Books of NC Panda, Feb. (original) (raw)

Book Review, 2015

Laxmi Prasad, an author and critic. He is a poet of the masses and whatever he sees around, fills a tender heart intensely with pity, anxiety and concern and therefore, he tries to define inner complexities of feelings and thoughts vividly and frankly while conveying a message of love and compassion. He touches different subjects and while making an objective study, he establishes a silent relationship of empathy with the reader. He is obvious, explicit and plain about life and philosophy. He is sad when he observes hardnosed apathy towards what was glorious in past. Computer age has deprived man of fine sensibility and plainness of words he often writes on paper. 'A Caged Bird' is a reflection of what man has done while he takes a mouse in hand.

VISHVESHVARANAND INDOLOGICAL JOURNAL

Vishveshvaranand Indological Journal, 1989

Candrika Vithi and Lilavati Vithi of Ramapanivada are rare and interesting specimens of a form of plaay extinct for long in Sanskrit literature .The paper analyses the content, structure and poetic qualities of these playlets from one of the most prolific Sanskrit writers of Kerala

Dr. P.V. LAXMI PRASAD IJELTRANS

International Journal of English Language, Literature and Translation Studies, 2020

India is a diverse country with number of diversities. Culture and region go together in every aspect of life. Literature is an important vehicle of culture. Against this backdrop, Basavaraj Naikar is the story writer of contemporary times. He hails from Karnataka. He has four story collections to his credit. One of his collections was shortlisted for Commonwealth Literary Prize. He represents India in his stories which present the culture, language, and typical lifestyles against all odds. He appears autobiographical here and there in the story. A writer of eminence and cultural ambassador, Naikar delineates in his lucid but impressive style the stories known for modernity and regional flavour. Basavaraj Naikar occupies an important position in the history of Indian short story writers in English. A retired professor of English, Dharwad University, Karnataka, he is a translator, author freelancer and a story writer. My paper focuses on Basavaraj Naikar's second story collection The Golden Servant and Other Stories. The twelve stories reinforce the author's portrayal of the life, customs and manners of a particular region of India, a microcosm of the country, like R.K.Narayan's Malgudi. The themes in the stories are unquestionably significant comments on the universal human situation. The collection deals with the broad spectrum of his thoughts and perceptions ranging from the historical to the contemporary, religious to the secular and elemental to the academic in a realistic style. Basavaraj Naikar has been able to give us in his stories innumerable facets of contemporary India. Especially, the themes against worldliness, female heroism, chastity, violence and revenge, transformation approach of a woman, selfish and treacherous behaviour of a prince ,rural life of revenge on separating close friends in cross roads, politics as greater than literature in the Indian conflict, illegal love and its alienating impact on the life of a woman, corruption of being a peon in the guest house, heroism of a Rani and her courage and the academic life in being research supervisors, non-academic atmosphere on the campuses, lack of proper libraries , exploitation of clerical and menial work coming in the academic progress of their work. Cultural vision is the chief forte of the collection. The entire oeuvre presents the problems and possibilities of life in the perspective of socio-cultural resonance. The culture of India is the way of life of the people of India. The Indian culture often labelled as amalgamation of several cultures, spans across the Indian sub-continent and has been influenced by a rich legacy of history that is several millennia old. The Indian literature too flourished with tradition, custom and culture. Indian English Writers have amply demonstrated this reality in their works. Basavaraj Naikar hails from Karnataka whose writings reflect more or less regional, cultural and social perspectives rooted in Kannada land. He carries with him a rich legacy of writings which are known for cultural vision of north Karnataka, the