Of Great Place by Francis Bacon The essay Of Great Place by Francis Bacon is a wonderful piece of writing. It discusses several contents that are dense with information and expression, with an emphasis on the meaning and nature of existence. It embodies a wealth of interesting philosophical concepts that Read more…
Of Truth by Francis Bacon In this famous essay, Bacon demonstrates his profound observation of human beings with a particular emphasis on truth. Bacon asserts in this article that truth is the highest value for humans. He refers to the pursuit of truth as wooing it, knowledge of truth as Read more…
Surviving in My World As an Autobiography – Manohar Mouli Biswas Autobiography as a genre is a representation of the self. It is an extremely powerful genre through which one can depict the world of his own. In case of Dalit literature, the emergence of Dalit autobiography gives the Dalit Read more…
Adventures in a Banyan Tree by Ruskin Bond Summary Adventures in Banyan Tree is a beautiful short story written by a well-known Indian author Ruskin Bond. In this story, the boy, who is the narrator, says that his grandfather owned the house and the land where they lived in India. Read more…
Ruskin Bond’s The Eyes are Not Here About Ruskin Bond Ruskin Bond was born on the 19th of May, 1934, in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, India. He is a well-known Indian author who is descended from British ancestors. Bond’s mother and father divorced in 1938 when Bond was a child. Following Read more…
Karma by Khushwant Singh About the Author Known as a brilliant and straightforward writer, Khushwant Singh (1915–2014) was a man of letters, a lawyer, and a journalist by profession, and a novelist, a playwright, and a short-story writer during the 20th century. The Indian Foreign Service stationed him in various Read more…
‘Lost Spring’ by Anees Jung Introduction:The lesson is an interesting and revelatory description of the lives of two poor children and thereby in extension about underprivileged children in India. Sensitively written it brings out the conditions they live in, the circumstances they have to battle and the unrequited dreams they Read more…
Packing Q.1. How many characters are there in the narrative? Name them. Ans. There are three human and one animal characters in this narrative. These are: i) Jerome- the author, George, Harris and Montmorency- the dog. Q. 2. Why did the narrator (Jerome) volunteer to do the packing? Ans. The Read more…
INTRODUCTION This lesson introduces you to the story “The Last Leaf” by the celebrated American short-story writer, O. Henry. This story was included in his collection The Trimmed Lamp (1907) which explores the lives of ordinary people in the city of New York. His stories generally expresses the occurrence and Read more…
INTRODUCTION In this lesson, we are going to read a short story titled “Three Questions” by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, who was a highly acclaimed novelist, short story writer and essayist. We shall start with a discussion on the life and works of Tolstoy before delving into the text Read more…
