2020

Thematic Elements in Shudraka’s Mrichchakatika (The Little Clay Cart)

Thematic Elements in Shudraka’s Mrichchakatika (The Little Clay Cart)

/ English Literature /

Reading Time: 13 minutesIntroduction to Shudraka’s Mrichchakatika (The Little Clay Cart) Sudraka’s Mrichchakatika is among the earliest known plays of Sanskrit Literature. It is widely celebrated as one of the first plays to skip the narration from the perspective of the royals or nobles and depict the life of a common village populace. The underlying story of this […]

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Pamela An Epistolary Novel By Samuel Richardson

Pamela An Epistolary Novel By Samuel Richardson

/ English Literature /

Reading Time: 7 minutesIntroduction The evolution of the novel happened over a period of centuries before it took the form we witness today. There have been several landmark contributions to the development of storytelling all over the world. One book, however, which remains ground-breaking in various aspects is Pamela. Written by Samuel Richardson, Pamela is widely regarded as

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What Makes a Good Story?

What Makes a Good Story?

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Reading Time: 4 minutesStories have been part of cultures around the world for thousands of years. They helped shape our societies for centuries and continue to do so even today. However, in modern times, stories, in the form of novels, have become one of the major sources of entertainment. They no longer are limited to the privileged class

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A Study in Scarlet- Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

/ Book Reviews, Fiction /

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn all of the English novels written in the past couple of centuries, very few characters have gone on to become as popular and iconic as Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s imaginary detective gained legendary status much before Robert Downey Jr. portrayed the character in blockbuster movies. Written way back in 1887, A Study

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William Wordsworth and His Contribution to Romantic Poetry

/ English Literature, Knowledge Base /

Reading Time: 9 minutesIntroduction to Romanticism of William Wordsworth History has seldom witnessed a person who instigated a genre of any art form and the same person going on to become the epitome of it. Take movies, for example. The first-ever movie was directed by a Frenchman named Louis Le Prince. However, instead of Prince, it’s the likes

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The Idiot – Novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky- prince myshkin

The Idiot – Fyodor Dostoyevsky | Book Review

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Reading Time: 4 minutesFyodor Dostoyevsky wrote The Idiot in the late 19th Century, and it continues to be one of the best novels ever written in the world, across all languages and genres. Dostoyevsky, inarguably one of the greatest novelists ever, authored the book originally in Russian, in 1869. David Magarshack translated the book into English in the

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The Emperors Riddles - Satyarth Nayak

The Emperors Riddles – Satyarth Nayak

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Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Emperors Riddles is one of those books which will keep reminding you of Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code”. It adds a breath of freshness and uniqueness to it, though. The story brings to life the colourful and holy streets of Varanasi and takes you to an unprecedented cultural journey. Satyarth Nayak successfully encapsulates

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