Arts, Literature, and Humanities

Genre: Faux Autobiography Language: Extreme Sarcasm The rollercoaster ride of Ashish Khurana, the sensational heartthrob of a boy band—from pop i...

Often derided as an inferior form of literature, 'romance' as a literary mode or genre defies satisfactory definition, dividing critics, scholars a...

For the past four decades Frank Kermode, critic and writer, has steadily established himself as one of the most brilliant minds of his generation. ...

Brief, manageable and affordable, the books in the 'Contexts' series fill the gap in students' knowledge of the historical facts, literary associat...

William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Engl...

Sri Krishna is worshipped by the majority of the common Hindu population. His life was full of hardships since birth, which is also similar to that...

This collection of original chapters, written by prominent social scientists, elucidates the theory and practice of contemporary rural sociology. T...

Rural Sociology discusses the Socio-Economic-Political-Cultural set-ups of the villages in India. It presents the key concepts of rural sociology i...

The book has been written to serve as a textbook for students of M.A. Sociology in various Universities in the paper on Rural Sociology. While the ...

The male dominance and male preference in our society has resulted in discrimination and humiliating status of females. This is not limited to any ...

Ruskin Bond is the most popular Indian English novelist and short-story writer, though he has not received the acclaim he deserved from the critics...

Ruskin Bond is a well-known Indian writer of British descent. His deep love for Indian culture and its people developed an understanding that enlar...

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, a twentieth century expatriate writer of Polish-Jewish origins and British upbringing, who chose to make India her home since...

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s Novels (Woman Amidst Snares and Delusions) is a modest attempt to analyse and evaluate the predicament of the feminine sensi...

The First Edition of the book, S. Radhakrishnan: His Life and Works (2006) received an overwhelming response from the readers. This Second Revised ...

Coleridge was one of the few harbingers of Romanticism in England, and the enunciator of psychological criticism. One will certainly miss English R...

Sailing Through My Eyes is a collection of enthralling tales that will keep you attached to the book. If you enjoy reading, you will undoubtedly fa...

A great dramatist, a literary critic, an eminent showman, an intellectual and a satirist, George Bernard Shaw was a leading theatre personality of ...

Midnight's Children, the second novel of Salman Rushdie, was published in 1981. In this epical novel he speaks of many Indians and many versions of...

Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children, ever since its publication in 1980, has been considered an ingenious piece of literary art and a trendsetter ...

Salman Rushdie, one of the progenitors of the worldwide controversies till date, occupies a coveted place in the galaxy of post-colonial authors. H...

Salman Rushdie (1947– ) has emerged over the years as one of the most controversial figures of our times who excites contrary feelings. But whether...

Salman Rushdie (1947– ) has emerged over the years as one of the most controversial figures of our times who excites contrary feelings. But whether...