Sunday Column: Characters & Colours

Recently, I watched Ben Wheatley’s ‘Rebecca’ (2020) and my senses hovered to the famous line: “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again”…this sentence often disturbs my equilibrium and…

As the world celebrates International Artists Day today (Oct 25), I am reminiscing about the connection between art and literature. There are so many literary books and characters that have…

With the birthday of Samuel Taylor Coleridge round the corner on October 21, I obviously got reminded of his most beautiful creation - the vulnerable ancient Mariner who sins and learns by…

October 11, 2012, was first observed as International Day of the Girl Child. Today, after eight years females are still perceived to be unequal to men in getting the rights they deserve.…

Considering it is Oct 4, World Animal Day, I am thinking of my favourite animal - the horse: a creature that is majestic, suave, agile and full of elegance. I am automatically reminded of a…

Literary Character: Tita de la Garza Book: Like Water for Chocolate (1989) As India celebrates Daughter’s Day today, I am reminded of Tita de la Garza, who remains one of the most…

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). Like most of the…

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 times more…

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 “To Sir, With…

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…