I have often admired and imitated the great masters of the past and the present for being able to put together literary stuff that will…

Talent   Talent is something that some of us crave for and it is sometimes given to us as a gift by providence. But talent…

Children’s Stories   Writing a children’s story or novel is an entirely different ball game to writing for adults. The author who decides to write…

Indian Poetry in English: Revelations (Marginalized: Indian Poetry in English, Edited Smita Agarwal, Published: Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi, 2014 ) Review by Lakshmi Raj…

When THE TAILOR’S NEEDLE was released by Penguin India in December 2012 a team of friends, colleagues, students and well-wishers did something for me and…

To Lord Krishna   No peace, no joy, no hope, no light. Life’s walked away; left me behind to fend for myself, alone. To smash…

Daddy Sylvia Plath “Daddy” should not be taken as a poem that is written in the light vein or tone. It is a serious document…

The Desire for Power   We would like to think very positively about ourselves and about human nature in general. The the legal system and…