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PILGRIMS PROGRESS - PART 1. John Bunyan

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PILGRIMS PROGRESS - Part 1 (From the city of Destruction to Mount Lion). The narrator felt very tired after walking for a very long distance so he slept in a den. While he was sleeping he had a dream. In his dream he saw a man in rags. The man is walking away from his house. he was carrying a Bible in his hand and a burden was in his back. He was crying while he was reading the Bible. The narrator felt very bad on seeing him. Further the man in his dreams was hiding from his wife. He came to know that his city will be burnt and they all will be ruined. The only way to escape is to move out of the city. When he said about this to his neighbors, they doubted his mental state. They forced him to sleep. He had a sleepless night and in morning he felt even more worse. The neighbors tried to divert him by deriding, chiding and neglecting him. He withdrew to his room he spent his time in solitude. even when reading in silence he often had sudden outburst of anger. A man named, Evangelist guid...
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In Each Other's Arms(Kannan Pattu)-Bharathiyar

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In Each Other’s Arms – Bharathiyar This poem is one among the 23 poems published in ‘Kannan Pattu’, by Subramania Bharathiyar. In this song the supreme divinity, ‘Krishna’ is imagined as the Beloved woman and the human soul as the lover. Bhatarhiyar has created a female version of Krishna in this poem and he calls her ‘Kanamma’. He tells that she is the flowing light and he is the understanding sight. If she is the honey filled flower, he is the bee which is captivated by the honey drops. She is the shining ray of heaven and she sprays wisdom all around her and he can find no words to praise her. She is the golden harp and he is the finger that plays with it. If she is the necklace that shines he is the diamond that makes it shine. She is the mighty queen with all the splendor and in whichever side he turns, he sees only her face. She is the singing rain and he is the peacock that dances to the rhythm of it. If she is the grape juice, he is the cup that waits. She is the beauty that em...
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Krishna - My Mother (Kannan Pattu) Bharathiyar

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A special thanks to Thiruvaiarru Bharathi Iyakkam – Bharathi Illakiya Payilagam’s blogger Link. https://ilakkiyapayilagam.blogspot.com/2010/04/blog-post_3522.html?m=1 'Kannan Pattu' is one of the songs of the great poet, Mahakavi Subramaniya Bharathiyar. It is one among the 'Three Great Songs'. The other two are 'Panchali Sabadham' and 'Kuyil Pattu'. In ancient times, people like Manickavasagar, Andal, Nachiyar etc. used to compose songs in which God was the leader and all other beings were the heroines. God is one. There are many beings. To reach that one God, all songs were composed with the ways to get rid of sins of the hero and heroines. But the great poet Bharathiyar avoided that old tradition and paved a new path. Here Bharathiyar has sung in various ways, using himself as the leader and God as his beloved, lover, servant, king, minister, and companion. This helps us see him as a revolutionary poet. We should study "Kannan Pattu" in ...
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The Beasts of Burden - Imayam. Tr by Lakshmi Holmstrom - Koveri kazuthaigal

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Click  Beasts of Burden - chapter wise summary
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The Outcaste (Akkarmashi)

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Click  The Outcaste Sharankumar Limbale full summary
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Karukku - Bama

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KARUKKU - BAMA

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Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift - PDF

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Forensic Medicine by Gieve Patel

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 Gieve Patel is a medical practitioner by profession and has earned a reputation as a poet, actor, dramatist and painter. His collection of verse are Poems(1966), How Do You Withstand Body (1976). Though sensitive to social injustice along with his own predicament as a Parsi Poet, one of the preoccupations of his poetry is with the physical existence of human beings-not just the living world but also the human body itself. In his poetry, we see a careful craftsman at work using precise and direct images, economy of words and vigorous and colloquial expression. His poems, though devoid of sentimentality are sometimes empathetic and always rich with irony. “Forensic Medicine” was written by Gieve Patel. It was published in his second collection of poems, How Do You Withstand Body. He starts with a heart burdening picture of a fetus being destroyed in the embryo. The expert who examined the case says that a puerile in-law had thrust a glowing iron rods inside her daughter-in-law’s e...
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I am Malala : the Girl who Stood up for Education - Chapter 1

