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Sunday, April 02, 2006
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EXTRACTS 
A is for A lineExclusive excerpts from Irwin Allan Sealy's latest novel Red.
FACE TO FACE Ode to beauty Ramakant Rath, the Oriya poet, on his oeuvre and the courage needed to take up poetry as a vocation. IN CONVERSATION `Writing is a technique in concealment' Mamang Dai's poems reflect her bond with her land and her people.
COMMENT The world in 17 syllables Can modern haiku move away from the climate and season to express today's issues?
SPOTLIGHT 
Global recognitionA RE-CREATION of Sophocles' "Oedipus the King", 2500 years after it won its first award at the Athens drama festival, by an unlikely crew from India has received a series of prestigious awards in the United States, from the American Association ... FROM THE BLURB Santa: A Life; Jeremy Seal, Picador, £9.35
INTERVIEW Homelands and imaginary lands Exploring the fictional world of Romesh Gunesekera. EYE CATCHERS
CLASSICS REVISITED 
Life on the edge of a cliffAll My Sons, Arthur Miller, first published in 1947, published in Penguin Books, 1961, £3.99. Other Books Consulted: Collected Plays, Arthur Miller, Cresset Press, 1958; Timebends, Arthur Miller, Metheun, 2005; The Crucible in History and Other Essays, Arthur Miller, Metheun, 2000. 
FIRST IMPRESSIONSFOR Maya Subramaniam, life was all about school, her disgusting brother and Rahul Dravid. Things that a `normal' would-be teenager would do. But unknown to Maya, her life is about to change and that too through a dream. As she tosses and turns ... HISTORY The house of Nehru A book that is as aesthetically pleasing as it is readable and scholarly. FICTION A mirror to our times It's like coming face-to-face with the daily news. SECOND THOUGHTS Of roses and poets Shiraz, in Iran, has a mystique all its own. WORDSPEAK An elegy for a lost friend A tribute to Shanul Haq, Urdu scholar and linguist. ENDPAPER Literature of failure Why do novelists and filmmakers seem reluctant to explore failure and its attendant emotions?
ISSUES Freedom without choice Inequity in the Global Village is a call for active opposition to the overwhelming and negative force that globalisation begets. BIOGRAPHY Memories of Akhtar The narrative does not follow a chronology and relies on a free association of recollections. An extraordinary life This is a fascinating story, elegantly told, of the development of a gifted young painter. CRITICISM Evaluating an enigma This special issue of the South Asian Review represents a cross-section of the global Naipaulian scholarship. Routes of conflict There are complex literary and political debates surrounding Bhyrappa's works. LITERATURE Dramatic poetry Kamba Ramayanam is rendered in English verse in contemporary idiom. REVIEW Travelling tales Light and witty, this is a travelogue like no other. |
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