By Migel Jayasinghe Aldous Huxley’s futuristic parable Brave New World was published to some acclaim in 1932. Huxley as a novelist, essayist and a social commentator was very much at the forefront of literary life in Britain in the early to mid-twentieth century. The novel has been compared to George Orwell’s 1984. Although the actual…
A Quick Fix Hang my picture on your wall. That’s all you have to do. I’ll do the rest. I know what’s best for you. This misery you’re going through Feel free to pass on to me. I’m not like you. I’m wise. I’m strong. I’ll rid you of all your furies, Your torments,…
Dr Renee Ranchan presenting her book, To Each With Love, to the Hon’ble President of India Mr Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, on Thursday, July 6, 2017. In his foreword to this significant satiric rendition Reginald Massey who writes our regular Book Page says, “Ranchan’s stories have a strange charisma about them… She…
Confluence May 2017 issue 0
Coming down on the escalator, I saw the whirlpools of the human heads mingling and dis-joining. They looked threatening. I had a sinking feeling I would drown and disappear without a trace. As I touched ground, I saw myriads of people hurtling in different directions, as if the devil was snapping at their heels. I…
At a recent book launch of Mona Dash’s A Certain Way, a poetry collection, it was rare to see the Indian audience animated in the questions and answers session. The book launch was interesting and unique in the sense that it was, in fact, a dual book launch combined with a literary agent, Aanchal Malhotra,…
By Shanta Acharya On 8th November 2016 the Government of India took the unprecedented step of banning the use of ₹500 and ₹1000 notes. The announcement was made in the evening and these specified bank notes (SBNs) were deemed ‘illegal’ after midnight. Holders of such notes would be able to convert them into legal tender…
By Tassie Seneviratne “Constitution making in Sri Lanka has become a highly contentious issue. The problem lies in the challenge to democracy, arising from the polarization of the two main ethnic groups – the Sinhalese and the Tamils – and the mistrust that has been simmering since Independence culminating in the ‘Vaddukoddai Resolution’ in 1976″.…
Saree It came wrapped in desire’s eager rustling a gift I did not choose. Though warp and weft obeyed an ambiguous design, the shade beguiled. The texture satisfied a hunger, not merely of the eye. I shook it loose and shaped it to my use. Line and colour clung to breast and thigh. The…
The Lyrical Capitals Reviewed by Yogesh Patel Poets: Kavita A. Jindal, Yogesh Patel, Mathura, Abhay K, George Szirtes “With a poet in Abhay K., we are not limited to the mundane facts. Instead, some of the poems, as he indicates, are so universal that they can be for any place!” Recently at School of Oriental…