Gazing At Neighbours Book

Gazing At Neighbours – Travels along the line that partitioned India: Book Review

The book by Indian author Bishwanath Ghosh, – ‘Gazing At Neighbours: Travels along the line that partitioned India’ speaks about the history of Radcliff line and its present day Socio-geographic texture as well as a memoir of the partition scar. In one of the powerful fictional pieces on India’s partition, ‘Nilkantha Pakhir Khonje,’ a character called Isham Khan laughed at the two quarrelling factions as … Continue reading Gazing At Neighbours – Travels along the line that partitioned India: Book Review

Horikhela by Rabindranath Tagore

‘Horikhela’ – Indian Writer, Rabindranath Tagore’s poem on spring and Holi: A review

Holi is a significant Indian festival that ushers in spring with splashes of colours. Almost all Indian writers, including Rabindranath Tagore, have written literary pieces on Holi and Doljatra. Among them, the ballad, ‘Horikhela’ is a masterpiece by him. In this ballad, the Indian writer and first Indian Nobel Laureate in Literature, Rabindranath Tagore, had brought alive a historical event that happened back in 17th … Continue reading ‘Horikhela’ – Indian Writer, Rabindranath Tagore’s poem on spring and Holi: A review