मेरी कहानी, मेरा फ़साना (meri kahani, mera fasana) – a poem
कह दूँ भी तुम्हें तो किन अल्फ़ाजों में की दिल ने मेरे बस कैसे चुना है तुम्हें? अब तो प्यास भी जैसे सुकून सी लगती है जबसे तुम्हारी धड़कनों में भी अपना ही नाम सुना मैंने! अब तो तुम…
Dictionary of Literary Terms – why you need one
Alok Mishra tells the students of English literature why do they need a good dictionary of literary terms and literary theory. Read this article to understand the need for a specialised dictionary of literary vocabulary. Having a dictionary is always…
Treasure Trove of Zodiacs – book review
Alok Mishra reviews the book Treasure Trove of Zodiacs written by popular astrologer Tanuj Lalchandani. This book details the personality of people belonging to various zodiac signs. I am not a huge fan when it comes to the horoscope predictions…
Life and Death – a short poem
I wasn't aware when death threw her silky snare and neither did I try to realise when I died eventually. Dilemma delusion dogma and never I knew when was last that I lived either.
The Lonely Drummer and Other Poems
After the collection I have read recently, Abhishek Goswami's The Lonely Drummer and Other Poems has come to me as a pleasant surprise because I often complain about the lessening interest in poetry writing in India. Abhishek's debut collection has…
Why UGC NET for English Literature is absurd? My Take
Well, in the circles which I am known and the intellectuals who know me they know very well that how much unsatisfied I am with the current education policies in the country (India of course). If one scrutinises and tries…
Another New Year – 2018! Poem
And it begins once again like a usual pain which puts my heart on the altar of a calendar change every last day of a year. Whom are we fooling?
On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer – Summary & Analysis
On First Looking into Chapman's Homer is a very famous sonnet written by the celebrated romantic poet John Keats. It was composed in October 1816 by the poet and the inspiration for the poem came to Keats when he studied…
अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी जी और उनकी कवितायेँ!
"पथ पर चलते चलते ही वह राह बन गया, तिल-तिल कर जलते जलते ही दाह बन गया, वह कैसा था भक्त स्वयं भगवान बन गया कुम्भकार की कीर्ति बन निर्माण बन गया!" जब भी अटल जी पुरुषार्थ से…
Uske Hisse Ka Pyar
Uske Hisse Ka Pyar is the debut book by Ashish Dalal - an author from Gujarat who is interested in producing meaningful short stories and occasional poetry. He has been writing for many years for the Hindi newspapers and magazines…