LIFE AND LITERATURE

  THE FAMISHED ROAD                                                             BEN OKRI The Famished Road is a novel  by Nigerian  author Ben Okri  the first book in a trilogy that continues with Songs of Enchanment  (1993) and Infinite Riches (1998). Published in London in 1991 by  Jonanthan Cape  [1]  the story of The Famished Road follows Azaro, an  abiku  or spirit child, living in an unnamed African, most likely Nigerian, city. The novel employs a unique narrative style incorporating the spirit world with the "real" world in what some have classified as Animistic Realism  Others have labeled it African Tradit...

                                                             THE QUEEN OF JHANSI                                                                                      -MAHASWETA DEVI        Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016) was an Indian writer in Bengali and an activist. Her notable literary works include Hajar Churashir Maa, Rudali, and AranyerAdhikar.[3] She was a leftist who worked for the rights and empowerment of the tribal people (Lodha and Shabar) of West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh states of India.[4] She was honoured with various literary awards such as the Sahit...

 LYRIC LYRIC DEFINITION A lyric (lih-RIK) is a type of personal rhythmic poetry. A lyric poem does not contain a narrative because its intent is making feelings understood rather than relating events. It is concerned with the often intense or complicated feelings of the speaker (who may or may not be the poet themselves). The word lyric comes from the lyre, an ancient Greek portable harp frequently used by performers. Lyrical poetry was originally meant to be set to music and performed. With the advent of the printing press, performed poetry took a backseat to written works, but since the mid-20th century and the ubiquitous access to popular music, people are as likely to hear a lyric as they are to read it. Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle categorized all poetry as either lyrical, dramatic, or epic. Where epic poetry is meant to represent and appeal to an entire culture, lyric poetry is more personal. Epics are typically told in third-person omniscient point of view, while lyri...

 FEMINISM INTRODUCTION: Feminism as a movement gained potential in the twentieth century, marking the culmination of two centuries’ struggle for cultural roles and socio-political rights — a struggle which first found its expression in Mary Wollstonecraft‘s Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792). The movement gained increasing prominence across three phases/waves — the first wave (political), the second wave (cultural) and the third wave (academic). Incidentally Toril Moi also classifies the feminist movement into three phases — the female (biological), the feminist (political) and the feminine (cultural). The first wave of feminism, in the 19th and 20th centuries, began in the US and the UK as a struggle for equality and property rights for women, by suffrage groups and activist organisations. These feminists fought against chattel marriages and for political and economic equality. An important text of the first wave is Virginia Woolf‘s A Room of One’s Own (1929), which asserte...

  Video Conferencing                It is a technology or visual communication through which two or more users or individuals from different locations can conduct face-to-face meetings. Video conferencing enables any individual to manage and save time and money. It is used to conduct official meetings, seminars, interviews, training programs, board meetings and for educational purposes. Informal video conferences are called “video call” or “video chat.” The quality of any video conferencing application/software depends on the network strength and speed. Through video conferencing application/software users can converse with each other and will create similar experience like that of direct meeting or a face-to-face meeting. A good Video Conferencing application should be credible and would provide high quality video and helps the users to instantly connect with their audience (Team, Officials, Students, etc.,). Tools/Equipment required fo...