Page 19 - Literature

Root poetry

Mohanty's book brings us to darkness and end, but gently

Aide and abet

In epic literature, the chief aide is painted in many shades of grey too

An Indian non-profit is first TED Audacious Project to be chosen from Asia

The Project is an initiative that "shows what humanity can accomplish when bold ideas meet visionary, generous supporters"

Long-playing novelists

There has been only exception to this urge to write and write and write: J D Salinger. He wrote just one highly successful novel, The Catcher in the Rye

Cyclones from silence

Cyclones have been common in Dash's native Odisha and they frequent his book as well

The short and the long of it

How many stories should make up a collection?

Smart public-speaking programmes to bring out the orator in your child

Several such Indian and global programmes, aimed at school and college students, have actually helped them prepare for higher education and chart their career path

From the stomach of whales

'The way words are used is a running leitmotif in this collection', says the author

Things Fall Apart: Chinua Achebe & the 'colonisation' of African literature

Published 60 years ago this year by Heinemann in London, Things Fall Apart has sold more than 10m copies and been translated into more than 50 languages

The poetic voice of the Caribbean that demanded to be heard

Walcott's expansive universe revolved around a tiny sun, the island of St Lucia