English Literature

Water in Literature and Religion Abstract: The present paper is an attempt to show the importance of water in literature and religion. Water, the driving force in nature, plays a significant role in literature and religion. It gives constant fuel to the fires of imagination and at the same time it is an intrinsic part of most spiritual beliefs and religious traditions.********* The holy books of the Hindus explain that all the inhabitants of the earth emerged from the primordial sea . It means the earliest life forms appeared in water and the same is the source of all life. The entire universe is largely composed of water and that’s why it can’t exist without it. Leonardo da Vinci is of the view that ‘Water is the driving force in nature.’ According to Thoreau ‘Life in us is like the water in a river.’ Water has always fascinated humankind. As a result, it plays a very prominent and recurrent role in literature. It gives constant fuel to the fires of imagination. According to Git...

Abstract Hemingway is a prestigious writer of America. He has produced a plethora of writing. Born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois, he committed suicide on July 2, 1961, in Ketchum, Idaho. In 1954, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He is greatly preoccupied  with death and violence. Violence, death and suffering loom large in his works and they assume many forms. In several of his stories and novels Hemingway made the theme of war, killing and violence of his own, and became the chronicler of the disintegrating modern civilization. In fact, his entire outlook on life was conditioned by war. The prose style of The Sun Also Rises   made Hemingway famous. It was written in the spare, tight prose. The Old Man and the Sea has been praised for its striking style. It is the apex of Hemingway’s work as a model of tightly controlled style. Hemingway's legacy to American literature is his style: writers who came after him emulated it or avoided it. Key Words: ...

Introduction: Orchha is one of the most important historical places in Madhya Pradesh . Its grandeur has been captured in stone. This medieval city, the capital of the Bundela kings , was built in the 16th and 17th centuries. The real marvel of Orchha lies in its monuments, gardens, temples, and murals. They represent great achievements of Bundela rulers . It lies by the Betwa River . The Betwa has been described as an emblem of great purity and power in ancient Hindu texts. It is described as the Ganga of Kaliyug and it is regarded as symbol of Shakti.   There are a whole line of temples built along the bank of this river, along with some cenotaphs of the Bundela kings. In Rasikapriya by Keshavdas , Orchha finds a beautiful description: ‘Upon  the river Betwa’s banks/ where places of pilgrimage are/ which the Tungaranya forests span/ there lies the city of Orchha/ which in the world does thriving stay/ and men of all four castes are there/ and of the ashramas four-eng...

Abstract: National integration is very important in the building of a strong and prosperous nation.  How to foster national unity among Indians is the most serious problem of  India  today. A glance at the history of  India  tells us that internal quarrels have been her worst enemy. Separatist tendencies have always resulted in her fall. It was always divided into a large number of small states. National consciousness has always been lacking. That is why this vast nation was conquered by one foreign invader after another. Many effective steps have been taken to bring the people of  India  closer together, but still, after sixty six years of independence, casteism, communalism, provincialism and linguistic quarrels are the most serious threats to the freedom and the security of our beloved motherland. National integration is the awareness of a common identity amongst the citizens of a country. It is a feeling of oneness. All our countrymen must f...