Literature

The term ‘time machine’ coined by H G Wells, whose birth anniversary is on September 21, has been commonly used after the publication of his novel “The Time Machine” (1895)....

Indian-origin writer Avni Doshi’s debut novel 'Burnt Sugar' about love between mother and daughter, is among the six books shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction. The winner will...

With Khurda of late reporting the highest number of COVID-19 positive cases in Odisha on Saturday, I began thinking of writer Daniel Defoe’s quote: “Fear of danger is ten thousand...

Flooded with wishes yesterday on Teacher’s Day (Sept 5), my imagination conjured up the image of a teacher like Mr. Braithwaite. At an impressionable age of 21, when I watched...

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...

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 human life...

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....

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...

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...

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...