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My Science Teacher
As our car touches the sturdy village road of a certain height, it doesn’t seem like a regular December morning one might be out to visit their old schoolteacher. On one side of the road,…
Can Man Create Man? Human Ambition Lives In Frankenstein
On the birthday of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Aug 30), I cannot help but remember her most popular creation Victor Frankenstein. An extremely ambitious scientist who aspired to create…
Towards A ‘Science’ Of Translation In Odisha
Preamble
I am thinking back to the year 1997, which will explain the genesis of this book and the fact of it being inscribed to the memory of Ganeswar Mishra.
Three or four years…
To Behave Like An Uncle Tom; Why An Insult?
Today, on International Day for the remembrance of slave trade and its abolition (August 23), my mind wanders off to Uncle Tom - the faithful African-American slave in Harriet Beecher…
Return To The Vedas
Know Thou we are all souls, we are the eternal;
Veda points to the path of righteousness in action and wisdom ;
Great is our cultural legacy and great is our history;
Forgetting…
Tagore’s Gora: Where Humanism Triumphs Over Fanaticism
On the occasion of 74th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said economic growth and development should be the focus of the country but humanism should not be sidelined in the…
Closed Doors
The doors:
Doors at the front,
Doors at the back,
Doors above doors,
Doors next to the doors.
Doors in the village,
Doors by the lanes,
Doors in shopping malls and markets;
Door…
‘Unfinished’ Priyanka Chopra’s Memoir Is Now Finished
Bollywood/Hollywood actor Priyanka Chopra has finally finished writing her memoir, titled 'Unfinished'. On Tuesday, she took to Twitter to share how excited she is to present the book whose…
Ganeswar Mishra Believed In Empowering Children Through Literature: Dash Benhur
Bhubaneswar: Children can be empowered through literature and hence it is imperative to write for them keeping in mind their age and needs, said eminent writer Dash Benhur here on Sunday.…
Ganeswar Mishra’s Lesser-Known Novel Has Recipe For Connecting The Local and The…
No Longer at Home
Of late the charming novels of Tishani Doshi, a Chennai-based young Indian writer in English, have had me occupied. Doshi happens to be the child of a mixed,…