|
|
 |
|
|
 |
| Joyce remembered |
| Clown and seer come together in a bourgeois colonial novelist |
| If I recall correctly, I first read A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man when I was seventeen. This was probably my first introduction to James Joyce; probably not. I have an indistinct memory of my cousins’ private tutor in Calcutta, an un... |
Read.. |
|
| |
|
|
| Frankly speaking |
|
Sir — Whatever faults V.C. Shukla may have, hypocrisy is certainly not one of them (“Sympathy why? ... |
Read..
|
|
| |
| Eye for detail |
|
Sir — The uniform worn by or designed for Amitabh Bacchhan in the picture accompanying “Stars in he ... |
Read..
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
 |
| ’TWAS A FAMOUS VICTORY |
| India’s cricket tour of Pakistan was a double success. It made the relationship between the two countries warmer and brought ...| Read.. |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| The moments of agony/ (Whether,
or not, due to misunderstanding,/ Having hoped for the wrong things or dreaded
the wrong things,/ Is not in question)are likewise permanent/…We appreciate this
better/ In the agony of others, nearly experienced,/ Involving ourselves, than
in our own./ For our own past is covered by the currents of action,/ But the torment
of others remains an experience/ Unqualified, unworn by subsequent attrition./
People change, and smile: but the agony abides. — T.S. ELIOT |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Andhra burning |
| The self-styled CEO of Andhra Pradesh had just finished his ‘phone out’ programme telecast live daily in which dozens of unsu... |
Read.. |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
