The Critical volume of essays entitled The Artist and the Artistry: Critical Essays on Indian Writing in English is a scholarly interpretation of critical essays in Indian Writing in English. It includes essays on all genres i.e. Poetry, Drama, Fiction, and Short fiction. Diversity is the chief forte of the critical volume of essays. Writers are established and their works have received international recognition. The author of this volume has explored the unexplored vistas of those impressive elements in a lucid and analytical narration. Criticism is heightened and the beauties of which can be seen in the essays.
The fundamental purpose of the Bhagavad Gita is to illuminate all of humanity, the realization of the true nature of divinity for the highest spiritual conception and the greatest material perfection is to attain supreme love of God. It is a work showing lessons of philosophy, religion and ethics; it teaches every human being the art of living, the way of life. According to William Von Humboldt, the Gita is ‘the most beautiful, perhaps the only true philosophical song existing in any known tongue’. As a philosophical manifesto, the Bhagavad Gita plays an important influence in society. A philosophical guide acts like a spiritual magnifying glass, enabling people to discern the external and internal elements that surround their vision and bring error in our understanding. What we find in the works of philosophical masters are living truths which speak of mundane problems as well as spiritual needs of our day. People of such brilliant intellect who grow spiritually are able to interpret and transmit masterpieces like Bhagavad Gita in true spirit of life. Many a milestone is set by the followers of Gita and practical wisdom is the ultimate fulcrum of the philosophy.................... P. V. Laxmiprasad
A multi-faceted creative personality, Rabindranath Tagore is one of the greatest stalwarts of both English and Bengali literatures. He created a Renaissance in India, where people were awakened by the great corpus of creative work produced during the country's struggle for independence from the British. Tagore was undoubtedly a champion of this literary protest. He produced masterpieces in Bengali literature and later translated them into English. Gitanjali, his masterpiece collection of poems with a foreword by William Butler Yeats, is renowned for its rhythmic, optimistic, and lyrical nature. It won Tagore the Nobel Prize for Literature, the first awarded to an Asian writer, and a knighthood. In this landmark study, noted Indian scholar P. V. Laxmiprasad offers the most comprehensive critical study of Tagore's work to date.
In this incisive new book, P. V. Laxmiprasad addresses the great Indian queen Rani Chennamma of Kittur as a character in Indian fiction. The Queen of Kittur by Basavaraj Naikar highlights the themes of honor and glory, patriotism and freedom, betrayal and defeat of the royal family of Kittur as revealed by the life of Rani Chennamma. This novel is a precious jewel in Indian literature. Laxmiprasad's critical evaluation contextualizes female Indian royalty as a subject in historical fiction and rising force of nationalism, heroism, and solidarity.
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