THE PUPIL OF LITERATURE

INTRODUCTION No, we are not talking about the 'October Morning' in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, or oil on canvas by Clarice Beckett, also not the one in the Guildhall Art Library and definitely not the slew of music albums called by the same name. But we are talking about October by Robert Frost. You can read the poem here .  But do that later, first all attention here! BEFORE MOVING TO ROBERT FROST Do you belong to that category of English Graduate who has become all cozy and comfortable with British Literature? Are you experiencing some kind of trepidation in the crossover? Or does Frost reminds you only of ' the woods are lovely dark and deep  ' from the ICSE 10th standard English reader? If you fall in any of the three or even just borderline, you are in the right place. LET'S DECODE FROST STEP BY STEP You want to see how he looks? Look , but you won't be able to recall his face. I find his works doing more justice to his memory.  Now, as you Googl

INTRODUCTION September like every month is full of literary events. To name a few- on the 6th, we celebrated 'Read a Book Day'; Roald Dahl's birthday was on the 13th; Hobbit day was on 22nd, and such others. I wanted to write on all. But I could write only on one due to time crunch.  I selected an event called the Banned Books Week celebrated in the last week of September. But why was the last week of the month singled out? What was the intent behind the celebration? - all these questions and several others cropped up in my mind. Let's take a look at it one by one.  BEFORE THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND- A NOTE ON BANNING AND CENSORSHIP "You can't do this! I won't let you." That's how banning sounds like. You don't need to drink gallons of lessons on human psychology to figure out what's banned is the most attractive. The louder the uproar, the more limelight it gets.  Freedom like power can be used for the good as well as abused. Drugs are ban

THIS IS MY FIRST BLOG!  IT'S TO GOING TO BE READ BY MANY( I HOPE SO WHILE CHUCKLING INSIDE!!) IT IS NO LONGER GOING TO REMAIN IN THE PAGES AND LANGUISH WAITING TO SEE THE LIGHT OF THE DAY. The literature of the seven continents or say the world literature has been fascinating me since the second year of my undergraduate degree. I love discussing and relating the pieces of writings with the affairs of the world.  My aim behind starting a blog is to chisel and give direction to my unshaped ideas. My writing is a medium to connect with the outside world- THE NETIZENS! I want to kindle the light of literature in every remote corner. I want it to share as much space as the news of reel life celebrities or a fiery political debate in any household.  I have always tried to push beyond the drawn boundaries of literature. I am from India, but my purview isn't Indian Literature only. My eyes and ears stretch to the literature of seven continents.  Writing fascinates me. The creation of a