Sunday Column: Characters & Colours

Characters & Colours: Fakir Mohan’s Rebati And Women Education

On the 190th birth anniversary of Savitribai Phule, celebrated as National Women’s Day, exemplary Odia writer Fakir Mohan Senapati’s Rebati…

January 3, 2021

Characters & Colours: Lolita, Seductress Or Victim Of Child Sexual Abuse?

Today is December 6 – the day on which Vladimir Nabakov finished writing his famous novel ‘Lolita’ in 1953. Little…

December 6, 2020

Characters & Colours: A Benign Beast That Rules Beauty’s Heart

Feasting on fairy tales in my childhood, the one story that amazed me was the famous tale of the Beauty…

November 22, 2020

Characters & Colours: Adichie’s Statement On Patriarchy Through Duality In Eugene Achike

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been voted as the 2020 ‘Winner of Winners’ (Women’s prize for Fiction) a couple of days…

November 15, 2020

Characters & Colours: Dracula, The Unforgettable Vampire

Some literary characters gain much more prominence than their creator. One such creation is Count Dracula (popularly referred to as…

November 8, 2020

Characters & Colours: 80 Years And Still Maurier’s Rebecca Haunts Readers

Recently, I watched Ben Wheatley’s ‘Rebecca’ (2020) and my senses hovered to the famous line: “Last night I dreamt I…

November 1, 2020

Characters & Colours: Not Just Art For Art’s Sake, Dorian Gray Teaches Us Morality

As the world celebrates International Artists Day today (Oct 25), I am reminiscing about the connection between art and literature.…

October 25, 2020

Characters & Colours: Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner – His Sin And Atonement

With the birthday of Samuel Taylor Coleridge round the corner on October 21, I obviously got reminded of his most…

October 18, 2020

Characters & Colours: Draupadi, A Character Often Misjudged

October 11, 2012, was first observed as International Day of the Girl Child. Today, after eight years females are still…

October 11, 2020

Characters & Colours: Black Beauty Tells Us About Beasts’ Resilience Despite Cruelties By Humans

Considering it is Oct 4, World Animal Day, I am thinking of my favourite animal - the horse: a creature…

October 4, 2020