Current Indian writing in English : essays & interviews / edited by Kanwar Dinesh Singh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Singh, Kanwar Dinesh, 1973-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indic literature (English)--20th century--History and criticism.

Indic literature (English).

Indic literature (English)--21st century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

xi, 219 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Sarup Book Publishers, 2010.

Contents:

Fiction. 1. A web of 'langue' and 'parole' in Amitav Ghosh's The hungry tide / Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal

2. Exile as leitmotif in Amitav Ghosh's The glass palace / Kanwar Dinesh Singh

3. Rukmani as an epitome of Indian womanhood : a critical consideration of Kamala Markandaya's Nectar in a sieve / S. John Peter Joseph

4. Music as a metaphor : a study of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's Queen of dreams / Sumeet Brar

5. Return to the roots : a study of the select short stories of Jhumpa Lahiri / V. Ranjani and N. Rama Krishna

6. Marriage of "educated" women in Manju Kapur's A married woman / D. Murali Manohar

7. Treatment of the subaltern in Arundhati Roy's The god of small things / O.P. Dwivedi

8. Women at the crossroads : reassessing Shobha De's Snapshots and second thoughts / Anita Myles

Poetry. 9. The liberating force of Ruskin Bond's poetry / Swapan K. Banerjee

10. Death in Shiv K. Kumar's poetry / Anshu Sharma

Drama. 11. Love, sacrifice and ecstasy : a study of Girish Karnad's Naga-Mandala / Tanushree Nayak

Interviews. 12. Indian writing in English : a conversation with Christopher Rollason and Ludmila Volná / Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal

13. 'A criticism of life' : an interview with the scholar-poet, A.N. Dwivedi / Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal

14. Intimate aspects of life : an interview with Rabindra Kumar Swain / Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal

15. 'Colouring of human passion' : an interview with R.K. Singh / Arbind Kumar Choudhary

16. An appealing poetic expression : an interview with Kanwar Dinesh Singh / Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal

17. The poetic rendezvous : an interview with Smita Agarwal / Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal

18. Human society as the grist to the ever grinding mill of poet's imagination : an interview with P. Raja / Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal

19. Poetry of immense grief : an interview with Kamala Kapur / Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal

20. Fusion of journalism and poetry : an interview with Mamang Dai / Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9788176256100

8176256102

OCLC:

732680664