Lecture notes drop box and creative corner of Dr Aswathy Aravindakshan
Reading Time: 4 minutes Ernest Hemingway (born July 21, 1899, in Cicero—now Oak Park—Illinois, USA, and died July 2, 1961, in Ketchum, Idaho) was an American novelist and short-story writer. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954 and was renowned for his distinctive, masculine writing style and his adventurous life. His concise and clear writing style…
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Reading Time: 4 minutes In Kalidasa’s classical play Abhijnanasakuntalam, Shakuntala is immortalised as an ideal and patient woman who is loved upon recognition. Vaidehi (Janaki Srinivas Murthy, b. 1945), a pioneering writer in Kannada literature, undertakes a radical reimagining of this figure in her work Shakuntale Yondige Kaleda Aparahna. Rooted in her broader literary mission to “build the authenticity…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteVaidehi (Janaki Srinivas Murthy, b. 1945) is a prominent Kannada writer known for her short stories, novel, poetry, and translations. Celebrated by fellow writer Vijaya Dabbe as a “new milestone in Kannada literature,” her works stand out for their subtle, unusual, and emotionally resonant style. Rather than advocating ideologies, she reflects on inner life, the…