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I am Malala - Part One - Chapter - 1 Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani female education activist and was awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. She is a human right activist and advocate for the education of women. Her autobiographical work “I am Malala” was published in 2013. This chapter deals with Malala’s birth as well as the history of her homeland and family. Malala was born at dawn, and although Pakistani culture is to mourn over a birth of a daughter, Malala’s family celebrated her birth, especially her dad. Her father named her Malala after the greatest warrior heroine Malalai of Maiwand. Malala was born into Swat Valley, a lush, mountainous area in Pakistan. The location is very beautiful and a tourist destination for many foreigners. Swat used to be separate from Pakistan and joined after the British gave India its independence in 1948; it is still very autonomous from the Pakistani government. Malala’s family lived in Mingora, the only real city within the valley. Her fami...
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The Sickness Unto Death - Anne Sexton

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  The Sickness Unto Death by Anne Sexton Anne Sexton was an American author who is known for her highly personal and confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer prize for poetry in 1967 for her book 'Live or Die'. Her poetry details her long battle with bipolar disorder, suicidal tendency and intimate details from her private life including relationships with her husband and children. This poem “The Sickness Unto Death” is published in her poetry collection “The Complete Poems” in 1981. This poem depicts how the author feels hopeless and dejected. She says that God has went out of her and she compares herself to dried up sea. God has left her and she feel hollow deep inside. God has become like a stone. She feels that her body has become like a mutton flesh which has been slaughtered but even that mutton piece has some juiciness to it but her life seems to be filled with despair. The poet says that people gifted her oranges when she was in despair but she could not eat o...
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Simon's Papa - Guy De Maupassant

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INTRODUCTION : Henry Rene Guy De Maupassant shortly known as Guy De Maupassant was a 19th century French author. He is the master of short story form. His works depicts the human lives, destines and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms. Some of his notable works are ‘A Woman’s Life ‘, ‘Bel-Ami’ and ‘Simon’s Papa’. This short story ‘Simon’s Papa’ was published in 1879.   SIMON FACES HUMILIATION : Simon was a 7 to 8 year old boy and he was the only son of La Blanchotte. He never used to come out of his house, and his first day in school was a worst experience for him. The youngsters in school humiliate him and mock at him just because Simon don’t have a father. Simon’s classmates behave very rudely with him. SIMON DECIDES TO DROWN : Simon fights with his classmates for insulting him but he was stamped down by the monstrous crowd of boys around him. After certain extent Simon could no more withstand the insults and he started throwing stones at them. The boys ...
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THE FUTURE - George Frederick Cameron

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George Frederick Cameron was a Canadian poet, lawyer, and a journalist. He was born in 1854 and died in 1885. Cameron devoted much of his energy to writing on the subject of freedom, especially the struggle which was taking place in Cuba. His most famous work ‘Lyrics on Freedom, Love and Death’ was published posthumously. This poem ‘The Future’ is addressed to the poets of the future. The poet says that he belongs to the dead present and he is welcoming the future poets to come forward for the nations good. The author says that the actions of the present generations had made the land barren. The present generations are weak and they involve in war unnecessarily. The dispute between the colonizer and the colonized makes the whole world to suffer. Though it is said that the sun never set in the land of England, the weak ones are stamped down and truth and justice were confined deep inside them. They see themselves as superior to others. The colonizers aspire to attain peace but they g...
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Preface to Thirukkural by V.V.S.Aiyar

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  Preface to Thirukkural Varahaneri Venkatesa Subramaniam Aiyar, also known as V.V.S. Aiyar was an Indian Revolutionary from Trichurapalli, Tamilnadu. He fought against British Colonial Rule in India. He was also a Tamil writer and is considered as the father of modern Tamil short story. He translated the R amavatharam of Kambar and Thirukkural in English.                 V.V.S.Aiyar translated the entire work of the Thirukkural text in English prose, which became the first complete English translation by a native scholar. Aiyar’s work is considered by various scholars as the most scholarly of all the English translations made until then, including those by native English Scholars. Aiyar translated the Thirukkural in 962.   The Need for his Translation                 V.V.S.Aiyar starts his work with a preface, in whi...
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