Characters & Colours: 80 Years And Still Maurier’s Rebecca Haunts Readersby Manisha Mishra November 1, 2020 0 Recently, I watched Ben Wheatley’s ‘Rebecca’ (2020) and my senses hovered to the famous line: “Last night I dreamt I...
Characters & Colours: Not Just Art For Art’s Sake, Dorian Gray Teaches Us Moralityby Manisha Mishra October 25, 2020 0 As the world celebrates International Artists Day today (Oct 25), I am reminiscing about the connection between art and literature....
Characters & Colours: Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner – His Sin And Atonementby Manisha Mishra October 19, 2020 0 With the birthday of Samuel Taylor Coleridge round the corner on October 21, I obviously got reminded of his most...
Characters & Colours: Draupadi, A Character Often Misjudgedby Manisha Mishra October 11, 2020 0 October 11, 2012, was first observed as International Day of the Girl Child. Today, after eight years females are still...
Characters & Colours: Black Beauty Tells Us About Beasts’ Resilience Despite Cruelties By Humansby Manisha Mishra October 19, 2020 0 Considering it is Oct 4, World Animal Day, I am thinking of my favourite animal - the horse: a creature...
Characters & Colours: Laura’s Tita & Her Power To Transfer Emotions Through Foodby Manisha Mishra September 27, 2020 0 Literary Character: Tita de la Garza Book: Like Water for Chocolate (1989) As India celebrates Daughter’s Day today, I am...
Characters & Colours: When A Traveller Outpaces Time & Lands In The Futureby Manisha Mishra September 20, 2020 0 The term ‘time machine’ coined by H G Wells, whose birth anniversary is on September 21, has been commonly used...
Characters & Colours: Of COVID-Induced Isolation & A Marooned Robinson Crusoeby Manisha Mishra September 13, 2020 0 With Khurda of late reporting the highest number of COVID-19 positive cases in Odisha on Saturday, I began thinking of...
Braithwaite: A Teacher Who Made A Differenceby Manisha Mishra September 6, 2020 1 Flooded with wishes yesterday on Teacher’s Day (Sept 5), my imagination conjured up the image of a teacher like Mr....
Can Man Create Man? Human Ambition Lives In Frankensteinby Manisha Mishra August 30, 2020 0 On the birthday of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Aug 30), I cannot help but remember her most popular creation Victor Frankenstein....