Mir Afzal 
Colours of Rainbow | Summary The author is looking out of the window. He was watching the beauties of nature. The rain had just stopped and drops of water dripping from plants. The kids were playing and making a lot of noise. Just then his daughter Munni came running up to him and asked him … Read more
A Far Cry from Africa” talks about the events of the Mau Uprising in Kenya in the early 1950s. In the mid-twentieth century, British colonialism was a blurring but at the same time, it was an intense power on the earth.
A Shocking Accident by Graham Greene About the story: A Shocking Accident was published in 1967 in the collection of stories May We Borrow Your Husband?. It was later made into a film which won an Oscar for Best Short Film in 1983. Background information In the story, Jerome, the main character, attends a ‘preparatory’ … Read more
Introduction The sonnet God’s Grandeur was written by Hopkins in February 1877. This sonnet is a protest against the crass materialism of the age. Yet the poet says that everything is not lost. Till the time God continues to brood over it, there is hope for the world. God’s glory is going to burst out … Read more
The Shadow of Silence is the translation of Kashmiri poem “Tshoapi hanz tshaay ” by Shabir Magami….. The Shadow of Silence When the day kisses and embraces the dark and, Time takes a trip to the universe of stars, precisely right then is brought into the world the idea, … The perception begins to come … Read more
Summary of Pied Beauty Pied Beauty is a ‘catalogue’ poem. The poet catalogues the things which change from moment to moment, from season to season; things whose function, appearance, characteristics mark them out separately and individually – the changing patterns of the sky, like the ‘brinded’ (dappled) hide of a cow; the small pink or … Read more
Prospice by Browning Summary of Prospice The poet is not at all afraid of the physical troubles that come at the time of death. Though he may feel suffocation (fog) in his throat, a heaviness in his vision and a cold numbness creeping over his body, all showing that death is very near, yet he … Read more
What is an article? An article is is a piece of writing which is usually written for a wider audience. It is published in a magazine, newspaper or journal. It includes intriguing stories, analysis, description or information. Articles are mostly formal but depending upon the target audience, it can be informal too. It should give … Read more
Felix Randal Summary ‘Felix Randal’ is a sonnet with sprung and outriding rhythm, of six-foot lines, written at Liverpool in 1880. You should note the appropriateness of the name, ‘Felix’, which is a Latin word meaning ‘happy’. Felix Randal, the blacksmith is the subject of the poem; he used to make horse-shoes. Although he was … Read more
Spring and Fall Introduction Spring and Fall is an intense love poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins. It narrates an incident, it is a tragic meditative poem, imagining a philosopher as a speaker in discussion with a girl named Margaret. We also discover in the poem character, dialogue, setting, and plot. The poem deals with the … Read more
THE USES AND ABUSES OF THE CINEMA Cinema is a wonderful means of entertainment and instruction. It is a part and parcel of mass media. Nevertheless, it has got the negative aspect that unfortunately is awfully dominant now. Undoubtedly, cinema is the greatest source of entertainment. It is an effective medium of overcoming boredom and … Read more
CORRUPTION A MENACE It is rightly said that corruption is a worldwide phenomenon. It is one of the gravest vices in the world. It has spread and taken its roots deep into every society. Even if we admit that corruption is a worldwide phenomenon, yet we have to agree that in India probably it has … Read more