Category: LITERATURE
Bird Grove
In Bird Grove, Alexi Kaye Campbell examines the fraught relationship between George Eliot and her father, revealing the limits of liberal thinking in a rigid Victorian society. Encouraged to value education and independent thought, Eliot’s rejection of church attendance exposed the contradiction at the heart of her father’s progressive ideals. The play focuses on how personal rebellion becomes political, highlighting the constraints placed on women in the 19th century. Through Eliot’s unconventional life and loves, Bird Grove reflects on autonomy, faith and the social cost of defying expectation.
Review of Arundhati Roy’s New Memoir ‘Mother Mary Comes to Me’
Arundhati Roy’s memoir Mother Mary Comes to Me is as bold and unflinching as the author herself. From her complex relationship with her mother to her fearless activism and extraordinary encounters with India’s marginalized communities, Roy offers a deeply personal yet universally resonant reflection. This review explores her courage, wit, and resilience as a writer who refuses to be silenced.
Proto-feminists of the Spanish Golden Age
This article explores the lives and works of María de Zayas and Ana Caro de Mallén—two groundbreaking women writers of Spain’s Golden Age—whose bold female characters challenged the gender norms of their time. From picaresque tales with proto-feminist undertones to plays that gave women an active voice against injustice, their legacy continues to inspire centuries later.
Do They See I am Human?
In the Oresteia, a tale of a family locked in a never-ending cycle of revenge and death, it finally reaches a zenith of killing where even the gods can no longer turn away.
PARTITION VOICES
While for India their defining moment would of course be partition, a division imposed on India and Pakistan by the retreating British government. One which ultimately cost the lives of an estimated two million people, while also leaving another ten to twelve million homeless. A partition which also resulted in another war, one in Bangladesh, when that country subsequently fought for its own independence.
A vision in Buenos Aires
For a short while Eva became lost in her thoughts until she felt an intense gaze resting on her. She raised her head and realised that a man was staring at her. She became uncomfortable.
Why is India still lagging behind China?
Salil Tripathi reiterates the point that India still lags behind China in terms of economic growth with millions still living below the poverty line and given the fact that both countries were in the same position at the beginning of the last century.
HISTORY / LITERATURE / USA
From Kennedy to Hillary: the end of the myth of the American dream
Democracy seems a sham when you read two books, one by Hillary Rodman Clinton, What Happened, and the other one by Marc Dugain, Ils vont tuer Robert Kennedy (They are going to kill Robert Kennedy). These two works put into perspective the true nature of American democracy, which is governed by invisible forces.