Classic to Modern English Literature

      • Munshi Premchand's last story Shroud (1935) is a social classic - a true story of an oppressed victim. DhanPat Rai Shrivastav, Munshi Premchand (188-1936) is best known to us for his realistic understanding of the rural oppressed caste and his inter-genre depiction of the life of the lower castes and the "untouchables", now known as Dalits. Premchand is famous for the "real" level of his village, and indeed it is there, it has its limits. However, "The Shroud" is marked by its sympathetic portrayal of the downtrodden and untouchables.          • In Shroud, Premchand shows the duo living in the father-son community of Ghisu and Madhav Chama. The lowest caste among the untouchables. They appear here as villain characters due to the negative screenplay. At the beginning of the story, we see Madhav's wife Budhiya dying after giving birth. They were sitting on the doorstep of their hut, beside a dead fire, spreading boiled potatoes, while

The Final Solution Analysis The partition has been one of the traumatic events in the history of the Indian subcontinent. Twentieth century’s major figure Manik Bandapadhyay was marked by his acute poverty and frequent illness, who wrote, ‘The Final Solution’(1988). The story demonstrates “dark, and obscure” aspects. And it also rambles around an impoverished family that migrates to West Bengal after the partition of Bengal. In the story, Mallika meets a pimp, Pramatha, who has bad intentions on women. Consequently, we utilize Bandapadhyay’s work to express the spiritual desiccations, and bringing out the absurdity of human existence. At the inception of the short story, everyone spends the days and nights on a railway platform. Mallika, Bhushan (her husband), her children, and her sister-in-law Asha “had a place the length of one spread mattress.” The next morning, Mallika and her family had nothing to eat, and her children wer

One of Amitav Ghosh ’ s Historical novel , ‘ The Shadow Lines ’ ( 1988 ), is “The Ananda Puraskar” and “ Sahitya Akademi Award-winning ” novel. It is set against the backdrop of historical events like the Swadeshi movement. It conveys   World War II, Partition of India and Communal riots of 1963-64 in Dhaka and Calcutta . The book was praised for its ingenious structure and challenging style. In the novel, the narrator’s Tha’mma was one of the youngest women in British india who wants to fight against the British Government. The novel focuses on the national and geographical boundaries that alienate individuals.   The Shadow Lines does not pretend to have a concrete plot , but it depicts the violence that erupted in 1964 . The story recounts the message of the narrator’s coming of age in Calcutta and the sweeping impact of political violence on his life. The novel is told from a single point of view , but does not follow a straightforward chronology . The shadow lines ex

‘ My Reminiscences ’ (1912) or “ Jibon Smriti ” was penned by one of India’s most cherished renaissance figures Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941). The memoir’s  aspect is its “ reflection ”, which introduces Tagore’s life's experiences,  personal growth, offering insights into his family, education, travels as well as encounter with various individuals . During twentieth century, a time of great social and cultural change in india . When it was in British colony , and working towards social and political reforms which inspire him to compose the memoir. At the beginning of the memoir, it is remained Tagore was painting a natural ability to express the obscure feelings.  He expresses , “ Thus, when my opportunity came, did I look and was engrossed .” However, in the part of “ teaching begins ” , Tagore comes to learning preliminary lesson after crossing, “ kara, khala ” series. A member of their family, Kailash Mukherjee who used to recite very quickly for Rabi’s special plea