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Sahir Ludhianvi's: " Twenty Sixth January "

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Sahir Ludhianvi's: " Twenty Sixth January "           Under the pen name Sahir Ludhianvi, famous urdu poet Abdul Hayee has composed the poem, " Twenti Sixth January " in the background of the crisis which aroused after the partition of India. In 1947 ,  India became independent from the colonial British rule by sacrificing numerous lives of the martyrs with an aim of oneness, prosperity and development. The scenario was  changed soon poverty and religious tension torn the country, sectarianism, communal tension have shown their fangs in the heart of secular nation  .          Poet becomes nostalgic and asks the educated young generations to hover over the series of questions in the post independence period. The beautiful dreams of a ideal state ' Swarajya' has resulted into disillusionment.  Although Country's economic growth has shown positive signs , the number of poor men has increased considerably. A s...

James Joyce Novel 'Ulysses'

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James Joyce Novel 'Ulysses'          In 20th century novels went through a sea change. Plot and character went behind the stage and mind of the character received more importance. Novels became a medium to express their inner feelings,  thoughts . The incessant atoms of thoughts cross and recross the mind of the characters. Novels become not an escape from emotion but letting loose of emotion. James Joyce and Virginia Woolf became the pioneer of the genre - stream of conscious novels.             James Joyce's novel ' Ulysses ' deals with the event of one day. Stephen Dedalus , the hero from Joyce's another novel ' Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man ' and Leopold Bloom, a Jewish advertisement canvasser and his wife, Molly are the principal characters. The various chapters correspond to Homer's classic ' Odyssey ' - Stephen representing Telemachus, Bloom as Odysseus and Molly as Penelope.  ...

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