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| Focus - Contemporary Kannada Literature |
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Kannada literature has had a rich tradition spanning a millennium and a half with some specific literary works surviving from the 9th century to the present. In modern times it has produced many literary stalwarts and takes credit for largest number of Jnanpith awards (8) among all Indian languages. Dr H S Komalesha, editor of this special section, mentions two significant developments of 2011 - Kannada formally acquiring the classical language status and the noted writer, Chandrashekhara Kambar, winning the eighth Jnanpith Award for the language - and says these affirm the vibrant literary and cultural ambience that has sustained Karnataka and its culture all these years. Presented in this feature are some of the finest voices of contemporary Kannada literature, including 3 Jnanpith awardees - Bendre, Ananthamurthy and Kambar - and A K Ramanujan among the poets, and several scholars and translators.
Karnataka has had a vigorous tradition in temple architecture and classical art forms too, as depicted by the celebrated Darpana Sundari (image) in the temple at Belur.>>>
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| FEATURE - Manto - A Centenary Tribute |
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Saadat Hassan Manto (May 11, 1912 - January 18, 1955) was arguably one of the best Urdu short story tellers of the 20th century, and one of the most controversial as well. A film and radio scriptwriter, and journalist as well, Manto was a prolific writer who in his short life published twenty-two collections of short stories. He wrote on topics considered social taboos in Indo-Pakistani Society. He was tried for obscenity half-a-dozen times in India and Pakistan but never convicted. He commented, "If you find my stories dirty, the society you are living in is dirty. With my stories, I only expose the truth".
Muse India pays tribute to the genius and enduring relevance of Sadaat Hassan Manto on his birth centenary in this section devoted to him. Dr Charanjeet Kaur, editor of the feature, says "Manto makes you too uncomfortable to institutionalise him or legitimise him. Somehow, he doesn't 'fit in' with the constructs of the nation and nationhood, - his truth is too 'raw', too disruptive, to be displayed as a national treasure, either in India or Pakistan, countries which he loved and in which he was plagued by obscenity charges." >>>
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ARTICLES / DISCUSSIONS
Eminent Gujarati dalit writer and editor of Hayati, Harish Mangalam (pic), is in conversation with Jaydeep Sarangi analysing dalit writings. Literary articles included in the section are by Charanjeet Kaur, Devender Kumar, Devyani Agrawal, Neekee Chaturvedi, Sandip Guha Roy & Joydeep Banerjee, and Uma Chatterjee. >>>
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BOOK REVIEWS
Reviews are by Ambika Ananth of Anna Maria's More Beads Unstrung; by Atreya Sarma of Ravi Shanker's Collision of Dimensions; by Brian Mendonça of Sasenarine Persaud's
Lantana Strangling Ixora; by Narayan Jena & P K Das of Amit Goyal & Sudhanshu Gupta's
The Lost Story; and by V V B Ramarao (pic) of Dr Asthana's The Doctor is Cheating You.
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FICTION
Read noted dalit writer Omprakash Valmiki's (pic) touching tale of how constitutional provision of reserved constituencies in Panchayat elections, to uplift backward classes, are derailed by the ruling upper castes. Fine translation of this Hindi story is by Naresh K Jain. Other short fictions in the section are by Ananya Sarkar, Ashok Patwari and Mohsin Bin Mushtaq. >>> |
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POETRY
Read poems of eminent Punjabi poet, Amrita Pritam (pic) translated by Meenakshi Chawla. Other poets included in the section are Jaydeep Sarangi, Lola Rodriguez, Mohit Chandna, Pradip Biswal & Gopa Nayak, Sunil Narayan, Sweta Srivastava Vikram and Vivek Sharma. "Poetry is the main-spring of literature …enjoy its pristine gush!' says Ambika Ananth.
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GALLERY
In the Gallery section that showcases works of art, we present the
vibrant world of highly gifted Srinivas Vikram, an autistic teenager. View his
delightful paintings. >>> |
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