The poem 'Palanquin Bearers' can be well understood in the Indian context. In most parts of India, the custom was to bring a bride to the house of her husband in a palanquin by the palanquin bearers. The palanquin bearers thought it was a privilege to bring the royal princess to the home of their groom.
My Mother at Sixty Six is a sentimental poem in which she talks about her mother. This poem is based on the filial relationship between mother and daughter
This is a heart touching poem by the Indian poet Kamla Das, whose pen name is Madhavikutty. In this wonderful poem, she describes her sentiment of love and filial attachment towards her ageing mother. The poem consists of 20 lines without a full stop which makes it easy to flow and comprehend.
The Merchant of Venice is an important lesson in your English textbook. It is a sixteenth-century romantic play written by the famous writer by William Shakespeare. The name of the play is The Merchant of Venice. Before noting the textbook question we shall first know the narrative of the play.
The war had a great impact on Pablo Neruda 's writings. His writings were previously very personal, internal, often concerned with the question of existence in the modern, chaotic world. However, his experience in Spain during the Civil War changed his life and consequently his poetry completely. He was much more concerned with social and political justice issues now. Many of his works, including a present poem "From I Explain a Few Things", were radically influenced by the war.
Miracles can be described as divine interference with something unbelievably surprising. In this lesson, we will summarize and analyze the poem " Miracles " by Walt Whitman and delve into the depths of its significance.
Footprints Without Feet is a story of a scientist who discovers how to make himself invisible. He discovers a special potion which could make a man invisible. But this brilliant scientist misuses his wonderful discovery. He uses it for selfish purpose and harms others.
"When You are Old" is a beautiful love lyric. The lyric was composed in October 1891, amid W.B.Yeat's unverifiable association with Maud Gonne who was an Anglo-Irish progressive, women activist and on-screen character.
The Proposal was originally titled as "A Marriage Proposal".It is a one-act play, a farce, by the Russian short story essayist and writer, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. The proposal is short play and has just three characters
Ghat is a Kashmiri word sometimes also used in Urdu. It implies the spot at a river bank from where the boats withdraw to another side. The ghat of the main world implies that after a man finishes his adventure in this world he feels at the entryway of the other world. In this manner, it has been used as a metaphor of death. It implies the point from where a man departs to a different universe what is commonly called hereafter
This lesson is an extract from Arundhati Roy's first novel "The God Of Small Things" which won the Bookers Prize in 1997. Pappachi ( grandfather) is an imperial entomologist prior to his retirement. His name is Shri Benaan John Ipe. His wife Shoshamma Ipe is referred to as Mammachi ( grandmother).
Abhiley is an wonderful short story composed by 'Abdul Gani Sheikh'. In this story, the author has wonderfully depicted some principal logical contradictions, i.e. simplicity and ignorance versus modernity, and the issues of the generation gap between the general population of various ages.
